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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT ASONE OF OUR CLIENTSReal Results Experience While every legal matter is We're ready. complex and a little No matter what the opposition throws at us, nounpredictable, Merchant Law matter what the case lookshas a track record of getting like, we've probably seen excellent results for our something like it. clients. This means we're in a great position to deliver the kindWhether it's winning a major of expert advice that helpspay-out in a class action suit you resolve tough situations.or managing a matter that's a little closer to home, Merchant Law is there.

Client FreeCentered Consultation Lawyers who return your You shouldn't have to paycalls. Lawyers who sit down just to explain your case towith you to answer all your us. questions. You don't pay a dime until Lawyers who work hard toaddress every facet of your we agree to take it, and we're happy to listen. case.You, our client, are the most During your consultation we'll be working to discover important thing on our schedules today, and we what's most important to you, what the biggest areas treat you accordingly. of concern on, and both how and whether we can help you.

PRESS &RECOGNITION

AGRICULTURE LAWWe represent clients with respect to agricultural finance, labor,agricultural marketing, agricultural insurance, crop insurance particularly,farming rights, land tenure and tenancy, as well as agriculturalprocessing.Equipment seizures and creditor Our lawyers handle implementationdisputes frequently arise. regarding issues that may include credit, intellectual property, andDisputes over the forward sale of trade and commerce related tograin often require legal advice. agricultural products.Merchant Law Group lawyers may beable to solve problems and may beable to minimize how seriously theproblem will impact your farmoperation.Spending money on lawyers whenthings are bad seems like throwinggood money after bad but often thenegative impact on your farmoperation can be minimized throughcareful and timely legal advice. 8

BUSINESS & FINANCEThe current evolving corporate climate requires the expertise of creative,time-sensitive legal and business strategies.The lawyers at Merchant Law Group LLP have extensive experiencecounseling on an array of Business & Finance matters, including: 8

BUSINESS & FINANCE Incorporations Buy/sell and Partnership Agreements Corporate amalgamations and reorganizations Franchise Agreements Leases Security or Corporate Finance Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transactions Intellectual property (trademark/trade name registration, patents, licensing) Debt and equity financing Limited Partnerships Community bond corporations Venture capital corporations Public offerings

BUSINESS / CORPORATE/ COMMERCIAL LAWThe current corporate climate is complex. The lawyers at Merchant LawGroup LLP provide counsel advice for legal and business strategies.We are experienced determined lawyers who provide legal andbusiness/finance strategies in a time-sensitive environment.Merchant Law Group LLP offers efficient, cost-effective business lawservices to small and large Canadian businesses. We are highly involvedin the Saskatchewan business community and have contacts at thehighest level of Canadian corporations.

BUSINESS / CORPORATE /COMMERCIAL LAW Merchant Law Group LLP has extensive experience counseling on an array of matters, including: Incorporations Buy/sell and Partnership Agreements Corporate amalgamations and reorganizations Franchise Agreements Leases Security or Corporate Finance Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transactions Intellectual property (trademark/trade name registration, patents, licensing) Debt and equity financing Limited Partnerships Community bond corporations Venture capital corporations Public offerings Securities International Real Estate Tax Zoning & Land Use

CIVIL LITIGATION We represent clients in all manners of disputes before the Provincial Courts, the Superior Courts, Courts of Appeal, the Federal Court, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Merchant Law Group LLP represents clients at hearings before Tribunals, Boards, and Commissions throughout Canada and parts of the United States. We provide specific litigation talent, excellence in honed trial litigation skills. Litigation is the focus of our firm, not the addendum.

CIVIL LITIGATION Civil Litigation is expanding in the field of legal representation. Litigation is our business, not a branch of the Corporate/Commercial department or an add-on to Business Law interests. Our difference lies in welcoming the Court process to defend the edifice and build the bulwarks that will lead to success before the Courts or an acceptable financial settlement. We have the technical proficiency, qualities of mind, fortitude, spirit, and the determination necessary to solve problems. We provide creative litigation solutions. We have extensive experience in all facets of litigation at a time when through disuse of their skills, most firms have few and sometimes only one lawyer in the firm with required litigation experience in corporate, commercial, administrative, tax, and personal law matters. We provide our clients with the knowledge and analysis necessary to make personal and business decisions on a conceptualized basis, focusing on solving problems and achieving success. We have extensive experience representing a full spectrum of clients in diverse areas of law.

