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Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hall
Mayoral candidate loses damage suit
Ottawa mayoral candidate Marc Gauvin failed Wednesday to convince the
Supreme Court of Ontario that CJOH-TV unfairly excluded him from a
televised live debate between incumbent Mayor Marion Dewar and
challenger Darrel Kent. But he'll get another chance.
Mr. Justice Charles Sirois threw out a writ brought by Gauvin claiming
damages from Bushnell Communications, owner of the television station,
saying there was no cause of action. But he gave Gauvin 30 days to
redraft the statement of claim and file it again with the court. "This
will go all the way to the top (Supreme Court of Canada), Gauvin said
after the ruling. "I feel absolutely sure that justice is on my side."
Gauvin, who represented himself, claimed damages against the
television station for giving "14 minutes of free live time to the two
preferred candidates" and allowing him "a one-minute taped segment,
edited by CJOH-TV so that the plaintiff spoke for only 14 seconds
during the debate," which was aired on Nov. 2, 1982. He sought damages
equal to the cash value of the extra free time given to the two
candidates. Gauvin also claimed damages of $171,000 -- the Ottawa
mayor's salary during her three-year term -- and $1 million in
punitive damages.
Bushnell Communications lawyer Scott McLean, argued that the cash
value of the extra free time amounted to nothing because the time was
free. He also argued the statement of claim was improperly drafted.
Gauvin said he intends to redraft the wording so the first claim would
cover the cash value of the time given free to the candidates as if
they had to pay for it.
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Ottawa Citizen, Steve Forster
Woman tells judge losing home is her "death warrant"
PERTH -- A Smiths Falls woman who says she's suffering from severe
allergies told a County judge John Matheson Tuesday, he was signing
her "death warrant" as he granted the writ of possession of her house
to a bank. Later at home, she was served with a notice to vacate by
Jan. 31. "If I'm put on the street, I'll die" she told Matheson. "If
you want to kill me, go ahead. It's plain murder is what it is."
Metcalfe, who has been helped in her fight by bank-basher John Turmel,
says she'll meet Monday with a Toronto lawyer who has agreed to take
her case. An appeal of Tuesday's decision is likely. Paul Howard says
it's possible for Metcalfe to obtain a stay of the writ of possession
before the end of the month. Howard said the bank is "not about to
throw her out on the streets tomorrow." Metcalfe was accompanied to
court by Turmel and a nursing assistant with an oxygen bottle and a
row of allergy medications. "Taking on the banks is my duty" Turmel
told the court. "The banks are slowing down our economy. What is
happening to Mrs. Metcalfe is viciously evil. Interest is the greatest
atrocity in mankind." Turmel attempted to claim the banks are engaging
in a form of gambling by issuing mortgages and said they should be
subject to provincial gambling laws. Financial institutions engaging
in loans for interest are "white-collar, rich, loan-sharking
operations," Turmel said.
Matheson said he found Turmel's theories "extraordinarily simplistic"
and described his courtroom actions as "counter-productive." Matheson
said he didn't want to see Turmel representing anyone else in a Lanark
County courtroom while he was sitting.
Metcalfe has been looking for a new home for more than a year, however
she needs a home with electric heating and no carpeting. "I've got
everything packed up in a bedroom and I'm all set to go. It's just a
matter of finding a place. I've given up hope of keeping my house."
Perth News, Steve Forster
Evicted woman says "I'll die in the streets."
(extra which the Citizen did not pick up)
Helping her in Tuesday's court appearance and the number or previous
appearances was John Turmel, an Ottawa bank-fighter, candidate in 14
elections and gambling expert.
He added "Interest is the greatest atrocity in mankind. It is the hand
of the court that puts a farmer out of work. The root cause of the
oppression resides in the banks." Mr. Turmel quoted passages from the
Bible which stated that usury (interest) on loans should be stopped
and said banks should have a surcharge for borrowing money, but no
interest. If interest rates were cut off and banks limited to a
service charge, failed businesses would be resurrected, cheques cold
be signed again."
"This sort of action pushes up everybody's cost," commented Paul
Howard.
Judge Matheson said he had difficulty finding logic and clarity in
papers Mr. Turmel has submitted to the court.
Mrs. Metcalfe said she sought Mr. Turmel's help because she believed
she was going to be kicked out of her home. "Maybe he messed things up
a bit, but he kept me in my home," she said.
Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Metcalfe loses in court
PERTH -- You've signed my death warrant" Jean Metcalfe told judge
Matheson. She has fought the bank since August for possession of the
house she occupies. Yesterday, judge Matheson signed a writ of
possession allowing the bank to take control of the house she says is
the only place she can live. Mrs. Metcalfe broke down and cried during
the hearing. After the hearing, Sheriff Fournier served a notice
ordering her to vacate by Jan. 31.
Ottawa bank-fighter John Turmel vowed to take the case to the highest
court in the land. He made an application to set aside a previous
court judgment and made a counter-claim that the bank should reimburse
her for any interest she's already paid on her mortgage.
"It's plain murder is what it is. If you put me out of that house,
you'll murder me. I'm not an ordinary person, not anymore. I didn't
ask to be like this; society did it to me," she told the judge.
Mr. Turmel's arguments against charging interest, repudiated a number
of times by courts, including thee times by the SCC, didn't impress
the judge. He quoted scripture at length in his submissions, saying
interest charges are "a violation of natural and divine laws. The lady
has been ripped off. If she'd gone into an illegal gaming house and
found the game was stacked against her, she'd stop payment on the
cheque. What is happening to Mrs. Metcalfe is viciously evil. The
Criminal Code says it's illegal to charge a fee to gamble so it should
be illegal to charge interest on a loan, since repayment of the loan
is clearly a gamble.
His interest in the case stems from his oath as an electrical
engineer, he said. "My whole purpose was to help someone who's being
oppressed." The future of thousands of starving children was in the
hands of the judge, he said. "The number of people who could be saved
if you act today is equal to the number of people who will die if you
don't." He and his brother Ray are founders of the Christian Credit
party which claims it is physically impossible to get more money back
than was lent in the first place.
Judge Matheson rebuked Mrs. Metcalfe for allowing Mr. Turmel to meddle
in the case in the first place. "I have a great deal of difficulty
finding any logic, any clarity or any sense in his arguments. I think
personally that his knowledge of scripture is very limited indeed. I
think he's twisted and distorted scriptural writ." While admitting the
Bible is the "greatest treasure we have in the world," the judge said
it is dangerous to take isolated passages and argue law from them. "My
understanding of scripture and holy writ is quite different than Mr.
John Turmel." He was no more impressed with Turmel's high technology
economics. "Everything that I've heard from Mr. Turmel appears to me
as extremely simplistic. I think Mr. John Turmel is doing a very real
disservice to the public, by misleading them, he said. He warned Mr.
Turmel to never try to represent anybody in a court of law in Lanark
County again.
In his submission, Mr. Howard said a solution may well have been found
to her troubles if Mr. Turmel had stayed out of the case. Power of
sale proceedings were started in August and everybody tried to find a
solution to the problem. But since Mr. Turmel's arrival on the scene
on Nov. 10, "we've been involved in a legal morass." Mrs. Metcalfe may
not even understand or subscribe to Mr. Turmel's theories. On previous
court appearances, she has said she would move out immediately if she
could find a suitable place to live. "Quite frankly, she's trying to
put the matter off. Surely, this is an abuse of process. There's no
legal justification for this." Judge Matheson said it's the most
difficult foreclosure he's ever seen. "I don't remember a foreclosure
matter in my life that's run into this many snags." When the two
parties appeared before him in November, the judge said he thought the
issue was resolved. He was surprised to find it was still before the
courts. At one point, Mrs. Metcalfe accused him of not paying enough
attention to the case when it was first before him because he was tied
up with the Justin Clark mental competency case. Mr. Turmel called the
judge "an enforcer for white collar loan sharking," during yesterday's
proceedings. "Interest is the greatest atrocity in the history of
mankind," he said. Mr. Howard just doesn't understand high tech math.
But he should understand Grade 9 algebra." Mrs. Metcalfe and Mr.
Turmel are hoping for a favorable judgment from another court in
Toronto in a hearing on Monday. She is still looking for another
house.
There were also 5 pro-Jean letters in the same edition.
`SENIOR SPEAKS' tells how she helped him to his laundry, do his
shopping, nursed him when he was sick, taught Sunday school and band
music.
`MORE POWER TO HER'
`TOWNSPEOPLE GRILLED BY FRIEND OF METCALFE'
`EDITOR URGED TO TAKE ACTION'
The banks have ruined many a poor person and will continue to do so as
long as we sit around and continue to do nothing.
`ANOTHER METCALFE SUPPORTER'
There were 15 others they did not print.
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Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Metcalfe expects to be on the street
With the dismissal of an appeal in the Ontario Court of Appeal on
Monday, Jean Metcalfe expects to be on the street next week. Bank-
fighter John Turmel went to Toronto for the legal proceeding which he
initiated after a November decision of Judge John Matheson.
Last week, Judge Matheson noted again that Mr. Turmel's arguments were
unacceptable and he granted the bank a writ of possession for the
house. Metcalfe was given until Jan. 31 to vacate the premises. But
she hoped her appeal of Matheson's previous decision would buy her
more time. The court of appeal quashed the Turmel action, however. "As
of now, there is nothing standing in the way of the sheriff," Turmel
said. "I haven't really decided where to go from here." He may try to
go before another judge and get a stay on Matheson's writ of
possession.
Smiths Falls Record News Editorial, Patrick Dare
Abuse of process
The Jean Metcalfe affair is a modern day example of the abuse of the
court process. Though she had not made a mortgage payment her home
since last April, Mrs. Metcalfe snarled the Bank of Montreal's
repossession action in the courts for months with the enthusiastic
assistance of Ottawa bank-fighter extraordinaire John Turmel.
Mrs. Metcalfe was not represented by a lawyer. Instead, Mr. Turmel
talked about banks committing genocide and other such nonsense. Lanark
County Court Judge John Matheson was understandably upset with the
case, calling it the most difficult foreclosure he had seen. Judge
Matheson signed the bank's writ of possession and told Mr. Turmel he
didn't want to see him in a Lanark County court ever again. Good for
Judge Matheson.
