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|    John KingofthePaupers Turmel to All    |
|    TURMEL: Jeff Harris 1st Manson Amender i    |
|    15 Jun 15 00:45:28    |
      From: johnturmel@yahoo.com              JCT: Jeff Harris served and mailed off his Application for       Leave to Appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's refusal to       grant legal standing to appeal Manson's refusal to expand       his remedy to all patients only to Conroy's clients Beemish       and Hebert. And since they're not asking, no one can.               File Number:        IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA        (ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL)       BETWEEN:        Allan Jeffery Harri        Applicant        Appellant in appeal        And        Her Majesty The Queen        Respondent        NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL        NAME, APPLICANT        (Pursuant to Rule 25 of the Supreme Court Rules)              TAKE NOTICE that Applicant seeks leave to appeal the       decision of Federal Court of Appeal Justice Dawson on April       15 2015 dismissing Applicant's motion for an extension of       time to appeal the Dec 30 2014 decision of Federal Court       Justice Manson in Allard et al v. HMQ.              AND FOR an Interim Exemption from the CDSA for the Personal       Medical Use of marijuana by Applicant pending the appeal.              THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL are that members of the a class       affected by a Federal Court ruling should have a right of       appeal.       Dated at Vancouver on Friday June 13 2015.              For the Applicant:       Allan Jeffery Harris               APPLICANT'S MEMORANDUM              PART I - OVERVIEW              1. Applicant is one of a group of 36,000 medically-licensed       marijuana self-growers under the MMAR but the government       wanted to turn the business over to large commercial       concerns.              2. To shut the self-grows down, in July 2013, Health Canada       announced that all MMAR personal grower permits would be       terminated on April Fool 2014 when the MMPR commercial       growers took over. There would be no more renewals after Oct       1 2013. Upon expiry of a license, the exemptee should take       down the garden, destroy all stock, and provide proof of       purchase of the commercial product to continue to be exempt.       Of course, security, packaging, labeling regulations were so       onerous that after a year, only 13 of the 1,000 applicants       overcame the mountain of red tape to be approved!              3. The "Allard" Federal Court legal challenge against the       MMPR as deficient was launched and asked to extend the MMAR       for those Authorized To Possess pending the trial to be       heard Mar 18 2014, two weeks before April Fool expiry for       all permits.              4. In the next half year until April 1 2014, few of the       18,000 expiring exemptees destroyed all the medicine they       had spent years producing when their permits expired so they       could have proof of purchase from commercial producers to       validate their exemptions because most couldn't even afford       the commercial prices.              5. Exemptee Stephen Burrows had cut his tumor in half with       cannabis oil before his permits expired in January. Unable       to afford the MMPR, what could be do but shut down, go       outlaw with the rest of his stash, and hope he'd get his       permits grandfathered back at the hearing.              6. Robert Roy's permits were expiring on Mar 18 2014, the       very day of the hearing with no disruption at all if the       MMAR is extended.              7. After the hearing, Justice Manson reserved his decision!       So the next day, Robert Roy's permits expired and he became       an outlaw for not destroying his grow as he waited for the       judge's decision on the extension. Luckily, he wasn't       raided.              8. On Mar 21 2014, 3 days later, Justice Manson ruled the       medically-qualified group had the right not not to be       deprived of their medicine while the MMPR was unready and       grandfathered everyone's grow permits back to Oct 1 2013.       But not their Possess Permits, only those holding currently       valid permits were extended! And a Grow Permit is no good       without a Possess Permit!              9. So, by only 3 days, Robert Roy was Left Out of the relief       with Stephen Burrows and the other half of the 36,000       exemptees whose permits had expired.              10. And no more amendments to permits, if your Designated       Grower dies, your permits die with him.              11. Upon a motion to expand the relief to all, the Federal       Court of Appeal sent it back for an explanation of why       Manson had granted all in the group Right but then Beemish       and Hebert the remedy granted to others. Judge Manson       refused to expand the remedy to all nor allow any permit       changes in order to protect the commercial viability of the       MMPR regime!              12. When John Conroy, attorney for Beemish and Hebert,       failed to file an appeal for his clients and the affected       group on time, Applicant filed a motion for an extension of       time to appeal the Manson refusal to expand his remedy to me       and for interim expansion of the remedy to me.              13. John Conroy did file an Appeal late against the Manson       refusal to expand the remedy but did not move for interim       expansion of remedy pending the appeal.              14. Applicant has been denied legal standing to file such       appeal on the grounds first elucidated in Justice Eleanor       Dawson's decision of April 14 2015 in Allan Jeffery Harris       v. HMTQ:        i) In order to obtain an extension of tim an applicant        must establish:        (1) a continuing intention of pursue the appeal;        (2) the appeal has some merit;        (3) no prejudice arises from the delay; and        (4) there is reasonable explanation for the delay.        ii) The applicant has adduced no evidence with respect        to the first and last criteria.        iii) Nor has the applicant shown there to be some merit        in the appeal. He was not party to the order under        appeal and so lacks standing to bring the appeal.        iv) As a result, the interests of justice do not require        that that the extension be granted.              15. On April 30 2015, John Conroy has now discontinued the       appeal of the Manson refusal to vary the remedy before the       higher court and filed instead another motion to vary the       remedy which Justice Phelan has already refused before       Justice Phelan in an equivalent court leaving Applicant       without recourse to avoid the violation of rights of the       group originally accepted by Justice Manson.              PART II: ISSUES              16. The learned judge erred in:       A(1) expecting evidence of "continuing intention of pursue       the appeal" before the appeal is even filed;       A(2) finding there was no reasonable explanation for the       short delay after John Conroy failed to file an appeal for       the affected group on time;       A(3) seeing no merit in the appeal though an identical              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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