CONSTRUCTION LAW Merchant Law Group LLP lawyers represent clients involved in the construction industry. Representation including owners, developers, investors, lenders, contractors, subcontractors, architects, and design professionals. Our team recognizes the amalgamated nature of contemporary construction projects. To serve our clients’ needs, we provide services from the inception of the construction project including counseling, reviewing, and negotiating contract documents.

CONSTRUCTION LAW We also provide advice regarding negotiation and drafting of development and joint venture agreements, and negotiations within the business of construction. Our lawyers negotiate and resolve construction dispute claims utilizing the most productive and cost-effective courses such as mediation, arbitration or litigation. We fully comprehend the multi-disciplinary aspects of contemporary construction projects. Merchant Law Group LLP has a wide range of experience within financial matters of the construction industry such as counseling financial institutions on matters relating to loans including drafting and negotiating construction loan documentation and evaluating possible loan defaults with respect to construction projects. Moreover, Merchant Law Group LLP has extensive experience in dealing with labour issues relating to construction projects. Our expertise includes managing labour disputes and negotiations. We value dynamic relationships that are established between parties.

CREDITORS’ RIGHTS,BANKRUPTCY, ANDFINANCIAL REORGANIZATIONThe highly specialized area of Bankruptcy Law requires skilled litigators with aproficient understanding of the Canadian Legislation and Court System inCanada.The Canadian bankruptcy and insolvency governance is divided between thefederal and provincial levels of government in accordance with the division ofpowers set out in Canada’s Constitution.The lawyers at Merchant Law Group LLP extensively comprehend Creditors’Rights, Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization.We have extensive experience and a demonstrated record of success inassisting our clients in their efforts to reorganize with respect to the Bankruptcyand Insolvency Act.Merchant Law Group LLP provides legal advice such as Negotiation of out-of-court, debt counseling to small and large corporations, partnerships,proprietorship and individuals contemplating bankruptcy.Specifically, lawyers at Merchant Law Group LLP, work closely with clients,providing counseling and advice with respect to debt management, whileexamining alternatives to a filing for bankruptcy.

CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONSDEFENCE Merchant Law Group LLP has extensive experience in the Criminal Defence field and represent clients on a broad range of offences. Unlike many firms our size, Merchant Law Group LLP have lawyers who practice almost exclusively in the area of Criminal Law. Our firm lawyers have acted as Agents for the Federal Lawyer General conducting prosecutions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, gaining valuable defence experience. As one of Canada’s best known law firms, Merchant Law Group LLP have a well-established track record and the experienced approach necessary to defend our clients from harsh criminal penalties. We have obtained positive conclusions for clients charged with criminal offences. Our extensive legal expertise and skill enable us to provide solid, effective legal representation. Our lawyers dominate in the field of Defensive Law. We possess valuable defence experience.

CROP INSURANCEDisputes with crop insurance are not uncommon. Crop insurance has anappeal procedure where the assistance of lawyers can be helpful. Thereare also litigation avenues that have to be considered.Merchant Law Group has experience in this narrow area of farmrepresentation and without obligation, inquiries are invited. 8

DISPUTE RESOLUTIONThe lawyers in Merchant Law Group LLP’s Alternative Dispute Resolutiondivisions practice work closely with our clients to assess all disputesfrom their inception. We offer a full-range of resolution options, includingnegotiation, litigation, arbitration, mediation and other personalizedoptions.An important part of our case management strategy, enables our lawyersto include options of legal advice to provide clients. Advised Strategiescan enable clients to resolve disputes early. Early resolutions are costeffective and fair.Lawyers in our practice are members of provincial Law Societies andhave served both as mediators and arbitrators and are successful atrepresenting clients who have several disputes arising out ofconstruction projects, commercial leases and diverse business relatedcontracts. Our seasoned lawyers have arbitrated insurance disputespursuant to rules of Dispute Resolution protocols.