There is a lot of sympathy for Mrs. Metcalfe. People are rightly
concerned with her plight. She says she suffers from total allergy
syndrome. Nobody wants to see a well-liked citizen like Mrs. Metcalfe
suffer. She is known in the community for helping people. A cash
donation was sent to this newspaper this week for Mrs. Metcalfe, and
supporters have attempted to organize a fund for her benefit. Letters
to the editor have sung her praise. However, if Mrs. Metcalfe is truly
"allergic to the twentieth century," she should be in some kind of
protective environment, like a hospital. The state of medical practice
has never been so advanced. If doctors cannot cure the illness Mrs.
Metcalfe says she has, they can certainly provide a sterile
environment where she can live.
Paul Howard, a respected lawyer and leading town councilor, has
suffered much unwarranted abuse over this issue. So has the Bank of
Montreal. The personal nature of these verbal attacks is disturbing.
The bank and Mr. Howard have been more than patient with Mrs.
Metcalfe, allowing her many months to find alternate accommodation,
without a cent of compensation for the house she continued to occupy.
The bank has also absorbed the costs of fighting the case against Mr.
Turmel in the courts. In the end however, it is other bank customers
who are the victims in this case. Money does not grow on trees and the
bank will pass along its costs to other consumers.
The Metcalfe case shows just how vulnerable our financial institutions
and courts can be to delay tactics of people like Mr. Turmel. When the
legal process is abused, it is fit and proper for authorities like
Judge Matheson to chastise the culprits.
SFRN Letter `GOOD FOR METCALFE' Katherine Wheeler
Thanking Jean for helping when her baby was born
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Ottawa Citizen Capital, Ros Guggi
Smiths Falls woman appealing eviction set for today
Jean Metcalfe is hoping a last-minute appeal will keep a sheriff from
evicting her today. She was to vacate today after a County Court judge
issued a writ of possession last week. But she's hoping the sheriff
will let her stay because of an appeal in the DCO filed last Friday.
She says if the sheriff insists she leave her house, he'll have to
physically move her into the street. She says she has nowhere else to
go since her allergies don't allow her to live in an ordinary house.
However, Metcalfe says she finally found a suitable home she might be
able to move to in May if she can get some money for it. A friend,
Louise Shannon, said she'll start a fund-raising drive to raise the
$26,000 price of the house.
Ottawa Citizen Final, Ros Guggi
Appeal averts eviction in allergies case
Jean Metcalfe won't be evicted today if she can show proof she has
appealed a county court order that she vacate, says the Lanark County
Sheriff. She filed an appeal Friday and a stay of eviction order was
automatically granted, said deputy-registrar Anthony Bridges. Unless
the bank gets court permission to proceed with the eviction while
Metcalfe's appeal is under way, she could stay in the house until her
case is heard in Ottawa, probably in late May, Bridges said. Metcalfe
received a statement last week confirming the appeal and stay of
judgment, Bridges added, and the sheriff said he would not evict
Metcalfe if she has the document. Hugh McLean says he has not been
instructed yet on whether to try to proceed with the eviction or away
the appeal hearing.
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Smiths Falls Record News Letter, Darryle Burrows
Hurray for bank
I would just like to express how sick and tired I am of hearing about
Jean Metcalfe. there has been more than her put out of their homes or
businesses for not being able to pay their mortgage. She knew when she
borrowed the money she would have to pay interest. Sure the interest
rates went high, but everybody was affected. Why should she be treated
any differently. My congratulations to the Bank of Montreal and Paul
Howard for their victory.
Smiths Falls Record News Letter, Mrs. Lt. Holly Patterson
Editor criticized for editorial
Your comment that doctors should be able to cure her is ludicrous
considering that most don't even recognize ecological illness, much
less cure it.
I agree with your comment that the court process has been abused and
understand your wrath concerning this. But I feel that Jean was and is
truly in a desperate situation and in her weakness became the
unfortunate victim of the notoriety-seeking Mr. Turmel. Sadly, no one
else seemed able to take the initiative to help her. Too bad, isn't
it?
Smiths Falls Record News Letter, Diana Dainty
Will lose out
Perhaps you don't know that Jean stands to lose a sizable equity when
her house is repossessed. It represents the last of her life savings.
It was valued at $65,000 and the mortgage stands at $36,000. So why
should we cry for the Bank of Montreal? What is lamentable is that
this unfortunate lady was not given basic legal advice when the whole
process started so that she might have been able to sell the house,
redeem her equity and pay off the bank.
Her illness cannot be treated in a hospital. There are no ecological
units in Canada.
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Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hall A+
Defeated Ottawa mayoral candidate re-filed lawsuit against TV station
Marc Gauvin is determined to have his day in court. Monday, he re-
filed a lawsuit claiming CJOH-TV unfairly excluded him from a live
televised debate. It is the second time Gauvin has sought damages from
Bushnell Communications. The original writ was thrown out last month
by Mr. Justice Charles Sirois on the grounds that it failed to
disclose a reasonable cause of action. But the justice gave Gauvin 30
days to redraft and re-file his statement of claim. The amended
statement identifies Gauvin as a candidates in the 1982 election and
the cause of action as a breach of statute. It says CJOH-TV breached a
section of the Television Broadcasting Regulations that requires the
station to allocate time for partisan political broadcasts on an
"equivalent" basis to all parties and rival candidates.
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Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
The Metcalfe saga continues
With a fund-raising drive withering, time may be running out for Jean
Metcalfe. Louise Shannon's drive came up with only $70. Boxes were
distributed at businesses throughout the downtown. Many stores have
now removed the boxes. Meanwhile, just a week after she had got a stay
on the writ of possession, the bank has filed a motion to life the
stay.
Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hall
Defeated mayoral candidate fined
Although the municipal election was more than three months ago,
defeated mayoral candidate Marc Gauvin is still incurring campaign
expenses. He was fined $500 in provincial court for loitering and
obstructing a CBC-televised election debate last October. Judge P.D.
White said if it wasn't for his "immature" attitude during the trial,
the charges against Gauvin would have been suspended because it was
his first offence. "He had no right to take it upon himself to disrupt
the format of the debate. I would have been inclined to give him a
discharge but the attitude he demonstrated here today was a total lack
of remorse... for his conduct." Gauvin was given two months to pay the
fine or face five months in jail.
Gauvin testified he refused to leave the stage of debate and gave CBC
producers three choices: change the debate procedure to include equal
time for all candidates, delay it for further discussion, or "arrest
me or remove me by force." CBC producer Ken Johnson told the court
Gauvin wasn't invited to participate in the debate until the second
half and had to be removed from the stage twice delaying the taping by
about 45 minutes. In a separate action, Gauvin is also battling CJOH-
TV for what he says was a denial of airtime on that station during the
election period. Monday, he re-filed a lawsuit in Supreme Court of
Ontario claiming CJOH unjustly excluded him from a televised debate
between Marion Dewar and Darrel Kent.
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Toronto Star, Farrell Crook
Allergy-ridden woman wins reprieve in eviction from chemical-free home
Jean Metcalfe who says she's too ill with allergies to move from her
specially adapted home has won a 2.5 month reprieve from eviction.
While breathing from an oxygen tank in an Osgoode Hall courtroom, she
told three Divisional Court judges she'd commit suicide if the bank
forced her from her home. "I have to stay in my home until May," she
said. "I have a right to life. If I'm put on the street, I'll die.
That's where Section 7 of the Charter of Rights, the right to life,
comes in." Metcalfe said she's allergic to chemicals. "My system's
adapted to the home and I can live in it."
The court ruled her appeal against eviction proceedings and the
Charter of Right has no relevance to her case. But the chairman, Mr.
Justice John Holland, said the judges were sympathetic to her
condition and were taking the unusual step of staying the effect of
their order until May to give her time to find a new home.
She said Judge John Matheson who ordered her eviction had told her she
could go to a hospital. "I can't go to a hospital because it's full of
chemicals. If I go to a hospital, it's certain death."
Ottawa Citizen, Kelly Egan
Allergic woman has until May 1 to vacate
Jean Metcalfe was given a May 1 eviction deadline by a Divisional
Court Wednesday. She was trying to appeal the writ of possession but
the three-member Divisional court quashed her appeal request. The bank
was also trying to remove a stay on the eviction notice. That request
was turned down and the court gave her until May 1 to leave the home.
"I think it was a little bit of a victory. They at least gave me more
time to find another home, she said.
She travelled by car to Toronto and used an air purifier and a
portable oxygen tank in court. She was accompanied by gambler and
interest-rate fighter John Turmel who says $500 has been raised in a
local fund-raising drive for the 51 year-old woman.
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Toronto Star, Olivia Ward
Allergy victim unwilling prisoner in the home she must soon leave
Picture of Jean (6"x8") with her purifier captioned "Marjorie Jean
Metcalfe of Smiths Falls can't leave her specially adapted house
without a portable oxygen bottle because of allergies to chemicals
that resulted from a series of injections of the wrong serum for hay
fever several years ago."
Marjorie Jean Metcalfe is under a life-time sentence of house arrest.
The outside world of chemicals and exhaust fumes makes her dangerously
ill -- but she may be forced to leave it soon. "My home is my only
refuge from allergy problems. Now I'm losing that."
This week, she lost an appeal against a Bank of Montreal eviction
notice served after she was forced to give up her job as a home-care
worker for retarded women. Metcalfe got a 2.5 month reprieve from
eviction but an Ontario Divisional Court ruled that her appeal under
the Charter of Rights "right to life" section was "completely without
merit." In May she will have to leave the specially adapted home that
has been a sanctuary since the medical accident. "If I'm put out on
the street, I'll die."
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Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hall
Turmel CRTC fight dismissed
The stakes get bigger but perennial political candidate John Turmel's
luck gets no better. The 32 year-old engineer and professional gambler
was dealt a losing hand by the Supreme Court of Canada in his battle
against the CRTC. The court dismissed with costs Turmel's attempt to
appeal a December 1982 FCA ruling that the CRTC was not required by
law to demand documents detailing how it determines the amount of free
political air time given candidates. Turmel had protested to the CRTC
the station's decision to give him less time than "preferred"
candidates during televised debates for two 1980 campaigns. Under
federal television broadcasting regulations, stations are required to
allocate time for partisan political broadcasts on "an equivalent
(equitable) basis to all parties and rival candidates." The CRTC
originally turned down his protest saying that "equitable does not
necessarily mean equal." The FCA upheld the ruling, which Turmel then
appealed. Despite the Supreme Court's ruling, which Turmel says will
drive his court costs to an estimated $2,000 to $3,000, he insists
that he has not played his last card. "What I'm going to do now is
write the CRTC and ask them to look at the precise definition of
equitable. What they have done so far is define what equitable is
not." If the federal agency refuses to consider his suggestions,
Turmel said he will consider going back to the courts.
