From: johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   JCT: Typical weird problem I come up with that only Federal   
   Court can solve. I filed this in Federal Court yesterday:   
      
                                           File No: T-561-15   
                     FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA   
   Between:   
                           JOHN TURMEL   
                                                Plaintiff   
                               AND   
                      HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN   
                        IN RIGHT OF CANADA   
                                                Defendant   
      
                        STATEMENT OF CLAIM   
           (Pursuant to S.48 of the Federal Court Act)..   
      
   A LEGAL PROCEEDING HAS BEEN COMMENCED AGAINST YOU by the   
   Plaintiff. The claim made against you is set out in the   
   following pages.   
      
   IF YOU WISH TO DEFEND THIS PROCEEDING...   
      
   Date: April 10 2015   
   Issued by:__________________________________   
   (Registry Officer)   
   Address of local office: 180 Queen St. W. Toronto   
      
   TO: Attorney General of Canada   
      
                      CLAIM OF THE PLAINTIFF   
      
   PLAINTIFF CLAIMS:   
      
   A) a Declaration pursuant to s.52 (1) of the Canadian   
   Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) that the 35-year-   
   old reimbursement cap of $250 set in S.477.75 of the Canada   
   Elections Act unconstitutionally limits the right to   
   participate in the electoral process; and   
      
   B) a remedy of striking out and replacing the words "THE   
   GREATER OF A) the amount of expenses incurred for audit, up   
   to a maximum of THE LESSER OF 3% OF THE CANDIDATE'S ELECTION   
   EXPENSES AND $1,500 ; AND B) $250." leaving "up to a maximum   
   of $1,500."   
      
   THE GROUNDS OF THE CLAIM ARE:   
      
   1. On Feb 16 2015, I wrote Elections Canada with respect to   
   the reimbursement of auditor's fees for candidates with no   
   contributions nor expenses pointing out:   
      
       When I started running in federal elections in 1979, the   
       auditor's fee reimbursed was $250. It has remained that   
       way since then. My regular auditor contented himself   
       with that fee for the past 35 years but after he   
       retired, I had to use a regular auditor and chose   
       Millard, Rouse and Rosebrugh in Brantford who are paid   
       $875 by the Ontario government to audit my null   
       provincial returns.   
      
       Their auditor's fee for the Nov 25 2013 Toronto-Centre   
       byelection was $678 of which Elections Canada only   
       covered $250 leaving me stuck with the other $428 plus   
       finance charges. Though their fee is commensurate with   
       other jurisdictions and I will honor it, the   
       reimbursement by Elections Canada has not kept up with   
       the times. The political process has now become   
       prohibitively less affordable for a candidate in forma   
       pauperis, I would therefore ask if the reimbursement   
       limit could be reconsidered to keep up with the times   
       and their overage covered by Elections Canada.   
      
       Given the number of elections in which I participate, it   
       will be worth my while to ask Federal Court for a   
       declaration that the 35-year-old reimbursement cap is   
       limiting my constitutional right to participate in the   
       electoral process. Please consult with Director General   
       at Justice Canada Alain Prefontaine before dismissing my   
       expected response to no resolution as a bluff.   
      
   2. On Mar 16 2015, Elections Canada responded the Elections   
   Act afforded them no leeway because S.477.75 allows:   
       the Chief Electoral Officer provides the Receiver   
       General with a certificate that sets out the greater of   
       a) the amount of expenses incurred for audit, up to a   
       maximum of the lesser of 3% of the candidate's election   
       expenses and $1,500; and   
       b) $250.   
      
   3. The Plaintiff proposes that this action be tried in the   
   City of Toronto, Province of Ontario.   
      
   Dated at Toronto on April 10 2015.   
   For the Plaintiff:   
   John C. Turmel, B.Eng.,   
      
   JCT: Okay, so it may seem a small beef for minor party   
   candidates to have to pay out $500 to audit a NIL return.   
   Kind of deters from running if you're a pauper, doesn't it?   
      
   Anyway, I've asked the Court for something simple they have   
   the power to to if they agree the 36-year-old cap is so   
   unconstitutionally limiting my access as to make the   
   electoral process illusory.   
      
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