DRUG CHARGES DEFENDED Merchant Law Group LLP has extensive experience in the Criminal Defence field and represents clients on a broad range of offences. Unlike many firms our size, Merchant Law Group LLP have lawyers who practice almost exclusively in the area of Criminal Law. Our firm lawyers have acted as Agents for the Federal Lawyer General conducting prosecutions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, gaining valuable defence experience. As one of Canada’s best known law firms, Merchant Law Group LLP has a well-established track record and the experienced approach necessary to defend our clients from harsh criminal penalties. We have obtained positive conclusions for clients charged with drug offences. Our extensive legal expertise, experience and skill enable us to provide the best possible resolution. Our lawyers dominate in the field of defensive law.

FAMILY LAW Merchant Law Group LLP’s experienced family law lawyers have represented thousands of individuals in matters involving: Divorce Spousal Support Child Custody Child Visitation Child Support Adoptions; and Dependent Adult Applications. Our team of family law lawyers also handle child custody cases, child access cases, child support cases, spousal support cases, and cases involving variations of custody, access, child support, and spousal support.

FAMILY LAWOur leading family law lawyers represent clients in Calgary, Edmonton,Regina, Surrey, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg, and throughoutCanada. More specifically, and in addition to the foregoing, our legal teamhas experience handling cases such as: High-Net-Worth Divorce Contested Divorce Uncontested Divorce Abandonment Divorce Adultery Divorce Inhuman Treatment Divorce, and Post-divorce Disputes.Whether you are seeking a family lawyer in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, oranywhere else in Canada, contact Merchant Law Group LLP for skilled,aggressive, and effective representation. Merchant Law Group LLP and itsexperienced team of family lawyers have vast experience and are wellrespected by the courts. Each of our family law lawyers is skilled,knowledgeable and experienced, and offer free consultations.

GENERAL CORPORATEMerchant Law Group LLP provides legal services for business and financestrategies. We are a team of engaged counsel who executes comprehensivebusiness plan strategies in a time-sensitive environment with the highestdegree of efficiency and integrity.We have a diverse client base, including the private and public sectors.Weare recognized as eminent by our clients, competitors, judges, and itsmembers. Our hallmarks are innovation, teamwork, and our ability toanticipate and effectively respond to change, to act proactively, and to createopportunities.Success. Integrity. Business Relationships.We are determined counsel who engages to meet above and beyond theexpectations of our clients and are highly involved in the Saskatchewanbusiness community and have contacts at the highest level of Canadiancorporations. Our legal team provides cost-effective corporate legal servicesto small and large Canadian businesses.

HOUSE AND PROPERTYTRANSFERS AND MORTGAGES Merchant Law Group LLP represents clients regarding the purchase and sale of the property, real estate development transactions, construction loans, leasing agreements and resolution of title issues. We communicate with financial institutions when obtaining mortgage financing, and interact with municipal and provincial authorities involved in the transfer of the real estate. We have highly respected lawyers in the field of Commercial Real Estate who assist clients with commercial Real Estate transactions. We advise clients in this increasingly complex and wide-ranging area of law. Developers, manufacturers, lenders, builders, and owners and tenants of commercial and industrial properties, apartment buildings and condominium projects are among those we represent.

PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINEHEARINGS AND APPEALS Most associations that govern a profession utilize a disciplinary hearing for reviewing the conduct of its members and determine the consequences. There is often more than one individual who hears the specific complaint. A Hearing Panel will determine the decision with respect to the consequences of the particular complaint.Merchant Law Group LLP lawyers fully comprehend the pressures to be considered when allegations of professional misconduct occur. We have dedicated lawyers. We are seasoned litigators We are dedicated to our clients. We take into account any risks to our client’s credibility when defending our clients with respect to allegations of negligence or wrongdoing.

REGULATORY ANDADMINISTRATIVE LAWS Proceedings with respect to Governmental and regulatory entities necessitates precise actions and thorough comprehension of the law. Lawyers at Merchant Law Group LLP routinely handle a full range of complex, multi-faceted issues, which include Regulatory and Administrative Law. We have been engaged in a variety of public utility issues. The growing and rapidly changing field of gaming law provide the structure for our representation to ensure the interests of our clients are protected and that they are providing services within the strict confines of a highly regulated field.

