Raw milk cow shares ruled legal

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Grey County farmer Michael Schmidt and raw milk advocate wins his day in court and a recent survey indicates more than one third of Canada’s dairy producers think consumers should be able to buy unpasteurized milk

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Bulding Natural Immunity

I've obtained a mater's degree in Public Health, I've worked as a Public Health Inspector, I grew up on a farm, and I do not see a problem with a cow share. Of course, I still believe that it should be baned in food premises but since when is the government allowed to infringe on freedom of personal choice? The government allows tobacco products, which has no benefits at all for consumers and can damage other people's health through 2nd and 3rd hand smoke. However, the government does nothing to stop this because it plays into freedom of choice. At least raw milk can provide many benefits as it can help develop immunity to food pathogens (e.g. E coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, etc). My grandparents grew up on farms and always drank raw milk. They both lived to be over 100 years old because their immune systems aren't weak. Today our immune systems are weaker than ever because we "bubble wrap everything" and we do not let our bodies develop natural immunity to these pathogens. Based on my knowledge and experiences, I believe that public health efforts are unintentionally creating threshold effects.

I think we should be all

I think we should be all worried about the government intrusion in people's affairs. I the only danger for public health is the government itself. It is nor concerned that our guys are being killed in Afghanistan, nor does it care about Afghani civilians killed due to illegal invasion. But it is “concerned” about consumption of fresh milk. They don't give a f&ck about GMO crap poisoning the population but they are poring the crocodile tears about the public consuming “dangerous” fresh milk. To me it is a lunacy of the highest degree. I am not even talking about bill C-6.

it isn't just about raw milk

This judicial decision isn't about raw milk at all, it's about the legality of "mutual fund" types of fractional cow ownership scenarios which circumvent the stranglehold supply management has, not just over consumers, but over the entire milk industry. The implications of this decision on supply management are huge, and devastating.

Quite frankly I do not see

Quite frankly I do not see how it is devastating. If I want to own part of a cow (just as I can own part of a horse!) I damn well should be allowed and dairy monopolies be damned! If the dairies would fight for what a large section of the population wants, then I would support them!

Why worry!

This decision is already over-ruled by the higher courts.Look at what was done to the export only group.No politican will go up against the system,,theres too many votes at risk.A DFO EMPLOYEE once told me,,dont worry Quebec will save the system ,,they have all the power. The financial industry will also lobby government strongly to stop any threat as they use quota values as their MAJOR source of security.I dont favor either side,just voicing my opinion.

Don't worry

The judicial system could be just exactly the white knight the government needs to extract itself from the supply management quagmire. It's easy, and very popular, to blame the judicial system when things go badly for your most-vocal constituents, yet governments rarely challenge court decisions. Who'd have ever thought the Canadian judicial system might torpedo supply management before the WTO did?

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