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N.B. legislature to close loophole in fixed-date election law after court ruling

May 25, 2023, 3:52 pm
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N.B. legislature to close loophole in fixed-date election law after court ruling

Proposed change aims to make the law lawsuit-proof

Jacques Poitras· CBC News ·
Democracy Watch used the current law to challenge the legality of Premier Blaine Higgs calling an election in August 2020, less than two years into a four-year mandate. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
 
The New Brunswick legislature is fixing a flaw in the province's fixed-date election law.

An amendment approved by a committee of MLAs on Tuesday aims to make the statute lawsuit-proof if a premier opts to call an early election in the future.

The change is a response to a ruling last December from the New Brunswick Court of Appeal that opened the door to fighting such early election calls.

By removing a reference to the premier in the act, the province will likely eliminate that possibility.

"The only reason we're here: take out the word 'premier,' and make it consistent with the rest of the country," Justice Minister Ted Flemming said while responding to opposition questions on the bill. 

A man wearing a coat with a shirt and tie underneath. Justice Minister Ted Flemming said removing the act's reference to the premier would be consistent with other provinces. (Jacques Poitras/CBC file photo)

The section of the Legislative Assembly Act says an election must be held on the third Monday of October in the fourth year following the last election.

Democracy Watch used that to challenge the legality of Premier Blaine Higgs calling an election in August 2020,  less than two years into a four-year mandate.

The group's legal challenges of early election calls in Ottawa and other provinces have failed, but New Brunswick's top court said in its decision last year that — in theory — a lawsuit here might succeed someday.

Flemming confirmed the bill was drafted in response to that.

"Every time you turn around, they're taking a legal action against some kind of an election," he said of the self-styled watchdog group.

The bill "came about because the court of appeal, in listening to the Democracy Watch appeal on the 2020 election, said … 'Why is New Brunswick's statute different than everyone else's? It enables mischief or whatever.'"

Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher said he was not surprised by the move.

He said it shows Higgs's desire to "get the power back to call unfair snap elections that favour his party."

New Brunswick's fixed-date election law is the only one that mentions a premier.

A man in a suit jacket and shirt stands in front of a skyline partially shrouded by trees Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher said he was not surprised by the proposed amendment. (Martin Trainor/CBC)

Higgs had a minority government when he called the snap election in 2020 and used it to win a majority.

Democracy Watch didn't ask for the election call or the result to be reversed but wanted it declared illegal.

The trial judge ruled in favour of the province, saying the law and the courts cannot restrict the constitutional role of a lieutenant-governor and the convention that they dissolve the legislature when a premier asks them to.

The fixed-date section of the act, added in 2007, makes it clear the lieutenant-governor's role is not affected.

"Nothing in this section affects the power of the Lieutenant-Governor to prorogue or dissolve the Legislative Assembly at the Lieutenant-Governor's discretion," it says.

The appeal court had a different take, based on the law's explicit phrase that "the premier shall provide advice" to the lieutenant-governor for an election on the fixed-date schedule.

The premier's role can be challenged, the court of appeal said. 

The law "prohibits … dissolution and election advice [from the premier] driven by purely partisan electoral advantage," the ruling said.

"The Premier is not only honour bound but, as well, legally bound" to advise the lieutenant-governor within the bounds of the law, it added.

Democracy Watch failed to prove there was a "purely partisan" motive in the 2020 call, the court said, but if it met that test in a future case, an election call could be overturned.

"By removing reference to the premier, the courts can no longer inquire if a future early election is called in 'pursuit of purely partisan electoral advantage,'' said lawyer Lyle Skinner, an expert on constitutional conventions and legislatures. 

The committee's approval of the bill means it will return to the full legislature for third reading and a final vote in June.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history.

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David Amos  
Methinks this is a sneaky attempt to make the lawsuit moot N'esy Pas?  
  
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Atlantic premiers want federal government to postpone new clean fuel rules

May 25, 2023, 5:57 pm
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Atlantic premiers want federal government to postpone new clean fuel rules

Federal minister's office says refineries shouldn't have to pass new costs on to buyers

 
Julie Clow· CBC News ·
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey and Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, left to right, are shown in a 2022 news conference after a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
 
The four premiers from Atlantic Canada are asking the federal government to delay implementation of its new clean fuel regulations.

The provincial leaders, including P.E.I. Premier Dennis King, said in a news release Thursday that they want a pause until a plan can be developed to address what they call "the disproportionate impact of the regulations on Atlantic Canadians," where many goods needed by consumers and businesses have to be trucked in.

The Council of Atlantic Premiers met virtually Wednesday with Steven Guilbeault, the federal minister of environment and climate change, to discuss the issue.

King, who currently chairs the council, had voiced his concerns about the timing of the new regulations this week in the Prince Edward Island legislature. He said inflation is hitting Atlantic Canadians hard, and the prospect of two federal initiatives raising the price of gasoline this year is not a pleasant one.

Both the Clean Fuel Regulations and the carbon tax increase are scheduled to come into effect on July 1.

The premiers are concerned about the impact of the regulations on fuel prices and fuel supplies. They also worry it will increase the costs of other goods imported to the region.

"Atlantic premiers are encouraged by the minister's commitment to work with them to address concerns expressed by producers and consumers in the region," they said in a release Thursday.

A spokesperson for Guilbeault sent a statement reacting to the premiers' call later in the day.

It said in part that refineries handling petroleum products in Atlantic Canada will face "very small, incremental costs" as a result of the new regulations, and should be able to cover those costs out of their profit margins while making changes to reduce their environmental footprint. 

"Between 2019 and 2022, the margins of refineries in Atlantic Canada went from just over 10 cents per litre to almost 50 cents per litre," the statement said.

"There is simply no reason that they need to push costs onto consumers on July 1."

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1369 Comments
 
 
 
Bryan James  
HAHA - Points at Atlantic Canada Liberal voters 
 
 
Steve Saunders 
Reply to Bryan James  
Ìts an unfortunate and infuriating fact that people on the east coast are some of the most completely misinformed voters in the country... 
 
 
William Wishart
Reply to Steve Saunders   
I am from the east cost and sadly I must agree with you.
 
 
Steve Saunders 
Reply to William Wishart  
Me too... I can't believe how many people I know that vote one way and one way only simply because that's how their father and grandfather used to vote... 
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to Bryan James  
Welcome to the circus 
 
 
Byron Prior
Reply to David Amos     
Patrick Doran has been banned from the internet by the courts. Any idea what he did?
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to Byron Prior   
Your words not mine

"Reply to @Barry Winters: I’d just like to thank the Radar Group for having my back here. I truly appreciate it. "

Byron Prior
Reply to David Amos
So what happened to Patrick?  
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to Byron Prior  
So what happened to Byron? 
 
 
 
 
 
John Johnston  
Fuel tax is burdensome enough as it is. Time to think of other ways to deal with these issues.
 
 
David Sampson 
Reply to John Johnston  
When you do please share but until then putting a price on pollution has proven to be the best option. 
 
 
John Johnston  
Reply to David Sampson
I pay enough taxes thank you. Maybe put some more resources into technology. Taxing is the easy, short gain. Tax the billionaires for a change. I'm tapped out.  
 
 
David Sampson 
Reply to John Johnston 
No one likes to be taxed but putting a price on pollution is just smart so suck it up
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to David Sampson 
Oh My I bet I know who you work for 
 
 
David Sampson  
Reply to David Amos
As a Progressive Conservative ( remember us, the intelligent wing of the conservative movement ) I work for no one! 
 
 
 
 
 
Chris Besters 
Well if this was SK or Ab this would be a different article....
 
 
Christopher Jansen  
Reply to Chris Besters   
It would be heresy. 
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to Chris Besters 
C'est Vrai




Dave Edwards   
Wait for it.

This will either be Alberta or Mr. Poilievre's fault.

 
David Amos  
Reply to Dave Edwards 
Surely you jest
 
 
 
 
Kath Ayres  
Perhaps to offset the potential increase in expense to the Maritimes, the federal government could provide more subsidies to support green energy initiatives.  
 
 
William Wishart
Reply to Kath Ayres   
Please do not give them any ideas. 
 
 
Philip Little  
Reply to Kath Ayres   
It's the Atlantic Provinces, not the Maritimes, gees. 
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to Philip Little
I am a Proud Maritimer and that is what we call where we live      
 
 
 
 
Christopher Jansen
 
 
 
Jimmy Cocerell  
Reply to Christopher Jansen 
I'm all for de-Confederation...
 
 
Kath Ayres 
Reply to Christopher Jansen  
I suppose you think the provinces in line with the U.S. midwest are more valuable?
 
 
Chris Besters 
Reply to Christopher Jansen 
So now we demonize western canada and eastern canada..... Nice.
 
 
Christopher Jansen 
Reply to Kath Ayres 
I think the provinces that bring something to the table are more valuable, because they are by definition.
 
 
Werner Braun 
Reply to Christopher Jansen 
Ontario and especially Toronto are such pain in the neck for the rest of Canada 
 
 
Christopher Jansen 
Reply toChris Besters  
You reap what you sow.  
 
 
Christopher Jansen 
Reply toWerner Braun 
They're entitlement knows no bounds, that's for sure. Same with Montreal and Vancouver. 
 
 
Christopher Jansen 
Reply to Jimmy Cocerell   
Same  
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to Jimmy Cocerell 
Me Too

 
 
 
 
Don Corey
Yet another Trudeau carbon tax that consumers will pay for, regardless of what Stevie Greenpeace says. The tax should be scrapped, not just delayed (which will never happen either).

The sooner this government gets turfed, the sooner our country can start on the road back to less government, more action, less taxation and restoring our national pride.


james bolt 
Reply to Don Corey 
Everyone has a carbon tax  
 
 
Marie Gauthier  
Reply to james bolt 
You mean all provinces, right?

Because all countries don't.

 
james bolt
Reply to Marie Gauthier 
Pretty much all jurisdictions everywhere  
 
 
Marie Gauthier  
Reply to james bolt 
In Canada.

Not elsewhere.

 
David Amos
Reply to Don Corey 
Methinks we are gonna be stuck with Trudeau The Younger for a long time because the right wing wackos can't get their act together N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CBC News poll suggests United Conservative Party headed for victory in Alberta

May 26, 2023, 9:01 am
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CBC News poll suggests United Conservative Party headed for victory in Alberta

UCP leads province-wide, but race remains competitive in battleground Calgary, according to CBC News poll

 
Brooks DeCillia· CBC News ·
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley, left, and UCP Leader Danielle Smith prepare for a debate in Edmonton on Thursday, May 18, 2023. While most Albertans seem to prefer the UCP over the NDP, voters appear to have identical impressions of the two parties’ leaders. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
 
After trailing in the polls for years, the United Conservative Party appears poised to win a majority next Monday, according to a new CBC News poll.

"If you asked me four months ago how I thought this election was going to turn out, I'd say the NDP was going cruise to victory," said Calgary-based pollster Janet Brown, who conducted the random survey of 1,200 Alberta voters.

Brown thinks the ruling UCP turned things around with their big-spending campaign promises, beginning in early April.

But Calgary remains competitive — and at least one longtime political watcher says it's too early to count out the NDP. 

UCP holds big lead outside Alberta's two biggest cities

The UCP leads province-wide with 52 per cent amongst decided or leaning voters, followed by the NDP at 44 per cent. 

One in five voters surveyed in the random poll conducted between May 12 -24 are still deciding how they will vote in Alberta's general election on Monday. 

CBC News's poll also suggests the gender gap between men and women has disappeared. A survey of Alberta voters last fall found that 51 per cent of women intended to vote NDP, compared to 43 per cent of men.

Men remain more likely to vote for the UCP — but women appear evenly split between the two parties in this most recent poll. 

Using CBC News' polling results, Brown predicts the UCP is likely to capture 51 of the 87 seats in Alberta's Legislative Assembly.

In the May 2019 election, the United Conservative Party — a merger of the Wildrose Party and Progressive Conservative Association in 2017 — grabbed 55 per cent of the popular vote and 63 seats in the legislature. The NDP won 24 seats, mostly in Edmonton. 

No difference between Smith and Notley in Albertans' minds

While most Albertans seem to prefer the UCP over the NDP, voters in the Prairie province appear to have identical impressions of the two parties' leaders.

Nearly half of Albertans (47 per cent) somewhat or strongly disapprove of both the UCP's Danielle Smith and the NDP's Rachel Notley.

The two leaders vying for the province's top job each received identical 42 per cent approval ratings.

Smith's campaign attracted a lot of controversy.

Last week, the province's ethics commissioner concluded that Smith breached Alberta's conflict of interest law. 

The UCP leader also took heat earlier in the campaign for suggesting those who got vaccinated against COVID-19 fell for the "charms of a tyrant" the likes of Adolf Hitler.

Here's the Alberta leaders' debate in 5 minutes

Duration 4:57
Alberta UCP Leader Danielle Smith and NDP Leader Rachel Notley traded jabs over their parties' records and which leader the province could trust. Questions focused on several issues most important to Albertans: health care, affordability and the economy.

And the NDP repeatedly hammered Smith throughout the campaign for her previous support for paying out-of-pocket for doctor visits. 

Brown thinks the NDP's relentless focus on Smith's competence and trustworthiness backfired.

She thinks many Alberta voters got turned off by the negative tone of the campaign. 

"I think by focusing so much on Smith, [the NDP] gave people a reason to doubt Smith and her competence as leader, but they didn't do enough to give people an affirmative reason to vote for the NDP," said Brown. 

A woman with blonde hair and glasses is smiling in front of a TV set, which shows a map of Calgary. Janet Brown is a pollster based in Calgary. A poll conducted by Brown found that the UCP leads province-wide with 52 per cent amongst decided or leaning voters, followed by the NDP at 44 per cent. (CBC)

"The NDP had a campaign that only had one note," added Brown. "As the election campaign ground along, Albertans became more comfortable with Smith and less comfortable with Notley."

Longtime Alberta political watcher Duane Bratt echoes Brown, stressing that the NDP's attack ads likely overwhelmed voters. 

"It's been a very negative campaign," said the political scientist with Mount Royal University's economics, justice, and policy studies department.

Bratt thinks some NDP punches — including Smith's controversial Hitler and poppy comments— landed with voters.

But Bratt thinks a lot of the negative campaign became noise that voters tuned out. 

"They've thrown everything out, every video that they have.… If you throw everything at it, it seems like it's a piling on," said Bratt in an interview with CBC News. 

Poll shows battleground Calgary remains close

The horse race between the UCP and NDP remains tight in Calgary

The UCP leads amongst deciding and leaning voters with 49 per cent in Alberta's largest city. The NDP remains competitive with 46 per cent. 

Bratt thinks lingering concerns in Calgary voters' minds about the UCP leader could still help New Democrats. 

"I think they have a sliver of hope because there remain doubts about Smith," said Bratt.

Bratt wonders if these misgivings will translate into traditional conservative voters staying home. He recalls the 2012 election where public opinion polls suggested Smith — then leader of the Wildrose Party — would win but the Progressive Conservatives came from behind to win a majority.

Conservatives are a constant in Calgary.

The city has — for decades — reliably elected conservatives provincially and federally.

The economy has rebounded, but doubts persist in Calgary voters' minds about Smith, says Bratt. 

"The UCP should win and should win quite handily," he said. "The fact that they're not is because of Danielle Smith."

CBC News' random survey of 1,200 Albertans was conducted using a hybrid method between May 12 and 24 by Edmonton-based Trend Research under the direction of Janet Brown Opinion Research. The sample is representative of regional, age and gender factors. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. For subsets, the margin of error is larger.

The survey used a hybrid methodology that involved contacting survey respondents by telephone and giving them the option of completing the survey at that time, at another more convenient time, or receiving an email link and completing the survey online. Trend Research contacted people using a random list of numbers, consisting of both landlines and cellphone numbers. Telephone numbers were dialed up to five times at five different times of day before another telephone number was added to the sample. The response rate was 5.35 per cent. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Brooks DeCillia

Brooks DeCillia spent 20 years reporting and producing news at CBC. These days, he’s an assistant professor with Mount Royal University’s School of Communication Studies.

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909 Comments
 
 
 
Jack Fish  
Poor Alberta. Not much of a choice just like it is Federally! 
 
 
alan thompson 
Reply to Jack Fish  
Worry about you and your province we will be fine i take it you do not live in AB  
 
 
Jack Fish  
Reply to alan thompson   
I don't but my son and grandkids do so I do worry!  
 
 
Roose Smith 
Reply to alan thompson  
i also have family in alberta, for freedum fighters you all sure like to tell people what to do.  
 
 
Chris Blunt 
Reply to Jack Fish
Bc ndp healthcare system on the verge of collapse . CBC article  
 
 
alan thompson 
Reply to Jack Fish 
The province is not going to implode which ever party wins  
 
 
alan thompson
Reply to Roose Smith  
I really do not care which party people vote for and were did I tell people to vote a certain way My family and many other families have relatives lying in Europe that gave there lives for our freedom and you cannot even spell it right shameful 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to alan thompson  
Ditto




Gerry Wand
Oh great! 3.5 more years of amature leadership.   
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Gerry Wand 
Par for the course  
 
 
Gerry Wand  
Reply to David Amos
We get the crappy end of the stick if UCP wins .  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Gerry Wand  
The Fat Lady ain't sung yet With luck maybe it will be a minority government  
 
 
 
 
 
Barry Steinwand  
Just four days left to settle it one way or another. 
 
 
mia stalling 
Reply to Barry Steinwand 
If UCP gets in there goes your mountains…..coal wins and Australia digs…Yahoo 
 
 
Mario Pantolente 
Reply to mia stalling  
More NDP fear mongering 
 
 
David Perry
Reply to Mario Pantolente
Best summer ever  
 
 
Mario Pantolente 
Reply to David Perry 
Off topic…but ok 
 
 
David Amos

Reply to Mario Pantolente 
Desperate lefties post desperate things
 
 
 
 
 
Anna Bell 
Parker wins, yikes. 


David Amos
Reply to Anna Bell 
Surely you jest 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roose Smith  
Well at least we will be entertained? sorry alberta normals and canada, was hoping we were ready to head to more calm waters.....I get it, the pandemic leftovers still lingers, ontario also has a troubling leader who has managed to set us back 25 years in under 5. it's amazing to watch but devastating at the same time if you get what i mean.  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Roose Smith  
Say Hey to Trudeau The Younger for me will ya?  
 
danny rugg 
Sure. Pick the one with a beard. 

David Amos
Reply to danny rugg
I resemble that remark but I ain't running  
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sons of murdered Portapique couple say trauma stays with family members

May 27, 2023, 2:57 pm
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William Roy

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About four months ago I created a Nova Scotia shooting discussion group, well let's just say I have managed several facebook groups and nothing as chaotic as this discussion group. There is quite the insertion of followers ,people who claim to support family members, theorists and others just following the case because it's one of the worst tragedies with quite the cover up. Where victims families are stone walled and are just looking for truth and transparency from the RCMP. I had to shut the group down shortly after the release of the 911 tapes. The conduct was concerning and a family member posted a distressing comment for other group members comments were getting out of hand
One concern some family member I spoke with raised is they feel they are being watched by the rcmp so keeping law enforcement profiles out of the group was tough and also fake profiles I always feared people were joining for nefarious reasons and from what I have been told it's true ,people joining to record comments and gather information on members, this is not the way I run a group so I shut it down, it was small only 370 members and you can't mix greif stricken family members with people who have ill intentions and drama but there was back lash conspiracy theorists claiming I am some form of csis secret agent our rcmp officer which is quite funny considering I have the Tarnished Badge page bringing awareness of the internal issues going on within Canada police departments and I was the whistle blower who went on the news and exposed the rcmp and other officers across the country vowed to get me so I am told and they were not happy and most know what was the cause of the police museum project closure.
You really have to watch these discussion groups they can be extremely hurtful lots of drama and people trashing each other and attacking journalists from every news story published I got to say just observing comments and interactions is a news story on its own regarding this tragedy
 
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LJ Masstbl
Amen. You were trying to do good, and clearly, people suck

William Roy

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I recently was berated with my name being shoved into a couple private Facebook canadian police groups on Facebook , with some very slanderous statements and the persons behind those statements are getting sued for slander undoubtedly. Take note a letter of intent you will be sued if you are and have been involved with the criminal harrassment, false police complaints ,are any other form of malicious intent towards me, and my Facebook account . Which i have been under criminal harrassment for the last several years ,this Includes anyone involved I will get a complete copy of your Facebook activity and if you are employed with a police department they will also be sued .
In regards to a news article in which the reporter mentioned racist material within the police group admins Facebook profile. I have some of this individuals shared memes and the content is beyond disturbing it's so graphic it can not be displayed publicly.
For a large swarm of active and retired police officers to attack me over the article and defend the creator of the Canadian police group is some what disturbing, I showed this content to one individual who was a member of the group in question and unknown to him about the content in question he immediately removed himself from the group.
I will not associate whatsoever with anyone who not only supports this person's racial memes, and backs this individual one hundred percent. Some people on my freinds list will understand for they have seen the content and know what I am talking about , just like this article there is no place for this type of material to be shown are even close to being shared are supported and anyone who does if you are wearing any form of uniform you should respectfully turn it in the content shared by the individual is not just disturbing it's almost criminal in context .
I have been volunteering in pro law enforcement as a civilian for seven years, and I have never seen this form of behavior in the USA pro police network Canada police departments need to educate some officers for to support the content the reporter was referring to is sickening to say the least. as stated it's very graphic in nature and isn't for the eyes of the public , all lives matter and racism shouldn't exist my personal opinion on the matter and the article posted below is not the news article in question it's a example of a department dealing with a similar situation.
Second thing brought to my attention. News reporter mentioned tipped off the rcmp, in reference to that statement it was a attachment of a criminal complaint sent to rcmp commissioner Brenda Lucki and the attachment came with a public safety issue warning and recommendations to deal with the issue as well as recommendations for dealing with production companies.and not as stated a tip to the rcmp.
Brian Blackden
There’s always at least one POS in the crowd.

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    Michelle Rempel Garner was live.

    nporSstdoeil7m1a24ic5uu 60410c93y01fc72i0tf,a5M52a4g535 081t 
    Justin Trudeau just made me, and countless other Canadians criminals, with a stroke of a pen. No public safety gains made. On the firearms announcement
    Brian Sandman
    Amazing turn of events with this legislation !

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    Cop charged for allegedly racist meme as Ottawa police force probes media leaks

    Shaamini Yogaretnam
    Published Jun 02, 2020
     
    Chief of the Ottawa Police Service Peter Sloly. Chief of the Ottawa Police Service Peter Sloly.Photo by Errol McGihon /Postmedia

    An Ottawa police officer faces misconduct charges following the creation and distribution of a racist meme, Chief Peter Sloly announced in a lengthy open letter Monday, which also addressed criticisms of police after a weekend of unrest south of the border.

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    Police services across Canada and the United States are grappling with public trust after the death of George Floyd, a black Minneapolis man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. That officer has since been fired and faces murder and manslaughter charges.

    “The local and international events of the last two months have shaken me as a police professional and as a person — from the still unfolding impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic, to the tragic events in Minneapolis, to the latest series of internal and public trust issues affecting the Ottawa Police Service,” Sloly’s letter said.

    “In these times we need to remain inspired to do our best and help every person and every community in Ottawa,” Sloly said.

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    Indeed, Ottawa’s top cop acknowledged the particularly turbulent time for the local force, which has been racked with public misconduct allegations against members, from constables all the way up to a deputy chief. The allegations include creating memes of fellow officers; sexual harassment; ties to the criminal underworld; taking money from tow truck operators; and video-taping vulnerable women and mocking them.

    “We need to be clear-eyed about the current state of affairs and remain fully committed to leading the organization through this tough and troubling period,” wrote Sloly.

    He addressed various conduct allegations against officers, saying there are a number of “active and ongoing Professional Standards Section investigations and legal proceedings into the conduct of our members.”

    The investigation into a meme depicting some racialized officers is “now fully concluded,” Sloly said. “We have laid Police Services Act charges against one member relating to the creation and distribution of one of the memes.”

    The meme, which was created and began circulating in late April, shows a composite photo of 13 current or former officers, the majority of whom are racialized. The words “Ottawa Police Service” appears above the photograph, with “We’re always hiring … anyone” appearing below.

    Twelve of the 13 people shown in the meme have either been accused or convicted of some form of misconduct, although the meme doesn’t note this.

    This newspaper has previously reported that a drug unit officer, Const. James Ramsay, was suspended in that investigation. Sloly nor the service has publicly named him.

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    While Sloly had previously called the meme “an overt act of racism,” that language was absent from his update Monday on the status of the investigation.

    “We can rarely if ever determine the true intent of a person’s acts but we can see the impacts of those acts,” he wrote.

    Sloly said that “regardless of intent of the people involved in these acts, I will not fail to act to do the right things to assess, address and redress them while also doing all I can to protect all OPS members and all community members from those who seek to do harm to them.”

    He said, though, that there were “additional issues” that came from the investigation that needed to be resolved.

    The chief alleged “there was a significant leak of highly confidential and sensitive information from this investigation to the media” and that it “further victimized the people depicted in the memes along with their families and … additional OPS members and their families.

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    “It further damaged the OPS reputation and it further undermined the trust and confidence that the public has in the OPS.”

    He called the leaking unethical.

    Sloly has launched “a full (professional standards section) administrative investigation into leaks occurring in the OPS.”

    In addition, the force is looking at how its culture allowed for the creation and distribution of the meme that officers forwarded along.

    That means looking at policies, trainings, and best practices, which Sloly said was “insufficient to prevent and manage this.”

    He said that now the service is “overhauling related policies … addressing IT issues and every member of the OPS … will participate in a service-wide training and awareness initiative that will be completed in the next 12 months.”

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    These efforts are to begin immediately and “help the service to better understand and address the intersectionality issues affecting racialized and other minority members in our workplace.”

    Sloly’s letter also addressed the service’s commitment to preventing and reducing sexual harassment in its ranks.

    Officers, the association and police-watchers have criticized both the service and board’s handling of sexual harassment allegations made against Deputy Chief Uday Jaswal.

    “There is no tolerance for workplace sexual violence and harassment in the OPS,” Sloly said. “We need to do everything possible to prevent such incidents from occurring while also increasing member confidence in reporting such incidents, reducing fear of reprisals and achieving better resolution outcomes.”

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    The service and board launched a joint project to address sexual harassment. Sloly’s letter notes that the project began the week of March 16. That was five days before Jaswal was suspended by the board. The project was publicly revealed in May.

    Sloly reiterated that the service will not tolerate any forms of harassment in the force.

    “No member should be targeted and/or marginalized because of the race, gender, religion or any of the prohibited grounds.”

    Sloly has often used the language of “fixing our house.” He said doing so will make our “family members healthy and safe (and) has been and will continue to be my number one priority.”

    He called on officers to be aware of how efforts to undermine the work of the police and each other can happen in the workplace, “whether they be carried out as micro aggressions, bullying, mobbing, reprisals along with a variety of mean-spirited memes, unethical media leaks and all other related acts of omission and commission.”

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    Sloly said “these are all examples of painful acts that negatively impact our members as well as the public’s trust in our service.”

    Sloly said what’s happening in Minneapolis and across America is “impacting communities and police services in Canada and right here in Ottawa.

    “It is impacting members of our local black community including our own black members. It is impacting communities across the spectrum and it is impacting every member of the OPS in some way. It has impacted me deeply as well.”

    Those events “have opened still raw wounds here.”

    Speaking out against what happened, Sloly said “new information and insights come in every day (but) there were so many things that could have been done which would have allowed Mr. George Floyd to still be alive today.”

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    He said he joins “other police, justice and community leaders to express sorrow for the Floyd family for their loss” and that he joins “the chorus of those calling for immediate action” and change.

    He also said that he recognizes that the city has “its own examples of racially charged flash points between the police and community.” He committed to doing what he can to improve those relationships.

    He said there would be dialogue with groups and communities and then action.

    “We can do this but only if we do it together.”

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    Sons of murdered Portapique couple say trauma stays with family members

    Francis Campbell · Multimedia Journalist | Posted: March 7, 2022, 3:57 p.m. 
     
    Brothers Cory and Harry Bond, whose parents were killed in Portapique on the night of April 18, 2020, attend the Mass Casualty Commission public inquiry at the Halifax Trade Centre on Monday, March 7, 2022.Brothers Cory and Harry Bond, whose parents were killed in Portapique on the night of April 18, 2020, attend the Mass Casualty Commission public inquiry at the Halifax Trade Centre on Monday, March 7, 2022.
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    Harry Bond can’t muster much empathy for RCMP officers who want to avoid being subpoenaed to testify at the mass casualty inquiry because of recurring traum

    “RCMP, they know what they are signing up for when they become officers,” said Bond, seated Monday at a table with his brother Cory at the Mass Casualty Commission public inquiry in Halifax.

    “They have people there, professionals to talk to,” Bond said. “In these trauma situations, what about the families. They (police) get to go home at the end of the day, there is one officer who unfortunately didn’t get to go home, but the rest of them go home to their loved ones. Family members don’t. Family members never see (loved ones) again.”

    The loved ones that the Bond brothers don’t get to see are their parents, Peter and Joy Bond, two of the 22 people killed in the murderous rampage on April 18 and 19, 2020.

    Peter Bond, 74, a retired truck driver, and Joy Bond, 70, a homemaker and a former cook, raised their sons in Chester but moved to the seaside Colchester County community of Portapique 15 years ago into the home at 46 Cobequid Court where they intended to spend their retirement years.

    The Bonds were shot and killed by Gabriel Wortman, a Dartmouth denturist, some time between 10:05 p.m. and 10:20 p.m., according to a timeline provided by the commission in the foundational document about Portapique. 

    Peter Bond was shot at the doorway entrance to their home and Joy Bond was killed in the living room, the commission revealed, tragically two of the 13 people killed in Portapique before the gunman fled the community by way of a little used blueberry field road.

    After killing nine more people the next day, the gunman was shot and killed by police at the Enfield Big Stop in the late morning of April 19.

    Sandra McCulloch, a lawyer with Patterson Law, addresses the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Halifax on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan pool photos

    Sandra McCulloch, a lawyer with Patterson Law, addresses the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Halifax on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan pool photos

    “Those witnesses need to come in,” Harry Bond said of the RCMP officers who first responded to Portapique and their commanding officers.

    “I’m getting sick and tired of hearing about the trauma for this person, the RCMP, and don’t want to traumatize the families of the victims anymore,” Bond said.

    Any time the families are misled, “that’s trauma,” he said. “Why not tell the truth right from the beginning.”

    Without first responders and others providing sworn testimony, the inquiry is no more than a review, Bond said, “what they wanted to give us in the first place,” before families of the victims insisted on a public inquiry.

    The public inquiry heard from lawyers Monday arguing why and why not specific police members and others, including a 911 call-taker, should have to testify in person, a continuation of arguments that began last week.

    Nasha Nijhawan, the lawyer for the National Police Federation union that represents RCMP officers with a rank of staff sergeant or lower, said participants, including families, are free to suggest areas for which the commission should conduct further exploration in order to supplement foundational documents.

    “That is not, however, the test for whether police should be subpoenaed,” Nijhawan said.

    Nasha Nijhawan, a lawyer representing the National Police Federation, makes a submission at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan/pool photos

    Nasha Nijhawan, a lawyer representing the National Police Federation, makes a submission at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan/pool photos

    Nijhawan said the NPF agrees that it is very possible that further information from officers might be appropriate.

    “That does not at this time justify a subpoena as being necessary, under oath,” she said.

    Sandra McCulloch, a lawyer at Patterson Law, which is representing the families of 14 victims, emphasized the importance of “creating a fulsome, factual record,” by hearing directly from 18 police officers requested to give sworn, live testimony, including those officers in supervisory roles who weren’t on the ground in the communities affected.

    “By not creating a fulsome, factual record, it’s also worth considering, whether it’s the commanding officers or other first responders, by not giving them an opportunity to answer questions … may also be trauma-inducing as well,” McCulloch said.

    Lori Ward, a lawyer for the federal Justice Department that oversees the RCMP, joined Nijhawan in arguing that it was premature to call the witnesses the families want to testify, saying the appearances of such witnesses, if necessary, would better coincide with foundational documents to be presented later in the proceedings.

    Ward also took issue with a comment from McCulloch.

    Joy and Peter Bond.

    Joy and Peter Bond.

    “Ms. McCulloch characterized those in supervisory positions as not first responders,” Ward said.

    “Some of these guys and some of these women with 20 and 25 and 30 years experience saw 22 people killed that day, including one of their own, experienced trauma just as any other Nova Scotian, probably moreso,” Ward said.

    “Those RCMP members in supervisory roles and the other RCMP members want to assist this commission and provide the information that you need,” she said.

     “We’re surrounded by trauma and there needs to be a balancing of trauma and how those traumas are balanced is a tall order and that’s why you’re sitting up there,” Ward said to commissioners Michael MacDonald, Leanne Fitch and Kim Stanton.

    Harry Bond described his parents as “the most kind, loving people you could ever meet.”

    “They’d help anybody,” he said. “Dad … was old school, that’s just the way they grew up. I said it before and I’ll say it to the day I die, if it wasn’t for mom and dad, and the way dad was, me and my brother wouldn’t be the men we are. Mom will always be remembered for her kindness, her beautiful smile and her one-of-a-kind laugh. 

    “I miss them, I miss them like crazy.” 

    Cory Bond said it’s very seldom that someone loses two parents at the same time.

    “The hardest thing about trauma, try laying two parents at once to rest,” he said.

    “We’re still trying to find out answers.”

    The answers the Bond brothers want concerns the time frame of when their parents were killed and why they weren’t discovered until 4:47 p.m., the following day, more than 18 hours after they were killed, even though the front door of their house was wide open. 

     Michael MacDonald, chairman of the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, listens to submissions from lawyers in Halifax on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan/pool photos

    Michael MacDonald, chairman of the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, listens to submissions from lawyers in Halifax on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan/pool photos

    “Let’s consider the trauma on the family if the commission is not able to fulfil its mandate and we don’t hear witnesses, we don’t hear police witnesses,” said lawyer Joshua Bryson, who is representing the Bonds.

     “Yes the police did suffer some trauma, but they have specific training to address court testimony, they are trained to be witnesses.”

    Bryson said had the killer survived, each of these RCMP members would have had to testify in 22 homicide trials.

    “I am quite certain that no one would be suggesting that those trials couldn’t go ahead because the members could not testify. They would stand up and fulfil their obligation to testify in a court of law.”

    Bryson said the families have lots of questions surrounding timelines and containment and “we need to test the evidence, we have no testing of these statements.”

    MacDonald, the commission chairman, said the commissioners will pore over all the submissions about who should testify, and “make our decision and respond as quickly as possible.”

    He wouldn’t say if that decision would come as early as Wednesday when the commission reconvenes for the presentation of a foundational document covering what the killer did overnight in Debert before continuing his rampage and killing nine more people.

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    400 homes evacuated, 1 destroyed as Saint Andrews-area forest fires spread

    May 29, 2023, 12:00 pm
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    400 homes evacuated, 1 destroyed as Saint Andrews-area forest fires spread

    An ATV caught fire Sunday, blaze spread to surrounding dry woods

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    A Saint Andrews-area forest fire has spread over 600 acres, or about 250 hectares, destroyed one home, and forced the evacuation of about 400 others since it started Sunday.

    An evacuation order remains in place for Bocabec and surrounding areas in southwestern New Brunswick, and officials have blocked off part of Highway 127 between Bocabec and Saint Andrews.

    A news conference is scheduled to be held at 2 p.m., when fire Chief Kevin Theriault, Saint Andrews Mayor Brad Henderson and Premier Blaine Higgs are expected to provide an update.

    The fire has jumped the highway and also some waterways and is now burning in several different areas, kilometres apart. From Kerrs Ridge Road, near the exit to Bocabec, smoke could be seen from five distinct areas.

    Waterbombers and fire crews from several departments from as far away as Oromocto are battling the blaze.

    WATCH | 'Watching part of the land that they love on fire': hundreds of homes in southwestern New Brunswick evacuated as forest fire burns:

    Homes evacuated Sunday as forest fire burns near Saint Andrews

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    Vicki Hogarth of CHCO-TV says residents watched as the fire burned close to their homes.

    Some planes that had gone to Nova Scotia Sunday to assist with a wildfire that continues to burn out of control northwest of Halifax returned to New Brunswick by Monday morning, Higgs told reporters.

    "I've been told that certainly on the resource side we have adequate resources now on the ground for the current situation," he said. "But you know that's a moving target, isn't it?"

    Higgs was onsite with Saint Croix MLA Kathy Bockus. "We're here as a provincial government to be part of the solution and to provide whatever additional resources are needed to meet the needs," he said.

    A line of trees with puffs of smoke above them Smoke caused by the forest fires in communities near Saint Andrews. (Andrea Anderson-Mason)

    Almost all residents of Bocabec and Chamcook have had to leave their homes and are unlikely to be back soon as the fires rage on, according to Henderson.

    "Unfortunately, this fire still has a ways to go [to] being contained," he told Information Morning at about 7:15 a.m. Monday.

    Bocabec is about 17 kilometres northeast of Saint Andrews, and Chamcook is about six kilometres north. They're both small rural communities on the highway leading into the seaside town.

    Outside the command centre that's been set up at the Saint Andrews fire station, people have been arriving with food and asking what they can do to help.

    Out of control, could get worse

    According to the provincial Wildland Fire Reporting System, the fire is out of control, and has spread to 617 acres, or 250 hectares, since it started less than 24 hours ago.

    The evacuation area includes 10 kilometres along both sides of Highway 127 — from the Highway 1 exit until Glebe Road, Henderson said.

    Firefighters huddked outside station Saint Andrews Mayor Brad Henderson says dozens of firefighters are heading back out to the forest fires in the Bocabec and Chamcook areas, as additional air support is expected to arrive Monday morning. (Brad Henderson/CBC)

    The fire is unpredictable, and anyone who's still in the area should leave, he said.

    "There is absolutely no reason to be in your home," he said. "This is a changing situation where it could certainly get worse."

    Many people in the area have been trying to get to the blocked-off area to check on property, but they are being turned away.

    Emergency assistance offered

    The W.C. O'Neill Arena opened as an emergency shelter and is offering food and accommodation.

    Henderson said about 100 people registered with the Red Cross at the arena, and none had to sleep on a cot because hotels, airbnbs and private homes are opening their doors to help them out.

    "When you drive through Saint Andrews and you see the Algonquin Hotel have a lineup of cars, and you see everyone, just their cars full of all their belongings, it really hits home, how this is impacting people," he said.

    Flames and smoke rising from green woods The forest fire in Saint Andrews spread quickly, growing from a small ATV fire to cover 500 acres in fewer than 24 hours. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

    Vicki Hogarth, news director with CHCO Television, an independent television station in Saint Andrews, said she'd spoken to people worried about their homes and belongings.

    "In one case we were standing with the family who were watching what they were pretty sure was their home on fire and they had their dog with them, but they couldn't find their cat in time," she told Information Morning. "They were hoping, just because it was a nice day, that the windows were open and the cat was safe."

    She said she also saw people trying to get their livestock to safety.

    Firefighters have been hiking into the woods with backpacks, but Henderson said air support is coming. Although one home has been lost, there have been multiple close calls that firefighters successfully beat back, he said.

    On Sunday, small planes were spraying the woods with fire retardant and attempting to slow the burn. They had to land for the night but Henderson said they're coming back Monday.

    People looking at fire and dark smoke in the distance The fire spread quickly to multiple places because of dry weather and high winds. (Peter Vihvelin/Submitted)

    This year has already been above average in forest fire size. Since the beginning of the year, 292 hectares have burned, which is 10 hectares higher than the 10-year average.

    With files from Mia Urquhart and Information Morning Saint John

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    I find it interesting that the fire we had in my neck of the woods yesterday was not newsworthy








     
     
     
     
     
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    Province scratches plan to build new jail in Fredericton

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    Government now looking at unidentified location outside the city

     
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    The $42-million jail was originally supposed to be built near the Vanier Industrial Park on Fredericton’s south side. (Google Earth)
     
    The New Brunswick government says it will no longer build a provincial jail in Fredericton after hearing concerns from residents.

    The announcement came in a three-sentence news release sent late Monday afternoon.

    CBC tried to reach the Department of Justice and Public Safety by phone and email, but no response was received by publication time.

    The release says the government is looking at a location outside the city "to minimize any perceived impact upon residents."

    A map showing how far away the jail would be from residential areas. The closest is 800 metres and the farthest is 1.14 kilometres                           A map of the proposed location presented to the City of Fredericton's planning advisory committee in December 2022. (City of Fredericton)

    That location was not identified in the release.

    The $42-million jail was originally supposed to be built near the Vanier Industrial Park on Fredericton's south side.

    Past controversy

    The City of Fredericton approved the zoning amendment in late January, but not without pushback from community members.

    Before the rezoning request went to council, Fredericton's planning advisory committee recommended council reject the rezoning.

    A group of people gather sit overlooking a city hall council chamber. City councillors voted 7-4 vote in favour of the rezoning for the new jail in late January. The decision was met with heckling from spectators at that meeting. (Aidan Cox/CBC)

    During the first and second reading of the motion, around 100 people filled the viewing gallery. At that council meeting, concerns brought forward by speakers included fears that a jail could hurt the property values of nearby homes, while some said they would no longer feel safe with a jail located a few kilometres from where they and their children live.

    Other speakers weren't against the proposed location, but were against the use of jails in general as a means to rehabilitate criminal offenders.

    At the third and final reading of the motion, the 7-4 vote in favour of the rezoning was met with heckling from some of the roughly 75 spectators.

    CBC requested an interview with the city, but was provided with a statement. A city spokesperson said the province has made the decision and "any questions about the rationale should be directed to the provincial government."

    The province announced plans to build a 109-bed jail in December 2021, setting aside $2.5 million in the 2022-23 capital budget to plan and design the new building and acquire the land where it would be built.

    In a news release announcing the project, then-public safety minister Ted Flemming said the system was stretched to capacity and that "crimes requiring incarceration have been trending up, including trafficking, production and distribution of controlled substances."

    Last year, CBC News asked the province for all records that detail the need for a new jail, such as those that discuss the business case for the jail or capacity issues within existing correctional centres.

    The Department of Justice and Public Safety refused to provide any records in response to that request, saying all the records are exempted under sections of the right-to-information law that protect confidential cabinet documents and advice to a cabinet minister.

    The department also refused to provide copies to the provincial ombud, Marie-France Pelletier, whose office handles complaints about right to information, but later changed its mind and gave the ombud copies of records detailing the business case.

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    David Amos
    Surprise Surprise Surprise 
     
     
     
    Jon Robbins  
    I lived 2 blocks away from a jail in Manitoba. It was pretty safe. The pearl clutching is stupid. Did neighbourhood residents think that released inmates would immediately try to break into their houses on the way home from being released?  
     
     
    David Amos
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    I was raised in Dorchester and we never felt fear  
     
     
     
     
    Fred Dee
    likely just outside Freddy.... no tax money for Freddy!!!  
     
     
    David Amos

    Reply to Fred Dee  
    Why is it that I don't feel bad about that? 


    David Amos

    Reply to Fred Dee  
    Too Too Funny  
     
     
     
     
    Graham McCormack  
    Another decision backtracked on.
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Graham McCormack 
    There is another way to look at that 
     
     
     
     
    Ray Skavinsky  
    I like the fact the government has the public interest at heart Shows me they do listen which is big in my books.
     
     
    David Amos 
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    Dream on 
     
     
     
     
    Wilbur Ross  
    Wish they would try this hard to build a school or two.
     
     
    Michael Cain 
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    Infrastructure is good for photo ops, but what they need is staff.
     
     
    David Amos 
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    Good luck seeing that wish come true  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Alberta voters await election results as officials investigate reporting delays

    May 29, 2023, 9:56 pm
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    CBC News is hosting live election results here from 8 p.m. MT

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    Alberta Votes: Election Night Special

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    CBC News delivers Alberta election results in real-time, with analysis from trusted experts, and perspectives from Albertans. Hosts Nancy Carlson and Rob Brown are joined by CBC Radio’s Jessica Ng.

    Voting results are delayed as Elections Alberta investigates why many advance voting locations have yet to report.

    More than 758,000 votes were cast at advance polls last week, smashing the previous record of 700,476 in 2019.

    But Elections Alberta said Monday night only 67 of 255 tabulated advance voting locations had reported. It also noted some voting locations could not close until 9 p.m.

    It's unknown when Albertans will know the results of the province's 87 ridings and who will lead the 31st legislative assembly.

    Although Calgary has been cited as the deciding battleground, there are plenty of ridings to watch with every election offering its own surprises.

    Results have been slow to come in but CBC News projects United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith (Brooks-Medicine Hat) and New Democratic Party Leader Rachel Notley (Edmonton-Strathcona) have won their ridings.

    Former cabinet ministers Todd Loewen (Central Peace-Notley), Nate Horner (Drumheller-Stettler) and former Speaker Nathan Cooper (Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) are also projected to win their respective ridings.

    Calgary-Currie is projected to flip from UCP to NDP, leaving former minister of mental health and addiction Nicholas Milliken without a seat.

    NDP stalwarts Janis Irwin (Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) and David Shepherd (Edmonton-City Centre) are projected to be re-elected.

    CBC News will be hosting live coverage throughout the evening. You can watch it here from 7:30 p.m. MT. A comprehensive list on how you can follow the election is listed below. 

    Although there are many parties from either end of the political spectrum — from communists to separatists— the race is very much a rematch of 2019's contest between the UCP and the New Democratic Party.

    A lot has changed since the UCP took the province four years ago. The world weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing party chose a new leader, and oil prices have returned prosperity to the provincial coffers.

    Danielle Smith leads the UCP, having won the leadership race this fall after Jason Kenney's resignation. This will be her second attempt at taking the premiership in an election, having led the Wildrose Party into 2012.

    Rachel Notley, meanwhile, leads the NDP for her third election as leader. She won a four-year term as premier in 2015 before losing to Kenney in 2019. 

    Both offer their own vision of Alberta's future. 

    The long campaign

    The election officially started on May 1, although campaigning began much earlier.

    On that first day, Smith and Notley held Calgary kick-off events singing the refrain to songs that would play on repeat in the coming weeks.

    Smith promised to keep taxes low. The UCP has pledged to make its first legislation an amendment so income taxes can only be raised through referendum.

    Notley promised she would fix the health-care system. The NDP have committed to offering signing bonuses up to $10,000 to attract doctors, nurses and other health professionals.

    Cost of living, health care, public safety and other issues have been as much the basis of attacks as of promises.

    The UCP hammered Notley's plan to return the corporate tax rate to 11 per cent. The NDP lambasted Smith after she was found to have breached the conflict of interest act. And on it went.

    Albertans were finally able to see the two leaders go head-to-head in the sole election debate on May 18, although the exchange hardly produced headline-making gaffes or declarations.

    For many in the province, politics has been the least of their concerns. Wildfires erupted throughout central and northern Alberta in early May, threatening communities and forcing thousands to evacuate from their homes.

    There were unsuccessful calls to postpone the election but Elections Alberta has said it will ensure every eligible Albertan gets to vote.

    Here are more ways you can follow the election results.

    Online

    Here is where to watch the CBC News election special starting at 7:30 p.m. MT:

    On TV

    The Alberta Votes 2023: Election Night special starts at 7:30 p.m. MT, led by CBC Edmonton host Nancy Carlson and CBC Calgary host Rob Brown.

    They will be joined by Radio Active host Jessica Ng to break down results riding by riding.

    Find your local channel.

    On radio

    CBC Radio's special election coverage will start at 7:30 p.m. MT. Alberta at Noon host Judy Aldous and CBC Edmonton's Tahirih Foroozan will deliver immediate results as Albertans select the province's next government.

    Judy will be joined by panellists Tina Faiz, Jeromy Farkas, Monte Solberg and Corey Hogan for instant analysis, CBC's Scott Dippel for context on swing ridings, as well as guest voices from across the province. 

    Here is where to listen:

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    Here's hoping that the socialists don't gain another foot-hold in another Canadian province.  
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    What socialists?  
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    Haha! Go back to Beijing.  
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    His knees hurt from giving head to get ahead, to anyone that offers him a pray and some hope.  
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    Don’t forget the boogeyman under mattresses!  
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    While David Akin is frustrated waiting for the tally of votes perhaps Barry Morishita will explain to him why the NDP will lose tonight EH? 
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    New Brunswick urged to take hard line with tobacco companies in settlement talks

    May 30, 2023, 8:32 am
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    Health advocates say provinces must seize ‘one-time opportunity’ for major concessions to reduce smoking


    Jacques Poitras· CBC News ·
    The Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Lung Association and the Heart and Stroke Foundation are releasing an open letter to provincial premiers laying out what they want the tobacco companies to agree to. (TanyaLovus/Shutterstock)
     
    The New Brunswick government is being urged to drive a hard bargain as it and five other provinces negotiate a settlement of a 15-year-old, multimillion-dollar lawsuit against three major tobacco companies.

    The province launched the suit in 2008 and was within months of finally going to trial, when the three companies filed for court protection from their creditors in 2019.

    As part of that court-supervised process, provincial governments are negotiating how to settle their claims.

    And a trio of health advocacy organizations are urging them to push for major concessions to help drive down the number of smokers.

    A woman with long blond hair and a grey suit. Lana Randell, of the Canadian Cancer Society's Saint John office, says this is an opportunity to make sure the tobacco industry is working to reduce tobacco use. (Submitted by Lana Rendell)

    "This is like a one-time opportunity to make sure the tobacco industry is working to reduce tobacco use," said Lana Randell, an advocacy co-ordinator in the Canadian Cancer Society's Saint John office.

    "We want to make sure from the New Brunswick government that there are effective measures to reduce tobacco use in our province." 

    The society, along with the Canadian Lung Association and the Heart and Stroke Foundation, is releasing an open letter to provincial premiers Monday laying out what it wants the tobacco companies to agree to, including: 

    • Allocating at least 10 per cent of the money from any settlement to an independently managed fund to promote reduced tobacco use.

    • Ending all tobacco promotion.

    • Requiring the companies to pay even more if smoking-reduction targets are missed.

    • Disclosing internal company documents.

    Lawsuits by all 10 provinces, with British Columbia filing the first one in 1998, named Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and JTI-Macdonald.

    The cases were held up by a range of procedural court battles, but New Brunswick's suit was scheduled to finally go to trial in November 2019.

    But in March of that year, a group of people in Quebec won $13.5 billion in damages in a class-action lawsuit against the companies.

    They sought creditor protection, which put a freeze on all other lawsuits against them.

    That forced the provinces into the creditor process. Six provinces — New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia — are working together with the same legal team, while some other provinces are operating on their own.

    A spokeswoman for the B.C. attorney general said she could not comment on any plans the province may have to introduce measures to reduce tobacco use following a settlement, citing confidentiality obligations.  

    A closeup of cigarette butts in an ashtray. About 12 per cent of New Brunswickers smoke, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. (Jenny Kane/The Associated Press)

    The three health organizations allege that the companies marketed their products to youths, concealed internal research on the health impacts of smoking, failed to warn customers of those effects and publicly denied they existed.

    In the open letter to the premiers, timed to mark World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, they say the companies can't return to "business as usual" after a settlement.

    Randell cited a study estimating New Brunswick's health-care system spends $152 million per year caring for people with tobacco-related illnesses.

    Randell says the provinces were collectively seeking more than $500 billion in damages, though New Brunswick never specified an amount in its lawsuit.

    About 12 per cent of New Brunswickers smoke, according to the society. The federal government has set a goal of reducing that to five per cent by 2035 — a key reason for the three health groups advocating taking a tough line.

    "We need to not only ask for recovery of the costs they've already incurred, but future ones, to make sure we get our tobacco numbers down," Randell said.

    Moncton lawyer Philippe Eddie, who has been representing the province in the lawsuit, said in a email he wasn't authorized to comment.

    Two men in suits sit at a desk in front of the Canadian and New Brunswick flags. Then-health minister Mike Murphy and former attorney general T.J. Burke announcing first steps toward the lawsuit back in 2006. (CBC)

    Lawyers from two national law firms representing the six provinces working together in the creditor protection process did not respond to a request for comment.

    The province turned down an interview request with Attorney General Ted Flemming.

    "Government does not comment on cases that are before the courts," said spokesperson Judy Désalliers.

    Randell said the society has made the case for its demands in meetings with government officials and in letters, but those officials said they can't speak about creditor proceedings before the courts.

    "They want to get the numbers down as much as we do, I'm sure," she said.

    "They've said they've taken our letters into consideration but they can't speak to us about it. …  We don't know what's going on behind closed doors. We have no idea." 

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Jacques Poitras

    Provincial Affairs reporter

    Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history.

    With files from The Canadian Press

     
     
     
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    David Amos 
    "Then-health minister Mike Murphy and former attorney general T.J. Burke announcing first steps toward the lawsuit back in 2006"

    I wonder if they remember what I did about it 


    https://twitter.com/LanaRandell/status/1663189669603864576 


    Lana Randell
    @LanaRandell
    Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of disease & death in Canada killing 46,000 Canadians a year, including 1,200 NBers. #nbpoli should ensure a settlement includes effective measures to reduce tobacco use to protect kids, prevent disease & save lives
    tj.news
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    The country’s three largest health charities are laying out the terms they want in a settlement of what is the largest lawsuit in New Brunswick and Canadian history. It’s been four years since the...
    David Raymond Amos
    @DavidRaymondAm1

    Deja Vu???

    davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2023/05/new-br

     https://www.chpca.ca/listing/canadian-cancer-society-new-brunswick/

     

    Contact Canadian Cancer Society - New Brunswick

    Contact Name

     

     

    Out of Office AutoReply: The tobacco companies Kinda slow aren't ya Mr Jones? Typical for the lazy bastards in CBC EH Mr Campbell?

    Leona Clements

    <lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com>    		Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:35 PM
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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    Ms Rubin I just called and you would say nothing at all except to ask me twice how I got your number

    David Amos

    <motomaniac333@gmail.com>    		Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:41 PM
    To: pjeddie@nb.aibn.com, dwilson@fasken.com, marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, evelyngreene <evelyngreene@live.ca>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>, andremurraynow <andremurraynow@gmail.com>, dbyers@stikeman.com, craig.dennis@fmc-law.com
    Cc: nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com


    Trust that you did not change my mind about lawyers and their severe
    lack of ethics. Silly old me thought we might get along because of
    your quote about big dogs in tall grass.

    FYI YOU gave the world your cell number CORRECT?

    http://www.stewartmckelvey.com/en/home/directory/details.aspx/nrubin/136

    Suite 900
    Purdy's Wharf Tower One
    1959 Upper Water Street
    Halifax, NS, Canada
    B3J 3N2

    P 902.420.3337
    F 902.420.1417
    C 902.488.8727

     

     

    RE Tobacco etc I see you looking Ms Rubin Perhaps we should talk 902 800 0369

    David Amos

    		Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:26 PM
    To: nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

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    Believe it or not even though it is very well known that I don't trust lawyers I am attempting to make a friend out of you for the benefit of some of your clients.
     

    Nancy G. Rubin
     Stewart McKelvey
    900 - 1959 Uper Water Street
    P.O. Box 997
    Halifax, Nova Scotia
    B3J 2X2
    Telephone: (902) 420-3337
    FAX: (902) 420-1417

     
    Trust that lots of your other clients know exactly who I am For Instance you client the the Halifax Herald the CCLA, Nacy Brooks and and even John Bragg are well aware of my issues about securities fraud etc and why I ran for Public Office four times thus far. What is happening to my family on the Internet right now is far more evil than what you are arguing in the Supreme Court. GOOGLE Baconfat53 to see for yourself and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
     
     
     
    BTW Please do not judge a book by its cover I am this David Raymond Amos
     
     
     
    Obviously I have pissed on the shoes of the big dogs playing in the tall grass for years and am still alive a free to tell the truth of it all.
     
     
     
    The pdf file you have already received should have at least proven to you that I am a serious person. In case you do not understand I am trying to help  the Tobacco companies make TJ Burke's lawsuit go away for reasons of mutual benefit BEFORE I sue the CROWN in Federal Court.
     
    If you noticed my letter to Frank McKenna within the pdf file Here is an update of our battle from this  year 
     
     
    On 1/12/12, David Amos wrote:
    > Franky Boy McKenna oversees this park in the Big Apple and the
    > Attorney General of New Brunswick admitted long ago i had issues with
    > McKenna and his bankster associates.
    >
    > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bod5_Yvhd4k
    >
    > http://occupywallst.org/users/DavidRaymondAmos/
    >
    > From: David Amos
    > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:22:00 -0300
    > Subject: i just called from 902 800 0369 (Nova Scotia)
    > To: 9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com
    >
    > http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
    >
    > I am the guy the SEC would not name that is the link to Madoff and
    > Putnam Investments
    >
    > http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-a465-72722b47e7f2
    >
    > Notice the transcript and webcast of the hearing of the US Senate
    > banking Commitee is missing? please notice Eliot Spitzer and the Dates
    > around November 20th, 2003 in te following file
    >
    > http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
    >
    > From: ”Julian Assange)”
    > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:15:46 +0000 (GMT)
    > Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland’s plan for a press safe haven
    > To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
    >
    > FYI: Al-Jazeera’s take on Iceland’s proposed media safe haven
    >
    > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
    >
    > More info http://immi.is/
    >
    > Julian Assange
    > Editor
    > WikiLeaks
    > http://wikileaks.org/
    >
    >
    > From: Birgitta Jonsdottir
    > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000
    > Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the
    > first email I ever sent you
    > To: David Amos
    >
    > dear Dave
    > i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i
    > find some time
    > keep up the good fight in the meantime
    >
    > thank you for bearing with me
    > i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters
    > and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and
    > the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:)
    > plus all the matters in relation to immi
    >
    > with oceans of joy
    > birgitta
    >
    > Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
    >
    > Andre Gide
    >
    > Birgitta Jonsdottir
    > Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884
    > http://this.is/birgitta– http://joyb.blogspot.com -
    > http://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir
    >
    >
    >>> >> On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:35 AM, David Amos wrote:
    >>> >>
    >>> >>> I truly enjoyed talking to you. More to the point I am happy you
    >>> >>> took
    >>> >>> the time to listen to mean old me. I was impressed with your openess
    >>> >>> and honesty. In return I took a bit of time to study you more
    >>> >>> closely
    >>> >>> on the Internet and I am now even more impressed to view the artist
    >>> >>> in
    >>> >>> you. To hell with the politics and the money for a minute. At the
    >>> >>> risk of sounding odd your sincere soul that I sensed in your voice
    >>> >>> came shining through the various webpages. An honest person
    >>> >>>practicing
    >>> >>> the wicked art of politicking is a rare thing indeed. I must confess
    >>> >>> that I grinned at the possibility of crossing paths with another
    >>> >>> kindred soul when I saw you employ the expression Me Myself and I
    >>> >>> because I often use that expresssion
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>> I also sent you another email to your politcal email address on June
    >>> >>> 24th, 2010 right after you spoke on CBC. (I can resend it if you
    >>> >>> wish)
    >>> >>> When you folks ignored that and my calls and only sent me nasty
    >>> >>> responses I gave up on Iceland and IMMI because I had made everyone
    >>> >>> well aware I had no respect for Assange and corrupt parliamentarians
    >>> >>> whatsoever. Assange became the big celebrity after releasing the
    >>> >>> video
    >>> >>> from Iraq but I felt sorry for the kid who went to jail that had
    >>> >>> given
    >>> >>> him the stuff. Obviously I sent you folks the email below long
    >>> >>> before
    >>> >>> Assange made the scene in Iceland. Rest assured that I sent him
    >>> >>> evidence of my concerns about Iceland or he would not had sent me
    >>> >>> his
    >>> >>> bragging emails the following March.
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>> Now that Assange is in jail with no hope of bail like I was a couple
    >>> >>> of times after CBC has been yapping about him for weeks I was
    >>> >>> feeling
    >>> >>> a little vindictive so I opted to tease some of his friends and fans
    >>> >>> (such as McCarthy and CBC) by reminding them that I was still alive,
    >>> >>> not in jail and kicking like hell. (A host of cops in seven cars
    >>> >>> pounced on my son (who was visiting me) and I at 2;30 in the morning
    >>> >>> right after the results of the recent election was annnounced
    >>> >>> Although
    >>> >>> I managed to run them off this time need I say it really pissed me
    >>> >>> off
    >>> >>> and saddend me to put him on a bus back to Boston)
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>> I did not send you that email with the pdf files attached from my
    >>> >>> new
    >>> >>> Yahoo address but you will get it in a bit. Heres hoping you will
    >>> >>> enjoy it.
    >>>>>>
    >>> >>> Best Regards
    >>> >>> Dave
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
    >>> >>> From: David Amos
    >>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:33:10 -0300
    >>> >>> Subject: RE: Iceland and Bankers Whereas the politicians ignore me
    >>> >>> maybe some fellow bloggers will listen to me eh?
    >>> >>> To: jong@althingi.is, kristjanj@althingi.is, olofn@althingi.is,
    >>> >>> petur@althingi.is, rea@althingi.is, ragnheidurr@althingi.is,
    >>> >>> sdg@althingi.is, sij@althingi.is, siv@althingi.is,
    >>> >>> tryggvih@althingi.is, ubk@althingi.is, vigdish@althingi.is,
    >>> >>> thkg@althingi.is, thorsaari@althingi.is
    >>> >>> Cc: margrett@althingi.is, thorgerdur@thorgerdur.is,
    >>> >>> saari@centrum.is,
    >>> >>> ha030002@unak.is, svanurmd@hotmail.com, baddiblue@gmail.com,
    >>> >>> dominus@islandia.is, birgitta@this.is, einar@smart.is
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
    >>> >>> From: David Amos
    >>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:23:15 -0300
    >>> >>> Subject: Fwd: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I
    >>> >>> smiled
    >>> >>> To: johanna@althingi.is
    >>> >>> Cc: ”Jacques.Poitras” , Dan Fitzgerald
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
    >>> >>> From: David Amos
    >>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:52:42 -0300
    >>> >>> Subject: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I smiled
    >>> >>> To: wmreditor@waynemadsenreport.com, lenbracken@hotmail.com
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
    >>> >>>> From: David Amos
    >>> >>>> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:24:42 -0300
    >>> >>>> Subject: Fwd: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
    >>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
    >>> >>>> To: vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov,
    >>> >>>> horwitzd@dsmo.com, wrobleskin@dsmo.com,
    >>> >>>> wolfem@dicksteinshapiro.com,
    >>> >>>> Lisa.Baroni@usdoj.gov, ssbny@aol.com, service@ssbla.com,
    >>> >>>> rwing@lswlaw.com, rriccio@mdmc-law.com, lmodugno@mdmc-law.com,
    >>> >>>> griffinger@gibbonslaw.com, mmulholland@rmfpc.com,
    >>> >>>> kmalerba@rmfpc.com,
    >>> >>>> tlieverman@srkw-law.com
    >>> >>>> Cc: webo , John.Sinclair@nbimc.com,
    >>> >>>> Norma.Kennedy@nbimc.com, jan.imeson@nbimc.com, mc.blais@pcnb.org
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> I wonder if any lawyer will bother to read this email, understand
    >>> >>>> it
    >>> >>>> and call me back
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
    >>> >>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
    >>> >>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:06:39 +0000
    >>> >>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
    >>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
    >>> >>>> To: David Amos
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Dear David Amos
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>>Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding to
    >>> >>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our
    >>> office.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a web
    >>> site
    >>> >>>> http://www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical
    >>> >>>> information
    >>> >>>> regarding the economic crisis in Iceland.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Tilvísun í mál: FJR08100024
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Frá: David Amos
    >>> >>>> Dags: 29.01.2009 19:17:43
    >>> >>>> Til: johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.stjr.is, postur@for.stjr.is,
    >>> aih@cbc.ca,
    >>> >>>> Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
    >>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
    >>> >>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
    >>> egilla@althingi.is,
    >>> >>>> william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is,
    >>> >>>> Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is,
    >>> cdhowe@cdhowe.org,
    >>> >>>> desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca, ”oldmaison@yahoo.com”
    >>> >>>> , ”t.j.burke@gnb.ca” , Dan
    >>> >>>> Fitzgerald , jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.is
    >>> >>>> Afrit: fyrirspurn@fme.is, audur@audur.is, fme@fme.is,
    >>> >>>> info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is
    >>> >>>> Efni: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious question.
    >>> >>>> Why
    >>> >>>> have you people ignored me for three years?
    >>> >>>> ———————————————————
    >>>>>>>
    >>> >>>> FYI Some folks in Canada are watching your actions or lack thereof
    >>> >>>> more closely than others. As you well know I am one.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> http://www.topix.com/forum/world/canada/TJHJ5HP501LN7C4MV#lastPost
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/2006/05/harper-and-bankers.html
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> You folks should not deny certain responses that I have received
    >>> >>>> over
    >>> >>>> the course of the last few months from your country CORRECT?
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> From: David Amos
    >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:57:55 -0300
    >>> >>>> Subject: Re: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of
    >>> >>>> Iceland
    >>> >>>> To: postur@for.stjr.is
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Thanx
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> On 10/8/08, postur@for.stjr.is wrote:
    >>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and
    >>> >>>> waits
    >>> >>>> attendance.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Thank you.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> From: Fjármálaeftirlitið – Fyrirspurn
    >>> >>>> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:23:41 -0000
    >>> >>>> Subject: Staðfesting á móttöku
    >>> >>>> To: David Amos
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið hefur móttekið erindi yðar. Erindinu verður
    >>> >>>> svarað
    >>> >>>> við fyrsta tækifæri. Vakin er athygli á heimasíðu
    >>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitsins, http://www.fme.is. Þar má finna ýmsar
    >>> >>>> upplýsingar ásamt svörum við algengum spurningum:
    >>> >>>> http://www.fme.is/?PageID=863.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) of Iceland confirms the
    >>> >>>> receipt of your e-mail. Your e-mail will be answered as soon as
    >>> >>>> possible. We would like to point out our website,
    >>> >>>> http://www.fme.is.
    >>> >>>> There you can find information and answeres to frequently asked
    >>> >>>> questions: http://www.fme.is/?PageID=864.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Kveðja / Best Regards
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið / Financial Supervisory Authority, Iceland
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Sími / Tel.: (+354) 525 2700
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> From: David Amos
    >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:53:47 -0300
    >>> >>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the
    >>> >>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy?
    >>> >>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
    >>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
    >>>>>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
    >>> >>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca
    >>> >>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca,
    >>> >>>> lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca,
    >>> >>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this
    >>> >>>> letter ASAP EH?
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/5352095/Tony-Merchant-and-Yankees
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me at 506
    >>> 756
    >>> >>>> 8687
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>> Veritas Vincit
    >>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
     

    --- On Tue, 7/24/12, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Subject: I am a stakeholder too Howcome the CROWN and Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited etc have ignored my concerns???
    To: pjeddie@nb.aibn.com, dwilson@fasken.com, marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca, "premier"<premier@gnb.ca>, "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>    , "oldmaison"<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "evelyngreene"<evelyngreene@live.ca>, "sallybrooks25"<sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>, "andremurraynow"<andremurraynow@gmail.com>
    Cc: nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com, crusnak@harpergrey.com, dbyers@stikeman.com, craig.dennis@fmc-law.com
    Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 8:46 PM

    At least Ms Rubin should GOOGLE my name and checkout the social  media
    EH Alward?

    Subject:
    Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
    From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
    To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com

    January 30, 2007

    WITHOUT PREJUDICE

    Mr. David Amos

    Dear Mr. Amos:

    This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
    2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP. Because of the nature of
    the allegations made in your message, I have taken the measure of
    forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve Graham of the RCMP
    "J" Division in Fredericton.

