I guess it wouldn't hurt to send a letter, but from what I've been told, it isn't going to do very much. Last year, James from JC announced he was
throwing in the towel when the heat was on. Last minute, he chose to continue. By his statement, I think he was ready to close at the next sign of any communication from HC. For personal reasons, he chose to stop. I think what really needs to happens is a supplier needs to stand up & challenge the cease & desist order.
Back in the 1990's, a Toronto Furrier(person who sells furs coats), Paul Magder kept his
shop open on Sundays & Holidays. He simply tossed the orders in the garbage & collected 500,000 in fines of which he actually paid only $20,000. He pushed it all the way to the Supreme Court but for reasons unknown, his fight was never heard. It is said he went bankrupt because of this. I believe he went bankrupt because people opposed the sale of fur & there was less of a demand for fur coats, legal costs & unpaid fines. Anyhow, the point I'm trying to make is it was mainly because of his defiance that Ontario soon after legalized Sunday shopping.
I think until someone stands up to the authorities & challenges the fines in court, nothing is going to change. Of course, no one would want to be burden with the financial setbacks of challenging these fines, so I'd like to see a separate coalition set up with 4 or 5 key suppliers(Mopar, Jack, JaytheVapingguy) Under the coalition, they collect 1% from all sales from all Canadian e-Cig suppliers & put it into a fund. This growing fund would be set aside for such a fight when the time comes. So hypothetically, 5000 e-cig users spending 1000/yr x 1% could raise $50,000.00 yearly.
As an individual, no one can really afford to take on the government with legal costs, as a democracy of e-cig users, we all can take on the government with just 1%.
