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La Presse,  April 8, 2001,  Never in My Milk? by Marie France Coutu

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CTV News Report, September  4th, 2001, Researchers Link Cow's Milk to Crohn's Disease

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Does Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis cause Crohn's disease by Alan Kennedy  

(PARA) PARATUBERCULOSIS AWARENESS & RESEARCH ASS.,INC

International Ass. for Paratuberculosis Copyright © 1999-2001

Crohn's Disease Info Center by Dr. Ira Shafran

The Johne's Information Center

History of Early Research on Crohn's disease

Regional Ileitis by Dr. B. Crohn

Got Milk? by Michael Greger, MD Updated January 2001

THE CROHN'S CONNECTION  by Lisa Chamberlain

Dire Warnings About Johne’s
Disease A wake-up call for the dairy industry? January 1998, University of Wisconsin, School of Veterinary Medicine

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Taking Action
   
   
   
 
 
MAP-Canada Needs You!
  
 
  A Website is a powerful tool. It allows us a glimpse of what stands behind the "wall of silence" but it can never be a tool to break down that wall. Only people can break down walls. MAP-Canada’s Board of Directors is made up of 3 very ordinary Canadians. There is no question that without your commitment and active participation, we cannot accomplish our mission. Together however, we can become a legion and legions can move governments and break down walls, one brick at a time. MAP-Canada belongs to all Canadians who are concerned and alarmed by this issue. Whether the tragedy of Crohn’s disease has touched you personally or not, any organism that is so closely related to TB and Leprosy, that causes a fatal disease in so many animals, that is shed in semen and milk, that infects a species’ youngest and most vulnerable and that has such a long incubation period, DOES NOT belong in our food and the food of our children.
Let us stand together and tell the Government “We want this
organism out of the Canadian Food Chain”.

Let us stand together and be "A voice for Crohn's".

Have a brilliant idea for some political action? ~ share it with us.

Know of some breaking news story or scientific report ~ let us
post it on our site.

Got your letter published in your local newspaper? ~ let us know.

Received a positive response from your MLA/MP? ~ send us
his/her comments.

Got your doctor to listen to the evidence? ~ sing his/her praise on our site.

Contact us at: dianef84@yahoo.com
 
   
 
 
Issue
  
 

NEWS

RELEASE

Information Release… Oversight Committee to Propose a Johne’s Disease Control Program

The Canadian National Johne's Forum hosted by Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food, was a tremendous success and attended by approximately 100 people on November 17 - 18 in Saskatoon. This represents a very strong interest, perhaps not seen since efforts to eradicate Brucellosis and TB.

 

 


Background
Info

 On Sept 3rd and 4th the CTV news aired 2 reports on the subject of Crohn’s disease and Paratuberculosis - see our media section for info on linking to these reports.   Dr. John Kellar of the Food Inspection Agency stated that Canada does not have any plans to investigate the link , further while an un-named person inside Health Canada admitted to CTV news that the link between Paratuberculosis and Crohns had never been studied in Canada .  CTV announced that an International Conference on Paratuberculosis is to be held in Saskatoon this coming November and that Crohn’s disease is not on the agenda.
 
 
 

Please

 Write, call, email, fax your concerns to let Canada know that we are concerned about the issue of Paratuberculosis,

Send letters, emails, phone calls to the following people:
Minister of Health


The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, P.C., M.P. Health Canada
Brooke Claxton Building, Tunney's Pasture
Postal Locator: 0906C
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9

Feedback Form click here
Website: click here


Minister of Agriculture

 

The Honourable Gerry Ritz
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1341 Baseline Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C5


Fax: 613-773-1081

Contact Form

Website: click here


Director of the Food Risk Inspection Agency


Mr. George Da Pont, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency


Mary Komarynsky Executive Vice-President Canadian Food Inspection Agency


Dr. Brian Evans: Canada’s first Chief Food Safety Officer

Contact Us: Web Comments and Feedback Form

Telephone #: 1-800-442-2342 / 1-613-225-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 08:00 to 20:00 Eastern time, Monday to Friday

Website: click here



Crohns and Colitis Foundation of Canada


600-60 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 600
Toronto , Ontario, Canada
M4T 1N5

Telephone: (416) 920-5035, 1-800-387-1479
Fax: (416) 929-0364
Website: click here
Email: click here (National Executive Director
Michael J. Howorth)


Western College of Veterinary Medicine


52 Campus Drive
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon , Saskatchewan, Canada
S7N 5B4

Website: click here

 
Results
  
 
Thank you to all who called, wrote, emailed and/or faxed letters of concern following the CTV news reports.  Although the subject of Crohn’s was not formally on the agenda, Crohn’s disease has at least been added to the panel discussion.  It is a first step.  Our readers will also be pleased to hear that Dr Michael Collins was one of the conference speakers.  However, if we want to make a substantial impact please send more letters, emails and calls if possible are needed to keep this topic in the forefront.  Thank-you,
 
 
 
   

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

MAP-Canada aimerait remercier sincerement Yanik Chicoine de Montreal et pour sons générosité et leur assistance pour l'hébergement et la programation du site