• TURMEL: Judge Horne punishes Covid false alarm warners

    From John KingofthePaupers Turmel@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 29 10:34:13 2023
    TURMEL: Judge Horne punishes Covid false alarm warners

    JCT: Note that everyone's actions were stayed pending my
    appeals as Lead Plaintiff and checking with the Supreme
    Court of Canada registry, you'll see my Application for
    Leave to Appeal is not yet complete. So Judge Horne jumped
    the gun:
    https://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/info/dock-regi-eng.aspx?cas=40520

    Date: 20230828
    Dockets: T-138-21
    List in Annex A

    Toronto, Ontario, August 28, 2023
    PRESENT: Associate Judge Trent Horne

    SEE ANNEX A FOR A LIST OF ALL OTHER
    DOCKETS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

    BETWEEN:
    RAYMOND TURMEL
    Plaintiff
    and
    HIS MAJESTY THE KING
    Defendant

    ORDER

    J: <-- Judge Trent Horne

    J: I. Background

    [1] These actions were dismissed by my order dated June
    19, 2023 ("Order").

    [2] The Order did not fix costs. The defendant was directed
    to serve and file submissions as to costs within 10 days of
    the date of the Order. Any responding submissions from the
    plaintiffs as to costs were directed to be served and filed
    within 20 days of the date of the Order.

    [3] By order dated July 18, 2023, I granted the defendant an
    extension of time to July 25, 2023 to serve and file
    submissions as to costs. The deadline for the plaintiffs to
    serve and file responding submissions as to costs was
    extended to August 4, 2023.

    JCT: It was brought to Judge Horne's attention that the
    Application for Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of
    Canada was not yet completed.

    J: [4] The defendant served and filed costs submissions on
    July 18, 2023. The defendant submits that an award of
    $500.00 in costs would be appropriate in all matters other
    than T-333-21. In particular, the defendant relies on two
    orders I made in other matters involving "kit claims"
    prepared and promoted by John Turmel.

    JCT: The Crown relies on Orders from other matters that were
    after these actions. Keep the timing in mind.

    J: [5] The defendant submits that $250.00 in costs should be
    awarded in T-333-21 because the plaintiff apparently
    attempted to discontinue the proceeding. There is no
    indication in the Court file that a notice of discontinuance
    was presented for filing. There are no submissions from the
    plaintiff in T-333-21.

    J: [6] Of the 81 plaintiffs, only four filed submissions on
    costs: Joan Hughes (T-382-21); James Skerritt (T-404-21);
    Carl Wall (T-469-21); and Steven Beausoleil (T-932-21).

    J: [7] The genesis of these proceedings is a statement of
    claim filed by John Turmel in Court file T-130-21 which
    related to the federal government's COVID-19 mitigation
    measures. Mr Turmel made a copy of his statement of claim in
    T-130-21 available on the internet so that others could
    substitute their name as the plaintiff, and then commence an
    identical action seeking the same relief. Such actions have
    been referred to as "kit claims".

    JCT: They did not seek the same relief. They sought their
    own personal relief based on the same arguments. So they
    substituted their name and their own relief for damages
    sought.

    J: [8] The statements of claim in each of these actions are
    almost identical, and are based on the materials made
    available on the internet by Mr Turmel. The claims by
    persons other than Mr Turmel were stayed by order of
    prothonotary Aylen (as she then was, as that office was then
    titled) dated April 8, 2021.

    JCT: Notice he doesn't mention they were stayed pending the
    results of my action and any appeals that are not yet final.

    J: Ultimately, the proceedings were dismissed by my Order.

    JCT: Before my appeals were complete.

    J: Despite having the opportunity to do so, none of the
    plaintiffs made submissions that their proceeding was
    differently situated than T-130-21, or provided any reason
    why their action should continue.

    JCT: That would be because my appeals were not yet final.

    J: II. Court Files Other Than T-333-21, T-382-21, T-404-21,
    T-469-21, and T-932-21

    [9] The Court has full discretionary power over the amount
    and allocation of costs (Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106,
    subrule 400(1) ("Rules")).

    [10] With the exception of Court files T-382-21, T-404-21,
    T-469-21, and T-932-21 none of the plaintiffs filed
    submissions on costs.