CURRENT CLASS ACTIONS Accutane Class Action Actos National Class Action Administrative Segregation – Federal Prisons Class Action Administrative Segregation – Provincial Jails Class Action Aeroplan National Class Action/Recours Collectif Aeroplan Agent Orange / Agent Purple Class Action Air Miles National Class Action Alesse 21 And Alesse 28 Birth Control Class Action Alysena Birth Control Class Action Aphria Class Action Allerject Class Action Apple Iphone 6 / 6 Plus (“Touch Disease”) Class Action Atomic Veterans National Class Action Avodart Class Action B.C. Automatic Roadside Prohibition Class Action Baggage Fees Class Action Barrick Pascua-Lama Class Action Bernzomatic Gas Torch Defect Class Action Blackberry Class Action Business Interruption Insurance Class Action Bread Price Fixing Class Action Brazilian Blowout National Class Action

Car Rental Vehicle FeesCelexa Pregnancy Class ActionCellular Class ActionChalk River National Class ActionChemical Veterans’ Class ActionChevy Cruze Coolant Class ActionChrysler Ignition Class ActionCrocs Class ActionDepuy Hip Implant Class ActionDestination Marketing Fee Class ActionDodge Chrysler Tire Sensor Defect Class ActionElections Ontario Class ActionEliquis Class ActionEpipen / Epipen Jr. Recall Canada Class ActionEssure Permanent Birth Control Class ActionEthicon Physiomesh Class ActionFacebook Data Breach Class ActionFentanyl National Class ActionFiat Chrysler Diesel Emissions Class ActionFiat Chrysler Recall Class ActionsFixodent/Poligrip Denture Adhesive Class ActionFood Supplements Class ActionForced Adoption Class ActionFord 1.6l Coolant System Failure Class ActionFord Gm Cp4 Diesel Fuel Pump Class ActionFord Spark Plugs Class ActionFord Sudden AccelerationFoster Care Class ActionGear Shifter – Jeep Chrysler Dodge Maserati Class Action

GLGI CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) LitigationGM Ignition Class ActionGM Power Steering Class ActionGM Saturn Class ActionGoldcorp Class ActionHyundai Class ActionIndian Residential Schools Class ActionIndian Status Class ActionInferior Vena Cava IVC Filter Class ActionInput Capital Class ActionInvokana Class ActioniPhone Slowdown Class Action – Apple iPhone ClassAction 2018Kingsclear Abuse Class ActionLeon’s Mfg. Manure Spreaders Class ActionLevaquin/Cipro/Avelox Class ActionManulife Financial Class ActionMercedes-Benz HVAC Class ActionMeridia National Class ActionMetis Residential Schools Class ActionMilitary Sexual Harassment Class ActionMissing and Murdered Indigenous Class ActionMutual Fund Timing Class ActionNavistar Maxxforce Class ActionNexium / Prevacid / Losec Kidney Class Action – PPIs(Proton Pump Inhibitor Medication)Nissan Continuously Variable Transmissions ClassAction (“Nissan CVTs”)Nissan Timing System Class Action

Ottawa Endoscope Class ActionOvarian Cancer Baby Powder Class ActionOxyContin Class ActionPaxil Pregnancy Class ActionPradaxa Class ActionPramipexole Dihydrochloride (Generic Mirapex) ClassActionPremarin/Premplus Class ActionPrexige Class ActionPrime West Shareholders Class ActionPropecia & Proscar Class ActionPublic Mobile/TELUS Class ActionRadiologist Class ActionResolve National Class ActionRisperdal / Invega Class ActionSaskatchewan Foster Care Class ActionSaskatchewan Training School Class ActionSchool Fees Class ActionScratch ‘n’ Win Class ActionSixties Scoop Class ActionStorkcraft Baby Cribs National Class ActionStryker Trident Hip Implant Class ActionSundre Oil Spill Class ActionSurgical Assistants Class ActionTakata Airbag Class ActionThunder Bay Flooding Class ActionTicketmaster Class ActionTobacco Class ActionTopomax Class ActionTransvaginal Mesh Claims

