From: johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   JCT: After 5 years being exempted to use marihuana for   
   medical purposes, Health Canada tried to pull a sleaze and   
   refuse to renew Laurence Cherniak's Jan 26 2014 exemption   
   forcing him to close his self-medicate garden and destroy   
   all his stash!!!   
      
   I prepared him a Judicial Review of their Refusal and a   
   motion requesting an extension of his current exemption   
   pending adjudication of his Judicial Review that is going to   
   be heard Friday probably by telephone conference call.   
      
   File No: _________   
                          FEDERAL COURT   
   BETWEEN:   
                       Laurence Cherniak   
                                                   Applicant   
                              and   
                  Attorney General of Canada   
                                                  Respondent   
      
        APPLICATION UNDER S.18 OF THE FEDERAL COURT ACT   
      
                     NOTICE OF APPLICATION   
      
   TO THE RESPONDENT:   
   A PROCEEDING HAS BEEN COMMENCED by the applicant. The relief   
   claimed by the applicant appears on the following page.   
      
      
                          APPLICATION   
      
   This is an application for judicial review in respect of   
   Health Canada.   
      
   1. On Nov 29, 2013 Health Canada informed Applicant of   
   the "intent to refuse" to renew the Personal-Use-   
   Production-License (PUPL) and Authorization To Possess   
   (ATP) marihuana for medical purposes pursuant to   
   S.12(1)(b) of the MMAR alleging at least one of the   
   requirements of ss.6(2) in the doctor's declaration   
   having to do with one of the three specialists cited in   
   my application not concurring that conventional   
   treatments were inappropriate was false or misleading.   
      
   2. No particulars were provided of which specialist had   
   disputed "at least one of the requirements in subsection   
   6(2).   
      
   3. No particulars were provided of which one or more of   
   the requirements were deemed false or misleading.   
      
   4. Applicant was given 30 days to produce evidence   
   rebutting the reasons for the refusal and reminded he   
   qualified under the new MMPR without a specialist though   
   he would have to shut down his self-production facility.   
      
   5. Having made the B-25 medical declaration in the same   
   way for the previous three renewals, having no idea what   
   evidence could be produced to rebut allegations without   
   particulars and having the utmost faith in his family   
   doctor's integrity, Applicant awaited the decision with   
   reasons for it.   
      
   6. Given the time it would take to dismantle a 5-year   
   investment, Applicant emailled Health Canada every day   
   for 10 days after the Dec 29 2013 30-days "more evidence"   
   period had passed seeking the decision and reasons.   
      
   7. On Jan 13 2014, Health Canada Marijuana Director   
   Stephane Lessard sent a letter of refusal which repeats   
   the allegations against the doctor's medical declaration   
   but provides no particulars; and is the subject of this   
   Judicial Review.   
      
   8. In R. v. Parker, the Court found that forcing a   
   medically-needy person to choose between prison and   
   health is unconstitutional. Should Applicant end up   
   accused, exactly the same arguments raised in Parker will   
   have to once again be raised by Applicant.   
      
   9. THE GROUNDS for the application are that the Refusal   
   was deficient in substance by allegations of impropriety   
   having no particulars that could be rebutted by my   
   physician who committed no malfeasance.   
      
   10. The applicant requests Health Canada send a certified   
   copy of the following material that is not in the   
   possession of the applicant but is in the possession of   
   Health Canada to the applicant and to the Registry:   
   Yearly number of Letters of Intent to Refuse sent.   
   Yearly number of Intents to Refuse reversed?   
   Yearly number of Refusals sent.   
      
   11. This application will be supported by the following   
   material: Affidavit of Laurence Cherniak dated Jan 14,   
   2014.   
      
   This Application for Judicial Review seeks an Order:   
      
   A) Overturning the Refusal to renew Applicant's ATP and   
   PUPL; or in the alternative,   
      
   B) Granting Applicant a personal constitutional exemption   
   under prevailing conditions from the S.7 and S.4   
   prohibitions on production and possession of marihuana   
   until his Health Canada exemption becomes valid again.   
      
   Dated at Toronto on Jan 14 2014.   
   Applicant   
   Laurence Cherniak   
   Email: INFO@laurencecherniak.com   
      
      
                     NOTICE OF MOTION   
      
   TAKE NOTICE THAT on Friday Jan 17, 2014 or as soon   
   thereafter as can be heard the Applicant's application in   
   person or by telephone to the Court (on short notice).   
      
   THE MOTION SEEKS an Order for:   
      
   A) an extension of Applicant's MMAR exemption which   
   expires Jan 26 2013 under prevailing conditions pending   
   resolution of this judicial review; or in the   
   alternative,   
      
   B) a personal constitutional exemption under prevailing   
   conditions from the S.7 and S.4 prohibitions on   
   production and possession pending resolution of this   
   judicial review.   
      
   THE GROUNDS FOR THE MOTION ARE that the Refusal was   
   deficient in substance by allegations of impropriety   
   having no particulars that could be rebutted by my   
   physician who committed no malfeasance; with time of the   
   essence.   
      
   AND FOR ANY ORDER abridging the time for service or   
   amending any error or omission which this Honourable   
   Court may allow.   
      
   THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE will be used:   
   Applicant' Affidavit dated Jan 14 2014.,   
   Any other material this court will allow.   
      
   Dated at Toronto on Jan 14 2014.   
   Applicant   
   Laurence Cherniak   
      
                  AFFIDAVIT OF LAURENCE CHERNIAK   
                       (dated Jan 14 2014)   
      
   I, Laurence Cherniak, residing at 3,336 Moffat Rd.,   
   Newcastle, Ontario, make oath as follow:   
      
   1. I have been exempted under the MMAR to produce and   
   possess cannabis since 2009 and my current Authorization   
   To Possess (ATP) and Personal-Use-Production-Licence   
   (PUPL) expire on Sunday Jan 26 2014. I sent in my latest   
   renewal on Sep 12, 2013!   
      
   2. Ex. A is the Nov 29, 2013 letter from Health Canada   
   informing me of the "intent to refuse" to renew my   
   Authorization To Possess and License to Produce marihuana   
   for medical purposes pursuant to S.12(1)(b) of the MMAR   
   alleging false or misleading information in my doctor's   
   declaration having to do with one of the three   
   specialists cited in my application not concurring that   
   conventional treatments were inappropriate. It stated:   
      
   "It is the information contained in section B2-5 "Medical   
   Practitioner's Form for Category 2 Applicants in the   
   application submitted on September 12 2013 that has been   
   deemed false or misleading, not the medical conditions or   
   symptoms you noted in the same application.   
      
   As per section 6(2) of the MMAR, in the case of a   
      
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