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ajax13:
I looked at AARC's website, and noticed some odd things.  The website has links to media coverage of AARC.  As AARC purports to be a health resource, I cannot quite understand why it would have these links, which have nothing at all to do with treatment.  Another thing I noticed was that Vause is listed as someone who evaluated his own program.  Bizarre.  Part of the problem here is that for all it's riches, Calgary is a lil' backwater.  A legitimate health resource would not have to post references from the local society page to lend an air of legitimacy.  The website features testimonials in the manner of an old fashioned snake oil sale.  So much of it does not add up, but this city is fertile ground for scammers.   As to the board and staff, there is a real dirth of advanced training in medicine.  No pharmacologist, no psychiatrist.  One professor of medicine on the board [this Goresky person also being listed as an evaluator of the program] and a lot of people involved in oil and gas or finance.  Another curious fact is that the majority of "endorsements" came in the year 1993.  Since AARC was new at that time, it would appear that there is no basis whatsoever for any of their claims.  The endorsements seem more to be attempts to get provincial money in this early stage of AARC's development.  There is nothing about AARC that withstands scrutiny.  
From the top:
Founded by a man who worked under the discredited Miller Newton.  Newton's facilities have been successfully sued, and criminal investigations have resulted from actions taken in these facilities.
This man has attempted to pass himself off as a psychologist when he is not. This person also calls himself "Doctor", although he did not earn a PhD at an accredited institution and did not write a dissertation.
Thousands of dollars in fees have been charged to each family although these same families provide the residences for "clients".
Hundreds of thousands of dollars provided by charity, although institution still housed in industrial park location occupied in early nineties.
No psychiatrist or other medical doctor on staff.

Anonymous:
good call ajax
The primary object with all cults beyond even domination of the individual is the aquirement of riches. The domination is secondary. Of course, to call AARC a cult is unfair to it's detainees whom unlike traditional cult victims may not leave and therefore are not "manipulation" victems but "brutality" victims.

They are victems in the manner of prisoners in totalitarion re-educacation centers. However, unlike totalitarion targets the primary object is obtaining funds directly from the victem- well their families anyway

This is why the children are not merely kidnapped and imprisoned. To truly truly truly rip every cent from their bodies you must skimp on tradiional ethical inclusions that even prisons have.- like real doctors, real staff,  prison housing, food, etc

ajax13:
Another curious and wholly ridiculous facet of 'the leader" is that in lieu of a dissertation for his "PhD", he wrote about how good his own program was.   He just wrote about what a great job he was doing.  This is precisely what his mentor, Newton did for his piece of paper from that renowned font of higher learning, The Union Institute.  This is also the same technique used to "evaluate" AARC, whereby "the leader" and this Goresky individual, who are on the board, evaluated their own program.

Hamiltonf:
Way to go Ajax.

Perhaps it would be a step in the right direction if we were to seek FOIPP disclosure about  government funds going to these creeps.  Maybe that can be done through an agency such as the Alberta Civil Liberties Association (Steve Jenuth),  or one of the opposition parties.  
Also we might be able to find out about government funds having been used historically to send kids to such places as Kids of North Jersey.

ajax13:
I would not encourage anybody to go through one of the opposition parties.  This is not the forum for a discussion of Alberta politics, but it is not a good idea to make the issue one to be swept away in party politics.  There is only one ruling party here, and it's not a good idea to antagonize them.  Individuals in the Provincial Government bear a good deal of responsibility for this abomination, but the party will close ranks if they feel that it is a partisan issue.  The key here is to follow the money.

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