Ukraine Airlines Flight 752 Class ActionValsartan Class ActionVeterinary Class ActionVétérans des Forces canadiennesVolkswagen Timing Chain Class ActionXarelto Class Action / Recours Collectif Xarelto(Bayer)Yaz & Yasmin National Class ActionZimmer Knee Replacement Class Action911 Fees Class Action

PUBLICATIONSNATIONAL EQUIFAX DATA BREACH CLASS ACTION COMMENCED “The Equifax data breach is the largest and most serious in North American history,” said Tony Merchant upon the launching of a national class action regarding the Equifax data loss. “Equifax, entrusted with a wide array of financial information regarding Canadians, Americans, and others throughout the world, has jeopardized the financial safety of Canadians.” If you wish to join our E-bulletin contact list for this class action, please visit our class action page by clicking this link https://merchantlaw.com/class- actions/equifax A copy of the issued Statement of Claim is attached. Note particularly paragraphs 10, 15, 16, and 32. “Equifax claims to have offered free credit monitoring services for a year, at least to US customers but a part of the terms of service for that offered free year of credit protection involves a waiver of rights to participate in any class action law suits,” said Mr. Merchant.

“Whether such a waiver would prove to be effective (give that TrusteeID is notEquifax) is questionable, but potential class members should think twice beforesigning up under this “deal”. There are legal arguments that indicate such aruse by Equifax will not succeed but class members should nonethelessexercise care.”“I stress,” Tony Merchant emphasized, “the importance of the impact is that allof the information about people has been aggregated in one place. Data loss ofmultiple identifiers of individuals is profoundly more significant than the singleloss of a credit card number, the single loss of a social insurance number, theloss of mortgage information, the loss individually of pieces of financialinformation.” Merchant Law today issued legal proceedings in Saskatchewanand on Monday will be issuing legal proceedings in Quebec, in Ontario, andperhaps in other jurisdictions.All Canadians, businesses, and individuals, who are interested in informationand being made aware of the progress of the ongoing class action, shouldprovide their contact information through the website.

YOUR BLOOD ALCOHOL LIMITYour Blood Alcohol LimitIn most provinces, criminal charges result if you are drinking and driving whileover .08. In many provinces, there are other sanctions even if you are below .08.Estimating your blood alcohol level is not easy.Your blood alcohol level depends on your weight, the duration of drinking, theamount that you drank, your level of hydration, and is also impacted by whetheryou drank on an empty or full stomach.WeightYour blood alcohol level depends upon your body weight because for everypound over your ideal weight, you carry an additional mile of capillaries. Thiscreates an additional amount of blood to dilute the alcohol. The average heartcirculates all of your blood throughout your body every minute.HydrationWater in your system, just like blood in your system, impacts your blood alcohollevel. An ounce of alcohol in a liter of blood means a lower blood alcohol levelthan an ounce of alcohol in two liters of blood. You also have water in yoursystem.

Stomach ContentsDrinking on a full or empty stomach affects your blood alcohol level. You knowthis from personal experience. You get a more significant hit from a drink whenyou have not been eating than when you have been eating. This is caused bytwo affects.First, alcohol primarily enters your blood through the lower intestine. If yourstomach is filled with food the alcohol does not quickly get to the lowerintestine. If your stomach has no food, the alcohol, a liquid, will go quicklythrough your stomach and start to be processed by your lower intestine.Second, the stomach processes alcohol.When the stomach processes the alcohol it does not affect your blood alcohollevel. Think of the alcohol being burned by the digestive juices in the stomach.Cumulatively, these two effects are, that if the alcohol is delayed in getting tothe lower intestine and burned by the digestive juices in your stomach, drinkingon a full stomach will result in a lower blood alcohol level than drinking on anempty stomach.Indeed, in some tests the blood alcohol level is double in the test subjectsdrinking on an empty stomach as opposed to drinking on a full stomach. Yourliver will dissipate about one ounce of alcohol per hour but the lining of thestomach has an enzyme by which it will dissipate alcohol and assist the liver.Drinking on a full stomach not only slows the impact of the alcohol but yourstomach will process and dissipate alcohol even before it gets into your bloodand before your liver has to bat clean up.

