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Canadian cattlemen sue U.S. over mad cow losses
By Tom Wray
Editor, ProvisionerOnline
October 11, 2007
CALGARY, Alberta - A group of Canadian cattlemen is court over a multi-million dollar claim against the U.S. government under NAFTA over losses resulting from that country's BSE-related border closure in May 2003.
The Calgary Herald reported that lawyers for the group of 119 litigants, the majority of whom hail from southern Alberta, were in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to present the facts of their North American Free Trade Agreement challenge to a tribunal during the first of two days of arbitration hearings, which were due to wrap Wednesday.
Rick Paskal, a southern Alberta feedlot operator and head of the claimants' group, the Canadian Cattlemen for Free Trade, told the newspaper he's pleased the points of their Chapter 11 challenge of NAFTA are finally being heard.
"This is a tribunal that's recognized by the governments of Canada, United States and Mexico, and what it (determines) is what the governments will respect," he said.
The group ultimately wants about $350 million in restitution. The arbitration hearings deal only with the points in the case and whether it can have standing and proceed to the next stage, according to the Herald.
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By Tom Wray
Editor, ProvisionerOnline
October 11, 2007
CALGARY, Alberta - A group of Canadian cattlemen is court over a multi-million dollar claim against the U.S. government under NAFTA over losses resulting from that country's BSE-related border closure in May 2003.
The Calgary Herald reported that lawyers for the group of 119 litigants, the majority of whom hail from southern Alberta, were in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to present the facts of their North American Free Trade Agreement challenge to a tribunal during the first of two days of arbitration hearings, which were due to wrap Wednesday.
Rick Paskal, a southern Alberta feedlot operator and head of the claimants' group, the Canadian Cattlemen for Free Trade, told the newspaper he's pleased the points of their Chapter 11 challenge of NAFTA are finally being heard.
"This is a tribunal that's recognized by the governments of Canada, United States and Mexico, and what it (determines) is what the governments will respect," he said.
The group ultimately wants about $350 million in restitution. The arbitration hearings deal only with the points in the case and whether it can have standing and proceed to the next stage, according to the Herald.
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