Lawyer Geoffrey Spurr, acting for the Chicken Farmers of
Ontario marketing board, argues that Glenn Black’s renewed appeal to the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal remains
frivolous and vexatious and ought to be dismissed.
Black has revealed the chicken board’s arguments in a
posting on his website.
The tribunal is likely to rule soon whether Black’s second
attempt at an appeal over the chicken board’s 300-per-year limit on chickens
that can be raised without quota can proceed to a public hearing.
The tribunal rejected Black’s original appeal on a number of
grounds, including lack of tribunal jurisdiction over issues Black raised. It
instructed him to stick to the 300-bird issue and allowed him to file a renewed
appeal.
Spurr argues that Black’s renewed appeal continues to raise
most of the same issues as the original one and that it does not stick to the
single issue.
Black’s renewed appeal cites many legal precedents,
including Supreme Court decisions, in his arguments that he ought to be able to
raise broader issues.
