From: johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   After sending in their medpot renewals 9 weeks ago   
   (recommended 6-8 weeks before) and with them expiring next   
   week Wednesday Jan 10 (having to destroy everything), last   
   Wednesday morning, Tony and Nicole Van Edig filed Statements   
   of Claim over the stressful delay.   
      
   The next day, Thursday, they filed their Motion for Interim   
   Relief (extend exemption) to be heard at Wednesday Jan 10   
   General Sittings of Federal Court with the requisite Friday,   
   Monday, Tuesday 3 days notice. So they waited until the very   
   last possible moment before filing to see the judge on the   
   very date of expiry.   
      
   In my previous post, I pointed out how Federal Court Justice   
   Brown had not only slated Delayed Renewers Tony and Nicole   
   Van Edig for a special telephonic sitting at 2:30pm on the   
   Jan 10 2018 date their permits expire but had also given the   
   Attorney General until Monday night Jan 8 to file their   
   response to the motion to order Court exemptions until the   
   renewed H.C. exemptions arrive.   
      
   That's cutting it close. Ray Turmel's hearing before Judge   
   Roy happened at 6:30, 5.5 hours before destruction deadline.   
   Tony and Nicole's happens at 2:30, 9.5 hours before   
   destruction deadline.   
      
   So far, though Luc Lapierre had been told by the lady lawyer   
   that Health Canada had refused to give his file priority and   
   he'd have to wait like everyone else but when prodded to get   
   ready to explain to the judge how many applications were   
   before his and how long it would take, she got back to him   
   in hours with news that his exemption had been processed.   
      
   The lawyers really don't want to have to explain why the   
   delay nor how much more delay they'll have to wait. And so   
   far, they've managed to avoid having to respond by caving   
   and and hurrying up the processing.   
      
   But I can force a written Monday afternoon response just by   
   making Tony and Nicole unavailable until Tuesday! No   
   escaping a written explanation. So I told Nicole that when   
   they called, say there would be no discussion until Tuesday.   
   Now we'll find out why they spent so much time or....   
      
   Sure enough, early Friday, Health Canada called looking for   
   Tony. Nicole said he wasn't there and they wouldn't say any   
   more to her. Later, during the afternoon while they were   
   out, they got back to find two messages:   
   1) wondering if Tony had received a package yet, and   
   2) they're try to contact him again.   
      
   Why would Health Canada call a Renewal Applicant about a   
   package delivery? Don't they have a tracking number?   
      
   Could it be the letter with the renewed application, what's   
   with the "package?"   
      
   So by Monday, Justice has to provide a written response   
      
   1) explaining why H.C. say 6-8 weeks and it's now 10 weeks?   
   while ducking how long it will take for how many more   
   applications higher up on the pile?   
      
   2) saying that the renewals were delivered by Monday.   
      
   So, no ducking the written response. Only picking one of the   
   two defences to make. "Wait" or "Sent."   
      
   Filed Thursday with up to Monday morning to hop to it.   
      
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