Marcel Gignac does not mince words in his blog about the new, CCSVI theory of multiple sclerosis and how to treat it. He has called Nova Scotia's health minister a "murderer" for not funding the controversial treatment, said physicians at the Halifax MS clinic were unqualified to practice medicine and described a new MS drug as "the most expensive form of Russian Roulette."

The blog's preface states that specialists in the disease, who typically have a four-year medical degree and five years of neurological training, simply read books that interpret what patients feel. "The only expert can be the patient," asserts the resident of Amherst, N.S., a former call-centre manager. "I am an MS expert."