Victoria, British Columbia — The cold, fickle visage of monarchy wags its aged finger upon our lands once more, as a Nanaimo cyclist’s insurance claim was recently struck down in the provincial court of appeals for being “abusive” in nature.
Tyler Adam Chamberlin alleges that he was the victim of a hit-and-run on July 19, 2018 when a vehicle hit him while he was riding his bike in Nanaimo and did not remain at the scene, leaving him with physical and emotional injuries.
British Columbia’s public insurer, ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia), granted him an order to waive fees, though Chamberlin still commenced an action for damages against the province’s public auto insurer on July 29, 2020.
His demands, crystal clear as they were utterly baffling, “Include a private audience with Her Majesty, the suspension of trade with China, the dismantling of Transport Canada, the postponement of an election, the release of classified documents, the ‘cleaning up of the swamp,’ the reconstruction of the RCMP, an MRI of his entire body, $32 trillion dollars and 500,000 Tesla shares,” said B.C. Supreme Court Justice Douglas Thompson.
The courts were less than receptive to Chamberlin’s demands.
“The argument is rooted in Mr. Chamberlin’s belief that in some way his motor vehicle accident was a result of a giant conspiracy, rooted in corruption throughout Canada,” said Thompson.
