"MK-ULTRA mind control class action authorized by Quebec Superior Court"

[The Bread Guy]

MK Ultra & associated stuff till kicking around, apparently ....

MK-ULTRA mind control class action authorized by Quebec Superior Court

MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit over infamous CIA-linked brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychiatric hospital, allowing the case to move toward trial.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

... The Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University and the Canadian government are being sued for their alleged roles in the so-called Montreal Experiments carried out by Dr. Ewen Cameron between 1948 and 1964.

The lawsuit alleges the federal government funded psychiatric treatments that were part of the CIA's MK-ULTRA program of covert mind control at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute, which is affiliated with the Royal Victoria and McGill. Cameron's treatments severely damaged the bodies and minds of patients, the lawsuit says, and included experimental sedative drugs, rounds of electroshocks and sleep deprivation.

(...)

The original class action included the CIA, but the Canadian have ruled that the U.S. government is immune from lawsuits in Canada.

Orenstein said the case will take some time to make it to trial. Many documents have been destroyed — some on purpose, but others according to protocol at various institutions. The main witness — Cameron — died in 1967 ...

In case you don't know the backstory, a bit here ....

Allan Memorial Institute Experiments Class Action | Consumer Law Group Class Actions Canada

UPDATE The class action was authorized against the Government of Canada McGill University and the Royal Victoria Hospital

clg.org

Montreal experiments - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

MKUltra - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

... with a CIA-provided internal wikipedia page on the whole thing (from a Freedom of Info request) dating back to 2018 attached.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

My dad interned with him on the lithium experiments. Be surprised if anyone is left from that era?

 

[Retired AF Guy]

From 61 years ago! Kind of late in the game to be suing?

 

[SeaKingTacco]

From 61 years ago! Kind of late in the game to be suing?

Never too late to chase an ambulance…

 

[The Bread Guy]

From 61 years ago! Kind of late in the game to be suing?

Not as long as a wallet is still there to be checked.

Besides, someone's already gotten some compensation from Canada a while back on this:

Thread 'Woman wins settlement in CIA brainwashing case'

12 Jul 2007

Thats right, CIA brainwashing...but this time involving the Canadian government?  I didnt believe it either at first...

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=df8d7976-03a8-4e11-a85b-f9b883d07e25&k=10283

"Max Harrold, CanWest News Service
Published: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 Article tools

"MONTREAL — A Montreal woman who underwent years of debilitating brainwashing techniques in the 1950s and 1960s has ended her case against the federal government, accepting an undisclosed amount of money.  Janine Huard, 79, accepted a cheque for an amount that “will make her very...

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