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If Mitra Kermani is going to harass every blogger who mentions her behaviour toward Loblaws Companies Inc., then I think it’s only fair that every blogger who sees this sort of intimidation as being unacceptable behaviour in Canada should post a story re-interating both Mitra Kermani’s name and a brief synopsis of exactly why she’s making the news.

Senior executives at Loblaw Cos. Ltd. have endured an intolerable three-year campaign of harassment, intimidation and multiple death threats from an irate food supplier who is angry over the grocer’s decision to end their business arrangement, according to court documents.

The ongoing problem became so bad that some members of company management weren’t able to concentrate on work because of fears for their lives, say affidavits filed in Ontario Superior Court.

The alleged harassment began after Loblaws cut ties with Toronto supplier Misom Halal Food Products in 2005.

That move sparked a vitriolic response by Mitra Kermani, Misom’s co-owner, which included her telling one executive that she would “cut his tail off and shoot him in the head,” the documents allege.

Ms. Kermani was convicted of criminal harassment last year, the documents say, but the harassment continued and Loblaws recently asked a Toronto court to enforce a no-contact order against Ms. Kermani– again.

The food supplier has allegedly written “thousands” of threatening e-mails, telephoned executives at all hours of the day and night and made surprise visits to their homes, the documents say.

In response, the company hired private security to guard one employee’s house.

Ms. Kermani also followed staff, demanding to know why Loblaws stopped buying from her small operation, which supplied chicken and other food prepared under Islamic guidelines, the documents say.

United we stand, people. This sort of crap is simply intolerable in Canada.

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