Law Society of Upper Canada Wrongfully deprives Cancer Victim Livelihood throughout battle with Cancer

My Filipina mother Naty Bruce submitted the following text to the Hamilton Spectator in October 2013. The Hamilton Spectator did not publish the following, but only pics of Ann  Bruce with one sentence. 

Ann Bruce

To my daughter Ann. Courage is grace under pressure. Be strong.

Since 2010, the Law Society of Upper Canada has demanded my daughter Ann continue in a procedurally flawed, unjust hearing.

The Law Society of Upper Canada persistently & unconscionably bulldozed my daughter Ann with litigation communications & litigation documents throughout her battle with breast cancer, attempting to drag her back into litigation despite letters from Ann's doctors, despite her mastectomy, on-going treatments, etc.

My daughter, with undiagnosed breast cancer, advised the Law Society panel she was too unwell to continue—in distress. A biased, incompetent Law Society panel rebuked my daughter throughout the hearing for being too unwell & shockingly refused to grant her adjournments.

Ann repeatedly requested adjournments from the Law Society's hearing in the Law Society of Upper Canada v. Ann Bruce,and the Law Society's outrageous Estates Application against her. The unconscionable Law Society demanded Ann continue.

The Law Society wrote a shockingly unprecedented letter to Ann's surgeon at Women's College Hospital demanding that Ann's surgeon authenticate the individual in the hospital photo and demanding the surgeon answer all their questions about my daughter. My daughter's surgeon expressed disbelief at the Law Society's lack of knowledge of the basic tenets of doctor-patient confidentiality. The surgeon indicated their unwillingness to risk a medical licence for the sake of responding to the Law Society's demands.

The Law Society fails to comprehend the seriousness of my daughter's cancer. Such insidious behaviour from a self-governing body brings disrepute to the administration of justice and harms the public interest.

For some background info, part of my affidavit is available at:

http://lnkd.in/k5TnPG