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|    TURMEL: Terry Parker files for exemption    |
|    28 Sep 14 17:44:05    |
      From: johnturmel@yahoo.com              JCT: Here's Terry Parker's Applicattion for Leave to Appeal               IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA        (ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL)       BETWEEN:        Terrance Parker        Applicant        Appellant in appeal        And        Her Majesty The Queen        Respondent               APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL        Terrance Parker, APPLICANT        (Pursuant to Rule 25 of the Supreme Court Rules)               TABLE OF CONTENTS       1. Notice of Application for Leave to Appeal..........1       2. June 4 2014 Order of Phelan J......................(3       3. June 4 2014 Reasons of Phelan J....................(11       4. Jul 17 2014 Order of Nadon J.A....................(2       5. Applicant's Memorandum............................               NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL        Terrance Parker, APPLICANT        (Pursuant to Rule 25 of the Supreme Court Rules)              TAKE NOTICE that Applicant seeks an Order overturning the       July 17 2014 decision of Federal Court of Appeal Justice       Nadon (A-287-14) dismissing Applicant's motion for an       interim exemption for marijuana              THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL are that without an immediate interim       exemption for Personal Medical Use of marijuana, I could die       of my cancer which I had cut in half before my MMAR       exemption expired.              The Applicant further appeals the Order for $500 in costs.              THE GROUNDS ARE that I cannot afford it and asking for       medication should not be so punished.       Dated at Toronto on Sep 26 2014.       For the Applicant:       Terrance Parker               APPLICANT'S MEMORANDUM        Terrance Parker, APPLICANT        (Pursuant to Rule 25 of the Supreme Court Rules)              PART I - OVERVIEW              1. In R. v. Parker [1997], Provincial Court Judge Sheppard       granted me an exemption from the CDSA prohibitions on       possession and cultivation of marijuana for my medical need.              2. On July 31 2000, in R. v. Parker, the Ontario Court of       Appeal ruled the prohibition on possession of marijuana (and       cultivation prohibition had that stay been appealed) to be       invalid absent a viable medical exemption. It suspended its       decision 1 year and granted me a constitutional exemption       from the prohibitions in the CDSA pending the government       providing me with a medical exemption.              3. On July 30 2001, one day before the year-suspension was       up, the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations were issued.              4. On Aug 1 2001, I could not comply with the MMAR demands       and once again fell under unconstitutional jeopardy and have       been unable to comply since then and remain unexempted.              5. On Mar 5 2014, I filed a Statement of Claim in Federal       Court for repeal of the MMAR based on 16 identified       constitutional violations, of the MMPR based on 20       identified constitutional violations, and of the       prohibitions by striking the word "marijuana" from Schedule       II of the CDSA.              6. I also filed Motion Record with an Affidavit attesting to       my need of marijuana for my epilepsy for an interim       exemption for Personal Medical Use.              7. On Jun 4 2014, upon a motion by Her Majesty in Default of       filing a Statement of Claim, Justice Phelan stayed my action       pending the final decision in Allard v. HMTQ (T-2030-13) on       the basis that I am "seeking relief which is substantially       similar to that being sought by the Allard Plaintiffs" whose       resolution would "significantly narrow" the issues I am       raising.              8. The Allard case represents the concerns of the Coalition       Against MMAR Repeal who have Authorizations To Possess while       I seek MMAR repeal because it never worked for me. Such       polar opposite remedies are not "substantially similar."              9. The Allard case seeks to end the MMPR prohibition on:       a) cannabis derivatives;       b) outdoor growing;       c) in-home growing;       d) possession of more than 150 grams.              10. I do not have legal access so that the resolution of       those issues does not affect me and cannot significantly       narrow any issues I am raising.              11. Justice Phelan further dismissed my motion for interim       exemption for personal medical use ruling:        [21] In the Allard Injunction hearing, Justice Manson        declined to issue a similar constitutional exemption. He        wrote at para 124:        "The first form of relief requested by the Applicants [a        constitutional exemption] is inappropriate. It would        exempt medically-approved patients and their designates        from the possession, trafficking, and possession for the        purposes of production provisions in the CDSA without        qualification. This is not the intent of the MMAR, which        defined the circumstances under which medically-approved        patients could possess and grow marihuana and in what        quantities. The relief sought would grant them exemption        from the provisions of the CDSA without limitation."        [22] This Court concurs with the reasoning of Justice        Manson. The constitutional exemption from the        prohibitions on marihuana in the CDSA sought by the        claimants (whether interim or permanent) is        inappropriate. It is not tailored to remedying an        alleged Charter violation, but appears essentially        unlimited.        9[23] The requested exemption does include an apparent        limit in the form of the marihuana production and        possession being "for the Plaintiff's personal medical        use". As the claimants attack the MMAR and MMPR regimes        in part for their reliance on doctor's prescription, it        is unclear how a valid medical purpose would be        established other than in the claimant's discretion.              12. Though the "apparent limit" of Personal Medical Use       "appears essentially unlimited," nevertheless, it was       sufficient limit to be granted both previous exemptions by       the criminal courts; a Criminal Court would clearly discern       that trafficking to minors could never be construed as       Personal Medical Use. So if an "unlimited exemption for       Personal Medical Use" without any prescribed dosage was       limited enough for those courts then, it should also have       been now.              13. Justice Phelan further ruled:        Perhaps most importantly, the claimants have failed to        establish at this time that the medical exemption        provided by the MMAR or MMPR violates their Charter        rights in a way that would be remedied by the proposed        constitutional exemption.              14. Since neither the MMAR nor MMPR serve my medical need, a       continued violation of my right to life acknowledged by the              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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