Trueman Tuck, Man of God and Lobbyist Extraordinaire
Alternative title: how many degrees of separation are there between Ontario anti-wind activists and fringe medicine?
Most of my trawling through the federal disclosure records and databases is simply menial drudgery. But there are occasional bright glimmers of something interesting. One of those is Trueman Tuck, lobbyist extraordinaire, of Belleville, Ontario. Tuck only has a couple of dozen active registrations right now, but he has registered 263 times since 2007. He’s self-employed, and he’s a very busy, busy man. Oh, and did I also mention that “Trueman of the Tuck clan,” as he also calls himself, is
A Son of God and a Sovereign Spiritual/Human Being that is purpose driven to educate, assist and defend… other sons and daughters of God.
A quick Google search reveals that he is nothing short of extraordinary. Mr. Tuck has run for the Freedom Party of Ontario, the would-be patriach of the Canadian Tea Party, and an anti-public healthcare activist. And I really do mean anti-public healthcare. Not just the usual run-of-the-mill “let’s privatize everything” shill. He’s currently soliciting donations to combat “the illegal bullying and the malicious regulatory activities of Health Canada, Canadian Border Services Agency and Canadian Food Inspection Agency,” which are apparently involved in a variety of conspiracies to harm Canadians.
Most interesting, though, is the glimpse the Lobbying Registry provides into Tuck’s own activities. In addition to the operations I mentioned above, the following businesses are listed as being based at 444 Dundas Street, Belleville, Ontario, or P.O. Box 22100 in the same city, and are lobbying through Tuck:
- Canadian Coalition for Health Freedom — Maintains that drug regulation of dietary supplements is “destroying Canada” and must be stopped
- Friends of Freedom International — This group exists to “globally preserve, protect and enhance our individual sovereign supreme of free will informed freedom of choice”
- Live Longer Educational Foundation — A non-profit drug store that “will save you at least 15% to 25% or more off of the local market retail price” on alternative medicines, in exchange for an annual membership fee.
- People First Republic Party of Ontario — A political party dedicated to “providing sincere and caring Sovereign Spiritual Human Beings with their own political party”
- Tucks Discount Vitamins and Wellness Centre — Wants to “eliminate current prejudices to non-allopathic health care”
I find it hard enough managing just one blog. I can’t imagine operating three businesses and four NGOs. Mr. Tuck is a very busy man.
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Mary
Dear unknown,
The fact that you write about 714X or anything else is a right that no one can deny.
But the fact that you write what you’ve heard or read about someone or something without going to the source itself … is very disapointing. In this article, you doing what 80% of people are doing while sitting on their sofa in front of the TV: in french we call that “un gérant d’estrade” …
Sincerely,
Mary
Sixth Estate
Mary, I’m afraid I’m not sure what you’re trying to criticize here. Perhaps you could be more specific. Are you saying I’m inaccurate about what 714X supposedly does?
There are no clinical trials supporting the use of 714X, which is not surprising because the idea that mysterious entities called somatids cause cancer is bogus.
Pacanukeha
While I have no appreciation for the woo-ist tendencies of anyone I don’t see a need to link woo-ism with the anti-wind world. With friends living in windy communities revealing all of the lies and corruption going on I’m hesitant to embrace the current setup. I’m not against wind power. I am against cronyism, bullying, and corruption.
Mary
Dear Sixth Estate,
First, somatids don’t cause cancer … don’t know where you’ve got that strange idea …
Second, “there are no clinical trials supporting the use of 714X” …Lol you are very naive my friend. It’s not because you don’t see something that it doesn’t exists.
Third, why don’t you go to the source and get the right information instead of posting stuff that you don’t even know about …
Sixth Estate
Hi again, Mary.
If you can supply a list of peer-reviewed publications documenting the success of 714X in clinical trials, I’ll give you space for a guest post so that not just me but my (handful) of readers will also know more about it.
In the meantime, the National Cancer Institute (U.S.) says that there are no published peer-reviewed studies of clinical trials of 714X. So this is your chance to prove them wrong too.
Mary
Unfortunately SE, although I deeply wish, I am not in a position to provide you the proofs for my own security and others. About NCI, you can be sure they know much more than they pretend. Remember … it’s not because you don’t see it, that it doesn’t exist … This is my last reply SE.
Sixth Estate
Okay, but again, if you want me to believe in something, you’re going to have to present it to me. According to the NCI, there are no publications on clinical trials of 714X. If there is a published study on the subject, I can’t imagine why it would endanger your security or anyone else’s simply to point me to the journal it appeared in.
I’m not calling you a liar by any means, I’m just saying that I’m not sure why I should be expected to believe something about medicine just based on your say-so and without any clinical trials. And apparently you are unable to point me to any publications of evidence from clinical trials.