No-Fault is not an administrative matter, it is a politcal matter, it affects all of us

No-Fault is not an administrative matter,
it is a political matter, it affects all of us.

Nipawin - June 11, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis

no-fault system has done an effective job of controlling insurance costs
My head has been spinning for a long time, and I keep shaking it as I pay attention to the

ongoing crap coming out of our leaders' mouths. The latest crap belong to Sinclair Harrison,

president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), and to professor

Ken Cooper-Stephenson, new chair of the governmental review panel on no-fault. Sinclair

Harrison has said that the no-fault system has done an effective job of controlling insurance

costs for municipalities⁽¹⁾, while Ken Cooper-Stephenson, the author of a textbook supporting

no-fault, has deflected his rooted bias on behalf of no-fault by criticizing the way no-fault is

run⁽²⁾.

it is brutalizing the no-fault injured victims
I invite Sinclair Harrison and Ken Cooper-Stephenson to read the transcripts of the no-fault's

coalition meetings held this Spring in Regina and Saskatoon⁽³⁾, so that they can find out by

themselves that no-fault not only is not saving money, but it is brutalizing the no-fault injured

victims. I read these transcripts yesterday evening. I was moved by the many people who

attended these meetings and who spoke out with their hearts and told their tragic stories in

dealing with SGI's no-fault insurance. One injured speaker, Jack, said

blood suckers and chiselers

"I've dealt with 40 different people since January the 17th in SGI and No-Fault Insurance, and there are only three of them that I have some respect for that tried to help me and go along with me and they were fair and they were decent... By the way, one of the 40 people, but I'm going to take the three good ones out, 37 people said to me, he said, 'You know we've got to balance the budget'... The truth of the fact is that there is not one department under this present administration in Saskatchewan that you can't refer to as being nothing but a bunch of blood suckers and chiselers"

lost her beautiful daughter Alana
Another victim, Carol Markwart, recounted about her family's terrible automobile accident where

she lost her beautiful daughter Alana and she told of the abuses she, her husband and her family

had to endure from SGI and then being

sue the insurance company

"told by SGI that if we do not like what they have done to us to sue them. Where in the world does this make any sense? We cannot sue the ambulance driver for his irresponsible driving that caused this, but now [we can] sue the insurance company that is supposed to look after us."

Cassidy came up with a botched research
The stories of the people victimized by no-fault insurance don't count for our Tin Pot dictators,

what these Tin Pot dictators are looking for is just the manipulation of numbers under the banner

of saving money. One million dollars of taxpayers' savings were given to Dr. David Cassidy for a

research on no-fault insurance, and what did he do? Dr. Cassidy came up with a botched research,

took a three year expense paid trip to Sweden, ran away from this province for the fear of being

apprehended by no-fault victims, and now SGI is using Dr. Cassidy's research to support no-fault

insurance in this province⁽⁴⁾. This research is not going to help Crown Investments Corp. Minister

John Nilson, rather the spin off of this research could very well topple down this corrupted

government.

told to falsify her data
In fact, Dr. Emma Bartfay has sued Dr. Cassidy and the University of Saskatchewan stating that

she was told to falsify her data to favor SGI⁽⁵⁾. The suit claims that "in or about September 1998....

Cassidy instructed her to produce results and graphs that would support the conclusion that an

injured person's time (date) of settlement is a good proxy for that person's time (date) of"

recovery⁽⁶⁾."

the principles of trust and truth
In this province, very few litigations against governmental agencies or corporations end up in

court, before their political significance, before their stretching for years and years until the

individual plaintiff gives up, before the fear of not being able to get a job for ever in the future.

But Dr. Emma Bartfay's litigation is different, it affects the unethical behaviour of Dr. Cassidy's

and of the University of Saskatchewan's, this litigation is not a personal litigation, this litigation

is a political litigation because it affects all of us, it affects the principles of trust and truth which

are the foundation of our universities.

think of what would happen to us next,
No, this litigation must not be negotiated, money can be negotiated, principles must not ever be

negotiated. If we negotiate principles, you must think of what would happen to us next, to our

children, to our society; where could we find the hope for a better future. If we negotiate

principles we sell our souls, our future, our children. I encourage Dr. Emma Bartfay to hang on

her fight against Dr. Cassidy and the University of Saskatchewan and hope that the same people

who have rallied against no-fault insurance will rally around her, and support her till as

Lorie Terry, Patricia Schryver, Brenda Kienas, Trudy langenhoff, and their coalition friends have

been saying all along their fight against no-fault "the truth will set us free."

----------References & Endnotes:

Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm

General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1.
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Nilson stands by no-fault review chair, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, June 8, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2.
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Head of no-fault review praises system in book , CBC Saskatchewan, http://www.sask.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/06/09/weidlich000609 Web Posted | Jun 9 2000 10:18 AM EDT

3.
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Transcipts Of Our First Meeting In Regina! And Transcipts Of Our Second Meeting In Saskatoon! COALITION AGAINST NO FAULT IN SASKATCHEWAN http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/

4.
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The incredible abuse of Saskatchewan No-Fault insurance By Mario deSantis, May 28, 2000 and reviewed by James deSantis

5.
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Presentation of Dr. Michael Freeman at first Coalition Meeting in Regina, Spring 2000 Transcipts Of Our First Meeting In Regina!, http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/

6.
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No Gain, No Pain? Study Is Hot Topic:Research favoring auto no-fault collides with trial lawyers, Bob Van Voris, The National Law Journal, May 22, 2000, ©2000 Law.com Page printed from: http://www.law.com Refer to Check Out What New York Has To Say About The SGI/UofS Whiplash Study, http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/page5.html

No-Fault is not an administrative matter, it is a political matter, it affects all of us.