DurationYour blood alcohol level depends upon the duration of your drinking becauseyour body processes the alcohol as it is ingested. The alcohol is almost fullyabsorbed and reaches its peak level in your blood and the impact upon you,about 45 minutes after consumption of drinking on an empty stomach. Drinkinga lot of alcohol slowly may make you feel as though you are not very high andmake you feel as though you are not over .08 but you may be.Age and Ethnicity do not matter!16 years old, 66 years old, fat, skinny, Nordic, First Nations, lumberjack,candlestick maker, none of these things matter.Sex Matters!As a woman, I can drink as much as a man. Not true! It takes less alcohol for awoman to become intoxicated because women process alcohol differently thanmen. Women reach a higher blood alcohol level than men do after drinking thesame amount, even if they are the same height and weight.Switching Among Beer, Wine, or Spirits, will affect me moreBlood alcohol concentration is what counts – not the type of alcohol you drink.Staying on one type of alcohol or switching among them makes no difference.A drink is a drink. You do not get drunker when you drink hard liquor forexample and people who say I stick to beer or wine are becoming just asinebriated.

Get Energy and Sobering UpAlcohol does not give you energy. The opposite is true. Alcohol is a depressantand slows down the ability to think, speak, and move. Perception, coordination,and judgment are affected before people begin to notice physical signs ofimpairment. “Sober up” with a cold shower and a cup of coffee only works inthe movies. They feel clean and awake but time is the only thing that will soberyou up. Coffee or Red Bull may keep you awake but caffeine will not make yousober.EstimatingAlmost all hard liquor sold in Canada is 80 proof, meaning it is 40% alcohol.Beer is not so easily categorized. Most Canadian beers are between 4% and 7%alcohol. For the following example, 6% has been used for beer.Wines, not ice wines or fortified wines which are higher, but ordinary wines arebetween 11% and 13% alcohol and 12% has been used for this example.

To equally compare a bottle of beer, 12 ounces, a glass of wine,or a drink of spirits:Beer – 12 ounces x 6% = .72 ounces of alcoholWine – 6 ounces x 12% = .72 ounces of alcoholSpirits – 1.8 ounces x 40% = .72 ounces of alcoholMany bars serve 1 ounce drinks, some 1.25 ounce drinks, and some, but rarely,1.5 ounce drinks. 1.8 ounces was selected for the example so there would be aparallel to a bottle of beer. Putting this differently, if your friend is drinkingmixed drinks and you are matching him or her by drinking a bottle of beer forevery fixed drink, probably a 1 ounce drink, you are probably consuming 80%more alcohol than the person drinking mixed drinks or sipping shots.The following estimates are based on a man drinking on anempty stomach with normal hydration.• Suppose you weigh 133 pounds.• Suppose it is a half hour since you started to drink;• If in total this person has consumed 1.5 ounces of spirits, or 5 ounces ofwine, or 5/6ths of a bottle of beer and it has been a half hour since consumingthe drink, he is at about 0.02633%: one drink – .03• If in total this person has consumed 3 ounces of spirits, or 10 ounces ofwine, or about 20 ounces of beer, all within a half hour, he is at about0.06016%: two drinks – .06

What to do practically if arrested for drinkingIf you think you are close to .08, and not much over, vomiting might help. If youwere drinking on an empty stomach, the alcohol will all have passed to yourlower intestine.If drinking on a full stomach, you might marginally impact your ascendingalcohol by clearing your stomach but this is not a very practical solution and itis unlikely to have much impact.Exercising furiously in your prison cell, burning the alcohol might alsomarginally help. These ideas might move you from .09 to .087 (and you arealways rounded down), but really there is nothing you can do in a practicalsense if stopped by the police and taken into custody for the purpose ofdemanding that you blow.What should you legally doAnswer no questions. You are not required to answer questions. If they ask ifyou were driving, refuse to answer. You may think it is obvious that you weredriving but do not answer. Ask to speak with a lawyer. Give your name and yourdriver’s license but no other information. If they ask your address, do notanswer.After hours you likely will reach a telephone answering service but impressupon them the importance of finding a lawyer. Tony Merchant answerstelephones at 2 o’clock in the morning. So do our other lawyers. Our advice willbe not to say anything and to blow.

