Well, the time has come everybody. We have a tentative date for the class action suit to go to court. All those years of grinding away are finally starting so show some results. September 2014 is the date to watch.
For the next phase of our initiative, we need some good people to be willing to stand up and speak in court on behalf of our fellow cattle producers.
It has been requested by the government that a certain number and type of cattle operations be represented in court to tell their stories, and confirm the damage they sustained.
They are as follows...
1. Someone from a cow-calf operation calving more than 50 cows on an annual basis.
2. Someone from a backgrounder operation raising/selling more than 100 head annually.
3. Someone from a large (over 10,000 head) Alberta feedlot operation.
4. Someone from a smaller (less than 500 head) feedlot operation.
5. A veal producer selling more than 150 calves a year.
6. A large (over 250 cow) dairy producer. May be registered with a dairy breed association and/or may be on a recognized milk recording program.
7. A small (under 50 cow) dairy with the same conditions.
8. A producer with substantial sales of dairy cattle for breeding purposes.
9. A producer with substantial sales of beef cattle for breeding purposes.
It will involve traveling to Toronto to spend a day in court being questioned by both sides. The government lawyers want to know about financial damages, what government money from what programs were received, what was done to try and limit losses and replace lost income. They will want pre and post BSE financial records.
The cattle producers side will want to hear your story.
What it will require mostly is people who are not easily intimidated, who can speak up for themselves, and who have records to back them up.
If any of this sounds like you, or anyone you know, please contact cpallett@pallettlaw.ca
For the next phase of our initiative, we need some good people to be willing to stand up and speak in court on behalf of our fellow cattle producers.
It has been requested by the government that a certain number and type of cattle operations be represented in court to tell their stories, and confirm the damage they sustained.
They are as follows...
1. Someone from a cow-calf operation calving more than 50 cows on an annual basis.
2. Someone from a backgrounder operation raising/selling more than 100 head annually.
3. Someone from a large (over 10,000 head) Alberta feedlot operation.
4. Someone from a smaller (less than 500 head) feedlot operation.
5. A veal producer selling more than 150 calves a year.
6. A large (over 250 cow) dairy producer. May be registered with a dairy breed association and/or may be on a recognized milk recording program.
7. A small (under 50 cow) dairy with the same conditions.
8. A producer with substantial sales of dairy cattle for breeding purposes.
9. A producer with substantial sales of beef cattle for breeding purposes.
It will involve traveling to Toronto to spend a day in court being questioned by both sides. The government lawyers want to know about financial damages, what government money from what programs were received, what was done to try and limit losses and replace lost income. They will want pre and post BSE financial records.
The cattle producers side will want to hear your story.
What it will require mostly is people who are not easily intimidated, who can speak up for themselves, and who have records to back them up.
If any of this sounds like you, or anyone you know, please contact cpallett@pallettlaw.ca
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