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Smiths Falls Record News Letter, John Turmel
Judge, editor taken to task by Turmel
Now that Jean Metcalfe is safe in her home until May 1, I must take
the time to answer your Jan. 26 editorial titled `Abuse of Process' in
which you stated with respect to her legal defence strategy that "Mr.
Turmel talked about banks committing genocide and other nonsense."
I must challenge you on both points. I have an applied science from
Carleton University in Ottawa and am the only electrical engineer in
Canada to have specialized in banking systems and suggest I have a far
more profound understanding of the mechanics of the system than you
do.
I'd point out that the case included proof not only in simple high
school algebra but also in the advanced engineering mathematics of
Differential Equations, Laplace transformations, and Transcendental
Functions. It was dismissed by Judge Matheson as "simplistic," not
"wrong" or "nonsense." Without even reading the case, that's a
conclusion you came to by yourself.
On Monday Dec. 20, 1982, Allen Wilford, President of the Farmers
Survival Association stated on CBC's The Journal that "when farmers
are put out of production in a world that is starving, that's
genocide." When the banks put even one farmer out of work, more people
will have to starve than would have starved had that farmer been
allowed to continue producing food.
In Jean's case, the danger to life is closer to home and more evident.
She cannot go to a hospital as you and Judge Matheson suggested
because she is allergic to chemicals and disinfectants present there.
With no other safe refuge, if the court should authorize the bank's
seizure of her home, with its purified environment, her life would be
threatened. Can you imagine the trauma of having to beg cold-hearted
judges not to seize her life-support system knowing they refuse to
accept that her life is even at stake? The pressure she has endured
trying to get stays of execution on her eviction into the hostile
world is not unlike the pressure endured by a death-row prisoner to
get stays of his execution. Her only crime was that she helped others
free of charge and when she got sick, she had insufficient savings to
fall back on.
Jean is the victim of the unsafe engineering design of the usury
banking system. When none of the elected politicians could be of any
help, as an engineer who has sworn an oath of responsibility to assure
proper systems design, I was forced to act. Though my actions have
been described of those of a "bank-fighter," actually, they are those
of a "banking systems engineer" who is attempting to correct the
system's deadly flaw or at least reduce the destructive effects of its
loansharking on its victims.
Usury is loansharking. Usury is not excessively high interest. It is
interest on money. Interest on money is different than interest on
livestock. Interest on livestock can be paid because livestock
reproduce. But since money does not reproduce, interest on money can
never be paid. The contract bearing usury is properly named mortgage
from the French words "mort" meaning "death" and "gage" meaning
"gamble" because it is not physically possible for all those farmers
who have taken out mortgages to repay both the principal and the
interest when the banks only put out the principal. Losing the
deathgamble results in foreclosure and confiscation of the property
pledged.
The Bible tells us that the "wicked is he who has seized houses he did
not build," Job 20:19. When I pointed out to Judge Matheson that
seizing Jean's house was enforcing "white-collar loansharking," it
could not be denied. Today judges must legally enforce up to 60%
interest on money. Just 20 years ago, enforcers of those kinds of
rates were put in jail for loansharking. 500 years ago, enforcers of
those kinds of any usury were even put to death. When the Israelites
complained to Nehemiah about the wicked having seized their property
and their children, he rebuked the Nobles, the bankers who exact
usury, and the Rulers, the politicians who legislate and the judges
who enforce usury. He stated "You're exacting usury. Let the exacting
of usury stop."
Nehemiah 5:10. History shows several examples. Over a hundred years
ago, Abraham Lincoln issued interest-free Lincoln Greenbacks. Before
the American revolution, the colonies issued interest-free scrip money
as did the town of Raymond Alberta during the Great Depression.
With the electronic revolution, today it is even simpler. The banks'
computers, which are not programmed to charge both usury and service
charges, can simply be restricted to the pure service charge by a
small programming correction. Electronically, the exacting of usury
can easily be stopped.
If the leaders refuse to stop, Jesus showed us the way. With no legal
recourse available, he chased the money-lenders from the temple with a
whip in the only incident of physical violence on his record. With the
availability of court challenges, the whip would not have been
necessary since the genocide of usury is obvious to all but those who
do not wish to see. In light of his "action," do you think Jesus would
agree with you that it is an abuse of process for me to use the
Justice system to defend Jean from the wicked bankers or rather, would
be agree with me that it is an abuse of the process for the wicked to
use the Justice system to enforce the collections on their
loansharking activities? Since the Justice system has so far chosen to
continue being the enforcers for the banks, there is no choice but to
slow down the rate of their destruction of our life-support systems by
appealing as many foreclosures as possible all the way to the Supreme
Court of Canada thereby plugging up the courts. Each appeal can become
a legal protest blocking up the higher echelons of the courts and
slowing down the erosion of our industrial base. Though the scientific
indictment of the usury deathgamble has three times made it to the
Supreme Court of Canada and three times been dismissed, on the third
try, the court reserved its decision for further consideration before
dismissing. The court may be mellowing to the horrible truth about the
usury banking system. I expect to be back before them to try again in
a few months.
My high-tech analysis proving that interest on money kills has rarely
been publicly challenged because I always offer my detractors my
standard $1,000 bet to their $1 bet that it is not nonsense to let the
exacting of usury stop but rather it is the solution to all our
monetary problems. After almost two years of personally offering the
bet to thousands of Ottawa bankers and economists, every single one
backed down from betting four quarters against my $1,000. I'd bet you
will too. But to give you every chance to find a technical error and
set the banking systems engineers straight on his misconceptions about
the engineering design of the banking system, I'm sending along a copy
of Jean's argument. When you are unable to find a flaw in the logic,
I'd appreciate a retraction of your uninformed and technically
unqualified opinion of my advanced engineering analysis.
J.C. Turmel, The Banking Systems Engineer, Ottawa.
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Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hall A+
Ex-mayoral candidate appeals
Former Ottawa mayoral candidate filed an appeal of a provincial court
summary conviction for loitering and obstructing an CBC televised
election debate. He was fined $500 or 50 days in jail by Judge Patrick
White.
The County Court appeal says White erred in refusing to consider that
a section of the television broadcasting regulations gave Gauvin legal
status as a mayoral candidate to be at the taping. The appeal asks the
court to either strike out the conviction or allow Gauvin to appeal
the sentence.
830319Sa
Ottawa Citizen
Bouey restated the bank's policy ... A dramatic reduction of interest
rates would lower the foreign exchange value of the Canadian dollar,
lead to a flight of capital and cause interest rates to jump again, he
said.
Ottawa Citizen Letter 830409Sa, John Turmel
Backward logic of bank governor
In the March 19 article by Juliet O'Neill, Gerald Bouey, Governor of
the Bank of Canada, stated his belief that "a dramatic reduction in
interest rates would lower the foreign exchange value of the Canadian
dollar, lead to a flight of capital and cause interest rates to jump
again." Through bankers' backward logic, he has come to the conclusion
that a dramatic reduction in interest rates would cause interest rates
to jump again. If he also believes the reverse, that a dramatic
increase in interest rates would cause interest rates to plunge, is he
getting ready to shoot them up in order to bring them down?
Though he makes it sound like logical chain of events pushing interest
rates up if they are pushed down, note that his is the only hand that
lowers them and his is the only hand that raises them. His position
that if interest rates are forced down, he's going to put them right
back up again, sounds like an interesting contest between the will of
the people and will of the bankers.
Fortunately, the more reports we read on his warped logic, the more
apparent it becomes that the interest rate cure doctor Bouey is
prescribing is actually the poison of usury. I hope the media spend
more time catching his abundance of contradictions.
830323We
Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hall
Candidate loses again
An Ottawa mayoral candidate in the November election failed Tuesday
for the second time to convince the Supreme Court of Ontario that
CJOH-TV unfairly excluded him from a live televised debate. Mr.
Justice Wilson Griffiths dismissed a writ brought by Marc Gauvin
claiming damages from Bushnell. Griffiths said Gauvin was unable to
prove that he suffered any damages. No costs were awarded.
The writ was originally dismissed in January by Mr. Justice Charles
Sirois because it hadn't been properly drafted. However, Sirois gave
Gauvin 30 days to redraft the statement of claim and file it again
with the court. The damages were set at the cash value of the air time
given free to the preferred candidates.
830330We
Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Metcalfe takes JP to court
Jean Metcalfe is taking a Justice of the Peace to court because she
says he didn't do his duty when he refused to charge a bank manager
with gambling. Vowing to go on the offensive, she handed the legal
papers to Toward Stansel Tuesday morning while he was acting as court
clerk in Perth provincial court. Called an order of mandamus, the
motion was filed with the SCO by Ottawa bank-fighter John Turmel and
scheduled to be heard in Toronto on April 12.
Mr. Turmel, who calls himself the world's only banking systems
engineer, maintains a mortgage is a gamble since it isn't physical to
repay more dollars than were borrowed in the first place. In
September, he and Mrs. Metcalfe attempted to have the bank manager
charged with keeping a common gaming house and genocide. Mr. Stansel
didn't approve the charges, Mr. Turmel said, and therefore neglected
his duty.
The case has generated national press throughout the winter as Mrs.
Metcalfe and Mr. Turmel engaged in one legal skirmish after another
with the bank.
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Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hall
Defeated candidate appeal ruling
Marc Gauvin has appealed a March 22 decision dismissing his lawsuit
that claims CJOH-TV unfairly excluded him from a debate. The appeal
says Justice Wilson Griffiths made two errors in his decision. I says
the justice wrongly concluded that Gauvin could not prove he had
suffered damages and that he erred in ruling the only relief available
was to complain to the CRTC.
830413We
Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Judge clears JP on allegations of negligence
An Ontario Supreme Court justice has ruled that Justice of the Peace
Howard Stansel didn't neglect his duty in refusing to lay criminal
charges against the manager of the Smiths Falls branch of the Bank of
Montreal. Jean Metcalfe along with Ottawa bank-fighter extraordinaire
John Turmel laid an information against Mr. Stansel that said he
failed to do his job when he didn't lay a charge against the bank
manager for keeping a common gaming house. Mrs. Metcalfe is due to be
evicted from her home on May 1 but Mr. Turmel vowed she wouldn't go
quietly. "We're definitely not going to let her get kicked out without
a fight." He had just returned from Toronto and and the hearing where
Mr. Justice D.F. O'Leary refused to accept Mrs. Metcalfe's arguments
that by expecting back more money than the bank lent out, the bank was
engaging in a gamble. They will be appealing the decision. "He would
not accept that the banks create money so he'll never see the gamble
in it," Mr. Turmel said. Mrs. Metcalfe told the judge that the
chartered banks create 95% of the money in the banking system while
the Bank of Canada creates the other 5%. The word "mortgage" means
"deathgamble," Mr. Turmel says while Mr. Justice O'Leary said it means
"dead deed." She presented an affidavit signed by Mr. Turmel that
says, from his expert opinion, charging interest on money constitutes
a gamble. A well-known gambler, Mr. Turmel has been accepted as an
expert on the subject in court.