*Nipawin - June 11, 2000 -* By: *Mario deSantis*

no-fault system has done an effective job of controlling insurance costs	My head has been spinning for a long time, and I keep shaking it as I pay attention to the
	ongoing crap coming out of our leaders' mouths. The latest crap belong to Sinclair Harrison,
	president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), and to professor
	Ken Cooper-Stephenson, new chair of the governmental review panel on no-fault. Sinclair
	Harrison has said that the no-fault system has done an effective job of controlling insurance
	costs for municipalities⁽¹⁾, while Ken Cooper-Stephenson, the author of a textbook supporting
	no-fault, has deflected his rooted bias on behalf of no-fault by criticizing the way no-fault is
	run⁽²⁾.

it is brutalizing the no-fault injured victims	I invite Sinclair Harrison and Ken Cooper-Stephenson to read the transcripts of the no-fault's
	coalition meetings held this Spring in Regina and Saskatoon⁽³⁾, so that they can find out by
	themselves that no-fault not only is not saving money, but it is brutalizing the no-fault injured
	victims. I read these transcripts yesterday evening. I was moved by the many people who
	attended these meetings and who spoke out with their hearts and told their tragic stories in
	dealing with SGI's no-fault insurance. One injured speaker, Jack, said
blood suckers and chiselers	"I've dealt with 40 different people since January the 17th in SGI and No-Fault Insurance, and there are only three of them that I have some respect for that tried to help me and go along with me and they were fair and they were decent... By the way, one of the 40 people, but I'm going to take the three good ones out, 37 people said to me, he said, 'You know we've got to balance the budget'... The truth of the fact is that there is not one department under this present administration in Saskatchewan that you can't refer to as being nothing but a bunch of blood suckers and chiselers"
lost her beautiful daughter Alana	Another victim, Carol Markwart, recounted about her family's terrible automobile accident where
	she lost her beautiful daughter Alana and she told of the abuses she, her husband and her family
	had to endure from SGI and then being
sue the insurance company	"told by SGI that if we do not like what they have done to us to sue them. Where in the world does this make any sense? We cannot sue the ambulance driver for his irresponsible driving that caused this, but now [we can] sue the insurance company that is supposed to look after us."

Cassidy came up with a botched research	The stories of the people victimized by no-fault insurance don't count for our Tin Pot dictators,
	what these Tin Pot dictators are looking for is just the manipulation of numbers under the banner
	of saving money. One million dollars of taxpayers' savings were given to Dr. David Cassidy for a
	research on no-fault insurance, and what did he do? Dr. Cassidy came up with a botched research,
	took a three year expense paid trip to Sweden, ran away from this province for the fear of being
	apprehended by no-fault victims, and now SGI is using Dr. Cassidy's research to support no-fault
	insurance in this province⁽⁴⁾. This research is not going to help Crown Investments Corp. Minister
	John Nilson, rather the spin off of this research could very well topple down this corrupted
	government.

told to falsify her data	In fact, Dr. Emma Bartfay has sued Dr. Cassidy and the University of Saskatchewan stating that
	she was told to falsify her data to favor SGI⁽⁵⁾. The suit claims that "in or about September 1998....
	Cassidy instructed her to produce results and graphs that would support the conclusion that an
	injured person's time (date) of settlement is a good proxy for that person's time (date) of"
	recovery⁽⁶⁾."

the principles of trust and truth	In this province, very few litigations against governmental agencies or corporations end up in
	court, before their political significance, before their stretching for years and years until the
	individual plaintiff gives up, before the fear of not being able to get a job for ever in the future.
	But Dr. Emma Bartfay's litigation is different, it affects the unethical behaviour of Dr. Cassidy's
	and of the University of Saskatchewan's, this litigation is not a personal litigation, this litigation
	is a political litigation because it affects all of us, it affects the principles of trust and truth which
	are the foundation of our universities.

think of what would happen to us next,	No, this litigation must not be negotiated, money can be negotiated, principles must not ever be
	negotiated. If we negotiate principles, you must think of what would happen to us next, to our
	children, to our society; where could we find the hope for a better future. If we negotiate
	principles we sell our souls, our future, our children. I encourage Dr. Emma Bartfay to hang on
	her fight against Dr. Cassidy and the University of Saskatchewan and hope that the same people
	who have rallied against no-fault insurance will rally around her, and support her till as
	Lorie Terry, Patricia Schryver, Brenda Kienas, Trudy langenhoff, and their coalition friends have
	been saying all along their fight against no-fault "the truth will set us free."

----------References & Endnotes:

	Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm

	General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1. -	Nilson stands by no-fault review chair, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, June 8, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2. - -	Head of no-fault review praises system in book , CBC Saskatchewan, http://www.sask.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/06/09/weidlich000609 Web Posted \| Jun 9 2000 10:18 AM EDT

3. - -	Transcipts Of Our First Meeting In Regina! And Transcipts Of Our Second Meeting In Saskatoon! COALITION AGAINST NO FAULT IN SASKATCHEWAN http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/

4. -	The incredible abuse of Saskatchewan No-Fault insurance By Mario deSantis, May 28, 2000 and reviewed by James deSantis

5. -	Presentation of Dr. Michael Freeman at first Coalition Meeting in Regina, Spring 2000 Transcipts Of Our First Meeting In Regina!, http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/

6. - - -	No Gain, No Pain? Study Is Hot Topic:Research favoring auto no-fault collides with trial lawyers, Bob Van Voris, The National Law Journal, May 22, 2000, ©2000 Law.com Page printed from: http://www.law.com Refer to Check Out What New York Has To Say About The SGI/UofS Whiplash Study, http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/page5.html

No-Fault is not an administrative matter, it is a political matter, it affects all of us.

No-Fault is not an administrative matter,
it is a political matter, it affects all of us.