    JCT: Again, that would be because my appeals are still not
    yet final.

    J: The defendant advises that only the plaintiff in T-333-21
    advised that he attempted to discontinue his action. I will
    therefore determine the amount of costs payable in all Court
    files other than T-333-21, T-382-21, T-404-21, T-469-21, and
    T-932-21, and then separately consider the cost consequences
    in T-333-21, T-382-21, T-404-21, T-469-21, and T-932-21.

    [11] There is no material before me to indicate what, if
    any, consideration any of these plaintiffs gave to the
    merits of their claim before filing it, considered whether
    the claim advanced a credible cause of action, or complied
    with the rules of pleading.

    JCT: Did he presume they didn't read their Statement of
    Claim?: http://SmartestMan.Ca/c19sc.pdf

    J: [12] As I stated in earlier costs rulings in Turmel "kit
    claim" matters,

    JCT: As he stated in later cost rulings... They could not be
    expected to know what he was going to say later, could they?

    J: I have difficulty understanding how completing a "kit
    claim", replacing only the name of the plaintiff and
    otherwise adopting the pleading of someone else,

    JCT: Yes, they adopted the facts and arguments but not
    "replacing only the name of the plaintiff," they also
    replaced the plaintiff personal damages claim. Looks like he
    ignored the different damages or didn't notice.

    J: advances a legitimate legal interest, particularly when
    the relief sought in T-130-21 challenged the
    constitutionality of the federal government's Covid
    mitigation restrictions generally, not just as they applied
    to Mr Turmel.

    JCT: Right, we were challenging the Covid mitigation
    restrictions generally as they applied to and violated the
    rights of all Canadians.

    J: Absent any separate or unique claim to advance,

    JCT: Their unique claim to damages was not absent. Judge
    Horne just didn't notice.

    J: the plaintiffs should have known or expected that their
    duplicative actions would be stayed.

    JCT: I had informed them that we could expect and consent to
    their personal damages actions being stayed pending the
    determination for Lead Plaintiff whether the restrictions
    were unconstitutional and if yes, then their damages claims
    could be adjudicated. Sure, I might have gotten the
    restrictions declared unconstitutional for all Canadians but
    not gotten them the damages for their personal lockdown
    injuries. They had to file an action for their own damages.

    J: None of the plaintiffs have demonstrated a distinct or
    practical result that could flow from filing or prosecuting
    their own action, separate and apart from what could have
    been ordered in Mr Turmel's action.

    JCT: Every plaintiff's Statement of Claim demonstrated a
    distinct and practical result in damages that could flow
    from filing their own action. He just ignored or didn't
    notice the distinct damages they could not have received
    without filing their own actions.

    J: [13] In the absence of any submissions from the
    plaintiffs in these Court files, I can only conclude that
    the actions were improper, vexatious and unnecessary.

    JCT: As long as he ignores their personal damages claims.

    J: There is no indication that any of those plaintiffs had
    an intention or interest to independently prosecute the
    actions they commenced.

    JCT: Of course, the original Statement of Claim for their
    own personal damages inherently shows intent to prosecute
    the actions they commenced for personal damages if I proved
    the restrictions unconstitutional. He just didn't notice or
    ignored them.

    J: In the absence of evidence or submissions from these
    plaintiffs, it appears that the plaintiffs' objectives in
    filing statements of claim was to clog the registry with
    redundant actions, and vex the defendant with needless
    filings.

    JCT: Or to obtain personal damages that could not be
    obtained in any other way without needing to pay for legal
    counsel.

    J: Even if I am incorrect in this respect, I have no
    difficulty concluding that the actions in all proceedings
    other than T-333-21, T-382-21, T-404-21, T-469-21, and T-
    932-21 were filed and maintained for a collateral purpose,
    and not to advance a reasonable cause of action.

    JCT: He is incorrect in concluding their claims were filed
    for a collateral purpose and not for personal relief for
    distinct damages suffered.

    J: [14] Litigation is a serious business which consumes
    public resources. The plaintiffs' conduct has abused these
    resources.

    JCT: Filing a claim for personal damages then waiting to see
    if I could get the restrictions declared unconstitutional
    did not abuse the resources. How else could they get their
    claims for damages filed? And how many Crown resources were
    abused by them waiting too?

