Dr. Goodenowe's March 4, 2026 press conference and CBC's March 12 reporting
The press conference Dr. Goodenowe held in Moose Jaw to announce a demand letter to MLA Jared Clarke, and the CBC article reporting on it eight days later.
The article
What CBC reported
On March 12, 2026, CBC News published "Man behind controversial Sask. facility threatens NDP MLA with lawsuit, files suit against critic," reporting by Alexander Quon. The article reported on two distinct legal actions taken by Dr. Goodenowe.
The first was a demand letter issued by Dr. Goodenowe's legal counsel to NDP MLA Jared Clarke, the Saskatchewan NDP critic for rural and remote health, requesting retraction of statements Clarke made in the Saskatchewan legislature on December 1, 2025. The article reported that the letter gave Clarke fourteen days to respond, with a deadline of March 20, 2026, and stated that formal legal action could follow if the requests were not met. It included Clarke's response, in which he described the letter as a "strategic threat of litigation" and said he would not be intimidated. The article also included a statement from CBC standing by its reporting.
The second was a separate defamation action filed by Dr. Goodenowe in California against a former client who had publicly criticized the centre. That action is not the subject of the response below; the press conference embedded here addresses the demand letter to Clarke and the broader context of the past nine months of coverage.
The response
The press conference, March 4, 2026
On March 4, 2026, eight days before CBC's article was published, Dr. Goodenowe held a press conference in Moose Jaw to announce the demand letter to MLA Jared Clarke and the NDP, and to address the cumulative situation following the November 30, 2025 CBC reporting on Susie Silvestri and Clarke's December 1 statement in the legislature. Local and regional reporters attended in person. The press conference, including a full reporter Q&A, runs approximately twenty-four minutes.
A later response pertaining to the same article, the March 17, 2026 public address, is documented separately. The full press conference is provided below. Readers can use the chapter guide to skip to specific sections; each timestamp jumps the embedded video to that point.
Chapter guide
The opening remarks and an overview of community programs, including the Moose Jaw Vitality Project, the autism program, and the Senior Engage program, begin at 0:00. Dr. Goodenowe addresses the November 30 CBC article on Susie Silvestri at 2:06, and the inspections that followed Clarke's December 1 statement at 3:08. The announcement of the demand letter to MLA Jared Clarke and the NDP party begins at 4:34. The announcement of the FDA-compliant manufacturing facility under construction in Moose Jaw is at 5:30.
The reporter Q&A begins at 13:19, with a question on the status of the CBC defamation action. Subsequent questions address the impact of Clarke's December 1 statement at 14:23, the number of jobs expected from the planned expansion at 16:07, and a detailed explanation of the planned manufacturing facility at 18:21.
What the press conference addresses
Four elements of the coverage
The first is the demand letter itself. Dr. Goodenowe announces that legal counsel has issued a cease-and-desist letter to MLA Jared Clarke and the Saskatchewan NDP requesting retraction of statements made in the legislature on December 1, 2025 regarding Susie Silvestri's stay at the centre. He states that Clarke has been given two weeks to respond and that additional legal counsel has been engaged. He frames the requirement in terms of the obligation public officials have to be accurate when speaking under parliamentary privilege.
The second is the provincial response to date. Dr. Goodenowe states that since Clarke's December 1 statement, eight inspections or investigations have been launched on the Moose Jaw facility by the province of Saskatchewan, and that as of the press conference there are no ongoing or outstanding issues with any provincial or regulatory agency. He frames the demand letter in this context, as a request that elected officials act on what the inspections found rather than on what was alleged.
The third is the announcement of an FDA-compliant manufacturing facility under construction in Moose Jaw, operating under the name Dr. Goodenowe Dietary Therapeutics. Dr. Goodenowe describes the facility as designed to meet the regulatory standards required to support new drug applications in the United States and clinical trial applications with Health Canada, and notes that the announcement was made publicly on February 13, 2026, approximately three weeks before the press conference. Further details on the manufacturing facility, the regulatory pathway, and the rationale for the investment are addressed in the Q&A.
The fourth is the broader pattern of community investment. Dr. Goodenowe describes the centre's current employment of more than forty people in Moose Jaw, the construction of a research facility, the autism program supporting more than two hundred families worldwide, the Senior Engage program offering daily meals and engagement for local seniors free of charge, and the planned 2026 community health summit. He references the defamation action filed against CBC in August 2025; further information on the lawsuit is available on the lawsuit page.
This page documents the press conference CBC reported on in Article 9 of its twelve-article series.
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