BlowDo not think you can pretend to blow. Blow as they instruct. It is easier forMerchant Law lawyers to successfully defend being over .08 than a refusal toblow. Merchant Law successfully defends about 50% of the people werepresent who are charged with drinking and driving offences.Alcohol and healthYour liver processes alcohol. Your liver cleanses – processes – most of the badwe consume. You want a number under 5. Over 7.5 demonstrates danger. Gettested for gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) which is rarely authorized fortesting in Canada, but you can tell your doctor to put GGT on your liver paneltest list.

Consumption levelsAvailability of alcohol may affect consumption rates although variables aremany.Quebeckers drank 144 litres of alcoholic beverages per person of drinking agein the most recent comparable year. This was the highest of any province.Albertans were close behind at 134 litres per adult. In 3rd, NewfoundlandLabrador came in at 132 litres. Saskatchewan rates 8th in alcoholconsumption.And interestingly the largely urban Ontario, ranks 9th. The people of NewBrunswick consumed the least alcohol at 102 litres per person. New Brunswick,a province like Quebec, is Francophone but curiously is 10th, and Quebec is 1st.The Forgoing is Not Legal Advice.The information is believed to be accurate but reliance leading to a charge ofbeing over .08 will neither provide a defence to the charges nor grounds toadvance a claim against Merchant Law. For specific advice, and in particularspecific advice if charged with a drinking and driving offence, call our officesfor free initial advice.

GEAR SHIFTER CLASS ACTION LAUNCHED AGAINST JEEP, CHRYSLER, DODGE, MASERATI New Canada-wide Class Action Launched in Court Today A National class action was launched today regarding the gear shifting danger in Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, and Maserati vehicles. “These auto companies knew about the defect,” commented Tony Merchant, Q.C. said, “but deceived their customers by telling people who complained that theirs was an isolated incident. The death of Anton Yelchin is horrible but that publicity helped people affected all over Canada to know that what was happening to them was not their fault.”

Merchant Law Group LLP is well known for involvement in mass tort and classaction cases in Canada, which include lawsuits involving Winners, ResidentialSchools, System Access Fees, Hollinger, Maple Leaf Foods, and many othercases on our website.Regardless Of Whether You Were Injured Or Endangered By Your Vehicle,Compensation Is Expected For All Affected Vehicle Owners Because StepsMust Be Taken To Make Your Vehicle Safe!

DEMOCRATS/ REPUBLICANSTwenty-three Democratic hopefuls are now criticizing each other in hopes ofcreating a circumstance by which Donald Trump may be reelected.It is a mild overstatement to postulate that the world would have been a betterand cleaner place if Lyndon Bains Johnson had never been born. Certainly,anyone who can read thinks poorly of him. It may not be an impeachableoffense for a President to have a line installed from the kitchen to the OvalOffice so that he may squirt fresh Fresca into a glass but…The foregoing truths aside, the Democratic race to reelect President Slim bringsto mind a lucid moment when Lyndon Bains commented:The only difference between liberals and cannibals is cannibals don’t eat theirfriends and family members.There are other truths to be noticed in the circularfiring squad to select someone to snatch defeat from the jaws of a Trumpdefeat.Republicans are more holy than Democrats. That is why there are moreregistered Democrats. But Republicans vote.Other truths. Republicans only careabout deficits when there is a Democrat in the White House. The real truth isthat the amount the government takes out of the economy in the last 20 yearsis a constant. It runs at about 18%.

In the long run, we are all dead.The electoral college has 538 members, 435 in the House of Representativesand 100 in the Senate, so each district gets an electoral college equivalent voteplus District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa1. The electoralcollege is made up of these 535 plus three extras for the territories. In passing,since Wyoming and Vermont, have one each (for their one member in theHouse), but they also get two extra members of the electoral college becauseof two senators, a vote in Vermont, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Rode Island, ismore valuable than a vote in California.Half of 538 is 269. For the election Trump’s lock on 260 is solid.All you should do, and I would like you to tell me the polling if you can find it, isdetermined what will happen in Wisconsin, 10 votes, Michigan, 16 votes, andPennsylvania, 20 votes. If he again wins one of those three states and winningall three in 2016 took Trump to 306, then November 3 will be a bad day byethical standards and November 4 a good day for health care andpharmaceutical stocks.

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