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PLAINTIFFAND:Her Majesty heCrou,n n Rightof Canada, heMinisterofNationalDefence, ndTheShipexHMCS Fraser, er OwnersandAll other nterestedn Her

DEFENDANTSSTATEMENTOF CLAIM

TO THE DEI'ENIDANTS:Her Majesty lheQueen n Right of CanadaThe DefendantShip heEx HMCS Fraser,Her orvners nclother Interestfedn herThe Ministerof NationalDef'ence

A LEGAL PROCEEDINIGHAS BEEN COMMENCEDAGAINSTYOU by thePlaintiff-. heclaimmade gainstou ssetout n the bllorvingages.Art i f ic ialReefSoc: ietyf NovaScot ia , Her N4aesty he Qr.reent alReE.xHMCSFras:r

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IF Yotl wISl{ To DEFE|{D HIS PROCEEDING,),ouor asoUcitorcting or youare equiredo prepare StatenrentfDeferrcen Foun 17lB prescribed 1' he Feclerctl ortrt Rtrles,1998, ervet on heplainti f]-s ol icitor r. vhereheptainti ff loesnothavea solir; i tor,ervet on theplainti ff, nd -rlet. u i th proofof service, t a localoff iceof theCouft,WITHIN 30 DAYS afterthisstatementrf clairn s served n you, f t,onareserved ithinCanada.If you are ser\,'edn the united States f America, he period orserving nd il ingyourStatementf Defences 40 days. If vou areservedoutsideCanada nd the United Statesof American, heperiod for servingand filing your Statement f Defence s sixtydays.Copiesof the FederalCourtthe ocaloffice;s f the Courtbe obtained n requesto the(teleplrone 6"::.3-922-4238)(Vancouver t5653232).

Rules, 998,nformationoncerningandothernecessarynfonnationma>,Administratorf thisCourtat Ottawaor at anv local office thereof

IF YOU FAIILTO DEFENDTHIS PROCEEDING,udgmentma)'be givenagainst ou in your absencend without urthernoticeoyou.Datedhis27tr' avof Ausust. 010.

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17t l ' loorIvfiT t/nHalifbx, ovaSicotiaB3J3N4To:Her MajestyheQueenn Rightof CanaclaTheMinisterof National efenceTheDefendan'thipexHMCS raser,Herorvners ndotherInterestedn her.Care f theLocalOfficeof theDeoartmentf Justicen Halifax

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CLAIMI . ThePlaintiffArtificialReefSociety'f Nor,aScotiasa Societl,'incorporatednderhe awsof NovaScotia ndhasanofficeandplace f businesst233Lahar,'etreet, ridgewater,ovaScotia.2.The Defendants,heQueenn Rightof Canada nd heMinisterof National Defenceare the presentowners of the Defendantvessel, x HM(IS Fraser ndhavean addressor service areof thelocal office of the Department f Justicen Halifax,Nova Scotia.The Defendar::tessel, he ex HMCS Fraser was previouslydecommissiont:dy the Canadian avy and rvas ransfenedromthe Plaintiff to the Defendants s set out belorv.The ex HMCSFraser s not engagedn govemment erviceas covered nders,13(7\of the ;ederalCor.rrt ct3. At al i mater:ialimes, heDefendant er Majestl ' theQueen nRight of Cana,da as the new ownerof the former warship,exHMCS Fraser and which was transferred ack to the federalgovernment ursuanto a contract etweenheDefendantsnd hePlaint i f f ated ecember3.2008.4. At the nraterial imes, the Plaintiff contractedwith theDefendantshrltaspart of theconsiderationor the transf-erf theDefendantship bacl< o the Defendants,he Plaintiff rvould beafforded he abilify- o makea bid for the vessel n the event hatthe Defendantdecided o scrap the r,'essel.Clause 9 of theAgreement p,:cif ical lyrovidedor the ol lor'ving:

9/ In theeve t t l :at heDepartmentecideshat hevessel navbe scrapped.heDepartmentvi l ladviseheARSNSof thedecision.f wit l i in a reasonableime heARSNS makesa proposal or useof thevessel san artificial eef. he DepartnrentArt i f ic ialReefSociety f NovaScot ia . Her Majesty he Qtreen t alReEx HMCSFrasr: r Page 1