When the bank moved to take back the house, she enlisted the aid of
Mr. Turmel and the case has bounced from court to court since that
time, generating national media attention in the process.
Appealing O 'Leary's decision can be done on a pure fact basis. The
fact being whether or not the chartered banks create money. He accepts
that it is done by the Bank of Canada but has been taken in by the
piggy bank disguise. Why would the banks seek deposits if they weren't
then lending out those deposits, eh?
They are a casino bank disguised as a piggy bank. They do create the
money they lend out and do not lend the depositors' funds. In exacting
usury, they do create a deathgamble, aptly named mortgage. Even if the
judge doesn't see where the tokens are coming from, it is irrelevant
to the gambling issue.
Smiths Falls Record News Letter, E. A. Kerr
Metcalfe
Enough is enough. What gives Jean Metcalfe the right to blacken the
name of our town and its people clear up to Toronto and the
surrounding area. When she took out the mortgage at the bank, did she
sign a contract to pay this money back? What would happen if everyone
acted in this manner. Let her get a medical doctor to take the stand
and testify that all the medical statements she makes are legitimate.
Smiths Falls is a proud and caring town. We don't deserve the kind of
publicity this woman has heaped on our heads.
830427We
Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Metcalfe makes last-ditch plea
A last ditch attempt under the Charter of Rights to keep Jean Metcalfe
in her home will be heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal next Monday.
Jean Metcalfe will make the journey to Toronto to ask the court to
allow her to stay in her home past the May 1 deadline. The information
filed with the court says Mrs. Metcalfe will make application "for an
extension of time and leave to appeal the Feb. 16 decision" of the
Divisional Court.
Mrs. Metcalfe and bank-fighter John Turmel say the court erred by
refusing to accept that her life would be in danger if she was evicted
from the home because she suffers from severe allergies. The right to
life is guaranteed in the Charter of Rights. She has kept the bank
from repossession her home by keeping the case before the courts.
She and Mr. Turmel maintain that charging interest on loans is a
violation of physical, divine and criminal law since it is physically
impossible to pay back more money than was loaned in the first place.
They have lost every courtroom skirmish but have kept the bank from
taking the property by taking the case to different levels of the
court system.
Lanark County Court judge John Matheson was the first to grant the
bank a writ of possession but his decision was appealed to the
Divisional Court. That court upheld the decision but decided to give
Mrs. Metcalfe until May 1 to move out. The application to be heard
Monday is an appeal of the Divisional court ruling. In an affidavit to
be filed with the court, Mrs. Metcalfe says "I fear for my life if my
protective environment is seized before I have found somewhere else
safe to go. Since the bank will undoubtedly always get their share
first upon the sale of the house, a stay on the writ of possession
that would be a minor inconvenience to the bank would be a major life
saver to me," she says in the affidavit.
Smiths Falls Record News Letter, Bob Ibberson
Defending the animals
Florence Anderson doesn't understand the facts of the Metcalfe case.
Many of the people she calls animals are financially and physically
worse off than Metcalfe. The Metcalfe case is straight-forward -- "NO
PAY -- NO STAY." A mortgage is a mortgage and the people of Smiths
Falls are not to blame for Metcalfe's default.
The courts have continuously heard Metcalfe's appeals, put with
Turmel's shenanigans and passed honest and just rulings on Turmel's
absurd dispositions.
Metcalfe deals with the bank, newspaper, courts and townspeople by
saying if evicted for defaulting on her mortgage, she shall die on the
street. I would choose a more comfortable location, and certainly
wouldn't want my bones lying around a town I was ashamed of.
Metcalfe, Anderson and Turmel; Smiths Falls will never be a blackened
town. There are too many good people.
Smiths Falls Record News Letter, Allan Kerr
No notion of hanging head
What would I do if I had a mortgage I was unable to pay because of
illness? Well, first I would talk to my bank manager an try to work
out an agreement. Failing that, I would ask my family for help.
Failing that, I would apply for welfare. Many on welfare are managing
quite well. In this depressed climate, there are thousands fighting
for survival. QUIETLY trying to cope and QUIETLY hoping for better.
830502Mo
Ottawa Citizen
Smiths Falls woman trying to forestall eviction today
In an 11th-hour bid to keep her home, a Smiths Falls woman will appeal
her eviction in a Toronto courtroom today. On the day she has been
ordered to vacate her home, Jean Metcalfe will seek leave to appeal a
decision granting the Bank of Montreal possession of her home. She
will be accompanied to Toronto by self-professed gambler and bank-
fighter John Turmel, who has been helping Metcalfe in a series of
court battles.
830603Tu
Ottawa Citizen, CP
Challenge to eviction rejected
After an unsuccessful eviction challenge in a Toronto courtroom
Monday, Jean Metcalfe is waiting for the sheriff to force her from her
home. The sheriff will evict Metcalfe when he receives instructions to
do so from Paul Howard. Howard said he is awaiting word from the bank
and said eviction should take place soon.
Bank-fighter John Turmel, who has been helping her throughout a series
of court battles, says he'll attempt to go before the SCC this week to
get a stay of the eviction notice. She may be evicted before then,
however.
While in Toronto, Metcalfe told Ontario Supreme Court justices they
were "committing murder" by refusing to hear her plea against
eviction. She told Mr. Justice Charles Dubin, head of a panel of three
motion court judges, that she would die if she is turned out on the
streets. Dubin said the matter had been fully litigated and was
completely out of his hands. "You have been to almost every court in
the country," he said. Metcalfe, who was not represented by a lawyer,
kept talking as Dubin tried to explain he could do nothing and that
the decision by the Divisional Court rejecting her application was
final litigation. Finally, as Metcalfe kept saying she had nowhere to
go and would die, Dubin said: "This a court of law, not a social
agency." As she stalked from the court, Metcalfe shouted back through
the open door: "You're committing murder."
Kingston Whig Standard, Eaton Howitt & CP
"If they want to evict me today, they'll have to carry me out"
"If I am evicted I'm going to stay in bed -- they're going to have to
carry me out," says Jean Metcalfe who is facing eviction today from
her home in Smiths Falls. "I don't know what else to do. I've no where
else too go except the street."
An Ontario Supreme Court courtroom at Osgoode Hall rang with the words
"you're committing murder" as Metcalfe stormed from the room yesterday
after the court refused to hear her plea against eviction. Metcalfe
told Justice Dubin that she would die if she is turned out on to the
streets. "I don't want to go home and die on the streets" said
Metcalfe who breathed oxygen directly from a tank as she sat in the
courtroom. "All the judges should be charged with murder when I die."
Metcalfe told the Whig-Standard this morning that she expects to be
evicted today and "hasn't heard otherwise." Dubin said the matter had
been fully litigated and was completely out of his hands. "You have
been to almost every court in the country," he said. Finally, as
Metcalfe kept saying she had nowhere to go and would die, Dubin said
"This is a court of law, not a social agency."
She argued that the Charter of Rights gave her the right to live and
she would not live if she was evicted from her home. "The Charter of
Rights says I have a right to live," she said loudly. As she stalked
from the court, Metcalfe shouted back through the open door "You're
committing murder."
John Turmel, an Ottawa man who is a constant critic of Canadian banks,
says Metcalfe now will make an urgent appeal to the SCC for delay of
eviction on emergency grounds.
830504We
Kingston Whig Standard
Bank's image battered by the Jean Metcalfe affair
Top Bank of Montreal officials are puzzling over what to do about the
delicate public relations problem posed by Jean Metcalfe. Legally, the
Metcalfe case is cut and dried: she hasn't made mortgage payments. The
sheriff is reluctantly poised to evict her just as soon as the bank
gives the go-ahead. A Toronto vice-president said that Metcalfe's case
is being discussed at the highest levels of the bank. Officials are
painfully aware that the bank's image is taking a beating because of
the Metcalfe affair, he said.
Metcalfe is not just another mortgage defaulter. Her situation is
extraordinary, she believes, and requires extraordinary consideration.
Metcalfe has an extreme sensitivity to things in the environment that
don't affect other people. As a result, her house is more than a home,
it's a refuge, a safe place in which she can control the environmental
hazards that threaten her existence. Metcalfe said she'd move quietly
if she can find another suitable home. "I don't like fighting the
bank. I hate it. I don't like the publicity. I've lived a quiet life.
If I could find a place right this minute I would automatically take
my things and go." In the meantime, Metcalfe plays the waiting game,
afraid to leave her home to search for a new house, lest the sheriff
come.
Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Metcalfe awaits her eviction
Although Jean Metcalfe can be legally evicted from her home, the bank
is still playing a waiting game with the woman. As of Monday morning,
the bank could have instructed the Sheriff to remove her from the
house but by Tuesday afternoon, they had taken no action. Mrs.
Metcalfe lost another court battle yesterday in the Ontario Court of
Appeal.
Although he lost yet another court battle, her assistant, Ottawa bank-
fighter John Turmel said the war wasn't over yet. He planned to file a
motion with the Supreme Court of Canada shortly asking for a stay of
the bank's writ of possession pending leave to appeal. In other words,
he would ask the court to let her stay in her home until the issue has
been decided by the SCC. "It would be nice if she could get this
judged by the highest court in the land," he said.
As media from across the province watch the case, the bank appeared to
be sitting tight. Lawyer Paul Howard said he was awaiting instructions
from the bank and the CMHC before contacting the sheriff.
Smiths Falls Record News Letter, Jean Metcalfe
Please don't condemn John Turmel either without knowing him. He is one
of the most decent, kind, gentle young men around. He helps those in
need, does not charge one cent. Would do the same for you if you
needed to. He is a God-fearing young man and knows more about the
Bible than most people. He gets called the Gambler and that turns
people off. He has a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from Carleton
University. He was Assistant prof. of the Gambling Course there for
four years. Did you read Rev. Milley's article a couple of weeks ago
on gambling? You should. Mr. Turmel is honest and will help all who
need him and not only on mortgages.
