[JenSteele]

Here is a draft letter for you. PLEASE sign it.


The Honorable Michael Bryant MPP
803 St. Clair Avenue W,
Toronto, ON, M6C 1B9

Dear Sir,

We beseech you as the Attorney General of the Province of Ontario, Canada to enact emergency legislation that will immediately force an injunction to stop all Breed Specific Legislation across municipalities, in specific, The City of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, The City of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and the City of Brantford, Ontario, Canada due to the following facts and points of law:

1. To date, personnel that have been contacted who are charged with the initial identification of a dog as of the pitbull breed have refused repeatedly to disclose any information with regard to their federally approved training as required by federal law in identifying this specific breed, which should be available upon public inquiry.
2. Canadian Federal Law stipulates that the Canadian Kennel Club are the only federally recognized body to legally determine the breed of a dog.
3. In accordance with the Canadian Kennel Club and the Veterinary Medical Association of Canada, due to lack of data federally required to determine a dog to be of a specific breed, there are no certified personnel legally recognized who are able to properly identify a dog as a pitbull or as pitbull-like in appearance in Canada and that even a CKC member does not have enough knowledge of this breed to identify any dog as being of the pitbull breed or family of the pitbull breed.
4. Because there are no such federally certified personnel, there are no federal, provincial or municipal pitbull breed identifiers who can identify the breed sitting in the organizations of the people charged to uphold the BSL by-laws nor sitting on the appeal boards who review cases nor sitting on City councils who enforce appeal decisions.
5. Veterinarians who have sat on the appeal board in Kitchener have given an estimate that 40% of the dogs being identified as pitbulls are incorrect identifications of the by-law enforcement organizations, and at least 2/3s of the appeal boards are not people federally recognized to legally determine the breed of a dog. As the appeal board requires a majority decision, this decision cannot be made without federally recognized personnel who can properly determine the breed in question.
6. The method by which a dog is identified upon appeal requires the owner to produce paper evidence of the dog's lineage and does not require burden of proof for the by-law enforcement organization that placed the designation or accusation upon the dog. However the majority of dog owners in Canada, in Ontario, and the cities as listed, who own mixed breeds are not able to produce such evidence as many of these dogs have been rescued and adopted via private shelters, via the Humane Society Chapters and via private breeders.
7. A law which requires evidence that cannot be produced by the majority of defendants is a law that shows bias and all biased laws must be revoked in order to maintain the validity of all Canadian law at every level of Government.
8. A law that does not put the burden of proof upon the accuser is a law that is in violation of the principals of Canadian law wherein all shall be innocent until proven guilty. The law reads “to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal”. Additionally many of the appeal boards include people sitting on that board that for personal reasons have an agenda against the pitbull breed or have spoken out in a public manner against pitbull breeds and therefore cannot be deemed to be impartial and therefore not ensuring a method of gathering that ensures the fundamentals of Canadian law are upheld.
9. There is no method in place that allows the defender of the dogs to challenge the bias of members sitting on the appeal boards during the appeal process or in the city councils and therefore bias may exist unchallenged which is against the fundamental principals of Canadian Law.
10. There is no method in place that allows the defender of the dogs to challenge the experience, certification, knowledge, licensing, and federal approval of the members sitting on the appeal boards during the appeal process or in the city councils and therefore there is no proven expertise which exists to enforce the law or defend against the law, which is against the fundamental principals of Canadian Law.

In the interest that you are charged with ensuring all laws passed in the Province of Ontario are based on factual evidence, enforced in methods that are in compliance with federal law, and uphold the principals of Canadian Law, and in consideration of the above points of law and fact, we ask you immediately impose this emergency legislation forcing the injunction of all BSL by-laws in the province of Ontario, Canada.

We respectly ask that you entiled this the Lily Legislation, named after a dog wrongfully identified, despite Canadian Federal Laws, by non-federally certified personnel in the City of Kitchener Ontario Canada under by-law c530 of the Corporation of the City of Kitchener By-Laws.

Thank-you for your time. I look forward to your response. Kindly respond in writing to the address supplied below my signature.

Sincerely;

Your Name
Your Address


FAX this letter to 1-519-742-6907. In Ontario, letters addressed to MPPs DO NOT require postage if sent by an Ontario Resident which is what we are. We will then take your fax, and mail it to Michael Bryant as well all MPPS not in support of the BSL, and all local Kitchener Council and MPs not in support of the BSL and all organizations fighting to stop the BSL..

PLEASE, this is specifically important for ALL residents of Ontario and Canada to send this letter! For anyone not in Canada your letter matters just as much because it helps the government and organizations understand the amount of world-wide support this issue has.

Thanks!!!!
Jen