Canadian Solicitor General Wants to Restrict Freedom of the Press in the U.S. Regarding Medical Kidnapping

Alberta Justice and Solicitor General

Health Impact News, via their MedicalKidnap.com website, recently received an email from Randolph Scott, Barrister & Solicitor, Department of Justice, Calgary, Alberta, Canada regarding our story about 17-year-old Marc Herrmann, who is currently in the custody of the Child Protective system in Calgary allegedly against his will. In our story, we published publicly available information from the Internet regarding government officials associated with the case.

Mr. Scott demanded we take the information down from the story:

From: Randolph Scott, Barrister & Solicitor, Department of Justice, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This posting lists the names, numbers and twitter accounts of numerous professionals. Most worrisome is the posting and contact information of the hearing judge — Judge LaRochelle as well as the name and contact information of the Alberta Minister of Health.

We are insisting this information be removed — it is posted without the consent and authorization of those named. The wording in the story: “…may be contacted…” implies that those named are inviting contact. They are not.

It is the writer’s view that posting this information is inviting unwanted contact that could lead to harrassment and possible harm to those named.

Thusly, we are insisting this information be removed immediately. We look forward to your earliest confirmation that this will be dealt with in an expedited manner.

Randolph Scott

Setting the Record Straight

Health Impact News wants to make some things perfectly clear, just in case the Solicitor from the Alberta Department of Justice missed a few facts.

First, Health Impact News and MedicalKidnap.com are not publications in Canada, but in the United States, published by Sophia Media based out of Texas. Our Terms of Use statement makes this clear. We operate under the laws of the United States of America, where there exists a Constitutional right to freedom of speech.

Second, our source of information regarding the name of the judge presiding over the Marc Herrmann case did not come from Marc Herrmann or his parents currently residing in Canada. The information came from Dr. Wilfred Saldanha, a U.S.-based physician who is the brother of Patricia Herrmann, Marc’s mother. They grew up together in Burma, but Dr. Saldanha now resides in the U.S.

Dr. Saldanha supplied to Health Impact News a letter he addressed to “The Honorable T. LaRochelle, Provincial Court Family & Youth Court,” in Calgary Alberta, on October 28, 2014.

In this letter from Dr. Saldanha to Judge LaRochelle, Dr. Saldanha expressed concern about the captivity of his nephew and his current medical condition.

Judge LaRochelle’s contact information is in the public domain and has also been posted in the comments of the Marc Herrmann article as well by people living in Canada. The other government officials we listed contact information for, such as Heather Klimchuck (Wikipedia entry here) whom Mr. Scott is apparently referring to as the “Alberta Minister of Health,” are clearly in the public domain.

To make sure we were receiving an email from a real person at the Department of Justice in Calgary, we looked up Mr. Randolph Scott, and found his contact information is public knowledge as well:

Scott, Randolph
Barrister and Solicitor
Calgary Office

Justice and Solicitor General
16th fl Standard Life Building
639 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
T2P 0M9

Phone: 403 297-3360
Fax: 403 297-6381
E-mail:

ra************@go*.ca

Source.

In his email to MedicalKidnap.com, Mr. Scott stated:

The wording in the story: “…may be contacted…” implies that those named are inviting contact. They are not.

So since there seems to be some confusion on this point, we note Mr. Scott’s concern, and publish it here. These Alberta Government officials DO NOT want to be contacted regarding Marc Herrmann‘s alleged medical kidnapping case.

The original story:

Medically Kidnapped Teenager In Canada Pleads To Be Returned To His Family

Published on December 19, 2014

9 Comments

Ariel Basa March 18, 2015 at 6:00 pm - Reply

This should be brought to the attention of the United Nations in which Canada is an active member. Canadian and Provincial Government are suppressing the freedom of speech and press and also violating the human right of every families that they been involve with. I thought human right violation only exists in some of the third world countries but I was mistaken. The Child Protection Agencies are all above the law here in Canada and the Government do not want to change it.

bb July 14, 2021 at 6:53 pm - Reply

The UN is natorious for being antisovereignty.They are a big force in the theft of your rights,along with bank caball,w.e.f.,pharma.You mean 0 to the undemocratic,supercorrupt.Your prime minister is a bastard of Fidel Castro.Look at photos of him at about the same age as Trudeau from like 5 or 10 years ago.His mother eas a cia asset.Meatpuppets,all of them.

