The Canadian Movement Against Paratuberculosis or MAP-Canada is a non-profit grassroots movement made up of and operated by Canadian patients with Crohn's disease, their family and friends, and all Canadians who are alarmed by the uncontrolled spread of Mycobacterium avium Paratuberculosis (Map) in the environment, as well as the growing evidence linking this bacterium to Crohn's disease. The mission of MAP-Canada is the complete eradication of Paratuberculosis from the Canadian food chain and conclusive determination of its role in the cause of Crohn's disease.

  To accomplish our mission, MAP-Canada strongly urges the Government of Canada to adopt the following recommendations:

1. Inform Canadians of the evidence linking Crohn's disease to
Paratuberculosis (MAP) and Johne's disease in animals and immediately institute The Precautionary Principle.
2. Take immediate steps to determine the present level of
Paratuberculosis in milk on the retail level, as other countries have.
3. Put Johne's disease,on the Reportable Diseases list, to eliminate these sick cattle from being used for human consumption, as other countries are in the process of doing and finally funding for research regarding the link between Johne's disease in cattle (MAP) and Crohn's disease is imperative.

As long as the bacterium Paratuberculosis from Johne's disease infected cattle is not made a priority for research in the possible link to Crohn's disease and is left unchecked hundreds of thousands, maybe millions are at risk.

We would like to express our most heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Djuro Palaic of Pierrefonds

Quebec, for agreeing to act as medical consultant for MAP-Canada. Dr. Palaic is

Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Montreal as well as a family physician

whose practice includes numerous patients with Crohn’s disease. His courage in openly

supporting the mission and goals of MAP-Canada is greatly appreciated and is an

inspiration to all. We invite other physicians, veterinarians and scientists who feel strongly

that there is an urgent need for action to address the evidence pointing to a link between

Paratuberculosis and Crohn’s disease, to join us so that together we may bring pressure

to bear on the government of Canada.

MAP-Canada would like to extend a sincere thank you to a number of persons and

organizations that directly through assistance and encouragement or indirectly through

authorizations, have made this site possible. In particular, we wish to thank Professor

Hermon-Taylor, Dr. Rodrick Chiodini, Dr. Michael Greger, Karen Meyer and Cheryl Miller

of PARA, Marie france Coutu, La Presse of Montreal, Lisa Chamberlain of the Cleveland

Free Times, Martine Hessler, Tim Sinodhinos and Yanik Chicoine. A debt of gratitude is

owed to Alan Kennedy and Dr. Michael Collins whose excellent websites made our task

manageable. And most importantly, we thank all Crohn’s survivors as well as the scientists

who have steadfastly and against much opposition, slowly exposed the evidence pointing

to an infectious aetiology of Crohn’s disease, for teaching us the meaning of courage and perseverance.

MAP-Canada would like to extend a very sincere thank you to Yanik Chicoine at www.mirweb.com for his generosity and assistance in the hosting and the mounting of this site.

MAP-Canada aimerait remercier sincèrement Yanik Chicoine a www.mirweb.com pour sons générosité et sons assistance pour l'hébergement et la programation du site.