Thank you Mr. Populi!

Good Day Folks:

On behalf of our readership we'd like to thank The Public Eye (Truth To Power - www.accesstoinfo.blogspot.com; vicpopuli1@gmail.com) for responding to our question regarding the eligibility of Presidential Candidate Frank Godon in the 2010 Manitoba Metis Federation election.

Mr. Populi is a practicing Canadian lawyer.

Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk
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In my opinion, Frank Godon is likely quite correct. His home ownership almost certainly would qualify him for residency under this provision, and in my opinion - subject to his satisfying all other eligibility criteria, as well as, the important qualifications below - Mr. Godon is quite eligible to serve as a candidate for MMF President. He can reasonably argue the Revenue Canada standard is a proper one to apply.

I use the weasal words "likely" and "almost certainly" because this is necessarily subject to prior precedential determinations concerning residency criteria. I am not aware of any precedents that have been generated in the past as a result of interpretations of the relevant Federation election by-laws. The above opinion that Frank Godon is eligible assumes that there has been no prior determination that would exclude him.

Mr. Godon is smart to address this issue now. He can be sure that David Chartrand will be doing so in due course.