    Sincerely,

    Honourable Michael B. Murphy
    Minister of Health

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/07/23/nb-judge-tobacco-defence.html

    http://www.canlii.org/en/nb/nbqb/doc/2012/2012nbqb230/2012nbqb230.html

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/09/13/nb-tobaccolawsuit.html

    http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/07/feds-institutionalize-determined-nb.html

    http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/case-dossier/cms-sgd/sum-som-eng.aspx?cas=33763

    "The Respondent brought an action against the tobacco industry to
    recover tobacco related healthcare costs pursuant to the Tobacco
    Damages and Healthcare Costs Recovery Act, S.N.B. 2006, c. T-7.5. The
    Respondent arranged for legal representation in the action by entering
    into a contingent fee agreement with a consortium of lawyers from New
    Brunswick, Ontario and the United States. The Applicant brought a
    motion challenging the constitutional and legal authority of the
    Attorney General of New Brunswick to enter into a contingent fee
    agreement without prior legislative approval for any resulting
    appropriation."

    http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/case-dossier/cms-sgd/counsel-procureurs-eng.aspx?cas=33763

    Philippe J. Eddie, Q.C.
    Robyn Ryan Bell
    Address 37 Archibald St.
    Moncton, New Brunswick
    E1C 5H8
    Telephone: (506) 382-1917
    FAX: (506) 382-2816
    E-mail: pjeddie@nb.aibn.com

    Agent David K. Wilson
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    1300 - 55 Metcalfe Street
    Ottawa, Ontario
    K1P 6L5
    Telephone: (613) 236-3882
    FAX: (613) 230-6423
    E-mail: dwilson@fasken.com

    http://www.stewartmckelvey.com/site/media/stewartmckelvey/Times%20and%20Transcript%20-%20Nancy%20Rubin(1).pdf

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    I called RJ Reynolds in the USA several times from 902 800 0369 and left messages

     

    David Amos

    <motomaniac333@gmail.com>    		Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:58 PM
    To: raiinvestorrelations@reynoldsamerican.com, nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com, crusnak@harpergrey.com, dbyers@stikeman.com, craig.dennis@fmc-law.com, pjeddie@nb.aibn.com, marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, Ashfik1a <Ashfik1a@parl.gc.ca>, lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com, nelam.raju@fmc-law.com, "mclaughlin.heather"<mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com>, "mckeen.randy"<mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, "david.alward"<david.alward@gnb.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, jacques_poitras <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>, jonesr <jonesr@cbc.ca>
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, gail.shea@parl.gc.ca


    The info found in the following should prove I am NOT joking EH David
    Alward, Keith Ashfield and Gail Shea? (Three Maritimers in too high
    positions for their vacant minds)

    http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/gncy/tbcc/menu-eng.html


    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/08/24/nb-alward-tobacco-investments-lawsuit.html

    http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/business/story/2012/08/20/nb-tobacco-lawsuit-defence-taxes-health.html

    http://www.reynoldsamerican.com/contactus.cfm

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:16:10 -0300
    Subject: I just called the CCTC and left a message for Dianne
    To: jkoepke@cctc.ca
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "bob.rae"
    < bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>

    http://www.cctc.ca/contact_us

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:34:58 -0300
    Subject: Re: The tobacco companies Kinda slow aren't ya Mr Jones?
    Typical for the lazy bastards in CBC EH Mr Campbell?
    To: David Amos <myson333@yahoo.com>, jonesr <jonesr@cbc.ca>, acampbell
    < acampbell@ctv.ca>
    Cc: jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, dwilson@fasken.com,
    david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
    evelyngreene@live.ca, sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca,
    andremurraynow@gmail.com, nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com,
    crusnak@harpergrey.com, dbyers@stikeman.com, craig.dennis@fmc-law.com,
    pjeddie@nb.aibn.com, marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca,
    lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com, nelam.raju@fmc-law.com

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/08/23/nb-tobacco-stocks-624.html

    On 7/30/12, David Amos <myson333@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > I sent it to their lawyers already "Integrity Yea Right" as an attachment
    > but the lawyers may be afraid of pdf files. However the tobacco executives
    > that found my old may have found it on their own because can also be found
    > in many places on the web in websites not controlled by mean old me. I know
    > one came close (but no cigar) last week EH Mr Mockler?
    >
    > Here are just three examples
    >
    > http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/04/david-amos-nb-nwo-whistleblower-part-3.html
    >
    > http://www.scribd.com/doc/2526023/DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right
    >
    > http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
    >
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    > From: Nancy G Rubin <nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com>
    > Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Sooner or later somebody clever within
    > some tobacco company in Canada will talk to me and then you will LOSE
    > bigtime EH Mr Eddie and Ms Blais?
    > To: "David Amos"<myson333@yahoo.com>
    > Date: Monday, July 30, 2012, 4:21 PM
    >
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    > I am out of the office on vacation, returning Tuesday, July 31 so a response
    > to your email may be delayed.  If your matter is urgent please contact my
    > (replacement) assistant, Daniel at 420-3200 ext. 237 or
    > lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com and your enquiry will be redirected.
    >
    > Nancy Rubin
    >
    >   ******************************    *****
    > This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is confidential and may
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    > please notify us and delete it
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    >   -----------------------------------
    > Ce courriel (y compris  les pièces jointes) est confidentiel et peut être
    > privilégié.  La distribution
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    > divulgation à toute personne autre que son
    > destinataire ne constitue pas une renonciation de privilège.  Si vous avez
    > reçu ce courriel par erreur,
    > veuillez nous aviser et éliminer ce courriel, ainsi que les pièces jointes,
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    > de vos dossiers.
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    >
    > --- On Mon, 7/30/12, Dennis, Craig <Craig.Dennis@fmc-law.com> wrote:
    >
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    > From: Dennis, Craig <Craig.Dennis@fmc-law.com>
    > Subject: Out of Office: Sooner or later somebody clever within some tobacco
    > company in Canada will talk to me and then you will LOSE bigtime EH Mr Eddie
    > and Ms Blais?
    > To: "David Amos"<myson333@yahoo.com>
    > Date: Monday, July 30, 2012, 4:20 PM
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > I am away from the office on vacation from July 30th to August 3rd and do
    > not expect to have access to email.  I will reply to your message when I
    > return.  If the matter is urgent, please contact my assistant Nelam Raju at
    > nelam.raju@fmc-law.com.
    >
    > --- On Mon, 7/30/12, David Amos <myson333@yahoo.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    > From: David Amos <myson333@yahoo.com>
    > Subject: Sooner or later somebody clever within some tobacco company in
    > Canada will talk to me and then you will LOSE bigtime EH Mr Eddie and Ms
    > Blais?
    > To: dwilson@fasken.com, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
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    > dbyers@stikeman.com, craig.dennis@fmc-law.com
    > Cc: pjeddie@nb.aibn.com, marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca
    > Date: Monday, July 30, 2012, 4:20 PM
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    New Brunswick invests in tobacco firms despite lawsuit

    N.B. Investment Management Corp. bought 243,000 shares in tobacco companies last year

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·

    Tobacco shares

    11 years ago
    Duration 2:15
    The New Brunswick Investment Management Corp. is being criticized for continuing to invest in tobacco companies

    A surge in tobacco company stock purchases by New Brunswick pension fund managers has prompted renewed calls for the investments to be sold off.

    "We don't think this is an appropriate strategy," said Rosemary Boyle, a spokesperson for the Canadian Cancer Society. 

    "The province is able to divest its stocks and we think it should be done."

    The New Brunswick Investment Management Corp., which invests government employee pension funds, bought millions of dollars in stocks of various tobacco companies stock last year, even though the New Brunswick government is suing them all to recover years of smoking-related health-care costs.

    The New Brunswick Investment Management Corp. is being criticized for investing in tobacco companies. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)

    Three years ago, with the lawsuit well underway, a group of provincial health-care advocacy organizations, including the Cancer Society, the New Brunswick Heart and Stroke Foundation and the New Brunswick Lung Association, called on the province to dump its tobacco investments.

    At the time, the province owned 605,000 shares in six tobacco companies it was suing, including Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and R.J. Reynolds. 

    The investments were worth about $21 million, but instead of selling, the investment management corporation bought substantially more.

    It now owns more than 878,000 shares in the tobacco companies involved in the lawsuit, including the 243,000 shares it bought last year.  The value of the shares has grown to $44 million.

    'Our legal fiduciary duty ... requires NBIMC to invest in opportunities that can obtain the highest possible return.'— John Sinclair, president, NBIMC

    John Sinclair, the corporation’s president, said the organization is required by the provincial government to maximize returns and is not permitted to avoid controversial investments.

    "We have a legal obligation to invest in the best interests of those pension plans," said Sinclair in an email to the CBC. 

    "Our legal fiduciary duty ... requires NBIMC to invest in opportunities that can obtain the highest possible return."

    Tobacco stocks have been strong performers with Philip Morris's stock price alone climbing 72 per cent over the past four years.

    Last year, however, Alberta pension fund managers sold off their tobacco stocks because of a similar lawsuit in that province, according to Leo de Bever, the president of the Alberta Investment Management Corp.

    The British Columbia Investment Corp. had $346 million in tobacco industry investments as of March 31, 2010. Quebec's Caisse de Dépôt et Placement also had multimillion-dollar tobacco holdings at the time.

    As well, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board held $218 million worth of shares in tobacco firms in the same time period.

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    Robert Jones

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    Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.

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    I am a stakeholder too Howcome the CROWN and Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited etc have ignored my concerns???


    David Amos

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    At least Ms Rubin should GOOGLE my name and checkout the social  media
    EH Alward?

    Subject:
    Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
    From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
    To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com

    January 30, 2007

    WITHOUT PREJUDICE

    Mr. David Amos

    Dear Mr. Amos:

    This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
    2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP. Because of the nature of
    the allegations made in your message, I have taken the measure of
    forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve Graham of the RCMP
    "J" Division in Fredericton.

    Sincerely,

    Honourable Michael B. Murphy
    Minister of Health

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/07/23/nb-judge-tobacco-defence.html

    http://www.canlii.org/en/nb/nbqb/doc/2012/2012nbqb230/2012nbqb230.html

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/09/13/nb-tobaccolawsuit.html

    http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/07/feds-institutionalize-determined-nb.html

    http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/case-dossier/cms-sgd/sum-som-eng.aspx?cas=33763

    "The Respondent brought an action against the tobacco industry to
    recover tobacco related healthcare costs pursuant to the Tobacco
    Damages and Healthcare Costs Recovery Act, S.N.B. 2006, c. T-7.5. The
    Respondent arranged for legal representation in the action by entering
    into a contingent fee agreement with a consortium of lawyers from New
    Brunswick, Ontario and the United States. The Applicant brought a
    motion challenging the constitutional and legal authority of the
    Attorney General of New Brunswick to enter into a contingent fee
    agreement without prior legislative approval for any resulting
    appropriation."

    http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/case-dossier/cms-sgd/counsel-procureurs-eng.aspx?cas=33763

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    FAX: (506) 382-2816
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    Agent David K. Wilson
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    1300 - 55 Metcalfe Street
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    Telephone: (613) 236-3882
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    E-mail: dwilson@fasken.com

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    Alberta dumps millions in big tobacco shares

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    Alberta is being lauded by anti-smoking and social investment groups for being the first province to dump its investments in the tobacco industry.

    The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has sold $17.5 million in directly managed stock held by public sector pension funds and the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.

    Last October, when she was Alberta's justice minister, now Premier Alison Redford said the province's lawsuit against big tobacco would be filed within a year. ((CBC))

    Leo de Bever, CEO of the Crown corporation, said the province is making the move as it prepares to file a lawsuit against big tobacco to recover health-care costs for smoking-related illnesses.

    Holding such shares while fighting the case would look bad, he said.

    "We have divested all of the actively managed tobacco stocks. This was across the spectrum and it is because the government is suing the tobacco companies over health care," de Bever said. "We could be seen as directly holding tobacco stocks."

    He says the corporation still has some "small" tobacco holdings within indexed investment funds that it does not directly manage.

    Groups such as the Social Investment Organization and Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada said Alberta's move to divest itself of tobacco shares is a first for a Canadian government.

    B.C. owns $346M in tobacco shares

    Most provinces have tobacco industry investments, but only a few release detailed information about them, said Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada.

    The British Columbia Investment Corp. had $346 million in tobacco industry investments as of March 31, 2010, she said. Quebec's Caisse de Dépôt et Placement also has multimillion-dollar tobacco holdings.

    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board had $218 million worth of stock in multinational tobacco companies during the same period. Efforts to have the board divest itself of those investments have not been successful.

    Callard said Alberta's tobacco holdings were more modest, but hopes other governments will follow the province's example.

    "They are the first to do it. This is a very significant step forward," she said from Ottawa.

    Les Hagen of the group Action on Smoking and Health also praised the Crown corporation's decision to sell off tobacco industry holdings.

    Hagen says it would be completely contradictory for the Alberta government to sue tobacco companies while investing in tobacco stocks.

    "This is a momentous decision that will have a ripple effect on other pension-fund managers and institutional investors across the country."

    Lawsuit still not filed

    Alberta passed a bill in 2009 to pave the way for its tobacco lawsuit, but the legislation has not yet been proclaimed and a statement of claim has not been filed.

    Last October, then justice minister Alison Redford said Alberta's lawsuit against big tobacco would be filed within one year.

    Redford, who is now premier, told the legislature last year that the tobacco industry must share the burden of paying to treat costly smoking-related illnesses such as cancer and heart disease.

    Justice Department spokesman David Dear would not comment on the tobacco share divestiture, what is delaying proclamation of the lawsuit legislation or when the statement of claim will be filed. He would only say the lawsuit is complex, timing is important and Alberta wants to see how similar cases unfold in other provinces.

    Ontario, New Brunswick, British Columbia and Newfoundland have already filed lawsuits against the tobacco industry.

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    Ont. launches $50B tobacco lawsuit

    CBC News ·

    Ontario says it is going to sue the big tobacco companies — for $50 billion.

    The province said in a news release it is seeking damages "for past and ongoing health-care costs linked to tobacco-related illness."

    "Ontario is taking the next step towards recovering taxpayer dollars spent fighting tobacco-related illnesses. We are joining British Columbia and New Brunswick in initiating a lawsuit to recover health-care costs from tobacco companies," said Attorney General Chris Bentley.

    The $50-billion figure represents the cost the province says it has footed for providing health care to smokers for more than half a century.

    "The amount of $50 billion will have to be proven in court, of course, but that is our view of the costs of health-care-related illnesses directly tied to tobacco from 1955 until now," Bentley told reporters outside the provincial legislature. 

    Ontario set the framework for the lawsuit through legislation passed this year.

    The Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act allows the province to sue for recovery of past, present and continuing tobacco-related damages. It also creates a method to determine the costs associated with tobacco-related illnesses and allocates liability by market share.

    "The taxpayers of the province of Ontario have paid a lot of money for health-care costs directly related to tobacco use over the decades," Bentley said. "We passed legislation, which is consistent with legislation in other places.  We believe the taxpayers should be compensated for the costs that they have paid. That's what this lawsuit is about."

    Douglas Lennox, a Toronto lawyer who has been involved in several lawsuits against tobacco companies, told CBC News that Ontario's case may never go before a judge. That's because British Columbia's lawsuit against the tobacco companies is already well underway, with the trial scheduled to begin a little over a year from now.

    "If B.C. can win their trial, then you'll see a resolution for all of the other provinces shortly thereafter," Lennox said.

    Imperial calls lawsuit 'hypocritical'

    The lawsuit names 14 tobacco companies based in Canada, the U.S. and England. Among those named in the suit is Canada's largest tobacco manufacturer, Imperial Tobacco Co., a wholly owned unit of British American Tobacco of London. It sells cigarettes under such well-known brands as du Maurier and Player's.

    Imperial spokesman Eric Gagnon said the suit came as no surprise given the legislation, but suggested the Ontario government was being hypocritical.

    "They're collecting billions of dollars in taxes, and right now they are turning and suing the tobacco companies," Gagnon said from Montreal. "This is a legal product and we do it in the way the government dictates us to do it."

    Tobacco companies in Canada operate under stringent legislation that limits advertising by cigarette companies, restricts the sale of cigarettes to minors and regulates how cigarettes can be displayed in stores.

    The government also regulates other products, such as alcohol and casinos, which can pose significant health and safety risks, Gagnon noted.

    "Are they going to sue those industries?" he said. "From our perspective this does not make any sense."

    Bentley said he had no plans to go after other industries. He also rejected a connection between tobacco taxes and the suit, arguing the cost of health care related to smoking "far exceeds" the amount collected in taxes.

    The allegations contained in the lawsuit have not been proven in court. 

    Anti-smoking groups welcomed the lawsuit, but said any money the province might win should be used to fund public health projects and not go into general revenues.

    "If litigation is used by government only to recover the costs of treating diseases but not used to establish ways of reducing tobacco-caused disease, justice will not be done," said Dr. Atul Kapur, president of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada.

    The first lawsuit against tobacco companies was pursued by four U.S. states in the mid-1990s, and led to a 50-state agreement in 1999 in which the industry agreed to pay $246 billion US over a 25-year period for health-care costs that resulted from the use of its products.

    With files from The Canadian Press

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    Nova Scotia, Manitoba plan tobacco lawsuit

    The Canadian Press ·

    Nova Scotia and Manitoba are looking for a law firm to take on a lawsuit they hope to launch against the tobacco industry to recover health care costs.

    The government of Nova Scotia issued a statement saying the two provinces are seeking a firm that they expect will take on their case on a contingency basis.

    That means the law firm would only get paid if the provinces win their case.

    Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry said the lawsuit would aim to recover health-care costs from the 1950s to the 1980s. He said during that time, cigarette manufacturers knowingly sold a product they knew would be harmful to people's health.

    Landry said the province's legal action will include about 30 years of data.

    "This matter is about the actual medical evidence and other evidence that shows that the substance was addictive and that there are some issues with the tobacco companies and the disclosure of that information," said Landry.

    "As a result of that action, a number of people got addicted and … we can show the correlation between tobacco and our health-care costs."

    Some provinces have already launched similar lawsuits, while others have voiced intentions to do so.

    Statistics from the Canadian Cancer Society and the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness estimate smoking-related illnesses currently cost taxpayers about $200 million each year to treat.

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    Boudreau defends pension plans' $21M investment in big tobacco

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    Finance Minister Victor Boudreau said tobacco companies that are being sued by the province have proven to be strong investments for the New Brunswick Investment Management Corp.

    'The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation has a mandate of getting a maximum return on their investments so that our pension funds can continue to grow.'— Finance Minister Victor Boudreau

    When the Liberal government launched the lawsuit against tobacco companies in 2006, two cabinet ministers said it was about holding them accountable for the soaring health-care costs attributed to those who used their products.

    But Boudreau said on Tuesday when it comes to making money on the province's pension plans, it's important for investment managers to earn revenue any way they can.

    "The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation has a mandate of getting a maximum return on their investments so that our pension funds can continue to grow," he said.

    The pension funds lost almost $2 billion in the markets last year, including on its tobacco stocks. But the finance minister said over the years the tobacco industry has proved to be a strong money maker.

    The records released last week by the New Brunswick Investment Management Corp. show heavy investments in Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans, British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, its parent company Altria Group and R.J. Reynolds.

    The provincial government agency that manages the pension funds of public servants, teachers and judges had holdings in those companies worth about $21.2 million on March 31, 2008.

    Those same companies are all targets in a lawsuit launched in December 2006 by the province. New Brunswick alleges the companies failed to warn consumers of the dangers of smoking, marketed light cigarettes as safe and targeted children in their advertising campaigns. It argues those actions all led to widespread health problems and public medical costs for those who began smoking.

    N.B. union wants tobacco companies snuffed out of pensions

    N.B. pension holdings on March 31, 2008

     • $10.6 million in Phillip Morris and its parent, Altria Group.

    • $4.9 million in British American Tobacco.

    • $2.7 million in Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

    • $2.4 million in Rothmans Inc.

    • About $600,000 in R.J. Reynolds.

    The New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees, one of the largest contributors to the province's pension funds, is joining the Canadian Cancer Society and New Brunswick Lung Association in calling for the province to dump its investments in tobacco companies.

    Tom Mann, the union's executive director, said his 5,800 members don't like it being invested with cigarette manufacturers.

    And he said because of the amount the union contributes to the pensions that it should have some sway in where that money is parked by the pension plan.

    "Certainly the people who own that money should have a say in how it's invested," Mann said.

    Kenneth Maybee, the president of the New Brunswick Lung Association, said on Tuesday that the province's pension fund managers must stop investing in tobacco companies, calling the revelation an "eye-opener" that was "disconcerting."

    "It's perhaps one of these cases where one arm [of the government] doesn't know where the other arm is. But I think the message will be very clear … that it's not the right thing to do," Maybee said.

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    N.B. pensions have $21M in tobacco companies

    Same companies targets of province's lawsuit

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·

    While one branch of the New Brunswick government has been suing large tobacco companies, another branch has $21 million invested in them, investment records show.

    N.B. pension holdings on March 31, 2008

    • $10.6 million in Phillip Morris and its parent, Altria Group.

    • $4.9 million in British American Tobacco.

    • $2.7 million in Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

    • $2.4 million in Rothmans Inc.

    • About $600,000 in R.J. Reynolds. 

    The records released last week by the New Brunswick Investment Management Corp. show heavy investments in Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans, British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, its parent company Altria Group and R.J. Reynolds.

    The provincial government agency that manages the pension funds of public servants, teachers and judges had holdings in those companies worth about $21.2 million on March 31, 2008.

    Those same companies are all targets in a lawsuit launched in December 2006 by the province.

    New Brunswick alleges the companies failed to warn consumers of the dangers of smoking, marketed light cigarettes as safe and targeted children in their advertising campaigns. It argues those actions all led to widespread health problems and public medical costs for those who began smoking.

    "The optics of that aren't great," said Ellen Snider, a spokeswoman for the New Brunswick branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. 

    "I don't think the government has any choice but to take a close look at this and to consider the possibility that absolutely those [investments] have to be pulled."

    The government pension funds have also invested in other tobacco companies, but those are not part of the lawsuit.

    Tobacco companies have called the lawsuit hypocritical since the province allowed the sale of cigarettes and profited from heavy taxes on the product.

    Kenneth Maybee, the president of the New Brunswick Lung Association, said the province's pension fund managers must stop investing in tobacco companies.

    "I think it's disconcerting. I think it's an eye-opener," Maybee said.

    "And it's perhaps one of these cases where one arm [of the government] doesn't know where the other arm is. But I think the message will be very clear … that it's not the right thing to do."

    Organizations question pensions' tobacco stakes

    The Canadian Cancer Society is joined by the Canadian Medical Association, and Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada in questioning the appropriateness of public pension investments in tobacco interests.

    Snider said it is especially dubious in New Brunswick because of the lawsuit.

    "As an organization, we support the lawsuit wholeheartedly but have some very serious questions around the investment in tobacco companies," Snider said.

    Neither Health Minister Michael Murphy nor Attorney General T.J. Burke would comment on the tobacco investments. A spokesman for the two said it would be inappropriate to comment while the lawsuit is before the courts.

    The New Brunswick Investment Management Corp. also declined to comment, but John Sinclair, the agency's president, directed CBC News to the organization's responsible investment guidelines, which are posted on its website. 

    Those guidelines emphasize the responsibilities of pension fund managers to make as much money as possible through investments with the minimum of risk, with no weight to be given to "non-financial investment considerations."

    "In most cases we believe that the laws and regulatory agencies of the specific countries in which we invest are the best served to opine on social issues," the guidelines say. 

    Pension plans took a hit last year

    The government agency also announced last week that the province's pension plans suffered an 18.3 per cent loss last year due to the dramatic decline in global equity markets.

    The value of net assets under management shrank by $1.6 billion in fiscal 2008-09, finishing the year with $7 billion.

    The public service pension fund lost 18.43 per cent, the teachers' plan lost 18.24 per cent and the judges' plan fell by 18.46 per cent.

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    Anti-smoking group cheers N.B. lawsuit against tobacco companies

    Imperial Tobacco says move is attempt at 'jackpot justice' that will waste public money

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    An anti-smoking group says it's pleased the New Brunswick government is suing 14 tobacco companies, one of which on Friday called the move hypocritical and a waste of taxpayers' money.

    Smoking has cost the health-care system thousands of dollars, Kenneth Maybee, president and chief executive officer of the New Brunswick Lung Association, said in Fredericton.

    An estimated 1,200 people die prematurely every year in New Brunswick from smoking-related illnesses, he told CBC News, adding that it was time New Brunswick sued.

    "Congratulations to the province of New Brunswick for taking on this initiative, and we certainly will be supportive on the way through," he said Friday.

    "We firmly endorse this move. It's the right thing to do."

    Costly consequences for health care

    Research has shown that smoking is a leading cause of lung cancer, tobacco products are addictive and exposure to second-hand smoke is harmful, Maybee said.

    People who started smoking at a young age are now coping with such conditions as emphysema and acute bronchitis, he said.

    "It is very painful and debilitating to them and very costly to the health-care system," he said.

    Maybee said he is optimistic that the government will win a settlement, but that the lung association and other anti-smoking groups will have to make sure that part of any settlement is funnelled into prevention programs.

    He said he wants the province to set up a special committee to oversee how the money from a settlement would be spent.

    New Brunswick Health Minister Mike Murphy announced Thursday that the province wants to hold tobacco companies accountable for the suffering their products has caused.

    He said the suit was filed on behalf of people whose health has been damaged by tobacco products, families who have lost loved ones to illnesses that resulted from tobacco use and taxpayers who have had to pay for additional costs to the health-care system because of smoking illnesses.

    Damages will be 'substantial'

    The province did not name a dollar figure that it is seeking because it is too early to do so, said New Brunswick Attorney-General T.J. Burke.

    "Costs can range in the millions, the tens of millions of dollars, and I don't want to … identify a specific number, because those numbers can change," he said.

    "Those numbers, of course, are going to be substantial because we believe the province of New Brunswick has spent millions of dollars in health care for citizens who have tobacco-related injuries or damages." 

    B.C. was the first province to launch a lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia have legislation that enables them to do so.

    Imperial Tobacco, named in the suit, issued a statement on Thursday that said the lawsuit is simply a cash grab and not in the interests of taxpayers.

    "Governments are senior partners in the tobacco industry," Benjamin Kemball, president and chief executive officer of Imperial Tobacco Canada, said from Montreal.

    "Governments in Canada earn from tobacco 18 times the profits of the entire tobacco industry," he said. "They heavily regulate the industry and have been fully aware of the risks associated with tobacco products for decades."

    Governments across the country collect about $8 billion in taxes from the tobacco industry a year, Kemball said. New Brunswick's share of the tobacco tax revenue is about $80 million a year.

    "It is hypocritical that governments, like New Brunswick, turn around and sue a legal industry that they oversee and license while allowing an illegal tobacco industry to flourish."

    He said he thinks the lawsuit will take years to resolve and, ultimately, will not be successful.

    "This lawsuit is a waste of taxpayers' money and will never result in the monetary windfall the New Brunswick government hopes for," he added.

    Kemball said the only real winners will be the lawyers involved in what he called "jackpot justice."

    With files from the Canadian Press

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    N.B. moving ahead in lawsuit against big tobacco

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    Two lawyers from Saint John and Monctonwill help New Brunswick take on tobacco companies.

    Chris Correia of Saint John and Phillippe Eddie of Moncton join a consortium of lawyers who will try to make the legal case that big tobacco should pay the province for the medical cost of treating smokers.

    Attorney General and Justice Minister T.J. Burke said experts in the departments of health and justice have been doing research to determine what those costs have been.

    "Through this information-gathering process, we'll be able to better quantify exactly how much it has cost the province of New Brunswick with respect to attributable tobacco-related wrongs on the part of tobacco-related manufacturers," he said.

    Burke said his office offered the legal jobs to anybody who was interested in taking on a very costly, lengthy and technical lawsuit.

    Those who applied were then graded.

    "An evaluation team was put together by representatives from the Department of Justice and the Department of Health who evaluated their ability, their resources and also, the proposal that they put forward, which largely had a big part in determining who was going to be the lead for New Brunswick."

    Burke said experience was important, but the other key factor was how the lawyers would bill the province.

    The consortium of lawyers are working on a contingency fee. They will receive a percentage of whatever the province recovers through legal action, to a maximum of 25 per cent.

    The province proclaimed its first anti-tobacco lawsuit legislation earlier this year, and will be the second province to haul tobacco companies to court. British Columbia was the first province to pass a law enabling itself to sue cigarette makers.

    Burke says it could take years forNew Brunswick's lawsuit to make it to the courts, if it doesn't settle.

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    New Brunswick's Liberal government intends to sue the tobacco industry for health care costs associated with smoking.

    The move follows a law passed by the previous Tory government to enable anti-tobacco lawsuits.

    British Columbia was the first province to pass a law enabling itself to sue tobacco companies. The law stood up to a Supreme Court challenge.

    New Brunswick is now set to be the second province to haul the tobacco industry into court. Health Minister Mike Murphy says the province wants to recover the money that taxpayers have spent treating sick smokers.

    "Who among us doesn't know someone whose life has been cut short because of smoking?" Murphy asked during a Thursday afternoon press conference. "And who wouldn't want us to take whatever steps to prevent this in the future? Tobacco companies certainly know the pain and suffering caused by the use and exposure of their products, and we believe it's time they be held accountable."

    Attorney General T.J. Burke says the province is requesting proposals from top law firms across North America to take New Brunswick's case for a share of the settlement.

    "Our act alters the limitation periods for suits to recover health care costs. It allows government to take direct action against tobacco companies by eliminating the need to prove individual cases to advance suit. And it provides for liability if government can prove on a balance of probability that the type of tobacco product sold can cause or contribute to diseases."

    Canadian Cancer Society spokeswoman Lynn Ann Duffley backs the government 100 per cent. "We're very supportive of this move forward. It indicates to the tobacco industry that we're serious about tobacco control. It will hold them accountable for their practices in the past," shesaid. "We know they aggressively marketed in children and to women, that they withheld internal health research that communicated that their products were deadly and addictive."

    The government plans to proclaim its tobacco lawsuit legislation and select a law firm to wield it early in the new year.

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    Longtime NBex boss ousted as board moves in 'different direction'

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    Mike Vokey helped craft plan to see redevelopment of horse-racing track for other uses

     
    Aidan Cox· CBC News ·
    Mike Vokey says he's been replaced as executive director of the New Brunswick provincial exhibition. (Gary Moore/CBC)
     
    The man who helped lead the New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition for close to 12 years says he's no longer its executive director after being told the board of directors wants to take the organization in "a different direction."

    Mike Vokey has been executive director since 2011 and helped work out a landmark agreement with the City of Fredericton to see the provincial exhibition remain at its current Smythe Street location, while also allowing for new development on the grounds, including housing and possibly a school.

    But on May 18, Vokey said exhibition board chair Rob Kitchen sent an email that said he was being terminated, without cause, effective immediately.

    Vokey said he later learned he was being replaced by Jeff McCarthy, who started in the role the following week.

    "They just felt that Jeff comes in with his experience, that he wouldn't need ... anybody walking [him] through the transition and he'll step right into the role, so we've decided to go our separate ways."

    Vokey's ousting comes months after Horse Racing New Brunswick called on its members to seize control of a horse-racing track on the exhibition grounds, which is expected to be transformed for other uses as part of the new plan.

    A row of food vendor huts affronts a large rectangular building. The exhibition grounds in Fredericton include an indoor exhibit centre and coliseum, horse stables, a horse track and an open parking lot with space for 1,000 vehicles. (Gary Moore/CBC)

    That call prompted 250 new people to register as members of the exhibition, with the right to vote for new board members at the annual general meeting.

    The meeting was supposed to have been held in the spring, but was postponed until fall, Vokey said.

    Vokey declined to comment on what direction he thinks the board wants to take, but noted his involvement was key in the exhibition and the City of Fredericton coming together to create the redevelopment plan.

    "With my term there, it felt like a lot was accomplished, and now it's up to the the new board and new executive director to go further," Vokey said. "So how that goes, we'll kind of wait and see how it plays out."

    He said he was originally planning to retire next March, so his firing prompted an early retirement. He said he's still negotiating with the exhibition's board on the terms of the "closure" of his contract.

    The provincial exhibition, formerly known as the Frex, is managed by an executive director under guidance from a board of directors chaired by Kitchen.

    While the city owns the property, the exhibition holds a perpetual lease on it and oversees operations at the 31-acre site. It has an indoor exhibit centre and coliseum, horse stables, a horse track and a parking lot with space for 1,000 vehicles.

    Up until December 2016, the grounds were home to the Fredericton Raceway, with organized harness-racing events on the track.

    A horse is hooked up to a sulky with a trainer. Horse racing hasn't been formally organized at the exhibition grounds in more than six years, but the stables still house horses and the track is used by owners to exercise them. (Julianne Hazlewood/CBC)

    The exhibition chose not to renew the raceway's lease as of January 2017, bringing an end to organized horse-racing events in the city.

    Despite that, the stables still house horses and owners still use the track to exercise their horses, but that is set to change under the new plan.

    "With the decommissioning of the racetrack, a significant portion of the [NBex] Grounds has become available for reconsideration, sparking the imaginations of Frederictonians," says an excerpt of the plan.

    Chair has 'passion' for race horses

    CBC News asked for an interview with Kitchen about the decision to fire Vokey, but one wasn't granted Monday.

    Kitchen's LinkedIn profile says he's a business owner based in Nackawic, N.B., with a passion for race horses.

    "My father had racehorses and passed his passion for the animals along to me in my youth," says Kitchen, on his profile.

    McCarthy was reached by phone Monday but declined to comment.

    City received no notice about change: councillor

    The City of Fredericton was given no formal notice about the change in executive directors, said Fredericton Coun. Jason Lejeune, who chairs the city's economic vitality committee.

    A man speaks while standing up in downtown Fredericton. Fredericton Coun. Jason LeJeune says he thought Mike Vokey was excellent to work with, adding the city received no formal notice he'd been replaced. (CBC News)

    Lejeune said Vokey was "excellent" to work with when it came to the redevelopment plan.

    He said he looks forward to working with the new executive director and isn't concerned there will be efforts by the exhibition to overturn what was already decided in the plan.

    "The NBex board has already approved the secondary plan for NBex, which does not contemplate horses being either stored or, let's say, raced on the property," Lejeune said.

    Lejeune said the first steps in the redevelopment plan won't happen until a joint committee is formed between the city and the exhibition.

    Lejeune said the city requested in April to meet with the board about forming the committee, but hasn't yet heard back from them.

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    Aidan Cox is a journalist for the CBC based in Fredericton. He can be reached at aidan.cox@cbc.ca and followed on Twitter @Aidan4jrn.

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    Kathryn McCain not commenting on plans for 300 hectares around Quaco Head lighthouse

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·
    The land purchases by the Applecross Group include a long stretch of coastline that runs 1,500 metres from just past the Quaco Head Lighthouse up to and including Browns Beach. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
     
    A Toronto company with McCain family connections has been buying up properties around the Quaco Head Lighthouse near St. Martins, but plans for the land are a mystery to local people. 

    "If anyone should know anything it's the mayor, and I don't," said Jim Bedford, the mayor of the new Fundy-St. Martins municipality. 

    "There's all kinds of rumours but that's all they are. You know more than I do."

    Since September 2020, a Toronto-based company called the Applecross Group Ltd. has been assembling parcels of land in the Quaco area outside St. Martins.

    Four people on a golf course holding golf clubs Jamie Pyper and Kathryn McCain, left, have not spoken publicly about their plans for St. Martins. They are shown here with McCain's sister Linda and husband Dan Walshe at a Pathways to Education fundraiser in Brampton, Ont., in 2013. The charity posted the picture to the photo-sharing site Flickr. (Pathways to Education)

    According to corporate records, Applecross has two listed directors, Kathryn Ann McCain and her husband, Jamie Pyper. The company's address is listed as the couple's home in midtown Toronto. 

    Originally from Florenceville, Kathryn McCain is the daughter of the late Andrew McCain, one of the four founding brothers of the McCain Foods empire. 

    In nine separate purchases over three years, Applecross has spent $3.3 million to gradually acquire nearly 300 hectares.

    The centrepiece is a 69-hectare block of rugged coastline adjacent to the Quaco Head Lighthouse. It was purchased in 2020 for $1.9 million and includes more than a kilometre of uninterrupted ocean frontage.

    Views are panoramic all along the property, which has more than a passing resemblance to a stretch of coastline used to build the world famous Cabot Cliffs course in Inverness, N.S. 

    The main Quaco property includes dramatic 20-metre rock cliffs that rise from the Bay of Fundy at one end and a long stretch of the expansive Browns Beach at the other.   

    A yellow house next to a red house. A woman walks toward the yellow house and a blue vehicle drives by. The Fundy coastal village of St. Martins is a popular and growing New Brunswick tourist destination. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

    Not just picturesque, the area is also at centre of one of the most ecologically and geologically significant locations in Canada, according to Jennifer Dingman.

    "It's the only place in North America with two UNESCO designations," said Dingman, of the Quaco Head and St Martins region.

    Dingman, who has a PhD in biology from the University of New Brunswick is executive director of two sites that are recognized as significant by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO. 

    The Fundy Biosphere covers a major portion of southeastern New Brunswick and the upper Bay of Fundy and the Stonehammer GeoPark, with rock formations up to 1 billion years old sits farther to the west.

    The two overlap each other exactly at Quaco Head.

    Dingman said those unique designations do not disqualify commercial developments such as a golf course, but any project would be under scrutiny to adhere to high standards.

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    Large land purchases in St. Martins area a mystery to locals

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    No one knows what the purchaser has in mind for 300 hectares along the coast near the Quaco Head lighthouse.

    Her organization doesn't have jurisdiction over the landscape, but if the Quaco land were to be used for a golf course, "hopefully it would be done in a sustainable way," said Dingman.

    Both McCain and Pyper declined an invitation to speak about what their plans are for the St. Martins properties and locals either won't say or don't know what those plans might be.

    Last week, several residents, including one who spoke of a lengthy meeting with Pyper, told CBC News they were aware of talk in the community of a potential golf course but all declined to confirm it or be interviewed about what they know.

    A golfer hits from a tee at a cliffside gold course. The golf course at Cabot Cliffs in Cape Breton is ranked among the 10 best in the world by Golf Digest and has triggered a growth in destination tourism to tiny Inverness. It is built on seaside property not unlike land being accumulated in St. Martins by the Applecross Group. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)

    McCain and Pyper are golfers themselves and a decade ago they and Applecross briefly emerged as potential buyers of the provincially owned Crowbush golf resort in Prince Edward Island.

    In 2013 Applecross was granted cabinet approval in P.E.I. to buy 26 hectares from the province that was connected to the Crowbush development. Separately,  McCain and Pyper bought an additional 26 hectares, according to news reports at the time.

    Attempts by P.E.I. to sell Crowbush to any party eventually collapsed in 2014, and it remains the property of the province.

    A side view of a cliff with some grassy and muddy patches. A body of water is at the bottom of the cliff. The area around Quaco Head is the only spot in North America to carry two UNESCO designations, recognizing both its ecological and geological significance. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

    McCain and Pyper retain strong connections to New Brunswick.

    McCain is a former chair of the board of governors of the University of New Brunswick. 

    The couple have a summer home at Katy's Cove in Saint Andrews and, according to player records kept by Golf Canada, they have been long-standing members of the Algonquin golf club.

    But beyond those modest clues there is no direct information about what they are planning in the St. Martins area or  when they might make their plans public.

    In the meantime, land acquisitions are continuing.

    The latest purchase, a 4,100-square-metre lot near the lighthouse, was bought by Applecross for $156,000 in a transaction that closed just last week.

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    Robert Jones

    Reporter

    Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.

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    David Amos
    Hmmm  
     
     
     
     
    Brent Grywinski  
    A new playground and housing development for the rich and famous? 
     
     
    David Amos
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    Bingo
     
     
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    Province to cover RCMP backpay bills for some communities

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    N.B. municipalities that directly contract RCMP won't have cost covered

     
    Shane Magee· CBC News ·
    The New Brunswick government will cover the cost of backpay in most communities policed by the RCMP, but not those that have separate contracts. (David Bell/CBC)
     
    The New Brunswick government is covering the cost some municipalities policed by the RCMP faced after the Mounties unionized.

    The first collective agreement included retroactive pay increases back to 2017. The federal government opted not to cover those costs.

    Andrew Black, president of the Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick, said the province recently notified most communities that their costs would be covered. 

    However, that only applies to communities policed by RCMP under a contract with the province. Around eight other communities have separate municipal policing agreements and won't have their costs covered.

    Sackville, Bouctouche, Hampton, Saint Andrews, Oromocto, and Campbellton are among the communities in this latter group.

    Moncton, together with Dieppe and Riverview, also has a separate policing agreement and won't be reimbursed. 

    A bearded man is interviewed in front of a pile of rubble. Andrew Black, mayor of Tantramar and president of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick, says the different approach is because of separate contracts. (Frédéric Cammarano/Radio Canada)

    "Contractually, I don't think that the province really has skin in the game with the RCMP municipal contract," Black said. "So they don't really have a responsibility to do it." 

    CBC News asked the provincial Department of Public Safety on Monday why it opted to cover the costs for some municipalities, why others would not be covered, and how much the province would be spending. 

    The department did not answer the questions. 

    Black is also the mayor of Tantramar, a newly created municipality that includes Sackville. 

    He said the town faced a backpay bill of about $295,000 but had set aside money and will be able to cover the cost. 

    Oromocto assistant town clerk Cindy Goguen said in an email the municipality's bill is $352,141. That cost will be covered through its general operating account, Goguen said. 

    In a news release last year, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities urged the federal government to cover the backpay cost since communities were not part of the RCMP contract negotiation and would need to absorb the bill. 

    In Moncton, the bill is more than $5 million. 

    Don Moore, chair of the Codiac Regional Policing Authority board, which oversees the RCMP policing Moncton, declined to comment.

    The organization had set aside money in advance, expecting the collective agreement to include wage increases. 

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    David Amos 
    "The first collective agreement included retroactive pay increases back to 2017. The federal government opted not to cover those costs."

    Yet it was the Feds who made the deal with their cops???

     
     
     
    MJ Anderson  
    It would be nice if the CRA was as determined in collecting due monies as the RCMP seems to be...
     
     
    David Amos
     
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    Ask KPMG why that is  
     
     
     
     
    Wally Manza 
    Why do we still have the RCMP?  
     
     
    G. Timothy Walton 
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    Inertia. 
     
     
    David Amos
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    Ask Higgy 
     
     
     
     
    June Arnott  
    Rcmp are not making a dent in crime in NB. Busting small time dealers while the head honchos live large. Open drug use daily. The whole Moncton area belongs to street people and crime. Almost need to hire private security to monitor Riverview…
     
     
    Micheal Wilson 
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    They are not looking for crime. They are looking for expired registrations and stickers for an easy ticket and to annoy people. 
     
     
    Catherine Longley 
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    No they don't non existence where I live and they don't patrol the roadways either like the race track on the transcanada 
     
     
    David Amos
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    Bingo
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    Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande d'établissement des tarifs

    David Amos

    <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>    		Wed, May 31, 2023 at 3:34 PM
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    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 10:52:18 -0700
    Subject: Hors du bureau / Out of Office Re: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum
    - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design Application / Forum Public Virtuel
    - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande d'établissement des tarifs
    To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

    Angèle McCaie n’est plus une employée de la municipalité de
    Nouvelle-Arcadie.  Pour la réception, vous pouvez appeler le (506)
    775-2080 ou envoyer un courriel à office@rogersvillenb.ca



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    Angèle McCaie no longer works for the municipality of
    Nouvelle-Arcadie.  For the reception, you can call (506) 775-2080 or
    send an email to office@rogersvillenb.ca



    Merci beaucoup/ Thank you!



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    ** Notez bien que le 21 avril 2023 sera ma dernière journée comme
    directrice municipale de Nouvelle-Arcadie.
    ** Please note that April 21st 2023 will be my last day as General
    Manager for Nouvelle-Arcadie.

    Angèle McCaie (elle / she / her)
    Directrice Générale
    Nouvelle-Arcadie

    10989 rue Principale
    Rogersville, NB
    E4Y 2L6

    Tél: (506) 775-2080
    Cell: (506) 625-2887
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    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 19:52:05 +0200
    Subject: Out of Office
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    I will be out of the office on Medical Leave for a few months. I will
    be periodically checking my email, to keep updated.

    If this is of an urgent matter , please email the Acting Assistant
    Clerk Krista Lambert at krista.lambert@doaktown.ca or call
    (506)365-7970 ext: 103.

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    contact our Public Works Supervisor, Shawn Brown at 506-365-0138.

    Thank You!
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    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 14:52:04 -0300
    Subject: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: joey@gssc-cesb.ca, Karen.petitpas@doaktown.ca,
    comptabilite@saint-leonard.ca, Stephanie.thorne@nbse.ca,
    scoulombe@saintquentin.ca, bettyann@commissionrestigouche.ca,
    rogervil@nbnet.nb.ca, Jamie.degrace@airbathurst.com,
    direction@neguac.com, Kathryn.clark@nackawic.com,
    carole.tremblay@kedgwick.ca, dave.brown@lameque.ca
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 14:11:32 -0300
    Subject: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: cemmerson@quispamsis.ca

    Stephen P. Wilbur
    Called to the bar: 1983 (NB)
    Wilbur & Trueman
    706B Coverdale Rd.
    Riverview, New Brunswick E1B 3L1
    Phone: 506-387-7715

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "Bowen, Natalie"<nbowen@quispamsis.ca>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:26:22 +0000
    Subject: Automatic reply: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power
    Rate Design Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 -
    Énergie NB Demande d'établissement des tarifs
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    Please forward any inquiries to cemmerson@quispamsis.ca

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    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 13:26:13 -0300
    Subject: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: vnorton <vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca>, jborne@dorchester.ca,
    fallon@town.woodstock.nb.ca, earsenault@mcadamnb.com,
    Tara.Olesen@sussex.ca, Claudette.maclean@snbsc.ca,
    denise.guitard@shediac.ca, dianneayles@salisburynb.ca,
    cspear@townofstandrews.ca, ashleyburchell@rothesay.ca,
    scott.sparks@vonm.ca, michelle.dickinson@municipalityofgrandlake.ca,
    mctdev@nb.aibn.com, caroline@memramcook.com, Paul.lang@csrk.ca,
    admin.kvfd@nb.aibn.com, info@townofhampton.ca,
    clerk@villageofgrandmanan.com
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"
    <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Holland, Mike (LEG)"<mike.holland@gnb.ca>,
    info@rsc8.ca, nbowen@quispamsis.ca

    https://mac-ccm.com/board-of-directors/

    Municipal Advisory Corporation Inc
    Brenda Knight, Secretary
    628 Route 715
    Jemseg, NB
    E4C 3P2
    506-471-2653

    https://mac-ccm.com/directory/


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Melissa Curran <Melissa.Curran@nbeub.ca>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 13:57:44 +0000
    Subject: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: "ceo@fermenbfarm.ca"<ceo@fermenbfarm.ca>,
    "louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.ca"<louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.ca>,
    "frederic.gionet@cfib.ca"<frederic.gionet@cfib.ca>,
    "Ron.marcolin@cme-mec.ca"<Ron.marcolin@cme-mec.ca>,
    "David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com"<David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com>,
    "david.sollows@gnb.ca"<david.sollows@gnb.ca>,
    "hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com"<hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com>,
    "nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com"<nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "coneil@stewartmckelvey.com"<coneil@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com"<lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "pbowman@bowmaneconomics.ca"<pbowman@bowmaneconomics.ca>,
    "brudderham@stewartmckelvey.com"<brudderham@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "JohnFurey@fureylegal.com"<JohnFurey@fureylegal.com>,
    "jpetrie@nbpower.com"<jpetrie@nbpower.com>,
    "NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com"<NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>,
    "lgordon@nbpower.com"<lgordon@nbpower.com>, "SWaycott@nbpower.com"
    <SWaycott@nbpower.com>, "George.Porter@nbpower.com"
    <George.Porter@nbpower.com>, "kevgibson@nbpower.com"
    <kevgibson@nbpower.com>, Veronique Otis <Veronique.Otis@nbeub.ca>,
    "Young, Dave"<Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>, "Aherrington@lawsoncreamer.com"
    <Aherrington@lawsoncreamer.com>, "Mitchell, Kathleen"
    <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>, NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>,
    "Colwell, Susan"<Susan.Colwell@nbeub.ca>,
    "bhavumaki@synapse-energy.com"<bhavumaki@synapse-energy.com>,
    "mwhited@synapse-energy.com"<mwhited@synapse-energy.com>,
    "prhodes@synapse-energy.com"<prhodes@synapse-energy.com>,
    "alawton@synapse-energy.com"<alawton@synapse-energy.com>,
    "jwilson@resourceinsight.com"<jwilson@resourceinsight.com>,
    "pchernick@resourceinsight.com"<pchernick@resourceinsight.com>,
    Melissa Curran <Melissa.Curran@nbeub.ca>, "alain.chiasson2@gnb.ca"
    <alain.chiasson2@gnb.ca>, "rdk@indecon.com"<rdk@indecon.com>,
    "tammy.grieve@mcinnescooper.com"<tammy.grieve@mcinnescooper.com>,
    "paul.black@twinriverspaper.com"<paul.black@twinriverspaper.com>,
    "Hoyt, Len"<len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>,
    "tyler.rajeski@twinriverspaper.com"
    <tyler.rajeski@twinriverspaper.com>,
    "darcy.ouellette@twinriverspaper.com"
    <darcy.ouellette@twinriverspaper.com>, "dan.murphy@umnb.ca"
    <dan.murphy@umnb.ca>, "jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com"
    <jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com>, "shelley.wood@sjenergy.com"
    <shelley.wood@sjenergy.com>, "dan.dionne@perth-andover.com"
    <dan.dionne@perth-andover.com>, "pierreroy@edmundston.ca"
    <pierreroy@edmundston.ca>, "ryan.mitchell@sjenergy.com"
    <ryan.mitchell@sjenergy.com>, "sstoll@stollprofcorp.com"
    <sstoll@stollprofcorp.com>, "pzarnett@bdrenergy.com"
    <pzarnett@bdrenergy.com>

    Good morning,

    Please note below the information for the Virtual Public Forum related
    to Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design Application

    The Virtual Public Forum will take place via Zoom videoconference on
    June 1st, 2023, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.

    It should also be noted that registered interveners are permitted to
    observe the public forum but may not make a presentation.  The public
    forums are intended for those who have not registered as interveners
    to make submissions about the application.

    Zoom Videoconference information:

    Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design Application /
    Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs

    Join Zoom Meeting via telephone:
    855-703-8985 Canada Toll-free
    Or
    Join Zoom Meeting via web:
    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87338806224?pwd=Ry9QaE9tY2duSENzUUttRFVNU1QvQT09

    Meeting ID: 873 3880 6224
    Passcode: xxxxxxxxxxxx


    Bonjour,

    Veuillez noter ci-dessous l'information pour le forum public virtuel
    relative à l'instance 529 - Énergie NB - Demande d'établissement des
    tarifs

    La session du forum public virtuel va se dérouler sur la plateforme
    Zoom par vidéoconférence le 1er juin 2023, de 14 h à 16 h.

    Il est aussi à noter que les intervenants inscrits sont autorisés à
    observer le forum public, mais ne peuvent pas faire une présentation.
    Les forums publics sont destinés à ceux qui ne se sont pas inscrits en
    tant qu'intervenants pour faire des observations sur la demande.

    Information sur la plateforme Zoom par vidéoconférence :

    Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs / Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB
    Power Rate Design Application

    Rejoignez la réunion Zoom par téléphone :
    855-703-8985 Canada sans frais
    Ou
    Rejoignez la réunion Zoom via le Web :
    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87338806224?pwd=Ry9QaE9tY2duSENzUUttRFVNU1QvQT09

    ID de réunion: 873 3880 6224
    Code secret: xxxxxxxxxxx

    Regards / Cordialement,

    Melissa Curran
    Deputy Chief Clerk / Greffière en chef adjointe
    (506) 658-2504 (General/Général)
    (506) 643-7334 (Direct/Directe)
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    David Amos

    <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>    		Wed, May 31, 2023 at 3:38 PM
    To: STHOMSON@5-rivers.ca


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Shane Thomson <shane@villageofrexton.com>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 18:34:59 GMT
    Subject: Attention! Change of email address
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    I M P O R T A N T

    As a result of Local Governance Reform, as of January 1st, 2023, we
    are officially the new entity of Five Rivers. During this transition
    period, we would ask that you PLEASE DIRECT ALL FUTURE EMAILS TO
    STHOMSON@5-RIVERS.CA and remove the email (shane@villageofrexton.com
    and sthomson@nb.aibn.com) from your system. Emails under the former
    address will be monitored until February 28, beyond this date, will no
    longer be accepted.

    Please advise if further information is necessary.
    We apologize for any inconveniences and appreciate your understanding.

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    À la suite de la réforme de la gouvernance locale, à partir du 1er
    janvier 2023, nous sommes officiellement connus en tant que l’entité
    de Five Rivers. En cette période de transition, nous vous demandons
    D’ADDRESSER TOUS VOS FUTURS COURRIELS À STHOMSON@5-RIVERS.CA et
    d’enlever ce courriel (shane@villageofrexton.com et
    sthomson@nb.aibn.com) de votre système. Les courriels sous l’ancienne
    adresse seront surveillés jusqu’au 28 février, au-delà de cette date,
    ils ne seront plus acceptés.

    Veuillez nous informer si des informations supplémentaires sont requises.
    Nous nous excusons pour tout inconvénient et apprécions votre compréhension.

    Shane Thomson, CAO
    [image]

    Notice: This email is confidential. If you are not the intended
    recipient, please notify the sender by return email and delete this
    message from your mailbox without reading or copying it or any
    attachments.

    Any correspondence with employees, agents, or elected officials of
    Five Rivers may be subject to disclosure under the provisions of the
    Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act of the Province of
    New Brunswick.

    David Amos

    <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>    		Wed, May 31, 2023 at 3:34 PM
    To: office@rogersvillenb.ca, krista.lambert@doaktown.ca, Robert.white@arcadianb.ca, Melanie.savoie@richibucto.org, marcandre.godin@bereford.ca, bell001@nb.aibn.com, village@saint-antoine.ca, Jocelyne.Hachey@csrchaleurrsc.ca, office@threeriversnb.ca, office@florencevillebristol.ca, vilprock@nb.aibn.com, dbrc-crcb@bathurst.ca, Jason.gaudet@easterncharlotte.ca, evelyne@nb.aibn.com, shane@villageofrexton.com, CAO@fundyalbert.ca, john@towngbw.ca, remi.leblanc@bouctouche.ca, info@rsc5.ca, gilles.legacy@dalhousie.ca, Village.harvey@rogers.com, clerk@hanwell.nb.ca
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Eric.gagnon@grandsault.ca
    Bcc: myson333 <myson333@yahoo.com>
    Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original
    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Angèle McCaie <gm@rogersvillenb.ca>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 10:52:18 -0700
    Subject: Hors du bureau / Out of Office Re: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum
    - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design Application / Forum Public Virtuel
    - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande d'établissement des tarifs
    To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

    Angèle McCaie n’est plus une employée de la municipalité de
    Nouvelle-Arcadie.  Pour la réception, vous pouvez appeler le (506)
    775-2080 ou envoyer un courriel à office@rogersvillenb.ca



    ***


    Angèle McCaie no longer works for the municipality of
    Nouvelle-Arcadie.  For the reception, you can call (506) 775-2080 or
    send an email to office@rogersvillenb.ca



    Merci beaucoup/ Thank you!



    --
    ** Notez bien que le 21 avril 2023 sera ma dernière journée comme
    directrice municipale de Nouvelle-Arcadie.
    ** Please note that April 21st 2023 will be my last day as General
    Manager for Nouvelle-Arcadie.

    Angèle McCaie (elle / she / her)
    Directrice Générale
    Nouvelle-Arcadie

    10989 rue Principale
    Rogersville, NB
    E4Y 2L6

    Tél: (506) 775-2080
    Cell: (506) 625-2887
    Télécopieur: (506) 775-2090




    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "karen.petitpas@doaktown.ca"<Karen.petitpas@doaktown.ca>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 19:52:05 +0200
    Subject: Out of Office
    To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

    I will be out of the office on Medical Leave for a few months. I will
    be periodically checking my email, to keep updated.

    If this is of an urgent matter , please email the Acting Assistant
    Clerk Krista Lambert at krista.lambert@doaktown.ca or call
    (506)365-7970 ext: 103.

     If your matter has to do with water, sewer or transportation, please
    contact our Public Works Supervisor, Shawn Brown at 506-365-0138.

    Thank You!
    Karen Petitpas
    CAO/Clerk


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 14:52:04 -0300
    Subject: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: joey@gssc-cesb.ca, Karen.petitpas@doaktown.ca,
    comptabilite@saint-leonard.ca, Stephanie.thorne@nbse.ca,
    scoulombe@saintquentin.ca, bettyann@commissionrestigouche.ca,
    rogervil@nbnet.nb.ca, Jamie.degrace@airbathurst.com,
    direction@neguac.com, Kathryn.clark@nackawic.com,
    carole.tremblay@kedgwick.ca, dave.brown@lameque.ca
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 14:11:32 -0300
    Subject: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: cemmerson@quispamsis.ca

    Stephen P. Wilbur
    Called to the bar: 1983 (NB)
    Wilbur & Trueman
    706B Coverdale Rd.
    Riverview, New Brunswick E1B 3L1
    Phone: 506-387-7715

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "Bowen, Natalie"<nbowen@quispamsis.ca>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:26:22 +0000
    Subject: Automatic reply: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power
    Rate Design Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 -
    Énergie NB Demande d'établissement des tarifs
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    Please forward any inquiries to cemmerson@quispamsis.ca

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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    To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

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    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 13:26:13 -0300
    Subject: Fwd: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: vnorton <vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca>, jborne@dorchester.ca,
    fallon@town.woodstock.nb.ca, earsenault@mcadamnb.com,
    Tara.Olesen@sussex.ca, Claudette.maclean@snbsc.ca,
    denise.guitard@shediac.ca, dianneayles@salisburynb.ca,
    cspear@townofstandrews.ca, ashleyburchell@rothesay.ca,
    scott.sparks@vonm.ca, michelle.dickinson@municipalityofgrandlake.ca,
    mctdev@nb.aibn.com, caroline@memramcook.com, Paul.lang@csrk.ca,
    admin.kvfd@nb.aibn.com, info@townofhampton.ca,
    clerk@villageofgrandmanan.com
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"
    <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Holland, Mike (LEG)"<mike.holland@gnb.ca>,
    info@rsc8.ca, nbowen@quispamsis.ca

    https://mac-ccm.com/board-of-directors/

    Municipal Advisory Corporation Inc
    Brenda Knight, Secretary
    628 Route 715
    Jemseg, NB
    E4C 3P2
    506-471-2653

    https://mac-ccm.com/directory/


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Melissa Curran <Melissa.Curran@nbeub.ca>
    Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 13:57:44 +0000
    Subject: Virtual Public Forum - Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design
    Application / Forum Public Virtuel - Instance 529 - Énergie NB Demande
    d'établissement des tarifs
    To: "ceo@fermenbfarm.ca"<ceo@fermenbfarm.ca>,
    "louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.ca"<louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.ca>,
    "frederic.gionet@cfib.ca"<frederic.gionet@cfib.ca>,
    "Ron.marcolin@cme-mec.ca"<Ron.marcolin@cme-mec.ca>,
    "David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com"<David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com>,
    "david.sollows@gnb.ca"<david.sollows@gnb.ca>,
    "hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com"<hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com>,
    "nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com"<nrubin@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "coneil@stewartmckelvey.com"<coneil@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com"<lmclements@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "pbowman@bowmaneconomics.ca"<pbowman@bowmaneconomics.ca>,
    "brudderham@stewartmckelvey.com"<brudderham@stewartmckelvey.com>,
    "JohnFurey@fureylegal.com"<JohnFurey@fureylegal.com>,
    "jpetrie@nbpower.com"<jpetrie@nbpower.com>,
    "NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com"<NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>,
    "lgordon@nbpower.com"<lgordon@nbpower.com>, "SWaycott@nbpower.com"
    <SWaycott@nbpower.com>, "George.Porter@nbpower.com"
    <George.Porter@nbpower.com>, "kevgibson@nbpower.com"
    <kevgibson@nbpower.com>, Veronique Otis <Veronique.Otis@nbeub.ca>,
    "Young, Dave"<Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>, "Aherrington@lawsoncreamer.com"
    <Aherrington@lawsoncreamer.com>, "Mitchell, Kathleen"
    <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>, NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>,
    "Colwell, Susan"<Susan.Colwell@nbeub.ca>,
    "bhavumaki@synapse-energy.com"<bhavumaki@synapse-energy.com>,
    "mwhited@synapse-energy.com"<mwhited@synapse-energy.com>,
    "prhodes@synapse-energy.com"<prhodes@synapse-energy.com>,
    "alawton@synapse-energy.com"<alawton@synapse-energy.com>,
    "jwilson@resourceinsight.com"<jwilson@resourceinsight.com>,
    "pchernick@resourceinsight.com"<pchernick@resourceinsight.com>,
    Melissa Curran <Melissa.Curran@nbeub.ca>, "alain.chiasson2@gnb.ca"
    <alain.chiasson2@gnb.ca>, "rdk@indecon.com"<rdk@indecon.com>,
    "tammy.grieve@mcinnescooper.com"<tammy.grieve@mcinnescooper.com>,
    "paul.black@twinriverspaper.com"<paul.black@twinriverspaper.com>,
    "Hoyt, Len"<len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>,
    "tyler.rajeski@twinriverspaper.com"
    <tyler.rajeski@twinriverspaper.com>,
    "darcy.ouellette@twinriverspaper.com"
    <darcy.ouellette@twinriverspaper.com>, "dan.murphy@umnb.ca"
    <dan.murphy@umnb.ca>, "jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com"
    <jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com>, "shelley.wood@sjenergy.com"
    <shelley.wood@sjenergy.com>, "dan.dionne@perth-andover.com"
    <dan.dionne@perth-andover.com>, "pierreroy@edmundston.ca"
    <pierreroy@edmundston.ca>, "ryan.mitchell@sjenergy.com"
    <ryan.mitchell@sjenergy.com>, "sstoll@stollprofcorp.com"
    <sstoll@stollprofcorp.com>, "pzarnett@bdrenergy.com"
    <pzarnett@bdrenergy.com>

    Good morning,

    Please note below the information for the Virtual Public Forum related
    to Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design Application

    The Virtual Public Forum will take place via Zoom videoconference on
    June 1st, 2023, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.

    It should also be noted that registered interveners are permitted to
    observe the public forum but may not make a presentation.  The public
    forums are intended for those who have not registered as interveners
    to make submissions about the application.

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    Municipal Advisory Corporation Inc

    Brenda Knight, Secretary
    628 Route 715
    Jemseg, NB
    E4C 3P2
    506-471-2653

    https://mac-ccm.com/board-of-directors/
     

    Board of Directors / Conseil d’administration

    Chris Spear
    President / Président
    (St. Andrews)

    Paul Lang
    Vice President / Vice Président
    (Kent RSC)

    Scott Sparks
    Treasurer / Trèsoriére
    (New Maryland)

    Brenda Knight
    Secretary / Secrétaire

    Natalie Bowen
    Director / Directrice
    (Quispamsis)

    Gilles Legacy
    Director / Directeur
    (Dalhousie)

    Claudette McLean
    Director / Directrice
    (Southwest RSC)

    Angèle McCaie
    Director / Directrice
    (Rogersville)

    Suzanne Coulombe
    Director / Directrice
    (Saint-Quentin)

     

    Directory

    Municipality / MunicipalitéName / NomPhone / TéléphoneE-mail
    Arcadia
    Village of Gagetown
    Village of Cambridge-Narrows    		Robert White(506) 488-3567Robert.white@arcadianb.ca
    Beaurivage
    Town of Richibucto
    Ville de Saint-Louis-de-Kent    		Mélanie Savoie(506) 523-7870Melanie.savoie@richibucto.org
    Belle-Baie
    Ville de Beresford    		Marc-André Godin(506) 542-2721marcandre.godin@bereford.ca
    Belledune
    Ville de Belledune    		Brenda Cormier(506) 522-3707bell001@nb.aibn.com
    Champdoré
    Village de Saint-Antoine    		Janice LeBlanc(506) 525-4020village@saint-antoine.ca
    Commission de Services Régionaux 3Jocelyne Hachey(506) 725-2402Jocelyne.Hachey@CSRChaleurRSC.ca
    Community of Three Rivers
    Village of Petitcodiac    		Sandra Kelly(506) 756-3140
    District of Carleton North
    Town of Florenceville-Bristol
    Village of Bath    		Sarah Pacey(506) 392-6763office@florencevillebristol.ca
    District of Tobique Valley
    Village of Plaster Rock    		Patty St. Peter(506) 356-6070vilprock@nb.aibn.com
    Downtown Bathurst
    Revitalization Corporation Inc.    		Christian Daigle(506) 548-8068dbrc-crcb@bathurst.ca
    Eastern Charlotte
    Town of St. George
    Village of Black’s Harbour    		Jason Gaudet(506) 755-4320Jason.gaudet@easterncharlotte.ca
    Edmundston
    Village de Rivière-Verte    		Evelyn Therrien(506) 263-1060evelyne@nb.aibn.com
    Five Rivers
    Village of Rexton    		Shane Thomson(506) 523-6921shane@villageofrexton.com
    Fundy Albert
    Village of Hillsborough
    Alma
    Riverside Albert    		Hanna Downey(506) 734-3711CAO@fundyalbert.ca
    Grand Bay-Westfield
    Town of Grand Bay-Westfield    		John Enns-Wind(506) 738-6400john@towngbw.ca
    Grand Bouctouche
    Ville de Bouctouche    		Remi Leblanc(506) 743-7000remi.leblanc@bouctouche.ca
    Grand Manan
    Village of Grand Manan    		Alyssa Engersall(506) 662-7059clerk@villageofgrandmanan.com
    Grand-Sault / Grand FallsEric Gagnon(506) 475-7777Eric.gagnon@grandsault.ca
    Greater Miramichi
    Regional Service Commission    		Shawn Cripps(506) 778-5359info@rsc5.ca
    Hampton
    Town of Hampton    		Sherman St. Germain(506) 832-6065info@townofhampton.ca
    Hanwell
    Hanwell Rural Community    		Teri Parker(506) 460-1177clerk@hanwell.nb.ca
    Harvey
    Village of Harvey    		Katherine Henry(506) 366-6240Village.harvey@rogers.com
    Heron Bay
    Town of Dalhousie    		Gilles Legacy(506) 684-7600gilles.legacy@dalhousie.ca
    Île de Lamèque
    Ville de Lamèque    		Dave Brown(506) 344-3222dave.brown@lameque.ca
    Kedgwick
    Communuaté rural de Kedgwick    		Carole Tremblay(506) 284-2160carole.tremblay@kedgwick.ca
    KV Fire DepartmentChief Michael Boyle(506) 848-6601admin.kvfd@nb.aibn.com
    Kent Regional Service CommissionPaul Lang(506) 743-1490Paul.lang@csrk.ca
    Memramcook
    Ville de Memramcook    		Caroline LeBlanc(506) 758-4064caroline@memramcook.com
    Moncton Industrial Development Ltd.Pierre Dupuis(506) 859-0700mctdev@nb.aibn.com
    Municipality of Grand Lake
    Village of Chipman
    Village of Minto    		Michelle Dickinson(506) 339-6601michelle.dickinson
    @municipalityofgrandlake.ca
    Nackawic-Millville
    Town of Nackawic    		Kathryn Clark(506) 575-2241Kathryn.clark@nackawic.com
    Neguac
    Village de Neguac    		Adrien Robichaud(506) 776-3950direction@neguac.com
    New Maryland
    Village of New Maryland    		Scott Sparks(506) 458-6095scott.sparks@vonm.ca
    Northern NB Airport
    Authority Inc.    		Jamie Degrace(506) 549-5050Jamie.degrace@airbathurst.com
    Nouvelle-Arcadie
    Village of Rogersville    		Angèle McCaie(506) 775-2080rogervil@nbnet.nb.ca
    Quispamsis
    Town of Quispamsis    		Natalie Bowen(506) 849-5778nbowen@quispamsis.ca
    Regional Service Commission 8Steve Roberts(506) 432-7530info@rsc8.ca
    Restigouche Regional
    Service Commission    		Betty-Ann Fortin(506) 789-2595bettyann@commissionrestigouche.ca
    Rothesay
    Town of Rothesay    		Ashley Burchell(506) 848-6660ashleyburchell@rothesay.ca
    Saint Andrews
    Town of St-Andrews    		Chris Spear(506) 529-5250cspear@townofstandrews.ca
    Saint-Quentin
    Ville de Saint-Quentin    		Suzanne Coulombe(506) 235-2425scoulombe@saintquentin.ca
    Salisbury
    Village of Salisbury    		Dianne Ayles(506) 372-3230dianneayles@salisburynb.ca
    Shediac
    Ville de Shediac    		Denise Guitard(506) 532-7000denise.guitard@shediac.ca
    South-East Regional
    Service Commission    		Stephanie Thorne(506) 877-1050Stephanie.thorne@nbse.ca
    Southwest New Brunswick
    Service Commission    		Claudette MacLean(506) 466-7830Claudette.maclean@snbsc.ca
    Sussex
    Town of Sussex
    Village of Sussex Corner    		Tara Olesen(506) 432-4540Tara.Olesen@sussex.ca
    Tantramar
    Village of Dorchester
    Town of Sackville    		Jenn Borne(506) 379-3030jborne@dorchester.ca
    Vallées-des-Rivières
    Village de Ste-Anne-de Madawaska
    Ville de Saint-Léonard    		Mélanie Soucy-Tardif(506) 423-3111comptabilite@saint-leonard.ca
    Valley Waters
    Village of Norton    		Anita Pollock(506) 839-3011vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca
    Village of DoaktownKaren Petitpas(506) 365-7370Karen.petitpas@doaktown.ca
    Village of McAdamEd Arseneau(506) 784-2293earsenault@mcadamnb.com
    Ville de Shediac
    Commission des Ėgouts    		Joey Frennette(506) 532-7025joey@gssc-cesb.ca
    Woodstock
    Town of Woodstock    		Fallon Lappage(506) 325-4600fallon@town.woodstock.nb.ca
     
     

    Board Members

    francois beaulieu

    Chairperson and CEO
    François Beaulieu, LLB, LLM

    François Beaulieu was appointed Chairperson of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in 2022, after having served as Vice-Chairperson since 2014. 
     
    Prior to joining the Board, Mr. Beaulieu spent seven years as a solicitor for The City of Saint John, where his practice included contract and public procurement law and public-private partnerships. He began his career as a solicitor with the law firm Clark Drummie, with a general practice focusing on both civil and criminal litigation.
     
    Mr. Beaulieu is currently a part-time instructor at the Faculty of Law at the University of New Brunswick and has previously acted in the same capacity at the Université de Moncton.
     
    Mr. Beaulieu is past Chair of CAMPUT - Canada’s Energy and Utility Regulators, a member of the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals and the Law Society of New Brunswick. 

    Heather BlackMember
    Heather Black, BBA, LLB

    Heather Black was appointed as a member of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in 2022.
     
    Ms. Black spent her early career practicing corporate, commercial and energy law in Fredericton.  She was a partner in a regional law firm until 2014, when she was appointed as New Brunswick’s Public Intervener for the Energy Sector.  As Public Intervener, she advocated on behalf of the public interest in all energy-related proceedings of the Board. 
     
    Ms. Black is the Chair of the New Brunswick Law Foundation.  She has previously served on the Executive Committee of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Board of the New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission. 
     
    Ms. Black is a member of the Law Society of New Brunswick, the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals, and of CAMPUT. 

    John HerronMember
    John Herron, BA, MBA

    John Herron was appointed to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in 2013.
     
    Mr. Herron holds a Master in Business Administration. His private sector career includes sales and marketing management in steel distribution, including project management for the Hibernia Offshore Project and as an enterprise solution manager with Atlantic Canada’s leading telecommunications company. Prior to Mr. Herron’s appointment to the Board, he served as the President of the Atlantica Centre for Energy where he sponsored and produced numerous papers on the region’s energy sector.
     
    From 1997-2004, Mr. Herron served as a Member of Parliament of Canada, representing the Saint John Fundy region. During that time, he served as a leading member of the Standing Committee for the Environment, including a term as its Vice-Chair.
     
    Mr. Herron is a member of the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals and of CAMPUT.

    Christopher StewartMember
    Christopher Stewart, BEd (Hons.), LLB

    Christopher Stewart was appointed to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in 2022.
     
    Prior to joining the Board, Mr. Stewart was a senior partner with the law firm Stewart McKelvey, having spent 33 years with that firm in its Saint John and Moncton offices, with an energy development and regulatory practice and worked extensively in the area of municipal law and other administrative law fields, as well as a general litigation practice.
     
    Mr. Stewart has been involved with in the community with various organizations over the years, including serving on the Boards of Greater Moncton’s economic development agency 3Plus and the Shediac Bay Yacht Club.
     
    Mr. Stewart is a member of the Law Society of New Brunswick, a member of the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals and of CAMPUT.

    Stephanie WilsonMember
    Stephanie Wilson, BScE

    Stephanie Wilson was appointed as a member of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in 2022.
     
    Over her 25-year career in the energy sector, Ms. Wilson has held a variety of roles in operations, engineering, project management and commercial activities. After graduating from the University of New Brunswick, she began her career with NB Power in the generation group and followed in roles with TC Energy in pipeline integrity and power project development, construction, and maintenance. Prior to joining the Board, Ms. Wilson held responsibilities within TC Energy for commercial and business development activities for its Mexico natural gas pipeline systems and most recently in Canada for its Canadian natural gas pipeline systems.
     
    Ms. Wilson is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick, the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals, and of CAMPUT.
     