TheBigBadWolf December 22, 2014 at 7:06 am - Reply

Cockroaches hate the light, and these cockroaches (government) likewise hate the light of public scrutiny. Unfortunately, that’s what you get when you still believe in The Most Dangerous Superstition.

Further Reading: The Most Dangerous Superstition — Larken Rose; No Treason: Constitution of No Authority — Lysander Spooner

Awwwwoooooooooooooooo…….

Tom Petrie December 20, 2014 at 12:11 pm - Reply

To Mr. Randolph Scott, 
Barrister & Solicitor, 
Department of Justice, 
Calgary, Alberta, Canada,

To Barrister & Solicitor, Mr. Randolph Scott,

In America, the FBI is concerned that releasing information about our now “famous” and huge torture program (500 pages was the summary), would possibly lead to terrorists wanting to do harm to Americans.  You know what?  Perhaps if we did NOT torture people, then the FBI wouldn’t be upset about it, or that it might cause blowback, right?

In the same vein, you seem to be NOT upset with the possible criminality of your gov’t with regards to the kidnapping of Marc Herrmann, in Calgary, Canada, but with the fact that publications in the United States are publishing facts—publicly available facts—about this case!  As with numerous “whistleblower” cases in America, it’s not the crime that gets punished, it’s the reporting of the crime–that’s bad!  Need I remind you that in America there IS freedom of the press?  (Now if you OWN the press, that means you have freedom to control the news, and can easily withhold uncomfortable facts from the public, but that’s a different story.)  

Now, I don’t know you, but I would like to think this was a momentary lapse in judgment on your part… no problem, these things can happen.  Whatever the case,  If  you would see to it that this miscarriage of justice with regards to Marc Herrmann was corrected forthwith by doing what you can to have your Canadian Child Protective Services act with greater compassion and respect for the cause of human rights, dignity, decency and law AND see to it that he is released to his parents, that would be tremendous and a great service to justice, in my opinion.  (I’m no attorney.)

Meanwhile, nothing personal, but we have Freedom of the Press here in America and if you do NOT want bad things written about your gov’t and CPS …. Please see to it that they DON’T DO BAD THINGS!

Cordially,

Tom Petrie,
New York, USA
P.S., My DAD was Canadian citizen born in St. John’s New Brunswick in 1920.

katyh December 19, 2014 at 9:47 pm - Reply

I guess that means we can flood their email inboxes?

J.robinson December 19, 2014 at 8:57 pm - Reply

Sweet, thanks, I have a few questions for Mr. Scott.

David Bradshaw December 19, 2014 at 6:46 pm - Reply

Canada isn’t known for it’s freedom of speech…too much is suppressed  by court order

Crime Stopper December 19, 2014 at 3:20 pm - Reply

Canadian Charter of Rights: What is the status of press freedom in Canada?In Canada, judges still impose too many publication bans that stop journalists from reporting on public court proceedings; bureaucrats routinely block requests for public information; control-mad governments shut down access and politicians refuse to speak to journalists, who seek to hold them to account on the public’s behalf.Journalists can’t escape responsibility here. As was stated repeatedly at the conference, we don’t always stand up and shout for our Charter rights — or even fully exercise them, as we must.We are far too knee-bending to political and judicial elites and we allow them to function in secret far too often,” said Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke. “We buy the word ‘confidential’ and we need to replace that word with ‘secret’ and we need to stamp out that word ‘secret.’ 
More at http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2012/03/09/canadian_charter_of_rights_what_is_the_status_of_press_freedom_in_canada.html

Captain D Gama December 19, 2014 at 2:15 pm - Reply

Journalism is not a crime. Journalism is not terrorism. Journalism is an important cornerstone of freedom.
Responsible reporting about the issues that shape people’s lives is a key building block of any free society. And this freedom matters.