All I'm asking for is time. Time to find another place ENVIRONMENTALLY
SAFE for me to live in. When I find that place, I shall be glad to
move from here. The bank will then SELL this house and RECOVER their
money FIRST. They will not lose anything, I will, so please, do not
worry about the bank.
I love Smiths Falls and her people. Thanks to all my friends for their
love, Care and Prayers.
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Kingston Whig Standard, Mary Anne Beaudette
Metcalfe goes to Supreme Court
Jean Metcalfe hasn't given up fighting. The Smiths Falls woman who
fears she will die if she is evicted from her environmentally safe
home has been granted a hearing in the SCC on June 6 to try to delay
the Bank of Montreal from repossessing her house. She has applied to
the SCC for the delay on the basis that she is guaranteed a right to
life under the Charter. "I hope the court will listen this time,"
Metcalfe said. She lost her bid for more time when she appeared in the
SCO Monday. "They wouldn't listen, I tried to tell them about my
health problems, but they don't understand. I only asked for a bit
more time to find a place. I didn't want to fight the bank. I just
wanted more time."
Ottawa Citizen
Allergy victim goes to court again
Jean Metcalfe has filed another court challenge to her eviction, a
notice of motion with the SCC asking that the eviction be stayed. The
motion is to be heard Tuesday. However, she may be evicted before
then. "I have nowhere to go. I'll just stay in my bed if they come to
get me. They can take my bed and put me on the street." Paul Howard
says Metcalfe's latest notice of motion won't affect the bank's
decision. "I rather think the court will throw it out. That's what
happened in every court so far." Metcalfe has had seven other legal
appeals heard in the SCO, the Court of Appeal and Divisional Court,
and none has been successful, Howard said. An official in the bank's
head office has said a decision on the eviction is to be made this
week.
Toronto Sun, Maria Bohuslawsky
Allergy victim: "I'd be dead in days"
Picture of Jean sitting dejectedly in her home.
The Sun decided to catch up. A nice article about 8"x 6" detailing her
illness and her plight.
830507Sa
Ottawa Citizen, CP
Candidates invited to TV debate
TORONTO -- The CBC and CTV television networks have issued a joint
invitation to the seven leading candidates for the PC leadership
debate in Ottawa on June 5.
830508Su
Toronto Sun, Lisa Elia
She's girding for long fight, allergic facing eviction
Jean Metcalfe has stockpiled a month's supply of food to continue her
fight against eviction. She claims eviction will be "like genocide."
She says her allergies could kill her if she is forced to live
elsewhere. He battle resumes on June 6 in Ontario Supreme Court.(x)
Metcalfe will plead her own case. Her defence: "It will be genocide if
they put me out." For the first time in weeks, she went shopping in
her car with its "air-purification system" and bought a "trunk-load"
of organic food.
Ottawa electrical engineer John Turmel who helped Metcalfe with her
court fight, said Metcalfe is "threatening them with her own death and
I hope this takes precedence over the banks right to foreclose."
830511We
Kingston Whig Standard,
Jean Metcalfe gets break
For the first time in weeks, Jean Metcalfe doesn't have to worry about
the Bank of Montreal repossessing her home while she's out. A bank
official said today the bank will hold off on any further action
against Metcalfe until a request to appeal her eviction notice is
heard in the SCC on June 6. "The Bank of Montreal will not take any
recourse until the court has disposed of the matter," said Langevin
Cote, communications manager for public affairs in the bank's Montreal
office.
"Isn't that great," said Metcalfe when she heard about the reprieve.
"I don't know what to say. It's super. It means now I can go out and
look for another place. i don't have to be afraid to leave the house."
Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Metcalfe stays in house
Jean Metcalfe will not be evicted from her home until after June 6 SCC
hearing, says a lawyer for the Bank of Montreal. Legally, the bank
could have her evicted after the Court of Appeal rejected her Charter
arguments. Immediately after that hearing, her ally, Ottawa bank-
fighter John Turmel, drew up documents to take the case to the Supreme
Court. he is arguing that Mrs. Metcalfe would die if evicted. In the
past, Mr. Turmel has argued that charging interest on loans is against
the law. "I think the delay is unfortunate because it puts her through
more turmoil, more problems and more heartache," said Paul Howard.
830621Tu
Calgary Herald, CP
Allergy victim's counsel threatens royal ruckus
OTTAWA -- A woman who says she is allergic to just about everything
fainted in the SCC lobby as her legal counsel, John Turmel, who isn't
a lawyer, vowed to take her case to Prince Charles if the court throws
it out. Turmel told reporters he hoped to bring Prince Charles'
attention to the plight of Jean Metcalfe during the royal visit to
Ottawa which started yesterday if the court refused to hear her case.
Prince Charles, who arrived Monday with his wife Diana, will still be
in town.
She says she will commit suicide if she's forced from her it. She
arrived at the SCC with an oxygen tank, then fainted in the lobby and
was taken to hospital by ambulance. The court motion was scheduled to
be heard yesterday but Bora Laskin wrenched his back during the
weekend and was in hospital under observation. As a result, Metcalfe's
won't be heard until today.
Turmel, a founder of the fringe Christian Credit party, is an engineer
who has helped people like Metcalfe stave off mortgage foreclosures
through court action. His argument is that the eviction violates
natural law, Biblical law and the Criminal Code's gaming provisions.
The natural law argument is that it is physically impossible for
borrowers to repay both the principal and the interest when the banks
only created and loaned out the principal. He refers to interest as
usury. The Biblical argument comes from Nehemiah 5:10 "Let the
exacting of usury stop." Turmel contends interest rates are fees "for
the privilege of participating in a gamble" and as a result, violate
the law against gambling. He also says the banks attempts to evict
Metcalfe are subjecting her to "cruel and unusual punishment" in
violation of the Charter of Rights.
London Free Press `BUSINESS FOR CHARGES? DEFENDANT VOWS TO TAKE CASE
TO PRINCE'
Le Droit `EVANOUIE EN COUR SUPREME' CP
Citizen `THE ROYAL VISIT'
Picture of the crowd on Parliament Hill and at the left front of the
crowd, you can see Jean's big Petition of Right. There's no way
Charles could have missed it.
830622We
Montreal Gazette, CP
Judges threatened with murder charge
OTTAWA -- Five judges of the Supreme Court of Canada were told
yesterday they could be facing murder charges if Jean Metcalfe is
evicted from her home. She quoted homicide sections of the Criminal
Code which say that anyone who directly or indirectly causes the death
of someone may be charged with murder. "So if I die within a year and
a day, it's going to be plain murder by you, and you, and everyone,"
she said pointing at the judges and lawyers around her. She said she
has instructed her counsel, John Turmel, who says interest rates are
usury, to press murder charges against judges who have heard her case
if she is evicted and dies."
The court gave her a 20 minute hearing, longer than usual on a motion
leave to appeal, then reserved judgment. Metcalfe arrived in court
gulping oxygen. She was accompanied by a nurse, Turmel and about a
dozen Christian Credit adherents.
CRUEL PUNISHMENT
She looked frail but sounded determined as she fought of Mr. Justice
Roland Ritchie's initial comment that the court was sympathetic but it
had to administer the law. "I have the right to be heard. It's
important enough. It's cruel and unusual punishment. That's the way
I've been treated by you people and the banks. You call cut me off
before I can explain. When I go on the streets and I die, I've told
John Turmel to lay a murder charge to lay a murder charge against
everyone connected with the case. My life is at stake, not yours ... I
can demonstrate to you how interest rates kill, if you'll only give me
the time." Metcalfe said mortgage is derived from the words meaning
"death" and "gamble." "I can show you how the `deathgamble' works,"
she told the judges.
Toronto Sun
"If I lose, I'll die on bank's lawn"
OTTAWA -- Jean Metcalfe took her "life-and-death" struggle to remain
in her germ-free home to the Supreme Court yesterday. A five judge
panel reserved decision on her motion to have the court stop the bank
from evicting her until she finds other germ-free accommodations.
Metcalfe, who pleaded her own case, was assisted by Ottawa eccentric
John Turmel who has legal actions pending against the governor of the
Bank of Canada.
"All you judges don't understand the situation. I want a chance to
tell the full court (nine judges) I'm getting killed by noxious
chemicals in the atmosphere and I have a right to life under the new
charter, she said.
Smiths Falls Record News
Metcalfe case heard in the highest court
OTTAWA -- The SCC reserved its decision on her plea to stay in her
house. The bank tried to gain possession of the house but with the aid
of Ottawa bank-fighter John Turmel, she has kept the case tied up in
the courts. She and Mr. Turmel have appealed the decisions of lower
courts to every court in the land, ending in the Supreme Court.
Originally, she argued that charging interest was contrary to
physical, Biblical and criminal law -- one of Mr. Turmel's pet
theories. More recently, she has taken a different tack, adding the
argument that forcing her from the house will kill her since she needs
an environmentally pure haven.
Kingston Whig Standard, Staff/CP
"If I die, it will be murder" Metcalfe says
Picture of Charles on a podium and Pierre behind and out big sign
behind them captioned "Metcalfe used a sign to try to attract Prince
Charles attention.
Jean Metcalfe told five Supreme Court judges they could be facing
murder charges if she is evicted from her home. She quoted homicide
sections of the Criminal Code.
"I told them I wasn't trying to beat the bank, and when I get well
again, I will try to pay them their money."
She spent the afternoon resting at a friend's home after fainting on
her way out of the courtroom.
830629We
Smiths Falls Record News, Barry Raison
Metcalfe, Turmel ship kit to royals
Picture of Jean and me in her home with the sign which reads "Petition
of Right, Supreme Court of Canada may evict me soon, Allergies to
environment killing me, please hear my plea" captioned "Jean Metcalfe
and John Turmel pose with the material they packaged up and sent by
courier yesterday to Prince Charles in Edmonton.
Although Jean Metcalfe appears to be firmly entrenched in her home
until the SCC hands down a decision, she's leaving nothing to chance.
Yesterday, she sent off a letter to Queen Elizabeth asking for help.
She, John Turmel and a coterie of Christian Credit members got
together to put together a package to Prince Charles. They were
sending it by courier to Edmonton. Along with Mrs. Metcalfe's letter
to the Queen, the package enclosed a plea by Mr. Turmel to install a
high-tech monarch on the throne, a number newspaper clippings
documenting the unusual case and a huge sign which summarized the case
which was carried by the group during Charles' visit to Ottawa last
week. The material, along with an Abolish Interest Rates bumper
sticker, was ceremoniously packed and shipped by courier shortly
before 1p.m. on Tuesday so it would be waiting for Prince Charles when
he arrived in Edmonton.