     

    Board Staff

    ADMINISTRATION

    Kathleen Mitchell – Chief Clerk

    Melissa Curran - Deputy Chief Clerk

    Linda Cormier - Records and Information Officer

    Stephanie LeBlanc - Administrative Clerk

     

    LEGAL 

    Katherine McBrearty - General Counsel

    Véronique Otis - Legal Counsel


    REGULATORY AND FINANCE

    Trudy Atherton Hall – Accounting Administrator

    Susan Colwell – Advisor

    Michael Dickie – Manager, Finance

    David Keenan – Advisor

    David Young – Manager, Regulatory Services

     

    PIPELINE

    Todd McQuinn, P. Eng. - Director, Pipeline Safety

    Don Persaud – Pipeline Inspector

    David Rhydwen – Pipeline Inspector


    RELIABILITY AND COMPLIANCE

    Paul MacDonald – Director, Reliability Standards, Compliance and Enforcement

    Mark Vautour – Compliance Officer

     
     
     
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    New Brunswick consumers may face double carbon charges on July 1

    June 1, 2023, 9:13 am
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    New Brunswick consumers may face double carbon charges on July 1

    Carbon taxes and clean fuel charges are lining up to take effect on same day

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·
    Steven Guilbeault, the federal environment and climate change minister, sent a letter to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board last week urging it not to charge consumers extra for federal 'clean fuel' requirements that target industry. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
     
    New Brunswick drivers appear likely to face two new carbon-related charges this time next month that could add as much as 12.4 cents per litre to the price of gasoline and 14.2 cents to diesel, factoring in all changes, including the effect of the HST.

    In a province that consumes 1.4 billion litres of the two fuels each year, it's a potential cost to consumers in excess of $175 million, less than one-third of which will be subject to rebates.

    Final amounts will depend on an upcoming decision of New Brunswick's Energy and Utilities Board, but a double increase on each fuel on July 1 appears inevitable according to the province's new public intervener Alain Chiasson.

    "Unfortunately, that sounds about right," said Chiasson.

    On gasoline, the two charges include a 3.26-cent-per-litre annual increase in regular carbon taxes applied at the pump. 

    Diesel, which contains more carbon than gasoline, is facing a 3.97-cent-per-litre increase.

    A blue sign that reads '304.5' in green lettering next to white lettering that says 'clean diesel' Diesel prices set a Canadian record in New Brunswick when they passed $3 per litre in early November 2022. The federal government says so much money was made by oil companies last year they can afford to pay for new clean fuel regulations. (Eric Wooliscroft/CBC)

    Those increases, added to existing carbon taxes imposed in earlier years, will all be recoverable by consumers when carbon tax rebates in New Brunswick begin in October.

    The second and more controversial July 1 charge, estimated to be as high as 7.5 cents per litre on gasoline, is to be imposed to compensate oil companies for extra costs caused by new federal "clean fuel" regulations.

    A similar charge on diesel could be as high as 8.4 cents and unlike carbon taxes, neither of those will be subject to rebates.

    There is a dispute between the federal and New Brunswick governments over whether oil companies or consumers should deal with the costs of the clean fuel program, but it's New Brunswick's decision. In December, the province changed legislation clearing the way for consumers to pay.

    New Brunswick Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland told the legislature that costs of the clean fuel regulations to "manufacturers and importers" of petroleum products would be "significant."

    "These cost will be passed on to wholesalers and retailers, so it will be critical to have these costs reflected in the weekly price calculation," said Holland.

    Through its legislation, the province authorized a new "carbon cost adjuster" to be added to regulated fuel prices to  mitigate costs to oil companies of the new clean fuel rules and then left it to the Energy and Utilities Board to decide on an amount.

    An overhead shot of an oil refinery, with a variety of storage tanks. Six in a row in the foreground are white with letters spelling out "Irving" between them in dark letters. The Irving Oil refinery in Saint John is Canada's largest. The New Brunswick government changed legislation in December to allow costs imposed by new federal rules about clean fuels to be passed on to consumers. (Roger Cosman/CBC News)

    The board hired the consulting company Grant Thornton to advise it on how to proceed and the company developed a formula that estimated amounts that would have to be charged to consumers to pay for new federal levies facing industry.

    A hearing was held by the board at the end of April, and although it has not released a decision yet on what clean fuel charges it will authorize, Chiasson does not see many options.

    "The board will make its decision," said Chiasson.

    "Maybe they'll come up with some other formula but I doubt they would go against their experts so we're probably looking at a seven- or eight-cent increase plus the carbon tax."

    What is the clean fuel standard?

    Unlike the carbon tax, which is meant to affect consumer decisions about the use of fossil fuels, the clean fuel standard is aimed at affecting industry practices.

    Its goal is to encourage an expansion of the production and distribution of products like ethanol and biodiesel and to force changes inside refineries like the use of renewable energy in the manufacturing process.

    A Petro-Canada sign showing the price of gas. The price of gas and diesel in New Brunswick has been falling this spring, but that may change July 1 when two separate carbon charges may hit provincial pumps at the same time. (Richie Bulger/CBC)

    Targets have been set to lower the carbon intensity of what refineries produce and how they operate, and financial rewards and penalties are in place if those targets are exceeded or missed.

    Critics have complained passing costs of penalties onto consumers will lower incentives for industry to make changes. In a letter to the Energy and Utilities Board last week, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault urged the board not to authorize any increase in prices to consumers for clean fuel costs.

    He said companies have a year to take actions that will reduce penalties they might face and claimed the costs of not meeting targets are being exaggerated in any event.

    "It is the position of the Government of Canada that the Clean Fuel Regulations will not necessarily lead to significant cost increases to refiners particularly in the short term," he wrote.

    "Seeking immediate consumer price increases to account for estimated costs under a worst case scenario projection could lead to a scenario where a company later chooses a lower cost option (and) pockets the increased revenue from consumers."

    Guilbeault's letter also made the point that refiners earned record amounts of money in 2022 and could afford to pay for the clean fuel changes, but his intervention may be too little too late.

    The letter arrived a month after the board's hearing into the issue had already concluded with no sign that the body is officially taking it into consideration. 

    As of Wednesday, it had not been added to the official record of the carbon cost adjustor matter.

    Chiasson said all indications are double carbon charges are coming to New Brunswick July 1. The only question is how large the second of the two will be.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Robert Jones

    Reporter

    Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.

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    172 Comments
     
     
     
    David Amos 
    Go Figure

    "Chiasson said all indications are double carbon charges are coming to New Brunswick July 1. The only question is how large the second of the two will be." 

     
     
     
    David Amos
      
    These are your words not mine

    David Johnston plans to stay on as special rapporteur after Commons votes for him to step aside

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to defend Johnston's appointment

    Stephanie Taylor, Mia Rabson · The Canadian Press · Posted: May 31, 2023 5:34 PM ADT

     
     
    David Amos
      
    Oh My My Did I strike a nerve again?  
     
     
     
    David Amos
      
    Comic relief anyone?

    Singh says he won't force an election until confidence in the electoral system is restored

    Former Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says China worked to undermine his influence as MP, leader

    Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: May 30, 2023 2:29 PM ADT

     
     
    David Amos
      
    Methinks this is just the beginning of a long hot summer filled with much discontent N'esy Pas?  
     
     
     
     
    Shawn Tabor
    Why is this news, we had it coming. Remember,,, welcome to NB the place to be, where folks have gotten wealthy off the backs of taxpayers. Oh hold on, the show is not over, their is more coming. Poor yourself a cup of GST and relax. LOL  
     
     
    David Amos
    Reply to Shawn Tabor
    Yea Right  
     
     
     
     
     
    David Amos
    Surprise Surprise Surprise
     
     
     
     
    Dianne MacPherson   
    The key word in the Headline is MAY.

    I'll wait until our EUB gives their decision !!

     
    David Amos
    Reply to Dianne MacPherson  
    They will do what Higgy orders them to do 
     
     
    Dianne MacPherson   
    Reply to David Amos 
    That's false and you KNOW it.

    I'm so damn sick of reading all

    the tripe about Premier Higgs !!

     
    David Amos
    Reply to Dianne MacPherson 
    I know it all too well 




     
    Daniel Henwell  
    Ken Howe
    Reply to Daniel Henwell
    Isn’t going to happen my friend. Singh is playing for his pension right now.  
     
     
    Vel Oakes 
    Reply to Daniel Henwell 
    I read elsewhere on this site that he (Singh) won't push for an election until public trust in the electoral system is restored. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that won't be happening anytime soon. . . 
     
     
    David Amos
    Reply to Ken Howe 
    C'est Vrai







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    Fredericton to seek more than $100K in costs associated with cancelled jail plan

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    Fredericton to seek more than $100K in costs associated with cancelled jail plan

    Mayor Kate Rogers says city spent staff time and money on preparing for jail project

     
    Aidan Cox· CBC News ·
    Fredericton Mayor Kate Rogers says the city is looking to recoup more than $100,000 in costs it spent preparing for a jail to be built in the city. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
     
    Fredericton Mayor Kate Rogers says the city is going after the province for more than $100,000 it spent preparing for a new jail.

    Those costs came from site preparation and staff time used up to accommodate the government's proposal to buy 25 acres from the city, then rezone the land so the province could build a new $42-million corrections centre.

    "Most of it is just development costs and prepping of the land,"  Rogers said Thursday.

    "Clearly, a lot of planning time also went into making this reality," she said, citing the required rezoning, which had to go through the planning advisory committee as well.

    "So there was a lot of that type of staff time."

    On Monday, four months after the city gave the province the approval to build a jail, the Department of Justice and Public Safety issued a brief news release saying it would no longer build it in Fredericton.

    That process had started last fall, with councillors agreeing to sell the province a plot of city-owned land to build it in the Vanier Industrial Park.

    A large piece of green land captured from above The city was planning to sell the provincial government a piece of land in the Vanier Industrial Park for a jail to be built on and had already approved the necessary rezoning for the project. (Google Earth)

    The land then had to be rezoned, which involved consideration by the city's planning advisory committee, which recommended against granting the rezoning.

    In January, the decision came to councillors, who heard a myriad of submissions from the public, with some for the jail, and many — primarily in the Lincoln Heights neighbourhood — against it.

    Councillors ultimately voted in favour of granting the rezoning, which was required for the land sale to go through.

    In its news release, the Department of Justice and Public Safety said it cancelled its plan over concerns raised by residents, adding that it is now looking at a location outside the city to minimize any perceived impact on residents.

    Initially announced in fall 2021, the proposal to build a jail in Fredericton was something Rogers welcomed, citing positive economic spin-offs expected from the new jobs that would be created to staff it.

    On Thursday, Rogers avoided sharing her personal reaction to the province's latest decision.

    "We will have to find ways now to find those economic spin-offs in other ways, which we will do," she said.

    "These things happen, and I think that is part of our role as leaders, is accepting that, and... making sure that whatever tax-payer money went in to trying to make this facility a reality that, that those costs are covered."

    Rogers said she hasn't spoken with provincial officials about their willingness to reimburse the city for costs associated with the jail proposal.

    "I'm quite certain we have a very productive working relationship," she said. "I'm quite certain that will all fall out as it should."

    CBC News asked for an interview with Justice and Public Safety Minister Kris Austin Thursday but did not receive one before deadline.

    A man wearing glasses stares at a camera off screen. Justice and Public Safety Minister Kris Austin's department issued a statement saying residents' concerns prompted the decision to no longer build a jail in Fredericton. (Patrick Richard/CBC)

    Austin hasn't yet spoken publicly about the decision to no longer build a jail in Fredericton.

    Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Premier Blaine Higgs said "significant opposition" to the Fredericton location was the reason his government opted out of the plan.

    He said the province was still looking at other locations where the jail could potentially be built instead.

    Surrounding municipal councils have since made pitches to the province to have the jail built in their communities.

    Those include Grand Lake, which Austin's riding is included in, as well as Arcadia, which is part of Gagetown-Petitcodiac MLA Ross Wetmore's riding.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Aidan Cox

    Journalist

    Aidan Cox is a journalist for the CBC based in Fredericton. He can be reached at aidan.cox@cbc.ca and followed on Twitter @Aidan4jrn.

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    David Amos  
    What if the councillors had voted against the rezoning??? 


    Sue Fillmore 
    Reply to David Amos 
    Good point. Maybe the city should go after the many concerned citizens who didn’t want it in their area
     
     
    TERRY HAY 
    Reply to David Amos
    The city ultimately was the cause for it to be cancelled. Shouldn't be on the rest of NB taxpayers to pay for what they did. Bring the jail to the Nashwaak Rural Community.  
     





    Fred Dee
    the mayor of Freddy is out of touch!!! She will never get the cash... and she knows it!!

    Why did we elect her???? she is out of touch with reality!!! 

     
    David Amos

    Reply to Fred Dee
    I wonder if she ever read my lawsuit 
     
     
    David Amos
    Reply to David Amos 
    In 2012 I talked to this lady who claims to be a graduate of UNB’s Masters program in Political Science 
     
     
    David Amos
     
    Reply to David Amos 
    I first crossed paths with her and the FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE while I was running in the election of the 39th Parliament In the Fat Fred City riding 
     
     
     
     
    My concerns are NOT funny kid
    David Amos Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:46 PM
    To: tisrael@cippic.ca
    Cc: pm@pm.gc.ca, Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, motomaniac333@gmail.com


    --- On Tue, 9/9/08, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:

    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
    Subject: It must be tough for the CBC crooks to remember me when the sneaky Crown Corp has tried so hard to deny that I existed so many times EH Mr. Harper?
    To: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com, scotta@parl.gc.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, danf@danf.net, danny.copp@fredericton.ca, day.s@parl.gc.ca, Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, moore.r@parl.gc.ca, zorroboy@live.com, rwnicholson@canada.com, garth@garth.ca
    Cc: william.corbett@elections.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, t.j.burke@gnb.ca, thompson.g@parl.gc.ca, tony.whalen@gnb.ca, checkup@cbc.ca, marnoon@cbc.ca, tedcardwell@mail.gov.nf.ca, lisah@whooshnet.com
    Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 12:30 PM

    Digital Copyright Canada

    Canada Votes 2006

    The Canadian federal election is called for January 23, 2006.

    CIPPIC 2006 election questions

    During the 2006 federal election CIPPIC had a series of questions for parties. We invite people to ask individual candidates and post any responses.

    Canada Votes 2006: Ridings of Interest

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Thu, 2006/01/05 - 15:13.Canada Votes 2006 | Bonavista - Gander - Grand Falls - Windsor | Burnaby--New Westminster | Durham | Edmonton--Leduc | Jeanne-Le Ber | Kildonan--St. Paul | Ottawa South | Parkdale--High Park | Timmins--James Bay | Winnipeg North | Winnipeg South | Canadian Electoral Districts
    The following ridings are considered to be of special interest to our community.

    Parkdale--High Park
    Close race between Peggy Nash and Sarmite Sam Bulte. Ms. Bulte is a close friend of the incumbent foreign intermediaries, and possibility to become the next Heritage Minister if the Liberals form the government. She is seen by our community as one of the greatest threats to Canadian creativity, especially independents and creators using alternative methods of production, distribution and funding. Anyone with ties to this riding should do what they can to support Ms. Nash and ensure that Ms. Bulte does not win her seat.
    Timmins--James Bay
    Riding of independent writer, broadcaster and musician Charlie Angus. He was also the NDP Heritage critic. It is seen as important that this independent creator, who understands the competitive issues in Copyright, is in the next parliament. Was sent signatures to the Petition for Users Rights which he offered to table for us, but this did not happen before the election was called.
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    Election 2006 Candidates list

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Wed, 2006/01/04 - 22:15.Canada Votes 2006 | Political Parties | Canadian Electoral Districts
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    CBC radio, Ontario Today: Political Piracy

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Wed, 2006/01/11 - 00:23.Canada Votes 2006 | Parkdale--High Park
    Some people think Bulte appears to be way too cozy with the entertainment industry. One of those who's concerned is Michael Geist a professor at University of Ottawa, specializing in Internet and electronic commerce law.
    The interview with Mr Geist is online in RealAudio format, but the interview with Bulte seems to be missing at the moment.
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    Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) gets some answers to election questions

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Tue, 2006/01/10 - 17:40.Canada Votes 2006 | Bloc Québécois | Conservative Party of Canada | Educational Community | Liberal Party of Canada | New Democratic Party
    The future of this country lies with our children and youth. That is why the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) has identified key issues that have an impact on the challenges faced, on a daily basis, by teachers in their efforts to meet the diverse and growing range of children's needs.
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    Green Party Parkdale High-park campaign office provides response to questions.

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Tue, 2006/01/10 - 14:39.Canada Votes 2006 | Green Party of Canada | Parkdale--High Park
    Received from Kevin McCall, Campaign Manager for Robert Rishchynski, Parkdale-High Park Green Party of Canada
    Hi Russell,
    Sorry for taking so long to reply but, as you can probably imagine, we're extremely busy at this time.
    My name is Kevin McCall and I am the campaign manager for Rob Rishchynski's campaign in Parkdale-High Park. I have forwarded your email to the Green Party media team in the hopes of a formal response. In the meantime, I've tried to provide you with some information as to where the Green Party and Rob stand on this issue.
    The 2006 Green Party platform does not specifically address copyright laws, as this is not seen as a national issue by most. However, the platform includes the following (Page 20) on support for the arts:
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    Canadian politicians should not sell themselves to Multi-National Corporate Interests.

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Tue, 2006/01/10 - 13:05.Canada Votes 2006 | Fading Ways Music | Parkdale--High Park
    (Covered by: p2pnet, BoingBoing)
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
    Fading Ways Records & several Toronto Indie Artists protest the shameless sell out of a Canadian politician and potential Minister of Canadian Heritage to multi-national corporations' lobbying interests in extremist copyright laws.
    It has now become public knowledge that Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte, a long-time supporter of Canadian copyright "reform" and Bill C-60, has received significant campaign funding support from several industry players including several lobbying groups and trade associations such as Access Copyright, David Basskin's CMRRA and even, sadly, SOCAN. While legal, these political contributions amount to an ethical conflict of interest that should be eradicated from Canadian politics.
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    Green Party election platform to include support for open source

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Tue, 2006/01/10 - 11:54.Canada Votes 2006 | Free/Libre and Open Source Software | Green Party of Canada
    In its platform for the 2004 election, the Green Party set itself apart by promising that, if elected, it would require federal agencies to initiate transitions to open source operating systems and productivity software. It also said it would make technology that has been developed at public expense a publicly owned resource.
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    ITBusiness: Liberal fundraiser stirs up copyright controversy

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Tue, 2006/01/10 - 11:48.Canada Votes 2006 | Bill C-60 | Liberal Party of Canada | Parkdale--High Park | PCT
    This article by Neil Sutton in ITBusiness.ca includes this misinformation from Bulte:
    Bulte said that she resents the implication of undue influence, adding that "no one can buy me for $250 or $250,000. I have been an outspoken advocate of artists and creators well before I was ever elected, because nobody speaks out for them."
    I wrote the following letter to the editor:
    Ms. Bulte exemplifies those qualities that make people not trust politicians -- misdirection and false information to try to hide from her own scandal. When Bulte says that there is a need for someone to speak out for the interests of artists and creators because "nobody speaks out for them.", she is misdirecting from the fact that she is a big part of the problem in Ottawa. She is a close friends with the intermediaries between creators and their audiences. These intermediaries are an entirely separate set of interests than artists and creators, and Bulte has shut out most actual creators from the debate. She quickly dismisses anyone that doesn't share her extreme views, ignoring the warnings of dire consequences to authors and creators of her policies.
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    Liberals lacking policy platform? On tech issues they are headed the wrong way...

    Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Mon, 2006/01/09 - 18:02.Canada Votes 2006 | CIPPIC 2006 election questions | Liberal Party of Canada | Ottawa South | Parkdale--High Park
    Liberal Leader Paul Martin should be taken out of his "bubble," he should be attending rallies to energize party members across the country and many Liberals are angry that the party still doesn't have a policy platform book out yet with six weeks into the campaign and only two weeks to go, say some Liberals.
    My letter to the editor:
    I live in Ottawa South, and the Liberal party is making it very hard for me if I wanted to vote for incumbent David McGuinty. While the Liberals don't have policy documents, the party has answered critical technology law questions that The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) asked. http://www.cippic.ca/en/projects-cases/election-2006/
    The Liberals started by insulted us on their answer to the first question, entirely dismissing the concerns of many Canadians including computer and security experts.
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    THE FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE

    Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region    January 16, 2005

     

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    FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE ARTS SURVEY

    FEDERAL ELECTION 2006

    Questions courtesy of the Canadian Conference of the Arts.

    The Fredericton Arts Alliance is a not-for profit arts advocacy and lobbying association founded in 1999 to present a collective voice for the development of all artistic disciplines. Part of the mandate of the Fredericton Arts Alliance is to mobilize the arts community to encourage artists, arts organizations, arts workers and friends of the arts to vote and engage in meaningful political dialogue with candidates.

    On January 4, 2006 the Charlotte Street Arts Centre hosted an Arts Forum with political candidates John Carty, New Democratic Party; Philip Duchastel, Green Party; Pat Lynch, Conservative Party; and Andy Scott, Liberal Party.  Candidates were also asked to participate in an Arts Survey, the results of which are presented below.  John Carty, Pat Lynch and Andy Scott participated in the individual survey questions, while Philip Duchastel of the Green party supplied a general response to all the questions which can be found at the end of the survey. 

    Independent candidate, David Amos, registered late and thus could not be included in the Arts Forum or survey.

    SURVEY QUESTIONS

    1) INVESTING IN CANADA'S ARTS AND CULTURE AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD: HONOURING OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

    a) Will your party ensure that new federal funding for the arts and culture announced on November 23, which included an increase to the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts and other key investments, will be reflected in the 2006 Federal Budget?

    b) Does your party support a review of Canada's new international policy statement to restore arts and culture as a key aspect of public diplomacy? Would your party support increased financing for the Department of Foreign Affairs' cultural programs?

    c) Does your party intend to extend the Department of Canadian Heritage's "Tomorrow Starts Today" funding package beyond the current timetable? Would your party increase financial commitments to its component programs?

    RESPONSES

    John Carty - New Democrat Party

    The NDP will ensure that the government follows through on November's Canada Council funding announcement. We need to make certain that the Council's funding for art and artists remains stable and accessible.

    The NDP supports a review of Canada's new international policy statement to restore arts and culture as a key aspect of public diplomacy. We will support increased financing for the Department of Foreign Affairs' cultural programs.

    The NDP believes that our arts, culture, and media are vital to preserving our cultural sovereignty and independence as a nation. We will continue to fight for the development of arts and culture policies that nurture this sector as a vital economic engine for Canada, our cities, and communities.

    Pat Lynch - Conservative Party of Canada

    a)  Mr. Lynch notes that Conservative Heritage Critic MP Bev Oda, in a letter, said this referring to a 2005 budget: "I want to be clear that the Conservative Party will honour all commitments made in the budget to the cultural industries, even if the budget is not passed".

    b)  Mr. Lynch responds as follows: Historically the three pillars of Canadian international policy have been political diplomacy, economic trade, and culture.  The elimination of the third pillar from international policy is a marked departure, and no justification has been presented.

    What is even more unprecedented is the fact that the Liberal Party appears to have made this change without consulting the arts and culture stakeholders in Canada.

    In a strongly worded letter of November 14 2005, Robert Spickler, President of the Canadian Conference of the Arts, stated: "It would be the hope of CCA and it members that the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International trade explore this major departure from Canada's previous foreign policy during the course of your consultation process. I can assure you that CCA and it members will have many suggestions to restore a greater focus on the promotion of Canadian culture and values in the international arena."

    He also added: "In reviewing the survey prepared by the Standing Committee, the CCA was surprised that there were no questions regarding the appropriate role for artists and creators in the fulfilment of Canada's international policy objectives…"

    c)  Mr. Lynch responds as follows: The "Tomorrow Starts Today" program was initiated in 2001 to provide funding for the performing arts and culture.

    Late in the year 2004, Conservative MP Bev Oda was the member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage who made the motion asking the Minister to indicate to the cultural community her intention to renew the "Tomorrow Starts Today" program before the end of the year. As she stated at that time: "I do not believe it is reasonable to keep the entire cultural community in limbo when planning for the up coming year, or years, is taking place".

    Consequently, it is good to see that the "Tomorrow Starts Today" program has been renewed and extended for four years through to the year 2010.

    Andy Scott - Liberal Party of Canada

    a)  Yes, enthusiastically!

    b)  I will work with Foreign Affairs with the aim of bringing about a change in the draft policy statement. The government, as a whole, has not approved this draft. In my view the exclusion of culture needs to be reversed.

    c)  We have already committed to extending the TST package by close to $900-million through the period 2005-2010. This is vital for the arts in this country. It is too early to say whether the government would commit now to a further extension beyond 2010. Going on our past record, I think an extension would be likely. You are no doubt aware that the government has also committed to provide the Canada Council with a $306 increase in its budget over the next three years.

    2) EQUITABLE TREATMENT FOR CANADIAN ARTISTS AND CREATORS

    a) Does your party support the objectives of Canadian Conference of the Arts'sFair Tax Treatment of Professional Artists Campaign, which are:

    i) To establish a policy that all professional artists will be deemed to be carrying on a business for purposes of their artistic income (independent contractor status) unless:

    '         in the case where there is no collective bargaining relationship, an engager and the artist enter into a contract of service (employer-employee relationship) that is explicit and unambiguous, or

    '         an engager and an association representing a group of artists negotiate a provision that artists governed by a collective agreement are in a contract of service relationship.

    ii) To have a community-agreed test of "professionalism" replace the "reasonable expectation of profit" test now used by the Canada Revenue Agency.

    b) Does your party support the development of a program by which self-employed workers, dependent contractors, and Canadians in other non-standard work could access full social benefits without the loss of their self-employment status?

    c) Does your party intend to introduce further revisions to the Copyright Act? Will your party commit to enacting legislation that enhances the moral and economic rights of creators and copyright owners?

    RESPONSES

    John Carty - New Democrat Party 

    New Democrats understand that Canada has an amazing array of artists and that their contribution to our identity is just as essential as our roads and other infrastructure. As such, they deserve better support, funding, and tax treatment.

    In recent years, the EI system has moved further away from actually helping the people it is meant to protect all the while amassing a massive surplus in the EI fund. When only thirty-five to forty percent of workers qualify for the benefits they earned, there is clearly a problem with the program. The problem with the system does not derive from over usage by Canadians in need; rather it's the federal government who can't detach itself from the bounty of their forty-six billion dollar EI slush fund to give it to the Canadians who actually earned it.

    New Democrats want to help Canadians work and to provide Canadians their earned EI benefits when they can't. In June, New Democrat MP Yvon Godin tabled a motion on the NDP's Opposition Day to bring about greater fairness to unemployed Canadians in high unemployment areas.

    With this motion, the NDP has worked to reform the EI system and correct a significant injustice in the system. It will not be needed by every Canadian, but in those communities where work is not always readily accessible, it will lead to greater self sufficiency as it better reflects the realities of the 21st century economy.

    New Democrats have traditionally expressed support for measures that protect the rights of creators, and ensure that their work is valued and compensated, whether it appears on the radio, in print media, on the Internet, or elsewhere.

    New Democrats have also expressed that any copyright legislation needs to balance the rights of creators, users and distributors. Creators must be fairly compensated for their work, and only a creator can waive that right. At the same time, users need fair access, in order to encourage a vital Canadian culture. We would support legislative measures that involve a careful balancing of all of these factors.

    Pat Lynch - Conservative Party of Canada 

    a) Mr. Lynch states that he believes the Canadian tax system should be fair to all Canadians. The tax system has been adjusted and fine tuned for students, fisherman, and farmers, often to recognize the sometimes irregular nature of their income. It is only reasonable to give a full and fair examination to the special problems associated with those persons who are artists and creators.

    b) Mr. Lynch states that he believes that there must be an attempt to achieve equitable treatment of all Canadians with respect to full social benefits.

    c) Mr. Lynch notes that Copyright Law has to be a living document. The mere expansion of knowledge in the years prior to the new technologies gave rise to a significant change in the understanding of the needs in this area. The new technologies have only increased the requirement for continuing review of this important area.

    Andy Scott - Liberal Party of Canada

    a)              i)  Self-employed artists continue to be some of the most underpaid and unfairly taxed members of our national workforce, and in most cases are unable to participate in national social benefit programs including those under EI legislation such as maternity, paternity, and benefits. The tax issue has to be seen in the overall context of fair tax treatment and fair income levels. I favour, through the window of the EI program, providing access to benefits which we consider "as everyday" in most other sectors. That said, the mechanisms are not simple and I would push for departments like Customs and Revenue Canada and Service Canada, (formerly Human Resources Development Canada) to examine the issues in depth with a view to bringing forward legislation. I have already raised the issue with Minister Belinda Stronach at the opening of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in November.

    ii) I would not be prepared to commit to this proposal at this time. I am prepared to take the issue up with the ministers of Customs and Revenue Canada and with Service Canada.

    b) In principle, yes, but as noted in the answer to 2 a) (i).

    c) Despite the attractiveness, particularly to youth, in downloading artistic creations such as music from the Internet, we must remain acutely aware that artists create such items and they must not be altered or reproduced without the permission of the creator. The landmark Michael Snow case involving the effort of the owners of the Eaton Centre to put scarves on Snow's geese sculpture shows that there is a fundamental protection in law of copyright in such cases. Recent amendments to the act have strengthened the legislation, and these changes must be under immediate scrutiny to identify the efficacy of amendments and confirm the course of further amendments.

    3) CANADA'S BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

    a) Does your party support CBC's request for new monies for regional and local services and for Canadian television drama? Would your party provide long-term, stable funding for the CBC?

    b) Will your party ensure that the cultural objectives of the Broadcasting Act are respected in the face of challenges posed by new communications technologies, such as: Internet, satellite radio, pod-casting, and television-enabled cellular phones?

    c) What are your party's plans to ensure a more transparent and guaranteed revenue flow from all media, but particularly from digital media, to the owners and licensees of copyright materials?

    RESPONSES

    John Carty - New Democrat Party

    The NDP is also committed to increasing and stabilizing federal funding for the things like the Canadian Television Fund, Telefilm, and the CBC. We recognize that these institutions play a critical role in the development and promotion of quality Canadian programming and feature films. The NDP is committed to ensuring that both receive the stable, long-term funding they need to maintain and strengthen a vibrant Canadian film and television production sector.

    The NDP is committed to increasing and stabilizing funding for the CBC and Radio-Canada, recognizing the importance of public broadcasting in a large country in a larger world. The NDP recognizes and supports the CBC's capacity to connect Canadians to each other through news, regional programming, drama, and comedy. We believe that the CBC plays a crucial role to building our identity as a nation, and that a strong public broadcaster is essential in connecting a large and diverse country and maintaining our distinct identity.

    The NDP has fought hard for increased and stabilized funding for the arts and cultural institutions like the CBC to off-set the years of Liberal cuts and lack of commitment from Paul Martin's government to protect and promote arts, culture, and public broadcasting.

    Pat Lynch - Conservative Party of Canada

    a) Mr. Lynch notes that it is necessary to see a definitive plan before making a specific funding commitment to any group or organization. However, funding for Canada's arts and culture communities would be a priority for a Conservative government. A review of programs and policies will ensure that they effectively meet their objectives, are based on merit, and remove political involvement from the process.

    b) Mr. Lynch notes that this activity will have to cover two areas. First, it will be necessary to look at the objectives of the legislation. For example, section 3(d) below sets out the objectives of broadcasting in Canada, and demonstrates the strength of cultural preservation as a rationale of content regulation:

    The Canadian broadcasting system should:

    (i) serve to safeguard, enrich and strengthen the cultural,   political, social, and economic fabric of Canada

    (ii) encourage the development of Canadian expression by providing a wide range of programming that reflects Canadian opinion, ideas, values, and artistic creativity, by displaying Canadian talent in entertainment programming and by offering information and analysis concerning Canada and other countries from a Canadian point of view. Second, it must somehow relate the objectives of broadcasting to the technological environment that is available today, which can be illustrated with three points:

    (1) It is probably accurate to say that broadcasting in the Broadcast Act is assumed to take place with the weight of a full formal entity and expensive equipment dedicated to that activity on a full time, commercial basis. On the other hand, with the Internet, any single individual can "broadcast" opinions, and pictures, and music on a part time basis from a computer. Moving down to a more compact technology, a cell phone with camera can "broadcast" pictures from a disaster site or from an entertainment site almost anywhere in the world.

    (2) Spectrum scarcity is no longer a concern for many forms of "broadcasting" such as the Internet and cell phones.

    (3) Location, position, and jurisdiction are all irrelevant in the Internet paradigm.

    These are the challenges that face us.

    c) Mr. Lynch notes that this is a matter which must involve analysis and development of plans by a number of government domains including copyright, patents, income tax, economic development, incentive programs, and finance.

    Andy Scott-Liberal Party of Canada:

    a) Within the most recent supplementary estimates $86-million was designated to the CBC to strengthen English and French television, radio and new media programming. This was lost due to the election call.  The CBC felt obliged to make cuts in regional programming, notably in supper hour newscasts, and the government in placing the $86-million line in the budget, expressed its strong support to recoup on those losses and build up regional programming significantly.

    b & c) There is a difference between satellite radio, Internet, pod casting, and television enabled cellular phones. Some examples will help illustrate our approach. In order to receive information for pod casting and television enabled cellular phones, you have to download information from the Internet. We can make Canadian content law, for example, apply to satellite radio, but it is very difficult to control the content of the Internet.

    In the fall of 2004, the CRTC considered three proposals for pay radio. Proposals were only approved after companies modified their proposals that would deal with Canadian content. Almost 800 interventions were received; the vast majority favoured at least one of the proposals. In terms of Canadian content some of the provisions were that: at least 85% of the musical selections and spoken word programming broadcast on the Canadian channels must be Canadian; and, that at least 25% of musical selections on the Canadian channels must be new Canadian.

    4) SUSTAINING DISTINCTIVE CANADIAN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

    a) Will your party commit to maintain the current level of 53% Canadian ownership rules in our media, broadcasting, and telecommunications systems, and ensure that Canadians will always own our own airwaves?

    b) What is your party's position on the concentration of ownership in Canada's cultural industries?  What quantifiable limits to the concentration of ownership and vertical integration within the various cultural industries will your party propose?

    c) Given that Canada recently ratified the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, will your party develop policies to encourage more domestic investment in our cultural industries?  What would those be?

    RESPONSES  

    John Carty - New Democrat Party

    The NDP commits to maintaining the current level of 53% Canadian ownership rules in our media, broadcasting, and telecommunications systems, and we will ensure that Canadians will always own our own airwaves.

    Our platform on Arts and Culture, which will outline specific initiatives, has not yet been released. When it is released it will be available on-line at http://www.ndp.ca/

    Pat Lynch-Conservative Party of Canada:

     a) Mr. Lynch notes that the presentation and preservation of Canadian culture have required that the Federal Government adopt a number of important strategies under both national and international structures. One of the most recent strategies has been the signing of the UNESCO International Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the purpose of which is to place cultural activities and products outside the pressures of more liberal trade measures. On a national basis, over a large number of years the Federal Government has instituted a number of measures through the CRTC, particularly as related to ownership. In the matter of ownership relating to diverse opinions and voices available in the media, there are a number of

    examples:

    1) In 1967 in areas in which multiple television stations were competing for advertising dollars, the CRTC began permitting so-called twinstick operations in which the same company owned both CBC and CTV affiliates.

    2) In the mid-1990's, the CRTC began allowing companies to own multiple television stations in large markets such as Toronto.

    3) Many Canadian newspapers are also owned by the same media conglomerate.

    4) Companies which own both television and newspaper assets have strict control on the extent to which they can merge their operations.

    Along with perspective in opinion and voices, presentation and preservation of Canadian culture is important to me. I would work towards Canadian ownership rules which present and preserve Canadian culture at that level necessary to accomplish this objective.

    b) Mr. Lynch notes that this is a very complex issue. There are matters of international trade, free trade agreements, corporate structures, and preservation and promotion of cultural industries involved in these considerations.

    In addition, the cultural industries themselves are vastly different.

    It is difficult to reduce such broad considerations into a single quantifiable numeric representing a limit on concentration of ownership, and a single numeric representing the degree of vertical integration.

    c) Mr. Lynch notes that there are five factors involved in achieving these goals.

    1) It is necessary to recognize that books, films, television programs, and other cultural goods and services have a distinctive quality and significance that goes beyond their commercial value.

    2) It must be understood that cultural goods and services are vehicles by which the identity, values, and meaning of a country are conveyed.

    3) There must be some sort of consensus on the importance of Canadian culture.

    4) The concept must be clear that cultural goods and service should be exempt from the provision of trade agreements which if such global trade agreements were crafted too broadly might otherwise capture them.

    5) The government must ensure that they make Canadian cultural policy, rather than non-elected international tribunals responsible for the administration of trade agreements.

    Andy Scott-Liberal Party of Canada:

     a) Yes.

    b) Concentration of ownership is a critical issue and should be pursued through legal channels such as Combines Investigation [Act], and other public forums. I would not be prepared, in the absence of study and recommendations, to commit to specific limits.

    c) We are proud that Canada was the first country on the planet to ratify the convention. We were leaders in every level of its development. As you are aware, the federal government presently supports arts and culture entrepreneurs through programs, such as Trade Routes Canada, that increase Canadian exports of cultural products and services. On the horizon, as one example of our new commitment to cultural industries, the People Building New Brunswick project provides for pre-production assistance in the performing arts, as well as pre-exhibition assistance in the visual arts. This would help overcome some of the problems in a small jurisdiction such as New Brunswick in staging important new productions or exhibiting a body of significant new art.

    5) HONOURING CANADA'S PAST, LOOKING TO OUR FUTURE

    a) Does your party support the development of a new Canadian museums policy, which would include the investment of new monies in sustained, multi-year, predictable programs?

    b) What are your party's specific plans to provide incentives and opportunities for young Canadians to become more active in the arts and culture?

    c) Would your party commit to a national mentorship strategy to facilitate skills development for Canadians who want to pursue careers in the arts and cultural labour force?

    RESPONSES

    John Carty - New Democrat Party

    The NDP supports the development of a new Canadian museums policy which would include the investments of new monies in sustained, multi-year, predictable programs.

    Our platform on Arts and Culture, which will outline specific initiatives, has not yet been released. When it is released it will be available on-line at http://www.ndp.ca/

    Pat Lynch - Conservative Party of Canada

    a) Mr. Lynch notes that there are over 2500 museums, and associated institutions, in Canada.  However, the Canadian Museum Policy had not been reviewed for some 30 years.

    In 2004-2005 the Department of Canadian Heritage engaged consultants to prepare a detailed Discussion Guide which examined the major issues and options available to Museums in the 21st Century.  This Discussion Guide was circulated to all stakeholders.

    This Discussion Guide served as the main framework for the agenda of a two-day set of Round Table Discussions which took place between June 28th -29th, 2005. These Round Table Discussions resulted in the development of a very comprehensive report entitled Towards a New Museum Policy.

    Speaking of the direction and thrust of the New Museum Policy, the Executive Director of the Canadian Museums Association John McAvity said in November 2005: "This is supported by all parties in Parliament including the Conservatives, the NDP, and the Bloc."

    b) Mr. Lynch notes three points:

    1) In each of the cultural areas, it is necessary to assure funding at a level where there is a critical mass of trained and qualified persons, which will allow young Canadians to develop.

    2) Experience is acquired, but it may be necessary for the federal government to structure and provide training programs to increase the capabilities and quality level of younger people.

    3) A mentorship program could assist in conveying and transferring the experience of aging artistic directors and senior administrators.

    c) Mr. Lynch notes that a mentorship program could be one of the most effective ways of conveying and transferring the experience and skills of experienced artistic directors and senior administrators toward the development of young Canadians.

    This is inherently done on a daily basis. However, to increase the effectiveness of such a program, it will be necessary to have a national mentorship strategy.

    Andy Scott - Liberal Party of Canada

    a) Yes, as you are aware, the Department of Canadian Heritage is working on a new Museums Policy. It will have a strong commitment to preserving Canadian Heritage. Existing programs such as the Museum Assistance Program provide substantial support for New Brunswick heritage projects. The pattern of multi-year funding as been set with the Canada Council and with TST, but the commitment of funds will ultimately be decided by the Finance Minister in his budget.

    b) See below part c.

    c) People Building New Brunswick makes some important proposals, which are relevant to the development of young artists. Firstly, it proposes a major internship program, which would apply to various sectors, including culture. The aim would be to give our young people greater opportunity to work in the province in the two years following their graduation. A mentorship program is also proposed in conjunction with the internship initiative, and this would be ideally suited to experienced artists mentoring promising young artists.

    GENERAL RESPONSE from Philip Duchastel-Green Party of Canada

    Arts in Canada: Un cri de coeur!

    The proper role of arts in a society is a very large question to consider, so I focus my views on the role of arts in strengthening our identities as citizens and in enhancing our pride in being Canadian.

    One of our major national problems today is that important segments of Canadian society do not identify closely with being Canadian. Two in particular: 1. A large (and currently growing) group of Quibicois. 2. An important proportion of Aboriginal Canadians.

    Because of the lack of vision of Canadian politicians, leading to inaction in these matters, many Quibicois and Aboriginals develop their own identities in opposition to Canada rather than with it. This is a sign of the political mess current politicians have created, as well as of serious trouble ahead and of the need for innovative political and artistic leadership now.

    Multiple identities are very compatible within their own realms: one can be a Canadian, a Quibicois and an Algonquin all at once.

    How can arts help in this? Arts are one of the main resources of a society to fashion its identities and to develop pride in them. Think of what the Group of Seven has done in its time in this respect. And of the pride we feel in identifying with the Cirque du Soleil.

    How can artists help Canada at this time of need? By applying their creativity to the national problems we face, whatever they might consider them to be.  Art organizations need to expand their thinking beyond their traditional lobbying efforts in order to contribute to Canada's future.

    Canada should support the arts at a very high level because the arts are such an important nation-building tool. The provinces should do likewise in their own realm. And Canada should solve its aboriginal problem so that Aboriginal Canadians can enhance their own artistic nation building.

    Arts for nation building is but one aspect of a nation's arts efforts. Artists also have a mandate that reaches out to express human values and aesthetics more universally. Both national and universal goals need to harmonize in a creative manner. This is a challenge for the artists themselves.

    Artists, Canada needs you now!  With what is happening in Quibec, we may not survive as a country in the near-term.  All of us, you included, need to focus as citizens on getting us out of the mess we are in. There are ways to do that, as I indicate on my web site:http://duchastel-fredericton.pbwiki.com.

    I invite you to become active in this effort.

    - Philip Duchastel

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    This riding, situated in central southwestern New Brunswick, takes in the provincial capital of Fredericton as well as parts of the counties of York, Sunbury and Queens. Communities include St. Mary's, Chipman, New Maryland, and Oromocto, as well as the St. Mary's and Oromocto reserves.
    The 2001 census counted 82,782 residents. About eight per cent listed French as their mother tongue. About five per cent are immigrants.
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    In 2004 this riding added about 7,000 residents formerly in the Fundy Royal riding.
    Population: 82,782
    Political History
    Liberal incumbent Andy Scott won again in 2004. Scott caused a political upset in this riding in 1993. He is now minister of Indian affairs and northern development. Since 1957, this had been solid Tory country, held by just three MPs: Chester MacRae (1957-72), Robert Howie (1972-88), and Bud Bird (1988-93). Scott unseated Bird by more than 8,000 votes in the 1993 election. Scott hung on to power in a closer race in 1997, and in 2000 earned a third term by defeating Tory Raj Venugopal by 3,256 votes.
    The riding was established in 1914 as York-Sunbury. It was also established in 1986 as Fredericton. On June 29, 1989, the riding name was changed to Fredericton-York-Sunbury. The riding was re-established as Fredericton in the 1996 redistribution.
    1945-53 inclusive - LIB
    1957-88 inclusive - PC
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    Pat Lynch

    Party: Conservative Party of Canada

    Birthplace: Fredericton, N.B.

    Education: Degree in Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick
    Profession: Management consultant and business owner

    Marital status: Married
    Name of spouse: Pam

    Career background: Has senior management experience in both government and the private sector

    Community activities: Active in a range of volunteer and community activities. In 2003, was a recipient of the Governor General's merit award for an act of bravery in providing assistance to others

    Electoral History
    Provincial: Between 2003-2005, served as the Conserative party's regional organizer for the Maritime provinces. In 2004, he worked on Stephen Harper's leadership campaign in Atlantic Canada.

    Riding contact:

    vote4pat@rogers.com
    http://www.patlynch.ca/

    Philip Duchastel

    Party: Green Party of Canada

    Career Background: Recently retired from an active academic career involving teaching and research in psychology, instruction and technology.

    Campaign Address:

    pduchastel@greenparty.ca
    duchastel-fredericton.pbwiki.com


    Andy Scott

    Party: Liberal Party of Canada

    Birth date: March 16, 1955
    Age: 50
    Birthplace: Barker's Point, N.B.

    Education: B.A. in sociology from the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton)
    Profession: Public servant

    Marital status: Married
    Name of spouse: Denise
    Children: Nathan and Nicholas

    Career background: 1976-79 - Worked as a bus driver. 1979-81 - President, N.B. Young Liberal Association. 1981-82 - Researcher, Office of Leader of Opposition (Joe Daigle). 1982-89 - Political organizer, campaign director, director of fundraising, executive director of the N.B. Liberal Association. July to October 1984 - Special assistant to Herb Breau, minister of fisheries. 1989-91 - Senior policy adviser to Premier Frank McKenna. 1991-93 - Assistant deputy minister, Deptartment of Intergovernmental Affairs. Co-chair of UNB Corporate Fundraising Campaign. Founding president: Friends of Characters Inc.; NB Health. Coalition; Fredericton Indoor Pool. Former member, Fredericton community literacy committee. Former member of the board, Canadian Rehabilitation Council for Disabled. Former co-chair, Theatre New Brunswick fundraising campaign. Has worked with United Way, Transition House and N.B. Health Coalition

    Electoral History
    Federal: Elected in 1993 in the riding of Fredericton-York-Sunbury. Re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004 in the renamed riding of Fredericton

    Political History
    Cabinet: Was solicitor general of Canada from 1997-1998. Secretary of state / minister of state (infrastructure) from 2003-2004. Named federal interlocutor for Metis and non-status Indians and minister of Indian affairs and northern development in July 2004. Is senior minister for New Brunswick
    Committee: Former vice-chair and chair: Justice and human rights. Former member: Health; government operations and estimates committee; Canadian Heritage; Human Resources and Development; subcommittee of status of persons with disabilities; Official Languages; select committee on Bill C-20 (The Clarity Bill); subcommittee on organized crime; joint committee on official languages. Member of cabinet committees on: Policy and planning; expenditure review; the Canada-United States committee and the global affairs committee
    Caucus: Within the Liberal caucus, has served as a member of the following caucuses: Post-secondary education; social policy; CBC; foreign affairs and defence; research and development. Was chair of the government task force on disability issues

    Riding address:
    412 Queen St. St.
    Fredericton, N.B. E3B 1B6

    http://www.andyscott.ca/
    Ottawa address:
    House of Commons
    Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0A6

    mailto:Scott.A@parl.gc.ca


    John Carty

    Party: New Democratic Party

    Education: Studied science at the University of New Brunswick
    Profession: Is currently Manager of the Fredericton SPCA Animal Shelter

    Career background: Has worked as regional case manager with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, program co-ordinator with AIDS/SIDA New Brunswick and a consultant to the Canadian International Development Agency. As project supervisor with Canada World Youth, has worked in Nepal, Indonesia, Somalia, Malawi and Jamaica

    Electoral History
    Provincial: Has worked on numerous regional and federal campaigns with a focus on disarmament, genetic engineering, pesticide elimination and organics
    Federal: Sought election in this riding in the 2004 general election

    Campaign address:
    359 Queen Street
    Fredericton, NB
    Mailing address:
    385 Northumberland Street
    Fredericton, NB E3B 3K2

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    Artists seek answers from candidates
    Last updated Jan 5 2006 12:26 PM AST
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    Four candidates who want to be Fredericton's next Member of Parliament agree that arts and culture are important, but are split on how to help artists earn a living from their work.
    Candidates from the four political parties spoke at a forum on the arts in Fredericton Wednesday night. Many local artists raised questions about how to improve their livelihoods. Fredericton is home to a thriving community of visual artists, musicians and writers. The local craft college produces dozens of skilled artists and crafts people every year, many of which struggle to live on the proceeds of what they create.
    "The reality is, we're not all Celine Dions, we're not all Karen Kains" said Richard Hornsby, professional musician, educator and administrator. "The bulk of our artists work at poverty levels."
    Hornsby wanted to know what the four parties are willing to do to help self-employed artists access federal employment programs such as parental EI benefits.
    Liberal candidate Andy Scott says government investment helps to support the kinds of projects that strengthen artists' talents. "A lot of what the government of Canada does speaks specifically to emerging artists, artists that aren't in a position at this moment to be attractive necessarily to the people that might be willing to take advantage of tax credits to buy their art. That's where the government of Canada has to be."
    Green party candidate Philip Duchastel disagrees with that philosophy. "We need to support the arts, and the way to do that is not to give special privileges to the artists, but rather quite simply and directly, to buy their art. Period."
    Conservative candidate Pat Lynch says artists benefit most when people buy more art. He says his party's tax breaks will give people more money to buy art – or spend in any way they choose. "When people have more money to spend, they're going to have more disposable income and you're going to get more spending on luxury items or things you can treat yourself to, like art."
    New Democratic Party candidate John Carty says ideas for improving the lives of struggling artists must come from the artists themselves.
    The Fredericton candidates have at least another eight debates scheduled in the days leading up to the election on Jan. 23.
     
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    Terry welcomes Minister Mike Holland, Keith Chiasson and David Coon to talk about NB Power.
     
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    Matter 529 - NB Power Rate Design - Filing of Responses to Interrogatories to the Public Intervener

     

    Chiasson, Alain (OAG/CPG)

    <Alain.Chiasson2@gnb.ca>    		AttachmentWed, May 17, 2023 at 9:39 AM
    To: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>, Melissa Curran <Melissa.Curran@nbeub.ca>, NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>
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    Hello,

     

    Please find enclosed the Responses of the Public Intervener to the Interrogatories to the Public Intervener in Word and PDF format. This email will serve as notice of filing for theses responses.

     

    Please let me know if you have any questions.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Alain Chiasson


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    Office of the Public Energy Advocate

    Description and Background
    The Province of New Brunswick will establish and appoint a full-time public energy advocate to replace the system of ad hoc appointment of public intervenors.

    Utility consumer advocacy arose with the rise of regulation of energy utilities. The traditional role of consumer advocates is to challenge proposed rate increases by intervening in formal regulatory cases. Consumer advocates may also focus on consumer protection issues, such as service quality, reliability and price stability.

    There is no single model for utility consumer advocacy. Our current model provides for the ad hoc government appointment of a practicing lawyer as a public intervenor to represent rate payer interests. A public intervenor remains independent of government influence and conducts the intervention according to his or her discretion. Other advocacy models provide for cost recovery for advocacy groups appearing at regulatory proceedings or the establishment of a dedicated consumer advocate.

    Public intervenor costs are direct expenses, paid by the utility, which usually include professional fees and the costs of experts employed to assist with evidence. In complex rate cases, costs can be significant. Although they are passed on to the utility, they are ultimately recovered from utility customers as part of the revenue requirement.

    The current public intervenor model has a number of weaknesses:

    • There is no particular requirement for knowledge, experience or expertise in relation to energy or regulatory matters.
    • There is no guarantee of continuity of appointments, especially between government mandates.
    • There is little or no oversight over costs.
    • Appointments are limited to particular proceedings. There is no inter-proceeding advocacy role, nor is there an avenue by which public oncerns, complaints or issues are brought to light.
    • There is no guidance of the particular role or position to be taken at utility interventions, nor is there any clear definition of the stakeholder group (if any) that the public intervenor is mandated to represent.

    The appointment of a full-time Public Energy Advocate would correct these limitations by:

    • Ensuring a consistently high standard of competence and experience.
    • Delivering services responsibly, effectively and efficiently.
    • Providing accountability for an equitable allocation of costs.
    • Providing continuous services, including information resources, complaint resolution and public advocacy in matters not tied to specific regulatory proceedings.
    • Providing a clear mandate for the scope of the interests being served.
       

    Key Objectives Served by this Action
    Low and Stable Energy Prices    – A key role of a Public Energy Advocate would be to challenge all utility rate applications in a way that assists the EUB in arriving at decisions that are just and reasonable.

    Effective Regulation– The establishment of a Public Energy Advocate would offer better protection and new services for under-represented energy consumers in relation to utility rates and services and may result in a more

     

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-peter-hyslop-nbpower-residential-intervener-1.4194478

    Board nixes special intervener to defend residential users in NB Power hearings

    Energy and Utilities Board concludes it does not have authority to appoint a residential intervener

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·
    Peter Hyslop, a Hartland-based lawyer, had argued he should be appointed as the residential representative to the Energy and Utilities Board during NB Power's rate design hearings. (Pat Richard/CBC News file photo)
     
    New Brunswick's Energy and Utilities Board has ruled it does not have the authority to order special funding for a lawyer to represent residential electricity users at upcoming NB Power hearings that will reshape how consumers are billed. 

    "The board finds that it does not have jurisdiction to grant intervener funding," it wrote in a three-page decision released late last week.

    NB Power is involved in a rate design hearing, which could dramatically change the prices charged by the utility.

    Peter Hyslop, a Hartland-based lawyer, argued in June that homeowners and apartment dwellers are NB Power's largest customer group and should be independently represented at hearings.

    "Rate design is going to have significant impact on residential ratepayers," Hyslop said at the June 15 meeting. 

    There is no question that Mr. Hyslop would bring a meaningful contribution to the proceedings.
    - Energy and Utilities Board

    "The argument and position of residential ratepayers should be before this board."

    NB Power is responsible for the expenses of electricity hearings and would have been the one to pay for the bills of a lawyer representing residential customers.

    In its decision, the EUB said there is nothing in its governing legislation or in precedent-setting court rulings that allow for that arrangement. 

    "There is no question that Mr. Hyslop would bring a meaningful contribution to the proceedings," it wrote. 

    "However, the board concludes that it cannot be implied that intervener funding is of practical necessity in order to accomplish its jurisdiction."

    Year-long hearing to reshape bills

    Heather Black is the public intervener at the Energy and Utility Board's looking into NB Power's rate design application. (Robert Jones/CBC)
     
    Hyslop is a former public intervener at NB Power rate hearings. 

    Heather Black, who is now the public intervener, is responsible for representing "the public interest" at the EUB hearings and is barred from advocating for any single group like residential customers.

    Hyslop suggested that mandate, which was changed by the Alward government in 2013, meant Black would be unable to represent the best interests of residential customers in the way public interveners used to.

    NB Power is in the middle of a year-long EUB proceeding that is looking at reshaping how the utility bills various customers for electricity.

    Some of the most significant proposals are aimed at homeowners and apartment dwellers, including higher than average rate increases for that group, premium prices for electric heat and the possible adoption of different rates at different times of the day, different days of the week or different months of the year. 

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    Gary Owens
    I have read a number of comments lately that state that commercial customers subsidize “residential customers”. NB Power is owned by residents of NB, that is, NB taxpayers. We are NOT customers. As owners of NB Power, we sell, through NB Power, power to commercial customers. Commercial customers do not own NB Power. They buy power from NBers and it’s a cost of doing business in NB. Commercial customers cannot subsidize owners. That is simple logic.

    Now, let’s look at the present rate structure (May, 2017). As a residential customer, I pay 10.81p per kWh versus 13.07p and 9.27p above 5000 kWh for a business customer. This is me gouging businesses? $540.50 versus $653.50 on the first 5000 kWh is not ‘gouging’. And, after the first 5000 kWh, I am subsidizing business customers. As for industrial customers, I won’t get into that rate structure except to note the following. Some of these large scale customers produce power. When they produce more power than they use, the excess power is sold to NB Power at a higher rate than these customers pay for power from NB Power when they need more power than they produce. So, who is being subsidized? Not the residential OWNERS of NB Power. Exactly the opposite.

    Gary Owens
    Reply to Gary Owens To add insult to injury, CBC stated in an article titled “Double whammy from NB Power could hit home, apartment customers in near future” dated 2017.05.04 : "NB Power estimates that residential customers will underpay for the electricity they use this year by $60.4 million. That's a 7.7 per cent discount largely paid for by excessive power rates on others — primarily commercial customers." Imagine the audacity of such a statement. That type of statement can only be made by a bunch of people who get paid a salary far in excess of their worth. Check out the salaries and you’ll understand the arrogance involved when they treat NBers as if NBers haven’t the intelligence to be upset with such inanity and illogical condescension.


    We, the taxpayers, own NB Power. We are not customers and we do not underpay. We subsidize commercial customers. The cost of power is part of running a business. I don't run a business here. This is where I sleep. 



    NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY and UTILITIES BOARD

    COMMISSION DE L’ENERGIE ET DES SERVICES PUBLICS N.-B.

    Matter 529

    IN THE MATTER of an application by the New Brunswick Power Corporation with respect to proposed changes to its rate structure, rate classes and rate design

       Held on June 1, 2023 via Zoom Video

    Members of the Board:

                      Mr. Christopher Stewart

                      Ms. Stephanie Wilson  

                      Ms. Heather Black                 

    ............................................................ 

      MR. STEWART:  Good afternoon, everyone.  I think we will begin now.  Thanks for everyone’s patience in terms of getting ourselves all attached to this electronic meeting.

        My name is Chris Stewart.  I am a member of the Energy & Utilities Board and I am joined this afternoon by my colleagues on the Board, Stephanie Wilson and Heather Black.

        This public forum has been scheduled to allow members of the public to make submissions or provide commentary to the Board with respect to NB Power’s pending rate design application, scheduled to be heard by the Board beginning on June 7th through to June 20th.

        As a result, the Board wanted to provide an opportunity for members of the public and ratepayers to share their thoughts and positions in a less formal setting than our traditional hearing.  We all recognize that not everyone has the desire or the ability to attend formal sessions, but the Board still wanted to provide an opportunity for anyone to make a comment, should they wish.

        I guess I should remind everyone this session is to receive comments, the points in issue in the rate design proceeding.  And I ask that you limit your comments to those issues or the issues that are alive in that matter.  The Board has and will continue to hold public sessions like this one to receive comments from ratepayers as other major applications come before it.  But today our agenda is the matters involved in the rate design application.

        So a few housekeeping items I would like to cover.  I will chair this session and I will call on you individually to speak.  After each person is finished, I may have a question or some clarification and I will call on Ms. Black or Ms. Wilson if they have any questions or would need any clarification from you.

        Again, our intent is to hold a somewhat informal session and anyone presenting should not necessarily be concerned about formalities.  We are really here to hear your views.

        I would ask that anyone or when you speak that you make sure that you have your camera turned on and of course your microphone.  But otherwise when you are not speaking, I would be grateful if you would mute your microphones to avoid background noise while others may be speaking.

        We of course expect participants to be respectful and courteous and we will endeavour to allow everyone an opportunity to speak, should they wish to do.

        You may address the Board in either English or French.  Simultaneous translation is available.  So if you look -- put your cursor down toward the bottom of the screen where all of the icons are, there is one marked interpretation and you may click on that at any time to hear English in French or French in English, whatever is being interpreted and that is there and available for your use throughout today’s session.

        So with that brief introduction complete, my understanding is that we have only one attendee who wishes to make a presentation this afternoon.  And I believe Ms. Thorne-Dykstra -- I see that you have joined us.  And I am wondering if I could call upon you -- thank you for turning your camera on and unmute your microphone.  And I am wondering if you are ready to proceed?

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  Yes, Mr. Stewart.  Thank you very much for this opportunity.  I appreciate having the chance to have a say about energy because it does impact all of us in New Brunswick.  And I am speaking on behalf of myself and my husband and our three sons who are farming with us.  And we are dairy farmers in our province and we operate three dairy farms.  Each of my sons has 100 cow herd and we are working close together.  They work independently on each of those facilities to milk the cows and then we share crop and equipment in the fields to be able to collectively work the land and share the labour costs as well as the equipment costs, which have skyrocketed.

        Also with regard to dairy farming -- and I don’t expect anyone here on this call to understand my business, that’s why I am giving a little bit of a background.  We have been facing a lot of extra costs and especially over -- well I guess everything changed with the COVID situation that happened in supply chains and such.  So we have been experiencing almost double the cost in fertilizer, in feed pricing and things that we have to use on a daily -- regular daily basis.  And of course energy is one of those pieces as well.  So when it comes to any kind of increases, we do -- we do pick up our heads.  I will say this time of year is a horrible time for your farmers to be trying to make their points heard because everyone is so busy right now planting crops and harvesting right now.  But I felt it important to share kind of this perspective with regard to any consideration of energy -- energy increases.

        I guess the recommendation we would have -- there is three pieces I guess to what I have to present.  And one has to do with any contemplation of increasing our rates.  As farmers we aren’t the large industrial users as we understand there is a need for support and help for those who use a great deal of energy in the province.  But we do use more than the average consumer.  And we do because we are -- we are operating a pretty good sized facilities today and much of the work done in barns today is mechanized which again needs energy.  So we are impacted by any particular rates that may be put on us.

        So we are recommending from our farm to just keep it at the status quo for now until some studies can really look at how this will impact farming and our regular input costs, because as I said before, there are so many other areas that have gone up.  We really would like to see that some kind of a determination has been made on how it will impact the farmers of the -- of the area.

        The second piece is with regard to renewable energy.  And there is a lot of push and drive right now for renewable energy and green energy.  And we think that’s a good thing.  And I know there is a number of people in the dairy world who are looking at different ways that they can capture energy and use energy from our own operations, and biogas is one that has been considered by many and are looking at the possibility of that type of infrastructure to be able to create their own.  And I know a number that have wind farms now as well and solar panels.  So it’s -- you know, we are certainly looking at that aspect of things.  I guess with regard to that, we would love to be able to have the possibility of -- if we do all the investment to put up these types of infrastructure, that we could also be able to connect to the grid and be able to get a payment back if we don’t use all the energy that we produce to help in two ways.  It’s supposed to supply energy for others in the province and green energy.  So that we -- as we shut down coal fired plants and not so -- you know, cause of energy sources that we have depended on over the years that we could help contribute to that.  And we understand that other provinces do have opportunities, like Ontario, to put their power on the grid and be compensated for it.  This would be a real -- I think a real push and driver for farmers to be really at the table of doing green energy if they could get back the same -- you know, the rates, like the 11. -- or the .11 -- 114 11 cents basically a kilowatt hour for their power that they had in excess that could go onto the grid. 

        We are looking for different sources of how to offset all those extra costs that we are incurring and that certainly would be something that would be appealing to the industry.

        The third piece that I have is with regard to net metering.  And again, with the significant investment it takes to do net metering and get the infrastructure in place for our types of small businesses -- smaller businesses, we are looking at the idea of maybe having some type of a compensation clause, because sometimes problems do happen and we see it every day on the farm.  You can’t control the weather, you can’t control certain things.  That if something unforeseen happened in our businesses that there would be still the same compensation given to the producer for any power that is being used at that reasonable rate, the same as before metering.  So that was -- that’s kind of the other piece that we are thinking with regard to energy that would make sense.

        But really that’s all I have, in terms of trying to give another perspective, I guess, on how energy affects maybe a different clientele than, you know, used to having.  I know that our numbers aren’t huge in the province but we do a significant business with the GDP of the province and both from export as well as from, you know, our own internal.

        The only other thing I might add is with the renewable energy purchase program that the large industrial users industry has, to me that’s not a new concept.  You know, it’s something that is there for the large industrial users to do renewable energy, have them paid back.  But also because it’s so hard to compete with other provinces, it’s hard to compete with them on many different levels.  And when you take something as basic as your power infrastructure, when you have to compete significantly from province to province, even within your own country, that’s a real thing.

        I understand why the large industrial energy -- renewable energy purchase program is in place and we would love to see maybe not at that same rate or whatever but at least some type of a category where that could be implemented maybe for businesses of our size.

        So that’s it I guess and I again -- once again thank you so much for this opportunity.

      MR. STEWART:  You are welcome, Ms. Dykstra.  I did just -- just one really quick question from -- because I am not sure I really understood.  You were talking about a compensation clause or something.  Could you just --

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  With regards to the net metering?

      MR. STEWART:  -- expand on that a little bit?  Yes.

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  Yes.  Yeah, basically --

      MR. STEWART:  So sorry, compensation for that --

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  -- with respect --

      MR. STEWART:  -- and what circumstances?

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  Yeah.  Basically with regard to if there was, you know, something unforeseen happening on our farms that, you know, the net metering is impacted by it that we wouldn’t be negatively impacted but that there would be some type of a clause, a compassionate type of clause that would be established under the net metering to keep it so that the farmers wouldn’t be negatively impacted by, you know, something that would affect it.  So that we would still be able to be compensated for any power at a reasonable rate.

      MR. STEWART:  So when you say compensated, you mean not compensated for a loss but compensated for the sale of the power that you might have?

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  Right.

      MR. STEWART:  Oh, okay.  No, that’s fine.  I just was trying to understand.

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  Yeah.

      MR. STEWART:  Thank you very much.  And just before I go to Ms. Black and/or Ms. Wilson to see if they have any questions for you, I neglected at the outset, forgive me, to make it clear to you, Ms. Dykstra, and anyone else who may speak, that there are representatives of NB Power here today.  And I suspect they are probably here, like the Board, here to listen.  But, you know, your comments and anyone else’s comments will be directly heard by them.  And I also note Maître Chiasson, the Public Intervener, is also present at our session today.  And so he is here also, like the Board, to hear your comments at this session.

        So, Ms. Black, do you have any questions or anything for Ms. Dykstra?

      MS. BLACK:  No questions.  Just thank you very much for your presentation.

      MR. STEWART:  And Ms, Wilson?

      MS. WILSON:  I had one maybe small clarification regarding your second point.  And I appreciate your presentation and thank you for taking the time today.  I know it is probably a very busy time for you and your family on -- at this time of year and lots of stuff going on.  But with regard to some of the other jurisdictions, you mentioned Ontario in particular.  So -- and obviously there would be some discussion with other types of industries like yourself in other jurisdictions. 

        Is there something else that you wanted to add about some models in some of the other provinces that you thought were appropriate?  I know you mentioned Ontario, and I am not sure if you have anything to kind of add to what that model looks like that is appealing or that is -- you know, that is of interest for you and your family?

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  Well thank you for that question.  I do know when they first started this opportunity for farmers to be part of putting energy onto the grid, they were looking at really incentivizing to have this done so that more farmers would do it.  So my understanding was they were actually paying farmers four times the amount of costs that it would be normally to get power off the grid to the farmers for any extra power that they would have to be able to put onto the grid.  And that really stimulated that.  I am not sure it was sustainable to continue that way and I do believe that after a period of time, they did change the amount that came back to the farmers.  But it was a stimulus basically to try to encourage people to invest, because it is a huge investment, whether you go biogas, whether you go solar or you go wind.  There are huge investments there that have to be made and carried for -- from the -- from the numbers I have seen with regard to wind farms and solar, at least, you are -- you are paying about 20 years out.  So I mean, it’s not something that you would just do overnight and it has to make sense economically to do it.  Because quite frankly, we just have too many places to put any kind of income we are generating now monies toward to try to, you know, keep things going.  So that’s how my understanding the Ontario program was set.  But they still, the last I heard, were -- you know, they were receiving an income back equivalent, if not a little better than what the average rate was. 

        So that’s the one I know best.  I don’t know about everybody else.  But I -- I know what it did do in Ontario, it really did stimulate farmers to go down this road and I think that that’s a positive thing I think as we keep hearing the push for -- toward green energy and we see the signs of climate change, there is -- there is a value in doing that.  Thank you.

      MS. WILSON:  Thank you for those comments.  I have no other -- no other questions.  Thank you for your time today as well.

      MS. THORNE-DYKSTRA:  Yeah.

      MR. STEWART:  I will make it unanimous with the thank yous, Ms. Thorne-Dykstra.  I really appreciate you taking the time and sharing your -- your thoughts and views and input on the issues that you have raised.  The Board, you know, takes these sessions very seriously.  And input like yours, you know, helps us -- helps inform us when it comes time to make all of the decisions that we will need to make in this proceeding.

        I would just like to sort of, you know, canvass the electronic room, so to speak.  I know that we did have a few individuals who had sort of signed up as observers, that they wanted to attend and hear what was being said.  But I am just going to ask generally whether there is anyone else who would like to make some comments or submissions to the Board at this time in this session.  If so, turn on your camera, turn on your microphone and we would be happy to receive your comments, whatever they might be.

        I guess hearing from no one or seeing no cameras turned on or no microphones unmute, I guess that’s it.  And really, once again appreciate you, Ms. Dykstra.  We certainly appreciate everyone else, the Public Intervener, representatives of the utility and otherwise for attending what I guess turned out to be a brief session.  Whether one person comes or 50 people come, the Board finds these sessions very helpful and we will be continuing to do them.  And so that -- Ms. Wilson, Ms. Black, is there anything else we should cover before we adjourn?  No.  All right.

      MS. BLACK:  No. 

      MR. STEWART:  Well thank you.  So seeing nothing, I guess I will call this session to an end.  Thank you, everyone, for attending.  And with that, I guess we stand adjourned.  Thank you.

        (Adjourned)

        Certified to be a true transcript of the proceedings of this Public Forum, as recorded by me, to the best of my ability.          Henneberry Reporting Service

      

      "The only other thing I might add is with the renewable energy purchase program that the large industrial users industry has, to me that’s not a new concept.  You know, it’s something that is there for the large industrial users to do renewable energy, have them paid back.  But also because it’s so hard to compete with other provinces, it’s hard to compete with them on many different levels.  And when you take something as basic as your power infrastructure, when you have to compete significantly from province to province, even within your own country, that’s a real thing.

        I understand why the large industrial energy -- renewable energy purchase program is in place and we would love to see maybe not at that same rate or whatever but at least some type of a category where that could be implemented maybe for businesses of our size."


     

    Large Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program

    Description and Background
    The Province of New Brunswick will bring qualifying large industrial companies’ electricity costs in line with their Canadian competitors by implementing a Large Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program.

    Under the proposed Large Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program (LIREPP), NB Power will purchase electricity from renewable sources, such as biomass and river hydro, from qualifying large industrial customers who have renewable electricity generating facilities located in New Brunswick. The revenue from renewable energy sales will assist these qualifying customers to reduce their net electricity costs and thereby increase their competitiveness in the global market.

    The LIREPP is designed to address the need for long-term stable and competitive electricity costs for New Brunswick’s largest industries. The program is the result of more than 18 months of public-private sector collaboration through the work of a task force and the efforts of the Energy Commission.

    This is a New Brunswick-based solution to our industries’widely recognized energy and competitiveness challenges, effectively reducing electricity costs to be in line with the average costs of competitors across Canada. The retention of anchor industrial operations and facilities will support the overall sustainability of our major industrial employers, particularly the forestry sector and the rural and northern economies most affected by it. Furthermore, retaining these large base-load electricity customers will enable NB Power to avoid a significant loss of income which would occur if large industrial customers were to leave New Brunswick as some have done in recent years. This income loss would have to be recovered from NB Power’s remaining residential, commercial and industrial customers through higher rates.

    Financial impacts for NB Power associated with losing large energy loads
    Large industrial facilities are not only key employers in their communities but significant customers for NB Power. A shut down of either of the two largest of these companies would result in a significant income loss for NB Power that could lead to rate increases of upwards of 3% for all NB Power customers.


