From: johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   JCT: Because regular law needs time to raise funds to pay   
   lesser legal strategists, Toronto dispensaries are in a   
   tough bind. But guerilla law has no such limitations.   
      
   Give me one poor but legal cannabis oil user to challenge   
   the bylaw ($150 to file) and who can then stiff the city for   
   the costs if he loses and here's how fast he can be in   
   court. Usually, 3 days notice, but we can move on short   
   notice if we want. Meaning "Hi Your Honor, I need justice   
   right now."   
      
   Here's a draft of what the MedPot Engineer would do:   
      
   File No: _______________   
      
                    SUPERIOR COURT OF ONTARIO   
      
   Between:   
                   _______________________________   
                                                Plaintiff   
      
                               AND   
      
                     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN   
                                                Defendant   
      
                      NOTICE OF APPLICATION   
      
   TO THE RESPONDENT   
   A LEGAL PROCEEDING HAS BEEN COMMENCED by the applicant. The   
   claim made by the applicant appears on the following page.   
      
   THIS APPLICATION will come on for a hearing on (day),   
   (date), at (time), at (address of court house).   
      
   IF YOU WISH TO OPPOSE THIS APPLICATION, to receive notice of   
   any step in the application or to be served with any   
   documents in the application, you or an Ontario lawyer   
   acting for you must forthwith prepare a notice of appearance   
   in Form 38A prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure,   
   serve it on the applicant's lawyer or, where the applicant   
   does not have a lawyer, serve it on the applicant, and file   
   it, with proof of service, in this court office, and you or   
   your lawyer must appear at the hearing.   
      
   IF YOU WISH TO PRESENT AFFIDAVIT OR OTHER DOCUMENTARY   
   EVIDENCE TO THE COURT OR TO EXAMINE OR CROSS-EXAMINE   
   WITNESSES ON THE APPLICATION, you or your lawyer must, in   
   addition to serving your notice of appearance, serve a copy   
   of the evidence on the applicant's lawyer or, where the   
   applicant does not have a lawyer, serve it on the applicant,   
   and file it, with proof of service, in the court office   
   where the application is to be heard as soon as possible,   
   but at least four days before the hearing.   
      
   IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING, JUDGMENT MAY BE GIVEN   
   IN YOUR ABSENCE AND WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO YOU.  IF YOU   
   WISH TO OPPOSE THIS APPLICATION BUT ARE UNABLE TO PAY LEGAL   
   FEES, LEGAL AID MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU BY CONTACTING A   
   LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE.   
      
   Date: ________________    Issued by _____________________   
                            Local registrar   
                            Address of court office   
      
   TO: City of Toronto   
      
      
                           APPLICATION   
      
   1.The applicant makes application for a declaration that   
   bylaw xxxxx ordering the shut down of cannabis dispensaries   
   is an unconstitutional violation of applicant's S.7 Charter   
   right.   
      
   2. The grounds for the application are that the bylaw   
   impedes lawful access to my only source of cannabis oil   
   whose prohibition was recently struck down in R. V. Smith   
   (2015).   
      
   3. The documentary evidence to be used at the hearing of the   
   application is the Applicant's Affidavit attesting to   
   medical need for cannabis oil and the dispensaries that   
   provide it.   
      
   (Date of issue)   
      
      
   __________________________________   
   Plaintiff Signature   
   Name:   
   _______________________________________________________   
   Address:   
   _______________________________________________________   
   _______________________________________________________   
   Tel/fax: ______________________________________________   
   Email: ________________________________________________   
      
   JCT: One thing that bugs me about Ontario forms is that the   
   back page has to be printed in landscape rather than   
   protrait. Every document needs to be handled differently due   
   to the different formatting of the last page. Used to be   
   portrait but someone figured out a way to make it more   
   complicated. Stupid eh?   
      
   Next step would be to file a   
      
                         NOTICE OF MOTION   
      
   TAKE NOTICE THAT on ___________ 2016 at _______ am, a motion   
   will be heard on short notice for an interim stay on the   
   bylaw alleged to infringe the right of the Applicant pending   
   resolution of the Application.   
      
   JCT: Usually, you can move in 3 days. With life and death at   
   stake, you can move on short notice. I often have including   
   on the very same day. "Here's my motion, your Honor, I need   
   it heard on short notice today." Don't remember a judge ever   
   having said no.   
      
   THE GROUNDS of the motion are that the bylaw impedes lawful   
   access to my only source of cannabis oil whose prohibition   
   was recently struck down in R. V. Smith (2015).   
      
      
                            AFFIDAVIT   
      
   I, _________________________, residing at __________________   
   make oath as follows:   
      
   1. I am a registered user of marihuana for medical purposes.   
   My L.P. Registration Number: ______________________   
      
   2. I need dried marijuana reduced to cannabis oil to treat   
   my symptoms.   
      
   3. The current unconstitutional marijuana regime does not   
   provide for provision of cannabis oil.   
      
   4. Though few accidents have been reported over many years,   
   production of cannabis oil can still be hazardous.   
      
   5. Cannabis dispensaries are my only source of cannabis oil.   
   Am I to run the risk of producing it myself?   
      
   7. This Affidavit is made in support of a motion for an   
   interim stay on the enforcement of bylaw xxxxxxx which   
   unconstitutional impedes my access to cannabis oil pending   
   resolution of the Application.   
      
   JCT: And then a short factum repeating the facts, pointing   
   out the cannabis oil prohibition through bylaw issue, and   
   arguing why making him boil his own oil could have sad   
   consequences.   
      
   And a Notice of Constitutional Question 30 days before the   
   hearing of the actual Application.   
      
   One last thing about Canadian law that bugs me. We have to   
   get rid of "sworn" affidavits. Perjury should be lying in   
   legal matters whether you promised not to lie or not. "Sorry   
   I didn't promise not to lie" shouldn't cut it. If you say or   
   sign it and it's false, it won't need a notary to put you in   
   jail. Just like lying to the FBI, Martha Stewart didn't need   
   to be under oath to be charged. So no need for expensive   
   affidavits any more unless as attestation to some transfer.   
   Affidavits just pad lawyer fees and cause needless expenses.   
      
   So that's how the Toronto or any anti-dispensary bylaw is   
   best challenged. Now let's see what their "legal counsel"   
   come up with.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)