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[Canada] Tobacco companies want case dismissed
Two of the tobacco companies the provincial government is suing are trying to get the case dismissed because they say P.E.I. courts don’t have jurisdiction to deal with it. Earlier this month British American Tobacco and Carreras Rothmans Ltd. filed the
Jan 23, 2013
(Prince Edward Island) Guardian (ca)
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Jan 28, 2013 17:45
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[Canada] Day 85: Mr. Barnett's surprising testimony
John Barnett is possibly the last of a long parade of tobacco industry witnesses to be called by the plaintiffs to testify at the Montreal tobacco class actions lawsuits. Like the last float on a good Santa Claus parade, the 14 year president of Rothmans
Nov 19, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Nov 20, 2012 13:56
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[Canada] Day 85: Mr. Barnett's surprising testimony
John Barnett is possibly the last of a long parade of tobacco industry witnesses to be called by the plaintiffs to testify at the Montreal tobacco class actions lawsuits. Like the last float on a good Santa Claus parade, the 14 year president of Rothmans
Nov 19, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Nov 20, 2012 13:56
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[Canada] Patrick O'Neil-Dunne
But in this rich soup of Canadian tobacco history there are some stories that are clear and memorable. One of them is told through the paper legacy of a tobacco pro and former fighter pilot who came to Toronto to set up shop for Rothmans in 1956. His nam
Nov 6, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Nov 7, 2012 11:57
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[Canada] Day 77: Mr. Bulmer 34 years later
Oct 29, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Nov 1, 2012 13:27
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[Canada] Day 78: Thirteen Riveting Minutes
Mr. John Broen returned to the stand today for his last half-day . . . he had distinguished himself as one of the worst witnesses to-date - he was argumentative, defiant and evasive. . . . closed his testimony at noon today with some of the most damning
Oct 30, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Nov 1, 2012 13:12
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[Canada] Day 79: Another lawyer in the court
Yesterday, Justice Riordan had elicited an explanation from a former executive with Rothmans, Benson and Hedges (Mr. John Broen) that the Canadian companies complied with the position of the multinational companies on sensitive issue, but "were never act
Nov 1, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Nov 1, 2012 12:43
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[Canada] Day 74: "My mission was to restore profitability"
Mr. Fennell volunteered little about what he knew about the company or the industry during the period he headed Rothmans, Benson and Hedges (1985-1990). Nonetheless, he revealed much about the thinking of a professional manager trying to satisfy tobacco
Oct 24, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Oct 24, 2012 12:05
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[Canada] Day 73: The president who never bothered to ask
The witness is Mr. Patrick J. Fennell, who was president of Rothmans, Benson and Hedges . . . Mr. Fennell's short tenure at Rothmans, Benson & Hedges coincided with one of the more tumultuous periods in Canadian public health history, during the passage
Oct 22, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Oct 23, 2012 14:10
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[Canada] Day 72: If this is 2:30, we must be in addiction.
A review from Rothmans UK headquarters found Dr. Knott "sympathetic to the industry" and favoured his research proposal to measure children's brain waves and follow them over time to see if it was possible to identify who would become smokers and who wo
Oct 18, 2012
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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Oct 19, 2012 15:05