    Key Objectives Served by this Action
    Low and Stable Energy Prices    – The Large Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program will result in energy cost competitiveness and stability to qualifying large industrial customers. This will ensure these core businesses remain in New Brunswick, providing much needed employment and economic opportunities to our local communities and suppliers. In addition, procuring a supply of less price-volatile renewable electricity from LIREPP participants and maintaining base load industrial customers will assist NB Power in maintaining stable rates for all its customers.

    Environmental Responsibility– Using more electricity generated from renewable sources reduces electricity and has an overall positive impact on emissions and other environmental concerns.
     
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    EUB delays ruling on intervener for NB Power residential ratepayers

    Lawyer Peter Hyslop argues residential customers need someone to look after their interests alone at hearings

     
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    Peter Hyslop made his case Thursday to speak for NB Power's residential customers when the Energy and Utilities Board considers rate changes. (Pat Richard/CBC News file photo)

    A decision on whether NB Power will have to pay for an intervener to represent residential ratepayers has been delayed while the Energy and Utilities Board considers the issue.

    Hartland lawyer Peter Hyslop, a former public intervener, made his case Thursday to represent residential NB Power customers when the board holds rate hearings that could lead to higher electricity bills.

    Hyslop suggested public intervener Heather Black isn't able to represent the best interests of residential customers, since they are just a part of the "public" covered by her mandate.

       Th board is preparing for hearings on NB Power rates, which could lead to higher residential electricity bills. (Pat Richard/CBC)

    "Residential ratepayers have a lot at stake in this hearing, and somebody should be advocating strictly for their best interests," said Hyslop.

    "The public intervener has to wear many hats, which is a difficult role for her, so I'm at least coming forward. I'll do the best I can if the board rules in my favour."

    For support, Hyslop cited cases he considered to be similar situations, but NB Power lawyer John Furey disagreed they were applicable. 

    Furey didn't have any problem with Hyslop representing residential customers, but he disagreed that NB Power should pay for the work.

    Black, the present intervener, also disagreed with Hyslop, saying she was able to represent both the public and residential customers at the same time.

    Board chair Raymond Gorman says a decision will be made shortly after the June 22 deadline for written responses. (Pat Richard/CBC)

    "I think we need to make clear that just because advancing the public interest is not the same as exclusively representing residential rateplayers, it does not mean that considering the interests of residential ratepayers is not a very significant component of representing public interest," said Black. 

    The Energy and Utilities Board will come to a decision later, with chair Raymond Gorman stressing it was an important decision he didn't want to rush.

    Gorman gave an opportunity to all parties involved to make written comments by June 22 at noon. Gorman said the board's written decision would follow shortly after that.

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     General Rate Application Stakeholder Session


    David Amos

    <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>    		Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:45 AM
    Reply-To: David Amos <David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>
    To: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>, "Hyslop, Peter"<gphlaw@nb.aibn.com>, gphlaw2@nb.aibn.com, bob@managesim.com, david.sollows@gnb.ca, Gilles.volpe@enbridge.com, Paul.Volpe@enbridge.com, dave.lavigne@enbridge.com, "Hoyt, Len"<len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>, KissPartyofNB@gmail.com, cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com, hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com, "Furey, John"<JFurey@nbpower.com>, "Russell, Stephen"<SRussell@nbpower.com>, "Harrison, Wanda"<WHarrison@nbpower.com>, NBP Regulatory <NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>, "Connelly Bosse, Natacha"<NConnellyBosse@nbpower.com>, NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>, "Desmond, Ellen"<ecdesmond@nbeub.ca>, "Dickie, Michael"<Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>, "Lawton, John"<John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>, "Young, Dave"<Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>, heather.black@gnb.ca, rdk@indecon.com, sussexsharingclub@nb.aibn.com, jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com, dan.dionne@perth-andover.com, pierreroy@edmundston.ca, ray.robinson@sjenergy.com, marta.kelly@sjenergy.com, sstoll@airdberlis.com, pzarnett@bdrenergy.com, leducjr@nb.sympatico.ca, Louis-Philippe Gauthier <Louis-Philippe.Gauthier@cfib.ca>, carmen.budilean@greenpartynb.ca, Margo Sheppard <sheppardmargo@gmail.com>, davidcoon@greenpartynb.ca, chris_r_31@hotmail.com, Gerard Daly <daly@nbnet.nb.ca>
    Cc: John Todd <JTodd@elenchus.ca>

    Yes I would like to participate and thank you for inviting me
     
    Best Regards
    David Raymond Amos

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    Subject: General Rate Application Stakeholder Session
     

    Hello,

     

    NB Power is holding a Stakeholder Engagement Session on July 11 in Saint John. This session will be facilitated by John Todd of Elenchus Research Associates. The purpose of the session is to provide an opportunity for stakeholder input relating to the following issues that were raised by stakeholders in the 2017/18 General Rate Application (GRA):

    ·         Adjustment mechanisms for mitigating the impact of variances in financial results on progress toward NB Power legislated equity target; and

    ·         Enhancing the information provided in the 10 Year Plan that NB Power files for information purposes as part of each GRA by incorporating additional scenarios such as the worst and best credible case scenarios.

    In preparation for the July 11 session, you are invited to participate in aconference call onJune 26 at 2 pm. The purpose of the call is to establish the July 11 agenda and your interest in participating in this session.

    The July 11 is intended to address matters related to material to be included in NB Power’s 2018/19 General Rate Application which will be filed in late September or early October. This session will not deal with issues related to NB Power’s Class Cost Allocation Studies since they are being addressed in a separate and on-going stakeholder engagement process. In addition, issues that are part of the Rate Design Application (Matter 357) that is before the Board cannot be addressed as part of this Stakeholder Engagement Session.  All matters currently under the purview of the EUB Advisory Group that is establishing GRA minimum filing requirements are also beyond the scope of this Stakeholder Engagement Session.

     

    Your participation and insight on the above noted topics would be appreciated as NB Power strives to prepare information that reflects common beliefs and to consider the alternate scenarios that are of interest to stakeholders.

     

    Please advise by reply email of your interest and availability to participate in the conference call by end of day on June 22 or by phoning NB Power Regulatory Affairs at 458-4022. Participants in the conference call will receive details regarding the conference call-in number after June 22.

     

    Thank you.

     

    Lilia Cozzarini | Regulatory Officer

    NB Power Corporation

    515 King Street | Fredericton NB | E3B 5G4

    Office: 506 458 4022 | Cell: 506 470 4156 | Fax: 506 458 4000

    lcozzarini@nbpower.com


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    Methinks NB Power Made A Rather Huge Faux Pas Inviting The Likes Of Mean Old Me To Dice On The Public Record With a Bunch of Lawyers, Bureaucrats and Politicians N'esy Pas?

      

    David Amos

    <motomaniac333@gmail.com>    		AttachmentSat, Jul 1, 2017 at 11:59 PM
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, motorcyclemaniac333 <motorcyclemaniac333@gmail.com>, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, motomaniac02186 <motomaniac02186@yahoo.com>
    Bcc:Guess Who
     
     
    Hey Fellas

    Clearly the lawyer Peter Hyslop must have been the only one to read
    this email. Clearly I sent it after speaking to him and his fellow
    lawyer pal Kevin Toner the day before the EUB allowed me to intervene
    and help them kick their greedy Conservative arses.

    Gerry watched Hyslop approach me and shake my hand after the Public
    Hearing of his motion. The lawyer did some comical doubletalking about
    this email when I questioned him if he had read it and understood it.
    FYI Hyslop was also invited to the secret meeting but I have no idea
    if he will be attending.Furthermore all who attend are bound by
    "Chatham House Rules" so to speak not to speak of any of it anyway.
    However nobody can deny me the right to remind my friends of an email
    I sent out to NB Power's lawyers and many others before I became an
    Intervener in a PUBLIC EUB matter.
     
    New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board 

    PARTICIPANTS - Matter 357

    IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation with respect to proposed changes to its rate structure, rate classes and rate design. held at the Delta Hotel, Fredericton, N.B., on June 15th 2017

    Page 7 line 21 to Page 9 line 2

    CHAIRMAN: Thank you. And I don't see anything similar on Mr. Amos' intervenor request. So, Mr. Amos, just to clarify, you are also requesting to intervene personally, not on behalf of an organization?

    MR. AMOS: I am here in my own name, speaking on my own interests in this matter. And most of the other intervenors and their lawyers know exactly who I am and why I am here.

    CHAIRMAN: Well, Mr. Amos, are you a ratepayer of NB Power?

    MR. AMOS: I am born and raised in this province. I have paid my share of power bills and taxes that support this Board and NB Power. I have issues with NB Power and this Board.

    CHAIRMAN: So your intervention though is in relation to the rate design application –

    MR. AMOS: My interest in this matter, I stand and speak only for myself. No Public Intervenor appointed by the Province or this Board, I speak in my name as a person of this province.

    CHAIRMAN: Yes, I just -- Mr. Amos, I just wanted to clarify though that this is a rate design hearing, you understand that?

    MR. AMOS: I absolutely do, yes.

    CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you.

    MR. AMOS: I speak for myself only and no one else.

    CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you, Mr. Amos.

    MR. FUREY: So no objection, Mr. Chair.

    CHAIRMAN: All right. So them Mr. Amos and Mr. Bourque will also become intervenors in this matter. So we are going to give Mr. Hyslop a moment to set up.

    Page 22 lines 11- 14                                
                                                                                             
    CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Ms. Black. Mr. Amos, any questions with respect to the schedule?

    MR. AMOS: None whatsoever. Everything is fine with me so far.

    Page 56 line 5 to Page 58- line 13                                                                                                                                        
    CHAIRMAN: Thank you. I think before I get to the Public Intervenor, Mr. Amos?       
                                                    
    MR. AMOS: Yes. Thank you, for allowing me to speak. I am not as articulate as the lawyers in the room but I do understand the law quite well. From my understanding, this Board is a creation of the crown. You represent the crown. And as Mr. Hyslop told us, you have similar powers of the Court of the Queen's Bench. NB Power is a crown corporation.                                              

    As I look at the list of intervenors and their counsel with the exception of two lawyers from Toronto, a consultant from Massachusetts and one from Prince Edward Island, not only do a lot of folks in this room work for the crown and are paid their salaries or legal fees by way of my tax dollars, yours as well. You work, pay taxes and are subject to the same NB Power rates every one of us in the room are, except two lawyers from Toronto and two consultants from out of province. To me, you have rules to adhere to. Court of the Queen's Bench just doesn't suddenly decide there is a class action lawsuit I know for a fact nobody speaks for me without my blessings. And nobody can presume to. And if that person claims to speak on my behalf, I would rebut it before the court and say, no, they can have that class action and I will stick to my own guns, so to speak.

    Looking at your question today, put before you by Mr. Hyslop, I will pretend to be King David's very wise son Solomon and split the baby in two. For instance, if the Board is paying the legal fees of any other intervenor other than Ms. Black and obviously NB Power -- for instance if JD Irving's legal counsel fees are being paid by the Board, then certainly Mr. Hyslop's client Ms. Power is entitled to the same. But I doubt that's the case. If Mr. Hyslop is successful today, I could get a lawyer. He could submit a fee. Mr. Bourque, anyone else. You could. 

    Mr. Hyslop is a ratepayer and a taxpayer just like me. Why doesn't he intervene in his own behalf and speak in his own name as I do? Why doesn't he work pro bono for his own employee? I would say you don't have jurisdiction to make this decision. I would say Mr. Hyslop should intervene in his own name just like I do. Speak in his own name with his own opinions, leave the money out of it. That's my opinion. And it was his motion before this Board that brought me here today. I read it in another crown corporation, CBC, all of which is supported by our money. You work for the crown. But the crown works for me. You should act in my best interests and everybody else's in the room, including your own. I would say you don't have jurisdiction to make that decision. He should put it before the Court of the Queen's Bench let them put the hammer down on it and then order you to pay his fees if need be. That's my opinion.  

    CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Mr. Amos. Mr. Bourque, do you have any comments?

    MR. BOURQUE: No comment
     
     
    In closing I will disclose that David Young and John Herron of the EUB
    must be shitting bricks about now and nobody has bothered to ask me
    why. That is indeed too too funny to Mean Old Me.

    Best Regards
    Dave
     
     
    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:46:15 -0400
    Subject: RE The CBC report of Peter Hyslop versus NB Power and a
    Perfect Storm in Fredericton tomorrow. Trust that all the lawyers
    within McInnes Cooper know that nobody speaks for me unless I say OK
    To: gphlaw@nb.aibn.com, "Robert. Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
    heather.black@mcinnescooper.com, "len.hoyt"
    < len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
    "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, kelly
    < kelly@lamrockslaw.com>, "Jack.Keir"<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne"
    < greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, BrianThomasMacdonald
    < BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com>, "mike.obrienfred"
    < mike.obrienfred@gmail.com>, kevin.toner@nb.aibn.com, bbachrach
    < bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>, bdysart <bdysart@smss.com>, Craig Munroe
    < cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>, "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
    "Michael.Wernick"<Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, "Michael.Duheme"
    < Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Larry.Tremblay"
    < Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
    < Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "Jonathan.Vance"
    < Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, wharrison@nbpower.com,
    oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch
    < jbosnitch@gmail.com>

    Wanda J. Harrison
    Chief Legal Officer
    New Brunswick Power Corporation
    515 King St.
    PO Box 2000, Stn. A
    Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 4X1
    Phone: 506-458-3372
    Email: wharrison@nbpower.com


    Peter G. Hyslop,
    Unit 16
    380 Main St.
    Hartland, New Brunswick E7P 2N2
    Phone: 506-375-6700
    Fax: 506-375-6715
    Email: gphlaw@nb.aibn.com

    https://ia902706.us.archive.org/35/items/PeterHyslopThePcBullshitterForNbPower/PeterHislop_64kb.mp3
     

    HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/NEW-BRUNSWICK/NB-FORMER-PUBLIC-INTERVENER-RESIDENTIAL-CUSTOMERS-1.4158898
     

    Former public intervener asks to represent NB Power's residential ratepayers

    Peter Hyslop gets support from P.E.I. consultant, who says residential customers need voice at rate hearings

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·
    A former public intervener, Hartland lawyer Peter Hyslop is arguing residential customers need to be represented by their own lawyer at future rate hearings. (CBC)

    With parties lining up to argue for higher residential electricity bills at NB Power's upcoming rate design hearing, especially for people who use electric heat, a former public intervener is arguing residential customers need to be represented by their own lawyer — and he is proposing himself for the job.

    Hartland lawyer Peter Hyslop says the interests of residential ratepayers need to be heard. (CBC)

    "The interests of the residential rate payers, as a class, are meritorious," Hartland lawyer Peter Hyslop wrote in a motion submitted to the Energy and Utilities Board this week.

    "It is necessary for the proper completion of the record in this application that the interests of the residential rate class be presented."

    Year-long review 

    NB Power is in the middle of a year-long look at how it bills various customers for electricity. The review could result in prices charged by the utility changing dramatically.

    Some of the most significant proposals are aimed at homeowners and apartment dwellers, including higher than average rate increases for that group, premium prices for electric heat and the possible adoption of different rates at different times of the day, different days of the week or different months of the year.  

      NB Power is undergoing a year-long review of how it bills various customers for electricity. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

    Companies that are already on record as favouring some of those ideas, including Enbridge Gas New Brunswick and J.D. Irving Ltd. have their own lawyers who will be presenting evidence and arguments in support of their positions. 


    Enbridge has long argued electric heat prices are artificially low in New Brunswick, making it more difficult for the company to attract customers while J.D. Irving has expressed concern industrial rates are too high, in part, because evidence has shown NB Power undercharges homeowners.

    'Advocate in the public interest'

    Heather Black, the current public intervener, will be participating at the hearing but she is not legally permitted to represent the interests of any single group, including residential customers. Instead she is exclusively required to "advocate in the public interest," even if the public interest is not necessarily favourable to homeowners.

    Public intervener Heather Black says she isn't legally permitted to represent the interests of any other single group. (CBC)

    "Legislation prohibits me from representing or advocating on behalf of a particular class of customers," Black wrote in a statement to CBC News.   

    "My role is to assist the Board by submitting evidence and advancing arguments that consider the broader public interest, which has many — sometimes conflicting — components."

    Residential consumers are NB Power's largest customer group, accounting for 46 per cent of the utility's in-province sales and Hyslop is arguing it needs aggressive and well-financed representation to avoid unfair treatment.

    Asks utility to pay costs

    In an unusual manoeuvre that began two weeks ago, Hyslop's legal assistant, Carolanne Power, applied to intervene in the rate design hearing as a residential customer and then gave notice she would be asking for Hyslop to represent her — and all other residential customers — at NB Power's expense.

    "She will be seeking an Order from the Board directing (NB Power) to pay her costs for the intervention, including but not limited to legal fees, professional advisors and all proper and necessary costs and expenses related thereto," reads Power's application. 

    P.E.I. energy consultant Robert O'Rourke agrees the residential rate class must be represented at hearings. (CBC)

    Neither NB Power nor Hyslop would agree to an interview prior to their motion being heard Thursday but have submitted partial arguments in writing, including an affidavit from P.E.I. regulatory consultant Robert O'Rourke.

    "I am of the view that the residential rate class must be represented in this matter to ensure that the proper evidence arguments and submissions before this Board can be properly presented," says O'Rourke's affadavit. 

    "In the absence of such evidence, representation and submissions I am of the view that a significant impact may result on today's residential rate class."

    No response

    NB Power did not immediately respond to questions about Hyslop's request that it pay his bills, but the request, if granted, could cost the utility hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    The province has paid a number of private practice lawyers over the years to intervene at Energy and Utilities Board hearings, and the bill for expert and legal fees has never been less than $40,000 and several times exceeded $500,000.

    Hyslop served as public intervener at a number of NB Power hearings more than a decade ago during the term of the Bernard Lord government.

    The current rate design hearing is not scheduled until April 2018 but there are several months of pre-hearing activities, including the preparation of studies and expert evidence.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Robert Jones

    Reporter

    Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.

    CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

     
     

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:16:38 -0400
    Subject: Attn Laura Lee Langley, Karen Hudson and Joanne Munro I just
    called all three of your offices to inform you of my next lawsuit
    against Nova Scotia
    To: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
    , Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca,
    Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

    https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/NSDeputies.html

    https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/LLLangley-bio.html

    Laura Lee Langley
    1700 Granville Street, 5th Floor
    One Government Place
    Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5
    Phone: (902) 424-8940
    Fax: (902) 424-0667
    Email: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca

    https://novascotia.ca/just/deputy.asp

    Karen Hudson Q.C.
    1690 Hollis Street, 7th Floor
    Joseph Howe Building
    Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
    Phone: (902) 424-4223
    Fax: (902) 424-0510
    Email: Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca

    https://novascotia.ca/sns/ceo.asp

    Joanne Munro:
    1505 Barrington Street, 14-South
    Maritime Centre
    Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5
    Phone: (902) 424-4089
    Fax: (902) 424-5510
    Email: Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca

    If you don't wish to speak to me before I begin litigation then I
    suspect the Integrity Commissioner New Brunswick or the Federal Crown
    Counsel can explain the email below and the documents hereto attached
    to you and your Premier etc.

    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    902 800 0369

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
    Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
    To: coi <coi@gnb.ca>
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

    Good Day Sir

    After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
    to speak to one of your staff for the first time

    Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
    answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
    at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
    Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.

    These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
    suggested that you study closely.

    This is the docket in Federal Court

    http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T

    These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings

    Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug

    January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015

    April 3rd, 2017

    https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing


    This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal

    http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All


    The only hearing thus far

    May 24th, 2017

    https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown


    This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity

    Date: 20151223

    Docket: T-1557-15

    Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015

    PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell

    BETWEEN:

    DAVID RAYMOND AMOS

    Plaintiff

    and

    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

    Defendant

    ORDER

    (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
    December 14, 2015)

    The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
    the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
    12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
    in its entirety.

    At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
    letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
    capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
    Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
    (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
    he stated:

    As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
    work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
    You are your brother’s keeper.

    Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
    colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
    expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
    people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
    or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
    me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
    Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
    Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
    Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
    former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
    Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
    Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
    of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
    Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
    Police.

    In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
    personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
    potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
    of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
    hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
    Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
    [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
    allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
    requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.


    AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
    the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
    is no order as to costs.

    “B. Richard Bell”
    Judge


    Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
    already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
    to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.

     I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
    Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
    bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
    lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?

    "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most

    http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html

    83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
    in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
    allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
    five years after he began his bragging:

    January 13, 2015
    This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate

    December 8, 2014
    Why Canada Stood Tall!

    Friday, October 3, 2014
    Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
    Stupid Justin Trudeau?


    Vertias Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    902 800 0369

    P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
    the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
    had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
    Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.

    Subject:
    Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
    From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
    To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com

    January 30, 2007

    WITHOUT PREJUDICE

    Mr. David Amos

    Dear Mr. Amos:

    This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
    2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.

    Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
    taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
    Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.

    Sincerely,

    Honourable Michael B. Murphy
    Minister of Health

    CM/cb


    Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:

    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
    From: "Warren McBeath"warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
    nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
    motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
    CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
    Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON"bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    "Paul Dube"PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
    forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not

    Dear Mr. Amos,

    Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
    over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
    was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.

    As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
    is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
    testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
    Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
    services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
    instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.

    As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
    imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
    that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
    the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
    and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.

    It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
    December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.

     Sincerely,

    Warren McBeath, Cpl.
    GRC Caledonia RCMP
    Traffic Services NCO
    Ph: (506) 387-2222
    Fax: (506) 387-4622
    E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca


    http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139

    http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc


    FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
    Senator Arlen Specter
    United States Senate
    Committee on the Judiciary
    224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510

    Dear Mr. Specter:

    I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
    named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
    raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
    these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact
    with you about this previously.

    Very truly yours,
    Barry A. Bachrach
    Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
    Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
    Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com





    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-integrity-commissioner-conflict-of-interest-boudreau-1.4154004

    Integrity commissioner calls for tougher conflict-of-interest law
    N.B. legislation should apply to apparent conflicts, not just actual
    ones, Alexandre Deschênes says
    By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Jun 12, 2017 6:30 AM AT

    Alexandre Deschênes's first act as commissioner was to deal with
    Victor Boudreau's 20 per cent investment in Shediac Campground Ltd., a
    proposed 700-site facility that has generated local opposition.
    (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

    New Brunswick's integrity commissioner says the conflict-of-interest
    law for politicians should be toughened to clarify cases such as
    cabinet minister Victor Boudreau's former investment in a proposed
    campground near Parlee Beach.

    Alexandre Deschênes said earlier this year that Boudreau's stake in
    the project did not put him in a conflict of interest but that the
    appearance of a conflict was "inevitable."

    Unlike other conflict-of-interest laws, "our act does not apply to an
    apparent conflict of interest," he said in an interview with CBC News.
    "It's not in there."

    Previous commissioners suggested law

    Boudreau recused himself from Parlee Beach issues anyway, even though
    he didn't technically have to. The law said ministers aren't in a
    conflict if decisions that affect their private interests also apply
    to the general public.

        Boudreau recuses himself from Parlee Beach controversy
        Victor Boudreau case shows 'huge loophole' in conflict law, ethics
    group says

    "Mr. Boudreau could have gone on and said, 'I'm the minister of health
    and I'm going to make decisions that apply to the general public and
    the act allows it,'" Deschênes said.

    "If you'd had the words 'apparent conflict of interest' [in the law]
    it would have been clear."

    Deschênes pointed out two of his predecessors as conflict-of-interest
    commissioner, Pat Ryan and Stuart Stratton, recommended expanding the
    act to include the appearance of conflicts.

    "It started out way back," he said. "We're looking at almost a decade
    here where the suggestion has been made that apparent conflict of
    interest ought to be included in the act. It's not been done.

    "But as a commissioner, I will be following what they've been doing
    and I will be recommending it when I file a report."

    Updated conflict act

    The Gallant Liberals passed amendments to update the Members Conflict
    of Interest Act during the spring session of the legislature, but they
    did not include a ban on perceived conflicts.

    Progressive Conservative MLA Brian MacDonald has also called for the
    Liberals to fix what he calls "a gap in the law."

        'Gap in the law': PC critic suggests review of conflict law
        Premier backs Victor Boudreau's involvement in Parlee Beach issue​

    Deschênes was appointed the province's integrity commissioner last
    year. The new role incorporates the role of conflict-of-interest
    watchdog and registrar of lobbyists, and in September it will also
    include the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

    Victor

    Cabinet minister Victor Boudreau recused himself from the Parlee Beach
    issues anyway, even though the law said ministers aren't in a conflict
    if decisions that affect their private interests also apply to the
    general public. (CBC)

    Deschênes's first act as commissioner was to deal with Boudreau's 20
    per cent investment in Shediac Campground Ltd., a proposed 700-site
    facility that has generated local opposition.

    As health minister, Boudreau oversees the public health offices, and
    his department was part of a working group looking at how to deal with
    fecal contamination at Parlee Beach. One option the group looked at
    was a moratorium on new development near the beach.

    That would have affected the proposed campground.

        'I told him, and he made it public, that the appearance of
    conflict in this case was absolutely inevitable. He couldn't get
    around it. It was there.'

        - Alexandre Deschênes

    The law bans ministers from making decisions that affect their
    "private interest," but it makes an exception if the decision applies
    to the broader public, even if the minister would still benefit.

    Deschênes said in his letter to Boudreau in March that "one could
    argue" a decision on a moratorium would affect the broader public.

    "Under the act, he might have been entitled to continue to have
    discussions that applied to the general population, even though he was
    part of [the project] at that point," Deschênes said in an interview
    last week.

    "I told him, and he made it public, that the appearance of conflict in
    this case was absolutely inevitable. He couldn't get around it. It was
    there."
    An MP's perceived conflict matters

    The federal conflict of interest code for MPs also includes an
    exception for decisions that affect the general public, but it
    includes an explicit reference to perceived conflicts.

    Boudreau put his investment in a blind trust in 2014, which meant he
    had no role in the running of the business. But the value of his stake
    would have been affected by a moratorium on future development.

    Parlee beach

    In May, Victor Boudreau announced he was giving up his investment in
    the campground on Parlee Beach altogether.

    He said in March he learned of the potential moratorium Feb. 28 and
    met with Deschênes March 2, the first date they could arrange it.

    "That perception is the issue," Boudreau said at the time. "And if the
    perception is the issue, and the perception is what's going to be
    prevent us from getting to the bottom of it, then I'm prepared to
    recuse myself from all activities relating to this committee."

    Last month he announced that he was giving up his investment in the
    campground altogether.

    Deschênes said he believes most ministers and MLAs would do the same
    thing if he told them there was an apparent, but not actual, conflict.

    "In most cases I think they will listen and they will do what has to
    be done to put an end to an apparent conflict of interest, although
    technically they could continue to do what they want to do."



    28 Comments
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    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    I sure hope the new integrity commissioner finally does his job and
    answers me in writing


     Michael Geraldson
    Michael Geraldson
    Integrity and politicians, two words that should rarely be used in the
    same sentence!


    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    @Michael Geraldson Sad but oh so true. However I can think of a few
    exceptions The first to come mind is Jim Traficant. Check history to
    see look what the Yankees did to him for trying to make the rest act
    ethically

    Here is one of my favourite quotes of his

    "I think Congress should take the IRS, handcuff them to a chain-link
    fence, and flog them with their own damn Tax Code"


    Shawn McShane
    Shawn McShane
    Boudreau should recuse himself from anything government. How he got
    elected after the Atcon scandal is beyond belief. He personally signed
    off on removing the province's security in loan guarantees costing
    taxpayers more than $70 million. Why? We will never know:
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/victor-boudreau-refuses-to-answer-atcon-questions-1.3025556


    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    @Shawn McShane We already know the answer don't we?


    Jeffrey Parker
    Jeffrey Parker
    Who's going to enforce these proposed laws? Never did before, just
    help cover them up or be so incompetent in investigating that no one
    takes a fall for corruption in the system,
    Surely screwed here in this place.


    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    @Jeffrey Parker We can hold them accountable. All you have to do is
    sue them. Good luck finding a lawyer willing to stand before a judge
    appointed to the bench by their buddies. Hell two judges NB are former
    Conservative Attorney Generals who lost their seats in recent
    elections. Go figure who is putting the screws to us. Methinks its the
    Brotherhood of the Bar. What say you?

    Keith Jagger
    Keith Jagger
    @David Raymond Amos - He (she) who writes the laws and administers the
    laws rules the common folks David. Judges are just lawyers with
    connections and the gift of gabb


    Shawn McShane
    Shawn McShane
    Last month Boudreau announced that he was giving up his investment in
    the campground altogether.

    Past two days Parlee Beach had "No Swimming Advisory" and today as
    well. I wonder if Boudreau would have gave up his investment under the
    old water advisory system that he defended...Victor Boudreau dismisses
    call for Parlee Beach sign improvements. The health minister said
    people can "use their own judgement" on whether they want to go into
    the water.


    Jeffrey Parker
    Jeffrey Parker
    @Shawn McShane we we are UdeMer than the rest of Canada, that's why they leave.

    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    @Shawn McShane Methinks Mr Boudreau should thank us all for his fat
    pension because I doubt he could get elected as a dog catcher after
    all this malicious nonsense

    Keith Jagger
    Keith Jagger
    @David Raymond Amos - You obviously don't know the mindset of the
    people of his riding who would vote Liberal if a spruce fencepost was
    running for the party. (Well - I think you probably do and you are
    being fasicious)

    Shawn McShane
    Shawn McShane
    @David Raymond Amos He got re-elected after Atcon. He can thank them.
    The rest of us need to make sure this doesn't happen anymore.


    William Roberts
    William Roberts
    Integrity, Politicians? LOL If you had any integrity you wouldn't want
    to be a politician here.


    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    @William Roberts I tried the water of the political sewer once in 2006
    while intervening in the NEB Emera Pipeline hearing and I got all of
    44 votes in Saint John Harbour. Trust that I was not surprised. I
    learned something long ago when my Father and his PC friends were
    disgusted that the lawyer Trudeau "The Elder" was having fun falsely
    claiming he said "Fuddle Duddle" on the Hill. In a nutshell it is that
    nobody gives a damn just as long as our politicians appear to be cool
    dudes. Nothing has changed since.


    Paul Bourgoin
    Paul Bourgoin
    The selection of Dr. Louis Lapierre, recipient of the Order of Canada
    whose Medal was revoked because because of his recognized lack of
    needed competence which he falsified is a documented example of how
    strong this influence and consequences of this mis-guided forest
    management has destroyed the Fish and Wildlife habitat and populations
    in New Brunswick. This design of forest management supported by
    industry, impacts negatively on our Grand Children's heritage, forcing
    them to leave their native province because of lack of work.


    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    @Paul Bourgoin All True However we keep on electing these people correct?


     Terry L. Sisson
    Terry L. Sisson
    I find it difficult to believe: 1) March 2,2017 Alexandre Deschense
    informed Victor Boudreau he should leave the business group Shediac
    Campground Ltd. and he agreed. 2) It is now June 12, 2017 and to my
    knowledge this has not been done. Did I miss something here? Mr.
    Deschenes is Integrity Minister, correct!


    Jay Oak
    Jay Oak
    @Terry L. Sisson Integrity Commissioner, not Minister.

    David Raymond Amos
    David Raymond Amos
    @Jay Oak True but we are still compelled to call them both "Honourable



    Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
    Office of the Integrity Commissioner
    Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
    Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
    tel.: 506-457-7890
    fax: 506-444-5224
    e-mail:coi@gnb.ca

    Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.
    Integrity Commissioner

    Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., who resides in Bathurst, N.B., is a
    native of Kedgwick, N.B., and is married to Huguette (Savoie)
    Deschênes. They have two sons.

    He studied at Saint-Joseph University (now Université de Moncton) from
    1960 to 1962, University of Ottawa from 1962-1965 (B.A.), and
    University of New Brunswick (LL.B., 1968). He was admitted to the Law
    Society of New Brunswick in 1968. He was legal counsel to the
    Department of Justice in Fredericton from 1968 to 1971. He was in
    private practice from 1972 to 1982 and specialized in civil litigation
    as a partner in the law firm of Michaud, Leblanc, Robichaud, and
    Deschênes. While residing in Shediac, N.B., he served on town council
    and became the first president of the South East Economic Commission.
    He is a past president of the Richelieu Club in Shediac.

    In 1982, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New
    Brunswick and of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in 2000.

    On July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada.

    While on the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, he was appointed
    President of the provincial Judicial Council and in 2012 Chairperson
    of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New
    Brunswick for the 2015 federal election.

    He was appointed Conflict of Interest Commissioner in December 2016
    and became New Brunswick’s first Integrity Commissioner on December
    16, 2016 with responsibilities for conflict of interest issues related
    to Members of the Legislative Assembly. As of April 1, 2017 he
    supervises lobbyists of public office holders under the Lobbyists’
    Registration Act.

    As of September 1, 2017, he will be assuming the functions presently
    held by the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner.



    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 16:22:25 -0400
    Subject: Thank you for your signature Frenchy
    To: Andre Murray <andremurraynow@gmail.com>, "marie-claude.blais"
    < marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>,
    evelyngreene <evelyngreene@live.ca>, law <law@stevenfoulds.ca>,
    "danny.copp"<danny.copp@fredericton.ca>, nbpc <nbpc@gnb.ca>, nbombud
    < nbombud@gnb.ca>, coi <coi@gnb.ca>, "Wayne.Lang"
    < Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
    Cc: "dan. bussieres"<dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, oldmaison
    < oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>

    From: "Bussières, Dan (LEG)"<Dan.Bussieres@gnb.ca>
    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:47:49 -0400
    Subject: RE: I just called all three of your offices
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    Oui je vois



    On 12/6/12, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
    > I don't take orders well ask the corrupt ex cop Bussieres why that is
    >




    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:46:11 -0400
    Subject: Attn premier Brian Gallant and Kirk MacDonald I just called
    your friends in the Law Society of New Brunswick for the last time
    From now on we argue before the courts
    To: george.filliter@gmail.com, lcmarcou@mccain.ca,
    cmichaud@coxandpalmer.com, tross@judicom.ca, coi@gnb.ca,
    m.pelletier@nb.aibn.com, "Kim.Poffenroth"<Kim.Poffenroth@gnb.ca>,
    nbpc <nbpc@gnb.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
    "bruce.northrup"<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "brian.keirstead"
    < brian.keirstead@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
    "Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, "David.Coon"
    < David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "david.eidt"<david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "jan.jensen"
    < jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
    < bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, postur
    < postur@for.is>, postur <postur@irr.is>, birgittaj
    < birgittaj@althingi.is>
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "kirk.macdonald"
    < kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
    "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>

    Methinks if Kik MacDonald were truly wise he would make another speech
    before Xmass but this time he should tell the awful truth instead of
    just making fun of our trubles with LIEBRANOS N'esy Pas Davey Baby
    Coon?

    Trust that watching this politite nonsense is truly offensive to any
    Maritmer with two clues between their ears.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/political-panel-dec-8-1.3888331

    Conflict of Interest Commissioner
    Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
    Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
    tel.: 506-457-7890
    fax: 506-444-5224
    e-mail:coi@gnb.ca

    Michèle Pelletier
    Arseneault & Pelletier
    568A Ave. des Pionniers
    Balmoral, New Brunswick E8E 1E3
    Phone: 506-826-1819
    Fax: 506-826-1817
    Email: m.pelletier@nb.aibn.com

    KIM POFFENROTH
    Assistant Deputy Attorney General
    Legislative Services (Branch)
    Office of the Attorney General
    Phone : (506) 453-2855
    Fax : (506) 457-7342
    Email : Kim.POFFENROTH@gnb.ca



    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/integrity-commissioner-named-1.3885165

    The Gallant government has introduced legislation to merge several
    legislative watchdog positions into a single job and has chosen a
    retired judge to take on the newly expanded role.

    Alexandre Deschênes

    Alexandre Deschênes, a retired New Brunswick Court of Appeal justice,
    is to be the first integrity commissioner in New Brunswick.

    Retired New Brunswick Court of Appeal justice Alexandre Deschênes will
    become the province's first integrity commissioner, an appointment
    supported by the opposition Progressive Conservatives and Green Party
    Leader David Coon.

    Premier Brian Gallant introduced a bill Wednesday to create the position.

    For now, Deschênes fills the vacant position of conflict-of-interest
    commissioner and will also oversee legislation governing the privacy
    of personal health records.

    Next July, Deschênes will add responsibility for the lobbyist registry
    to his duties.

    The Liberals say they will proclaim legislation to set up the registry
    by next July. The law was passed by the previous PC government in 2014
    but not enacted.

        Conflict of interest commissioner, MLAs have conflicting views on
    transparency
        ​Commissioner wants mandatory privacy breach reporting
        N.B. legislature will study cutting independent watchdogs

    And next September, after Anne Bertrand, the information and privacy
    commissioner, finishes her seven-year term, that job will become part
    of Deschênes's job as integrity commissioner.

    An  independent study, done as part of the government's program
    review,  recommended the merging of the legislative officer positions.

    All parties in the legislature agreed on two other appointments
    Wednesday: lawyer Michèle Pelletier as consumer advocate for insurance
    and assistant deputy attorney general Kim Poffenroth as chief
    electoral officer.J


    http://lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca/en/about/council/council

    At its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 25th, 2016, the Law
    Society of New Brunswick elected its new Executive for the 2016-2017
    term:

    New Executive

    George P. Filliter, Q.C.
    President
    68 Avonlea Court
    Fredericton, NB E3C 1N8
    Tel: (506) 454-7678
    Fax: (506) 454-6983
    george.filliter@gmail.com

    Luc Marcoux, Q.C.
    Vice-President
    McCain Foods Limited
    8800 Main Street
    Florenceville-Bristol, NB E7L 1B2
    Tel: (506) 375-5353
    Fax: (506) 375-5058
    lcmarcou@mccain.ca

    Christian E. Michaud, Q.C.
    Treasurer
    Cox & Palmer
    Blue Cross Center
    644 Main Street, Suite 500
    Moncton, NB E1C 1E2
    Tel: (506) 863-1131
    Fax: (506) 856-8150
    cmichaud@coxandpalmer.com


    Law Society of New Brunswick
    68 Avonlea Court
    Fredericton, New Brunswick
    E3C 1N8
    (506) 458-8540
    (506) 451-1421

    general@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca

    http://lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca/en/for-lawyers/queen-counsel-nominations

    October 24, 2016

    Eleven New Brunswick lawyers were appointed Queen’s Counsel by the
    Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, the Honourable Jocelyne Roy
    Vienneau, on Monday, October 24, 2016, at the Legislative Assembly in
    Fredericton.

        Christa Bourque, Q.C., of Moncton
        Krista Lynn Colford, Q.C., of Fredericton
        The Honourable Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., of Bathurst
        Edward L. Derrah, Q.C., of Fredericton
        Shannon Doran, Q.C., of Fredericton
        Nathalie L. Godbout, Q.C., of Saint John
        Stephen J. Hutchison, Q.C., of Saint John
        The Honourable Dominic A. J. LeBlanc, Q.C., of Shediac
        Luc Marcoux, Q.C., of Florenceville-Bristol
        D. Andrew Rouse, Q.C., of Fredericton
        John R. Williamson, Q.C., of Fredericton

    The distinction of Queen’s Counsel is conferred upon experienced
    lawyers in recognition of their commitment to the principles of the
    legal profession and contributions to their communities. Eligible
    lawyers include those who have been members of the Law Society of New
    Brunswick and have been engaged in the active practice of law in the
    province for at least 15 years with extensive experience before the
    courts or have demonstrated exceptional service to the profession.

     In the fall of this year, a committee consisting of the Chief Justice
    of New Brunswick, J. Ernest Drapeau, the Attorney General of New
    Brunswick and the President of the Law Society of New Brunswick, will
    consider candidates for the next Queen’s Counsel appointments.

    The distinction of Queen’s Counsel is conferred upon experienced
    lawyers in recognition of their commitment to the principles of the
    legal profession and contributions to their communities. The criteria
    for these appointments are:

    A regular member of the Law Society of New Brunswick who:

    a) has been engaged in the active practice of law in the Province of
    New Brunswick for at least fifteen years, with extensive experience
    before the courts;

    b) in the opinion of the Committee, merits the appointment by reason
    of exceptional service to the legal profession.

    It should be noted that past practice indicates that Queen’s Counsel
    appointments typically have more than seventeen years at the Bar.

    The Law Society encourages members to forward a letter and a resume in
    order to be considered as a candidate for a Queen’s Counsel
    appointment. Persons may either apply personally or may nominate a
    member of the Law Society. All applicants will be treated equally by
    the Committee whether they are nominated, or whether they apply
    personally.

    In your letter, you may wish to identify two individuals, either
    within or outside the Law Society who might provide additional
    information to assist the Committee in considering this matter. If
    letters of reference are provided, they may be identified for this
    purpose.

    Your application or nomination should be received by Chief Justice J.
    Ernest Drapeau no later than Friday, June 24, 2016, at 4:00 p.m.

    It may be sent via email to tross@judicom.ca or sent/delivered to:

    Committee on Queen’s Counsel Appointments
    c/o The Hon. Chief Justice J. Ernest Drapeau
    Court of Appeal of New Brunswick
    Justice Building
    427 Queen Street, Room 311
    Fredericton, NB   E3B 1B7


    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kirk-macdonald-dominic-leblanc-judge-moving-bill-1.3866450


    Judge-moving bill aims to help Dominic LeBlanc, Tory MLA charges
    Kirk MacDonald says Liberals drafted bill to help put Jolène Richard
    and André Richard on court

    By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Nov 24, 2016 6:03 PM AT

    A Progressive Conservative MLA has taken the unusual step of naming
    names — including that of a sitting provincial court judge — in his
    attack on a proposed law on how Court of Queen's Bench judges are
    transferred.

    Kirk MacDonald told the legislature last week that he believes the
    government bill was drafted to help the spouse and the brother-in-law
    of federal Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc, a close ally of Premier Brian
    Gallant.
    nb-andre-richard-jolene-richard

    A Progressive Conservative MLA believes the Liberal government's
    judge-moving bill was drafted to help have André Richard and Jolène
    Richard appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench. (CBC)

    "I will give you two names. I will give you Jolène Richard and André
    Richard, two people I believe are looking for judicial appointments
    here in New Brunswick," MacDonald said during second-reading debate on
    the bill.

    In fact, Jolène Richard is already a provincial court judge. André
    Richard is her brother and a senior lawyer at Stewart McKelvey.

        Province names new judge, wife of MP Dominic LeBlanc

    "Dominic LeBlanc has some judges that he wants to appoint in New
    Brunswick, and the framework as it currently exists does not allow for
    that to happen," MacDonald said.

    André Richard stated Thursday he "had no involvement in the
    government's decision to propose changes to the Judicature Act."

    "As you know, my sister is already a judge who sits in Moncton. I fail
    to understand why our names are being brought into this debate."
    Bill gives veto to minister

    The Liberal bill would amend the Judicature Act, which governs how
    courts operate, to give the justice minister a veto over Chief Justice
    David Smith of the Court of Queen's Bench transferring judges from one
    court to another.
    nb-chief-justice-david-smith

    Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice David Smith has transferred 13
    judges since becoming chief justice in 1998. (Acadia University)

    PC MLAs have hinted in the past about who they believe the bill was
    designed to help. But until now, no one was willing to name them.

    It's rare for politicians to draw sitting judges into partisan
    debates, and the veteran Tory MLA did not offer any evidence to back
    up his allegations. He turned down a request to explain his views in
    an interview.
    Parliamentary privilege

    Parliamentary privilege protects members of the legislature from being
    sued for defamation or held in contempt of court for comments they
    make during proceedings. No such protection exists for things they say
    outside the legislature.

    Provincial court judges such as Richard are appointed by the province,
    but Court of Queen's Bench justices are named by Ottawa. Both courts
    are administered by the province, but the current law gives Smith the
    power to move judges on his court on his own.

    Smith has argued the bill would threaten the independence of the
    courts, which could make it unconstitutional.
    Bill brought back

    The Liberals introduced the bill during the last session, but it
    didn't pass before the session ended. They brought it back last week.

    Justice Minister Denis Landry said last week the bill was designed to
    bring "best practices" to court administration and end the pattern of
    justices being named to smaller courthouses and then being transferred
    soon after.

        Judge-moving legislation introduced again
        2 chief justices appear at odds over judge-moving bill
        7 things list reveals about controversial judge-moving bill

    "This is what we want to correct," he said. "If we name a judge, they
    should reside there, for a long period of time, not just two or three
    months then move them where they want to go."

    Asked whether he'd veto such a transfer, Landry said, "This is what we'll see."

    Landry's department said Thursday it would not comment on MacDonald's
    accusation.
    Larger locations favoured

    MacDonald said during last week's debate that it's true Court of
    Queen's Bench justices are often appointed to smaller locations and
    are then moved to one of the three largest cities.
    Dominic LeBlanc

    Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc is a close ally of New
    Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant. (CBC)

    He said that court postings in Moncton, Fredericton, and Saint John
    are "The positions that everyone seems to want."

    And he said the current system for moving judges, "which is controlled
    by the chief justice, does not work for Dominic LeBlanc and the
    Liberal Party of New Brunswick," MacDonald said.

        Upside to judge-moving bill touted by ex-constitutional lawyer
        Gallant government's judge-moving bill questioned by legal expert

    "They want to change it. They want to have a situation where they have
    a mechanism to control that decision and to effect change on that
    decision."

    In June, Smith transferred Justice Tracey DeWare from Woodstock to
    Moncton and Justice Richard Petrie from Saint John to Woodstock.

    DeWare was moved to fill a vacancy after Justice Brigitte Robichaud
    switched to supernumerary, or part-time, status.

    Jolène Richard did not respond to interview requests.

    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
    Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
    Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
    parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
    Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
    that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
    to be..
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>


    Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received

    Kveðja / Best regards
    Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office


    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
    Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
    Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
    parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
    Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
    that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
    to be..
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>


    Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.

    Kveðja / Best regards
    Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
    Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
    Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
    Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
    hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
    now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>


    Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received

    Kveðja / Best regards
    Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office


    This is the docket

    http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T

    These are digital recordings of  the last two hearings

    Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug

    Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015

    This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again

    Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
    Campaign, Rogers TV

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276

    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    902 800 0369

    FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most


    http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html

    83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
    in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
    allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
    five years after he began his bragging:

    January 13, 2015
    This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate

    December 8, 2014
    Why Canada Stood Tall!

    Friday, October 3, 2014
    Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
    Stupid Justin Trudeau

    Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
    behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.

    When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
    actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
    in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
    the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
    involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
    significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
    of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
    operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
    Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
    The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
    deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
    Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
    redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
    less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
    alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
    then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
    incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
    professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
    Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
    campaign of 2006.

    What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
    Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
    Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
    support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.

    What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
    chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
    less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
    as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
    deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.

    The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
    the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
    That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
    constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
    remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
    non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
    regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
    instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
    limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.

    President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
    attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
    Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
    and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
    initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
    essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
    ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
    and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
    or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
    terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
    “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
    Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
    ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
    Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.

    One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
    was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
    amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
    denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
    self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
    “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
    G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
    behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
    Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
    cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
    are not.

    Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
    mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
    world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
    David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
    and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
    and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
    “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
    criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
    tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”

    In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
    “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
    successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
    marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
    military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
    equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
    antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
    years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
    won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.

    My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
    Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
    Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
    served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
    democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
    other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
    these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
    other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.

    Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
    and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
    shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.

    Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now

    From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
    Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
    Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
    the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
    alive
    To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

    This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
    your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
    to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.


    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
    Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
    War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
    To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
    Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca,
    william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, stoffp1 <stoffp1@parl.gc.ca>,
    dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
    milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
    sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
    < smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
    susan@blueskystrategygroup.com, Don@blueskystrategygroup.com,
    eugene@blueskystrategygroup.com, americas@aljazeera.net
    Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice"<Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
    < terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
    < whistleblower@ctv.ca>

    I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
    Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
    Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
    CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
    be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
    that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
    if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
    about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact  that  your
    old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
    never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
    interesting though

    http://www.blueskystrategygroup.com/index.php/team/don-newman/

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/media/story/2010/05/04/al-jazeera-english-launch.html

    Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
    this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
    Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
    Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right

    The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
    shy political animal

    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    902 800 0369

    Enjoy Mr Weston
    http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2011/05/15/weston-iraq-invasion-wikileaks.html

    "But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
    brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
    says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
    to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
    including a Canadian general.

    That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
    who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
    U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
    also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
    prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."

    http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010/06/canada-and-united-states.html

    "I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
    being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
    demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
    "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
    into the US policy.

    At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
    colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
    in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
    report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
    never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
    were deployed WMD.

    Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
    invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
    concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
    (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
    about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
    that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
    authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.

    There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
    its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
    to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
    folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
    upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
    are to met before US troop can redeploy?  Prime Minister Jean Chretien
    and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
    Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
    correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
    George W Bush administration was onerous

    American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
    military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
    naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
    in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
    thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
    operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
    lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
    ....not necessarily in that order. "

    You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
    Adams? of the CSE within the DND?

    http://www.socom.mil/SOCOMHome/Pages/ContactUSSOCOM.aspx


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:20:29 -0400
    Subject: Hey before you Red Coats swear an Oath to the Queen and the
    42nd Parliament begins perhaps the turncoat Big Bad Billy Casey the
    Yankee carpetbagger David Lutz or some Boyz from NB should explain
    this lawsuit to you real slow.
    To: alaina@alainalockhart.ca, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
    "daniel.mchardie"<daniel.mchardie@cbc.ca>, info@waynelong.ca,
    info@ginettepetitpastaylor.ca, rarseno@nbnet.nb.ca,
    matt@mattdecourcey.ca, info@sergecormier.ca, pat@patfinnigan.ca,
    tj@tjharvey.ca, karen.ludwig.nb@gmail.com
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Frank.McKenna"
    < Frank.McKenna@td.com>, info@votezsteve.ca, info@billcasey.ca,
    "justin.trudeau.a1"<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>,
    "dominic.leblanc.a1"<dominic.leblanc.a1@parl.gc.ca>, oldmaison
    < oldmaison@yahoo.com>, jacques_poitras <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>,
    "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "peter.mackay"
    < peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>



    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
    Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
    Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
    Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
    hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
    now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.

    Kveðja / Best regards
    Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
    Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:39:17 +0000
    Subject: RE: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
    Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
    hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
    now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
    Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
    and a response will be forthcoming.
    Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

    Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
    Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
    et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
    Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.

    Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
    Mallory Fowler
    Corespondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
    Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre


    For the public record I knew Birgitta was no better than the people
    she bitches about when she refused to discuss the QSLS blog with me
    while she was in Canada making her rounds in the Canadain media in
    January of 2011.



    http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2012/12/so-det-louie-lafleur-have-you-and.html

    From: "MacKenzie, Lloyd (SNB)"lloyd.mackenzie@snb.ca
    Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:01:27 -0400
    Subject: Telephone Conversation re: 1965 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
    To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
    Cc: "Bastarache, Donald J.(SNB)"Donald.Bastarache@snb.ca,
    "Morrison, Bill (SNB)"bill.morrison@snb.ca,
    "Levesque-Finn, Sylvie(SNB)"Sylvie.Levesque-Finn@snb.ca, "Pleadwell, Derek
    (SNB)"Derek.Pleadwell@snb.ca

    Mr. Amos:
    Upon your request I will inform Mr. Derek Pleadwell[(506)
    444-2897], Chairperson SNB Board of Directors, of our extended
    conversation regarding the issues surrounding the 1965 Harley-Davidson
    motorcycle when he visits my office at approximately 3:30 P.M. today.

    Also, as requested, I've copied in Ms. Sylvie Levesque-Finn[ (506)
    453-3879 ],SNB President.

    Lloyd D. MacKenzie, AACI, P. App, CAE
    Regional Manager of Assessment - Beauséjour Region/Responsable
    régional de l'évaluation - region Beauséjour
    Assessment/ de l'évaluation
    Service New Brunswick/ Service Nouveau-Brunswick
    633 rue Main St.
    4th floor/4ième étage
    Moncton, NB E1C 8R3
    Tel/Tél: (506) 856-3910
    Fax/Téléc: (506) 856-2519

    http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/06/friday-13th-of-june-was-my-final-follow.html

    From: Grady, Louise (ENB)
    Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 11:55 AM
    To: mailto:David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com
    Subject: Final Follow up: Your registration as an independent candidate

    Mr. Amos:

    Following the Chief Electoral Officer's request by telephone on May
    28, 2014 and his previous e-mailed requests for additional information
    with respect to your registration as an independent candidate (please
    see below), and having not received that information despite having
    provided you with several opportunities to furnish the requested
    information, he has now directed that said registration be cancelled.
    Should you wish to re-apply for registration as an independent
    candidate, you may do so after 60 days following the cancellation of
    your present registration as provided for under subsection 146.1(1) of
    the Elections Act.

    Louise Grady
    Elections Coordinator / Coordinatrice des élections

    Elections New Brunswick / Élections Nouveau-Brunswick
    Office/bureau : (506) 453-2218 / 1-800-308-2922
    Fax/télécopieur: (506) 457-4926
    http://www.electionsnb.ca

    From: Grady, Louise (ENB)
    Sent: May 28, 2014 4:20 PM
    To: 'David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com'
    Subject: Follow up: Your registration as an independent candidate

    Mr. Amos:

    At the request of Mr. Michael Quinn, Chief Electoral Officer of the
    Province of New Brunswick, I am writing to summarize his phone call to
    you this afternoon, reminding you of his message of May 14 (see
    below). In the message he left on your voice mail, he granted you a
    few more days' grace and asked you to return his call at (506)
    453-2218. He added that should he not hear from you by then, he would
    proceed to cancel your registration as an independent candidate as
    provided for in the Elections Act.

    Louise Grady
    Elections Coordinator / Coordinatrice des élections


    Elections New Brunswick / Élections Nouveau-Brunswick
    Office/bureau : (506) 453-2218 / 1-800-308-2922
    Fax/télécopieur: (506) 457-4926
    http://www.electionsnb.ca

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    Board nixes special intervener to defend residential users in NB Power hearings

    Energy and Utilities Board concludes it does not have authority to appoint a residential intervener

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·
    Peter Hyslop, a Hartland-based lawyer, had argued he should be appointed as the residential representative to the Energy and Utilities Board during NB Power's rate design hearings. (Pat Richard/CBC News file photo)
     
    New Brunswick's Energy and Utilities Board has ruled it does not have the authority to order special funding for a lawyer to represent residential electricity users at upcoming NB Power hearings that will reshape how consumers are billed. 

    "The board finds that it does not have jurisdiction to grant intervener funding," it wrote in a three-page decision released late last week.

    NB Power is involved in a rate design hearing, which could dramatically change the prices charged by the utility.

    Peter Hyslop, a Hartland-based lawyer, argued in June that homeowners and apartment dwellers are NB Power's largest customer group and should be independently represented at hearings.

    "Rate design is going to have significant impact on residential ratepayers," Hyslop said at the June 15 meeting. 

    There is no question that Mr. Hyslop would bring a meaningful contribution to the proceedings.
    - Energy and Utilities Board

    "The argument and position of residential ratepayers should be before this board."

    NB Power is responsible for the expenses of electricity hearings and would have been the one to pay for the bills of a lawyer representing residential customers.

    In its decision, the EUB said there is nothing in its governing legislation or in precedent-setting court rulings that allow for that arrangement. 

    "There is no question that Mr. Hyslop would bring a meaningful contribution to the proceedings," it wrote. 

    "However, the board concludes that it cannot be implied that intervener funding is of practical necessity in order to accomplish its jurisdiction."

    Year-long hearing to reshape bills

    Heather Black is the public intervener at the Energy and Utility Board's looking into NB Power's rate design application. (Robert Jones/CBC)
    Hyslop is a former public intervener at NB Power rate hearings. 

    Heather Black, who is now the public intervener, is responsible for representing "the public interest" at the EUB hearings and is barred from advocating for any single group like residential customers.

    Hyslop suggested that mandate, which was changed by the Alward government in 2013, meant Black would be unable to represent the best interests of residential customers in the way public interveners used to.

    NB Power is in the middle of a year-long EUB proceeding that is looking at reshaping how the utility bills various customers for electricity.

    Some of the most significant proposals are aimed at homeowners and apartment dwellers, including higher than average rate increases for that group, premium prices for electric heat and the possible adoption of different rates at different times of the day, different days of the week or different months of the year. 

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Robert Jones

    Reporter

    Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.

    CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

     

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685 

     

    EUB punts rate hearing as NB Power studies $122M smart meter plan

    EUB agrees to suspend hearing so it can deal first with NB Power's proposed $122M purchase of smart meters

     
    Robert Jones·
    NB Power wants to purchase and install smart meters before it has a rate design hearing. (Ryan Pilon/CBC)
     
    An effort to redesign the way NB Power charges customers for electricity — generally viewed as bad news for those who heat with electricity — has been suspended by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board for one year. 

    The EUB has agreed to consider an upcoming NB Power application to spend $122 million on new "smart meters" for homes and businesses first.

    "The Board finds that the AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) application should precede the rate design hearing and therefore it is in the public interest to grant an adjournment," ruled EUB chairman Raymond Gorman in a brief hearing last week.
     
    Energy and Utilities Board chair Raymond Gorman says the board has delayed the rate design hearing for one year. (Pat Richard/CBC)

    NB Power has been under pressure from the EUB to better match prices it charges for electricity to the cost of producing and distributing power. That could see consumers paying substantially different prices for power between summer and winter — even between day and night. 

    But the utility has argued there is little room to make substantial changes like that until its entire inventory of power meters is upgraded.

    "It is NB Power's submission that the rate design proceeding is … premature because it does contemplate discussion of rate design options that might not be available depending on … (smart meter) deployment," NB Power's senior legal counsel John Furey said during arguments for the suspension.

    Tracking more frequent

    Unlike current units that have to be physically visited to be read, smart meters will connect directly to NB Power computers, allowing individual customers to have electricity consumption tracked several times an hour instead of once a month. 

    The utility says this will allow it to charge a variety of rates for electricity — more when consumption is higher, such as in the mornings, on weekends and during winter — and less when consumption is lower.

    "We are going from reading a customer's meter once a month, so 12 times a year, up to 12 times an hour," former NB Power executive Neil Larlee said during testimony in front of the EUB last February.

    Smart meters for $122M

    But the new meters are expensive, an estimated $92 million to acquire one for each customer and another $30 million to have them installed and made operational. 

    It's an expense that largely requires EUB approval, something the regulator is expected to hear evidence on this winter and rule on by next spring.  NB Power said without that decision being made first, redesigning rates made little sense. 

    John Furey, NB Power's senior legal counsel, argued for the delay in the rate design hearing until the utility installs smart meters, which record power usage more frequently. (LinkedIn)

    "I don't see how we can have a meaningful process … because we don't know what rate design options are available or might be precluded in the event the (smart meter) decision is not to deploy or to deploy," said Furey.

    Because those who heat with electricity consume large amounts of power during high-demand cold snaps, the rate design process is generally expected to result in higher costs for that group. 

    However, NB Power has argued smart meters will allow for enough discount periods that electric heat customers who move activities such as laundry, dishwashing and showers into the evening will be able to offset some or all of the increases they experience.

    NB Power is expected to formally apply to buy and install smart meters provincewide within the next two weeks as part of its next general rate increase application. 

    The rate design hearing will resume next fall.

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    61 Comments
     
     
     
    Jonas Smith  
    Put off for a year? You mean after next year's provincial election. I see this Liberal Government is still using the 50's/60's handbook on political posturing. 
     
     
    Roy Kirk
    Reply to Jonas Smith 
    You hit the nail square on the head!  
     
     
     
     
    Rosco holt 
    Residential users should be represented separate from commercial at the EUB. The public intervener seem to represent commercial users sacrificing residential users in the process.

    Government isn't interested in fair representation since it would interfere with the Empire's wishes of having electricity for free for their smaller operations. 

     
     
     
    Dave Tramley 
    I am a concerned citizen living in Riverview NB. I get uneasy when I hear that NB power is planning to install smart meters.

    Here is why. The below link is from Canadians for Safe Technology. The page link is all about smart meter issues. I personally choose to opt out of smart meter installation.

    I don't want a fire or risk having poor health effects from the RF radiation emitted by smart meters.

    http://c4st.org/?s=smart+meters  
     
     
     
     
    Allan J Whitney
    GREAT idea. Send over one hundred million BORROWED dollars off to some well connected source in faraway lands. Just another way to gut this province. Then, after succumbing to financial difficulties, all the assets will be sold off to well connected parties at dimes on the dollar. Watch and learn, fellow marks.  
     
     
     

    Shawn McShane 
     'Astonishing’: Hydro One pulling plug on 36,000 rural smart meters after years of complaints

    ...mandated by the Liberal government at a cost of about $2 billion, Some customers were double and tripled bills; some had no bills for months; others were comically billed millions in overcharges.

    http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/astonishing-hydro-one-pulling-plug-on-36000-rural-smart-meters-after-years-of-complaints 
     
     
    Roy Kirk
    NBP always prided itself on being a mini Ontario Hydro. Comforting to see it continues to tred the same path, i guess. It makes our future more predictable. Reply to Shawn McShane  
     
     
     
     
     
    Shawn McShane 
    Residential electricity customers underpaying, NB Power says...And its own study states NB Power's large industrial customers pay 99 per cent of what they should for power

    The EUB's predecessor, the old Public Utilities Board, found large industrial customers were the most heavily subsidized group. Who should we believe...in the Empire?

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/residential-electricity-customers-underpaying-nb-power-says-1.2804028 
     
     
    Roy Kirk
    Reply to Shawn McShane 
    As a class, residential customers probably are underpaying. But sticking a small apartment dweller with a 60 amp entrance in the same class as a monster home owner with a 200 amp service is inherently unfair when both pay the same service charge. So we have a situation in which small residential customers pay too much and larger ones pay too little. Back in the '60's the NBEPC rates made such distinctions, or tried to do so. Now, it is take what the market will bear from whichever customer is least able to defend themselves. :-( 
     
     
    Shawn McShane   
    Reply to Roy Kirk
    Much more money in apartment blocks where each unit pays a service charge. A ghetto I think they call it. NB needs a lot more immigration. We need to build up our ghetto culture. Is that what you mean...Kirk?
     
     
     
    Roy Kirk 
    The new meters will only lead to fairer rates and significant energy conservation *if* the EUB finally rolls back the absurdly high monthly service charge and builds that revenue into the energy rate. As it now stands, a customer in a 700 sq ft appartment pays the same fixed charge as someone in a 4000 sq ft home, despite using much less electricity, on average.

    The high service charge is nothing but a revenue insurance policy for the utility, insulating it from the effects of customers' conservation, and paid for largely by smaller, poorer customers.

     
     
     
    Diana Austin  
    Running appliances overnight might reduce power bills, but it also increases the risk of fires that people might not spot immediately because they are asleep. We always ran our dishwasher overnight--until it caught fire one night while we were asleep. We were lucky because the fire burnt itself out inside the machine and so it didn't trigger the fire alarms. We had the Fire Marshall around and he told us that appliance fires in Fredericton are not uncommon. I did a quick Google search and found out that appliance fires causing the loss of both lives and property have been a big issue in England and other places that use power rates to encourage people to run appliances overnight. We did know that a neighbour had a fridge catch fire in the middle of the night once, but we thought that was a really unusual event. We never thought appliance fires in the middle of the night would happen twice in a few years on the same street, so we never worried about running the dishwasher overnight. But having seen how close we came to a big fire happening while we were sleeping, we stick to daytime use now.  
     
     
    Shawn McShane   
    Reply to Diana Austin 
    Smart meters linked to 13 fires in Ontario, Fire Marshall

    nine fires in Saskatchewan,

    SaskPower plans to remove all 105,000 of its smart meters and replace them with traditional units.

    https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/08/08/smart_meters_linked_to_13_fires_in_ontario_fire_marshal_says.html

     
    Fred Brewer
    Reply to Diana Austin
    If you read the article carefully you will see that NB Power is not suggesting using appliances while you sleep. They suggest using them in the evening to take advantage of lower power rates. Those that wish to use their appliances during peak daytime periods can do so, but they will pay a bit more for their electricity. 
     
     
    Shawn McShane  
    Reply to Fred Brewer  
    In Nova Scotia

    11pm to 7am off peak: 8.136¢/kWh

    7am to 12pm: 19.421¢/kWh

    4pm to 11pm: 19.421¢/kWh

    http://www.nspower.ca/en/home/for-my-home/heating-solutions/electric-thermal-storage/tod-rates/default.aspx

     
    Fred Brewer 
    Reply to Shawn McShane  
    What does NS have to do with power rates in NB? NB Power has gone on record that it will be cheaper in the evening.  
     
     
    Roy Kirk
    Reply to Shawn McShane 
    The big difference between NS and NB is the penetration of electric heat. It is much higher in NB, making for many more captive customers who cannot easily move off of ekectricy used for space heating. 
     
     
    Roy Kirk
    Reply to Fred Brewer  
    NBP went on record to say that their refurbished station at Lepreau would operate at a much higher capacity than it in fact has done.

    Perhaps one should consider that it will say what it thinks is convenient to its case in the circumstances at hand. 

     
    Shawn McShane  
    Reply to Fred Brewer 
     
    What time in the time of evening Fred? Bed time? 
     
     
    Shawn McShane   
    Reply to Roy Kirk
    NBP went on record to say that large industrial customers pay 99 per cent of what they should.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/residential-electricity-customers-underpaying-nb-power-says-1.2804028

    Fred didn't believe it and demanded proof.

     
    Fred Brewer  
    Reply to Roy Kirk 
    Excellent point Roy and I agree. Government and NB Power cannot be trusted any further than we can throw an elephant.  
     
     
    Fred Brewer 
    Reply to Shawn McShane 
    Yep and the 99% number came right from NB Power and as Roy pointed out, they cannot be trusted. So I must also admit that the evening lower rates might never materialize. 
     
     
     
     
    Jason Inness 
    I think NB Power, the politicians, and the EUB all need a reminder of who they ultimately work for. It seems sleazy that they all seem to be working to take even more of our money, yet NB Power can partner with Emera to provide 20 years of the same pricing to customers in Massachusetts (I believe that was the state). Why are we, the owners of NB Power, always the ones getting the higher rates, so they can give price breaks to industrial users and foreign customers?
     
     
    Shawn McShane   
    Reply to Jason Inness 
    We have the lowest median income in Canada and the highest rates of children living in poverty. Because of this fact NB Power, the politicians, and the EUB know NBers will be forced to use off peak electricity freeing up more electricity to sell to non-NBers. 
     


    New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
    Commission de L'Energie et des Services Publics N.-B.

    Matter 357

    IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation
    with respect to proposed changes to its rate structure, rate classes
    and rate design.

    held at Board Premises, Saint John, N.B., on October 5th 2017.


                            Henneberry Reporting Service
    New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
    Commission de L'Energie et des Services Publics N.-B.
    Matter 357

    IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation
    with respect to proposed changes to its rate structure, rate classes
    and rate design.

    held at Board Premises, Saint John, N.B., on October 5th 2017.

    BEFORE:  Raymond Gorman, Q.C. -  Chairman
             Patrick Ervin        -  Member
             Michael Costello     -  Member

    New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
                        Counsel   - Ms. Ellen Desmond, Q.C.
                        Board Staff  - David Young
                                     - Michael Dickie
    ............................................................
      CHAIRMAN:  Good morning.  This is a hearing of the New Brunswick
    Energy and Utilities Board in relation to Matter 357, which is an
    application by New Brunswick Power Corporation with respect to
    proposed changes to its rate structure, rate classes and rate design.
    At this point -- I think somebody has just joined us.
        Today's hearing is a Motions Day.  We had two motions filed, one by
    the Public Intervenor and one by Mr. David Amos.  The motion by the
    Public Intervenor, the Board has been advised that that motion, which
    was requesting additional information from IRs, that the additional
    information has in fact been filed and that motion has been withdrawn.
    That leaves us with one motion, that's Mr. Amos' motion.
        So I will take the appearances at this time starting with NB Power Corporation.

      MR. FUREY:  Good morning, Mr. Chair.  John Furey.  I am with Stephen
    Russell and Natasha Connelly Bosse.  Mr. Chair, I am having a little
    difficulty hearing you.

      CHAIRMAN:  All right.  If I move this microphone closer, is that a
    little bit better?

      MR. FUREY:  Yes, thank you.

      CHAIRMAN:  All right.  And perhaps I could remind the parties to
    mute their phones, if you can, when you are not talking, because we
    get a lot of feedback on our conference phone.  So David Amos?

      MR. AMOS:  Yes, sir.  I am here.  And Gerald Bourque is here as well.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Bourque is here as well.  Thank you.  Enbridge Gas
    New Brunswick?  Not on the line.  J.D. Irving Limited?

      MR. STEWART:  Christopher Stewart, Mr. Chairman.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Mr. Stewart.  Sussex Sharing Club?  Not here.
    Utilities Municipal?

      MR. STOLL:  Good morning, Mr. Chair.  Scott Stoll.  And Ms. Kelly is
    on the other line.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Mr. Stoll.  York North Veneer Products?  Not
    here.  Public Intervenor?

      MS. BLACK:  Good morning, Mr. Chair.  Heather Black.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Ms. Black.  New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board?

      MS. DESMOND:  Good morning, Mr. Chair.  It's Ellen Desmond.  And
    from Board Staff, David Young and Michael Dickie.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Ms. Desmond.  The motion this morning filed by
    Mr. Amos was filed on October 3rd and it's seeking an order from the
    Board that it maintain the schedule that it ordered after the
    pre-hearing conference on June 15th 2017.  Of course, that schedule
    was altered as a result of a motion that was heard on September 21st.
    So, Mr. Amos, that's your motion, so I am going to ask you to proceed.
    The Board notes that you filed a motion, but that -- with that motion
    there was no additional evidence.

      MR. AMOS:  It's my understanding the evidence is not required.  I
    asked you about it on the 21st and you wouldn't answer me, but October
    3rd was the deadline for Motion Day.  The Public Intervenor and I both
    filed a motion.  That said, she withdrew, I did not.
        According to the Act, this hearing that, as CBC, the Board has punted
    down the road, is supposed to have been heard in three years when I
    wanted to cross-examine Mr. Russell on the 21st.  It was my
    understanding he had years to prepare for this hearing and then why he
    is suddenly too busy to go on with it, I had many questions with that
    regard, particularly after a confidential meeting with NB Power this
    summer.  That said, you didn't allow me to cross-examine him, but you
    did extend this matter till November 1st so people could get their
    information responses, at the very least, and file motions with
    questions.
        As you know from the pre-conference hearing -- or the pre-hearing
    conference on June 15th, I have many questions and I introduced myself
    to you folks before I even became an intervenor.  Nobody has asked me
    any questions all summer, but the public is certainly entitled to know
    why NB Power wants to go forward and blow more money to install smart
    meters where there are many law suits, et cetera in many other
    jurisdictions about site meters.  They are supposed to reduce debt,
    not increase debt.  And the public are going to have to fund the
    purchase of these site meters so then the public can turn around and
    be billed more.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos, I don't want to interrupt you, but just on that
    point, you should be aware that it's our understanding that the
    general rate application for 2018/2019 will be filed probably --

      MR. AMOS:  I am talking about this hearing.

