Thomas Bodenheimer (NEJM, May 18, 2000) has reported that industry influence can bias the research in the trial design, data analysis, publication or non-publication of the results, control over publication, and authorship. This influence by the industry to support biased researches is being addressed by the Clinton's administration. As Saskatchewan is concerned, the problem of conflict of interest of researchers has become intrinsic in our institutional system and therefore this issue cannot find a remedy through our governmental administration; in fact, this same administration is supporting ever biased researches for the self-interest of their own public agencies and crown corporations .

In my past articles, I have shown how our researches are conducted to sway public opinions, to support governmental policies, and to support the industry. Last week, I wrote few articles about the tyrannical Policy Governance® model adopted by many of our public agencies and this is another example on how our governors set their goals (ENDS) and how our administrators and researchers choose our resources and use any Machiavellian MEANS to satisfy these ENDS(2).

 Accountant Gordon Adair was disturbed about the corrupted study on no-fault insurance conducted by Dr. David Cassidy and has stated that no-fault insurance has become not only a political problem, but a problem affecting our basic human rights(3). I have analysed Cassidy's study(4), and I concur with Adair's position that no-fault is a flagrant infringement of our individual rights by our own government. There are no sufficient political remedies to the corruption of our own bureaucracy and as a consequence the people, as concerned citizens, must take individual and collective actions to stop our decadent authorities to cause further damages. Our statute laws have become a mockery of justice under outgoing Premier Roy Romanow, and we must therefore further support our judicial system and encourage the independence of our judges.

We supported Justice John Reilly when he took the initiative to uncover the breaking of individual rights within an aboriginal community(5). But Justice Reilly had to pay a high price to assert his own judicial independence, he had to go to court and appeal his Chief Judge Edward Wachowich's disciplinary actions to have him transferred, and he had to endure many years of frustration before he finally won over Chief Judge Edward Wachowich, another judge! Today, we have a lawsuit against Dr. David Cassidy and the University of Saskatchewan. In this lawsuit, Dr. Emma Bartfay has stated that she was told to falsify the data for Dr. Cassidy's study(6). We also know that Dr. David Cassidy had contracts with the sponsor of his study, that is Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI). Again, we must support our judicial system and the independence of our judges, but, are our judges independent yet?

References/Endnotes

General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign

1. Coalition Against No Fault In Saskatchewan, Box 24007, 240 Albert Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4R 8R8, (306)546-4424, coalition@dlcwest.com www.againstnofault.com

2. The Essence of Carver's Policy Governance® Model: A Machiavellian plot to coerce the status quo in Saskatchewan Health care, by Mario deSantis, September 20, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000_200/desantis230/CarverMach.htm

3. Asserting Human Rights by Changing Attitudes in a land for the Few and Privileged, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, June 19, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000/desantis183/paternalism.html

4. The incredible abuse of Saskatchewan No-Fault insurance, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, May 28, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000/desantis173/nofaultPt1.html

5. Judge John Reilly is a hero: a reaffirmation of individual rights, by Mario deSantis, September 6, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000_200/desantis222/judgereilly.html

6. No-Fault is not an administrative matter, it is a political matter, it affects all of us, by Mario deSantis, June 9, 2000 http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/desantisArticles/2000/desantis179/NoFault.html