    J: [15] Deterrence is a factor that can be considered in the
    assessment of costs (Hutton v Sayat, 2020 FC 1183 at paras
    64 and 66).

    JCT: Deter people from seeking remedy for distinct damages
    suffered?

    J: [16] The Court is not restricted to Tariff B in an
    assessment of costs, and may award a lump sum (subrule
    400(4)).

    [17] I will accept the defendant's submissions, but
    acknowledge that the amount requested may not be fully
    sufficient to recognize the improper, vexatious and
    unnecessary nature of these actions (subrule 400(3)(k)(i)),
    the need for deterrence, and the absence of a demonstrated
    good faith basis to file each of these statements of claim.

    JCT: He can only say that if he ignores their relief for
    personal damages was sought in good faith?

    J: A lump sum award of costs of $500.00 in each action,
    excepting T-333-21, T-382-21, T-404-21, T-469-21, and T-932-
    21, will be awarded.

    JCT: Must punish them for daring to join in trying to warn
    the world that the killer clot shot was for a hundredfold-
    hyped false alarm and be compensated for damages suffered?

    III. Court Files T-333-21, T-382-21, T-404-21, T-469-21, and
    T-932-21

    [18] I accept the defendant's submissions that the costs to
    be awarded in T-333-21 should be $250.00.

    [19] Ms Hughes (T-382-21) submits that it was not her
    intention to abuse the resources of the Court. While she had
    concerns that assurances as to the safety and efficacy of
    Covid vaccines were not accurate,

    JCT: Even kiddie killer Prime Minister Trudeau knew he was
    lying when he banned the unvaccinated from travelling with
    the vaccinated because he knew they were not protected by
    their vaccination:

    When Trudeau deemed the clot shots Safe, Effective, not to fret,
    But "unVaxed can't ride with the Vax Protected: Danger yet."
    If Vaxed are not protected, then it's sure Effective NOT.
    Our fool Prime Minister, in contradiction has been caught.

    J: she now realizes that any trust in Mr Turmel was
    misplaced. She states that she attempted to withdraw from
    the proceedings, but was unfamiliar with the proper way to
    close the Court file. I accept that Ms Hughes was
    effectively duped by Mr Turmel, and that her intention was
    not to abuse the resources of the Court. No award of costs
    will be made in T-382-21.

    [20] Mr Skerritt (T-404-21) is Ms Hughes' partner. His
    submissions express regret in attaching his name to Mr
    Turmel's actions. He states that if he had known at the time
    that Mr Turmel had been declared to be a vexatious litigant,
    he would not have filed this claim. Like Ms Hughes, I accept
    that Mr Skerritt was effectively duped by Mr Turmel, and
    that his intention was not to abuse the resources of the
    Court. No award of costs will be made in T-404-21.

    JCT: All they had to do was say I duped them into seeking
    damages for their sufferings to save $500.

    J: [21] Mr Wall (T-469-21) submits that an all-inclusive sum
    of $500.00 should be awarded to the defendant. He asserts
    that his personal interest in this matter was to have the
    courts take an impartial look into the science that was
    being used by federal, provincial and to a lesser extent
    municipal governments to impose restrictions on him and
    other Canadians. What I do not understand from Mr Wall's
    submissions is why he thought it was necessary to bring a
    separate action when the issues were already being litigated
    by Mr Turmel.

    JCT: Judge Horne just does not understand why he had to
    bring a separate action for his own separate personal
    damages claim when Turmel's damages were already being
    litigated by Turmel for Turmel and not Mr. Wall. Just can't
    understand why he did the only thing he could do to seek
    relief. So hard to understand.

    J: Dividing a $500.00 costs award among 81 plaintiffs would
    only serve to encourage this kind of improper, vexatious and
    unnecessary litigation.

    JCT: Everyone seeking their own personal damages was not
    improper, vexatious and unnecessary litigation since it was
    the only way it could be sought. And how much work did the
    Crown have to do for stayed cases? One payment of $6 each to
    cover the Crown not having to do anything in the stayed
    cases seemed reasonable. In a previous such multi-plaintiff
    case, Judge Brown offered no costs if plaintiffs chose not
    to pursue their claims. So the costs here were not to cover
    minimal Crown expenses but to punish them for trying to warn
    the world of the unnecessary kill shot and get their own
    remedy.

