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October 31, 2002 Trick or Treat? 13 Canadian farmers hauled off to jail in handcuffsby J. L. Jackson www.freedominion.ca It may be Halloween but it isn’t a trick and certainly no treat. On October 31st, thirteen political protesters were handcuffed and sent to jail in Lethbridge, Alberta. These weren’t your average run of the mill anti-globalism, Marxist, hippy type of protesters, however. Believe it or not, these were – farmers. Regular every-day kind of farmers who plant their grain, have coffee in the local coffee shop, buy farm supplies at the local farm supply store and who often buy their...