      CHAIRMAN:  -- probably this week.

      MR. AMOS:  I don't care about that one.  I am talking about this hearing.

      CHAIRMAN:  No, I appreciate that, but you raise the issue of the
    advanced metering and it's my understanding that that will be part of
    the filing that the Board will receive over the next couple of days.

      MR. AMOS:  Yes, but this Board -- this hearing is relationship to
    Mr. Todd's report that stakeholders -- you and me as people of this
    province, by way of NB Power, paid Mr. Todd for his report.  Mr. Furey
    and his associates at NB Power want to keep most of that report
    confidential from the stakeholders of this province.  We paid Mr.
    Furey for his report.  We should have the right to read it.  Now I
    wouldn't sign any non-disclosure agreement with Mr. Furey.  I only
    want to know what the public is entitled to know.  If NB Power wants
    to keep its secrets, I can get it through the Private of Information
    Act, or whatever that other people are in trouble for these days.
        This hearing is ordered by the Act.  They had three years to prepare
    for this hearing, which is supposed to begin next spring.  I don't
    know why Mr. Russell, suddenly one week before the proper Motion Day,
    which was October 3rd, or weeks before that -- and 30 minutes after
    Mr. Hyslop pulls himself from the matter, they have a sudden motion to
    have it dismissed sine die, which means forever, and the Board
    accommodates NB Power with a proper Board hearing, not on a scheduled
    Motion Day, and tried hard to make this matter go away.  Well all that
    happened was it's delayed until after the next election.
        Meanwhile, I have got emails from your current Minister Rick Doucet
    before the last election waiting to receive my documents.  When he
    received my documents, he said nothing since.  You folks have never
    responded to any of my emails.  Nobody will talk to me on the phone.
    And the only way I can speak to anyone is on the record, which is what
    I am doing.   This hearing was properly scheduled.  All the
    intervenors lined up, information requests, and information responses
    and the hearing should go forward as per your mandate and the law that
    was set down in 2013.  That's my position.  I don't know how you think
    and NB Power think you can delay the matter down the road until you
    are no longer Chair of the Board.  You were appointed in 2007, your
    term is up this year.  I don't know who the next Chair of the Board
    will be, he is yet to be appointed, but I will take it up with him.
    That said, I told you I have the right to judicial review.  That's
    also in the Act.  And I am quite -- I am being very honest with you, I
    think this is political, period.  Where is the Conservatives in this?
    What's going on here?  There is a properly scheduled hearing.  The
    Public Intervenor doesn't appear to be speaking on my behalf, but I
    am.
        And my number one concern, as a lot of Maritimers are who have voiced
    it to me, is this smart meter nonsense and more debt.  The Act was
    there to bring the debt down and bring the equity up, it's my
    understanding.  I don't know how you increase equity by borrowing more
    money.  First off, to pay for these meters, you have to bill your
    clients more money to recoup the money you borrowed to buy the smart
    meters and then they might come forward with a profit.  But I have
    been in business a long time and I am older than most of you folks.  I
    have litigated and sued more lawyers, law firms, and argued with more
    Attorney Generals and politicians than most folk can name.
        Mr. Gorman, you cannot deny that I didn't send you a couple of very
    interesting emails this weekend to remind you when I first introduced
    myself to you in 2007.  Correct?  Are you there?

      CHAIRMAN:  Yes, I am here.  And I am just waiting for the rest of
    your submission.

      MR. AMOS:  Well that said, you used to be on the Board back in the
    '90s, and then you had Mr. Stoll's job for a few years, and then when
    Bernard Lord canned the old PUB -- and as you know, I was involved
    with all of that.  I sent you the documents and the National Energy
    Board.  And I ran in Saint John, just like Mr. Hyslop did.  I sent you
    his voicemail between him and I.  I sent you all my documents.  I sent
    you the document that I gave NB Power in 2006, right after I ran for
    Parliament in Fredericton. NB Power had hired Simpson Bartlett &
    Thacher to sue Venezuela over orimulsion.  Ms. Black's law firm,
    McInnes Cooper were hired by Venezuela, Richard Costello, to search
    with PUB as to when there was a pipeline from the Irving refinery to
    Coleson Cove.  All of this is easily verified in the information I
    already sent you.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos --

      MR. AMOS:  I have issues with conflict of interest with Stewart
    McKelvey.  NB Power hired them to sue the insurance companies to
    recoup losses on Lepreau.  And Irving hired the same law firm to
    approach this Board to protect Irving's interest.  That's a huge
    conflict of interest.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos --

      MR. AMOS:  Mr. Hoyt --

      CHAIRMAN:  -- Mr. Amos --

      MR. AMOS:  -- he picked the cabinet that you guys --

      CHAIRMAN:  -- excuse me, Mr. Amos --

      MR. AMOS:  -- report to.  And he speaks for Enbridge while his law
    firm -- his law firm partner is a Public Intervenor.  I smell conflict
    of interest everywhere I look in this matter.  And everybody knows I
    enjoy suing lawyers.

      CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Mr. Amos --

      MR. AMOS:  As I said, I have --

      CHAIRMAN:  -- Mr. Amos, I --

      MR. AMOS:  -- a right to judicial review and I don't care --

      CHAIRMAN:  -- excuse me, Mr. Amos --

      MR. AMOS:  -- for the Court of Queen's Bench in Fredericton, I will
    be suing you guys in Federal Court.

      CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Mr. Amos, the motion that you brought today is for
    an order from this Board to return --

      MR. AMOS:  To get you guys to obey the rules.

      CHAIRMAN:  -- excuse me, could you just wait a moment.

      MR. AMOS:  The law clearly states there is supposed to be a hearing
    within three years.

      CHAIRMAN:  So which law are you referring to?

      MR. AMOS:  Section 100.

      CHAIRMAN:  Just one moment.

      MR. AMOS:  You guys are supposed to report to the Executive Council
    and, et cetera, et cetera.  The law is the law.  Rules are rules.
    Then there is Bill 60 about accountability.  I know when the
    Conservatives come out with this Act in 2013, part of the NB Power's
    mandate was to save money.  They want to bill more, but I don't see
    much evidence where they have cut costs.  That was a big part of this
    new bill.

      CHAIRMAN:  Can I bring you back to your section 100.  You are
    talking about section 100 of the Electricity Act?

      MR. AMOS:  Yes, sir.

      CHAIRMAN:  And you are saying that this Board was supposed to do
    something within three years?

      MR. AMOS:  There is all kinds -- have you read the Act?

      CHAIRMAN:  I have.

      MR. AMOS:  That's just one part of it.

      CHAIRMAN:  Is that -- but I am not sure how your argument pertains to what --

      MR. AMOS:  My argument is --

      CHAIRMAN:  -- excuse me, just  --

      MR. AMOS:  -- the Act says --

      CHAIRMAN:  -- Mr. Amos, I would like to know how --

      MR. AMOS:  Are you a lawyer?

      CHAIRMAN:  -- I would like to know how that --

      MR. AMOS:  You are a lawyer, sir.

      CHAIRMAN:  -- I would like --

      MR. AMOS:  You don't understand the Act?

      CHAIRMAN:  -- I would like to know --

      MR. AMOS:  We will argue the Act in another court, if you don't
    understand the Act you are supposed to follow.  If you want to argue a
    layman about some small portion of the Act -- but you will see in the
    Act where the Executive Council is involved, section 100.  How can
    that be if you don't even have your hearing until after the next
    election?

      CHAIRMAN:  Sir, your concerns seem to be about the --

      MR. AMOS:  I will take it up with the Executive Council right after
    I hang up the phone, Rick Doucet.

      CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Mr. Amos, your concerns that you talked about this
    morning seem to --

      MR. AMOS:  I am asking you to obey the law and uphold your own
    rules, as per your mandate.  This hearing was properly scheduled, all
    the intervenors lined up.  They had their information requests,
    information responses.  And now all of a sudden, just because Mr.
    Russell is too busy in September, you allow NB Power to end it.  I
    smell politics through and through, sir.

      CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Mr. Amos, do --

      MR. AMOS:  It was politicians who appointed you to this position.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. --

      MR. AMOS:  Len Hoyt picked the Executive Council, for God's sake,
    and he is an intervenor for Enbridge.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos, do you have anything else in respect to why
    this matter should -- the original schedule should be --

      MR. AMOS:  Yes.  Can you think of one good reason why I don't sue
    you, Mr. Gorman?  You have my documents.  Do you understand what are
    on file in your Board?  Do you not see where I am already in Federal
    Court suing the Queen?  Did I not properly introduce myself before you
    allowed me to be an intervenor?  Did not I explain my issues to this
    Board in no uncertain terms on June 15th?
        I am here protecting my own interests as a citizen and a stakeholder
    in this province who pays your wages.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos, anything further?

      MR. AMOS:  You are an officer of the court.  You are obliged to
    uphold the law, sir.

      CHAIRMAN:  Okay.

      MR. AMOS:  If you want to mince words with me with sections 100,
    fine.  We will do that in front of a judge.

      CHAIRMAN:  Anything further?

      MR. AMOS:  Yes.  I look forward to meeting you in court, sir.

      CHAIRMAN:  Right.  Thank you.  Mr. Furey, anything?

      MR. FUREY:  Just very briefly, Mr. Chair.  While it has not been
    characterized by Mr. Amos, I think the appropriate way to treat the
    motion is request for a re-hearing or variation of the Board's Order
    of September 21st, which is permitted under section 43 of the EUB Act.
    And rule 8.1.1. sets out how the Board would go about that or how the
    application should demonstrate whether the Board should exercise its
    discretion to do that.  And in that rule, it talks about the types of
    things that you would expect to see in this type of application,
    whether there is some alleged error of law or jurisdiction, I don't
    hear that.  And whether there is any new facts or new evidence that
    was not before the Board at the time it made its decision on September
    21st, I don't hear any of that.

      MR. AMOS:  You had lots of my information before September 21st.
    It's properly documented.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos, you had an opportunity --

      MR. FUREY:  Well, Mr. Amos, you had your turn.  Let me speak please.
      CHAIRMAN:  Yes.  Mr. Amos, you have had an opportunity to speak.
    It's Mr. Furey's --

      MR. AMOS:  Yes, I am considered hostile by Mr. Furey.

      MR. FUREY:  I can't imagine why.

      MR. AMOS:  We will find out in another court, won't we, Mr. Furey?

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos --

      MR. FUREY:  So, Mr. Chair, I don't see any of the types of things
    that would justify the Board exercising its jurisdiction to vary its
    previous decision and so I would simply ask that the motion be
    dismissed.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Mr. Furey.  Mr. Bourque?

      MR. AMOS:  Mr. Bourque?

      MR. BOURQUE:  Yes.  No, I think the motion should -- you know, we
    should go ahead with this.  That's what the Act says, that's what we
    should be doing.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Mr. Bourque.  We have a new participant.

      MR. VOLPE:  Paul Volpe, Enbridge Gas.

      CHAIRMAN:  Good morning, Mr. Volpe.

      MR. VOLPE:  My apologies.

      CHAIRMAN:  Yes.  So we are partway through the hearing of the
    motion, Mr. Volpe.  Do you have anything to say about this motion?  Do
    you have --

      MR. VOLPE:  I do not.  Please proceed.  Thank you.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Stewart?

      MR. STEWART:  I have no submissions.

      CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Stoll?

      MR. STOLL:  Mr. Chair, I think Mr. Furey captured our position.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you.  Ms. Black?

      MS. BLACK:  Thank you, Mr. Chair.  I agree with Mr. Furey's analysis
    based on the EUB Act and the Rules of Procedure and I have no further
    submission.

      CHAIRMAN:  Thank you.  Ms. Desmond, any comments?

      MS. DESMOND:  No, comments, Mr. Chair.

      CHAIRMAN:  All right.  Just give us a moment.  We are just going to
    recess briefly, but I am going to ask the parties to stay on the
    phone.
        (Short recess)

      CHAIRMAN:  All right.  The Board will now provide a decision with
    respect to this matter.
        Mr. Amos filed this motion on October 3rd seeking an order from the
    Board that it maintain the schedule that it ordered after the
    pre-hearing conference on June 15th 2017.
        By way of background, NB Power filed a rate design application on May
    1st 2017.  A pre-hearing conference was held on June 15th 2017.  The
    Board provided a complete and final filing schedule to all parties on
    July 13th.  A hearing was set for April 9th 2018.
        On September 12th, NB Power filed a motion seeking an adjournment of
    this matter.  This motion was heard on September 21st 2017 at which
    time all parties had the opportunity to comment on NB Power's request
    for an adjournment.
        Having considered all of the submissions at that time, including that
    of Mr. Amos, the Board determined that -- and I am quoting from that
    decision -- "it should exercise its discretion and grant an
    adjournment in this matter.  The Board finds that the AMI application
    should precede the rate design hearing and therefore it is in the
    public interest to grant an adjournment."  I believe that can be found
    in the transcript.
        In a motion of October 3rd, Mr. Amos is asking the Board to
    reconsider its decision of September 21st and to require NB Power to
    proceed with the matter as was first ordered on July 13th.
        Section 8 of the EUB Rules of Procedure specifically addressed the
    process to be used when requesting the Board to review, rescind or
    vary an order, which it is and able to do under section 43 of the Act.
    The Rule provides that when an applicant makes a request of this
    nature, the application should provide a number of things, including
    the grounds on which they intend to rely and the changed circumstances
    or new facts that have arisen since the close of the original
    proceeding.
        The Board has read the information provided in Mr. Amos' motion and
    considered his comments at today's hearing.  The Board finds that Mr.
    Amos has provided no new information since the Board made its decision
    on September 21st.
        As a result, as per Section 8.2 of the Rules of Procedure, Mr. Amos
    has not raised sufficient grounds to reconsider the Board's decision
    of September 21st and the motion is dismissed.  Thank you.  And we
    will now adjourn.
        (Adjourned)
                          Certified to be a true transcript of
                          the proceedings of this hearing
                          as recorded by me, to the best of my
                          ability.         Reporter




    http://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/FILE/57/3/Bill-39-e.htm

    BILL 39
    Electricity Act
    Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
    Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:


    PART 6
    REGULATION OF ELECTRICITY
    Division A
    Planning
    Integrated resource plan
    100( 1) The Corporation shall, in accordance with subsection (4),
    submit to the Executive Council for approval an integrated resource
    plan that covers a planning period of not less than 20 years and that
    includes the following:
    (a)  the Corporation’s load forecast for the planning period;
    (b)  demand-side management and energy efficiency plans considered by
    the Corporation and those it has chosen for implementation;
    (c)  supply-side options considered by the Corporation and those it
    has chosen for implementation;
    (d)  the anticipated impact on load of the demand-side management and
    energy efficiency plans chosen for implementation by the Corporation;
    (e)  the cost implications of the demand-side management and energy
    efficiency plans and supply-side options chosen for implementation by
    the Corporation as projected for the initial 10-year period covered by
    the integrated resource plan;
    (f)  any key assumptions relied on by the Corporation in developing
    the integrated resource plan;
    (g)  a description of the stakeholder consultations carried out by the
    Corporation in developing the integrated resource plan; and
    (h)  any other information the Corporation considers relevant or that
    is ordered by the Board under subsection (3) to be included.
    100( 2) Subject to any changes requested under subsection (7), an
    integrated resource plan shall be developed by the Corporation in
    accordance with the principles of least-cost service, economic and
    environmental sustainability and risk management.
    100( 3) The Board may, on its own motion, order the Corporation to
    include additional information in any subsequent integrated resource
    plans submitted under subsection (1) for the approval of the Executive
    Council.
    100( 4) An integrated resource plan shall, at the following times, be
    submitted to the Executive Council under subsection (1) for approval:
    (a)  within one year after the commencement of this section;
    (b)  at any time on the request of the Board; and
    (c)  at least once every three years after the date of the submission
    of the latest integrated resource plan under either paragraph (a) or
    (b).
    100( 5) The Executive Council shall approve or reject an integrated
    resource plan within 90 days after receipt of the plan.
    100( 6) If the Executive Council does not render a decision under
    subsection (5) within the time specified in that subsection, the
    integrated resource plan shall be deemed to be approved on the expiry
    of that time.
    100( 7) The Executive Council may request changes to an integrated
    resource plan or request additional information from the Corporation
    before approval.
    100( 8) An integrated resource plan approved by the Executive Council
    under subsection (5) or deemed to be approved under subsection (6)
    shall be filed by the Corporation with the Board within 30 days after
    the approval or deemed approval.
    Strategic, financial and capital investment plan
    101( 1) The Corporation shall file with the Board for information
    purposes within one year after the commencement of this section and
    annually after that a strategic, financial and capital investment plan
    covering the next ten fiscal years that includes the following:
    (a)  a schedule showing, for each fiscal year covered by the plan,
    each capital project contemplated by the Corporation that has a total
    projected capital cost of $50 million or more and the related
    projected annual capital expenditures for each such project;
    (b)  a schedule showing, for each fiscal year covered by the plan, the
    projected aggregate capital expenditures that relate to the capital
    projects contemplated by the Corporation that have a projected total
    capital cost of less than $50 million;
    (c)  the revenue requirements of the Corporation for each fiscal year
    covered by the plan;
    (d)  a projected balance sheet for the Corporation for each fiscal
    year covered by the plan;
    (e)  the Corporation’s load and revenue forecast for each fiscal year
    covered by the plan;
    (f)  a schedule showing, for each fiscal year covered by the plan, the
    projected annual overall change in rates for sales of electricity
    within the Province, expressed as a percentage, that is necessary to
    meet the revenue requirements referred to in paragraph (c); and
    (g)  any other information that the Corporation considers relevant or
    that is ordered by the Board under subsection (2) to be included.

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    Whereas everything in his idea of Heaven and Hell is done in threes Methinks I will save evil Chucky's big April Fools Day blog in three ways

     

    Clearly I wrote the email found below to myself because I did not want to let the cat out of the bag too soon. However after what I heard on CBC this morning and nearly died laughing I thought at the very least I should update a blog that nobody reads anyway.



    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/political-panel-david-hay-severance-1.4362779

     

    Opposition calls for full disclosure of former NB Power CEO's severance deal

    Liberal spokeswoman said government cannot discuss matter beyond compensation figure

    By Sarah Petz , CBC NewsPosted: Oct 19, 2017 6:12 PM AT 

    Former NB Power president David Hay was paid just over $1.7 million following his sudden departure from the utility in January 2010.
    Former NB Power president David Hay was paid just over $1.7 million following his sudden departure from the utility in January 2010.

     

    NB Power has acknowledged it paid former president David Hay more than $1.7 in severance, equivalent to four years of his salary, after he abruptly quit his post with the utility in January 2010.

    Hay left his position with one day's notice after objecting to a controversial attempt by the Shawn Graham government to sell the utility to Hydro Quebec.


    In response to a request from Information Morning Fredericton, Tina Robichaud of Premier Brian Gallant's office said the Liberal government could not participate in the program's panel discussion on the topic because of a "confidentiality agreement."

    When CBC News pointed out the information regarding the settlement is now in the public domain, Robichaud said that additional information "over and above the compensation amounts released continues to be afforded protection pursuant to [provincial legislation] and NB Power's confidentiality obligations."

    Calls for disclosure 


    Brian MacDonald, Progressive Conservative MLA for Fredericton West-Hanwell, said the the Liberal government should disclose the additional information "if for no other reason than to defend themselves."

    "When we don't see that information come forward, it does breed these kind of conspiracy discussions," he said.

    "You do have to wonder what's going on."

    Green Party Leader David Coon said New Brunswickers have a right to know how their tax dollars are being spent.

    "We have a big problem with governments who say 'no this is none of your business, New Brunswickers,'" he said.

    "It's not the managers and it's not the politicians who are paying out this money, it's New Brunswickers."

    People's Alliance Party Leader Kris Austin said the secrecy around big payouts to former government employees makes the public cynical.

    "I often wonder why people feel so disillusioned with politics, and I think it's years of this sort of thing," he said.

    Robichaud referred a request to respond to these comments to NB Power.

    A spokeswoman for NB Power said the utility has not received any requests from opposition parties for information on this matter.


     ---------- Original message ----------
    From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 17:06:59 -0400
    Subject: RE EUB Matter 375 Well the wicked game is in play and concludes of April Fools Day
    To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

    I wonder if the "Powers that Be" or the welfare bum Chucky Leblanc and his Green Meanie buddies will ever get my 11 year old joke on the Irvings and NB Power

    Nobody can deny that the email below and the the text of the cover letter to a pile of documents and a CD that I gave to NB Power in 2006 were recorded within the comment section of your blogging butt buddy Chucky Leblanc's blog since April Fools Day 2006 N'esy Pas Davey Baby Coon?

    ---------- Original message ----------
    Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:47:31 -0800 (PST)
    From: David Amos
    Subject: Mr. Costello I will talk to the dudes from Venezeula myself
    To: richard.costello@mcinnescooper.com, len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com,
    annmarie.mcdonald@mcinnescooper.com, apaiva@embavenez-us.org,
    info@consulado-ny-gov.ve, info.canada@misionvenezuela.org,
    crcas@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, hayley.clarke@mcinnescooper.com,
    melanie.comstock@mcinnescooper.com, wylie.spicer@mcinnescooper.com,
    rod.burgar@mcinnescooper.com, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca, travesjw@gov.ns.ca,
    pcmlas@gov.ns.ca
    CC: Wayne.STEEVES@gnb.ca, dale.graham@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca,
    kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, brad.green@gnb.ca, eugene.mcginley2@gnb.ca,
    bev.harrison@gnb.ca, leroy.armstrong@gnb.ca, mikemurphymla@hotmail.com,
    T.J.Burke@gnb.ca, roly.macintyre@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca,
    frank.branch@gnb.ca, michael.malley@gnb.ca, Premier@gnb.ca

    Hey Mr. Costello

    Need I say I was not impressed by you yesterday. At least you confessed that you knew who I was but so much for a jealous defense of your client’s interests. EH?

    That said there is no need to send you hard copy of my material. Your associates within McInnes Cooper already have enough to review and confer with you about.
    Perhaps you should call the dudes or ladies (: Tell them how I chuck rocks will ya? from Patterson Palmer in Halifax that merged with your firm or better yet Lenny Hoyt and Franky Boy McKenna.

    In my humble opinion your little buddy Franky Boy as Canadian Ambassador should have tried to stop NB Power’s malicious lawsuit against Venezeula in the USA before it picked up steam. But what do I know. EH? I think the dudes from Venezeula were wise to bring the issues back to the Maritimes and into the Irvings’ lap. I think it was a hoot that they employed your firm to do so. What say you?

    Whereas you do not wish to speak to me I will speak to these dudes about you, Embassy of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 32 Range Rd Ottawa Ontario K1N 8J4, Phone: 613 235-5151 and then send them what I sent Allan Rock Franky Boy Mckenna and the FBI almost one year ago. Perhaps you should call some of your friends mentioned below that I served my stuff upon yesterday after I talked to you and ask them what the Hell I am up to if you don’t already know.

    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos

    P.S. the following was an interesting article to come out in the local paper just as Humpty Dumpty had the Governor Gerneral drop the Writ on the last election. It certainly seems to me that the Irving’s and Bernie Lord were trying hard to help Stevey Boy Harper’s government and John Wallace get elected in order to protect their own selfish interests. EH? If he won’t tell ya then ask me why Franky Boy does not want to be the liberal leader right now. I Double Dog Dare Ya. As I said in closing yesterday you have my number but maybe the dudes from Venezeula lost it so here it is again 506 434 1379. Your problem is do I want to talk to you now. Whilst I am talking to your clients about your incompetance I will explain to them why I am preparing to sue your whole god damned law firm.

    November 25, 2005

    Liberal leader ‘jeopardizing’ NB Power’s chances in lawsuit over
    failed Orimulsion deal: Tory MLA

    New Brunswickers should question whether Liberal Leader Shawn Graham is fighting for them or for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, says a Tory MLA. Jody Carr, MLA for Oromocto-Gagetown, made the stinging indictment against Mr.Graham Thursday during a heated committee hearing where the Liberal leader took repeated swipes at David Hay, NB Power’s president and chief executive officer, for failing to answer legal questions regarding the utility’s Orimulsion lawsuit.

    Mr. Graham questioned some of the tactics being advanced by NB Power’s legal
    staff and demanded to know how much the power corporation budgeted for the legal battle against the Venezuelan government and its state-owned oil company.

    Mr. Carr said the Liberal leader crossed the line in Thursday’s committee hearing and could endanger NB Power’s lawsuit. “The issue is complicated and it shows the issue is far over his head to what he can comprehend,” Mr. Carr said in an interview later."He was in effect working on the side of the Venezuelan government by jeopardizing the court proceedings."He was jeopardizing the chances of government and NB Power recouping the $2.2 billion in savings and therefore, in essence, that put him on the other side.” NB Power restarted its lawsuit on Sept. 1, when it filed a statement of claim looking for $2.2 billion in financial damages, which equates to the price difference between purchasing heavy fuel oil to burn at the Coleson Cove Generation Station and Orimulsion, a cheap water-and-bitumen mixture patented by Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).

    NB Power has hired Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales to quarterback the lawsuits filed in Fredericton and New York along with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to serve as their U.S. counsel. Mr. Hay estimated that the corporation has already spent as much as $600,000 on legal bills relating to the Orimulsion lawsuit.The Liberal leader grew increasingly frustrated when Mr. Hay stonewalled his attempt to get a firm answer on NB Power’s budget for Orimulsion-related legal fees.

    “For the life of me I can’t understand how it could jeopardize the court proceedings in saying how much we are thinking this court challenge may cost,” Mr. Graham said.Throughout the committee session,

    Mr. Hay assured the Liberal leader that the power corporation was evaluating the risk-reward ratio at each legal “fork in the road.” Mr. Hay said he cannot disclose any details that could tip the utility’s legal hand considering the Venezuelans are keeping a close eye on the proceedings."We are dealing with people with extremely deep pockets. And if you go to a poker game “... and you say, I have my $1,000 here
    or whatever it is you are playing with, that gives an advantage to the other side,” Mr. Hay said.

    Mr. Carr also accused Mr. Graham of misleading Saint John residents about the Orimulsion costs during the recent byelection campaign in Saint John Harbour. Mr. Carr said he found it disconcerting that Liberal campaign signs said the Conservative government lost $2.2 billion through the bungled Orimulsion fuel deal but now Mr. Graham admits the money was a “potential loss of savings.”

    - Daniel McHardie - Canadaeast News Service Source: Telegraph-Journal
    | page A5 on Nov. 25, 2005


    March 24, 2006

    Michael “Tanker” Malley
    C/o Cleveland Allaby
    480 Queen Street
    Suite # 200
    Fredericton NB. E3B 1B6

    Simpson Thacher & Barlett LLP
    C/o Derek Burney
    Chair of the Board of Directors of NB Power
    515 King Street Fredricton, NB E3B 4X1

    Jody Carr
    C/o Paul Blackmore
    Chestnut Complex
    470 York Street
    Fredericton, NBE3B 3P7

    Patrick A.A. Ryan
    Edgecombe House
    736 King Street
    Fredericton, NB E3B 1G2
    Re: Public Corruption

    Sirs,

    Pursuant to my many phone calls and email to your offices please find enclosed the material I promised to you before I file my complaints in Federal Court in Fredericton. The CD which is a true copy of wiretap tape number 139 is served upon you all in confidence as officers of the court in order that it may be investigated byway of my suing the Crown.

    While Norm Betts and Derek Burney’s buddy Stevey Boy Harper is busy in New Brunswick today trying hard to shore up the shaky government of Jody Carr’s buddy, Bernie Lord with long delayed federal tax dollars. I am polishing off my promises to crooked lawyers in the hope that the very corrupt House crumbles ASAP. If not maybe President Chavez will help me bankrupt the crooks working within NB Power within a crooked government’s blessing. Methinks Tanker will need another lawyer if the one he has now continues to play dumb. Lord paid Allaby a lot of money to study the doings of the Justice Dept a long time ago. He should understand the scene.

    Shame on you all for forcing me to go to such lengths to protect my rights under the Charter. Methinks you have underestimated my diligence EH? Now ask yourselves why I don’t sue you after I sue the Crown? I fail to see any reason not to. That is the only way I know of to hold such people as you accountable. Stevey Boy Harper never will even though he talks the talk of such things. Everybody knows what I served upon his party’s lawyer Arthur Hamilton before I was falsely imprisoned in the USA in 2004.

    Despite whatever Act our latest Prime Minister wishes to introduce to the Canadian people that he claims will compel our government to act with integrity, he can never deny my right to drag anyone into court. In fact he has done so himself in the past and I am no less of a man than he. Even a simple pigheaded Maritimer has the right to argue the law even with people who think themselves above it.

    How you all have failed to uphold the law and the public trust placed in your public office is either a matter of public record or soon shall be or my name ain’t Dave. There is no Democracy without Truth and Justice. It is just that simple.

    Thats all for now fellas. I look forward to seeing you all in court someday or I will die trying to make it happen in an ethical fashion. It is just another one of those things I do that lawyers fail to appreciate. Ask your friends why that is if you don’t already know.

    Veritas Vincit

    David Raymond Amos
    P.O. Box 234
    Apohaqui, NB. E5P 3G2

     

     

     

     

    NB Power's smart meters plan not so smart, 2 expert reviews find

    $122M-plan is poorly thought out, should be rejected by EUB, separately commissioned reports conclude

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·
    NB Power plans to spend $122.7 million over three years to deploy smart meters for all its residential and commercial customers. (Ryan Pilon/CBC)
     
    NB Power's plan to spend $122.7 million over three years to deploy smart meters for all its residential and commercial customers is poorly thought out and should be rejected by the Energy and Utilities Board at hearings next month, according to separate experts hired to review the strategy.

    "As currently proposed, the AMI [advanced metering infrastructure] project could commit NB Power and its customers to a heavy cost burden without fully defining and quantifying the future benefits to be gained," wrote Edmund Finamore, a smart meter consultant from Pennsylvania commissioned by public intervener Heather Black to scrutinize the plan.

    "It is not clear that NB Power has implemented sufficient project management controls methods to execute a firm plan, achieve firm project milestones and control project costs."

    A second review of the proposal by a Boston-area energy consultant hired separately by the Energy and Utilities Board also found significant flaws.

    "NB Power has significantly understated the costs and overstated the benefits of its AMI proposal," says the analysis by a group of five authors working for Synapse Energy Economics out of Cambridge, Mass.

    "We recommend that the board reject the company's AMI proposal."

    'Essential' to cleaner, more reliable grid

    NB Power has been working toward upgrading its distribution system to a "smart grid" over the past six years and the wholesale installation of smart meters and other AMI to serve every customer has long been a centrepiece of the utility's plan.

    Unlike current units that have to be physically visited to be read, smart meters will connect directly to NB Power computers, allowing individual customers to have electricity consumption tracked several times an hour instead of once a month.

    The utility says this will allow it to charge a variety of rates for electricity — more when consumption is higher, such as in the mornings, on weekends and during winter — and less when consumption is lower.

    That in turn will encourage consumers to shift demand to underutilized parts of the day, it says.

    "We are going from reading a customer's meter once a month, so 12 times a year, up to 12 times an hour," former NB Power executive Neil Larlee said during testimony in front of the EUB last February.

    The meters will also allow customers to sell electricity back to NB Power if they install solar or other power generating capability on their property and will give the utility instant information on outages, including the individual homes affected.

    "This communication network along with the AMI meters is essential to a building smarter, cleaner, more reliable and efficient power grid and will lay the foundation for many of the long-term customer benefits that NB Power will deliver through its Energy Smart NB plan," said the utility in its application to the EUB to acquire the units.

    Cost outweighs savings

    But even NB Power acknowledges the cost of buying, installing and operating 355,000 new smart meters to blanket the province in a three-year rollout is high without enough savings to completely pay for it.

    The utility has detailed 15 ways the new meters will cut expenses but the combined benefits total just $121.4 million  That's $1.3 million less than the program is budgeted to cost.

    Spending so much money on an initiative that is not essential and not cost effective is unwise.
    - Synapse report

    Both Finnamore and Synapse Energy disputed the value of several of the claimed savings as inflated and Synapse further argued since NB Power's own numbers show the investment in smart meters will cost money in the long run the case is too weak to proceed.

    "The company's own analysis suggests that the proposal is not cost effective and that analysis suffers from some fundamental flaws," concluded the Synapse report.

    "Spending so much money on an initiative that is not essential and not cost effective is unwise."

    Proposal needs refining

    Both consultants suggested if properly handled, the introduction of smart meters could benefit both NB Power and its customers, but each separately concluded the utility's plan lacks detail and a convincing rationale. 

    Both called for the application to be denied so the utility can offer a more refined proposal.

    NB Power is facing a 12-day hearing in front of the Energy and Utilities Board beginning Feb. 8. 

    In addition to seeking permission to invest in smart meters, it is also attempting to win approval for an average two per cent rate increase it has proposed for April 1 and is asking for the flexibility to employ special rate increases when large unexpected weather or market events cause its costs to jump unexpectedly.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Robert Jones

    Reporter

    Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-seasonal-rates-meters-1.4142118 

     

    Seasonal power rates could cause consumer backlash, says consultant

    NB Power needs new meter system before charging different seasonal prices, says report

     
    Robert Jones· CBC News ·
    NB Power has been ordered to examine whether it should charge lower prices in the summer and higher in the winter, to better reflect true costs. (CBC)

    A consultant hired by NB Power is warning of significant consumer "backlash" if the utility is made to establish seasonal rates for electricity.

    The consultant's report even suggests customers might have to read their own power meters at midnight twice a year — on April Fool's and Halloween — to make the system work.

    "Virtually all bills will have errors ... billing disputes can be expected to increase, possibly dramatically, and there will be no means of resolving disputes in a satisfactory way," reads a report by Elenchus Research Associates that was commissioned by NB Power and filed with the Energy and Utilities Board on Thursday.

    NB Power is in the middle of a year-long "rate design" review ordered by the EUB that is focused in part on whether the utility should charge lower prices for electricity in the summer and higher prices in the winter to better reflect the actual cost of serving customers.

    New network of meters needed

    Elenchus was asked to study how that might work but the company is arguing against any switch until NB Power upgrades its entire network of power meters.

    Elenchus said seasonal rates require an accurate reading of every customer's power meter at midnight on March 31 and again on Oct. 31, the dates when power rates would switch between winter and summer prices.

         A consultant's report says NB Power doesn't have the manpower to properly read meters if it brings in seasonal rates. (CBC)

    But NB Power does not have the sophisticated infrastructure in place to read meters remotely, or the manpower to visit every customer location on the same day, so Elenchus said the utility would have to guesstimate bills or rely on the technical savvy and honesty of customers themselves.

    "Customers could be asked to read their own meters late in the day on March 31 (and October 31)," suggested the report. "Aside from the obvious inconvenience and impracticality of that approach, NB Power would have no means of verifying the customers' meter reads."

    Residential customers would see hike

    Another looming controversy with seasonal rates is that it would raise costs for residential customers, especially to those who heat with electricity.

    Elenchus estimated seasonal rates would add nearly $6 million to the cost of residential bills overall, with the largest increases flowing to those with baseboard heat.

    Electric heat customers consume the majority of their power during the five months that would have the highest prices and Elenchus said that is another reason to wait for better power meters before proceeding.

      NB Power has an ambitious plan to bring in a new meter system, and the consultant's report recommends waiting for that to happen before switching to seasonal rates. (Google Street View)

    NB Power has an ambitious plan to upgrade meters and related infrastructure as part of its transformation to a "smart grid," but it is a multi-year plan.

    Once in place the utility would be able to read meters remotely hour to hour, allowing power rates to be adjusted for times of the day and days of the week as well as seasonally.

    Consumers will also have in-home pricing and consumption displays to help them manage their bills.

    Elenchus said waiting for those meters will give electric heat customers a chance to avoid higher seasonal costs by letting them shift power consumption to lower-priced parts of the day.

    "The introduction of seasonal rates would be more acceptable once AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) has been deployed," concludes the report.

    A final hearing on NB Power's rate design, where seasonal rates and other changes will be considered, is scheduled for next April.

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    NB Power investigates building 2nd hydro station at Grand Falls

    Studies and site testing will be conducted along with consultations

     
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    NB Power is set to explore the option of generating more clean energy with a new 100-megawatt generating station in Grand Falls. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

    NB Power has started exploring whether to build a 100-megawatt generating station in Grand Falls to produce more clean energy. 

    The corporation says it will do environmental and geotechnical studies and site testing and consult with First Nations and local residents before applying for an environmental impact assessment later this year.

    The project is in the early stages and will require study, fieldwork, engineering and environmental approvals prior to going ahead, Gaëtan Thomas, NB Power president and chief executive officer, said in a news release Friday.

    "If feasible, it would be an important source of clean energy to our fleet and, we believe, would provide NB Power with even greater capability to provide generation for our customers inside the province and possibly in the New England market," Thomas said.

    If approved, the station would require several new structures, including a second tunnel.

    Grand Falls already has a 66-megawatt generating station.

    Premier Brian Gallant said in a statement the province is pleased NB Power is exploring clean energy options, and another Grand Falls station would be good for the economy,.

    "We will work with the people of the region as the project moves through the appropriate phases," he said.

    Long-term commitments 

    A second unit at Grand Falls has the potential to help NB Power meet its long-term clean energy requirements.

    By 2020, 40 per cent of the utility's in-province electricity sales must come from renewable sources.

    Green Party Leader David Coon is glad NB Power is looking into a second generating station at Grand Falls but wants the power to stay in the province. (Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick)

    Green Party Leader David Coon welcomed the news NB Power was exploring the Grand Falls option.

    "We need to be doing a lot more to reach ultimately 100 per cent renewable power in New Brunswick and this is an obvious one waiting in the wings for a long time."

    Coon's said this is the type of project that could reduce the province's use of coal at Belledune.

    "The purpose of doing this is its got to contribute to expanding the use of renewables to produce power for New Brunswickers enabling us to reduce the use of coal at Belledune. We've got to phase out Belledune."

    Coon, however, did express reservations with the potential plan to export the additional generated power.

    "We've got to get our carbon pollution down to targets," he said. "If they simply exported the electricity from the new addition at Grand Falls that would benefit us in no way."

    The plan for the new generating station follows the steps outlined in the province's 2016 Climate Change Action Plan. 

    The community renewable energy program allows NB Power to procure up to 80 megawatts of small-scale renewable energy from First Nations and local entities.

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    NB Power's business model changes as customers try other energy sources

    Utility official sees great numbers of customers switching to new technologies once prices drop

     
    Mackenzie Scrimshaw· CBC News ·
    Mike Bourque, director of integrated resource planning at NB Power, spoke on Monday in Moncton at the New Brunswick Environmental Network's Smart Shift Summit. (Pierre Fournier/CBC News)

    NB Power's days of producing and delivering electricity as it does now are numbered.

    The utility's business model is already changing as customers start to produce their own power through rooftop solar panels, a Moncton conference heard Monday.

    This means NB Power will sell less electricity, Mike Bourque, director of resource planning at NB Power, said between sessions at the event hosted by the New Brunswick Environmental Network.

    The first day of the Smart Shift Summit focused on "realising opportunities" related to climate change. This comes less than a week after the federal Liberals released their second budget, allocating money for the clean technology sector.

    Meanwhile, the New Brunswick government has yet to announce a promised "made in New Brunswick" carbon pricing scheme — a subject raised during an opportunities panel Bourque participated in on Monday morning.

    Following that, he explained to CBC that NB Power's situation is similar to the one NBTel, as it was then known, faced in the 1980s and 1990s, with the advent of the internet. Suddenly, the company's customers had a new method of communicating across long distances.

    Something similar is happening now in the electricity industry, as customers move to technologies such as solar panels and batteries.

    "We need to figure out what that new business model will be for us in the future," Bourque said. "We'll continue to sell electricity as a commodity, but we'll need to attach a new business model to allow customers to build those new options."

    The director said the new model will require NB Power to establish a new partnership with its customers and potentially strategic partnerships with private companies.

    Not a 'quick fix'

    Describing an evolving model, Bourque said he doesn't expect a quick change, but expects more people to adopt technologies over the next five years as they decrease in price.

    "Once that will happen, we'll see very high penetration," Bourque said.

    In New Brunswick, change is occurring very slowly, he said, and only a few NB Power customers are generating power using rooftop solar panels and operating on a net metering policy.

    In the meantime, NB Power is starting to build smart grid infrastructure, as part of a 10-year partnership with Siemens. This will allow NB Power customers to plug their systems into a modernized public electricity grid.

    Hearing from you

    NB Power is asking customers for their input on its Integrated Resources Plan, a 25-year plan that considers the utility's current electricity system, how the system will change and how NB Power can respond to changes such as increasing loads and retiring assets.

    "The discussion will be with [the] public, because it's a different conversation now that we're having with customers, because they will play a part in developing this new plan going forward, because they will actually provide new options available to NB Power, which will reduce the need for building a large generator in the future," Bourque said.

    The utility will hold a public meeting on April 26 at a still-undecided place.

    NB Power is also inviting its customers to fill out an online survey about their priorities and thoughts on where the utility should go.

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     https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/coal-nb-power-rates-belledune-shutdown-1.3860922

     

    Belledune closure might not hurt ratepayers as much as previously thought

    Ottawa's promised funding to help provinces move away from coal could lessen cost impact, NB Power says

    Jacques Poitras· CBC News ·
    Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Monday the federal government is working with provinces to ensure a plan to eliminate coal "does not increase prices to ratepayers." (CBC)
     
    NB Power says it may not have to increase power rates as sharply as it expected if it's forced to close the Belledune Generating Station by 2030.

    The utility is suggesting that Ottawa's promise of funding to help provinces move away from burning coal could lessen the financial impact of a Belledune shutdown.

    "Our previous comments about rate increases relating to an early coal phase-out were made without consideration of possible co-operation with the federal government," utility spokesperson Deborah Nobes said in an emailed statement.

    "We are looking forward to the results of government-to-government talks on how a coal phase-out strategy could be implemented in New Brunswick. In light of this, it would be premature to speculate on any possible rate impacts before these negotiations take place."

    Likely end for Belledune

    Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Monday morning that Ottawa will toughen regulations to eliminate the burning of coal to generate electricity by 2030.
     
    Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Monday that Ottawa will toughen regulations to eliminate the burning of coal to generate electricity by 2030 - a likely death knell for the Belledune Generating Station. (NB Power)

    That would likely spell the end for Belledune, the Crown corporation's only remaining coal-burning facility. About 120 people work there.

    Earlier this year, utility officials told a committee of MLAs that having to replace Belledune's capacity could translate into a 38-per-cent increase in electricity bills.

    But McKenna told reporters Monday the federal government is working with provinces "to ensure that does not increase prices to ratepayers."

    Federal climate plan soon

    Asked whether Ottawa would help fund a refurbishment of Belledune, McKenna said there are "discussions about different options, certainly."

    I want to make it clear that we've always said we want to make sure we protect the economy of the Belledune area.
    - N.B. Environment Minister Serge Rousselle

    She said the federal climate plan to be announced in December will include "investments in particular provinces" through the Low Carbon Economy Fund, the Green Infrastructure Fund and other federal initiatives.

    "We look forward to finding opportunities to announce local solutions which will benefit the environment, bring new investments to New Brunswick and create and maintain jobs both in communities economically impacted by accelerated emission reductions and throughout New Brunswick."

    McKenna also said the federal rules will allow for "equivalence," a reference to letting provinces keep burning some coal if they can lower emissions elsewhere by the same amount.

    Coon wants switch to bio-energy

    Provincial Environment Minister Serge Rousselle said he welcomed that statement. "There's flexible answers that can be found," he said, refusing to say whether Belledune would close or stop burning coal.

    "I want to make it clear that we've always said we want to make sure we protect the economy of the Belledune area," he added. "And in that regard, we are working with the federal [government] to find acceptable solutions."
     
    Green Party Leader David Coon says bio-energy is the best option for Belledune. (CBC)

    Green Party Leader David Coon says he's hoping the Gallant government "has negotiated hard and tough and we're going to see some substantial money coming to northern New Brunswick" to convert Belledune to create bio-energy.

    Coon says bio-energy is the best option for Belledune, even if it wouldn't replace all of the generating capacity of coal. But he also said it's less expensive than other renewable sources such as solar and wind power.

    4 provinces burn coal

    He says a Belledune retrofit would also give the province a chance to develop an entire bio-fuel industry in northern New Brunswick.

    New Brunswick is one of four provinces that still burns coal to generate electricity. The others are Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.

    A recent climate change report by an all-party committee of MLAs recommended the government ban the use of all fossil fuels to generate electricity by 2030. That would include not just coal but also natural gas.

    NB Power's last integrated resource plan, released in 2014, says Belledune should be able to operate until 2044, when existing federal regulations would preclude an extension.

    Decision needed on Mactaquac

    The possible impact on rates would come from NB Power having to build new generation to make up for lost capacity. Some other generating stations are supposed to start closing in 2026, and demand for electricity will exceed NB Power's generating capacity by 2031.

    The province must also decide by the end of this year whether to refurbish the Mactaquac hydroelectric dam, an emissions-free way of generating electricity. 

    "I will not get into that kind of detail right now," Rousselle said.

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    33 Comments
     
     
    Brad Little
    Oh, good. It "might not hurt rate payers as much as previously thought"...I bet a stick in the eye probably wouldn't hurt as much as I think, but I still don't want one!  
     
     
     
    Paul Bolton
    Odd, the province exports power to the US, yet can't meet it's own needs without increasing prices by thirty percent. Belledune should never have been built in the first place, but politics made it possible, and now politics would like to keep it with some silly carbon trade off scheme. Just shut it down, rebuild Mactaquac and lets end the farce.
     
     
    Fred Brewer
    Reply to Paul Bolton
    You are right. Belledune should never have been built, but neither should Coleson Cove or Pt. Lepreau. Coleson Cove should not have been refit and neither should Pt Lepreau. Net result has cost NB billions upon billions of dollars. The real solution is for NBP to get out of the power generation business and focus on transmission and distribution. 

     

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/mactaquac-dam-nbpower-options-update-1.3569696 

     

    NB Power opens door to extending Mactaquac life beyond 2030

    New technology reveals better structural integrity in dam's concrete than previously understood

     
    Alan White· CBC News ·
    NB Power is considering how to deal with the possible end of life of the Mactaquac dam in 2030.NB Power is expressing greater confidence the life of the Mactaquac Generating Station may be able to be extend beyond 2030, avoiding the need to replace or remove the existing dam before that time.

    The Crown corporation has been examining its options for Mactaquac with the expectation it would reach its end of life prematurely in 2030 due to expansion in its concrete structures.

    The three end-of-life options under review are to build a new generating station on the opposite site of the St. John River, leave the dam in place without power generation, or remove the dam and generation station and allow the river to return to its natural state.

    In an update released Friday, NB Power is now giving greater consideration to a fourth option — to extend the life of the existing generation station beyond 2030 through removing and replacing concrete and equipment in the existing structure.

    "In recent months, technology has allowed for more detailed modelling of actual and potential impacts of the concrete expansion at Mactaquac, revealing better structural integrity than was previously understood," said NB Power in a statement.

    We've yet to decide whether or not that's the right thing to do.
    - George Porter, NB Power's Mactaquac project director

    "This improved understanding has provided NB Power with greater confidence in the potential for alternative approaches to allow Mactaquac to generate electricity beyond 2030, perhaps even to its original 100-year service life."

    Two alternate approaches

    The Mactaquac dam opened in 1968 with an expected service life of 100 years. However, an alkali aggregate chemical reaction in the dam's concrete has been causing the dam to expand over the years, resulting in the expected end of life in 2030.

    Two alternate approaches are under review in the fourth option for the dam:

    • Remove and replace the concrete in the most affected parts of the generating station and replace or repair certain mechanical and electrical equipment.
    • Stabilize and replace some concrete in the most affected parts of the generating station, replace or repair certain mechanical and electrical equipment, and periodically change the position of the equipment.

    NB Power said some of the the mechanical and electrical equipment involved in those approaches would have been due for replacement due to age and wear.

    George Porter is NB Power's project director on the Mactaquac project. (Catherine Harrop/CBC)

    "We've yet to decide whether or not that's the right thing to do," said George Porter, NB Power's Mactaquac project director in an interview. "We have gathered additional technical information that gives us the confidence that it's something that should be explored in more detail.

    The costs of removing the dam, replacing it with a new dam and generating station, or maintaining the headpond but without power generation are estimated to range between $2 billion and $5 billion.

    Porter could not give a cost estimate for the fourth option.

    "I don't have a number right at hand. We're still working at refining the numbers on all the options," he said.

    Porter said the fourth option would have a shorter lifespan and lower cost than building a new generating station and dam that would be expected to operate for 100 years.

    "We're really still in pre-project phase where we haven't selected the specific project yet," said Porter.

    NB Power has scheduled three public meetings for this month for presentations and "community conversation" about the future of the station. Those sessions are scheduled for:

    • May 17, Crowne Plaza in Fredericton, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
    • May 18, Riverside Resort at Mactaquac, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
    • May 19, Best Western in Woodstock, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

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    YO Dominic.Cardy if I had two aardvarks I would lend the other one to Patrick Brown's asistant

    June 4, 2023, 11:07 pm
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    Hey Higgy Howcome Cardy Baby didn't apply the same reasoning to vaccinations???

     

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    Subject: Yo Chucky Leblanc perhaps your pal David Coon should tell Moe and Larry that the coast is clear at the legislature for Curly on Tuesday because he let a wild cat out of the bag today
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    Clearly Curly Tweeted something interesting about YOU just now too bad
    so sad you and your buddies have been blocking him for years EH Chucky
    Baby?

    https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/status/921398664643465217

     David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
    Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Wikileaks_ and

    Methinks the greedy little LIEbranos are having a very bad year in NB
    too N'esy Pas? http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/10/whereas-everything-in-his-idea-of.html
    … #nbpoli

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/political-panel-david-hay-severance-1.4362779

    Whereas YOU can go to legislature with your video camera running so
    can any stooge who has been illegally barred by your evil ex RCMP butt
    buddy Danny Boy Bussieres N'esy Pas Chucky "Crybaby" Leblanc?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RxNIDSU2Vo

    New New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau after her
    first role.
    Charles Leblanc
    Published on Oct 24, 2014

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbS_j0QhUqk

    New Brunswick Lieutenant-Governor Jocelyne Roy Vienneau inspect the
    Canadian Army
    Charles Leblanc
    Published on Dec 1, 2015

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYEpDoxVEHM

    New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau is about
    Fredericton Men Shelter!
    Charles Leblanc
    Published on Jun 28, 2016

    At least Crybaby Leblanc cannot deny that he watched Curly talking
    about YOU in Federal Court in Fat Fred City on May 24th, EH Danny Boy
    Bussieres?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3kcK6RdL8

    David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal Building!!!
    Charles Leblanc
    Published on May 23, 2017


    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: "Bussières, Dan (LEG)" Dan.Bussieres@gnb.ca
    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:47:49 -0400
    Subject: RE: I just called all three of your offices
    To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

    Oui je vois

    -----Original Message-----
    From: David Amos mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com
    Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 3:17 PM
    To: Conflict of Interest Commissioner Office (COI); Bussières, Dan
    (LEG); oldmaison; danny.copp
    Cc: David Amos; Police Commission / Commission de police;
    Jacques.Poitras; terry.seguin; acampbell; mclaughlin.heather
    Subject: Fwd: I just called all three of your offices

    http://www.gnb.ca/legis/conflict/investigations/inv092801-e.asp

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 14:58:49 -0400
    Subject: I just called all three of your offices
    To: nbombud@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, law@stevenfoulds.ca, police@fredericton.ca
    Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, premier@gnb.ca, marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca,
    sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca, evelyngreene@live.ca, andre@jafaust.com, andremurraynow@gmail.com

    Here some of the documents I promised to send for your review

    http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.ca/



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOl5Uyl0_0

    New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau closes Legislature!!!
    Charles Leblanc
    Published on Jul 8, 2016

    THE THREE STOOGES: Disorder in the Court (1936)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E33qzW4Qvr8

    http://www.threestooges.com/cast/

    http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/calendar/index-e.asp?m_year=2017&m_month=10&m_day=24&hday=TUE

    The Third Session of the
    58th Legislative Assembly will reconvene on
    Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 11 a.m.
    for the purpose of proroguing.

    Pursuant to a proclamation of
    the Lieutenant-Governor,
    the Fourth Session of the
    58th Legislative Assembly
    will formally open on
    Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 1 p.m.


    http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2016.10.0999.html

    Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
     Legislative calendar released for 2016-17

    19 October 2016

    FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government has laid out its
    proposed legislative calendar for the third session of the legislative
    assembly, which is expected to run from November 2016 to November
    2017.

    “We have brought forward rule changes to modernize proceedings,
    similar to how our neighbouring provinces conduct legislative
    business,” said Government House Leader Rick Doucet. “Last year, for
    the first time in New Brunswick, we published a legislative calendar
    to provide predictability for MLAs, media and the public. We are doing
    so again this year, and will go a step further by asking the
    legislature to formally adopt the calendar.”

    The government will propose a motion early in the session to adopt its
    proposed sitting calendar. This is in response to best practices in
    several other provinces and to a recommendation by the Green Party.

    “I am glad to see the government is committed to having the
    legislative assembly adopt a fixed calendar for its work,” said David
    Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick. “I look forward to
    working together over the coming months as we continue to build a
    stronger, more effective legislature where all parties work more
    collaboratively.”

    The proposed legislative calendar is as follows, by week or month:

    •House: Nov. 2, 8 and 15; Dec. 6 and 13; Jan. 31; Feb. 7; March 14, 21
    and 28; April 25 and May 2.
    •Committee: Nov. 22; Jan. 17; Feb. 14, 21 and 28; April 11 and 18;
    Sept. 26; Oct. 3 and 10.
    •Constituency: Nov. 29; Dec. 20 and 27; Jan. 3, 10 and 24; April 4;
    May 9, 16, 23 and 30; full months of July and August; Sept. 5, 12 and
    19.
    •March break: March 7.
    Additionally, in respect of the right of opposition parties to prolong
    debate on legislation, the government has set aside the following
    weeks for supplementary sittings, if required. This is similar to the
    longstanding federal practice in Ottawa:

    •Supplementary committee weeks: June 6 and 13.
    •Supplementary house weeks: June 20 and 27.

    Duncan Gallant, communications, Office of Government Members,
    506-478-8169,duncan.gallant@gnb.ca



    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:29:03 -0400
    Subject: YO Dominic.Cardy if I had two aardvarks I would lend the
    other one to Patrick Brown's asistant the dude I was just talking to
    To: patrick.brown@pc.ola.org, premier@ontario.ca, Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca,
    blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca,
    Davidc.Coon@gmail.com, briangallant10@gmail.com, BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com, carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca, andre@jafaust.com, COCMoncton@gmail.com,
    upriverwatch Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
    hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, info@gg.ca,  premier@gnb.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca, Gilles.cote@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Daniel.Nowlan@rcpm-grc.gc.ca, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca
    Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, diane.mercier-allain@gnb.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca, jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca, nmoore@bellmedia.ca, macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com

    Patrick Brown
    Queen's Park
    Room 381, Main Legislative Building, Queen's Park
    Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A8
    Tel  416-325-0445   
    patrick.brown@pc.ola.org


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "Cardy, Dominic (LEG)" Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca
    Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:22:10 +0000
    Subject: RE: YO Danny Boy Bussieres Your blogging buddy Chucky claims
    you have been replaced by Staff Sgt. Major Gilles Côté True or False?
    To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com, "Wright, Hamish (LEG)"
    Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca

    Mr. Amos,

    If you had two aardvarks would you let me borrow one? Or maybe both of
    them, just for a day, if I feed them? Let me know.

    Sincerely,

    Dominic Cardy


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
    Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 13:35:18 +0000
    Subject: RE: YO Danny Boy Bussieres Your blogging buddy Chucky claims
    you have been replaced by Staff Sgt. Major Gilles Côté True or False?
    To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

    The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
    correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
    comments.

    Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
    électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
    commentaires.


    On 10/9/17, David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com wrote:

    > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJnijhEognw
    >
    > Former R.C.M.P. Sgt Gilles Cote is the new Sergeant-at-Arms of the New
    > Brunswick Legislature!!!
    > Charles Leblanc
    > Published on Oct 9, 2017
    >
    > http://www.specialolympics.ca/donate/law-enforcement-torch-runr
    >
    > Gilles Cote
    > Co-Director, RCMP “J” Division
    > Gilles.cote@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    >
    > Daniel Nowlan
    > District Commander NE RCMP "J" Division
    > Daniel.Nowlan@rcpm-grc.gc.ca
    >
    >
    > http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/about-ausujet/organi-eng.htm
    >
    > http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-mounties-funeral-what-happened-here-is-an-outrage-stephen-harper-says-1.2670491
    >
    >
    > Moncton Mounties' funeral: 'What happened here is an outrage,' Stephen
    > Harper says
    > Thousands of RCMP officers and police officials from across the
    > country attend regimental funeral
    > CBC News Posted: Jun 10, 2014 8:25 AM AT
    >
    > "Gov.-Gen. David Johnston was also in attendance to pay respects to
    > the families of constables Gevaudan, Ross and Larche.
    >
    > Staff Sgt. Major Gilles Côté, who co-ordinated the funeral, said an
    > estimated 7,000 RCMP officers and first responders are in Moncton for
    > the service.
    >
    > He said his goal was to honour the slain officers "in the best way we
    > can as an organization."
    >
    > In all, seven planes loaded with police officers from across Canada
    > and the United States flew into Moncton on Tuesday morning. Law
    > enforcement officers from other countries, such as Great Britain, are
    > also at the funeral.
    >
    > The city has organized 10 remote viewing sites around Moncton so
    > people could mourn together."
    >

    >
    > --------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca
    > Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 18:34:10 +0000
    > Subject: RE: Attn Michael Comeau Federal Court File No T-1557-15
    > Please see attached file for you to review before May 24th
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.  Please be
    > assured  that your email will be reviewed.
    >
    > If this is a media request, please forward your email to
    > media-medias@gnb.ca mailto:media-medias@gnb.ca.  Thank you!
    >
    > *************************************
    >
    > Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
    > Nouveau-Brunswick.  Soyez assuré(e) que votre  courriel sera examiné.
    >
    > Si ceci est une demande médiatique, prière de la transmettre à
    > media-medias@gnb.ca.  Merci!
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 13:58:50 -0400
    > Subject: Fwd: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
    > Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
    > little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as
    > well
    > To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, bruce.northrup@gnb.ca,
    > hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com,
    > carl.davies@gnb.ca, carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca,
    > Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca, Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca, peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com, 
    > news@kingscorecord.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
    > newsroom@globeandmail.ca, nick.brown@gnb.ca,
    > nick.moore@bellmedia.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca, > randy.mckeen@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca,
    > PREMIER@gov.ns.ca, premier@gov.ab.ca, brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca,
    > premier@gov.bc.ca, suzanne.anton.mla@leg.bc.ca,
    > serge.rousselle@gnb.ca, david.eidt@gnb.ca, brian@brianruhe.ca, 
    > paul@paulfromm.com, sunrayzulu@shaw.ca, patrick_doran1@hotmail.com,
    > cps@calgarypolice.ca, theresa.may.mp@parliament.uk, themayor@calgary.ca,
    > sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca, ht.lacroix@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca,
    > don.marshall@edmonton.ca, don.iveson@edmonton.ca
    > Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, brian@murphygroup.ca,
    > david@lutz.nb.ca, michael.comeau@gnb.ca
    >
    > May 24th
    >
    > https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
    >
    > April 3rd
    >
    > https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
    >
    > ---------- Original message ----------
    > From: NATALIA OLIVEIRA JOHNSTON natalia.johnston@cbc.ca
    > Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 17:13:10 -0700
    > Subject: Out of office Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing
    > today in Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the
    > Queen's sneaky little minions who think they are above the law and the
    > rest of us as well
    > To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > Please note that I'm on annual leave and will return on May 29.
    >
    > If your matter is urgent, please contact the reception line at
    > 416-205-3216.
    >
    > --
    > *Natalia Johnston*
    > Legal Assistant
    > to Dustin Milligan, Katarina Germani and Azim Remani
    >
    > Tel. (416) 205-2306
    > Fax (416) 205-2723
    >
    >
    > ---------- Original message ----------
    > From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
    > fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
    > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 00:14:35 +000
    > Subject: RE: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
    > Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
    > little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as well
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
    > correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
    > comments.
    >
    > Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
    > électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
    > commentaires.
    >
    >
    >
    > ---------- Original message ----------
    > From: Póstur FOR postur@for.is
    > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 00:15:21 +0000
    > Subject: Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
    > Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
    > little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as
    > well
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
    >
    > Kveðja / Best regards
    > Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
    >
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    > Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
    > Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
    > To: coi@gnb.ca
    > Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
    >
    > Good Day Sir
    >
    > After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
    > to speak to one of your staff for the first time
    >
    > Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
    > answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
    > at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
    > Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
    >
    > These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
    > suggested that you study closely.
    >
    > This is the docket in Federal Court
    >
    > http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
    >
    > These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
    >
    > Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
    >
    > January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
    >
    > April 3rd, 2017
    >
    > https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
    >
    >
    > This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
    >
    > http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
    >
    >
    > The only hearing thus far
    >
    > May 24th, 2017
    >
    > https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
    >
    >
    > This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
    >
    > Date: 20151223
    >
    > Docket: T-1557-15
    >
    > Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
    >
    > PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
    >
    > BETWEEN:
    >
    > DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
    >
    > Plaintiff
    >
    > and
    >
    > HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
    >
    > Defendant
    >
    > ORDER
    >
    > (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
    > December 14, 2015)
    >
    > The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
    > the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
    > 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
    > in its entirety.
    >
    > At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
    > letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
    > capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
    > Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
    > (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
    > he stated:
    >
    > As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
    > work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
    > You are your brother’s keeper.
    >
    > Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
    > colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
    > expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
    > people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
    > or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
    > me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
    > Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
    > Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
    > Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
    > former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
    > Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
    > Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
    > of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
    > Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
    > Police.
    >
    > In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
    > personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
    > potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
    > of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
    > hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
    > Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
    > [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
    > allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
    > requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
    >
    >
    > AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
    > the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
    > is no order as to costs.
    >
    > “B. Richard Bell”
    > Judge
    >
    >
    > Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
    > already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
    > to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
    >
    >  I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
    > Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
    > bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
    > lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
    >
    > "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most
    >
    > http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
    >
    > 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
    > in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
    > allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
    > five years after he began his bragging:
    >
    > January 13, 2015
    > This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
    >
    > December 8, 2014
    > Why Canada Stood Tall!
    >
    > Friday, October 3, 2014
    > Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
    > Stupid Justin Trudeau?
    >
    >
    > Vertias Vincit
    > David Raymond Amos
    > 902 800 0369
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: "Kulik, John" john.kulik@mcinnescooper.com
    > Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 17:37:49 +0000
    > Subject: McInnes Cooper
    > To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com",
    > "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com"
    >
    > Dear Mr. Amos:
    >
    > I am General Counsel for McInnes Cooper. If you need to communicate
    > with our firm, please do so through me.
    >
    > Thank you.
    >
    > John Kulik
    > [McInnes Cooper]
    >
    > John Kulik Q.C.
    > Partner & General Counsel
    > McInnes Cooper
    >
    > tel +1 (902) 444 8571 | fax +1 (902) 425 6350
    >
    > 1969 Upper Water Street
    > Suite 1300
    > Purdy's Wharf Tower II Halifax, NS, B3J 2V1
    >
    > asst Cathy Ohlhausen | +1 (902) 455 8215
    >
    >
    >
    > Notice This communication, including any attachments, is confidential
    > and may be protected by solicitor/client privilege. It is intended
    > only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you have
    > received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by e-mail or
    > telephone at McInnes Cooper's expense. Avis Les informations contenues
    > dans ce courriel, y compris toute(s) pièce(s) jointe(s), sont
    > confidentielles et peuvent faire l'objet d'un privilège avocat-client.
    > Les informations sont dirigées au(x) destinataire(s) seulement. Si
    > vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expéditeur
    > par courriel ou par téléphone, aux frais de McInnes Cooper.
    >
    >
    > On Mar 1, 2017, at 12:30, David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com wrote:
    >
    > Wow one honest shrink and bunch a Fed computers acting ethicaly all at
    > the same point in time a sneaky greedy lawyer shows me his nasty arse.
    > Can you imagine that? You can bet dimes to dollars I called each of
    > the new cops I became aware of. Who knows one of them may be honest as
    > well. I doubt it though. Methinks that they are either afraid of the
    > boss Bobby Baby or  they love their wages and pensions far too much to
    > care about the citizens they purportedly serve or even remotely
    > upholding the law of the land.
    >
    > "gpassey",
    > Phone 604 290 8482
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: Dr DG Passey Inc a5a28575@telus.net
    > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 10:55:23 -0800
    > Subject: Re: Attn Dr Passey we just talked briefly Please enjoy and
    > say Hey to Bobby and all the corrupt cops and lawyers for me will ya?
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > Hi David,
    > Thanks for forwarding this information. Sorry I could not continue the
    > conversation but I am booked solid with patients and you caught me at
    > a very brief break.
    > Best of luck with your endeavours.
    > Dr Greg Passey
    >
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: Urbano Ciccarelli urbano.ciccarelli@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    > Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:12:57 -0500
    > Subject: Re: Fwd: Automatic reply: Federal Court File T-1557-15 ATTN
    > Lilian Moreno I was not asking you to However I am demanding that the
    > Duggan lawyers act with some semblance of ethics ASAP (Away on
    > Training)
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > I will be on training in Ottawa between 2017-02-27 and 2017-03-03. If
    > you need to reach me I will have my BlackBerry with me at all times.
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > Urbano
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 16:12:51 -0400
    > Subject: Fwd: Automatic reply: Federal Court File T-1557-15 ATTN
    > Lilian Moreno I was not asking you to However I am demanding that the
    > Duggan lawyers act with some semblance of ethics ASAP
    > To: Rafael.Alvaredo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Urbano.Ciccarelli@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Rejean.Richard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca,
    > Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca, Charmaine.Bulger@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, radical@radicalpress.com
    > Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, natalie.clancy@cbc.ca,
    > cbcinvestigates@cbc.ca
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada mcu@justice.gc.ca
    > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 19:48:55 +0000
    > Subject: Automatic reply: Federal Court File T-1557-15 ATTN Lilian
    > Moreno I was not asking you to However I am demanding that the Duggan
    > lawyers act with some semblance of ethics ASAP
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister
    > of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
    >
    > Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
    > addressed to the Minister, please note that there may be a delay in
    > processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
    > carefully reviewed.
    >
    > -------------------
    >
    > Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, ministre de
    > la justice et procureur général du Canada.
    >
    > En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
    > adressée à la ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir
    > un retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Nous tenons à vous
    > assurer que votre message sera lu avec soin.
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: Serge Bilodeau serge.bilodeau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    > Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:49:03 -0500
    > Subject: Rép. : Re: Federal Court File T-1557-15 ATTN Lilian Moreno I
    > was not asking you to However I am demanding that the Duggan lawyers
    > act with some semblance of ethics ASAP (Absence du bureau)
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > Je serai absent du bureau du 24 février au 3 mars 2017. Pour assistance
    > immédiate, veuillez communiquer au 514-939-8310 ou avec le caporal
    > Réjean Richard au 514-939-8400 poste 2664.
    >
    > I will be away of the office from February, 24th to March, 3rd 2017.
    > For immediate assistance, please call 514-939-8310 or corporal Réjean
    > Richard 514-939-8400 ext. 2664.
    >
    > Merci / Thank you
    > Serge Bilodeau
    > gendarme/constable
    > GRC/RCMP
    > Section du renseignement criminel/Criminal Intelligence Section -
    > Montréal
    > Téléphone/Phone: 514-939-8400 poste 2080
    > Cellulaire/Cellular: 514-821-2036
    > Télécopieur/Fax: 514-939-8633
    > serge.bilodeau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: Charles Mancer Charles.Mancer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    > Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:49:03 -0500
    > Subject: Rép. : Re: Federal Court File T-1557-15 ATTN Lilian Moreno I
    > was not asking you to However I am demanding that the Duggan lawyers
    > act with some semblance of ethics ASAP (absence)
    > To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >
    > Bonjour
    >
    > Je suis absent jusqu'au 6 mars 2017.  En cas d'urgence, veuillez
    > contacter le Sem Rafael Alvaredo  au 613-843-3611 ou le caporal Urbano
    > Ciccarelli au 905 251-0109 (ou par courriel sur Groupwise).
    >
    > I am away on vacation until march 6th 2017.  Please for any urgent
    > assistance call Staff/sgt Rafael Alvaredo at 613-843-3611 or corporal
    > Urbano Ciccarelli at 905-251-0109 ( or by email on groupwise).
    >
    >>>> David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com 03/01/17 14:48 >>>
    >
    > ---------- Original message ----------
    > From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 15:48:54 -0400
    > Subject: Re: Federal Court File T-1557-15 ATTN Lilian Moreno I was not
    > asking you to However I am demanding that the Duggan lawyers act with
    > some semblance of ethics ASAP
    > To: "bob.paulson" bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > james@dugganavocats.ca, wjk@kimorr.ca, info@callkleinlawyers.com,
    > Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca, Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, craig.callens@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, lilian@dugganavocats.ca,
    > mcu@justice.gc.ca, assoc.mpmq@gmail.com, fsimedia@videotron.ca,
    > charles.mancer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Serge.Bilodeau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    > Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, akemp@andrewkemp.ca,
    > victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca
    >
    > ---------- Original message ----------
    > From: Duggan Avocats info@dugganavocats.ca
    > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:36:38 -0500
    > Subject: Federal Court File T-1557-15
    > To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
    > Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
    >
    > Mr. Amos,
    >
    > Me Duggan has seen your emails and I would like to inform you that our
    > office will not represent you.
    >
    > Best regards,
    >
    > *Lilian Moreno*
    >
    > *Adjointe Juridique - Legal Assistant*
    > *Duggan, Avocats - Lawyers*
    > Tel:  514-879-1459
    > Fax: 514-879-5648
    >
    > lilian@dugganavocats.ca
    >
    > Gare Windsor
    > 1100 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal (Ouest)
    > Bureau 900
    > Montréal, QC, H3B 2S2
    > Windsor Station
    > 1100 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal (West)
    > Suite 900
    > Montreal, QC, H3B 2S2
    >
    > *Avis de confidentialité* : Ce courriel est destiné exclusivement au(x)
    > destinataire(s) mentionné(s) ci-dessus et peut contenir de l'information
    > privilégiée, confidentielle et/ou dispensée de divulgation aux termes des
    > lois applicables. Si vous avez reçu ce message par erreur, ou s'il ne vous
    > est pas destiné, veuillez le mentionner immédiatement à l'expéditeur et
    > effacer ce courriel. Merci de votre collaboration.
    >
    > *Confidentiality notice*: This e-mail message is intended only for the
    > named recipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged,
    > confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you
    > have received this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s),
    > please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message. Thank
    > you for your collaboration.
    >
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos
    > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:00:47 -0400
    > Subject: Re Federal Court File No. T-1557-15 and the QMPMA application
    > for a class action lawsuit against the RCMP byway of the CROWN
    > To: assoc.mpmq@gmail.com, fsimedia@videotron.ca,
    > charles.mancer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, james@dugganavocats.ca,
    > Serge.Bilodeau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    > Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    >
    > Perhaps we should talk ASAP?
    >
    > Veritas Vincit
    > David Raymond Amos
    > 902 800 0369
    >
    > https://ampmq.ca/class-action-harassment-suit-on-behalf-of-canadas-22000-rcmp-members-is-gaining-momentum/
    >
    > https://mancer.rcmpclassaction.ca/application/
    >
    > The Application for certification of a class action on behalf of all
    > members of the RCMP (past and present) arose from the many members
    > coming forward with their long-standing stories of harassment, abuse
    > and discrimination experienced while working in the RCMP. These are
    > stories that span many decades and point to a culture of bullying,
    > harassment and discrimination in the RCMP.
    >
    > https://mancer.rcmpclassaction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Application-for-Certification.pdf
    >
    > https://ampmq.ca/en/
    >
    > President Serge Bilodeau
    > Vice-President Charles Mancer
    > Quebec Mounted Police Members’ Association (QMPMA)
    > Post Office Box 154
    > Westmount, Quebec, Canada
    > H3Z 2T2
    > Phone: (450) 291-4458
    > assoc.mpmq@gmail.com
    >
    > 1699 Rue Principale,
    > Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu,
    > Quebec, J0J 1W0
    >
    > Media relations
    >
    > Frederic Serre
    > Media relations officer
    > Phone: (438) 875-4217
    > fsimedia@videotron.ca
    >
    >
    > http://www.dugganavocats.ca/home.php?lang=en#!contact
    > James Duggan:
    > Windsor Station
    > 1100 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal (West)
    > Suite 900
    > Montreal, QC, Canada, H3B 2S2
    > Phone:  (514) 879-1459
    > Fax:  (514) 879-5648
    > Email james@dugganavocats.ca
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    > Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:24:50 -0400
    > Subject: Re: The FSB, Federal Court file no T-1557-15 ,secret oaths to
    > the British Queen and the evil Feds etc FYI I did call Moody's lawyer
    > Goggins When he did not pick up I contacted Michael Adler an he did
    > not return my call.
    > To: michael.adler@moodys.com, sallilyn.schwartz@moodys.com,
    > ir@moodys.com, Richard.Cantor@moodys.com, John.Goggins@moodys.com,
    > caitlin.workman@canada.ca, press@bankofengland.co.uk,
    > Joe.Perry@fsb.org, embassy.ottawa@mfa.ee, Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
    > Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com, Robert_Glauber@harvard.edu,
    > PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com, sunrayzulu@shaw.ca,
    > mcu@justice.gc.ca, bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov,
    > Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov, Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca,
    > pol7163@calgarypolice.ca, patrick_doran1@hotmail.com,
    > rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca, cps@calgarypolice.ca,
    > eps@edmontonpolice.ca
    > Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, b.spurlock@octafinance.com,
    > s.holbrook@octafinance.com,  NBInvestigates@cbc.ca, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca,
    > bostncs@international.gc.ca
    >
    > So before I leave for a little vacation and not be available for
    > awhile. I will leave you all with some very serious stuff to consider.
    >
    > Sometimes less is more so this email should prove to the RCMP who will
    > no doubt wish to harass me some more and all your lawyers that I am
    > not joking when acting in defense of my Clan. If you don't believe me
    > ask the Wilson-Raybould and her many minions about my lititigation ask
    > the Queen of England and I bet ya they will all play as dumb as post
    > as per their oath to the Queen's Privy Council or the BAR.
    >
    > Need I say you snobby Yankee lawyers who take the liberty to assume
    > the title of  "Esquire" a joke to mean old me?
    >
    > I would lay odds that my long dead Loyalist ancesters are rolling in
    > the their graves in Fundy Royal and laughing at a very simple but oh
    > so true statement made by a wild child of theirs. FYI your Yankee
    > Constitution does not recognize titles so you and lord over your
    > fellow men. Who the Hell are you to call yourselves sons of Lords?
    >
    > To be fair to the nasy Yankees Politicians who call themselves
    > Honourable are the biggest jokes of all
    >
    > Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., M.P.
    > Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
    >
    > Parliament Hill:
    > Telephone: 613-992-1416
    > Fax: 613-992-1460
    >
    > Department:
    > Justice
    > 284 Wellington Street
    > Ottawa, Ontario
    > K1A 0H8
    > Telephone: 613-992-4621
    > TTY: 613-992-4556
    > Fax: 613-954-0811
    > E-Mail: mcu@justice.gc.ca
    >
    > First things first have a Look at the 3 documents hereto attached (Not
    > a big read)
    >
    > Listen to these old voicemails from interesting FEDS at about  the
    > same point in time (Won't take long)
    >
    > http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
    >
    > then ask youselves or the lawyers Senator Shelby or Spizter or Cutler
    > or Bernie madoff's old buddy Robert Glauber where the webcast and
    > transcript went for a very important hearing held in late 2003 by the
    > United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
    >
    > http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2
    >
    > Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
    > Mutual Fund Industry
    >
    > November 20, 2003 02:00 PM
    > The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
    > series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
    > Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
    >
    >     Archived Webcast
    >
    > Witness Panel 1
    >
    > Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
    >     Director - Division of Enforcement
    >     Securities and Exchange Commission
    >     cutler.pdf (175.5 KBs)
    >
    > Mr. Robert Glauber
    >     Chairman and CEO
    >     National Association of Securities Dealers
    >     glauber.pdf (171.1 KBs)
    >
    > Eliot Spitzer
    >     Attorney General
    >     State of New York
    >     spitzer.pdf (68.2 KBs)
    >
    > Permalink:
    > http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2003/11/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry
    >
    >
    > Trust that the evil women and men that  PM Trudeau "The Younger"
    > appointed to to his cabinet will continue to play dumb because of
    > their oath to The Privy Council. However it does not follow that
    > everybody who works for them are dumb and they have no such oath to
    > uphold N'esy Pas?.
    >
    > Veritas Vincit
    > David Raymond Amos
    > 902 800 0369
    >
    >
    > PS Perhaps you all should scroll down and read some more EH Robert Glauber?
    >
    > https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nasd/nasd2003201/srnasd2003201-9.pdf
    >
    > http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/417/000011384/
    >
    > You dudes forgot somebody EH? Well the FEDS never did EH Mindless
    > Marcy Litt and Petey Baby MacKay?.
    >
    > http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
    >
    >
    > http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/re-rcmp-just-exactly-how-dumb-are.html
    >
    > If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
    > Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
    >
    > http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
    > ilian.html
    >
    >> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
    >>
    >> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
    >> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
    >>
    >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
    >>
    >> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
    >> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball cards?
    >>
    >> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006
    >>
    >> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
    >>
    >> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
    >>
    >> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
    >>
    >> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
    >> Senator Arlen Specter
    >> United States Senate
    >> Committee on the Judiciary
    >> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    >> Washington, DC 20510
    >>
    >> Dear Mr. Specter:
    >>
    >> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
    >> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
    >> raised in the attached letter.
    >>
    >> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes.
    >>
    >> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
    >>
    >> Very truly yours,
    >> Barry A. Bachrach
    >> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
    >> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
    >> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
    >>




    http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/2006/04/roomers-truly-have-no-rights.html





    Saturday, April 01, 2006


    ROOMERS TRULY HAVE NO RIGHTS!!!


