eight schmeiser was sued by months on joe for having illegally planted the corporations paid into g.m.o. canola. he was to be forced by a court decision to bay damages in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars and all this for a canola seed he did not want in the first place. under the patent law. it says to violate a patent you have to use the patent in my case and never used monsanto's patent i never sprayed their chemical round up on my fields so i never used their patent. but percy schmeiser would not let himself be intimidated he filed a counter suit against the chemical called brazen and grounds of environmental pollution see destruction and slander from that time on monsanto how the small wheat farmer spied on a pursuit like a criminal. in summer ninety ninety nine the situation became even more menacing for days detectives with cars were in front of smiters driveway following him onto the fields and observing his every footstep. and path we found out afterwards and by taking license numbers that they were people hired by monsanto and also monsanto representatives him selves they did

months on to the judgment left people stunned worldwide today even canada's government admits that g.m.o. canola is everywhere. and what the trial judge ruled their first trial judge rule is what made the case become internationally known overnight what can happen with farmers when you introduce g.m.o. and the judge ruled this number one it does not matter how a farmer is contaminated and he went on to say cross-pollination we're calling clone then to win by birds or by direct c n n to win by or farmers transportation if your contaminated against your wishes you longer own your seeds or plants had become the ownership of monsanto under patent law we had about five hundred fifty hectors stated to rapeseed in one nine hundred ninety eight he would. ruled because of the contamination all the profit from our crop in one thousand nine hundred eight goes to monsanto another important issue he mentioned he said it does not matter how much of a problem is contaminated if it's half a percent one percent two percent it does not matter you no longer own your seeds or plants. after this decision percy schme

due to a heavy storm during the harvest freshly got g.m.o. canola drifted into percy schmeiser is fields his work of fifty years of breeding was destroyed because his harvest was contaminated by monsanto seed. but on top of that monsanto turned him the victim into a culprit. august ninety ninety eight some ice or was sued by months on joe for having illegally planted the corporations paid into g.m.o. . he was to be forced by a court decision to pay damages in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars and all this for a canola seed he did not want in the first place. under the patent law it says to violate a patent you have to use the patent in my case and never use monsanto's patent i never sprayed their chemical round up on my fields so i never used their patent. but percy schmeiser would not let himself be intimidated he filed a counter suit against the chemical called brazen on grounds of environmental pollution see destruction and slander from that time on monsanto had the small wheat farmer spied on and pursued like a criminal. in summer ninet

if every farmer would form up once hand and say i think there's some of your g.m.o. canola or soybeans or my people come and get it we don't want it here or i have those i we think some of the are g.m.o. seeds of can or a store being sorry my seed come and get it how it wants how to be able to take a plant out of a farmer's field how would they know if it could all plant when it's to see just sane and to far is the same so much sound of couldn't they couldn't do it. or. the ground of appeal that we were wanting to winnow into is one that would say that you know just because you have a bad two or gene or a cell that doesn't give you a pattern to a plant the other part of the problem is what what responsibility do biotech. to farmers for. many many people around the world. the going to continue. continue in a different form i think this is a matter that. we are going to say in this country that you can. control organisms. that were raised in this case that need to be addressed by. morning that the supreme court ruled that you deliberately. genetically modified. crops and i ju

say i think they're some of your g.m.o. canola or soy beans have my people come and get it we don't want it here or i've i we think some of the most seeds are being terry my seed and get it how would one be able to take a plant out of a farmer's field how would they know if it could all plant when it's to see just say and the flowers the same so much sounder couldn't they couldn't do it. so. the ground of appeal that we were wanting to win on was the one that would say that you know just because you have a bad two or gene or a cell that doesn't give you a pattern to a plant the other part of the problem is what what responsibilities do biotech companies have to farmers for patented material that escapes and causes damage that issue is yet to come up although the you know in that respect the legal battle as far as percy is concerned is drawn to a close and many many people around the world paid their hopes on that ground of appeal in the hope that we would succeed but i don't think it ends the war the war is going to continue conti

upon the pavement owned by months on to a corporation by illegally ceding his canola which was contaminated with months antos g.m.o. seed and two because he did not actively use the page and is not required to pay any damages two months out. at the same time as the judgment is being announced an auto a birth the smiter and his lawyer terri's a christie give a press conference in saskatoon there was. approximately two hundred thousand dollars judgment that was set aside by the supreme court of canada today and that to percy is a fairly major victory. i really feel that the fact that i can save money farm same a home without pain it costs to monsanto you know i was looking at a two hundred thousand dollar bill so that is a major victory to me to. the court rules further the page and on the gene allows the owner to control the entire plant that is the paint on the gene has priority over the ownership of the plant. where it says fries or loses a court battle to monsanto and as i said just was talking to another lawyer that it could be the biggest win for us or for the people concerned.