Medical marijuana class action against Health Canada certified by Federal Court

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buckets

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awesome. Thanks very much for clarifying when the appeal date is. I believe it will be far more than $1000 should the appeal go in the favour of the MMAR patients. Fingers crossed!
 
GrowRock

GrowRock

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What I would like to know was how can you appeal something the privacy Commissioner of Canada already states has illegally violated our privacy. I have the twentysomething page report from The privacy Commissioner to prove it
 
VIANARCHRIS

VIANARCHRIS

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GrowRock said:
What I would like to know was how can you appeal something the privacy Commissioner of Canada already states has illegally violated our privacy. I have the twentysomething page report from The privacy Commissioner to prove it
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I'd like to know what they are basing the appeal on...it's only to prevent the case from moving forward. I know my privacy was breached and nothing they can say changes that. If the class action does not go ahead, I will sue them myself. There is nothing preventing 40000 individual suits being filed...
 
Gquebed

Gquebed

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GrowRock said:
What I would like to know was how can you appeal something the privacy Commissioner of Canada already states has illegally violated our privacy. I have the twentysomething page report from The privacy Commissioner to prove it
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You can never appeal a judge's decision. But you can question (appeal) the legality of the process a judge has used to make the decision. This way a new judge can overturn another judge's decision without making that judge look bad.
 
doingdishes

doingdishes

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Gquebed said:
You can never appeal a judge's decision. But you can question (appeal) the legality of the process a judge has used to make the decision. This way a new judge can overturn another judge's decision without making that judge look bad.
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i think it has to be from a higher judge.
the example i can use here is CONroy's appeal for us to make changes etc. he went to Phelan who is the same level as Manson so Phelan had no authority to over rule against Manson.
 
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brimck325

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VIANARCHRIS said:
No. Tax dollars are used to settle all the time. Whatever amount I am awarded is a few less dollars to be wasted somewhere else. It's a win,win.
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i'm not in canada, but in the usa it just gets passed on to the tax payers. u already lost when they sent u the letter, now the settlement will come from your pocket as well as all other tax payers. don't get me wrong, i think the assholes should pay just not with tax payers money.
 
VIANARCHRIS

VIANARCHRIS

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brimck325 said:
i'm not in canada, but in the usa it just gets passed on to the tax payers. u already lost when they sent u the letter, now the settlement will come from your pocket as well as all other tax payers. don't get me wrong, i think the assholes should pay just not with tax payers money.
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I hear what you are saying, but it don't work that way. I'd like nothing better than for Stevie Harper to write me a cheque from his personal account, but that money was stolen from the taxpayer too. The taxpayer is on the hook for everything a government does. The way I look at it is that money has already been collected and will be spent. I'd rather some of it go to me than be wasted elsewhere.
 
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brimck325

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Gmack420 said:
It's not like the government is going to start collecting more tax now to cover this lawsuit. It's a small drop in the hat out of the taxes they've already collected going back to people wronged by them.
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not solely for the lawsuit, but taxes will go up. u can bank on it.
 
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brimck325

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Gmack420 said:
So what you're saying is we should deny people justice because taxes will go up? They're going to go up either way so why not try to right the wrong? I don't get your logic.
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logic when talking of governments??? i don't think so.
get new governments...
 
itsmehigh

itsmehigh

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Funny how some people see cash as justice. The damage has been done, how is a couple bucks going to fix anything. People who were responsible should be held accountable, not the tax payers. There's no justice if the ones responsible are not disciplined. It's not their cash it's ours........why should your neighbour pay for a bureaucrats action. As a person who's privacy was breeched I would be more satisfied if the people responsable lost their jobs instead of a few buck, that would be justice in my eyes.

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JungleStrikeGuy

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itsmehigh said:
Funny how some people see cash as justice. The damage has been done, how is a couple bucks going to fix anything.
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Restitution is a key tenet of the justice system, by this reasoning why should costs ever be awarded? Or why should any settlement ever happen?

Canadians privacy was infringed, and the government is liable for those actions. This is no different than if a private company had sent out the letters. The 'OMG TAXPAYER' argument is one favoured by the Harper camp. The government screwed up, the government is liable, end of story.
 
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