    Picture 064, originally uploaded by Oldmaison.
    EVICTION NOTICE
    FOR CHARLES LEBLANC

    It has been bought to my attention that you have been bloggling too much and taking too many pictures without consent of individuals.

    You must leave the premises in one houe as of this time and date. 7:15am April 2/06

    Thanks

    Millie and Jim
    Posted by at

    102 comments:

    Anonymous said...
    You are being evicted for blogging?
    10:45 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Methinks it is because of our little spit and chew EH Frenchie? Did ya notice the CT Yankee put back my work and a great deal more?
    Give me a call at(506 434 1379) and try to call me a liar. I Double Dog Dare Yaa Too. Say Hey to your wannabe lawyer buddy Vaughn for me will ya.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    11:13 AM
    Anonymous said...
    April Fool's
    11:13 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Way ahead of ya Frenchie I was already laughing at the joke
    Verita Vincit
    David Raymon Amos
    11:24 AM
    Anonymous said...
    You ain't as quick on the draw all of a sudden. Did you fall asleep Frenchie or have a stroke?
    11:45 AM
    City Under Siege The Fight for Saint John said...
    who the heck is David Amos?
    12:47 PM
    Anonymous said...
    is this for real. he is a good person, he trys to help people out. i hope he is not evioted because he is a good person
    12:58 PM
    Anonymous said...
    The obvious answer is: You see my phone number why not call me and ask me direct? I ain't shy.It is not my fault you never heard of me. I ran for a Seat in Parliament twice with no hope of getting elected if you are so concerned about LNG whay not ask me what i know of the crap. Furthermore I sent you some emails to prove my integrity. Didn't so it I before I tried to post my comments in your blog? Why did you block them? My question Mikey MacDonald is who the hell are you?
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos

    Watch Frenchie prove his malice shaortly by making this blog melt as he always does however As a double check I just emailed it to you and Chucky in order to prove that it once existed.
    1:24 PM
    City Under Siege The Fight for Saint John said...
    Mr Amos when I tore apart Mr Chases article I sent it to him with my full name .I don't care that you know who I am.

    I may soon have a pipeline running through my back yard which is going to change the quality of life of my family.I am a citizen who got fed up with one sided journalism.There is no smoke and mirrors with me.I am calling them as I see them.If you don't like the blog .I guess all I can say is don't blog or blog away .Thats what it is there for.I don't expect everyone to agree with me.Thats democracy.
    If you are trying to intimidate me with your rants.think again.
    2:35 PM
    Anonymous said...
    No you think again Mikey Baby. USE your telephone as I challenged you to do. The simple truth should not intimadate an honest man. It was you who struck my words. If you had bothered to read my so called rants before you ignored them and then asked the world you the Hell I am, you would have noticed I agree with you and in fact know about this crap than you can dream of.
    2:48 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Now stayed tuned to this particular blog and watch Frenchie make it melt. He is the liar not me. He labelled me as a Hells Angel when I ran against the aptly named lawyer Rob Moore in Fundy in 2004. There is no denying that I am a vindictive son of a bitch with a long memory but even you must admit that i am fair. Although both Chucky and Indymedia erased their blogs when I protested their obvious malice, like you they erased everything I attemped to post. Ask yourself why Mikey Baby and the cry me a river again about what Irving is having crammed through your backyard. Guess who saves every word I write or what is said of me to use in litigation? In answer to your question in your own blog. Yes the people in Saint John should sue somebody in order to put a stop to the evil Empires control. Good luck finding a lawyer that ain't afraid of Irvings. You took a picture down as soon as you got a phone call. In my book that makes you a chickenshit. You talk the talk but do not walk the walk. You should have let them sue you in order to meet them in court and make you issues well known and recorded in the public record. I have been begging someone to sue me for years if they think they can prove what I say is untrue because whenever I sue them the corrupt courts meerely see it dismissed and stricken from the record. Look up Byron Prior sometime in Google and then tell me again that you
    Obviously you used my phone number now I know yours. Clearly you just pissed me off Lets see you apology ya bastard.
    3:09 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    ok...I just came back from moving someone. I see that David is debating his issues again.

    Listen David? I'll let a debate your issues in this blog here.

    I must delete the blog that has emails.

    As long you don't swear and smear anyone? You should be ok!!

    Everyone has their different style of sending out their message.

    I got mine and you got yours.

    By the way? Evicted??? It was a April Fool joke from Millie and Jim but I didn't bite!...lol
    3:35 PM
    Anonymous said...
    This is weird! What in the hell is going on here?
    3:38 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    Hey David??? Why don't you start your own blog?

    You got that email list and you could invite people to your site like I do!!!!
    3:56 PM
    Anonymous said...
    THere's no site like Charles!!! Entertaining as all hell! I have no idea what all these people are talking about, but it's more entertaining than anything on television! God bless the loonies!
    4:01 PM
    Anonymous said...
    February 24th, 2006

    Rick Hancox Executive Director
    c/o Suzanne Ball Senior
    Legal Counsel
    and Manon Losier General Counsel
    and Secretary to the New Brunswick
    Securities Commission
    85 Charlotte Street, Suite 300
    Saint John, NB E2L 2J2
    RE: Securities Fraud and Public Corruption
    Sir,
    Pursuant to our conversation today please find enclosed exactly the same material sent to the eight other provincial Attorney Generals in Canada before I returned to my native land again this year. Obviously the AGs Brad Green and Tom Marshall have known the truth of my matters since the summer of 2004. They have maliciously ignored my false imprisonment in the USA for their own political benefit. The tapes enclosed are exactly the same copies that were served upon the lawyers acting for Rogers Media byway of their newsman Tom Young today. As you listen to the tape you will hear that I mentioned your Commission on air in Saint John weeks ago. Methinks you should have called me then instead of waiting for me to contact you again today.
    The tapes and the CD of wiretap tape #139 are served upon the Commission's lawyers Ms. Ball and Ms. Losier as in confidence as officers of the court in order that my allegations of illegal wiretaps by crooked law enforcement authorities may be finally properly investigated ASAP by ethical law enforcement authorities. Hopefully this will be done before I sue the Crown about my false imprisonment but I am not holding my breath. April 3rd is coming fast. Upon your study of these documents you will see that I have not yet given the Yankee SEC all of my evidence of Securities Fraud. However every Attorney General in Canada has been made well aware of it for quite sometime before the SEC declared it was willing to investigate the actions of the former Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale. To date not one person has responded me nor did me the simple courtesy of returning my calls or emails as you finally did today.
    Clearly I must complain of the Crown myself without delay before further harm is done to my Clan. Rest assured I will be calling you, Mr. Hancox and the lawyers within your Commission to testify at a trial of my matters in Federal Court in Fredericton. A very pigheaded yet ethical Maritimer knows that justice has been delayed way past too long for the benefit of public corruption and not the public trust. I will not wait for anyone on public service to act within the scope of their employment anymore. To put it simply, after our conversation today I had no faith that you were willing to do your job.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    P.O. Box 234
    Apohaqui, NB E5P 3G2
    4:05 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Nope the first question should be Chucky where is the computer I gave you in 2004 Yopu know the one the Anglo due from Minto took home for you. You claimed it was no good yea well I would like to have it back
    4:09 PM
    Anonymous said...
    The next question is does your buddy Vaughn Burnett still have the material that you promised you would serve upon Brad Green in June of 2004 for me? Has he listened to the CD which is a copy of police surveilance tape # 139? I will call hinm and you as witnesses to testify in Federal Court in Fredericton. The wannabe lawyer and you buddy Bernard Richard both admitted to me that they had the evidence before I was falsely imprisoned in the Yankee jail in 2004. So much for etyhical EH?
    4:14 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    What do you do with a computer that don't work?

    You know the answer!

    Papers? to deliver to the Justice Minister? Sorry...I'm not a Sheriff!!!!

    Remember be nice in this blog....
    4:16 PM
    Anonymous said...
    What's everybody talking or fighting about ?

    Always read your site Charles.

    The person is right. More entertaining the TV, and I mean that as Big Compliment :>)
    4:22 PM
    Anonymous said...
    As far as blogging goes I do have one but do not post much. Because unlike you I feel that less is moreI do not need a blog I employ other people's blogs and only deal with the issues they raise first then take them down the path of the garden of good and evil just like I did with you years ago when they call me a liar. Check with your associate Mikey. He did not allow even my first comment. Just like your buddies in Indymedia. However they certainly allowed you to slam me. Didn't they Chucky?
    Just in case anyone cares about the spelling I am typing quickly because Methinks Chucky will soon erase this stuff just like he always does. However here is my phone number again call me and I will show anyone the proof of what I is true and I will even allow them to listen to a wiretap tape or two.
    4:22 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Your said the computer didn't work but I know that it did and I brought it all the way from Boston because you were crying poor mouth on the phone. Furthermore I have to witnesses that heard you say you would love to take on Brad Green. the Anglo dude from Minto is one. you the one you call a bigot. I was looking for you in the legislature library to witness me serving the liberal lawyers Burke and Lamrock next door at 710 Queen St when your buddy Dannyboy Bussieres and the Fredericton cops threw me out on June 24th 2004. I was not talking from the gallery as you falsely claim. I have a witness to that fact to . In fact he is a Deputy Minister you was on the floor at the time. the Commisssioners you have befriended made false allegations about me.
    4:29 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Charles? Friends with the commissioners?? That's funny! Sounds like you two guys should be getting along great-two peas in a pod of crazy. Nobody even knows what you guys are talking about.
    4:41 PM
    Anonymous said...
    C'mon keep it going
    4:44 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Anonymous said...
    wroteBonjour

    Mr. David Raymond Amos,

    We respectfully invite you to consider a Letter to the Editor, i.e.., How Free Trade undermines Maritime Economic Development. We had heard you make some representation about a U.S. company which truck out Maritime 'wealth', as a result of not having similar .provincial resources rights as Alberta, Many Maritimes would be potentially interested in such an editorial.

    Merci.

    Office of John Stokes

    The Canadian National Newspaper
    internet site: http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com
    4:48 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Hey Mr. Stokes
    Thanks for the suggestion. As you should know the most glaring example of a company that has been raping the Maritimes with abandon for many years is obviously the Irving Empire. However lately there are some very nasty new players on the scene such a PCS and Corridor Resourses etc etc. I am very busy these days and I am not a journalist. You people are though yet it seems you would rather me say the awlful truth than yourselves because of some possible lawsuit EH?
    So be it. I will because it is not slander if one's words are true. Perhaps you should consider checking my work and then come to court sometime in order to listen to me argue all the smiling bastards. You can have much of my work in a click of the button of my mouse. But first please allow me to introduce you to the New Brunswick Securities Commission. I got a rather interesting response from them today whilst I was in Fredericton. They have ignored my concerns for almost a year but now that Bernie Lord's government is getting tipsy, it appears all the bad actors want to show me their arse just in time for me to boot it.
    It is Securities Commissions such as this that allow many publicly held companies such as Corridor Resources or Magna Entertainment etc to get away with many things rather than remind them of the law and on how they should conduct business in an ethical fashion. That said, these Commisssions have no say whatsoever over the Irving Empire and that is truly bad. It is a privately held corporation that knows very well the power of money and on how to pay off greedy politicians in order to get anything they want. In the nutshell of the Maritimes that is quite simply everything. It seems that I am the only Maritimer who is not afraid of the ghost of mean old KC Irving and his monoply game. It has always been hard times in the Maritimes. We lament about it all the time but our apathy and fear of the Irvings etc gives us the govenments we deserve.
    Print this if you wish. You are off the hook that Irving's lawyers threaten ordinary folks with. I am fearless yet never reckless with the truth. I stand by my own words and invite anyone to sue me if they think I am a liar and wish to argue me. I hate it when the chickenshits send crooked cops against me bearing false allegations in a faint hearted effort to shut me up. It does the smiling bastards no good and only serves to make matters worse.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    4:52 PM
    Anonymous said...
    March 24, 2006

    Michael “Tanker” Malley
    C/o Cleveland Allaby
    480 Queen Street
    Suite # 200
    Fredericton NB. E3B 1B6

    Simpson Thacher & Barlett LLP
    C/o Derek Burney
    Chair of the Board of Directors of NB Power
    515 King Street Fredricton, NB E3B 4X1

    Jody Carr
    C/o Paul Blackmore
    Chestnut Complex
    470 York Street
    Fredericton, NBE3B 3P7

    Patrick A.A. Ryan
    Edgecombe House
    736 King Street
    Fredericton, NB E3B 1G2
    Re: Public Corruption

    Sirs,
    Pursuant to my many phone calls and email to your offices please find enclosed the material I promised to you before I file my complaints in Federal Court in Fredericton. The CD which is a true copy of wiretap tape number 139 is served upon you all in confidence as officers of the court in order that it may be investigated byway of my suing the Crown.
    While Norm Betts and Derek Burney’s buddy Stevey Boy Harper is busy in New Brunswick today trying hard to shore up the shaky government of Jody Carr’s buddy, Bernie Lord with long delayed federal tax dollars. I am polishing off my promises to crooked lawyers in the hope that the very corrupt House crumbles ASAP. If not maybe President Chavez will help me bankrupt the crooks working within NB Power within a crooked government’s blessing. Methinks Tanker will need another lawyer if the one he has now continues to play dumb. Lord paid Allaby a lot of money to study the doings of the Justice Dept a long time ago. He should understand the scene.
    Shame on you all for forcing me to go to such lengths to protect my rights under the Charter. Methinks you have underestimated my diligence EH? Now ask yourselves why I don’t sue you after I sue the Crown? I fail to see any reason not to. That is the only way I know of to hold such people as you accountable. Stevey Boy Harper never will even though he talks the talk of such things. Everybody knows what I served upon his party’s lawyer Arthur Hamilton before I was falsely imprisoned in the USA in 2004.
    Despite whatever Act our latest Prime Minister wishes to introduce to the Canadian people that he claims will compel our government to act with integrity, he can never deny my right to drag anyone into court. In fact he has done so himself in the past and I am no less of a man than he. Even a simple pigheaded Maritimer has the right to argue the law even with people who think themselves above it. How you all have failed to uphold the law and the public trust placed in your public office is either a matter of public record or soon shall be or my name ain’t Dave. There is no Democracy without Truth and Justice. It is just that simple.
    Thats all for now fellas. I look forward to seeing you all in court someday or I will die trying to make it happen in an ethical fashion. It is just another one of those things I do that lawyers fail to appreciate. Ask your friends why that is if you don’t already know.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    P.O. Box 234
    Apohaqui, NB. E5P 3G2
    5:15 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Hey
    Everybody received hard copy in hand to their offices except of course what the UPS dudes are bringing to Paul Shuttle and Andre Arthur. Obviously Yankees ain't as quick as me even when I give them two days head start. I have signatures and pictures to prove that all the New Brunswickers named below got their material today as I promised last week except for the sneaky Conflict of Interest Commmissioner Mr. Patrick who hides behind locked doors. He just sent the Sergeant at Arms who tried to run me off again.
    However the Frenchman Danny Boy Bussieres had to accept my material on behalf of the Commissioner and our Queen whom he represents no matter how much he wishes to ban me from the Legislature. He didn't sign anything but what transpired between us was witnessed by a man who was not involved. I gave the crooked Quebecer hard copy in hand. Somebody speaking for the Queen should answer me ASAP. EH? If Danny Boy wishes to attempt to ban me from the Legislature again he really should put it in writng. EH? Perhaps he should clearly state the reasons behind his malice and who is accusing me of what. Otherwise I will ignore him until we meet in court. Then I will have many questions for him on the public record. I repeat, I have never threatened or harassed anyone. The next time he and I meet I hope to have many witnesses watching our exchange of words instead of just one man.The Sergeant at Arms Danny Boy Brouseirres lake most lawyers and politicians is a liar.
    I will leave you all to wonder who receives this email next but lets just say I was very correct about my assessment of the Public Utilities Board and the New Brunswick Securoties Commission. corrupt Maritimers act just like crookedYankees. After all most of them are lawyers and their brotherhood practices their malice across borders all day long every day. The thing is can they trust each other when the politiking gets down and dirty. Methinks there is no honour amongst theives no matter how powerful they are. What say you? I know your answer already and that only time will tell the tale to prove what I say is true. Until then I will simply remain a man of my word and hope for justice to prevail. It is your job to uphold the Public Trust not mine.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    5:28 PM
    Anonymous said...
    March 24, 2006

    Bernard Shapiro
    Ethics Commissioner
    C/o Andre Arthur MP
    325 de l'Eglise
    Donnacona, Québec G3M 2A2

    Jean T. Fournier
    Senate Ethics Officer
    C/o Senator Noel Kinsella and Michael Comeau
    Holy Cross House Rm. 206
    St. Thomas University
    Fredericton NB

    Kevin Lynch Clerkc/o Paul Shuttle
    Director of Legal Operations
    Privy Council Office
    59 Sparks Street
    Ottawa, ON K1A 0A3

    David Gourdeau
    Commissioner for FederalJudicial Affairs
    c/o Willa Doyle
    District Administrator
    Suite 100
    82 Westmorland Street
    Fredericton, NB E3B 3L3

    Re: Public Corruption

    Sirs,
    Pursuant to my many phone calls and email to your offices please find enclosed the material I promised to you before I file my complaints in Federal Court in Fredericton. The CD which is a true copy of wiretap tape number 139 is served upon you all in confidence as officers of the court and or Parliamentarians in order that it may be investigated byway of my suing the Crown.
    While Stevey Boy Harper is busy in New Brunswick today trying hard to shore up the shaky government of his little buddy, Bernie Lord with long delayed federal tax dollars. I am polishing off all my promises to crooked lawyers in the hope that the very corrupt House crumbles ASAP.
    Shame on you all for forcing me to go to such lengths to protect my rights under the Charter. Methinks you have underestimated my diligence EH? Now ask yourselves why I don’t sue you after I sue the Crown? I fail to see any reason not to. That is the only way I know of to hold such people as you accountable. Stevey Boy Harper never will even though he talks the talk of such things. Everybody knows what I served upon his party’s lawyer Arthur Hamilton before I was falsely imprisoned in the USA in 2004.
    Despite whatever Act our latest Prime Minister wishes to introduce to the Canadian people that he claims will compel our government to act with integrity, he can never deny my right to drag anyone into court. In fact he has done so himself in the past and I am no less of a man than he. Even a simple pigheaded Maritimer has the right to argue the law even with people who think themselves above it. How you all have failed to uphold the law and the public trust placed in your public office is either a matter of public record or soon shall be or my name ain’t Dave. There is no Democracy without Truth and Justice. It is just that simple.
    Thats all for now fellas. I look forward to seeing you all in court someday or I will die trying to make it happen in an ethical fashion. It is just another one of those things I do that lawyers fail to appreciate. Ask your friends why that is if you don’t already know.

    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    PO Box 234
    Apohaqui, NB. E5P 3G2

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    5:32 PM
    Anonymous said...
    David Amos is mentally ill folks. just ignore him and maybe he will go away. he is a criminal and a liar. he rants and raves like a lunatic. he makes charlie seem like a choir boy. he is one sick s.o.b.
    6:20 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Well I must say I am not surprised. I am in fact delighted to introduce some folks in the Martimes to the man most responsible for my false imprisonment in the USA. I have been fishing for him to make his usual appearance within a Blog. If one speaks of the devil long enough he is sure to appear. EH Chucky? This crook's name is Deputy Dog Robert F. O'Meara of the Norfolk County sheriffs Dept. A bigger snake in Massachusetts there never was. Right now it is suppertime and I ain't goona let it grow cool worrying about what he may say of me but rest assured I will relish and save every word of it. Stay tuned and I will post many of his words that have been deleted from many other blogs in order to protect him and the crooks who have covered up his many crimes.
    At least I have a name EH Deputy Dog? Even on the internet you use girlfriend's Wicked Wanda Willard's ID
    7:07 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    Hey? As long he leaves his view in this little blog and not others? I don't have a problem with the guy.

    He's pretty mellow with his words compare to past emails.

    Hey? We might have a second Spinks here???...lol
    7:11 PM
    Anonymous said...
    David is a less of lunatic compared to Chucky.
    7:15 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    SPINKS??? WHERE ARE YA????
    8:48 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Now that I finally see one vote of confidence.It is time to stress Chucky's words to the max. Lets see if this post stands the test of time. I am posting something that only a few politicians have seen. Whereas Chucky's buddy Danny Boy Brussieres had banned me from the Legislature and Chucky did not have the balls to deliver the material to Brad Green I and my son, Max delivered in hand the matereial to both of the following dudes offices in Moncton right after Canada Day and Paul Martin's boat had been caught in Sidney with more coke than coal on board. We then went home to where I was raised in Dorchester Nb and I laughed at the thought of Charles LeBlanc as I drove through his hometown. If he had had the sand to deliver this letter and the material I had given him to Brad when he promised to so. He would be my hero, Bernie Lord's government would have fallen, my adversary Deputy Dog Robert F. O'Meara would have gone to jail instead of me and most importantly my little Clan would be still in their home today. If Brad Green Bernie Lord and Franky Boy McKenna had acted with integrity I would not have to sue the Crown in order to have a fraudulent warrant for my arrest revoked in the USA. Anyone should feel free to print or email the text of this letter with abandon simply because Brad Green answered it. I can email anyone a copy of his response in a tif file. In fact I will email one to Frenchie and Deputy Dog Robert F. O'Meara, Brad Green and his buddies first first. You will know that Chucky got it first and can never play dumb no more. I will forward it on to anyone who asks and they can decide you is crazy and who is not and who is a liar and who is not. My email address is motomaniac_02186 at yahoo.com and my phone number is 506 434 1379 I do not call people collect as Chucky does.

    July 1st, 2004

    Brad Green
    c/oBernard Lord
    132 Mill Road
    Moncton, NB. E1A 4A5

    Frank McKenna
    c/o McInnis Cooper
    655 Main St.
    Moncton NB E1C 8T6
    RE: Corruption
    Hey Fellas,
    Please find enclosed exactly the same material served upon Paul Zed before he met Paul Martin at the airport last weekend. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as officers of the court in order that it may be properly investigated. As you review the material it should be painfully obvious to you why I have no respect for your chosen profession of lawyer/politician. I must say that both Mr. Lord and Mr. McKenna were clever to keep some distance from the recent federal election but I don’t think it was very wise for Mr. Lord to have me expelled from the Legislature Building for political reasons rather than legal reasons.
    I have done as the Sargent at Arms ordered on June 24th and stayed away from the Legislature and waited for it to take its summer break so that no more bullshit about me can be said. I have now delivered this material to your constituency office Mr. Lord so that you may deal with this at a personal level with Mr. Green. I will complain of you Mr. Lord and your friends Mr. Green, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Burke to court along with the Fredericton Police Dept. and the Sargent at Arms if I do not receive a satisfactory response very quickly and convince me of your ethics and stand with me. I have not heard from the Fredericton Police Dept. thus I suspect that Corporal Ross has done as he threatened and thrown this material in the trash for the benefit of his fellow police officer, Mr. LeBlanc.
    Mr. Green may I suggest that you study every word and listen to the CD closely and prepare to argue every word if you disagree with the fact that a fellow Canadian has the right to seek justice and relief for the many wrongs practiced against him. What would you do if the Men in Black had appeared at your door and were willing to take you away to Cuba without counsel because of false allegations were made against you in order to stop you from defending your family’s interests? As you can see I have come home to protest these actions in a political and legal fashion. I have done only as the Solicitor General Anne McLellan has suggested and given the evidence to those who claim to have jurisdiction over me. You speak for the Sargent at Arms and the Fredericton Police. They dropped the ball the instant they pulled me outside the building for no reason. They claimed jurisdiction but refused to investigate. I have seen it reported that I had tried to speak from the gallery and the Sargent at Arms falsely claimed that I had attempted to serve someone within the legislature building. Both statements are untrue. I left materials at the door in the custody of the security guard as he requested. I was only looking to find Charles Leblanc in order that he may witness me delivering the enclosed materials to T.J. Burke’s office. This was necessary for me to do because as you know most lawyers are reckless with the truth. I will let your fellow politician/lawyer. Peter McKay, explain to you the reason why that is. However it was no longer necessary to require a witness because the Sargent at Arms and the Fredericton Police had watched me go into 710 Queen St and come out without the material they had just refused after harassing me. They are my witnesses as you are now.
    As for you, Mr. McKenna, I expect you and your fellow lawyers at McInnes Cooper to uphold the law and conduct yourselves in a professional manner according to the rules that allow you to practice law for a fee. Don’t you think you should act ethically rather quickly and report your newfound knowledge of crime? At the very least I have made you witnesses to my complaints and rest assured I will be asking you many questions in court if the RCMP doesn’t ask you first. Mr. McKenna, I read your recent speech about how you likened the actions of federal political leaders to various purebred dogs. I must add my two bits worth to your comments. Those fancy dogs don’t hunt like the mangy old mutt that is the guard dog of my little Clan. I don’t bark but I am quick to bite. If you turn around you will see me sniffing at your heels. If any lawyer makes one false move, I make every effort to rip his nuts off. Check my work before you call me a liar.
    I have followed the money home to the Maritimes. I find that you and many other liberals have been in pursuit of filthy lucre every bit as much as Mr. Mulroney, Mr. Crosbie and their many cohorts. The Maritime Provinces have suffered the most from the many years of political abuse by greedy lawyers and their bosses. Mr. Harper called Maritimers defeatists but he failed to say who was beating us up. Obviously it was federal politicians on both sides of the fence. The last thing Mr. Martin is to me is noble. In my opinion he is a fine example of a very crooked lawyer aspiring to be an adept politician like his daddy. I view your speech about dogs simply as a little dog licking a big dog’s nuts in a stylish way in order to win the Alfa male’s favor and someday win his position amongst a pack of political thieves. Feel free to argue me after you explain to me real slow how Cardinal Law was legally removed from my complaint and what right the Men in Black had to try to take me away because I am exposing the awful truth about bad acting bankers and Feds. Please don’t pretend that you guys don’t know a few very well heeled Yankees that have helped you along in your own personal pursuit of happiness. Mr. Tobin got a great job working for an interesting Conservative. Eh? Should Belinda listen to Mr. Mulroney and Mr. Harper or to her new CEO? What do you think? How much time do you think I may have left on the planet for asking such questions as this? What do you think may cause my demise? In the end I will rest assured that someday my ghost will be very vindictive against lawyers that failed to uphold the law. At this point in time it would be very easy for some lawyer to act ethically and become the people’s political hero. What say you? Can you trust your legal and political friends to not turncoat and stand with me? Interesting dilemma, eh?

    Cya’ll in Court:)
    David R. Amos
    153 Alvin Ave.
    Milton. MA. 02186

    Certificate of Service

    I, David R. Amos on July 2, 2004, I served the enclosed materials in hand to the offices of Frank McKenna at McInnis Cooper 655 Main St. Moncton NB E1C 8T6 and Bernard Lord at 132 Mill Road. Moncton, NB.E1A 4A5

    David R. Amos
    153 Alvin Ave.
    Milton, MA. 02186
    8:54 PM
    Anonymous said...
    "WOW" What a guy.Where did all that come from. Sounds like this guy has a problem.NO maybe a lot of problems.Too bad.
    9:32 PM
    Anonymous said...
    He just goes on and on doesn't he?
    9:34 PM
    Anonymous said...
    yeah it's not pretty. it's like a car wreck that just keeps happening. kinda scary knowing he is in our back yard again. Mr.Amos you need professional help man. i can give you some numbers. you don't have to live with your paranoia. there is help if you seek it.
    9:48 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Before I can even begin to believe that you are for real Why not crawl out of cyber space and into the real world. It stars by proving to all that you have a name. Cheap shots under Anoymous in Chucky's ain't worth squat to me unless you are man enough to look me in the eye and stand by your words. I do What say you got a name and a set of balls or just a mouth like Chucky?
    10:01 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Only the crooks are scared that I am back in the Maritimers. A lot of ordinary folks like me are laughing at how I am poking holes in their stuffed shirts. This letter is wickedly funny, Both Adrienne Clarkson and Herménégilde Chiasson answered this one after my wife and I and a lawyer who wanted Rob Moore's seat in parliament visited the Police Commission in New Brunswick. Bev Harrison would not answer this letter or even return my calles even though he has represented me from my spot on the hill since I landed home last year. His assistants have affirmed to me several times that they received it. I am demanding an answer from Tanker now tha old Bev's assistant Bill Oliver refused to call me back for the last time on Friday. I do not care what the tough talking Danny Boy Bussieres says only the Speaker can authorize the Sergeant at Arms to ban a man from the legislature. Besides that the Governor General his ultimate boss told me I was doing the right thing before I returned to the USA and into Deputy Dog's buddy's jail. I wiil put this letter and the responses in the same email to Chucky and Deputy Dog

    August 24th, 2004

    Lieutenant-Governor of
    New Brunswick,
    Herménégilde Chiasson
    Old GovernmentHouse
    51 Woodstock Road
    Fredericton, NB E3B 9L8
    Phone (506) 453-2505
    Fax (506) 444-5280

    Speaker of the Legislative Assembly,
    Bev Harrison
    Constituency Office: Hampton-Belleisle
    Room: Unit 4, 46 Keirstead Avenue
    Hampton, NB E5N 5A4
    Phone (506) 832-6464
    Fax (506) 832-6466
    RE: Corruption
    Sirs,
    Please find enclosed exactly the same material served upon Premier Lord and Frank McKenna on the day after Canada Day and a copy of Brad Green’s response. I have also enclosed a letter to Senator Joe Day that was to be forwarded to the Arar Commission. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as the Queen’s representatives of in order that it may be properly investigated. I ask New Brunswick’s Lieutenant-Governor of, Herménégilde Chiasson to forward this material to the Governor General of Canada. I have already emailed her notice to expect this material and I will email her the text of this letter as well.
    Whereas the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick stands adjourned until Tuesday, December 14, 2004, at 1 o'clock p.m, perhaps you fellas can find a little time to answer me before I sue the Queen in the USA. My questions are as follows: Why did Sergeant-at-Arms, Dan Bussieres and the Fredericton Police Dept. ask me to step outside the Legislature Building and then forever ban me from re-entering the premises on June 24th, 2004? What will you do with your newfound knowledge of crime?
    It is only fair that I ask these questions. After all I am a Canadian Citizen and I do have the right to ask any question to those who represent me. Whether they are born to the position or elected or appointed or merely hired, they all must uphold the law and the public trust. The Queen of Canada, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is the official Head of State and is represented in New Brunswick by the Lieutenant-Governor. Therefore, the Lieutenant-Governor is the nominal Head of State at the provincial level, empowered with the responsibility of representing the Queen in the province. Thus I have asked him the aforesaid questions before I leave the jurisdiction of New Brunswick.
    The Ombudsman, Bernard Richard told me to take my matter up the Speaker of the House and thus far Mr. Harrison has ignored my phone calls and emails. Bev Harrison did have the opportunity to ask me any question he wished before he decided not to vote for me. It seems he would rather have the lawyer, Rob Moore speak for him in Parliament. I would not be surprised to learn that Bev Harrison was the same man I had spoken to months ago or that he had attended the debate in Hampton. I have no doubt that Mr Harrison knows exactly who I am and why I was in Fredericton that day. I am not a rebel just because I make inquiries and demand that people in public service uphold the law.
    The problem is that on June 24th I was a candidate for the 38th Parliament. I was busy challenging those still in public service such as John Herron to do their jobs and uphold the law. I was merely in the legislative building looking for the Frenchman Charles Leblanc so he could witness me serve this material upon the lawyer, T J Burke next door. I had made certain that many politicians were made well aware of my concerns and allegations before coming home to run for a seat in the next Parliament. The local liberal, Leroy Armstrong was willing to debate me so I was giving this material to his liberal lawyer friends to review. Dan Bussieres offended me for political reasons not legal reasons. The Speaker of the House should not have allowed the Sergeant’s actions or at least responded to my inquiry. These must be irrefutable facts because after almost two months of asking everyone imaginable about the actions of the Sergeant-at-Arms, no one would even tell me his name let alone explain his actions, It appears that the Government of Canada would rather assist corrupt politicians within a country that had rebelled against the Queen than assist one of her subjects to escape their harassment.
    I must return to the USA because I have been summoned to court to argue more false allegations made against me. Whereas my country is willing to throw me back into Ashcroft’s clutches, I must complain of the Crown. It seems the Yankees may have been right long ago when they refused to pay taxes without proper representation. Perhaps Canada should follow suit. We all know what has been said about the evils of longstanding governments. What say you sirs? Am I speaking sedition or common sense?
    I have heard that Louis Riel once said that the French would take over Canada without firing a shot. Now many of the French wish to separate. Maybe true Canadians can reunite our country in the same fashion. There is no need of the cartridge box as long as we properly employ the soap box and ballot box. The tools of bloodless revolutions are the laws of the land. They are in the hands of people begging us for our vote every so often. Canada does not need to pay homage to a Queen who will not check the work of the people representing her and us. We need a new form of government. I agree with Louis Riel’s thinking when he proclaimed that the Metis were “loyal subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of England’. If we are rebels, we are rebels against the Company that sold us” Although he was labelled a rebel, Louis Riel was a Canadian patriot who did stop Western Canada from being absorbed by the USA. He was also elected to Parliament twice. He would abhor NFTA as much as I. The words in Riel’s diary are well worth heeding.
    “O my God! Save me from the misfortune of getting involved with the United States. Let the United States protect us indirectly, spontaneously, through an act of Providence, but not through any commitment or agreement on our part.” Riel stated in his diary this as well: “God revealed to me that the government of the United States is going to become extraordinarily powerful.”

    Cya’ll in Court:)
    David R. Amos
    153 Alvin Ave.
    Milton. MA. 02186
    10:20 PM
    Anonymous said...
    This letter really put Lizzy Weir's panties in a knot. Chucky's buddy Bernie Richard answered me immediately but she never did. When I got out of jail and jumped bail in the USA one year later and started demanding answers from the NDP she was not long taking a job from Bernie Lord and leaving her party in the toilet. Bernie Richard di the same thing years ago to save Lord nasty little minority. The problem is the liberals are no better ask the not so good Dr. Doherty if he wishes to argue me in public about it. In order to argue him and the pretty woman Bernie Lord had his eyes on I tried to run in Bernie's snap election in Saint John Harbour because in my opinion I caused Lizzy to quit and run off. I knew I would never be elected but the decent folks who always voted NDP deserved to know the score and my opinion of the LNG scene is worth listening to. However the not so non partison Anne Hollies and her yo yo underling Paddy Addison illegally refused me for the benefit of Bernie Lord.The Irvings and the Spanish dudes who have lost their popularity in other countries want to put such a dangerous thing right int the damned harbour and the crooked Mayor suppots it? What planet is he from I must ask. People with no names call me crazy. Well in retort I say if the politicians are sane then I am glad I am nuts.
    However before they put me away anyone can have this letter and Bernie Richard's very dumb answer. I would not be surprised if this blog turns into a pumpkin by midnight EH Chucky? However if you leave it up I will post sometime a very wicked Cinderella Affadavit by Newfy Johnny Crosbie's law firm of Patterson Palmer that will explain why the liberal President in NB Greg Byrne has now gone solo.

    August 24th, 2004

    NDP Leader Elizabeth Weir
    Constituency Office
    39 King Square North
    Saint John, NB E2L 1E6

    Bernard Richard
    Office of the Ombudsman
    767 Brunswick Street
    Fredericton, NB E3B 1H8

    Re: Corruption

    Sir and Madam,
    Please find enclosed exactly the same material served upon New Brunswick’s Lieutenant-Governor, Hermenegilde Chiasson and many others today. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as officers of the court in order that it may be properly investigated.
    There is no need to be long winded with you two people. I can prove contact with each of you and your associates many times. I know that you are expecting this material and why I am providing it to you for your review. Not only will I be mentioning your names today to the Police Commission but your names can be found in various places within my documents. I feel that you are entitled to review the material and I am entitled to expect you to act ethically and with integrity as would befit an officer of the court. What you will do with your newfound knowledge of crime? Please send your response to this letter to the address below. I can no longer linger in New Brunswick and wait for politicians to find the time to uphold the Public Trust.

    Cya’ll in Court:)
    David R, Amos
    153 Alvin Ave.
    Milton, MA. 02186


    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

    I, David R. Amos, of 153 Alvin Ave. Milton, MA. on August 25th, 2004, I delivered the enclosed material to the Office of the Ombudsman, Bernard Richard at 767 Brunswick Street, Fredericton, NB E3B 1H8. Whereas the Provincial office building at 710 Queen St. is no longer assessable to the public, I will provide these documents to Elizabeth Weir’s Constituency Office at 39 King Square North Saint John, NB E2L 1E6 as soon as possible.

    David R, Amos
    10:57 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    Some people sent me private emails asking me- Who the hell is that nut???

    Well? As I said earlier in the day.

    No swearing or smears and everything should be ok.

    I can delete this particular blog in seconds but we'll keep it here.

    So far so good....

    Try to be nice....
    11:18 PM
    Anonymous said...
    One no named dude lamented that I go on and on and I admit that that is true. On ther other hand earlier another fella ask for more and lamented that I was too slow posting. Rest assured I know most Maritimers do not give a damn about legal crap or politics. I fit in that boat as well it is just that the smiling bastards attacked me and my little clan and I must defend myself the best way I know how. I figure fire with fire so to speak so I went fiercely political and did not care about being elected. I just wanted to make my issues public for the benefit of my family first and foremost and the awful truth only hurts crooks. Most folks would find this crap boring yet lawyers and politicians like old women are gossips big time. They climb to the top pulling on the balls of others to get there. Trust that many would find this an interesting read. There is a lot to tell after being blocked in most places for years and I am trying hard to stay local to Fredericton only simply because that is the audience the Chucky draws. If the dude don't like to read my stuff click to another of Chucky's mindless blogs and look a pictures that take a long time to look at in dial up.
    For ethical lawyers (if there is such athing) benefit here is something that will help explain the news today in a very funny light. McAllister answered me but Miller did not. Miller's (David Hache's too)law firm is merging with the rest of Patterson Palmer's outfit so it appears I have now crossed paths with the same bunch of bastards at least four times in various matters. Merging makes a firm more powerful but it also opens the door to the need to defend the bad actions of your many partners. Everybody knows you can't trust lawyer the that Patterson and palmer in Halifax went with Franky Boy McKenna's buddies i all to funny to me. The dudes in Turo are the only smart ones in the bunch. They said to hell with them all. Maybe I will give then a call. If you cannnot find an honest lawyer your might as well hire the wisest one EH? As i said Byron Priors complaint will prove to the Maritimes why. Look him up on the web or in front of Parliament next week.

    August 24th, 2004

    Gary A. Miller
    371 Queen St. Suite 400,
    Fredericton, NB E3B 4Y9

    George A. McAllister
    212 Queen St.
    Fredericton, NB E3B 1A8

    RE: Corruption
    Sirs,
    Please find enclosed exactly the same material served upon New Brunswick’s Lieutenant-Governor Hermenegilde Chiasson and many others. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as officers of the court in order that it may be properly investigated.
    Months ago I contacted you, Mr. McAllister by phone and informed you that I wholeheartedly agreed with your standing that Insurance companies were making the consumers cover their losses in the stock market. Brad Green and Premier Lord played Ms. Weir and the Commission like a fiddle and were merely doing their part to assist the interests of the Insurance Companies at the expense of the public trust. Although you were happy to hear that your opinions had been read and understood, you definitely did not want my evidence supporting your claims. Pursuant to my last statement to you, Mr. McAllister I have now proved to you that I am a man of my word and I now expect you to obey the Code of Conduct that you must obey in order to practice law for a fee.
    Mr. Miller, the same holds true for you. Within these documents you will find the name of a lawyer you know very well, David Lutz. I find this man to be a very poor example of an officer of the court and I don’t mind telling the world my opinion of him. Please read my letter to him and let me know as to whether or not you stand with him and against me. If anyone were to ask me, Mr. Lutz is a man in need of legal aid and has no right to charge others for his malicious assistance. Will you spring to his defence when I file a complaint against him? Whether you fellas like it or not I have now made you witnesses to my sad complaints before I returned to the USA.
    If I survive the malicious prosecution that I am looking forward to in Boston next month, I will return to litigate in New Brunswick. There is no middle ground for any lawyer to stand on in this battle within two corrupt justice systems. All that I have demanded from any lawyer is simple ethical conduct. Why is that too much to ask for?
    I have read your various spit and chews with Brad Green and I must admit I find them to be quite comical from my position as a layman in the catbird seat. Rest assured that I will endeavour to make my opinions widely known. Sue me if you wish. In fact I double dog dare ya to. Bring this material to court so that the jury can have something to read while we argue truth, justice and the Maritimes kowtowing to the American Way.
    Cya’ll in Court:)
    David R, Amos
    153 Alvin Ave.
    Milton, MA. 02186
    11:26 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Even if you do delete it Chucky you know for a fact that I already saved it. With luck I will be showing you a printed copy of it in court someday. I will ask you many questions in public not private emails about what the hell you know about this crap. Why you lied about me called me names and didn't give Brad Green my material as you promised spoke volumes to me about your integrity. Don't even try to argue me about my manners. I know how to behave myself it is you who does not.
    11:32 PM
    Anonymous said...
    2005 01 T 0010

    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
    TRIAL DIVISION

    BETWEEN:
    WILLIAM MATTHEWS PLAINTIFF
    AND:
    BYRON PRIOR DEFENDANT

    AND BETWEEN:
    BYRON PRIOR DEFENDANT/PLAINTIFF
    BY COUNTERCLAIM

    AND: WILLIAM MATTHEWS PLAINTIFF/FIRST DEFENDANT
    BY COUNTERCLAIM

    AND: T. ALEX HICKMAN SECOND DEFENDANT
    BY COUNTERCLAIM

    AND: THOMAS MARSHALL THIRD DEFENDANT
    BY COUNTERCLAIM

    AND: DANNY WILLIAMS FOURTH DEFENDANT
    BY COUNTERCLAIM

    AND: EDWARD M. ROBERTS FIFTH DEFENDANT
    BY COUNTERCLAIM

    AND: JOHN CROSBIE SIXTH DEFENDANT
    BY COUNTERCLAIM

    AND: PATTERSON PALMER SEVENTH DEFENDANT
    BY COUNTERCLAIM
    SUMMARY OF CURRENT DOCUMENTCourt File Number(s):2005 01 T 0010Date of Filing of Document:25 January 2005Name of Filing Party or Person:Stephen J. MayApplication to which Document being filed relates:Amended Application of the Plaintiff/Defendant by Counterclaim to maintain an Order restricting publication, to strike portions of the Statement of Defence, strike the Counterclaim in it’s entirety, and to refer this proceeding to case management.Statement of purpose in filing:To maintain an Order restricting publication, to strike portions of the Statement of Defence, strike the Counterclaim in its entirety and refer this proceeding to case management.
    A F F I D A V I T

    I, Stephen J. May, of the City of St. John’s, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Barrister and Solicitor, make oath and say as follows:

    THAT I am a Partner in the St. John’s office of PATTERSON PALMER solicitors for William Matthews, the Member of Parliament for Random-Burin-St. George’s in the Parliament of Canada.

    THAT Mr. Matthews originally retained Mr. Edward Roberts, Q.C. on or about 30 April 2002 after Mr. Byron Prior, the Defendant/Plaintiff by Counterclaim, had made allegations against Mr. Matthews in a publication called “My Inheritance - The truth - Not Fiction: A Town with a Secret”. In that publication, the allegation was made that Mr. Matthews had had sex with a girl who had been prostituted by her mother. That girl was alleged to have been Mr. Prior’s sister.

    THAT upon being retained, Mr. Edward Roberts wrote a letter to Mr. Prior. That letter to Mr. Prior is attached as Exhibit “1" to my Affidavit.

    THAT subsequent to Mr. Roberts’ letter to Mr. Prior, Mr. Roberts received a 1 May 2002 e-mail from Mr. Prior. That e-mail is attached as Exhibit “2".

    THAT subsequent to Mr. Roberts receipt of the e-mail, Mr. Prior swore an Affidavit acknowledging that what had been said in that publication was false. That Affidavit is attached as Exhibit “3" to my Affidavit. Following Mr. Roberts’ receipt of that Affidavit, Mr. Matthews advised that he was satisfied not to pursue the matter any further and our firm closed our file.

    THAT on or about 25 October 2004, I was retained by Mr. Matthews following his gaining knowledge that a web site, made a series of allegations against him relating to my having sex with a girl of approximately 12 years old through to an approximate age of 15 years old. It also accused him of being a father of one of her children and accused him of having raped that girl. Upon checking the web site I saw that Byron Prior, the Defendant, had been identified as the author of the material on the site.

    THAT Mr. Matthews instructed me to write Mr. Prior, to remind him of the fact that the allegations had been admitted to being false through a 16 May 2002 Affidavit to advise him of Mr. Matthews’ intentions to commence legal proceedings if the comments were not removed from the web site. A copy of my letter to Mr. Prior is attached as Exhibit “4" to this Affidavit.

    THAT I attach as Exhibit “5" a transcript from a 5 November 2004 voicemail left by David Amos, identified in the voicemail as a friend of Mr. Prior.

    THAT I attach as Exhibit “6" a portion of a 6 November 2004 e-mail from Mr. Amos.

    THAT until I received his voicemail and e-mail, I had never heard of Mr. Amos.

    THAT Mr. Amos has continued to send me e-mail since his 5 November e-mail. Including his 6 November 2004 e-mail, I have received a total of 15 e-mails as of 23 January 2005. All do not address Mr. Matthews’ claim or my involvement as Mr. Matthews’ solicitor. I attach as Exhibit “7" a portion of a 12 January 2005 e-mail that Mr. Amos sent to me but originally came to my attention through Ms. Lois Skanes whose firm had received a copy. This e-mail followed the service of the Statement of Claim on 11 January 2005 on Mr. Prior. I also attach as Exhibit “8" a copy of a 19 January 2005 e-mail from Mr. Amos.

    THAT I attach as Exhibit “9" a copy of a 22 November 2004 letter addressed to me from Edward Roberts, the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador covering a 2 September 2004 letter from Mr. Amos addressed to John Crosbie, Edward Roberts, in his capacity as Lieutenant Governor, Danny Williams, in his capacity as Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Brian F. Furey, President of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador. I requested a copy of this letter from Government House after asking Mr. Roberts if he had received any correspondence from Mr. Amos during his previous representation of Mr. Matthews. He advised me that he received a letter since becoming Lieutenant Governor, portions of which involved his representation of Mr. Matthews. Mr. Roberts’ letter also covered his reply to Mr. Amos.

    THAT I attach as Exhibit “10" an e-mail from Mr. Amos received on Sunday, 23 January 2005.

    THAT I swear this Affidavit in support of the Application to strike Mr. Prior’s counterclaim.


    SWORN to before me at
    St. John’s, Province of Newfoundland
    and Labrador this 24th day of
    January, 2005.


    Signed by Della Hart STEPHEN J. MAY Signature
    STAMP
    DELLA HART
    A Commissioner for Oaths in and for
    the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
    My commission expires on December 31, 2009.
    11:43 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Dear Mr. Amos,

    On behalf of Ms. McLellan I would like to thank you for your email message concerning the current federal election. I regret that the volume of messages prevented me from responding sooner.

    Your message has been brought to Ms. McLellan`s attention, as she is always pleased to receive comments, both positive and negative.

    Again, thank you for bringing this matter to Ms. McLellan`s attention.

    Sincerely,
    Kirsten Odynski
    Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
    11:47 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Hey Mr. Costello
    Need I say I was not impressed by you yesterday. At least you confessed that you knew who I was but so much for a jealous defense of your client’s interests. EH? That said there is no need to send you hard copy of my material. Your associates within McInnes Cooper already have enough to review and confer with you about.
    Perhaps you should call the dudes or ladies (: Tell them how I chuck rocks will ya? from Patterson Palmer in Halifax that merged with your firm or better yet Lenny Hoyt and Franky Boy McKenna. In my humble opinion your little buddy Franky Boy as Canadian Ambassador should have tried to stop NB Power’s malicious lawsuit against Venezeula in the USA before it picked up steam. But what do I know. EH? I think the dudes from Venezeula were wise to bring the issues back to the Maritimes and into the Irvings’ lap. I think it was a hoot that they employed your firm to do so. What say you? Whereas you do not wish to speak to me I will speak to these dudes about you, Embassy of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 32 Range Rd Ottawa Ontario K1N 8J4, Phone: 613 235-5151 and then send them what I sent Allan Rock Franky Boy Mckenna and the FBI almost one year ago. Perhaps you should call some of your friends mentioned below that I served my stuff upon yesterday after I talked to you and ask them what the Hell I am up to if you don’t already know.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos

    P.S. the following was an interesting article to come out in the local paper just as Humpty Dumpty had the Governor Gerneral drop the Writ on the last election. It certainly seems to me that the Irving’s and Bernie Lord were trying hard to help Stevey Boy Harper’s government and John Wallace get elected in order to protect their own selfish interests. EH? If he won’t tell ya then ask me why Franky Boy does not want to be the liberal leader right now. I Double Dog Dare Ya. As I said in closing yesterday you have my number but maybe the dudes from Venezeula lost it so here it is again 506 434 1379. Your problem is do I want to talk to you now. Whilst I am talking to your clients about your incompetance I will explain to them why I am preparing to sue your whole god damned law firm.

    November 25, 2005
    Liberal leader ‘jeopardizing’ NB Power’s chances in lawsuit over failed Orimulsion deal: Tory MLA
    New Brunswickers should question whether Liberal Leader Shawn Graham is fighting for them or for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, says a Tory MLA. Jody Carr, MLA for Oromocto-Gagetown, made the stinging indictment against Mr.Graham Thursday during a heated committee hearing where the Liberal leader took repeated swipes at David Hay, NB Power’s president and chief executive officer, for failing to answer legal questions regarding the utility’s Orimulsion lawsuit. Mr. Graham questioned some of the tactics being advanced by NB Power’s legal staff and demanded to know how much the power corporation budgeted for the legal battle against the Venezuelan government and its state-owned oil company.
    Mr. Carr said the Liberal leader crossed the line in Thursday’s committee hearing and could endanger NB Power’s lawsuit. “The issue is complicated and it shows the issue is far over his head to what he can comprehend,” Mr. Carr said in an interview later."He was in effect working on the side of the Venezuelan government by jeopardizing the court proceedings."He was jeopardizing the chances of government and NB Power recouping the $2.2 billion in savings and therefore, in essence, that put him on the other side.” NB Power restarted its lawsuit on Sept. 1, when it filed a statement of claim looking for $2.2 billion in financial damages, which equates to the price difference between purchasing heavy fuel oil to burn at the Coleson Cove Generation Station and Orimulsion, a cheap water-and-bitumen mixture patented by Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).
    NB Power has hired Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales to quarterback the lawsuits filed in Fredericton and New York along with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to serve as their U.S. counsel. Mr. Hay estimated that the corporation has already spent as much as $600,000 on legal bills relating to the Orimulsion lawsuit.The Liberal leader grew increasingly frustrated when Mr. Hay stonewalled his attempt to get a firm answer on NB Power’s budget for Orimulsion-related legal fees. “For the life of me I can’t understand how it could jeopardize the court proceedings in saying how much we are thinking this court challenge may cost,” Mr. Graham said.Throughout the committee session, Mr. Hay assured the Liberal leader that the power corporation was evaluating the risk-reward ratio at each legal “fork in the road.” Mr. Hay said he cannot disclose any details that could tip the utility’s legal hand considering the Venezuelans are keeping a close eye on the proceedings."We are dealing with people with extremely deep pockets. And if you go to a poker game “... and you say, I have my $1,000 here or whatever it is you are playing with, that gives an advantage to the other side,” Mr. Hay said.
    Mr. Carr also accused Mr. Graham of misleading Saint John residents about the Orimulsion costs during the recent byelection campaign in Saint John Harbour. Mr. Carr said he found it disconcerting that Liberal campaign signs said the Conservative government lost $2.2 billion through the bungled Orimulsion fuel deal but now Mr. Graham admits the money was a “potential loss of savings.”
    - Daniel McHardie - Canadaeast News Service Source: Telegraph-Journal | page A5 on Nov. 25, 2005
    11:57 PM
    Anonymous said...
    From: “Steve Erickson”
    To: motomaniac
    Subject: from Steve Erickson from Masschusetts
    Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:26:32 +0000


    Mr. David Amos,
    we talked about 2 years ago. My cell that we talked on is [Boston area code cellphone # snipped]

    Much has happened good for me since then.

    Are you in Canada, in Parliment, or are you still in the Boston area?

    -Steve Erickson


    Does this stuff answer your question Stevey Baby? I read what you said of me within your long winded Blogs. I told you the truth years ago and now I will tell you a little bit more. To me you are just another greedy sneaky Yankee now. But to be fair to you I must admit that we have our share of bull___ing bloggers and crooked politicians in the Maritimes as well One of them is a Frenchie named Charlie Leblanc and another named Bernie Lord. Please allow me to introduce them and some of their cohorts to you. Their emails are wittin and his Blog and yours is below. How dare you bastards imply that I am a one percenter in order to promote yourselves.

    http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2006/03/very-first-day-at-new-brunswick.html

    This is obvious Bull__ supported by Charlie Leblanc for his old buddy the malevolent Sergreant at Arms Danny Boy Bussieres were talking two years ago. Now that he has lost his trusted staus he files a human rights compalint after he laughed at my false imprisonment in a Yankee jail?

    Original article is at http://maritimes.indymedia.org/news/2004/06/7980.php Print comments.
    IS ELVY ROBICHAID SEEING THE LIGHT????
    by Charles LeBlanc Friday, Jun. 25, 2004 at 10:56 AM
    Fredericton

    updates from Charles

    I got a few late stories that I want to bring up.
    They had a protest at the Legislature on Wednesday
    and I would say about 400 people showed up. I made my
    own little investigation in the crowd and I soon found
    out that many people from the Northern Part of the
    Province knew about my protest.
    These Acadians read about my protest in L’Acadie
    Nouvelle! A few weeks earlier, I found out that the
    English Population from the Miramichi area didn’t know
    about my fight so this shows me that it’s so important
    to have the media covering your issues.
    During the protest, I felt like I was in a police
    state. There were cops are over the place. I
    approached three of them and said - My God? We need
    violence, bricks going through windows, people being
    shot and tear gas!!!
    This is the only way that the Government will
    listen.
    One cop said - If I have to use my gun? I know
    exactly where my first bullet is going to go!! Pretty
    scary…lol….
    Speaking of violence?
    That guy from the Sackville area who went to
    Toronto with his vehicle full of guns! Very scary
    Stuff!!!
    What did I tell you people in the past? Someone is
    going to crack up one of these days and I know for a
    fact the area targeted is going to be the Legislature.

    There’s always undercovers cops around but only
    when the House is in session.
    As God as my witness I hope nothing happens but
    it’s just a matter of time till someone is push over
    the edge.
    I guess a guy name David Amos was shown the door
    yesterday at the Legislature. This guy is running as
    an Independent candidate in the riding of Fundy Royal.
    I met the guy over the net and he has a beef with our
    political bureaucrats.
    I admire people fighting for what they believe in
    but you can’t get carried away. I guess in this case?
    He wanted to speak from the Gallery and that’s a big
    faux pas!
    12:04 AM
    Anonymous said...
    After Stevey Boy Harper gets sworn in I will call Washington to see if Spectre got the wiretap tapes and then start forwarding this email everywhere. In an ethical effort to impeach Bush and his lapdog Harper myself.
    What did Lamrock, Burke, Murphy, McGuinley and you think of the copy of # 139? Scared the shit out of you EH? Whereas you little local liberal lawyers would not help me unseat Premier Lord and stop Stevey Boy Harper in h9s tracks i will through in the same lawsuits with him. It is hard to get good help these days. The word integrity does not fit in the job discription of a lawyer or a Parliamentian. EH?
    The fact that Emerson just crossed the floor and the Dastardly Dave Dingwall story broke yesterday kinda sends your wicked little party down the tubes EH? From my point of view it looks good on you dudes. Say Hey to Franky Boy McKenna for me will ya? I hope to argue you all very soon in court.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos



    FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006
    Senator Arlen Specter
    United States Senate
    Committee on the Judiciary
    224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510

    Dear Mr. Specter:

    I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wiretap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.

    Very truly yours,
    Barry A. Bachrach
    Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
    Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003



    David Amos wrote

    To Whom it may concern
    I know Petey Baby MacKay don't love me so there is no sense in wasting my dime calling him. Hell he has refused to answer my letters or call me back even after Belinda Baby dumped him, so I do not expect him to do the right thing as Minister of Foreign Affairs other than to accept nasty little Franky Boy McKenna's resignation ASAP. Tell me is Franky Boy entitled to severance pay like his fellow Malawyer ritime buddy Dingwall is? Whereas the liberals Wayne Easter and Landslide Annie refused to protect my dumb arse over the years in their capacity as Solicitor General/Minister of Public Safety. I guess I should be fair and allow it Mr. Day's to try to act ethically on my behalf for a day or so, before I sue the Crown. EH?
    Rest assured that I ain't holding my breath waiting for Mr. Day to call me back. Like many of the rest of you Stockwell Day has known of my troubles ever since Harper was elected as his latest boss in 2004 when he sat in the 37th Parliament
    In the meantime in answer to Andrew Kyrstal's very dumb question on the radio just now.,methinks I should inform the NHL dudes that are being prosecuted by corrupt Yankees how I can help them.I know Andrew Kystral and all the Rogers dudes never will. What the New Jersey Dudes are up to right now is merely a case of the big bad pot calling a minor little kettle black to me and Andrew Kyrtal knows it too. Just like the Lord Conrad Black versus FitzGerald matter in Chicago everybody is trying to play dumb and it was to funny that Peter C. Newman apologized after I sent his lawyers some of my stuff..
    Tell me something honestly if any you can find it in your soul to do so. Do you really think that the Conservatives thought that I didn't notice that Mulroney's right hand man Dereck Burney set up your Cabinet or that Michael Fortier was not a partner in his law firm?
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    12:12 AM
    Anonymous said...
    As a little reward Frenchie Here is the reason Franky Boy McKenna, Allan Rock, John Manley, and Brian Tobin will not run for leader of the liberal party.
    Call them and ask them or the FBI to sse if they wish to call me a liar. Better yet call the Yankee Senators Arlen Spevter or Russ Feingold. Nitey night Chucky. The clock clicked past midnight and the blog has not turned into a pumpkin yet. I am impressed with your your Newfound sense of integrity but quit the wise cracks and try to say something about this crap I have posted that really matters. Will ya? A polite argument in public in front of many witnesses would be nice.

    May 11th, 2005

    Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Allan Rock
    One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    885 Second Avenue , 14th Floor
    New York , NY 10017

    Ambassador Franky McKenna
    Canadian Embassy
    501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
    Washington, DC 20001

    Assistant Director Louis M. Reigel III
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    J. Edgar Hoover Building
    935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
    Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

    Special Agent David Price
    FBI Minneapolis
    Suite 1100
    111 Washington Avenue, South
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2176

    RE: Rampant Public Corruption in Canada and the USA
    Hey,
    Now that Paul Martin has finally set the date for his confidence vote, methinks its time to pack my bags and head for home. I must raise some serious political hell in the Maritimes before the Commonwealth of Massachusetts does its worst to bankrupt my wife and put my kids on the street before I can expose the rampant public corruption. This is also a very good day to prove within the USA that we are well aware of each other and of my concerns and allegations in order to stress test the integrity of the US Mail. It and the Canada Post have failed me big time in recent years particularly just before the Yankees falsely imprisoned me last year for the benefit of George W. Bush, John Kerry and Paul Martin to name a few. I have no doubt whatsoever each of you dudes know more about me than I do about you. However that does not mean that I have not studied each of you a lot more than the ordinary layman. Just so we are clear, I have no respect for any of you. I know that all of you are as crooked as Chief Mearn, his cops and the lawyers who are coming into our home tomorrow without a warrant. This mail should prove your malice and willingness to support crime and public corruption.
    Pursuant to my many emails, phone calls and faxes etc., you will find enclosed as promised exactly the same material I served upon the Solicitor Generals Teddy Olson and landslide Annie McLellan last year before I ran for Parliament last year. The CD of the copy of wiretap tape # 139 is served upon you as officers of the court and FBI Agents in order that it may be properly investigated. Franky got this stuff and more last year. The FBI got even more the year before. Perhaps they should go find the original tapes that the Suffolk County District Attorney and Special Agent in Charge Ken Kaiser have been playing dumb about for far too long. This material was good enough to impeach George W. Bush last year and cause many people to quit or lose their jobs. It is every bit as valuable today and you all know it. Ask the many people whose names can be found within these documents or Franky Boy or Claude Richer, Allan Rock’s lawyer buddy in the RCMP about this stuff before you call me a liar. As you all know I am out of jail on bail pending my upcoming criminal trial in front of a jury of my peers. I have the right to remain silent in the USA. I will employ different rights in Canada and say a lot.
    What I choose to say while stumping for a seat in Parliament in Canada is of my concern not yours. If you dudes do your jobs here and I act ethically and legally up home with luck the world will be far better off in short order. I have already checked the rules with the people working for Elections Canada. We agree it is perfectly legal for an innocent man to run for Parliament while being prosecuted with false charges in the wrong jurisdiction and venue in the USA. Everybody knows I can secure my personal freedom quicker in a political forum in Canada rather than argue crooked judges in the USA. They have already imprisoned me on bull**** charges without even reading me my rights or telling me why I was in jail. The crooks are not going to have a sudden fit of ethical behavior now without it becoming a matter of political will. We all know it is high time for a change, the sooner the better for the Maritimes as well as the rest of the world. What better politician to argue with than a right wing lawyer named Rob Moore?
    As you all no doubt know I have been talking to many people within the UN and have sent many much of my stuff. You all must have laughed as hard as I did when the Cubans were afraid to talk about my stuff. I must agree with George Bush about one thing. The UN is certainly in need of an overhaul. Yet we all know that nasty dudes like Maurice Strong’s buddy, Paul A. Volcker, the Former North American Chairman of the Trilateral Commission and Karl Rove’s puppet, John Bolton are just going to make matters worse. The same holds true with the turncoat Robert C. Pozen. He now offers advice to Bush on how to fix Social Security simply because I sent him running for cover with my Putnam Investment concerns and the malevolent media control of Global Corporations. Feel free to argue me or act ethically. You choose. I don’t care. Franky Boy knows he is way past too late. I am just rubbing his nose it before I talk a lot about him and his failure to uphold the public trust in our old stomping grounds up home. I can’t help but wonder how he explained his “Harper is a lapdog for Bush” dogma to Karl Rove and his nasty cohorts. I suspect it was an allowed comment from an insider of the Carlyle Group. Don’t you? We all know Stephen Harper would never fit in that group. He is as dumb as a post. All of his successes playing at politicking have just been a matter of luck and playing on the PC and Liberal scandals. Harper is kinda scary to me. He has a truly awful agenda in store for all Canadians like evil old T. Alex Hickman and Johnny Crosbie did for our Newfys.
    Sometimes less is more. So in conclusion I will just quote former Inspector General of the DHS Clark Kent Irwin and simply say it would have benefited all if he had taken his own advice way back in November of 2003 when he had an important job.
    POGO: “Any advice for your fellow public servants?”
    Irwin: “Well, just do your job and let the political chips fall where they may. Unless you’re willing to do that, it seems to me you shouldn’t take the job in the first place.” What say you?

    Cya’ll in Court:)
    David R. Amos
    153 Alvin Ave.
    Milton MA. 02186

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    12:21 AM
    Anonymous said...
    So charlie what papers did he ask you to deliver to brad Green?

    And why didn't you complete the task?
    9:26 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Hey David Amos you complain about Chucky's pictures. He posts many pictures of himself so you fall in love with him. He really likes you.

