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3 unusual facts about Raymond Turmel


Raymond Turmel

He is the brother of John Turmel, and holds similar views on issues such as monetary reform and marijuana legalization.

The brothers have organized protests against interest rates on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (Globe and Mail, 16 April 1982), and Turmel argued before the Supreme Court of Canada in 1982 that the Bank of Nova Scotia's interest rate policies were a violation of natural and Biblical law.

Turmel also campaigned as an independent candidate in the 1984 federal election and the 1985 Quebec provincial election, and as a Marijuana Party candidate in the 2000 federal election.



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