TURMEL: Covid Resistance judge offers choice to be left out 

JCT: At the last hearing of the Original Ten Covid 
Resistance Plaintiffs, Case Management Judge ("CMJ") Aylen 
gave them the choice of being stayed pending the result in 
my file and not getting any info or remaining in action and 
participating in everything. 

Back in 2014. there were almost 400 self-represented 
plaintiffs who attended the hearing of the motion to strike 
our claims like the Crown wants to do here. I made the 
main arguments and Justice Phelan invited any others to 
comment too. After the MMPR regime was struck down in the 
Allard case, he ruled ours had been mooted and dismissed 
them with no costs. Some who appealed and later lost got his 
with costs from the Court of Appeal (around $500) but most 
did not appeal and lost their original $2 filing fee. 

In 2017, for another group, a lead plaintiff was appointed 
which allowed the Crown to not keep them apprised of what 
was going on. I told our CMJ that I didn't want that 
happening again and insisted the Crown keep those apprised 
whom they did not have to serve the motion on! But the Crown 
refused and the CMJ wouldn't order them to. 

When asked, a few said they would be stayed, a few said not, 
and a few wanted more time to decide. So Mar 18 to decide, 
Mar 24 for Crown to argue they should be stayed, Mar 29 for 
us to argue we don't want to be, like the Phelan group. 

And CMJ allowed people to change their minds! 

So, I have to advise plaintiffs to oppose being stayed and 
to make the Crown serve a personal copy of a motion on each 
individual plaintiff. I tried to make it easy on them but 
now I'm for making it hard on them now that they chose to 
make it hard on us. 

For those who have a choice to register, you only have to 
send an email to Case Management Judge Aylen at 

fc_reception_cf@cas-satj.gc.ca

with copies to 

benjamin.wong2@justice.gc.ca  and me
johnturmel@yahoo.com 

If you said you don't mind being cut out of the proceedings 
until your case is dismissed if the Crown motion to strike 
as frivolous, then agree to be stayed pending result. 

If you want to get copies of everything and attend any more 
hearings, just say you oppose being stayed. 

I don't see how being cut out of everything is going to be 
much fun. It should be quite the show and wouldn't you like 
another two Gold Stars, one on their motion to strike and 
the other on any Judgment. And then Appeal to a Judge, and 
then appeal to 3 judges, and then to 9 at the top.

This is only for the Original Ten. I don't know what she's 
going to ask the next 50 to do unless she stays no one and 
doesn't have to ask.