830703Su
Kingston Whig Standard
Metcalfe gets break
It will be Sept. 20 at the earliest before Jean Metcalfe learns the
verdict of her SCC appearance last week. The court reserved judgment
in her plea and will not make a decision until it reconvenes in the
fall. She will spend the summer trying to find another place to live.
830706We
Ottawa Citizen Capital edition, Lynn McAuley
Prince Philip's Ottawa visit clearly wasn't for the masses as he
slipped quietly into town barely noticed. Only 18 onlookers were on
hand to watch him arrive at Uplands and only John Turmel, Ottawa's
professional protester, waited along his route to Rideau Hall to wave
his ubiquitous "Abolish Interest Rates" sign.
Ottawa Citizen Final edition
Only 18 onlookers were on hand to watch him arrive at Uplands and a
similar number were there this morning to watch him depart.
AP
Ho hum, the prince is here
OTTAWA -- When Prince Philip arrived at the gates to Rideau Hall
opposite the prime minister's residence, the only one waiting was John
Turmel, an Ottawa eccentric who waved a sign that read "Abolish
Interest Rates."
830716Sa
Ottawa Citizen, CP Kirk Lapointe
Socreds let fingers do waking for new leader
The Social Credit Party reached out and elected someone interim leader
Friday, choosing Ken Sweigard in a meeting without slick
electioneering, placards or a victory speech. They just let their
fingers do the walking.
Sweigard, a 64 year-old evangelist from Grande Prairie Alberta, was
narrowly elected in a bizarre 1.5 hour conference call over party
vice-president Richard Lawrence and Quebec party member Adrien
Lambert. Lambert didn't know he was nominated. No one answered the
phone when the operator tried to link him with the 19 party members on
the conference call. Sweigard was runner-up a year ago to Martin
Hattersley at the party's last convention. Hattersley offered his
resignation last month when the party would not drop from its
membership three outspoken Albertans be accused of anti-Semitism.
When the call began Friday just after noon, two candidates were in the
race -- professional gambler John Turmel of Ottawa and tractor dealer
Elmer Knutson of Edmonton, the founder of the separatist Western
Canada Federation. But someone realized Turmel's membership had been
suspended. Party president Ben Bissett told Turmel to write him a
letter asking that he be reinstated. Okay, bye bye," Turmel said,
dropping out of the race with the click of the phone. It seemed
Knutson was assured of the interim leadership. In his nomination
speech, he called for monetary reform and the creation of four or five
regional governments to replace the central one.
But former MP, Romuald Rodrigues, one of two Quebec executive members
on the line said he was uneasy with choosing Knutson because he didn't
know him very well. It was finally decided to draft someone from the
party executive to serve as leader until a national convention -- face
to face -- can be held Labor Day weekend in Winnipeg.
Someone asked Rodrigues to run. "No, never," he replied. Bissett was
nominated but he said he was under a doctor's care and couldn't handle
the strain. Party publicity director Peter Turner's name was forwarded
but no one would second the nomination. "I decline anyway," Turner
said. The two Quebecers started speaking in French and came up with
Lambert and Lawrence to run. But Lambert wasn't at home to be asked if
he'd stand for nomination. Perhaps he wouldn't accept, someone said.
"We can't take that chance," somebody added. Still, Lambert was in the
race. He garnered two votes, Lawrence had five and Sweigard had nine.
One person hung up early.
Sweigard dazzled the last convention by dressing as U.S. president
Abraham Lincoln, complete with a top hat and walking stick. His
entourage, dressed in 1860s style, held placards reading Free the
Slaves and chanted "Free the economic slaves." But he lost to
Hattersley on the first ballot.
830729Fr
Ottawa Citizen, Don McGillivray
But the idea that some magic solution exists for all economic ills is
far from gone. The various sects of economic fixers, from Marxists to
monetarists, from Social Crediters to supply-siders, disagree among
themselves on everything but the idea that some comparatively simple
answer exists for all economic problems. And it isn't just wild-eyed
down-at-the-heels fanatics with a sheaf of grubby pamphlets who
cherish the illusion of the one-shot cure.
We may smile at the people who carry placards outside the Bank of
Canada demanding the abolition of interest.
Calgary Herald Letter Sept. 9, 1983, John Turmel
Abolish interest rate
I must take exception to Don McGillivray's comment in his July 29
column "Magic can't cure out economic ills." Preaching that simple
remedies are fairy tales because "complex problems need complex
remedies," he says, "We may smile at the people who wave placards
outside the Bank of Canada demanding the abolition of interest."
Millions of Canadians know me as "the engineer" who demonstrates in
front of the Bank of Canada demanding the abolition of interest. I
have a high-tech degree in electrical engineering from Carleton
University and know that McGillivray's belief that "complex problems
need complex remedies" is straight from the low-tech school of bad
engineering.
Using the advanced engineering mathematics of Laplace Transformations,
differential equations and transcendental functions that I was taught
at Carleton's school of good engineering, I've been able to
demonstrate that the interest is an unstable positive feedback that
causes very complex problems.
Consider an example of improper feedback. An economist who has
borrowed a friend's car has some trouble with it on the road. Looking
under the hood, he sees the tube which hangs loose so that the fluid
in the radiator can overflow on hot days to relieve the pressure.
Then he notices the open air--intake to the carburetor. Figuring the
tube has fallen off and that's why the car is malfunctioning, he plugs
it in. It's a cold day. There is no overflow. It does not help or
hurt. He forgets to tell his friend of the remedy he has attempted
when he returns the car.
On a very hot day, the radiator fluid overflows and gets fed back
through the tube into the carburetor with the air and gasoline to the
engine. Needless to say, some very complex problems result.
Unfortunately, the car never gets repaired because the owner is also
an economist from a School of Bad Engineering. No matter how many
times the mechanic tells him that all he has to do is pull out the
radiator fluid feedback tube, he cannot accept the simple solution to
the complex problems his car is experiencing.
By counting on the belief that "complex problems need complex
solutions," he'd probably have the same condescending smile for the
mechanic who suggest the simple solution to his radiator fluid
feedback problem as Mr. McGillivray has for the engineer who suggest
the simple solution to the economy's feedback problems. I don't mind
if the theories Mr. McGillivray has learned at his School of Bad
Engineering end up wrecking his car, by failing to consider all
possible solutions, simple or complex, but I do mind if they end up
wrecking our economy.
He has never even read the high-tech analysis behind the simple
solution. Unfortunately for him}
My calculations show that the solution to the very complex problems
the economy is experiencing is a simple pulling of the interest
feedback. The abolition of interest rates is simply done by
restricting the banks' computers, which are now permitted to charge
both service and interest charges, to a pure service charge.
I have always offered my $1,000 to $1 bet. All have backed down
despite their really wanting to shut me up.
So, unless Mr. McGillivray can be the first to find a flaw in the
high-tech analysis that I am sending him and put his money where his
thoughts are, I'd suggest he wipe the smug smile off his low-tech face
the next time he hears of the high-tech solution:
ABOLISH INTEREST RATES: USE SERVICE CHARGES.
830803We
Ottawa Citizen Letter, John Turmel
Important case {deleted portions}
I'm writing about the recent Supreme Court of Canada hearing on Jean
Metcalfe's application to appeal her eviction by the Bank of Montreal
form her allergy-proofed home. Since the Citizen had kept its readers
up to date on the case, I was stunned when {I realized} it {had been}
decided not to report on her last hearing in the highest court in the
land.
{Any concerned people in Ottawa who had read that her case was coming
up have not yet found out the court's decision unless they watched the
reports on CBOT, CJOH, or GLOBAL television networks or read the out-
of-town newspapers like the Montreal Gazette and the Toronto Star
which picked up the story from the Canadian Press National wire
service. Even Le Droit, who had not covered the case until then,
reported the hearing once it reached the Supreme Court of Canada right
in Ottawa.}
Metcalfe argued that her right to live was enshrined in the
constitution while the bank's right to usury was not and because it
was a matter of life and death, her appeal was important enough to be
heard by the whole court. She also pointed out that if she were
evicted and died of her allergies within a year and a day of their
decision, certain murder sections of the Criminal Code would then
apply to judges evicting her. At no time did she threaten to commit
suicide since her whole point is that she is in danger of being
murdered by interest rates.
Justice Ritchie stated that the court had studied her case before the
hearing and had concluded that they would have to reserve their
decision. A few days later, the court recessed for their summer
holidays and will reopen on Sept. 20. It looks as though Metcalfe will
get to stay in her refuge until at least then.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A story on Metcalfe appearance at the Supreme Court was
published in the early editions of the Citizen but inadvertently
dropped for the final edition.
830823Sa
New Glascow Evening News, Heather Fiske
Two more candidates contest Central Nova
Two more candidates have formally filed their papers. John Turmel of
Ottawa is running as an independent. Turmel, a banking systems
engineer at Carleton University. A card-carrying Tory, Turmel says he
will not be canvassing door-to-door during the election. He was
returning to Ontario on Friday. He said he will be back in Central
Nova if a debate is called or for any meetings that may arise. He
contested nine federal elections and by-elections in the past four
years, as well as four provincial and two municipal races. Turmel
feels the solution to unemployment in this country is to abolish
interest rates. A member of the Abolitionist wing of the PC party, he
would like to see the PC party adopt the old French custom of the
"corvee" which allowed citizens to pay their tax bills by working on
public projects. "This could be done by allowing all Canadians to work
in exchange for tax-credit notes in convenient denominations. Since
they can be used by all Canadians to pay their taxes, an individual
who earns tax credits in excess of what he needs to pay his tax bill
may trade them to others for goods and services."
830802Tu
New Glascow Evening News, Heather Fiske
Turmel to organize bank fights
OTTAWA -- John Turmel said he will be organizing "bank fights" when he
travels to Central Nova to actively campaign for a seat in the by-
election. In an interview Tuesday, Turmel said he stalls foreclosures
through appeals and will be looking for people "about to be
foreclosed."
"I wanted to put some pressure on the Supreme Court of Canada. All
along, I have been talking up to the court and now is my chance to
talk down to them as a politician." Turmel said he has been included
in stalling bank foreclosure through appeals for a few years. He spoke
mainly about a woman he had helped take appeals to the SCC to stall
eviction from her house. The woman has allergies and Turmel said
eviction would almost certainly aggravate her allergies to the point
where she could die. A decision on the foreclosure has been reserved
and the woman will live in her house until September at least.