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r ' r i l lgive heARIiNSp:oposalirstconsidefat ion.houid heDepartntenrind heARSNSproposal cceptablehen hevessel i l l benrace r.ai lableo heARSNS brthesurn f onedrl lar S1.00):

5. TheDefende,ntsdvisedhePlaintiff hat t was heir ntentionoscrap hevessel. hePlaintiff n accordancevith heagreementsubmitted delai led roposalor reusinghevessel sa arti f icialreef n accordancevith heAgreement.6. TheDefendantsiaan emailcommunicationn or about uly14,2010,ejectedhePlainti ffs proposal ndadvisedt hadconcerns,utciidnot allorv hePlaintifftoaddressheunspecifiedconcerns r make urtherdetailed ubmissions.7 The Plaintifl sa1, nd he factsare hat he Defendants avetakensteps o r;crapheDefendant essel y a thirdparty nOntario nd ailed rneslectedoabide y he erms f theDecembr23,2008Agreement.8. The Plairrtiff avs, nd he actsare, hey' ctedn good aithandwish o procee,dith andhave heabilify o make urthersubmissionSrlf lcerninghe2010Proposalndaddressn adetai ledashion.heconcernsf theDefendants.9. ThePlaintilfagreedo the ermsof the etransfer f HMCSFraser n thebasishat heDefbndant hip, he astof theDDHDestroyer sc{)r-tsouldend ts daysasanartificial eefasaMemorial o theCanadian avy.10.ThePlaint.iff a)'s nd he f-acts re heDefendantsbiled ogiveeffect o thecotitractualermsof tlieAgreement nd ailed o

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allow hePlaint:Lffo provide r-u1herndbetternforrnationoaddressheconr:erursI l, ThePlaintiff as earnedhroughhepresshat heDefendantslt ip s to bescrappedn Central anada. o notice asbeen ivento thePlaintiff o make epresentationso the Defendantsnd heDefendantsaveneglectedr refusedo giveeffect o thecontractualernrs.12.ThePlainti l f aysf theDefendantessels soldor transferredor scrappedt vril l suff-errreparablearm.13.ThePlaintilTsaysnd he actsare hat he Plaintiffhasaownershipntelest n thevessel ndas suchhasa statutoryight inremunder ectj n22(2) a)of theFederal oullAct.14.ThePlaintif,feiiedupon heDefendantsndeachof them nthe epresentat:,onsontainedn theAgreement nd equest iventhe unique ature f theAgreementpecific erfonnancef theAgreernent ncl ,r,ithheCourl'ssupervision f a mechanismoaddresshe urthersubmissionsf theDef'endants'oncerns.15. n thealternative,hePlaintiff.s laimagainstheDefendants,the servants r agents,s for damagesor negligence,nd/orbreachof contract.16. As a result f negligencend/or reach f contract hePlaintiffvli l l sufTerossanddarnases,he ull parliculars il l bepror, ' ided.L7 ThePlainti ffseelcsdeclarationhat heAgreetnentive iseto a marit imeien aeainstheDefendautessel.

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18. ThePlainti . i further laims rejudgmentnterest ssLtchinterestates rr) tby'Canadiannarit imear,r 'andompoundedsemi-annuaily'and'hicharedetennined-vhisHonorable ourr.Wherelbre he Plainti ffClaims:

(a) I)amag,es;(b) Prejudl3rnentnterest trates etby'Canadian aritimeLar,v;(c) A decl;arationhat he actions f theDefendantsiveriseto mar;Ltimeien;(d) Condernnationf the Defendant hip;(e) An Int;rirn nterlocutorynjunction;(0 Specific erformancef theContract;(g) Costs ;(h) Such iurtherandother eliefasgranted y thisHonotuable ouirt.

Theamount lrlimedxceeds50,000.00xclusivef interestndcosts, nd heactions notbeing roceededithasasimplifiedaction.The Plqrntiffproposeshatthe action e riedat Halifax,Novaot ia,

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