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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

This is politics and nothing more.

The parliamentary system and it's ministers can appear very different to a republic like the U.S.

They are very different systems, nothing wrong with either.

Just politics.

Later,
Tom

list@ginda.us wrote:
> A8549758-B9BF-11D8-B8D5-00039312C3A0@ginda.us">How bizarre.  Is there any evidence they are any less safe than any 
> other commonly eaten fruit?  I wonder what kind of proof the UK 
> requires re the safety of foreign food products.
>   
>   
> On Jun 8, 2004, at 9:36 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
>   
> > Sask. minister in a jam over U.K. berry ban
> > Last Updated Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:45:38
> >
> > REGINA - A dispute over a little Canadian berry looked to be 
> > escalating into a major transatlantic jam on Tuesday, as 
> > Saskatchewan's agriculture minister threatened retaliation against the 
> > U.K. over a food warning.
> >
> > Britain's Food Standard Agency has taken saskatoon berry products off 
> > store shelves and ordered a full pre-market safety evaluation, saying 
> > there's no evidence the berries are safe to eat.
> >
> > Saskatchewan's agriculture minister Mark Wartman said the Royal Family 
> > eat saskatoons when they visit, and if the berries are good enough for 
> > the royals, they should be good enough for commoners.
> >
> > FROM MAY 7, 2004: Britain plucks saskatoon berries from store shelves 
> > Wartman said his government has written to the federal government 
> > asking for "steps to be taken."
> >
> > But taking his cue from the famous Boston Tea Party that marked the 
> > American Revolution, he threatened more radical action could be taken 
> > in Regina.
> >
> > "If it really comes down to it, we're thinking of having a special 
> > time out in Wascana Harbour, where we may be dumping tea – English 
> > Breakfast tea – and we could be dumping steak-and-kidney pie … We 
> > could be dumping HP Sauce …," Wartman said.
> >
> > "We're not going to take this lying down," he warned.
> >
> > The saskatoon berry is the small purple fruit of a shrub found in 
> > North America, particularly in the northwest of Canada, and has been 
> > grown commercially since the late 1960s.
> >
> > Widely used for centuries by aboriginals, the berries are used in 
> > Canada for things such as jam, pie and cider. Canadian officials 
> > insist they are safe to eat.
> >
> > The fruit is exported to the United States and Japan but has no 
> > history of consumption in Europe.
> >
> > http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/08/canada/berry040608
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