SUED CBC
Turmel also said he has sued the CBC and CRTC to allow him equal time
with major party candidates in debates in his 14 attempts to get
elected. He repeated previous statements he wanted equitable time in a
debate proposed by the Pictou County Council of Churches. "I always
insist on my chance to rebut. I want to present my ideas on every
question. It won't take long. I can tailor my answers to the time
allowed." Turmel said he would not travel to the area for a
preliminary meeting Wednesday concerning the debate but would be in
the area soon to actively campaign. He said there was not much sense
in coming down "just to talk about it" but repeated previous
statements that he "was very vehement" about being allowed as much
time as the three major party candidates to express his views. He was
pleased a debate had been called and hoped all candidates were allowed
equal time. He said he would spend three weeks in the area.
830819Fr
Ottawa Citizen, E. Kaye Fulton (Southam)
By-election battle shatters peace in Central Nova
The three independent candidates are rather weird, never-never-land
longshots. John Turmel is well-known in Central Canada, but in Central
Nova, he's going to be a novelty. Going to be, because he has yet to
arrive here from home in Gloucester, outside Ottawa. When he does,
it'll be quite the event.
Turmel is a 32-year-old electrical engineer and games wizard who
specializes in giving judges cause for nervous breakdown. He appears
before them as "an expert witness" to argue that banks are gambling
when they charge interest and are therefore violating the Criminal
Code. In the past four years, Turmel has run in 12 federal, four
provincial and two municipal elections. He lost them all. He submitted
his name to the Guinness Good of Records but was turned down. His hero
is Jesus Christ, "a man who whipped the money-lenders" knowing he'd be
crucified. The first think he says he's going to do when he hits New
Glascow is find the 10 latest cases of foreclosure and convince the
victims to lay charges against the bank. He plans to bunk in "with the
first farmer who can put me up."
Next, he plans to drop a mathematical equation on Mila Mulroney, an
equation he says will make deficits a thing of the past. Mila is the
key to salvation, Turmel says, because she is three courses short of
an engineering degree and could understand what he's talking about, as
well as convince her husband to listen to "the genius of simplicity."
Turmel says he wouldn't mind being the Governor of the Bank of Canada.
Anne McBride is from Ship Harbour, N.S. She is 64 and says she is an
ordained minister with the Assembly of God, a church out of
Springfield, Mass. that she'd rather not talk about over the phone.
She is also reluctant to talk about her party, the United Party of
Canada. All she'll say is that it plans to qualify for official status
after the next election. She says she is an author ("I've had my own
byline in the newspaper ... and I'm under contract for two books) and
that she's concerned about unemployment, health care and senior
citizens. McBride believes she'll win because Central Nova realizes it
is time to elect a woman. She is also a veteran of several elections,
including a leadership bid for the Social Credit Party of Canada.
It's no wonder then that the fringe element has landed in Central Nova
with a vengeance.
830822Mo
Evening News `OPEN HOUSE'
Come and meet Brian Mulroney and Bobby Orr Monday from 2:30p.m. to
3:30p.m. at Pictou Headquarters.
830823Tu
New Glascow Evening News
Turmel filing protest
NEW GLASCOW -- John Turmel is filing a protest to prohibit the
proposed airing of an edition of CBC's The Journal saying he and other
independent candidates were not invited to participate with the major
party candidates in the show. In his affidavit, Turmel said that under
Section 9.1 of the Television Broadcasting Regulations, free time must
be made available "on an equitable basis to all parties and rival
candidates." "How can it lose?" Turmel said of his affidavit in an
interview this morning. He said the last time he filed and affidavit
against the CBC, he lost but only because he had filed the protest
after the show had aired. Turmel sued the CBC for airing a news show
featuring only the three major party candidates and one independent
candidate running in the Broadview-Greenwood by-election in 1982. The
CRTC rejected Turmel's first complaint against the television station
and Turmel later lost his appeal against the CRTC decision in a case
before the Federal Court of Appeal. Turmel will apply on Wednesday to
have his originating notice of motion read in the Supreme Court of
Nova Scotia in Halifax and will then apply for an order prohibiting
the airing of show which is air on Thursday.
830825Th
Halifax Daily News, Dean Jobb A+
Candidate loses CBC fight
John Turmel was denied an injunction to prevent the CBC from airing a
segment of The Journal tonight. Turmel, who has spent the past three
years running unsuccessfully for office and dragging banks into court,
hoped to block an item on the nightly news program dealing with the
by-election. That race has received national media attention because
the new PC leader Brian Mulroney is seeking election to Parliament for
the first time.
Appearing before Mr. Justice K. P. Richard in a Nova Scotia Supreme
Court, Turmel contended that the CBC was violating the equal time rule
by interviewing only three candidates and three major parties on The
Journal. He and two others were not interviewed so the corporation was
not making time available to all candidates on a "equitable basis."
But the CBC's lawyer argued that The Journal and other news programs
were not included under the equal time provisions, which deal with
free-time political broadcasts. Turmel was "not sufficiently
newsworthy to be included in their national news program" Donovan said
bluntly and the court should not be placed in the position of managing
the news.
In dismissing the injunction request, Mr. Justice Richard said he
found some merit in Turmel's argument and admired his "tenacity and
ingenuity" in bringing the matter to court. But he ruled The Journal
was indeed a news program and outside of the scope of the equal time
rule. But the setback didn't deter Turmel who once tried to charge the
Governor of the Bank of Canada with keeping a common gaming house. and
has made headlines in his native Ontario for his habit of taking the
big guys to court. The matter was far from over, he vowed after an
unsuccessful attempt to find a federal judge to hear his case and a
complaint phoned in to the CRTC, the national body that regulates
broadcasting.
A 32 year-old who describes himself as a professional gambler, a
mathematical genius and the only high-tech candidate in the Central
Nova race, Turmel is making his crack at federal office. In the past,
he has campaigned as head of his own party, the Christian Credit
party, espousing the removal of all interest rates as the cure for
inflation and other economic ills. Turmel has polled a high of 2,000
votes and his fewest 16 and has never got his deposit back. He's also
given to wearing a white hard-hat with "The Engineer" and speaks in
terms of probability, pay off and odds. That's because of his academic
background which he claims, somewhat immodestly, has made him probably
the most powerful scientist on the planet. Turmel has a bachelor of
engineering degree and took a course on the mathematics of gambling.
That gambling interest is understandable because even he admits the
odds are high that he won't win Central Nova. "What the chances of
beating a national leader?" But he denies he is only in the race or
dragging the CBC into court for publicity. His real motive, you see,
Mila Mulroney is only three credits shy of an engineering degree and
if he can show her his mathematical equations to solve the ailing
economy, maybe she'll pass them on to Brian. That way, even a "low-
tech" candidate like Mulroney may be able to grasp his ideas.
Halifax Chronicle Herald,
Turmel loses court challenge
Central Nova by-election candidate John Turmel failed in his bid
Wednesday to have the courts stop the CBC from airing a documentary on
the current campaign. Mr. Turmel, one of three independent candidates
sought to restrain publication of the documentary because CBC's The
Journal did not interview him or the other independents vying for the
federal seat against Tory leader Brian Mulroney. He argued
unsuccessfully that the program would violate broadcasting regulations
which guarantee candidates receive equitable treatment "in programs of
a political partisan character."
Describing the candidates arguments as having "some merit," Nova
Scotia Supreme Court Justice K. Peter Richard praised Mr. Turmel for
his "tenacity" but ruled The Journal was a news program and not of the
politically partisan character envisioned by legislators.
Discrimination would exist if the network denied Mr. Turmel his share
of paid and free-time political broadcasts. The 30-minute proceeding
began with Mr. Turmel having to convince the court and CBC lawyer
Michael Donovan that he is indeed a candidate in the by-election.
Stopping Mr. Turmel short of going to his automobile to produce
documentation, the judge accepted press clippings and Mr. Turmel's
signed affidavit as proof of his candidacy. Even if Mr. Justice
Richard ruled in favor of Mr. Turmel, the injunction would only apply
to Nova Scotia and not elsewhere in Canada. In a telephone interview
in Toronto, Richard Bronstein, acting executive producer of the CBC
program said the documentary would air most likely tonight.
Globe & Mail, CP
N.S. candidate loses court hid to block showing of TV program
HALIFAX -- While saying the case has some merit, the Nova Scotia
Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an application for an injunction to
stop The Journal, a CBC-TV news program, from carrying a documentary
on three candidates in the Central Nova federal by-elections. The
application was filed by John Turmel, an independent candidate. He
sought the injunction because only three of the six candidates were
interviewed. He contended that airing the views of only three
candidates violated CRTC regulations on political broadcasts. A
section of the regulations requires that free-time political
broadcasts be made available to all parties and rival candidates.
Lawyers for the CBC said The Journal is a news program and a planned
segment on the three candidates would not constitute a free-time
political broadcast. The corporation maintained that the three it
features are the leaders. This prompted Mr. Justice K. Peter Richard
to question how the leading candidates could be determined before the
by-election was over.
In dismissing the application, Justice Richard said he saw "some merit
in the argument" but agreed with the CBC that The Journal was
basically a news program and the section did not apply. "But I admire
your tenacity and ingenuity," the judge told Mr. Turmel and awarded no
costs to the CBC.
Outside the court, Mr. Turmel said he was pleased with the wording of
the judge's decision and immediately telephoned CRTC officials in
Ottawa to complain, hoping the commission would take some action to
block the broadcast, at least in Nova Scotia. "The CRTC is supposed to
make sure I get treated equitably," he said.
Mr. Turmel has run as an independent candidate in nine federal, four
provincial and two municipal elections but admits he hasn't come close
to winning any of them. In the Central Nova voting, Mr. Turmel said he
is not running to win but "to teach Brian Mulroney a few things" about
Mr. Turmel's aim of abolishing interest rates. He tried once to charge
Bank of Canada Gerald Bouey with keeping a common gaming house,
arguing that the bank is gambling that customers will repay their
loans.
Evening News Ad, Mrs. Harry Sutherland, Hostess
PC Coffee Party: Come and meet Mila.