    Chucky really needs you.
    9:58 AM
    Anonymous said...
    I am impressed with Chucky's newfound sense of ethics the blog still stands this morning. If anyone would like to view the material and listen to a copy of a wiretap tape that Chucky and his buddy Vaughn are so afraid of all they have to do is call me and meet me in public somewhere before I leave Fredericton. I am sitting in town right now and trying to write my first complaint to file in Federal Court ASAP. Here is my cell number again 506 434 1379
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    10:44 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Methinks Mr Amos is a wacko
    12:22 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Mr. Amos is in good company with Charlie though. They will get along fine. They seem to have a lot in common.
    12:39 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Methinks too but Mr. Amos is in good company with Charlie though. They will get along fine. They seem to have a lot in common.
    12:39 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Oh ye critics with no names why not pick up the phone tomorrow and call your Ombudsman and Chucky's buddy Bernie Richard mention my name and ask him whether or not he received this email on August 11th, 2004 at 3.11 pm two weeks before he met my family in his office. Then if you grow up and get a name and an emaiul address watch me prove to you I am no friend of Charles Leblanc


    Hey Bernard
    Thanks for your response though. I didn't believe you on the phone the instant that you tried to make an issue about not receiving the email to Wayne Steeves. I figured that you were covering for Brad Green because that would mean that you knew the CISNB was involved. I laughed when you repeated it in the email. Do you think me dumb?The Fredericton PD guard the legislature correct? Ask Sgt. Kelly or Chief Carlisle if they had jurisdiction over me when they threw me out. The Crown always has jurisdiction over a Canadian citizen particularly when he is on native soil. I figured out it was Dan that threw mw out. He should have taken the stuff in the yard just as soon as he affirmed that he and the cops had jurisdiction over me as he ordered me away from the legislative building. They did watch me go into 710 Queen St to serve TJ Burke and come out without the stuff. They know I did it. Over Two hundred people watched me serve Leroy.Armstrong once he stuck his nose in my affairs. Anne McLellan and Brad Green both suggested that I give this stuff to cops that claim jurisdiction. Go argue Bruce Noble. .I don't need any luck Uncle Franky has been dead for two months even though no one has notified my wife I know it. Watch me turn the worm on the Secret Service, the FBI and the RCMP
    There is no way you could have known about Connie Fogal without getting Wayne Steeves' email as well. He should have sent the CISNB out to do their job by now. Obviously that is not the case. Maybe Elizabeth Weir will have more luck making you understand. As for me I simply don't trust you. I will be calling you to court. We can argue about integrity and jurisdiction there. In the mean time perhaps you should go find Leroy Armstrong or T J Burke or Brad Green or Premier Lord or Bruce Noble and ask to see the documents and the copy of the wiretape tape I sent them before I compel you to argue about them with me. There is another fella running around Fredericton with the same stuff. His name is Vaughn Barnett. If the politicians won't talk to you, maybe he will. his number is 457-4559 But he is likely out in the front yard protesting something. I don't trust him either because he and Charles Leblanc are buddies and I know he is a liar.

    Cya'll in Court
    David R. Amos
    1:21 PM
    Anonymous said...
    I still can't understand what this guy is trying to say. His posts/letters or whatever are WAYYYYYY too long! I still have no idea what his beef is or who it's with.
    2:52 PM
    Anonymous said...
    I sent the email I promised I would to Chucky and many of his buddies. I will forward it on to anyone else. All you have to do is ask. Again my email address motomaniac_02186 (at) yahoo.com

    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    2:59 PM
    Anonymous said...
    My beef is what all politicians talk about but do nothing about because they are the ones who practice it. In a nutshell it is called Public Corruption Get it? If not so be it. I have said enough for now.
    Dave
    3:03 PM
    Anonymous said...
    All I know is that David and Chucky make great friends. They are heavenly made couple. They think alike and behave alike.
    Only difference is that David rights a little better English when Chucky sucks.
    3:27 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    rights???????
    4:03 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Ok "writes" smart a**.
    4:55 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Charlie you've been leaving comments since someone above asked you what papers you were supposed to deliver to brad green for this guy?
    and #2 why didn't you complete the task?
    6:03 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Thanks for asking that question again but rest assured Chucky will never answer it?
    Dave
    7:25 PM
    Anonymous said...
    > HELL ANGELS FROM MONTREAL LOOKING FOR CHARLES
    > LEBLANC????
    > by Charles LeBlanc Saturday, Jun. 12, 2004 at 11:26
    > AM
    > oldmaison@yahoo.com Fredericton
    > Thursday morning, I showed up at the Legislature to
    > use the computer at the Library.
    > I was told by security that two rough looking
    > individuals walked through the doors and asked for a
    > Charles Leblanc?
    > They described the guys as rough looking and one of
    > them had a long gray beard with a leather jacket!
    > At first, I believe it was the Hell Angels coming
    > down from Montreal for a hit on Charles.
    > Hours later, I seen my bigot buddy Matthew Glenn and
    > he was in front of the Legislature with his
    > blowhorn.
    > For you people who don’t know the bigot? He’s the
    > one who started the Anglo Society. I seen him
    > preaching to three young kids and of course I butt
    > in and said - Hey Bigot??? Why don’t you bigot go
    > home?
    > Minutes later, we were approached by two guys and
    > they asked politely –Where can we locate a Charles
    > LeBlanc???
    > In a matter of seconds, the bigot quickly pointed at
    > me.
    > I said to myself - Ohhh?? Thanks a lot Bigot!!!
    > At the end? It was a guy named David Amos and I
    > guess that he’s running at an independent in the
    > riding of Fundy Royal. The guy have been living in
    > the area of Boston and he's been following my
    > updates on the internet. I'm telling you that the
    > information highway is a great way to spread the
    > message to the rest of the world!
    > We talked for around 30 minutes and it was nice to
    > see the bigot, me and David Amos together debating
    > our own little concern issue. We all have our own
    > issues and it’s too bad that we cannot unite and
    > fight but that’s the way Canadians do things.
    > They remind silent until the Government really
    > pissed them all and go out and vote the party in
    > power out of office
    7:40 PM
    Anonymous said...
    From: charles leblanc
    Subject: Re: This is David Amos
    To: moto maniac

    I don't know what you're talking about but I gace your
    info to Vaughn...Maybe he can explain to me what your
    papers are all about...lol


    --- moto maniac wrote:

    > Hey Charles
    > I just found out a simple truth about you. You
    > are a liar. Not only did you not give my stuff to
    > Brad Green as you promised. You did not give it to
    > the man from Minto that you enjoy calling a bigot. I
    > just had a little talk with him and he affrimed what
    > I had suspected about you and denied receiving the
    > documents etc. from you as you claimed.
    > Perhaps you should get honest and give the
    > stuff to Vaughn Barnett. (I just called him 506
    > 457-4559 and left him a message to assure him that I
    > am sincere and this is not spam I have not been to
    > Fredericton lately but I plan to come soon if you
    > don't give him the documents and CD I will) I am
    > certain he will understand them and know what to do
    > with them. Rest assured that I will tell him you
    > have them. (In fact I just did didn't I) You can
    > explain your own actions to your friends. I
    > understand you well enough already.
    > I always suspected that you were all about
    > Charles LeBlanc and in the self promotion game. But
    > I thought you may at least be ethical. Turns out you
    > are just a liar and a chickenshit like all the rest.
    > By the way I did figure out who threw me out of the
    > legislature it was a french fella by the name of
    > Dan. I have no idea why he would claim that his name
    > was Jean Claude but it does explain to me why he did
    > not show me his ID. I ain't no Hells Angel as you
    > and the fellas in the legislature like to claim that
    > I am. However I am a plenty pissed off boy from
    > Dorchester who just had another French asshole show
    > me his ass. Ask me why I am not surprised? Don't you
    > think I asked around about you? Never forget you
    > were raised just up the road from me. I told you
    > that out of the gate when I first called you from
    > Boston. Remember? That should have been a little
    > clue to you. You should have done the same before
    > slandering me and adding to the offense by proving
    > to me that you are a liar. I
    > gave you the benefit of my doubt but you proved for
    > me once more first impressions are seldom wrong. I
    > have now thrown you in the same boat with your
    > frienf the Sergeant at Arms(Even that has acquired a
    > french spelling for an English Queen) I don't hate
    > french folks but I do find french bullshit very
    > contemptable. I have many Cajun friends that share
    > the same opinion about french Canadians. In fact I
    > was the first Canadian that a lot of them ever met
    > that they actually saw eye to eye with. We quickly
    > put the english/french stuff in the proper corner
    > and went on with our pursuit of happiness We just
    > laughed at your snotty attitudes about culture.
    > everybody knows it ain't about that at all. It is
    > about money and power as usual. Wave all the flags
    > you want, you can't fool me. I am too stupid. What
    > you and all my other fellow maritmers seem to be
    > overlooking is that while we can't see the forest
    > for the trees because of our petty squabbles, the
    > evil Global dudes have been raping our
    > forest primeval. They playing us like a fiddle
    > while you dance their jig out of your own self
    > interest. Do you want a job in the media or do you
    > wish to be like Michael Moore and become famous
    > byway of notoriety? Do you really think anyone in
    > the media owned by the rich and powerful takes you
    > seriously? Can anyone take you seriously once they
    > find you to be a liar? At least I do what I say and
    > say what I mean. What say you now Chucky Baby?
    > Better yet wait until I turn up and say it to me in
    > front of your friends. Premier Lord know I love to
    > argue with Frenchmen we can talk about it on his
    > front lawn. You buddy Dan and the CISNB can listen
    > in.
    > The following are your words about me. I find
    > that you are so full of yourself it is ridculous
    > particularly in light of the fact that I consider
    > you to be full of shit. Watch how easily I prove
    > that fact about you the next time I am in
    > Fredericton. Which maybe sooner that you think. Rest
    > arrured I will be telling your friends what I think
    > of you. Feel free to argue with me. It should prove
    > interesting to see who they believe.
    > David R.
    > Amos
    > 506
    > 434-1379
    7:44 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Vaughn did you get my material as Leblanc claims? You are the third guy he says he gave it to. If not I know I will be the last. I have had enough of him and his funny ways at my expense. He whined and complained that he had no computer so I gave him one. But he failed to even say Thanks. Now the liar wants people to buy him a Bull Horn so he can bother more people with his Bullshit. Well Fredericton has already met a real legal and social activist and i did it all without a whisper or any press coverage. Soon Ottawa will receive the same stuff and much much more before I return to the USA to argue the bastards pulling the strings up here in our old houses. The folks working there seem to care more what language the liars are speaking in rather than what they are actually saying. Charles LeBlanc spoke with a forked tongue when he claimed his Scottish heritage. He made my blood boil and my ancestors bones rattle when he went on and on about his roots. First the frenchy wants his flag on the government houses then he wants to wave it wearing our kilts? I am of the Keith Clan and founded my own. My ancestors were fine and noble warriors. Read their motto on the beer bottle Chucky and tell me if you believe it or not. Rest assured I do. Neither my Septs nor I would accept such a man as Charles Leblanc as a trusted friend.
    7:45 PM
    Anonymous said...
    David,

    Yes, Charles gave me the material - although I must admit that I was not able to make much sense of it. Because of that, and because it appears to be out of my area of expertise, I doubt that I can help you very much. Also, unfortunately, your clash with Charles, and your low opinion of him (which I feel is unwarranted) has created a conflict of interests, as Charles is a friend of mine and a fellow activist. Since I doubt I can assist you much anyway, perhaps that doesn't matter. In any event, good luck with your cause.

    Vaughn
    7:47 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Chucky finally met his match in David Amos. Chucky deserves it. He messes with good people. Someone is speaking out.
    8:09 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    I must admit that you have lots of guts to condenm me in my blog site.

    Anyway? I tried to read those papers and I can honestly say that I don't uderstand what your battle is all about?

    I never told you that I would give those papers to any MLA's. Why the hell do I want to be involded in your issues anyway.

    I got enough on my own plate.

    Ok...you got a little blog because a good supporter of this blog asked me to let you post your views.

    Don't blow it!!!!

    Is you wish to smear and used bad words? I'll delete the whole blog.

    Try to be nice. Not too many websites allowso you to post your views so be nice in here.....

    Watch the language....is not??? Well? Why don't you start a new blog????

    Is easy to do.....

    I really don't understand your point of view.

    All the activists are trying to bring important issues to the public and you wish to condenm the same people.

    Why burn all those bridges?

    Oh well c'est la vie.....
    8:46 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Lets get this straight Chucky so there is no misunderstanding. You only allowed my words to stand this time around because other people read them and asked you to? Hmmm some ethics EH?

    As for guts not only is my belly bigger than you my balls are as big as basketballs compared to yours. I ain't afraid of Count Peter Hans Klovenbach so why would I be afraid of you? You and your wannbe lawyer friend know full well I have been trying to impeach George W. Bush byway of the courts since 2002. Long before that nonsense in Iraq began. You hate me because if you had even glanced at the papers you just confessed you read then you know I sued Cardinal Law and caused him to quit his job on Dec 13th, 2002. It had nothing to do with child abuse like the media claims. It was merely filthy lucre that is all. Well my wife's cousin the exbanker turned priest Robert T. Kickham is still around around and cooking the books for the brand new Cardinal in Beantown. You know the dude in named O'Malley.

    Furthmore Chucky you offer no argument to anything I state other than lie about not promising to serve Brad Green or falsely claiming that the computer I gave you was no good? The best you can is make jokes or critize my choice of words whilst I point out your serious lack of integrity?

    In my law books it is not illegal to have poor manners or use the words I have employed thus far(as of yet anyway) I believe it falls under something that can be found in the Charter

    However to slander someone and tell ouright lies about them for one's own gain is more than offensive. I have been falsely imprisoned because of the perjury of people like you who choose to support public corruption for their own gain. Methinks I should seek relief in court in fredericton particularly when I can prove it. Furthermore you know you have told several lies within the very blog.

    I will wager if I posted something that you can never refute this blog will evporate immediately. Perhaps I should seal its fate and let your friends wonder why you erased me so quickly after I busted you in front of everybody. Never fear though I saved this blog in its entirety already. However you really should check you email and press print on the tif file that I just sent you and yoy hard copy of the proof that I keep wonderful records. Some of your buddies and adversaries may be reading it already. At the end of the day you may realize that I just may turn out to be the honest man that you ever met.
    9:11 PM
    Charles LeBlanc said...
    I give up....I'm just going to continue bloggling away.....Bonne Chance...
    9:27 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Don't you think you should hire a lawyer too? That last email was hell in a hand basket wasn't it? Why not call Cleveland Allaby (your know Tanker's lawyer) he hates both Bernie Lord and me but he won't demand any sort of apology from me. Hell he won't even whisper my name. Just maybe Cleveland Allaby will help Vaughn and you to understand my material and then ask you two dudes why you didn't call the RCMP years ago. Yea I know I am pipe dreaming. Honest cops and lawyers don't exist. That is pure Hollywood all the way and a long long way from the Maritimes EH? Ask my Newfy buddy Byron Prior how bad things really are around here. I Double Dog Dare Ya too Chucky.
    Que Sera Sera and
    Cya'll in Court
    David Raymond Amos
    9:42 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Chucky giving advice to David Amos to not burn bridges? That is funny. Chucky is good at burning bridges himself. He has no bridge left to burn. How can give advice to others to not do the same.
    8:04 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Subject: Fwd: Sue me Eddy Baby I double Dog Dare Ya I telling Lord Black on you


    Everybody loves a mystery. A lot of folks were no doubt wondering why the big talking old fart named Petey Newman apologized to Lord Conrad Black not long after he and Mikey Levine laughed off his lawsuit at the big party in Toronto. Didn't it seem strange to anyone that the Tory's law firm wrote the crooked old Lord a fat cheque as well? It seems that the Torys, a dude named Mr. Moate, Levine, Greenspan, Newman and I may be the only ones to know the true reason why and I am the only one who will tell the tale. Here is your clue see if you can figure it out. I know of two Maritimers who will never have a hope in hell of figuring it out because they do not have two clues between them and if the did they would not know what to do with them. One dude everybody calls Tanker and the other I call Frenchie. They know who they are do you
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    11:02 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:36:11 -0800 (PST)
    From: David Amos
    To: Eddy Greenspan
    Subject: Sue me Eddy Baby I double Dog Dare Ya I telling Lord Black on you

    Say hey to your buddies the old fart Peter C. Newman and and the corrupt Yankee FitzGerald for me will ya?

    "Edward L. Greenspan, Q.C." wrote:

    Subject: RE: Since Susan Prosnitz and her boss Fynn would not answer Hard Copy
    Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:10:13 -0500
    From: "Edward L. Greenspan, Q.C." To: "David Amos"

    Please delete my name from your emails

    Greenspan, White
    144 King Street East
    Toronto, Ontario M5C 1G8
    Tel: 416-366-3961
    Fax: 416-366-7994
    11:11 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Subject: RE: Sue me Eddy Baby I double Dog Dare Ya I telling Lord Black on you

    "Cleveland J. Allaby" wrote:

    Please do not email, write, copy or send anything to me in the future.
    11:14 AM
    Anonymous said...
    Bingo You Mr. Cleveland Allaby win the cake baked by Bernie Lord.

    Cya'll in Court . Thanks for finally responding to me. Your timing is perfect. One hour before or so before the 39th Parliament begins and just in time before I polish off my first complaint to file in Federal court in Fredericton. Was it done so quickly after I blogged my letter to you in Chucky LeBlanc's web page? Did the gossip about my blogging in his website reach you first thing this morning? In my book you are as dumb as the Frenchie is. Wise or dumb I will call you as a witness to testify in Federal Court before I get around to suing you. Perhaps your lawyer and I should talk now. Hostile or not you will make an important witness not only on because of your lawsuits concernining Native Aboriginal matters (Remember Barry Bachrach represents me in the USA right now) but more importantly because Bernie Lord paid you a lot of money years ago to study the Justice Dept. (Wasn't it 112,000 grand or so?)
    Obviously Cleveland you are no wiser than Eddy Greenspan. Clearly you think your status as a well known lawyer allows you not only to ignore and not uphold the law but break it if you wish. Should you have contacted the RCMP as soon as you listened the the CD I provided you with. Guess what I told them you got it already. My next calls are to the General Counsel of the SIRC and the old lawyer who represent the following folks. He has played dumb with me for way past to long.

    THE CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION
    A. ALAN BOROVOY, GENERAL COUNSEL
    Suite 200, 394 Bloor Street West
    Toronto, Ontario M5S 1X4
    phone: 416-363-0321
    fax: 416-861-1291

    Cleveland did you really think your email will scare me off? Look how fast I bounced it back and forwarded it to many others. When a man has been diligently attempting to impeach George W. Bush for over three years despite the attacks from crooked Feds etc nothing scares him anymore. A threat of litigation coming from the email box of a lawyer into mine is like manna from heaven to me. Didn't I slam Eddy Greenspan the same way? Man you are dumb if you though that I would not do the same thing with you. You just proved for me that every body else got my email and hard copy too. you asgin the same question I asked you on February 23rd. Whois your god damned lawyer maybe I know him already. If not tell him he has a fool for a client. Will ya?

    Tell me honestly, Cleveland if you can find it in your your soul to do so. Why Didn't you sue Bernie Lord as you threatened to do particularly after you and I talked the day before I gave my material to your buddy Tom Young and the New Brunswick Securities Commission? I heard of no apology from him and I laughed when I saw Tanker being trundled down to the Speakers chair arm in arm with two crooks. I figured another backroom deal went down and Tanker needed a smarter lawyer because I had heard nothing from you and I made certain that you knew the score with Hard Copy of my material before that shit went down. Something definitely smells rotten in New Brunswick EH?
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos

    The question still remains who is the April Fool and will Chucky evict me for Blogging?

    chucky leblanc wrote:

    You can add this note to all the millions of other
    notes but I feel that I have to send ya this note.

    We allowed you to have your own little blog. I believe
    it's a good way for you to spread your message.

    I'm still trying to figure out exactly what the
    message is???...lol

    Anyway, there's no need to condenm the people who are
    activists like Vaugh.

    I believe it attracts new visitors that search the
    names you mention.

    But once that blog is delete? It's too fini.

    I too had problems at the Legislature and it's in
    front of the Human Rights Commission.

    It takes time.....

    All I'm asking is that you try to be nice and don't
    condenm people like Vaugh who an activist also.

    Just try to be nice.....

    Lets try to spread our message in a nice way!

    What do you think???
    11:20 AM
    Anonymous said...
    What, specifically, are all these people being sued for? You rant and rave and nobody can make heads or tails out of what you are talking about.

    We know you ran for office. We know that you try to impeach Bush (and anybody who does that certainly gets good marks from me!) We know that for some reason they held you in jail? Is that correct?

    I'm assuming its under the new terrorism laws, since you say they wouldn't let you see evidence. That also is not surprising the way the US is functioning.

    But what are all the lawsuits about? There is something about wiretap evidence that for some reason you are sending to canadian politicians and lawyers..why is that?

    What exactly are all these law firms doing? If they are crooked, then specifically what evidence do you have? That lawyers are crooks also doesn't surprise most people, I"m mostly surprised we continue to elect so many of them.

    But if you could explain point by point what the grievances are against these people, then people may understand. Perhaps you don't care and just want to let off steam, that's fine too, that's what blogs are for. However, many people would like to know what you are suing these people for?
    12:37 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Good day to ye with no name. thanks for the question. Methinks by your questions you must be Vaughn.I stated the reason for my first lawsuit clearly live on CTV news to that Murphy character at suppertime just before I was allowed to debate Andy Scot in Oromocto.
    My first lawsuit will be to seek relief for the offense against my rights under the Charter because I was falsely imprisoned without being charged, held without bail and it was all done without even being read my rights. Then I was denied my right to a trial after met the Canadian Consulate in jailand came screaming out. I had tried to remove the matter to the proper jurisdiction and venue in order to prove the malicious prosecution to no avail. the bastarsds in the USA will never give a jury of my peers and Federal Court in Canada does not employ a jury. Thus I must make my issues well known locally before I file so that the Judges will not dismiss my complaints so easily as they have done in the past. Give me a call if you are not Vaughn and I will meet you show you the evidence.
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    P.S. My next posting is quite a rant. I explain things in greater detail to say the least but my manners are slipping fast. It will be the maximum stress test of Chucky's newfound sense of ethics.
    1:17 PM
    Anonymous said...
    So you are suing the canadian government for being held in jail in the US? Is that right, or were you held in Canada? How does that even work?

    Why go on a lengthy rant to 'test' Charles? Take a break if your manners are slipping. Having your messages deleted on the last place your story can be told hardly seems helpful.

    "Then I was denied my right to a trial after met the Canadian Consulate in jailand came screaming out"

    That makes no sense whatsoever. People don't need long rants, they need clarity. You are suing the canadian government because they refused to help you while in US custody, is that correct?
    1:43 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Bingo. Vaughn
    1:57 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Wouldn't it be funny if you are not Vaughn but actually Clevelans Allaby or Bras Green or Jeff Mockler or beter yet David Lutz or Vaughn's buddy Brucy Baby Noble. that can't be though because Vaughn must be Chucky's only legal minded friend
    2:00 PM
    Anonymous said...
    I am typing to fast because I am upt to something far more important right now involving J. Division. Mean old Zach's old stomping grounds.
    2:03 PM
    Anonymous said...
    You know what? I am am gonna take you advice and take a break from Chucky's little sideshow and go downtown to see what condition my condition is in Fredericton. I will be the ugly guy grinning and smoking a lot but not saying a damned think. From now on i want everything i say recorded. One must do such things when one sues the Crown.
    EH Vaughn?
    2:09 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Well, that makes some sense anyway. So how are these New Brunswick lawyers involved? Are you saying that none of them will represent you or what? You are sending them this wiretap evidence for what reason? If it's federal court why are you even in New Brunswick, all the lawyers in this province are idiots and irving lackeys. Why not go to Toronto where there are at least some civil liberties lawyers.

    The trouble is, I don't know of any legal grounds that 'forces' the canadian government to intervene in a foreign country's legal system. If somebody plants coke on you in columbia and you get caught, then plead with canada to help you out, you'll be out of luck.

    Under the charter canadians have fewer rights than americans. Our 'terror laws' are the mirror image of the US's, but never even had moranda rights or anything ike that. In Canada, you are simply f&&&&& if you cross the state, as any native, environmentalist, protestor, or civil rights attorney will tell you.

    I don't know of a single case where somebody successfully sued, even David Milgaard was given a settlement since it was dragging out so long. Natives have tried suing for years.

    However, it's easy to talk from the outside. But if Ernst Zundel couldn't sue for being held for almost a decade with no charges against him in Canada, I don't see how far a lawsuit against Canada for not intervening in a foreign country will go.
    2:15 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Civil rights? Where do you think you ar?? Lok at th e blog. A woman can't panhandel to make life a little bettre. Boarding house residents can't do anything. This was a joke, but if that owner wanted to, he could toss Charles for just that reason. Hell, owners could show up at their apartments and tell them they want a blowjob, any body who said no would be told to get out. Welcome to New Brunswick.
    2:53 PM
    Anonymous said...
    I am back in more ways than one.
    It is half past quitting time and all the corrupt politicians are out getting drunk or laid or both. Tis time for bloggers to come out and play maybe with luck what the smiling bastards read in the morning will give a few of them a stroke and Lord can call some more snap by elections EH?
    "Welcome to New Brunswick?" Jeez I was born and raised here i have lived here for over forty years of my life. I am older than Chucky and lived just down the road from where he was brought up in Dorchester NB. I went to High School and UNB in Fredericton when most of the snots that are screwing us did. Why do you think I am so pissed off? You don't think I know the score. If someone claims that I am a Yankee again I think I may hunt them down. If because a man lives somewhere else for awhile makes him a man of that place then how come a Newfy is always a Newfy everywhere he goes.
    Here is a God's moment for Chucky:
    Wht did God tell the Newfys?
    Play dumb til I get back Will ya?
    that joke seems to hold true here to. since I left the room nothing further was said. How come. cat got you tongue chucky or could it be the emails I sent ya?
    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    6:52 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Can ya tell I am fishing?
    If you speak of the devil he is sure to appear particularly when you jerk his chain and piss him off.
    Dave again
    6:55 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Nobody called you a yankee, but starting threatening people is sure to get you deleted, as well as guaranteeing no court in the country will give you the time of day except to prosecute. As was said, there is virtually zero chance of suing the government for your claim. At least Charles is being constructive and taking it to the human rights people and doing his part to get more rights for new brunswickers. But good luck getting to court.
    7:25 PM
    Anonymous said...
    I see that you are watching Vaughn. Spoken just like a lawyer you wish to be. "Hunt you down" is an expression. But it brought you out of the woods didn't it. Perhaps you should read your next email real slow. Before I go I must ask you are you trying to intimadate me by making false allegations against me?
    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    (hows that for nice Chucky?)
    7:34 PM
    Anonymous said...
    "As was said, there is virtually zero chance of suing the government for your claim."
    Hmm maybe I will ask Vaughn under oath in court someday why he has formed that opinion of my pending lawsuit. Clearly he knows more of my matters than what I or Chucky have given him. I am still human don't you know. Fredericton does not have the only courts in this old World. I except them crooked judges here to try hard to dismiss my matters. Why to you think I am raising hell first. If anyone should understand what I am up to it is an actvist.
    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    7:48 PM
    Anonymous said...
    You certainly ain't Bruce Noble because he represents the Fredericton PD if you choose to send them to hassle me. He already know I have a few bones to pick with him in court. I would welcome more false charges. Here is the obvious question. Are you Chucky's buddy Vaughn or are you not? If not who are you?
    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    7:53 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Thirty minutes have passed and still no comment. Come on now the email was not all that long Vaughn.
    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    8:02 PM
    Anonymous said...
    I have noticed that Chucky hit counter has picked up a little speed. His count is starting to appraoch Byron Prior's website. Here it is if anybody cares. I know I do. Byron is human too and he has been far more offended than Chucky ever was.

    http://maxpages.com/sexualabuse

    I was bored waiting and check to see if it clicked over a big milestone for him.

    80 grand was how many viewers he had when the MP Billy Matthews intmadted him into taking it down.

    Chucky is appraoching that number for the first time. this is Byron second kick at the can of worms of injustice.

    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    8:10 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Tick tick tick Methinks when the count get to 100 I will evict myself before I get the bum's rush. It is getting kinda boring here anyway. I wil just safe the posts and go about my evening knowing nobody will miss me here.
    Hell I was even being kinda sorta nice:)
    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    8:16 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Your silence is deafening Vaughn i must be coorect at you or are you to busy trying to revive Chucky with mouth to mouth. Did I give you two too much information in the last email and it overloaded you little minds? What gives Chuckys other blogs barely have any comments at all he can't be that busy. I will leave the comment after 99 for Chucky to fill in or delete. He always likes to have the last word. EH? I will post this look for a comment and then be gone to leave you to wonder when and where we will cross paths again.
    Love and Kisses
    Dave
    8:38 PM
    Anonymous said...
    Now I don't even make sense to myself. I will consider myself evicted and save the blog in its entirety to argue about later.
    Cya'll in court or in Hell.
    C'est la meme chose n'est pas?
    Bon nuit ma petite chou chous.
    (Aren't I nice)

    Veritias Vincit
    (check the Keiths beer bottle)
    David Raymond Amos
    8:48 PM
    Anonymous said...
    I don't know who Vaughn is, I was interested in the story because I couldn't decide whether you were crazy or just very angry. I still don't know.

    I know there are constructive uses for anger, Charles has accomplished quite a bit with his. I'd hate to see ANYBODY spend all that time and energy in a fruitless cause such as trying to sue the government. The mention of being an 'activist' was heartening. Charles has been an activist and he and Tim Smith have almost single handedly got the rights of tenants on the map, and soon an injustice there 'may' be rectified, one that is a hundred years overdue.

    Yet he and Tim accomplished it in less than two months, albeit with the help of a byelection.

    Being imprisoned in the states is no crime in my book, their entire federal system is an illegal entity. Manlin Chee has been a public defender for over twenty years, won many awards, and now sits in jail because she sat on a panel that argued against the patriot act. While Canada isn't MUCH better, it is SOME better.

    But like I said, the courts will give no recourse, as the courts have clearly stated that Canada's own terrorist act does not infringe on civil liberties. Anybody who thinks highly of civil liberties in Canada just needs to remember Oka, or Quebec, where thousands of french were rounded up without charge just so Trudeau could pretend to be macho.


    There are lots of organizations that are attacking these things, and personally I think its a shame that those who have virtually identical claims against the government can't seem to get along. If there were a dozen Charles Leblanc's in the province we could literally turn the province upside down. YOu seem to have the passion, but maybe a little too much, as often you are incomprehensible. That's unfortunate because those who are victims of the aggression of the state are those whose stories most deserve to be heard.

    Just a recommendation, but when you mentioned all those lawyers then you definitely got my interest. These guys work in a shroud of secrecy and somebody with the guts to air their dirty laundry would definitely accomplish more good with political activism than with lawsuits. Courts were designed to put undesirables in jail, not mete out justice. Hell, New Brunswick doesn't even allow class action lawsuits!

    I don't always agree with Charles, and often his views and how he states them make me cringe, but I'm glad that he does what he does, and NB is a province that NEEDS more 'activism'. I'd just suggest doing it in a way that's guaranteed to get the most results. But that's just my opinion-not Vaughns.
    10:50 PM
    Anonymous said...
    What planet in cyber space are you from oh yet with noname who claims not to be Vaughn? The first thing you should do when you touch down on mother earth is get a name. Then learn to read BEFORE you write. I ain't no god damned activist. GET IT? However I am a very fierce political animal. GET IT? I am just a very pissed off Maritimer with way bigger balls than you.

    Some activist you are with only half a mind to say something like this to me. Go to jail sometime in Yankee Doodleland and then come back home and tell me that crap again.
    "Being imprisoned in the states is no crime in my book,"

    After you figure out the nonsense that you just wrote in support of a liar. Why not get an email account and a telephone too and learn how to use them BEFORE you attack a man who understands more about what you are yapping about than you could ever dream. I have no doubt that you are clever and you may be well on your way to being just another lawyer but you cannot learn to be ethical in any law school. You must be born with the genes. It seems that you and Chucky are a couple bricks shy of that load.

    On the other hand in reading some of your words about what Chucky has done I think you may be the political science student at the homeless shelter that the lady that was on Tom Young's show spoke of when I called her afterwards. Either way I don't care. i don't want to know you.
    Ask you buddy Chucky sometime to share his emails from me with you if you are truly are not his buddy Vaughn. Better yet go on a mission with your mouse and go through Chuckys many blogs and figure out who he is for yourself. Then ask Vaughn if you can view the hard copy of the material he admited having BEFORE I was falsely imprisoned in 2004. Activists have a lot to learn about listening to folks before there is trouble. It seems they allow things to happen just so they can protest about it later. I was challenging the FBI etc and arguing crooked US Attorneys about other matters in Federal Court in Boston months before that nonsense in Iraq began. whereas you seem to have a love of lucre Vaughn should tell ya that in two matters I was awarded judgements by default for 32 million bucks and I laughed and told them to shove it up their arse because the judgement came from the wrong court. It is all about jurisdiction venue and justice. I cannot demand integrity of others without proving my own first. When the crooked lawyers filed motions to remove the defaults and file their answers late I did not oppose them. It so shocked the hell out of the Yankee bastards they were not long sending the Secret Service to try to take a man away who would rather argue the awful truth than take a pay off.
    In my book false imprisonment is definite illegal and when I look at your writing and Chuckys I cannot forget what I was taught. There are NO degrees of honesty either you are or your are NOT. Go kiss Chucky good night. Will ya? I have had enough of both of you oh ye who may be Vaughn. I so not feel sorry that I do not believe you.(Damned for a little Damned for at lot)
    Veritas Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    11:57 PM
    Anonymous said...
    One last ting before I sign off that I forgot to say. Yankee lawyers swear an oath before the Bar before they are allowed to practice law for a fee. Part of it goes something like this. "I will not delay or deny any man for lucre or malice" the politicians and lawyers I am arguing ignore their oath for lucre which far easier to understand than the malice you and Chucky wish against me. i tried to help Chucky and even gave him a computer because he whined that he did not have one. The only thing I asked in return was for him to go to Brad Green's office and give him a pile of documents and one CD in an unsealed envelope so that every one could see that there was nothing harmful inside.The liar claimed many things and slammed me six ways to Sunday while blocking my protests. I was getting even on April fools and draging him into a place where most lawyer fear to go. An ethical argument in public view. Like Tom Young on the radio he keep threatening to press the delete button when things were not going his way. Charles Leblanc is all about Charles LeBlanc no less no more.
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    MLAs giving themselves big pay raises — but only if they're re-elected

    Legislation to increase salaries for all members will take effect after November 2024 election

     
    Jacques Poitras· CBC News · Posted: Jun 05, 2023 6:00 AM ADT
     
     
    A man in a blue blazer, white collared shirt and mult-coloured tie, speaks into microphones and taperecorders.
    Government House leader Glen Savoie says he knows pay increases are a sensitive topic. (Michel Corriveau/Radio-Canada)

    Members of the New Brunswick legislature return to the chamber this week for a final two weeks of pre-summer business that will include a vote on raising their own salaries.

    A bill before the legislature increases pay levels for the premier, ministers, party leaders and all MLAs.

    But there's a big caveat: they'll need to win new mandates from voters first.

    The legislation says the increases take effect Nov. 1, 2024, 11 days after the scheduled date of the next provincial election.

    "We're not voting this for ourselves, unless we're re-elected," Green MLA Megan Mitton said during a recent committee discussion of the bill. 

    A man in a blue suit standing in a hallway with paintings on the walls. There are two handheld microphones in front of him. The salary for Premier Higgs will jump by around $34,000, if he's still in the job after the next election. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

    Combined with legislation last year that unfroze cabinet-level salaries for the first time since 2015, Premier Blaine Higgs would see his total income jump from $152,150 in 2021 to $186,252, if he's still in the job then.

    The committee of MLAs that studies legislation approved the bill, without objections, in just 14 minutes last month.

    There was no exploration of the details of the salary formulas or how they'll translate into dollars.

    "I guess when we're talking MLA compensation, perhaps that old adage 'sometimes less is more'— maybe that's the approach for the day," government House leader Glen Savoie said during the May 24 meeting.

    The legislation follows the recommendations of a November 2022 report by an independent commission appointed to examine the issue.

    "This is a very sensitive topic. We know how folks feel about it. But it really was something that the commissioners wanted to make sure that they got right," Savoie said during the brief committee discussion of the bill.

    "They were exhaustive in their efforts to arrive at what they felt was the right number." 

    A balding man with glasses is speaking inside the legislature. David Coon, leader of the Green Party, would earn $139,689, the total of his increased MLA salary, plus 50 percent of premier's ministerial salary. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

    The bill increases the base pay for all MLAs to $93,126. The premier's minister salary will be the same amount for a total of $186,252.

    The premier's pay is then the starting point for a formula that sets the top-ups for other officeholders, including party leaders, house leaders, caucus chairs, whips, the speaker and deputy speakers.

    The bill deviates from the commission's recommendations in two ways approved by the legislative administration committee, an all-party group of MLAs that meets in secret to oversee the legislature's operations.

    Pay raise higher than recommended

    The legislative committee awarded a higher pay increase to leaders of parties in the house other than the government or the official opposition, such as Green Party leader David Coon.

    The independent commission recommended the top-up be 25 per cent of the premier's cabinet salary, but the committee made it 50 per cent — a change worth an additional $23,281 for Coon, assuming he is still an elected party leader in November 2024.

    The committee also boosted the formula for the government caucus chair, the official opposition caucus chair and the house leader of any third parties, ensuring they'll get more money too. 

    It also made the decision to have the bill take effect in November 2024, overruling a recommendation by the commission that the pay raises take effect this spring. 

    The commission said in its report that waiting until after the next election created a risk that salaries "will become a political issue on the campaign trail, with all parties promising to roll back these recommendations and maintain the status quo, if elected."

    But Savoie and others said setting the date after the election avoids "that perception that MLAs are voting on their own salaries."

    The legislation will tie future increases to what's known as part one of the civil service — employees of government departments. The existing law links the base salary to growth in the gross domestic product. 

    a woman with light hair and a blue and yellow striped shirt talks to reporters. Liberal Leader Susan Holt will earn $158,314 — the newly increased base salary for MLAs, plus 70 per cent of the premier's top-up, if she is still in that position in November 2024. (Pat Richard/CBC)

    That change put an end to a series of salary gimmicks and reversals dating back more than a decade and a half.

    All MLAs earn base salaries, and those that hold cabinet posts or other positions get additional money on top of that.

    In 2008, the legislature froze base MLA salaries at $85,000 per year, a freeze that remained in place until last year.

    Then, in 2017, the Gallant Liberal government cut back cabinet salaries with a legislative amendment that said they would return to normal levels only when the budget was balanced.

    But the Liberals also forgot to pass legislation to override automatic MLA raises and keep those salaries frozen. So it retroactively refroze them and extended the reduced ministerial salaries to March 2021. 

    Higgs extended that reduction to March 2022.

    When it expired last spring, ministerial salaries jumped from $47,353 back to $52,614 for a total of $137,614 when the MLA base salary was added.

    The premier's, at $67,150, returned to $79,000 for a total of $164,000.

    The new bill raises them further thanks to the hike to the base MLA pay to $93,126.

    A woman looks at someone off camera. A phone is being held in front of her to record audio. Green MLA Megan Mitton says MLAs are not voting this for themselves, unless they're re-elected. (Patrick Richard/CBC)

    That base pay figure is based on what the salary would have been last year based on GDP growth, had the freeze not been in effect.

    Official Opposition leader Susan Holt will earn $158,314 — the newly increased base salary for MLAs, plus 70 per cent of the premier's top-up, if she is still in that position in November 2024.

    Green Leader David Coon would earn $139,689, the total of his increased MLA salary, plus 50 percent of premier's ministerial salary.

    Savoie is both a cabinet minister and government house leader, but a spokesperson said he would not collect the two top-ups, only the one for his ministerial position.

    MLAs who attend committee sessions will also earn an extra $125 per day on top of their travel per diems as a result of the changes. Committee chairs will get $200 per day.

    The legislature begins sitting again on Tuesday.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Jacques Poitras

    Provincial Affairs reporter

    Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history.

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    David Amos 
    When apathy rules the day methinks we get the governments we deserve N'esy Pas? 




    David lutz  
    I'm not a fan of MLA's, but they disserve the wage increase. If you want uneducated and unqualified people running for elections then you have to pay what them. Who would put up with constant criticism from the public, constantly under the microscope and scrutinized for every decision, no matter if it's good or not. The old saying goes - you get what you pay for. For the people commenting on Nurses and health care workers not making enough, remember they all just got a raise as well. MLA's haven't gotten a raise in years, if we want to attract the right candidates we have to compensate them appropriately.  
     
     
    Douglas James 
    Reply to David lutz  
    Without specifying 'unqualified', your first priority is worthless. What qualifies a person to be an MLA? Ditto for 'uneducated'. Common sense combined with experience in certain fields is often worth more than a university degree. You are right in saying we get what we pay for and that's why we have the current government that has failed to do anything but sock away money for a pre-election war chest. 
     
     
    Ben Haroldson
    Reply to David lutz 
    So just what education and qualifications should you have to become a politician?  
     
     
    Michael Cain
    Reply to David lutz   
    Maybe we should vet them when nominated based upon merit; the best qualified for the job we expect them to do. I have no idea how you would go about it due to the prevalence of patronage. The premier already hired 3 advisors; has no faith in his own cabinet. 
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Michael Cain 
    All premiers have advisors that are not part of cabinet.
     
     
    Bob Nystrom 
    Reply to David lutz   
    Since the fat cat politicians are using taxpayers' money to give themselves a raise, why not give back with the same percentage in tax cuts? Fair's fair, right? Those educated politicians would be unemployed if it weren't for dining at the public trough. Food for thought, if there were enough food to go around. 
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Bob Nystrom  
    They are not giving themselves a raise, you read the article, correct? We have all received tax cuts, check it out.
     
     
    Ray Skavinsky  
    Reply to Ronald Miller
    Yes they do and some are very good at offering sound advice. Case in point, Ms Holt was a senior advisor to Brian Gallant..oh..hhmm..I said most times,but..yeahhh..oh well..  
     
     
    Rosco holt
    Reply to Ronald Miller
    The tax cuts didn't benefit all the last time I checked. 
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Rosco holt 
    All tax brackets had a tax break. 
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Rosco holt  
    We could be like Ottawa and give tax increases instead, would that be better?
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to David lutz 
    Yea Right
     
     
     
     
     
    Kyle Woodman 
    Why should Mike Holland get a raise? He doesn't even live in NB. 
     
     
    Le Wier  
    Reply to Kyle Woodman
    Is that why when someone contacts his office they get referred to his executive assistant Ron Hatfield? Or his second in command Holly Stewart? 
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Kyle Woodman
    Where does he live, please back up with any type of fact or document. No, a poll at timmys does not count this time either.
     
     
    Kyle Woodman 
    Reply to Le Wier  
    Yup. He's abandoned Albert County.
     
     
    Ben Haroldson
    Reply to Ronald Miller
    Well, I do remember an illegal NS border crossing during the pandemic, around the same time the good doctor went to quebec and was fired for it.  
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Ben Haroldson
    First, if you are comparing where NS was during the pandemic compared to the worst province in Quebec that would be strike 1   
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Ben Haroldson
    Secondly, care to show what was illegal about going to NS? Strike 2.  
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Ben Haroldson  
    Last time I checked Mr. Holland does not have the trusted care of vulnerable patients in his care, strike 3.  
     
     
    Ronald Miller 
    Reply to Ben Haroldson 
    Mr. Holland did not have a child go to not 1 but 2 daycare centers upon return while not reporting where he was, strike 4, 5, and 6.  
     
     
    Kyle Woodman 
    Reply to Ronald Miller
    Nova Scotia 
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Kyle Woodman
    Can you prove what you are saying about Holland not living here??? 
     
     
    Kyle Woodman 
    Reply to David Amos
    Sure. He's my MLA. No one in my riding can ever get a hold of him. He doesn't ever have his constituency office open for hours. If you look on social media, his girlfriend still lives in NS and he is often photographed with her throughout the week.  
     
     
    David Amos 

    Reply to Kyle Woodman  
    I have been on your ballot 3 times 
     
     
     
     
     
    Shawn Tabor
    Not to get the humans all worked up, compare the wages of other provincial MLA’s to New Brunswick. Have a great day, work hard and especially safe. 
     
     
    Rosco holt
    Reply to Shawn Tabor
    NB government compares themselves to provinces like Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. Not to other maritime provinces. 
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Shawn Tabor
    Not funny 





    Ben Haroldson
    Wow, what short memories we have. higs FIRST order of business when he was elected with his minority, was a LARGE pay raise for all. Passed the vote too.  
     
     
    Bobby Richards 
    Reply to Ben Haroldson
    They haven't had a raise since 2008  
     
     
    Ben Haroldson
    Reply to Bobby Richards 
    Right. 


    Shawn Tabor
    Reply to Bobby Richards
    Bob you should check on that, just saying, explain that to him Ben. Folks really do not pay attention or can not remember  
     
     
    David Amos 

    Reply to Shawn Tabor
    You are fine one to talk  
     
     
     
     
     
    Danny Debdee
    But they’ll fight tooth and nail to keep civil servants and nurses pay increases under 2%  
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply toDanny Debdee 
    Go Figure
     
     
     
     
    danny rugg  
    Worst government in New Brunswick....ever. 
     
     
    danny rugg 
    Reply todanny rugg  
    Perfect bumper sticker!
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply todanny rugg  
    But can you sell it? 
     



     
    Murray Brown 
    What we don't see is the money they make from selling out to big corporations while in office... If you add that to their salaries... They should actually be voting for decreasing their salaries.  
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply toMurray Brown
    Ever check the net worth of politicians? 
     
     
     
     
    Doug kirby  
    Wow....it was only ever about the paycheck.... 
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Doug kirby
    Nope 
     
     
     
     
    jean marc michaud 
    What a Joke....  
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to jean marc michaud 
    Yup
     
     
     
     
    Matt Steele

    Ron parker
    Reply to Matt Steele
    Good comment, its nice when you don't blame Ottawa for every thing.  
     
     
    Ben Haroldson
    Reply to Matt Steele
    Ah , it's just a pay raise....those guys are hurtin...what's the big deal.....  
     
     
    Winston Gray
    Reply to Matt Steele 
    Rampant whataboutism so the blinders can stay on
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Ron parker
    Too Too Funny  
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Ben Haroldson 
    Welcome back to the circus 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Matt Steele 

    Of course the Liberals and Greens criticize everything that the Premier Higgs government does , yet never said boo , or raised any concerns about these pay increases as it puts money into the pockets of all MLAs , including the Liberals and the Greens ; funny how that works....lol . It certainly speaks volumes for sure 
     
    . 
    David Amos  

    Reply to Matt Steele 
    How long will this comment last? 
     

     

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    Ontario PC Candidate Promoted Alt-Right Website Linked to Hate Figures at Young Conservative Event

    Ontario PC candidate Donna Skelly gave a special ‘shout out’ to far-right extremists at a Christmas party for campus conservatives
    May 28, 2018
    An Ontario PC candidate promoted a controversial alt-right website that has a well-documented history amplifying some of Canada’s most toxic and racist personalities during an event for young conservatives in Hamilton last Christmas.
    A photo from the event shows Donna Skelly, a former CHCH broadcaster turned city councillor who is currently running for Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs in the Hamilton-area riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook, waving a red hat displaying the words ‘Free Bird Media’ – an imitation of Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ hat.
    Except ‘Free Bird Media’ is an alt-right website whose video archives are filled with hours of speeches and interviews featuring prominent figures on Canada’s far-right, including two men recently charged with hate crimes.
    According to a Facebook event page for last December’s “Hamilton Conservative Christmas Formal,” organized by members of McMaster University and Mohawk College’s campus conservative clubs, Skelly was booked as a guest speaker alongside characters from Canada’s online alt-right, including FBM founder Alex Van Hamme.
    The photo from the event, uploaded to Facebook by Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, the alt-right website’s “creative director,” is accompanied by a message that reads:
     “Thanks to Donna Skelly – Ward 7 Councillor for the shout out!”

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    Skelly’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment from PressProgress.
    On Monday, Doug Ford showcased Skelly as a potential cabinet minister if the Ontario PCs form government after the province’s June 7 election.
    FBM purports to be a platform that promotes “freedom of speech,” yet the website that received a special “shout out” from the sitting Hamilton city councillor and current Ontario PC candidate is filled with speeches and interviews from some of the most radical and extreme figures on Canada’s far-right.
    FBM’s YouTube channel includes videos featuring the following personalities:
    Paul Fromm: Described by the National Post as “one of Canada’s most notorious white supremacists,” with extensive links to neo-Nazi groups.
    James Sears: Editor of the racist, far-right publication ‘Your Ward News’ who was recently charged with hate crimes – according to CBC News, Sears published material that “portrayed Jews as dogs” and “glorified Hitler.”
    Kevin Johnston: Anti-Muslim blogger who was charged with a hate crime after offering $1,000 rewards for videos of Muslim school children.
    Faith Goldy: Former Rebel Media host denounced by Conservative MP Michael Chong for promoting “white supremacy” and “anti-Semitism” after she appeared on a neo-Nazi podcast. More recently, Goldy recommended a 1930s fascist book advocating the “the elimination of Jews.”

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    During an interview on CBC News in January, CBC News’ Wendy Mesley questioned controversial professor Jordan Peterson about a photo featuring himself and FBM founder Alex Van Hamme with a flag featuring Pepe the Frog – a cartoon frog used as a coded symbol by the alt-right and other online hate groups.
    Van Hamme, a guest speaker alongside Skelly at the Conservative Christmas event, and Peterson were also photographed with a white nationalist who was identified as a member of a group caught plastering racist flyers on the University of Toronto’s campus.

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    The Ontario PC candidate also had a front-row seat at the Hamilton Conservative Christmas Formal as Van Hamme delivered a spirited monologue on the “testicles” of “biological male professors” at universities.
    Van Hamme informed Skelly and an audience of young conservatives that academia is a “feminine environment” that leaves men “castrated.”

    Dzsurdzsa, the FBM director who uploaded the photo of Skelly, also openly touts his experience serving as deputy editor of the US-based Russia Insider website.
    According to news outlets ranging from BBC News to Newsweek, Russia Insider is a “Pro-Kremlin propaganda” site with a track record of promoting anti-Semitism.
    Russia Insider’s archives show the FBM director published articles calling on Canada to drop sanctions and establish a “healthy trade partnership with Russia” and insinuated Bill C-51 may have been “purposefully” designed to make it a “criminal offence” to express “vocal support for Russia.”

    Update: Following publication of this story, Donna Skelly told CBC News she was unaware of what FBM was before publicly endorsing the alt-right website at an event for conservative youth.
    “I had no idea what Free Bird Media was, and that’s the honest truth,” Skelly told CBC News. “I honestly know nothing about this website. I stopped in to this event for 20 minutes and I was gone.”
    Skelly added that she does not “condone or endorse” speech that is “hurtful, harmful or illegal.”
    Following CBC News’ report, FBM’s Alex Van Hamme released a statement disputing Skelly’s story and said the Ontario PC candidate is throwing him “under the bus.”
    According to Van Hamme, not only did Skelly “know exactly who I am and what I’m about” when she attended the event, she also “stood on stage and declared ‘we need more media like this!’ while holding (FBM’s) hat.”

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    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:40:17 -0400
    Subject: YO Jordan Peterson You claimed that truth is the antidote to
    suffering but did not have the balls to call me back while you yapped
    around the world Correct?
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    donna.skelly@pc.ola.org, general@jordanbpeterson.com,
    "pablo.rodriguez"<pablo.rodriguez@parl.gc.ca>, rduchesn@unb.ca,
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    <Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
    <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, jordan.peterson@utoronto.ca, premier
    <premier@ontario.ca>, attorneygeneral <attorneygeneral@ontario.ca>,
    attorneygeneral <attorneygeneral@doj.nh.gov>,
    PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com, "Frank.McKenna"
    <Frank.McKenna@td.com>, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
    "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mark.Blakely"
    <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
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    <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
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    "hon.ralph.goodale"<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>,
    "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, mcu
    <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "robert.gauvin"<robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "Robert.
    Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "kris.austin"<kris.austin@gnb.ca>,
    "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)"
    <kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir"<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>,
    "brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, votejohnw
    <votejohnw@gmail.com>, BrianThomasMacdonald
    <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com>, "andrew.scheer"
    <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
    <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "mark.vespucci"
    <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, "geoff.regan"<geoff.regan@parl.gc.ca>
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Newsroom
    <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news-tips
    <news-tips@nytimes.com>, news <news@dailymail.co.uk>

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:12:46 -0400
    Subject: Fwd: Attn Jordan B Peterson I called you (647 390-2132)
    earlier from 902 800 0369 Then watched a video to check you out It
    appears we agree
    To:

    https://pressprogress.ca/ontario-pc-candidate-promoted-alt-right-website-linked-to-hate-figures-at-young-conservative-event/

    "Ontario PC candidate Donna Skelly gave a special ‘shout out’ to
    far-right extremists at a Christmas party for campus conservatives"


    Donna Skelly (Flamborough—Glanbrook)

    Current parliamentary roles
    Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
    Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job
    Creation and Trade (Trade)
    Current party
    Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
    Contact information

    donna.skelly@pc.ola.org
    Ministry
    Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
    17th Floor
    777 Bay St.
    Toronto, ON M7A 2E7
    Constituency
    Suite 104
    2000 Garth St.
    Hamilton, ON L9B 0C1

    Tel   905-679-3770
    Fax   905-679-0288


    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:15:13 -0400
    Subject: Attn Jordan B Peterson I called you (647 390-2132) earlier
    from 902 800 0369
    Then watched a video to check you out It appears we agree
    To: general@jordanbpeterson.com, jordan.peterson@utoronto.ca
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnIAAkSNtqo

    2017/05/17: Senate hearing on Bill C16
    673,441 views
    Jordan B Peterson
    Published on May 18, 2017


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:11:59 -0400
    Subject: Seems that Jordan Peterson is a busy man too
    To: matthew.sears@unb.ca, wayne.mackay@dal.ca,
    jordanbpeterson@yahoo.com, heather.hemming@acadiau.ca,
    Rick.Mehta@acadiau.ca, general@jordanbpeterson.com,
    jordan.peterson@utoronto.ca
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "PETER.MACKAY"
    <PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com>, "Marc.Litt"
    <Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Jordan B Peterson <jordanbpeterson@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:01:11 -0800
    Subject: If you emailed Jordan B Peterson Re: Rick Mehta was too busy
    to talk to me so methinks somebody should say Hey to Wayne MacKay for
    me N'esy Pas Petey Baby MacKay?
    To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

    Note to all who are trying to contact Dr. Jordan B Peterson

    Because of the increased volume of email I am currently receiving, I
    have differentiated my email addresses, and set up a number of
    specialized forms. As of July 15, 2017, the email addresses
    jordanbpeterson@gmail.com and jordanbpeterson@yahoo.com will no longer
    be attended to.

    If you would like to contact me, please use the form or email address
    most suitable to your request, as listed below. Each type of request
    has its own email account, so that all requests can be properly
    organized and attended to.

    Forms: There are specialized contact forms at
    https://jordanbpeterson.com/contact/ for the following request
    categories:

    ·         TV, Radio or Print Media Interview/Appearance

    ·         YouTube/Podcast Interview/Appearance

    ·         Public Speaking Appearance

    ·         Clinical Practice

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    ·         Employee Testing/Development

    ·         General Business & Commercial

    Email Addresses:

    If you are a viewer, listener or reader, and you would like to contact
    me, please use: viewers@jordanbpeterson.com

    If you are contacting me about official University of Toronto matters,
    please use jordan.peterson@utoronto.ca

    All other general inquiries for matters not specifically listed:
    general@jordanbpeterson.com

    --
    Professor Jordan B Peterson
    University of Toronto

    Truth is the antidote to suffering.


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:57:56 -0400
    Subject: Fwd: I called many of you Banksters and tried to explain this
    email Correct?
    To: denis.brindamour@bnc.ca
    Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos"<David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>

    Denis Brind'Amour
    Called to the bar: 2007 (QC)
    National Bank of Canada
    130 King St. W.
    Toronto, Ontario M5X 1J9
    Phone: 416-507-9885
    Email: denis.brindamour@bnc.ca

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "Paradis, Dominic (Affaires juridiques)"<Dominic.Paradis@bnc.ca>
    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:52:55 +0000
    Subject: Réponse automatique : I called many of you Banksters and
    tried to explain this email Correct?
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    Veuillez prendre note que je serai de retour mercredi le 22 novembre.
    Kindly take note that I will be back on Wednesday, November 22.

    Pour toute urgence, prière de contacter / In case of emergency, please contact :

    Denis Brindamour
    647 225 1521
    denis.brindamour@bnc.ca

    Merci

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    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:52:39 -0400
    Subject: I called many of you Banksters and tried to explain this email Correct?
    To: ellen.patterson@td.com, stephanie.robinson@bmo.com,
    Jane.percival@bmo.com, francois1.morin@bmo.com,
    patrick.o'herlihy@harrisbank.com, ian.arellano@scotiabank.com,
    motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
    Diane.Flanagan@scotiabank.com, petere.scott@bmo.com,
    corporate.secretary@cibc.com, Stephen.Scholtz@cibc.com,
    Michael.Capatides@cibc.com, kathrine.smirle@rbc.com,
    miguel.mendes@bmo.com, diane.winters@justice.gc.ca,
    "Diane.Lebouthillier"<Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca>,
    kplunkett@airdberlis.com, dominic.paradis@bnc.ca, lilac.bosma@hsbc.ca
    Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos"<David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>

    http://davidamos.blogspot.com/2006/05/harper-and-bankers.html

    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
    Counsel for the Canada Revenue Agency
    The Exchange Tower
    130 King Street West, Suite 3400
    PO Box 36
    Toronto, ON  M5X 1K6

    Diane Winters
    Tel: 416-973-3172
    Fax: 416-973-0810
    Email: diane.winters@justice.gc.ca



    Ellen Patterson
    Group Head and General Counsel
    TD Bank Group

    Ellen Patterson is Group Head and General Counsel, TD Bank Group, and
    is responsible for leading the bank's Legal, Compliance, and
    Anti-Money Laundering teams. Ellen also oversees TD's corporate
    secretarial function.

    Ellen joined TD in 2012 as General Counsel of the bank's U.S. banking
    operations. Most recently, she managed legal risk for TD on an
    enterprise basis, and led the U.S. Compliance, AML, and Financial
    Crimes & Fraud Management groups.

    Ellen is a passionate supporter of programs aimed at developing future
    leaders, and is Executive Sponsor of TD's Women in Leadership program
    across the United States. In 2016 and 2017, Ellen was recognized as
    one of 25 "Women to Watch" by American Banker.

    Prior to joining TD, Ellen was a partner with the law firm of Simpson
    Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she represented clients on mergers &
    acquisitions, capital markets, and corporate governance matters.

    Ellen is a graduate of Columbia Law School and received her
    undergraduate degree from Harvard University.


    Ian Arellano to become Executive Vice President and General Counsel at

    TORONTO, May 31, 2017 /CNW/ - Scotiabank (TSX: BNS) (NYSE: BNS) today
    announced that Ian Arellano will become Executive Vice President and
    General Counsel on January 2, 2018.

    "Ian is a highly-talented legal expert and a seasoned global business
    advisor," said Brian Porter, President and CEO at Scotiabank. "He has
    worked closely with Scotiabank on many important transactions over the
    years, and brings a great familiarity with our global business model
    and key international markets. His experience and judgment make him an
    ideal fit to lead Scotiabank's legal team and we are delighted to
    welcome him to our Executive team."

    Ian joins Scotiabank from Torys LLP, where he is Co-head of the firm's
    International Initiative and a senior partner in its corporate
    transactions practice.  Ian will join Scotiabank as Executive Vice
    President, Legal, on September 5, 2017 and work with Deborah
    Alexander, who has led Scotiabank's legal team as Executive Vice
    President and General Counsel for 15 years, until her planned
    retirement at the end of 2017.

    "Debbie is one of Canada's most highly-regarded securities lawyers,
    and her strategic guidance and counsel have been invaluable to
    Scotiabank during a period of monumental change in the banking
    industry," said Mr. Porter. "We are grateful that she has agreed to
    stay on at Scotiabank and to assist in this important transition."

    As Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Ian will report
    directly to Brian Porter and lead Scotiabank's global legal affairs,
    corporate secretary and corporate governance office functions. He will
    serve as a member of the Bank's Operating Committee, and will chair
    the Bank's Reputational Risk and Disclosure Committees.

    About Ian Arellano:
    Ian Arellano graduated with an LLB from the University of Toronto and
    was called to the Bar in 1986.  Over thirty years of practice,  he has
    held increasingly senior roles and developed extensive experience
    across the mining and financial services sectors in M&A, joint
    ventures and strategic alliances, licensing and other contractual
    matters. At Torys LLP, Mr. Arellano is Co-head of the firm's
    International Initiative and a senior partner in the corporate
    transactions practice. Mr. Arellano has advised Scotiabank on many
    transactions, including acquisition of a 51% stake in Banco Colpatria
    in Colombia, the acquisition of Citigroup's retail and commercial
    banking assets in Panama and Costa Rica, and of our 51% stake in
    Cencosud's S.A.'s financial services business in Chile.  Mr. Arellano
    has been recognized by numerous organizations for his work including
    being named a Leading Lawyer in Corporate Law by Best Lawyers in
    Canada (2013-2017).

    About Scotiabank
    Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial
    services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and
    Central America, and Asia-Pacific. We are dedicated to helping our 23
    million customers become better off through a broad range of advice,
    products and services, including personal and commercial banking,
    wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment
    banking, and capital markets. With a team of more than 88,000
    employees and assets of $887 billion (as at January 31, 2017),
    Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges
    (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com and
    follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

    SOURCE Scotiabank

    For further information: For media enquiries only: Diane Flanagan,
    Public and Corporate Affairs, Scotiabank, (416) 933-2176,
    Diane.Flanagan@scotiabank.com



    Michael G. Capatides

    Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Administrative Officer and
    General Counsel
    View high res photo

    Michael Capatides leads CIBC's Administration Division and has overall
    responsibility for the Legal, Privacy, Ombudsman, Corporate Secretary,
    Global Regulatory Affairs, and Government Relations groups. He also
    leads CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank and CIBC's Strategy and
    Corporate Development function. Mr. Capatides is headquartered in New
    York and Toronto.

    Mr. Capatides joined CIBC in 1996 as General Counsel and Managing
    Director of CIBC World Markets, with responsibility for legal and
    compliance matters for CIBC World Markets globally. He was appointed
    Executive Vice-President and CIBC's General Counsel in 1999 and Senior
    Executive Vice-President and General Counsel in 2007. Mr. Capatides
    was appointed Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Administrative
    Officer and General Counsel in 2008 and assumed leadership for
    Strategy and Corporate Development in September 2014.

    Prior to joining CIBC, Mr. Capatides was a partner with Mayer, Brown &
    Platt from 1988. He previously served as a vice-president in the legal
    departments for Citibank and Chemical Bank, and began his career as an
    associate at Shearman & Sterling in 1980.

    Mr. Capatides received his A.B. degree from Rutgers College in 1977
    and his J.D. degree from the Columbia University School of Law in
    1980.


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"<fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>
    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 18:05:38 +0000
    Subject: RE: Dr. Mohamed LACHEMI I just called
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
    correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
    comments.

    Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
    électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
    commentaires.



    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Mail Delivery System <MAILER-DAEMON@d2-ironport03.sec.gov>
    Date: 13 Nov 2018 13:06:29 -0500
    Subject: Message Notification
    To:

    Thank you for contacting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    (SEC) Office of Inspector General (OIG).  We have received your
    submission and will evaluate the information provided and take
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    OIG, you may do so by visiting our website at https://www.sec.gov/oig,
    clicking on the link Submit Online Hotline Complaint to access our web
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    note that you may remain anonymous, however; this may limit our
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    The Office of Inspector General
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC  20549-2977
    Fax: 202-772-9265; oig@sec.gov





    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Jenna Young Castro <jyoungcastro@afn.ca>
    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:28:42 +0000
    Subject: Automatic reply: Dr. Mohamed LACHEMI I just called
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office and will
    not be checking messages regularly.
    For immediate assistance please contact Director of Communications Don
    Kelly at dkelly@afn.ca, Press Secretary Michael Hutchinson at
    mhutchinson@afn.ca or Bilingual Communications Officer Monica Poirier
    at poirierm@afn.ca.

    Jenna Young Castro
    Senior Communications Advisor
    Assembly of First Nations



    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:27:53 -0400
    Subject: Dr. Mohamed LACHEMI I just called
    To: liz@ryerson.ca, cfe@ryerson.ca, pres@ryerson.ca,
    socialventures@ryerson.ca, "pablo.rodriguez"
    <pablo.rodriguez@parl.gc.ca>, "Frank.McKenna"<Frank.McKenna@td.com>,
    "Melanie.Joly"<Melanie.Joly@parl.gc.ca>, Newsroom
    <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>,
    "Larry.Tremblay"<Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
    <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "terry.seguin"
    <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, Michel.Carrier@gnb.ca, "kris.austin"
    <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, jyoung@afn.ca,
    poirierm@afn.ca, dkelly@afn.ca

    LACHEMI, Dr. Mohamed
    Department: President's Office
    Title: President and Vice-Chancellor
    Extension: 5002
    Email: pres@ryerson.ca


    https://cfe.ryerson.ca/contact

    Centre for Free Expression
    Rogers Communications Centre
    80 Gould Street
    Toronto, Ontario
    cfe@ryerson.ca
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    http://www.legalinnovationzone.ca/
    Legal Innovation Zone at Ryerson University
    10 Dundas St East, 1002
    Toronto, ON M5B 2G9
    liz@ryerson.ca
    416.848.1202



    Social Ventures Zone
    Ryerson University, KHS 45
    350 Victoria St.
    Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
    socialventures@ryerson.ca
    416-979-5000 x7255 /

    https://www.ryerson.ca/svz/projects/alumni/AccessNow/

    Founder: Maayan Ziv

    Website: http://accessnow.me/, external link

    With AccessNow, Maayan turned personal necessity into proactive
    entrepreneurial opportunity. Frustrated by the repetitive process of
    businesses claiming to be wheelchair accessible only to discover she
    had no access upon arrival, Maayan created AccessNow.

    Launched during the Summer 2015 Parapan Games in Toronto, AccessNow is
    an application that uses crowdsourcing to collect and share the
    accessibility status of locations such as restaurants and hotels,
    office buildings, public spaces and tourist attractions. Users can
    search for a location’s level of accessibility (accessible, partially
    accessible, patio access only, not accessible) or can add information
    about a new location. Maayan notes that 4 million Canadians live a
    disability. Accessibility barriers can also effect the elderly,
    parents with strollers, individuals with temporary injuries and many
    others.

    More than 2,600 locations in over 100 cities have been pinned so far
    to the AccessNow map, with new locations being added every day. Maayan
    hopes to widen the breadth of user information, such as locations that
    offer braille for individuals with a visual impairment and noise
    decibel levels for individuals with autism. It’s all about community
    engagement to share information that benefits everyone.

    Maayan exemplifies the true meaning of inclusivity and empowerment.
    Through AccessNow, Maayan is not just opening doors for people with
    disabilities, she is changing the discussion about what accessibility
    means, for all people.

    "When you create accessibility at your business, you open your doors
    to a much larger population of people that you might not have been
    able to cater to before. And that’s not just on a humanitarian level;
    that’s just good business."


    Advisory Council on Jobs and the Visitor Economy

    From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

    The Advisory Council on Jobs and the Visitor Economy consists of
    business owners, entrepreneurs, tourism operators and professionals
    who recognize the economic importance of the tourism sector. The
    Council will identify important issues facing the tourism sector in
    Canada. It will also recommend new ways to increase Canadian tourism
    opportunities and competitiveness globally.

    In developing the Government of Canada's new Federal Strategy on Jobs
    and the Visitor Economy, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Tourism, Official
    Languages and La Francophonie, will also count on the support and
    expertise of Mr. Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner Emeritus of
    McKinsey, as well as Ben Cowan-Dewar, Chair of Destination Canada.

    The Minister and the Department will continue to work closely with
    national associations like the Tourism Industry Association of Canada,
    the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada, as well as with other
    stakeholders and LGBTQ2 groups to benefit from their knowledge and
    expertise as the Strategy is being developed.
    News
    November 12, 2018: Minister Joly creates the Advisory Council on Jobs
    and the Visitor Economy to maximize Canada's tourism potential
    Advisory Council members
    Frank McKenna (Chair)

    Frank McKenna was appointed Deputy Chair of TD Bank Group on May 1,
    2006. He is responsible for supporting the Bank in its customer
    acquisition strategy, particularly in the area of Wholesale and
    Commercial Banking.

    Frank has held numerous leadership positions in both the public and
    private sector. For a decade (1987–1997) he was Premier of New
    Brunswick, having earned three consecutive majority governments,
    including the historic victory in 1987 of all 58 seats in the
    legislature. The McKenna government significantly improved the
    province's standard of living and quality of life. Among its
    accomplishments, it balanced budgets, pioneered e-government services,
    attracted innovative industry clusters and improved educational
    outcomes.

    Frank also played a central role on the national stage, where among
    other initiatives, he became a lead advocate for the Canada-US Free
    Trade Agreement. Prime Minister Martin nominated Frank as Canadian
    Ambassador to the United States of America in 2005, where he was
    charged to navigate contentious bilateral issues related to trade and
    security.

    In 2006, Frank resigned this position upon change of national
    government. In the private sector, Frank is in wide demand as a
    corporate director. Currently he is the Chairman of Brookfield Asset
    Management and is on the board of Canadian Natural Resources. He has
    also been Chairman of the Board of CanWest Global and served on the
    Boards of Noranda, Shoppers Drug Mart and General Motors.

    Frank is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University as well as
    Queen's University, where he completed his post-graduate degree in
    political science and the University of New Brunswick Law School. He
    was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2008 and is the recipient of
    fourteen honourary doctorates.
    Raymond Bachand

    Quebec's chief negotiator for the NAFTA renegotiation since July 2017
    and strategic advisor to Norton Rose Fulbright Canada since January
    2014, Raymond Bachand is also President of the Institut du Québec, a
    joint venture of the Conference Board of Canada and HEC Montréal.
    Director of Transat and National Bank of Canada, he also acted as
    Chairman of the Board of Tourisme Montréal from June 2014 to June
    2018.

    Liberal member for Outremont elected to the Québec National Assembly
    (2005-2013), he has served as Minister of Economic Development,
    Innovation and Export Trade, Minister of Tourism, Minister responsible
    for the Montréal region, Minister of Finance, as well as Minister of
    Revenue.