    J: I do not agree with Mr Wall that there were 81 plaintiffs
    in a matter condensed down to a single action. Mr Wall
    refers to Adelberg v Canada, 2023 FC 252, but that was a
    single proceeding where many plaintiffs were named in one
    Court file. Here, 81 separate and duplicative statements of
    claim were filed,

    JCT: For 81 separate damages claims from duplicative facts
    and arguments...

    J: creating a significant burden for the Court and the
    defendant. $500.00 in costs will be awarded in T-469-21.

    JCT: Too bad! If the Government imposed restrictions that
    caused many different damages, it's not our fault that
    everyone filing claims makes it a burden for the Court to
    hand the many demands for remedy.

    J: [22] The submissions from Mr Beausoleil (T-932-21) (which
    were filed before the defendant's submissions, and nothing
    further was submitted after the defendant's submissions)
    focus on things he enjoyed doing, but were negatively
    impacted by the pandemic and the fact that he was
    unvaccinated. These submissions do not address the
    reasonableness or purpose of filing his claim in the first
    instance.

    JCT: The judge didn't find it reasonable for him to make a
    claim for his own unique personal damages when Turmel was
    making a claim for Turmel's own unique personal damages.

    J: $500.00 in costs will be awarded in T-932-21.

    THIS COURT ORDERS that:

    1. The plaintiff in T-333-21 shall pay costs to the
    defendant, fixed at $250.00, payable forthwith.

    2. There is no order as to costs in T-382-21 and T-404-21.

    3. The plaintiff in T-138-21, and the plaintiffs in each of
    the Court files listed in Annex A to this order (excepting
    T-333-21, T-382-21, and T-404-21) shall each pay costs to
    the defendant, fixed at $500.00, payable forthwith.

    4. A copy of this order shall be placed in Court file T-138-
    21, and each of the Court files listed in Annex A.
    Horne" Judge

    JCT: Grounds should anyone want to appeal:

    1) The judge jumped the gun before Turmel's appeals were
    complete;

    2) He punished plaintiffs for not heeding his orders that
    were made AFTER their actions were stayed;

    3) Plaintiffs did give consideration to the Statement of
    Claim they had read;

    4) The judge repeatedly ignored or failed to notice
    plaintiffs were seeking distinctly unique remedies with no
    other way to obtain remedy;

    5) The actions were improper, vexatious and unnecessary only
    if he ignored their own unique claims for remedy;

    6) Their original Statement of Claim for their own personal
    damages inherently showed intent to prosecute...

    7) Their intent was to seek remedy for damages, not for
    collateral purpose of clogging the court. That was just a
    side benefit.

    8) Filing a unique claim for distinct remedy is not abuse.

    Now we're going to have to do a fund-raiser to pay for the
    costs of trying to save millions from the kill shot. I had
    set one up at GoFundMe for
    Federal Court of Canada Covid False Alarm Costs https://www.gofundme.com/f/9cqfvq-federal-court-of-canada-covid-false-alarm-costs
    https://rumble.com/v1jzi3l-gofundme-for-federal-court-of-canada-covid-false-alarm-costs.html

    But we've seen that GoFundMe is controlled by the Deep State
    when they cancelled trucker donations and other resistance
    pleas. But I've never heard a bad thing about
    http://GiveSendGo.com so that's where we'll try to raise
    funds for these costs of trying to warn people of the false
    alarm.

    And given it looks like they're going to try to impose
    lockdowns, masks and social distancing again, we may need
    funds to hire a lawyer to do a class action again. As a
    vexatious litigant, I've been barred from helping people any
    more. My appeal of that decision is coming up in Toronto on
    Sep 26!

    Remember, not one lawyer, scientist, doctor, mathematician
    noticed that WHO tricked the world by comparing the Covid
    CFR Apple to the Flu IFR Orange. Only me which does
    reinforce my claim to SmartestManOnEarth.Ca
    http://SmartestMan.Ca for short. If anyone is going to find
    the odds-on winningest way to go, it's going to be me. And
    we'll need to pay a lawyer to do what I tell him or her.

    So stay tuned. More soon.

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