830826Fr
New Glascow Evening News, Larry Duchesne
Liberal heavyweights visit
One of Mila's coffee parties attracted an unexpected and seemingly
unwelcome visitor Thursday. Independent candidate John Turmel tried to
attend the one being held at the home of Mrs. Harry Sutherland. He
walked into the Evening News office shortly thereafter complaining
that Harry Sutherland had thrown him out on the basis that only women
were allowed.
Turmel's plans for today was to attend another one or two, however
many are planned, of Mila's coffee parties.
830827Sa
New Glascow Evening News
The serenity of a coffee party featuring Mulroney's wife was disturbed
when independent candidate John Turmel showed up and tried to argue
with her as bemused guests looked on.
"Don't be such a snob," Mila Mulroney said as Turmel held forth loudly
on interest rates and high technology. McKay began trading jibes with
him, freeing her to resume meeting guests and posing for pictures.
New Glascow Evening News, Cathy Cameron
John Turmel election profile
Picture of me with AIR picket sign and pitching a girl captioned:
"John Turmel has spent little time in the area. While here, he's been
busy passing out literature and talking to people about abolishing
interest rates. In photo 1, he protests interest rates in front of a
downtown New Glascow bank. In photo 2, Turmel passes out literature to
Evelyn Hettie of Pictou.
Independent candidate John Turmel, once called the Blackjack King of
Ottawa, is a familiar face around Parliament Hill and in Ontario
newspapers, but Central Nova voters have seen little of him since he
filed his papers on July 22. Turmel, a banking systems engineer,
returned on Friday and immediately went to look for people in danger
of being foreclosed upon. For the past few years, Turmel has
represented people against imminent foreclosure. One of his most
celebrated cases was that of Jean Metcalfe, an Ontario woman who
claimed she was allergic to the world outside her home and would
certainly die if she was evicted from it. Turmel has taken an appeal
for her into the Supreme Court of Canada has managed to hold off
eviction until at least September. While Turmel is famous for his bank
battles, he is also famous in Ottawa for picketing on Parliament Hill
every Thursday when the Bank of Canada rate is announced. One of
Turmel's major issues is the abolition of bank interest rates, but in
an interview, he said it was not going to be one of his major campaign
issues here. Turmel has also been featured in newspapers since 1979
when he first began his political career. He has run in 2 municipal
elections, 8 federal elections and 2 provincial elections. He has lost
all 12.
GAMBLING CASINO
Turmel who makes his living by holding the only "incorporated
transient casino" in Ontario has taken everyone from the media to the
Bank of Canada central bank governor Gerald Bouey to court. Turmel
claimed in 1980 that Bouey was keeping a common gaming house, illegal
under the Criminal Code of Canada. He likened interest fees charged by
the Bank of Canada to a fee for the use of money(chips) in the
game(industrial activity). He also charged Bouey with genocide saying
every time a foreclosure was made on a farmer because of high interest
rates, food production is slashed and starvation increases. He lost on
both counts. Turmel is not having much luck in finding people in
Central Nova who need help from imminent foreclosures. He said he had
not found anyone he could help, but "if anyone needs a hand, get in
tough with me."
Turmel came to the PC party by way of the Social Credit party which he
broke off with because he said it compromised his principles on
interest rates. In 1982, he had his own political party called
Christian Credit. In an interview at that time, Turmel said he chose
the name because "Jesus fought the banks and you can't imagine Jesus
charging you interest, can you?"
VOTE ONE COLOR
He said he disbanded his party because he realized voters would not
give it a chance. "People won't vote for a new party. They've been
voting for one color all their lives. The only way to do anything is
to get into a recognized party."
Turmel believes he has come up with a way to abolish interest rates
and said it would help Canada's economy. It is a complicated formula
which eliminates the possibility of inflation by making it a factor of
the interest rate which in his system equals zero. What Turmel really
wants to show Mulroney is a system he feels will enable everyone to
have food, clothing and a roof over their heads. The system calls for
the adoption of the French Canadian custom of the "corvee" or tax
credit notes in $20 denominations. Canadian will be able to pay their
taxes by working on government projects in exchange for these notes.
With the notes, Turmel said there would be no increase in inflation or
taxes and the system can be implemented on every level of government
from municipal to international. He calls it a "brilliantly simple
idea."
HIGH-TECH MATH
He especially wants to show Mila Mulroney a system which eliminates
the addition of interest rates in banking. It is another complicated
system based on math equations he feels Mila will understand better
than Mulroney because she studied engineering for a few years before
her marriage. "Mila has third year engineering math. She can
understand it because she has high-tech math. He has low-tech math.
"He never got past high-school algebra. When she sees this, she's
going to say `Oh Brian, fix it, fix it.'" Turmel planned to show the
the system to Mila at one of her regular coffee parties and let her
explain it to Mulroney. Turmel does not think he will win this
election but he said he wanted the chance to put "a little bit of
pressure on Brian Mulroney. I'm looking at this as an educational trip
to educate the average person to how the whole banking system is one
big con. It's my duty as a banking systems engineer to fix the banking
system."
830910Sa
Ottawa Citizen, Jack Aubrey
Defeated candidate loses appeal
Defeated Ottawa mayoral candidate Marc Gauvin has lost his appeal of a
loitering conviction resulting from his campaign last fall, but a
County Court did substantially reduce his fine Friday. Judge Edward
Houston upheld the provincial court conviction but reduced the fine to
$200 from $500. The charge arose from his arrest by Ottawa police last
October after he refused to leave the stage of a CBC televised
election debate between the two main candidates. Houston said Gauvin
had been "more contrite" since the conviction and was "a find looking
young man" when explaining the reduction of the fine given on March
15. Gauvin said he would appeal the decision to the Ontario Court of
Appeal.
John Turmel, Gauvin's representative in court before Friday, was not
allowed to present Gauvin's case because the judge ruled he had no
standing in court.
830928We
Toronto Sun, Alicia Ambrosia UPC
Allergy sufferer denied appeal, "safe home lost"
OTTAWA -- Jean Metcalfe said she may file attempted murder charges
against the SCC judges who rejected her bid to appeal eviction from
her allergy-free home. She fainted when the high court dismissed her
request to appeal the notice of eviction from her specially
constructed home for non-payment of mortgage. "If she dies, it will
prove a point -- it will show them how evil this is," her adviser John
Turmel told reporters as he administered oxygen to prostrate woman on
the steps of the Supreme Court building. Metcalfe had argued that she
suffered from an ecological illness and could not survive in a germ-
filled world outside her home. "It's over and I lost. I have to go and
live in the street. I'm at the mercy of the bank." Bank spokesman Dave
Getz said yesterday "We're studying the decision," but said nothing
prevents their taking possession of the house. "Basically, there's no
choice. There are a lot of people in difficult circumstances and this
is one of them."
Breathing through a portable oxygen unit, Metcalfe said if evicted she
will file attempted murder charges against 5 Supreme Court justices, a
Supreme Court judge, three Court of Appeal justices, her former bank
manager and the local sheriff. "We'll go through with it," she vowed.
Turmel said the Criminal Code states that anyone who directly or
indirectly causes the death of another may be charged with murder.
"We're going to draw up attempted murder charges within a day or two
and process them if they evict her," said Turmel who is not a lawyer.
"It's the only pressure we have left."
Kingston Whig Standard, Gary Lupton
Jean Metcalfe had no case: Supreme Court
The SCC has decided that Jean Metcalfe didn't have a case. The court
dismissed the case. "It wasn't a case the court felt warranted
application for leave to appeal," said Eddy Bisson, SCC assistant
registrar. "All it says on the file is `application for leave to
appeal is dismissed with costs. You could ask the judges what their
reasons were but they wouldn't tell you." The fact that she has to pay
court costs angers Metcalfe almost as much as the decision. "What do
they expect me to pay them with? Old clothes and dirty socks?" she
said. Now with almost all hope gone that she can stay in her
environmentally safe house, she is putting herself in God's hands.
"I'm living one day at a time and saying `okay God, whatever happens
is your will'" she said yesterday.
The house is vitally important to Metcalfe because it is a refuge
where she can control the environmental and food hazards that threaten
her life. "I've tried everything I can think on my own to save the
house," she said. "Nothing I've tried has worked so I'm leaving the
rest in God's hands."
Earlier, she had taken her fight to the Ontario Supreme Court, also to
no avail. Following yesterday's ruling, she collapsed and had to be
carried from the courtroom by John and Ray Turmel of Ottawa, who have
helped advise her during the legal battles. Outside, she was revived
with oxygen by another friend, Louise Shannon, also of Ottawa.
Although the bank now has the right to take over the house, Metcalfe
won't leave unless she's forced out physically. "I'm not going to walk
out. I'm going to stay in my bed until they carry me out. It'll be
cold-blooded murder if they leave me out in the street." Just what
course of action the bank plans to take is still unknown. "We've just
got the ruling and it's being studied," said Dave Getz. ("Dismissed
with costs" takes a lot of study?) "It's still too early to say what
steps will be taken." If the bank decides to take over the house, John
Turmel has drawn up a criminal complaint for attempted murder against
the judges, bankers, lawyers and sheriffs who have anything to do with
Metcalfe's eviction. He intends to file it with a Justice of the Peace
in Ottawa. "If she dies, those responsible for her death had better be
prepared. If you expose someone to noxious chemicals, that's murder.
If the bank makes a humane gesture, we won't file the complaint.
Everything is up to the bank."
Shannon said Metcalfe would gladly move if she had another
environmentally safe house to go to. "We raised $4,000 but it wasn't
enough. We gave it a good try but many people didn't respond. If a lot
of people gave a little, we could look for a smaller place." Shannon
said $1500 of the funds raised have been spent on court costs but the
rest is still in the bank.
Metcalfe says she feels better now than she did three years ago, but
feels she still needs another three to five years in a controlled
environment before trying to go to work to support herself again.
Smiths Falls Record News
Defeated Metcalfe to lay attempted murder charges
Jean Metcalfe is now waiting for the sheriff to come knocking on her
door with an eviction notice. She exhausted her last legal avenue when
the SCC handed down a decision that reaffirmed the bank's right to the
house. She and Ottawa bank-fighter John Turmel have been engaging the
bank's lawyers in one legal skirmish after another, in the hope she
would somehow be able to keep her home.
Turmel was drawing up legal documents to charge everybody involved
with attempted murder. "I guess the only thing stopping them is the
threat of her charging them with attempted murder. Will they be
threatened enough that they'll wait before evicting her?"
Hugh McLean, the bank's lawyer, said he was waiting for instructions
from the bank which is no in legal position to serve her with a notice
of eviction.
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