    During the past 25 years, Raymond Bachand held various senior
    management positions in the private sector, including as
    vice-president of Métro-Richelieu and Culinar, and as chairman and CEO
    of Fonds de solidarité FTQ and SECOR. He was a member of more than 10
    boards of directors, and volunteered in numerous social and cultural
    events and foundations. Member of the Quebec Bar since 1970, he also
    holds a master's degree and a doctorate in Business Administration
    from the Harvard Business School.
    Chief Darcy Bear

    Chief Bear has been widely-recognized for his economic, business and
    cultural achievements. He was a recipient of the Commemorative Medal
    for the Centennial of Saskatchewan in 2005, he was named one of the
    "Ten Most Influential People" by Saskatchewan Business Magazine and
    was awarded the CANDO "Economic Developer of the Year" in 2006.

    In 2009, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations awarded Chief
    Bear the Circle of Honour Award for Community-Based First Nation
    Business. In December 2011, Chief Bear received the Saskatchewan Order
    of Merit, the highest recognition given to residents of the province.
    On January 25, 2012, Whitecap Dakota First Nation signed the Framework
    Agreement for Self-Governance, which kick-started Whitecap's journey
    towards self-governance. On May 23, 2012, Chief Bear was honoured with
    the prestigious Diamond Jubilee Medal, reflecting his commitment to
    service. In 2013, he was named an Inaugural Grandey Leadership
    Honouree, and the City of Saskatoon also bestowed a municipal park in
    his honour.

    The 2014 Throne Speech in the provincial Legislature recognized Chief
    Bear's "progressive leadership." Most recently, he was the recipient
    of an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of
    Saskatchewan in the fall of 2014. Chief Bear was instrumental in
    developing a self-governing Land Code, which created a
    business-friendly environment on Whitecap lands, complete with a land
    tenure system, commercial infrastructure and a real-property tax law.
    Whitecap now serves as a national example of positive community
    development and heightened self-determination. To date there has been
    approximately $100 million in capital investment in the community and
    an unemployment rate reduction from 70 per cent to 5 per cent
    Jerry Dias

    Jerry Dias was elected at the UNIFOR Founding Convention on August 31,
    2013 as the first National President. He is an experienced and trusted
    negotiator and organizer, taking on corporate giants from General
    Motors to Boeing to Coca-Cola. Jerry is a committed trade unionist,
    focused on the needs of local union leaders and rank-and-file members.
    His dedication has earned him the trust of members and shop floor
    bargaining committees right across the country. Jerry served as an
    assistant to the CAW National President, a post that he held under two
    presidents since 2007.

    Jerry began his work life in 1978 at then de Havilland Aircraft (now
    Bombardier Aerospace) in Toronto. He was elected shop steward later
    that year in what would become a lifelong dedication to the labour
    movement. As plant chair in 1985, Jerry led the work stoppage that
    resulted in the current day national Workplace Hazardous Materials
    Information System (WHMIS) – which includes the right to know about
    dangerous materials. He also fought against the sell-off of de
    Havilland, which would have resulted in a plant closure. Jerry was
    also elected local union president at CAW Local 112, before being
    appointed to the union's national staff as the aerospace sector
    coordinator in 1993.

    Over the last three years, Jerry has taken on the issue of violence
    against women through his participation, along with his son Jordan, in
    the Hope in High Heels walk. Jerry is the top fundraiser – helping to
    provide a large chunk of the operating budget of Halton Women's Place,
    a women's shelter and centre in Burlington, Ontario.
    Dr. Rachel Dodds

    Rachel is passionate about seeing change and wishes to see the tourism
    industry become more sustainable. Rachel has over 20 years of
    experience in the tourism industry and provided business advice and
    research to government bodies, charities, NGOs and private sector
    organizations worldwide. She runs her own boutique consultancy firm,
    Sustaining Tourism, and is also a Professor at the Ted Rogers School
    of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University in Canada.

    Rachel holds a PhD in sustainable tourism and policy from the UK and a
    Masters degree in tourism and business administration from Australia.
    She has lived and worked in four continents and travelled to over 80
    countries.
    Liza Frulla

    Through her considerable experience in marketing, politics and media
    communications, Liza Frulla, P.C., O.Q., shares her great passion for
    public affairs and the media, as well as her vast knowledge of
    political processes.

    Her life is a succession of firsts: First woman sports journalist in
    the history of Quebec’s electronic media; first woman Marketing
    Director of a major Canadian brewer, Labatt Breweries; first woman to
    hold the position of Executive Director at CKAC, Canada’s most
    important French radio station at the time; first person (woman) to
    hold the positions of Minister of Culture and Communications at the
    National Assembly and Minister of Canadian Heritage in Ottawa, which
    makes her the only Canadian to have officially held cultural
    responsibilities at both the provincial and federal levels of
    government.

    Policy analyst, host, commentator, author, coauthor of a political
    essay with Louise Beaudoin and sought-after speaker, Liza Frulla has
    been a part of every debate currently shaping our society. Since
    August 2015, she has served as Executive Director of Quebec’s Institut
    de tourisme et d’hôtellerie.

    Liza Frulla is a member of the Queen’s Privy Council, an officer of
    the Ordre national du Québec, a member of the Order of Canada, a first
    companion of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and an
    officer of the Ordre de la Pléiade.
    Pamela Gross

    Pamela is an Inuinnaq (Copper Inuk) from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. She
    is the Hivulliqpaam Aulapkaiyi (Executive Director) of the
    Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq / Kitikmeot Heritage Society which is a
    non-profit organization that runs the May Hakongak Community Library
    and Cultural centre. The grassroots organization has been in operation
    for over 22 years and has been the Territories longest serving Museum,
    Archives, Library and Research centre.

    Pam is a is a graduate of Nunavut Sivuniksavut, an Inuit Studies
    program and has a BA in Anthropology and Aboriginal Studies from
    Carleton University. Pam’s passion is in the cultural sector and
    ambassador and advocate for her people. Pam is a Trustee for the Inuit
    Heritage Trust and a Board of Directors for the Nunavut Sivuniksavut
    Program. Pamela has also been driven to serve her community and is the
    Mayor of Cambridge Bay.
    David Gunawan

    David Gunawan is, above and beyond all else, the paterfamilias at
    Farmer's Apprentice. He began his culinary career working in the
    kitchen at a West Lafayette brewpub while pursuing his degree in
    environmental engineering at Purdue University. He earned his stripes
    in back-of-house roles under acclaimed chefs such as Chris Nugent at
    Les Nomades and Carrie Nahabedian at Michelin-starred Naha in Chicago
    before landing in Vancouver — where he made stops at West and Maenam.

    In 2011, he travelled to Europe and worked in several progressive
    establishments such as In De Wulf in Belgium, Relae and Dragsholm
    Castle in Denmark. In 2012 he returned to Vancouver and launched the
    farm-to-table staple known as Farmer's Apprentice. Gunawan's abiding
    affinity for sourcing the best fresh, seasonal ingredients by
    supporting local farms, pastures and providers led Farmer's Apprentice
    to be ranked No. 2 on enRoute Magazine's list of Canada's Best New
    Restaurants 2014, the same year the restaurant also swept the podium
    with nods for Best New Restaurant, Best Casual Restaurant and
    Restaurant of the Year at the 25th Annual Vancouver Magazine
    Restaurant Awards.

    In 2015, Gunawan opened South Granville Wine Bar Grapes & Soda next
    door to Farmer's Apprentice and Royal Dinette in Downtown Vancouver,
    with each restaurant further reflecting Gunawan's innovative,
    artisanal and locavore-forward focus. In 2016, Gunawan was named Chef
    of the Year at the annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards. In
    2018 Grapes & Soda won the best bar at the annual Vancouver Magazine
    Restaurant Awards.
    Lawreen Reid

    Co-owner and Proprietor of the Seaport Hotel in Churchill, Manitoba.
    (More information to come)
    Kathleen Taylor

    Kathleen (Katie) Taylor is Chair of the Board of RBC. She has served
    on the Board since 2001, where she has chaired the Human Resources and
    Corporate Governance Committees, and served on the Audit and Risk
    Committees. She is also Chair of the Board of the Sick Kids
    Foundation, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Hospital for
    Sick Children and a Co-Chair of the SickKids Capital Campaign.

    Ms. Taylor is a director of Air Canada and a member of its Audit,
    Finance and Risk, Human Resources, and Governance and Nominating
    Committees. She is also the Vice-Chair of the Adecco Group and a
    director of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, where she serves
    on the Audit and Human Resources Committees. Ms. Taylor is the former
    President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and
    Resorts. Her many accolades for business achievement include the
    Schulich School of Business Award for Outstanding Executive Leadership
    and the inaugural Medal for Career Achievement from the Hennick Centre
    for Business and Law at York University. She has been inducted into
    the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends and was named to Canada's Most
    Powerful Women Hall of Fame by the Women's Executive Network (WXN)
    after being honoured by WXN in 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

    Ms. Taylor has an MBA and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the
    Schulich School of Business and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law
    School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of
    Toronto. She also received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from McGill
    University and Trent University and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane
    Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University.
    Maayan Ziv

    Maayan Ziv is an activist, a photographer and an entrepreneur based in
    Toronto, Canada. From a young age, Maayan challenged norms and worked
    within her community to increase awareness of disability issues and
    improve accessibility. Living with Muscular Dystrophy, Maayan is a
    passionate and relentless advocate for creating a more accessible
    world.

    In 2015, Maayan founded AccessNow, a crowdsourced app to map the
    accessibility status of locations worldwide. She has since been a
    regular media commentator in the media on topics such as disability
    and inclusion. In 2016, Maayan received the City of Toronto Access
    Award and the David C. Onley Leadership in Accessibility Award in
    recognition of her innovative solutions and commitment to improving
    the lives of people of all abilities.

    Maayan also sits on the boards of the Toronto Arts Council and the
    Centre for Independent Living in Toronto. She earned a Bachelor's
    degree in Radio and Television Arts and a Master's degree in Digital
    Media at Ryerson University.

    Date modified:
        2018-11-11


    https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/first-nations-priorities-require-sustained-attention-and-action-by-new-federal-cabinet---afn-national-chief-688607551.html

    First Nations Priorities Require Sustained Attention and Action by New
    Federal Cabinet - AFN National Chief

    News provided by
    Assembly of First Nations     

    Jul 19, 2018, 08:52 ET


    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to the federal cabinet
    at Rideau Hall in Ottawa yesterday. Changes impact 10 members of
    cabinet. It was noted that Minister Pablo Rodriguez is replacing
    Mélanie Joly as Minister of Heritage and Multiculturalism. That
    Ministry has been overseeing work with First Nations and Indigenous
    peoples on the Indigenous Languages Initiative and the Indigenous
    Languages Act. As well, Minister Carolyn Bennett is now Minister of
    Crown-Indigenous Relations, with the Northern Affairs portfolio under
    Minister Dominic Leblanc.


    For further information: Jenna Young Castro, AFN Communications
    Officer, 613-241-6789 ext 201, 613-314-8157 (cell), jyoung@afn.ca;
    Monica Poirier, Bilingual Communications Officer, Assembly of First
    Nations, 613-241-6789 ext. 382, 613-292-0857, poirierm@afn.ca

    Don Kelly. Director – Communications. Email: dkelly@afn.ca. Ph: 613-241-6789
    Ext. 200. Toll-Free: 1-866-869-6789. Fax: 613-241-5808.


    https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/11/attn-minister-pablo-rodriguez-why-does.html

    Monday, 12 November 2018
    ATTN Minister Pablo Rodriguez Why does CBC and VIAFOURA and their
    client "Samuel Porter" aka "Harold Benson" practice libel against me
    Imagine doing such a thing to their former boss Minister Joly N'esy
    Pas?




    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 02:59:48 +0000
    Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Minister Pablo Rodriguez Why does CBC
    and VIAFOURA and their client "Samuel Porter" aka "Harold Benson"
    practice libel against me
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    Thank you for contacting The Globe and Mail.


    Monday, 12 November 2018
    Methinks Mr Trump and his new Attorney General know more about Canada
    and Frank McKenna in particular when he was our man in Washington
    N'esy Pas?
    https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies


    David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
    Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and  49 others
    Methinks if folks only knew the LIEbrano lawyers Franky Boy McKenna
    and Melanie Joly as well as I do they would easily understand what a
    monumental joke this is on us all N'esy Pas?

    https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/11/methinks-mr-trump-and-his-new-attorney.html


     #nbpoli #cdnpoli


    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-tourism-canada-election-1.4900070


    https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/11/attn-minister-pablo-rodriguez-why-does.html



    Liberals planning national tourism strategy as part of election-year
    economic pitch



    1035 Comments
     Commenting is now closed for this story.

    Charles Beale
    Content disabled.
    Would this "pitch" be classified as a unicorn or a rainbow?

    You realize this is just the liberals grasping at straws.


    David Amos
    @Scott Norman "You realize this is just the liberals grasping at straws."

    Methinks if folks knew the lawyers Frank McKenna and Melanie Joly as
    well as I do then they would easily understand what a monumental joke
    this is to me N'esy Pas?

    Richard Sharp
    @Scott Norman

    The Lib government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to grow
    the middle class. You must have noticed. Most Canadians have.

    David Amos
    @Richard Sharp Welcome back to the Circus


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:21:16 -0400
    Subject: James Turk at Free Expression did not pick his phones so I
    called the Snobby Hong Kong dude Sandy Boucher and he certainly
    remembered me as I spoke of the Supreme Court
    To: Sandy.Boucher@ca.gt.com, "jacqueline.maarse"
    <jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com>, stephen.davidson@saintjohn.ca,
    jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, "Furey, John"
    <jfurey@nbpower.com>, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, washington field
    <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "allan.cutler"
    <allan.cutler@canadians4accountability.org>, david
    <david@fairwhistleblower.ca>, cfe@ryerson.ca, Mary.Lynk@cbc.ca,
    Ideas.Proposals@cbc.ca, "ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
    "hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"
    <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, wharrison <wharrison@nbpower.com>,
    "len.hoyt"<len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>, ecdesmond
    <ecdesmond@nbeub.ca>, "Senator.Sinclair"
    <Senator.Sinclair@sen.parl.gc.ca>, dayja <dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
    "wayne.easter"<wayne.easter@parl.gc.ca>, "Diane.Lebouthillier"
    <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca>, George J Russell TIGTA
    <j.Russell.George@tigta.treas.gov>, "mark.vespucci"
    <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, "dean.buzza"<dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, ethics-ethique
    <ethics-ethique@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
    <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
    <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, postur <postur@for.is>, smari
    <smari@immi.is>, editor <editor@wikileaks.org>, mcohen
    <mcohen@trumporg.com>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
    "brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
    jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "dominic.leblanc"
    <dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
    "guy.caron"<guy.caron@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"
    <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>

    http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/09/cbc-says-suppressing-unwanted-views.html

    Thursday, 28 September 2017

    CBC says Suppressing unwanted views never works Survey Says???


    http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html

    Sunday, 19 November 2017

    Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
    It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
    The Supreme Court

    https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do


    Federal Court of Appeal Decisions

    Amos v. Canada
    Court (s) Database

    Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
    Date

    2017-10-30
    Neutral citation

    2017 FCA 213
    File numbers

    A-48-16
    Date: 20171030

    Docket: A-48-16
    Citation: 2017 FCA 213
    CORAM:

    WEBB J.A.
    NEAR J.A.
    GLEASON J.A.


    BETWEEN:
    DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
    Respondent on the cross-appeal
    (and formally Appellant)
    and
    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
    Appellant on the cross-appeal
    (and formerly Respondent)
    Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
    Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
    REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:

    THE COURT



    Date: 20171030

    Docket: A-48-16
    Citation: 2017 FCA 213
    CORAM:

    WEBB J.A.
    NEAR J.A.
    GLEASON J.A.


    BETWEEN:
    DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
    Respondent on the cross-appeal
    (and formally Appellant)
    and
    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
    Appellant on the cross-appeal
    (and formerly Respondent)
    REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT

    I.                    Introduction

    [1]               On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
    filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
    against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
    in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
    Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
    properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
    that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
    Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
    (Claim at para. 96).

    [2]               On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
    motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
    Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
    amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
    disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
    and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
    Prothontary’s Order).


    [3]               On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
    Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
    Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
    Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
    for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
    2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).


    [4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
    Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
    Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
    As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
    cross-appeal.


    II.                 Preliminary Matter

    [5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
    relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
    6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
    the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
    This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
    had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
    Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
    several judges but did not name those judges.

    [6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
    identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
    had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
    with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
    Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
    the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
    subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
    c. F-7:


    5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
    office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
    jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
    Appeal.
    […]

    5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
    d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
    les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
    […]
    5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
    that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
    jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.

    5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
    Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
    juges de la Cour fédérale.


    [7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
    judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
    versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
    Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
    section.
    [8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide that:
    3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
    — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
    Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
    continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
    for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
    a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

    3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
    fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
    français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
    à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
    Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
    continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
    matière civile et pénale.
    4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
    — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
    English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
    additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
    the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
    court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

    4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
    première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
    Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
    maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
    d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
    canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
    compétence en matière civile et pénale.


    [9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
    two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
    (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
    Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
    need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
    Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
    to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
    file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
    decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
    that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
    appeal book.


    [10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
    March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
    Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
    conflict in any matter related to him.


    [11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
    before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
    conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
    Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
    Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
    Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
    Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
    cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
    Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
    will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
    before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
    relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.


    [12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
    the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
    submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
    conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
    afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
    that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
    view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
    documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
    documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
    judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
    copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
    such judge had a conflict.


    [13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
    that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
    2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
    that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
    had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
    therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
    of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
    personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
    Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
    was a member of such firm.


    [14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
    appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
    focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
    Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
    the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
    particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
    lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
    after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
    Court of Canada over 10 years ago.


    [15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
    alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
    Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
    Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
    practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
    Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
    who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
    affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
    that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
    letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
    Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
    Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
    “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
    Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
    possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
    [16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
    was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
    Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
    259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
    judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
    apprehension of bias:
    60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
    criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
    Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
    Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
    reasonable apprehension of bias:
    … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
    reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
    question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
    of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
    viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
    the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
    than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
    unconsciously, would not decide fairly."

    [17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
    person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
    thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
    give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
    previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
    administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
    rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
    Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
    also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
    (4th) 193).

    [18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
    Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
    Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
    particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
    case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
    involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
    Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
    judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
    lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
    determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
    rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
    27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
    finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
    which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
    as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.


    28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
    asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
    the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
    taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
    defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
    judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
    Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
    Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
    there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
    and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."


    29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
    inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
    different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
    judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
    of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
    conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
    involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
    in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
    for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
    interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
    statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
    information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
    opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
    His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
    had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
    unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.


    30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
    of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
    disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
    two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
    recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
    that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
    that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
    time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
                To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
    the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
    involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
    the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
    circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
    or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
    31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
    Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
    trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
    been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
    his former firm for a considerable period of time.


    32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
    realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
    and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
    of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
    in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
    In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
    trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
    his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
    decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
    either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
    client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
    off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
    client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
    earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
    events from over a decade ago.
    (emphasis added)

    [19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
    involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
    Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
    clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
    alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
    Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
    Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
    Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
    had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
    was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
    involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
    with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
    sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
    Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
    also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
    Webb hearing this appeal.

    [20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
    (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
    reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
    the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
    with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.

    [21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
    F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
    reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
    lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
    was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
    Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
    Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.

    [22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
    stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
    of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
    He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
    entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
    and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
    to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
    police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
    enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
    conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.

    [23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
    apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
    to recuse himself.

    [24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
    experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
    the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
    confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
    Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.

    [25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
    Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
    that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
    a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
    both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
    Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
    begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
    you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
    was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
    Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
    for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
    not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.


    III.               Issue

    [26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
    Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
    in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
    Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
    legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?

    IV.              Analysis

    A.                 Standard of Review

    [27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
    Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
    be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
    made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
    Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
    402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
    this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
    articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
    [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
    Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
    prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
    case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
    the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
    error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
    law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
    a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
    if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
    determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
    (Hospira at paras. 82-83).

    [28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
    assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
    must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
    erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
    interfere.


    B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
    Prothonotary’s Order?

    [29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
    paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
    Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:

    17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
    addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
    of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
    in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
    the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
    the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
    or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
    does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
    (…)


    21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
    provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
    the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
    Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
    determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
    A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
    only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
    best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
    suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
    [footnotes omitted].


    [30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
    on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
    that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
    liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
    who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
    included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
    the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
    paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
    identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
    Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
    para. 27).


    [31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
    cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
    identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
    2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:


    [13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
    69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
    determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
    element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:

    a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
    conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;

    b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
    conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and

    c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
    officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
    public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
    Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
    (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).

    [32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
    material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
    public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
    Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
    “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).

    [33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
    in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
    D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:

    …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
    assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
    negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
    “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
    upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
    conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
    of process…

    To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
    requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
    out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
    officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
    office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
    mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
    allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
    a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
    (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).

    [34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
    Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
    absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.

    [35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
    disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
    basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
    ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
    the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
    engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
    conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
    faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
    the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
    these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
    non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
    Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
    the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
    barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
    supporting a cause of action.

    [36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
    allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
    reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
    Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
    Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
    find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
    The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
    amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).

    V.                 Conclusion
    [37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
    cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
    dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
    November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
    without leave to amend.
    "Wyman W. Webb"
    J.A.
    "David G. Near"
    J.A.
    "Mary J.L. Gleason"
    J.A.



    FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
    NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

    A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
    JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
    DOCKET:

    A-48-16



    STYLE OF CAUSE:

    DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN



    PLACE OF HEARING:

    Fredericton,
    New Brunswick

    DATE OF HEARING:

    May 24, 2017

    REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

    WEBB J.A.
    NEAR J.A.
    GLEASON J.A.

    DATED:

    October 30, 2017





    APPEARANCES:
    David Raymond Amos


    For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
    (on his own behalf)

    Jan Jensen


    For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL

    SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
    Nathalie G. Drouin
    Deputy Attorney General of Canada

    For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL


    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:20:01 -0400
    Subject: Attn James Turk RE Free Expression I believe spoke before
    To: james.turk@ryerson.ca
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

    https://theconversation.com/free-expression-at-universities-gagged-by-anti-trump-backlash-83079

    Free expression at universities gagged by anti-Trump backlash
    August 28, 2017 7.00pm EDT
    Protesters demonstrate on the University of Washington campus where
    far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was giving a speech in Seattle
    on the same day Donald Trump was sworn in as president. (AP Photo/Ted
    S. Warren)

    Author
    James Turk
    Director, Centre for Free Expression & Distinguished Visiting
    Professor, Ryerson University

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    funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this
    article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the
    academic appointment above.

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    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:50:36 -0400
    Subject: Sandy Boucher I wish that you had trusted me today
    To: Sandy.Boucher@ca.gt.com, "jacqueline.maarse"
    <jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com>, stephen.davidson@saintjohn.ca,
    jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
    Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, washington field
    <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "allan.cutler"
    <allan.cutler@canadians4accountability.org>, david
    <david@fairwhistleblower.ca>
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, cfe@ryerson.ca,
    Mary.Lynk@cbc.ca, Ideas.Proposals@cbc.ca, "ht.lacroix"
    <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>, "hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>,
    "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>

    After all your lawyers and your friend David Hutton and their pals in
    the the CBC, the RCMP and the FBI cannot deny that I am the guy who
    cannot afford to trust anyone

    http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/don-t-shoot-the-messenger-the-value-of-whistleblowing-1.4090385


    Tuesday September 26, 2017
    Don't shoot the messenger: The value of whistleblowing

    Protestors lend support as David House, a founding member of the
    Bradley Manning Support Network, testifies in US Federal Courthouse in
    Arlington, Virginia, June 15, 2011, to testify before the Federal
    Grand Jury, regarding the investigation on WikiLeaks.

    Protestors lend support as David House, a founding member of the
    Bradley Manning Support Network, testifies in US Federal Courthouse in
    Arlington, Virginia, June 15, 2011, to testify before the Federal
    Grand Jury, regarding the investigation on WikiLeaks. (AUL J.
    RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
    Listen to Full Episode 54:00

    Recorded at Ryerson University's Centre for Free Expression, Paul
    Kennedy hosts a panel on why whistleblowers are vital to the public
    interest...and how their exposure of wrongdoing can ultimately be
    helpful, even to their workplace. Investigator Sandy Boucher,
    international expert Anna Myers, and Canadian advocate David Hutton
    join forces to explain why they believe whistleblowers should be heard
    and protected. **This episode originally aired April 28, 2017.
    Ideas
    Investigator Sandy Boucher tells the John Le Carré-like story of Brian
    McAdam, a Canadian diplomat who spoke out about links he saw between
    organized crime in Asia and the Canadian government in the 1990s.
    00:00 00:59




    When people are asked to name a whistleblower these days, they likely
    think of the headline-grabbing story of Edward Snowden. His leak of
    classified documents detailing widespread surveillance by the National
    Security Agency provoked global debate.


    "I think in the U.S. system...it was always seen that a whistleblower
    is someone who goes outside to a journalist. For most individuals,
    that is the last port of call, rather than the first...People don't
    think about going to the journalist. So I think there's a lot of
    misconception...around whistleblowing."— Anna Myers, Whistleblowing
    International Network

    Whistleblower Panel at the Ryerson Centre for Free Expression

    Paul Kennedy, left, with panellists Anna Myers, David Hutton, and
    Sandy Boucher at Ryerson's Centre for Free Expression in Toronto,
    March 2017 (Ange Holmes/Ryerson Centre for Free Expression)
    In fact, the vast majority of whistleblowing occurs on a smaller scale
    — and far away from the media's gaze, and the public's knowledge. That
    can make the act of calling out fraud, corruption, and misbehaviour a
    risky business for workers who speak up. While they may not need to
    flee to Russia like Snowden, the repercussions can be personally and
    professionally devastating. That is true particularly when those in
    power decide to self-protectively circle their wagons and deliberately
    undermine the reputation of the employee who is speaking out. Still,
    according to our panel, most whistleblowers likely would do it all
    over again.


    "From my perspective, a great many whistleblowers — perhaps the vast
    majority of them — get into trouble by doing what they see as their
    job… And most of them feel they don't have any choice about it, and
    many of them have no idea of how serious the consequences may be for
    them."  — David Hutton


    Sandy Boucher, David Hutton, and Anna Myers collectively share decades
    of experience talking to whistleblowers from both the private and
    public sectors — from medical researchers to tree surgeons. Through
    whistleblower hotlines and meetings, they give them advice, and bear
    witness to what happens in the wake of people's disclosures.

    That's what unites them in believing that whistleblowing keeps
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    healthy. That's also why they are calling for better protection for
    whistleblowers themselves — at home in Canada, and internationally.
    Specifically, they call for better government legislation and clearer
    policies, as well as investigative reporting that follows through.
    There may need to be an attitude change on the employer level as well.
    Whistleblowing, after all, is as an opportunity: it exposes a serious
    internal problem that can be investigated and curtailed at earlier
    stages, with less damage to all involved.


    Guests in this episode:

        Sandy Boucher is a fraud and corruption investigator, and Senior
    Manager with Grant Thornton LLP. He's also a former Superintendent
    with the Royal Hong Kong Police.

        David Hutton is a longtime proponent of whistleblower protection
    in Canada, and the former Executive Director of FAIR -- the Federal
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        Anna Myers is a legal expert, and the Executive Director of WIN -
    the Whistleblowing International Network.


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    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "Maarse, Jacqueline"<Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com>
    Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:54:05 +0000
    Subject: Your call today with Grant Thornton
    To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    Dear Mr. Amos,

    Further to your call with the 2 gentlemen in our Moncton office today,
    we appreciate your interest in Grant Thornton.  We ask that you direct
    any correspondence you may wish to send to my attention at the address
    indicated below.  We will not be in a position to copy documents from
    your computer and we ask that you do not attend at our offices for
    that purpose.  As indicated in the call, communications relating to
    ongoing litigation are dealt with by our General Counsel's Office and
    our partners and staff are not able to engage with you on these
    matters.

    Regards,
    Jacqueline Maarse

    Jacqueline Maarse | General Counsel
    Grant Thornton LLP
    12th Floor | 50 Bay Street | Toronto | ON | M5J 2Z8

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    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:43:22 -0400
    Subject: Re: Information The Crown should have shared my files with
    you before you contacted me
    To: "Davidson, Stephen"<stephen.davidson@saintjohn.ca>,
    jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
    Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
    Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
    Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
    Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
    To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    Mr. Amos,
    We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
    Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
    Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
    of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
    against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
    General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
    not be responding to further emails on this matter.

    Department of Justice


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
    Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
    Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
    To: coi@gnb.ca
    Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

    Good Day Sir

    After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
    to speak to one of your staff for the first time

    Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
    answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
    at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
    Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.

    These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
    suggested that you study closely.

    This is the docket in Federal Court

    http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T

    These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings

    Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug

    January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015

    April 3rd, 2017

    https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing


    This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal

    http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All


    The only hearing thus far

    May 24th, 2017

    https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown


    This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity

    Date: 20151223

    Docket: T-1557-15

    Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015

    PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell

    BETWEEN:

    DAVID RAYMOND AMOS

    Plaintiff

    and

    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

    Defendant

    ORDER

    (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
    December 14, 2015)

    The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
    the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
    12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
    in its entirety.

    At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
    letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
    capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
    Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
    (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
    he stated:

    As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
    work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
    You are your brother’s keeper.

    Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
    colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
    expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
    people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
    or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
    me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
    Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
    Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
    Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
    former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
    Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
    Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
    of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
    Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
    Police.

    In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
    personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
    potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
    of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
    hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
    Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
    [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
    allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
    requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.


    AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
    the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
    is no order as to costs.

    “B. Richard Bell”
    Judge


    Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
    already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
    to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.

     I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
    Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
    bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
    lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?

    "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most

    http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html

    83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
    in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
    allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
    five years after he began his bragging:

    January 13, 2015
    This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate

    December 8, 2014
    Why Canada Stood Tall!

    Friday, October 3, 2014
    Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
    Stupid Justin Trudeau?


    Vertias Vincit
    David Raymond Amos
    902 800 0369


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "Kulik, John"<john.kulik@mcinnescooper.com>
    Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 17:37:49 +0000
    Subject: McInnes Cooper
    To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
    "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

    Dear Mr. Amos:

    I am General Counsel for McInnes Cooper. If you need to communicate
    with our firm, please do so through me.

    Thank you.

    John Kulik
    [McInnes Cooper]<http://www.mcinnescooper.com/>

    John Kulik Q.C.
    Partner & General Counsel
    McInnes Cooper

    tel +1 (902) 444 8571 | fax +1 (902) 425 6350

    1969 Upper Water Street
    Suite 1300
    Purdy's Wharf Tower II Halifax, NS, B3J 2V1

    asst Cathy Ohlhausen | +1 (902) 455 8215



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    On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

    If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
     Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
    As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I musta sk
    them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY

    What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
    USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball cards?

    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
    <fin.financepublic-financepublique.fin@canada.ca>
    Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
    Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
    T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
    correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
    comments.

    Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
    électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
    commentaires.

    http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006

    http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html

    http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139

    https://archive.org/details/WiretapTape143

    http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc


    FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
    Senator Arlen Specter
    United States Senate
    Committee on the Judiciary
    224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510

    Dear Mr. Specter:

    I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
    named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
    raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
    these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact
    with you about this previously.

    Very truly yours,
    Barry A. Bachrach
    Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
    Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
    Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: "MacKay, Peter"Peter.MacKay@bakermckenzie.com
    Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:39:17 +0000
    Subject: Automatic reply: YO Minister Jean-Yves.Duclos Once again you
    are welcome Now how about the RCMP, the LIEbranos and all the other
    parliamentarians start acting with some semblance of Integrity after
    all these years?
    To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

    Thank you for your email.  I am currently out of the office attending
    meetings and have limited access to email and voicemail.  If your
    matter is urgent, or if you require assistance, please contact my
    assistant, Nicole Bruni at nicole.bruni@bakermckenzie.com or at (416)
    865-3861.


    This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If
    it has been sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of
    the error and then immediately delete this message.  Please visit
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    concerning this message.


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
    Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
    just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
    does he lie to me after all this time???
    To: president <president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm
    <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.ca, MulcaT
    <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
    B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au,
    pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press
    <press@bankofengland.co.uk>, "Andrew.Bailey"
    <Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
    fin.financepublic-financepublique.fin@canada.ca, newsroom
    <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "CNN.Viewer.Communications.Management"
    <CNN.Viewer.Communications.Management@cnn.com>, news-tips
    <news-tips@nytimes.com>, lionel <lionel@lionelmedia.com>
    Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
    elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com, elizabeththompson"
    <elizabeththompson@ipolitics.ca>, djtjr <djtjr@trumporg.com>,
    "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, postur <postur@for.is>,
    stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
    "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison
    <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>

    ---------- Original message ----------
    From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
    Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
    Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
    called and left a message for you
    To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

    Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
    counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
    directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
    directed to 646-853-0114.
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    On 9/22/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 20:45:15 -0400
    > Subject: Attn Robert David Steele FYI Hillary Clinton and tainted
    > blood killed more Canadians than 911 killed Yankees I called your cell
    > (571 748 9749) from Nova Scotia (902 800 0369) after I listened to you
    > talk to Richie Allen
    > To: robert.david.steele.vivas@gmail.com, richie@richieallen.co.uk,
    > pfeely@unionleader.com, "inspector.general"
    > <inspector.general@usdoj.gov>, washington field
    > <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
    > "Peter.Edge"<Peter.Edge@dhs.gov>, "Gilles.Blinn"
    > <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
    > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov,
    > "rod.knecht"<rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
    > <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>
    >
    > Ask the very corrupt and very evil ex RCMP dudes Rod Knecht and Gilles
    > Moreau about the cover up of tainted blood for the benefit of the
    > Clintons and their Canadian cohorts.
    >
    >
    >
    > FYI Enjoy some of my work against FEDS
    >
    > Saturday, 22 June 2013
    > I must tell all why I am astounded and delighted that Prez Obama would
    > appoint the crook James Comey of all people to be the boss of the FBI
    >
    > http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/i-must-tell-all-why-i-am-astounded-and.html
    >
    > "It's all about Lying" For years I often qouted Comey's bullshit
    > statement about the Martha Stewart matter because Comey was the
    > biggest liar of them all.
    >
    > http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/10/martha-stewart-and-me.html
    >
    > Just so ya know as you look at the picture within PDF file hereto
    > attached of me teasing Ashcroft you all know Comey and every US
    > Attorney and a host of others in the USA received exactly the same
    > material that their former bosses did at about the same point in time
    > in 2003. Everybody and his dog I received many answers LONG BEFORE the
    > VERY corrupt lawyers Spitzer and Cutler and all the others testified
    > before the Senate Banking Committee in November of 2003 about Putnum
    > Investments and I stuck my nose into the Martha Stewart matter just
    > for sshits and giggles.
    >
    > In one pdf file alone that can be easily found all over the Internet
    > for years anyone can find some of letters to Ashcroft the US Attornies
    > Whitey Bulger's family lawyers, Mueller as the boss of the FBI and
    > some the evil work of Ashcroft's law firm partner Michael Sullivan and
    > Mueler's old buddy Judge Sterns
    >
    > http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2619437-CROSS-BORDER-txt-.pdf
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    > Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:23:24 -0300
    > Subject: ATTN FBI Special Agent Richard Deslauriers Have you talked to
    > your buddies Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly about the wiretap tapes YET?
    > To: boston@ic.fbi.gov, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, "bob.paulson"
    > <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Kevin.leahy"
    > <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov,
    > us.marshals@usdoj.gov, Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney
    > <jcarney@carneybassil.com>, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net
    > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, birgittaj
    > <birgittaj@althingi.is>, shmurphy@globe.com, Red Ice Creations
    > <redicecreations@gmail.com>
    >
    > FBI Boston
    > One Center Plaza
    > Suite 600
    > Boston, MA 02108
    > Phone: (617) 742-5533
    > Fax: (617) 223-6327
    > E-mail: Boston@ic.fbi.gov
    >
    > Hours
    > Although we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our normal
    > "walk-in" business hours are from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
    > through Friday. If you need to speak with a FBI representative at any
    > time other than during normal business hours, please telephone our
    > office at (617) 742-5533.
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:20:20 -0300
    > Subject: Yo Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly your buddy Whitey's trial is
    > finally underway now correct? What the hell do I do with the wiretap
    > tapes Sell them on Ebay?
    > To: Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov,
    > Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney <jcarney@carneybassil.com>,
    > bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, michael wolfheart
    > <wolfheartlodge@live.com>, jonathan.albano@bingham.com,
    > shmurphy@globe.com, mvalencia@globe.com
    > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, oldmaison
    > <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov, rounappletree@aol.com
    >
    > http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/05/james-whitey-bulger-jury-selection-process-enters-second-day/KjS80ofyMMM5IkByK74bkK/story.html
    >
    > http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
    >
    > As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must ask
    > them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
    >
    > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
    >
    > What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
    > USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
    > cards?
    >
    > http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006
    >
    > http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
    >
    > http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
    >
    > http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
    >
    > FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
    > Senator Arlen Specter
    > United States Senate
    > Committee on the Judiciary
    > 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    > Washington, DC 20510
    >
    > Dear Mr. Specter:
    >
    > I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
    > named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
    > raised in the attached letter.
    >
    > Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes.
    >
    > I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
    >
    > Very truly yours,
    > Barry A. Bachrach
    > Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
    > Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
    > Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Obviously i checked some of your work with FEDS. Once a Fed always a Fed
    > EH?
    >
    > MEMORANDUM FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    > SECRETARY OF STATE
    > SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
    > DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
    > ADMINISTRATOR, US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    >
    > SUBJECT: Supporting the President’s Interest in 2015 Defense,
    > Diplomacy, and Development Innovation – the Open Source (Technologies)
    > Agency, Digital Deserts, & Global Stabilization
    >
    > Inspired by the Secretary of Defense and his 11 September 2015
    > internal call for ideas related to the convergence of technological
    > innovation with defense, diplomacy, and development objectives, an
    > Open Source (Technologies) Agency is proposed. This agency, twice
    > discussed during the past fifteen years within the Office of
    > Management and Budget (OMB) (in an earlier information-focused
    > incarnation), is now proposed as a comprehensive innovation engine
    > that addresses nine distinct open source technology groups itemized
    > below:
    >
    >
    >
    > ---------- Original message ----------
    > From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
    > Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 23:35:10 +0000
    > Subject: Re: Fwd: David Eby's sneaky question I am HOMELESS Thus I
    > have no MLA whatsoever nor an MP or Congressman willing speak for me
    > or to me for that matter.
    > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >
    >
    > Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
    >
    > Kveðja / Best regards
    > Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
    >
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
    > Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 23:35:14 +0000
    > Subject: Re: Fwd: David Eby's sneaky question I am HOMELESS Thus I
    > have no MLA whatsoever nor an MP or Congressman willing speak for me
    > or to me for that matter.
    > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >
    >
    > Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
    >
    > Kveðja / Best regards
    > Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
    >
    > On 7/23/16, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
    >
    >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:55:29 -0400
    >> Subject: Fwd: David Eby's sneaky question I am HOMELESS Thus I have no
    >> MLA whatsoever nor an MP or Congressman willing speak for me or to me
    >> for that matter.
    >> To: "david.eby.mla"<david.eby.mla@leg.bc.ca>, premier
    >> <premier@gov.ab.ca>, gail.thomsen@gov.ab.ca, philip.bryden@gov.ab.ca,
    >> janice.ashcroft@gov.ab.ca, veronica.jubinville@gov.ab.ca,
    >> ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca, heidi.friedrich@gov.ab.ca,
    >> eric.tolppanen@gov.ab.ca, "bob.paulson"<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
    >> "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, mcu
    >> <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, michelle.doyle@gov.ab.ca, "geoff.crowe"
    >> <geoff.crowe@edmontonpolice.ca>
    >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, Monika Schaefer
    >> <monika_schaefer@hotmail.com>, premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, radical
    >> <radical@radicalpress.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
    >> markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre
    >> <andre@jafaust.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, press
    >> <press@bankofengland.co.uk>, premier <premier@gov.nl.ca>, PREMIER
    >> <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>, "brian.jean"
    >> <brian.jean@assembly.ab.ca>
    >>
    >> Hey David Eby
    >>
    >> How dumb to do think I am? I hung up on your assistant as soon as she
    >> asked me that sneaky question. EVERY politician's assistant asked me
    >> the same damned question since 2002 when they realized they were in
    >> deep shit. Look how many responses I got over the years in which
    >> politicians always deferred me to someone else rather than call me a
    >> liar. DUHHH??? Did you forget you are a lawyer and how much I love to
    >> sue lawyers?
    >>
    >> Everybody and his dog knows I have homeless for eleven years. I made
    >> certain that you politicians and your corrupt cops knew that far too
    >> many evil people have made fun about that fact over the years for to
    >> try to play dumb now.
    >>
    >> Remember these perverts" video about my ongoing lawsuit in Federal Court?
    >>
    >> The Mad Shangi Show "The Roast of David Raymond Amos: Cyberstalker"
    >> Streamed live on Apr 23, 2016
    >>
    >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu8z4ouinY0
    >>
    >> (BTW the perverts Doran and Winters and the corrupt cops covering for
    >> them in Calgary and Edmonton got the same email you are acknowledging)
    >>
    >> Hell because of the fact that I am homeless I can't even vote. However
    >> I did manage to run for public office FOUR more times thus far since I
    >> crossed paths with YOU on June 19th, 2004 CORRECT Stevey Boy Harper?
    >>
    >> Remember when I explained it to Mean Mikey Duffy's old buddy Stevey
    >> Boy Murphy on CTV during the election of the 39th Parliament while my
    >> young family spent their first Xmass without their Father? Man you
    >> smiling bastards are cruel EH?
    >>
    >> Me,Myself and I
    >>
    >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERN3OrEBWU
    >>
    >> CBC and all their Fake Left political pals have never acknowleged the
    >> I ever ran for public office let alone the reasons why I returned to
    >> Canada the first time in order to run for a seat in the the 38th
    >> Parliament when I did have a Yankee home N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister
    >> Trudeau "The Younger" ?
    >>
    >> David Eby as a former "Human Rights" lawyer YOU and your buddy Premier
    >> Clarke and all her old pals such as Gordy Campbell and Wally Oppal
    >> certainly know why. YOU Ebly cannot deny obvious. The document
    >> entitled to "Maritime Attorney Generals" that was attached to the
    >> email your assistant is responding today should have you think twice
    >> before pissing me off even further.
    >>
    >> For the PUBLIC RECORD anyone can read the text of the email from Gordy
    >> Campbell to me in June 2008 just scroll down. Your NDP fanboyz in in
    >> Fat Fred City were so excited to read it they blogged about it almost
    >> instantly and inserted a a snap shot of mean old me from Murphy's CTV
    >> interview and then teased me about Campbell being a smiling bastard
    >> CORRECT? I bet the emai below is one of many of mine that the evil BC
    >> Libranos had triple deleted EH?
    >>
    >> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html
    >>
    >>
    >> FYI The day the letters to Cambbell and many others were sent was the
    >> very day I split Beantown for Canada in order to try to save my Clan's
    >> home. After my wife was illegally evicted under threat of arrest by
    >> FAKE COPS I got stuck in Canada without my family. David Eby knows
    >> what I say is true his email client has ethically answered my emails
    >> many times. Yet after all these years he finally has his assistant try
    >> to play dumb on his behalf with a real email AFTER i called he a
    >> discussed this very email with her?
    >>
    >> In my humble opinion YOU need a lawyer Davey Baby. The MURDERS that
    >> Lonnie Landrud witnessed in BC that you as an officer of the court and
    >> parliamentarian are assisting in the coverup thereof are CAPITAL
    >> crimes. Check the Canadian Criminal Code you know as well as I that
    >> YOU should do 14 years in JAIL if the truth of those MURDERS are ever
    >> revealed. I have called your various offices several times over the
    >> years and talked to your coworkers and assistants. Somebody must have
    >> said something. You may not know about Landrud's latest video but you
    >> must have read at least one of my emails to you and your nasty buddy
    >> Josh who block my emails now. Plus you have got to remember some blogs
    >> I mentioned you within EH David Ebly?
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: postur@irr.is
    >> Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 02:03:06 +0000
    >> Subject: Re: [Mogulegur Ruslpostur] Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook
    >> Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP
    >> lawyer David Eby in BC or your mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland
    >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >>
    >> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
    >>
    >> Kveðja / Best regards
    >> nnanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
    >>
    >>
    >> lonnies interveaw 003
    >>
    >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flqbj-KHGSg
    >>
    >> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/03/fwd-yo-bobby-boy-paulson-whereas-many.html
    >>
    >> Sunday, 21 December 2014
    >> Fwd: Re Murdered and missing women Please view the pdf file hereto
    >> attached to view a copy of Lonnie Landrud's Nov 16th, 2014 letter
    >>
    >> http://davidraymondamos.blogspot.ca/
    >>
    >>
    >> Sunday, 18 May 2014
    >> Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen
    >> Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP lawyer David Eby in BC or your
    >> mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland
    >>
    >> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yo-birgitta-who-is-more-of-crook-julian.html
    >>
    >>
    >> I have sent you links to Lonnie Landrud's concerns countless times and
    >> your email client has acknowleged that simple fact.
    >>
    >> Veritas Vincit
    >> David Raymond Amos
    >>
    >> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/triple-deleted-emails-shed-light-on-troubling-political-culture-1.3286959
    >>
    >> Triple deleted emails shed light on troubling political culture
    >> How access to information policy can be interpreted in so many different
    >> ways.
    >> By Richard Zussman, CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2015 8:00 AM PT
    >>
    >> "Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod
    >> if you can wink."
    >>
    >> Boston Ward boss Martin Lomasney spoke those words nearly a century
    >> ago, long before the existence of emails, freedom of information or
    >> Christy Clark for that matter.
    >>
    >> But the B.C. premier's government appears to be operating by
    >> Lomasney's credo all the same. "
    >>
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: "OfficeofthePremier, Office PREM:EX"<Premier@gov.bc.ca>
    >> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:37:45 -0700
    >> Subject: RE: This was the text of the letter to the "Not so Good" Dr.
    >> Hamm Gordon Campbell c/o Att. Generals. Mikey Baker and Wally Oppal
    >> years ago
    >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
    >>
    >> Thank you for your emails. We are acknowledging receipt of your
    >> correspondence and want to let you know that your comments have been
    >> noted.
    >>
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com]
    >> Sent: Wed, May 28, 2008 7:54 PM
    >> To: OfficeofthePremier, Office PREM:EX; haneyt@gov.ns.ca;
    >> uarb.polcom@gov.ns.ca; Casey.B@parl.gc.ca; fundyroyalndp@gmail.com;
    >> day.s@parl.gc.ca; moore.r@parl.gc.ca; thompson.g@parl.gc.ca;
    >> ted.tax@justice.gc.ca; hawks-cafe@hotmail.com; avalonbeef@msn.com
    >> Cc: danf@danf.net; alltrue@nl.rogers.com; oldmaison@yahoo.com;
    >> injusticecoalition@hotmail.com; W-Five@ctv.ca
    >> Subject: This was the text of the letter to the "Not so Good" Dr. Hamm
    >> Gordon Campbell c/o Att. Generals. Mikey Baker and Wally Oppal years
    >> ago
    >>
    >> This was the latest spot that that I posted it on the web
    >>
    >> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/05/david-amos-high-noon-email-to-ottawa.html
    >>
    >>
    >> Hey Willy Boy
    >>
    >> My obvious question is did you advise the good Doctor Hamm from your
    >> post in the shadows to ignore the following letter or to just quit
    >> after you dudes realized what was within the material that did come
    >> with it? Perhaps you should see if Mikey Baker is willing to call me a
    >> liar and put it in writing before you answer this post.
    >>
    >> The next time you are chowing down on some tough lobster with Dr. Hamm
    >> (This is no joke my baby brother drowned while fishing for scallops.
    >> He did die for them. I am starting to wonder if you are being
    >> personaly insulting to me. If so that was a low blow. The instant I
    >> read it I saw red. Now I am on a miision to find out exactly who you
    >> are) Perhaps you should ask Hamm what the Hell Mikey Baker did with
    >> the copy of wiretap tape # 139. I am certain Belinda Stronach's lawyer
    >> Don Amos and her lates VP Paul Cellucci would like to know when and
    >> where it may surface. It does invole Horse racing, gambling and murder
    >> or didn't Hamm tell you everything before offering you his job.
    >>
    >> For the record this is the text of the cover letter sent to Baker etc.
    >>
    >> Lets see what Mr. Speaker has to say now. I believe he is an ex cop
    >> ain't he? Lets see if he remembers how to uphold the law. If not don't
    >> you think it is high time that the lawyers in the NDP give the crooked
    >> Conservative Goverment the Boot? Everybody knows they are lapdogs for
    >> George W. Bush. Why else did he make it a point to fly down and see
    >> them last year and snub Paul Martin and his cohorts in Ottawa?
    >>
    >> July 31st, 2005
    >>
    >> Lt. Gov. Norman L. Kwong
    >> Premier Ralph Klein
    >> c/o Att. Gen. Ron Stevens
    >> 208 Legislature Building
    >> 9E210800 - 97 Avenue
    >> Edmonton, Alberta T5K
    >>
    >> Lt. Gov. Iona V. Campagnolo
    >> Premier Gordon Campbell
    >> c/o Att. Gen. Wally Oppal
    >> Stn Prov Govt PO Box 9044
    >> Parliament Buildings East Annex
    >> 2B6 Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
    >>
    >> Lt. Gov. Myra A. Freeman
    >> Premier John F. Hamm
    >> c/o Att. Gen. Michael Baker
    >> Department of Justice 4th Floor
    >> Terminal Road
    >> P.O. Box 7
    >> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2L6
    >>
    >> Lt. Gov. J. Léonce Bernard
    >> Premier Pat G. Binns
    >> c/o Att. Gen. Mildred A. Dover
    >> Fourth Floor, Shaw Building, North
    >> 105 Rochford Street Room 5151
    >> P.O. Box 2000
    >> Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N8
    >>
    >> RE: Public Corruption
    >>
    >> Hey,
    >>
    >> Apparently everybody wanted to play dumb about my concerns and
    >> allegations so that Humpty Dumpty Martin's minority government would
    >> not fall and they could party hardy while the Queen was in Canada. As
    >> you all know months ago, I began faxing, emailing and calling the
    >> eight other Lt. Governors I had yet to cross paths with. I fully
    >> informed them of my indignation towards the Governor General Clarkson
    >> and two of her other Maritime Lieutenants Roberts and Chaisson before
    >> the latest wave of bad acting Yankees invaded my home in the USA
    >> without warrants or due process if law.
    >>
    >> I made certain all of the provincial Attorney Generals and Premiers
    >> can never deny the fact that I tried to make them well aware of my
    >> concerns and allegations in order to make everybody should sit up and
    >> pay attention. Not one person from any of your offices ever responded
    >> in any fashion at all. You can be certain that I expected the
    >> deliberate ignorance. It is one of the oldest tricks in the book that
    >> lawyers employ in order to play their wicked game of see no evil, hear
    >> no evil speak no evil. I knew it would happen particularly after Nova
    >> Scotia's Conflict of Interest Commissioner Merlin Nunn had blocked my
    >> emails before I had contacted you. I have no doubt it helped to
    >> relieve him of his ethical dilemma before the NS NDP decided what to
    >> do about their chance to unseat the Conservatives. I have no doubt
    >> whatsoever many lawyers in Canada were praying that the Suffolk County
    >> District Attorney would have me back in the loony bin by April 28th
    >> and that all your troubles would go away. I opted to let you all have
    >> your way and did not bother you anymore until the Queen had left our
    >> shores and Parliament quit for the summer. Now it is my turn to have
    >> some fun and raise a little Political Hell.
    >>
    >> While the Queen, Clarkson and Martin where all having a grand old time
    >> on the Canadian dime my little Clan went through living hell down
    >> here. Trust me, lawyers need to learn some new tricks. Ignorance is no
    >> excuse to the law or me. Making some Canadian Attorney Generals and
    >> their political buddies show me their arses is child's play to me
    >> after all that I have experienced in the last few years. If you doubt
    >> me ask Michael J. Bryant and Yvon Marcoux why I am so pissed at their
    >> bosses and the DHS. Then check my work for yourself. If the tag team
    >> of John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge could not intimidate me, believe me you
    >> people don't have a prayer. Both of those dudes have quit their jobs
    >> but I am still standing and squaring off against their replacements
    >> now. If it were not for all the decent folks I know, the snotty ones
    >> like you would make me feel ashamed to be a Canadian. There is no
    >> shortage of lawyers. It is just that ethical ones that are rare birds,
    >> that's all. You must know how easily the Canadian people can replace
    >> you with other lawyers if it becomes widely known how willing you are
    >> to ignore crime if it means some fancy dude may be compelled to suffer
    >> for his own wrongs.
    >>
    >> The justice system is supposed to be self-policing. It should clean up
    >> its own act rather than trying to maintain a false mask of integrity
    >> for lawyers that are obviously criminals. It is way beyond my
    >> understanding why you people would choose to support the likes of Paul
    >> Martin, Adrienne Clarkson, T. Alex Hickman and Billy Matthews if you
    >> are not all as crooked as hell as well. The deliberate ignorance and
    >> double-talk employed by the wealthy few to dodge simple truths is
    >> absolutely offensive to ordinary people blessed with the rare
    >> attribute called common sense. Not all folks are like sheep.
    >>
    >> Paul Martin's latest tricks make for a very fine example of truly how
    >> bad things are. Even amidst wholesale scandals breaking out hell, west
    >> and crooked everywhere lawyers and politicians just close ranks and
    >> stand together as thick as the thieves they are. I stress tested the
    >> ethics of the ladies of the Bloc Quebecois and the Gomery Inquiry
    >> immediately after Martin's carefully orchestrated little circus in
    >> Parliament on May 19th was a matter of history. Lets just say I was
    >> not surprised to not hear one peep in response from anyone other than
    >> to get a call from an unidentified and very nervous but cocky Yankee
    >> lawyer claiming that Tony Blair was mad at me.
    >>
    >> Pursuant to my phone calls, emails and faxes please find enclosed as
    >> promised exactly the same hard copy of what I sent to the Canadian
    >> Ambassadors Allan Rock and Franky Boy McKenna and a couple of nasty
    >> FBI agents on May 12th just before an interesting event in front of
    >> our home in Milton. I have also included a copy of four letters I have
    >> received in response since then that you may find interesting to say
    >> the least. I also sent you a copy of a letter sent to a lady Ms.
    >> Condolezza Rice whom our former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
    >> considers to be the most powerful woman in the world. The CD of the
    >> copy of police surveillance tape # 139 is served upon all the above
    >> named Attorney Generals as officers of the court in order that it may
    >> be properly investigated.
    >>
    >> I will not bother you with the details of what I am sending to you
    >> byway of the certified US Mail because I will be serving identical
    >> material to many other Canadian Authorities in hand and tell them I
    >> gave this stuff to you first and enclose a copy of this letter. All
    >> that is important to me right now is that I secure proof that this
    >> mail was sent before I make my way back home to the Maritimes. However
    >> I will say I am also enclosing a great deal more material than what
    >> Allan Rock had received in the UN. Some of it is in fact the same
    >> material the two maritime lawyers, Rob Moore and Franky Boy McKenna in
    >> particular received, while I was up home running for Parliament last
    >> year. Things have changed greatly in the past year so I have also
    >> included a few recent items to spice things up for you. I am tired of
    >> trying to convince people employed in law enforcement to uphold the
    >> law. So all I will say for now is deal will your own conscience and be
    >> careful how you respond to this letter. If you do not respond. Rest
    >> assured I will do my best to sue you some day. Ignorance is no excuse
    >> to the law or me.
    >>
    >> Veritas Vincit
    >>
    >> David R. Amos
    >> 153 Alvin Ave
    >> Milton, MA. 02186
    >>
    >> The enclosed letter from The Public Service Integrity Office, whose
    >> boss recently testified before the Gomery Inquiry and following quotes
    >> prove why I must speak out.
    >>
    >> "Well what do you expect?" said Le Hir in reaction. "Anybody who had
    >> been involved in that kind of thing isn't going to admit readily, or
    >> willfully, to having participated." Asked why he's waited 10 years to
    >> come out with his allegations, Le Hir said he was "sworn to secrecy."
    >> "I'm breaking that oath, and the only way I could have been relieved
    >> by that oath was by a judge in a court saying, 'Mr. Lehir, I
    >> understand that you have made an oath of secrecy; and you're hereby
    >> relieved of that oath."
    >>
    >> "Mr. Wallace added that police and the courts, not internal rules, are
    >> best-equipped to deal with bureaucrats who cross the line and break
    >> the law. But Judge Gomery did not appear satisfied. "It takes a major
    >> scandal to get the police involved," he said. "It is not in the nature
    >> of the public service to call in the police."
    >>
    >> Everybody knows that in order to protect the rights and interests of
    >> my Clan and to sooth my own soul, I have proven many times over that
    >> all lawyers, law enforcement authorities, and politicians in Canada
    >> and the USA are not worthy of the public trust. I maintain that their
    >> first order of business is to protect the evil longstanding system
    >> they have created for their own benefit rather than the people they
    >> claim to serve. Call me a liar and put it in writing. I Double Dog
    >> Dare ya.
    >>
    >>
    >> Baker got my material. So did everyone else. Only the Attorney General
    >> in Quecbec refused it. I bet our newest Governor General knows why. It
    >> is likely for the same reason she will not accept my emails. It should
    >> be obvious to anyone why I must sue the Crown.
    >>
    >>
    >> USPS Track and Confirm
    >>
    >> Label/Receipt Number: ED71 7170 440U S
    >> Detailed Results:
    >>
    >> Delivered Abroad, August 05, 2005, 9:23 am, CANADA
    >>
    >> At Foreign Delivery Unit, August 05, 2005, 8:10 am, CANADA
    >>
    >> Out of Foreign Customs, August 04, 2005, 2:52 pm, CANADA
    >>
    >> Into Foreign Customs, August 04, 2005, 2:22 pm, CANADA
    >>
    >> Arrived Abroad, August 04, 2005, 2:22 pm, CANADA
    >>
    >> International Dispatch, August 03, 2005, 10:28 am, KENNEDY AMC
    >>
    >> Enroute, August 03, 2005, 9:08 am, JAMAICA, NY 11499
    >>
    >> Acceptance, August 02, 2005, 10:32 am, QUINCY, MA 02169
    >>
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: stephane.dion.c1@parl.gc.ca
    >> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 01:33:47 +0000
    >> Subject: Réponse automatique : David Eby's sneaky question I am
    >> HOMELESS Thus I have no MLA whatsoever nor an MP or Congressman
    >> willing speak for me or to me for that matter.
    >> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
    >>
    >> -English follows-
    >>
    >> Bonjour,
    >>
    >> Merci de prendre note que je suis absent du bureau jusqu'au 22 août 2016.
    >>
    >> Pour toute demande, je vous prie de communiquer avec le bureau de
    >> circonscription par courriel au : stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca ou par
    >> téléphone au (514) 335-6655.
    >>
    >> Salutations distinguées,
    >>
    >> Jocelyn Decoste
    >> Chef de Bureau
    >>
    >> ***
    >> Greetings,
    >>
    >> Please take note that I am absent from the office until August 22, 2016.
    >>
    >> For any request, please contact the Riding office by email at:
    >> stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca or by phone at (514) 335-6655.
    >>
    >> Thank you,
    >>
    >> Jocelyn Decoste
    >> Head of Office
    >>
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: "Joly, Mélanie (PCH)"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>
    >> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 01:33:48 +0000
    >> Subject: Accusé de réception / Acknowledge Receipt
    >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >>
    >> Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Mélanie Joly, ministre du Patrimoine
    >> canadien.
    >>
    >> En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
    >> adressée à la ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir
    >> un retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Nous tenons à vous
    >> assurer que votre message sera lu avec soin.
    >>
    >> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of
    >> Canadian Heritage.
    >>
    >> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
    >> addressed to the Minister, please note that there may be a delay
    >> processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
    >> carefully reviewed.
    >>
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:33:35 -0400
    >> Subject: Re: David Eby's sneaky question I am HOMELESS Thus I have no
    >> MLA whatsoever nor an MP or Congressman willing speak for me or to me
    >> for that matter.
    >> To: gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, w5 <w5@ctv.ca>, newsroom
    >> <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news
    >> <news@hilltimes.com>, Saint Croix Courier <editor@stcroixcourier.ca>,
    >> "mckeen.randy"<mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, "mclaughlin.heather"
    >> <mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com>, "randy.mckeen"
    >> <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>, "David.Coon"
    >> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "david.eidt"<david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "jeff.mockler"
    >> <jeff.mockler@gnb.ca>, "jeff.carr"<jeff.carr@bellaliant.net>,
    >> "greg.horton"<greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "greg.byrne"
    >> <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>,
    >> "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, dions1 <dions1@parl.gc.ca>,
    >> Joe Friday <Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca>, "hon.melanie.joly"
    >> <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>,
    >> kedgwickriver <kedgwickriver@gmail.com>, "Kellie.Leitch.C1A"
    >> <Kellie.Leitch.C1A@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
    >> <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "stephen.harper.a1"
    >> <stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"
    >> <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, allison.christians@mcgill.ca,
    >> "michael.duffy"<michael.duffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>
    >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
    >> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
    >> "brian.t.macdonald"<brian.t.macdonald@gnb.ca>, "jake.stewart"
    >> <jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
    >> sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, "Paul.Lynch"
    >> <Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>, "rod.knecht"
    >> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>, "rona.ambrose.A1"
    >> <rona.ambrose.A1@parl.gc.ca>, themayor <themayor@calgary.ca>,
    >> "don.iveson"<don.iveson@edmonton.ca>, scott <scott@scottmckeen.ca>
    >>
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:54:48 -0400
    >> Subject: FWD Attn Gail Thomsen RE My human, civil and legal rights I
    >> just called about your Deputy Minister Philip Bryden before I sue
    >> Alberta bigtime this time.
    >> To: gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, w5 <w5@ctv.ca>, newsroom
    >> <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news
    >> <news@hilltimes.com>, Saint Croix Courier <editor@stcroixcourier.ca>,
    >> "mckeen.randy"<mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, "mclaughlin.heather"
    >> <mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com>, "randy.mckeen"
    >> <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>, "David.Coon"
    >> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "david.eidt"<david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "jeff.mockler"
    >> <jeff.mockler@gnb.ca>, "jeff.carr"<jeff.carr@bellaliant.net>,
    >> "greg.horton"<greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "greg.byrne"
    >> <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>,
    >> "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, dions1 <dions1@parl.gc.ca>,
    >> Joe Friday <Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca>, "hon.melanie.joly"
    >> <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>,
    >> kedgwickriver <kedgwickriver@gmail.com>, "Kellie.Leitch.C1A"
    >> <Kellie.Leitch.C1A@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
    >> <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "stephen.harper.a1"
    >> <stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>
    >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "hugh.flemming"
    >> <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "brian.t.macdonald"
    >> <brian.t.macdonald@gnb.ca>, "jake.stewart"<jake.stewart@gnb.ca>,
    >> "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>,
    >> "Paul.Lynch"<Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>, "rod.knecht"
    >> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>, "rona.ambrose.A1"
    >> <rona.ambrose.A1@parl.gc.ca>, themayor <themayor@calgary.ca>,
    >> "don.iveson"<don.iveson@edmonton.ca>, scott <scott@scottmckeen.ca>
    >>
    >> You can bet dimes to dollars that I called the former :Human Rights"
    >> lawyer David Ebly immediately and discussed with his assistant this
    >> email and Barry Winters latest blogs published out of  Edmonton
    >> Alberta.
    >>
    >>
    >> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/07/attn-gail-thomsen-re-my-human-civil-and.html
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: "Eby.MLA, David"<David.Eby.MLA@leg.bc.ca>
    >> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 23:22:16 +0000
    >> Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Gail Thomsen RE My human, civil and
    >> legal rights I just called about your Deputy Minister Philip Bryden
    >> before I sue Alberta bigtime this time.
    >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >>
    >> Thank you for contacting my Community Office.
    >> This automated response is to assure you that your message has been
    >> received by my office and will be reviewed as soon as possible, noting
    >> that constituents of Vancouver-Point Grey have priority. Please be
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    >> Community office of David Eby MLA, Vancouver-Point Grey
    >> 2909 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2G6
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    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> On 7/21/16, Eby.MLA, David <David.Eby.MLA@leg.bc.ca> wrote:
    >>
    >> ---------- Original message ----------
    >> From: "Eby.MLA, David"<David.Eby.MLA@leg.bc.ca>
    >> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 23:07:42 +0000
    >> Subject: Your MLA RE: Attn Gail Thomsen RE My human, civil and legal
    >> rights I just called about your Deputy Minister Philip Bryden before I
    >> sue Alberta bigtime this time.
    >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >>
    >> David:
    >> Thanks for sharing David Eby and our office on your email.
    >>
    >> As I cannot tell from your email, I am hopeful that you can respond
    >> with your mailing address so that we can determine your MLA in order
    >> to best direct your concerns. If you'd prefer, you may enter your
    >> postal code here to determine your MLA:
    >> https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members
    >>
    >> Kind regards,
    >>
    >> Gala Milne | Constituency Assistant | David Eby, MLA Vancouver-Point Grey
    >> 加拉 米爾尼 | 省議員尹大衛選區助理
    >> Official Opposition Spokesperson for Housing, Liquor, Gaming, PavCo
    >> and Translink
    >> P: 604-660-1297 | gala.milne@leg.bc.ca | 2909 West Broadway Vancouver V6K
    >> 2G6
    >> https://davidebymla.ca
    >>
    >> Sign up for David’s newsletter by going here!
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
    >> Sent: July 20, 2016 4:21 PM
    >> To: gail.thomsen@gov.ab.ca; philip.bryden@gov.ab.ca;
    >> janice.ashcroft@gov.ab.ca; veronica.jubinville@gov.ab.ca;
    >> ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca; heidi.friedrich@gov.ab.ca;
    >> eric.tolppanen@gov.ab.ca; bob.paulson <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
    >> Gerald.Butts <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>; pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>; mcu
    >> <mcu@justice.gc.ca>; Melanie.Joly <Melanie.Joly@parl.gc.ca>;
    >> michelle.doyle@gov.ab.ca; geoff.crowe <geoff.crowe@edmontonpolice.ca>
    >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; Monika Schaefer
    >> <monika_schaefer@hotmail.com>; premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>; premier
    >> <premier@gov.bc.ca>; Eby.MLA, David <David.Eby.MLA@leg.bc.ca>; radical
    >> <radical@radicalpress.com>; oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>;
    >> markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>; andre
    >> <andre@jafaust.com>; premier <premier@gnb.ca>; press
    >> <press@bankofengland.co.uk>; premier <premier@gov.nl.ca>; PREMIER
    >> <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>; premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>; brian.jean
    >> <brian.jean@assembly.ab.ca>
    >> Subject: Attn Gail Thomsen RE My human, civil and legal rights I just
    >> called about your Deputy Minister Philip Bryden before I sue Alberta
    >> bigtime this time.
    >>
    >> As per our conversation within the past hour her is one of the emails
    >> ipromised to send.  Whereas you are in charge of the IT feel free to
    >> check my files closely to verify that they are for real.
    >>
    >> Hereto attached in a pdf form are the same documents that your former
    >> Attorney General Ron Stevens received from byway of REGISTERED US MAIL
    >> signature rquired in Aigust of 2005. They are also exactly the same
    >> docments I served in hand personally to the lawyer Philip Byrden in
    >> January 2005 within his Dean's office of the UNB law school while I
    >> was running in the election of the 39th Parliament in Fredericton NB.
    >> Bryden actually actually thanked me for my document then his pals on
    >> the UNB campus tried to have me arrested on polling because they did
    >> not believe I was a canadidate. Furthermore why i had served Byrden
    >> was because barred under threat of arrest from an advertised "All
    >> Canadidates" on the UNB campus held by the CBC and the Irving Media
    >> who also denied my status as a candidate. Go Figure EH Melaney Joly?
    >>
    >> The text of the emails below should help bring the lawyer  Premier
    >> Notely up to speed before I sue her and her cohhorts personally.
    >>
    >> Veritas Vincint
    >> David Raymond Amos
    >> 902 800 0369
    >>
    >> http://www.alberta.ca/albertaFiles/includes/DirectorySearch/goaBrowse.cfm?txtSearch=Crown%20Prosecutors&Ministry=JSG
    >>
    >> Ganley, Kathleen, Honourable
    >> Minister of Justice and Solicitor General
    >> Office of the Minister
    >>
    >> Justice and Solicitor General
    >> 424 Legislature Building
    >> 10800 - 97 Avenue
    >> Edmonton, AB
    >> T5K 2B6
    >>
    >> Phone: 780 427-2339
    >> Fax: 780 422-6621
    >> E-mail:      ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca
    >>
    >> Bryden, Philip
    >> Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Solicitor General
    >> Office of the Deputy Minister, Justice and Solicitor General and
    >> Deputy Attorney General
    >>
    >> Justice and Solicitor General
    >> 2nd fl Bowker Building
    >> 9833 - 109 Street
    >> Edmonton, AB
    >> T5K 2E8
    >>
    >> Phone: 780 427-5032
    >> E-mail:      philip.bryden@gov.ab.ca
    >>
    >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:26:29 -0400
    >> Subject: Fwd: Attn Philip Hammond and Andrew Bailey Re FCA file #-
    >> 20131007 (Mon, 7 Oct 2013), the FSB, Federal Court file no T-1557-15
    >> ,secret oaths to the British Queen and evil Yankee and Canadian Feds
    >> etc
    >> To: public.enquiries@hmtreasury.gsi.gov.uk, Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk,
    >> office@runnymedeweybridgeconservatives.com, hammondp@parliament.uk,
    >> "boris.johnson.mp"<boris.johnson.mp@parliament.uk>, "ed.pilkington"
    >> <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>, Saint Croix Courier
    >> <editor@stcroixcourier.ca>, news-tips <news-tips@nytimes.com>,
    >> newsonline <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>,
    >> newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, news <news@dailymail.co.uk>
    >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, janan.ganesh@ft.com,
    >> "sean.farrell"<sean.farrell@theguardian.com>,
    >> press.office@fca.org.uk, Chris.Hamilton@fca.org.uk
    >>
    >> https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/17/andrew-bailey-financial-conduct-authority-chill-may-wind
    >> sean.farrell@theguardian.com
    >>
    >> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/321637da-4aaa-11e6-b387-64ab0a67014c.html#axzz4EqqgAxTw
    >> janan.ganesh@ft.com,
    >>
    >> https://www.the-fca.org.uk/about/fca-board/andrew-bailey
    >>
    >> Andrew Bailey
    >> FCA Head Office
    >> 25 The North Colonnade
    >> London E14 5HS
    >> Tel +44 207 066 1000
    >>
    >> Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
    >> Parliamentary
    >> House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
    >> Tel: 020 7219 4055
    >> Fax: 020 7219 5851
    >> Email: hammondp@parliament.uk
    >>
    >> Constituency
    >> Runnymede and Weybridge Conservative Association, Curzon House, Church
    >> Road, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6BH
    >> Tel: 01276 472910
    >> Email: office@runnymedeweybridgeconservatives.com
    >>
    >> Departmental
    >> HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ
    >> Tel: 020 7270 5000
    >> Email: public.enquiries@hmtreasury.gsi.gov.uk
    >>
    >>
    >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 05:40:54 -0400
    >> Subject: Attn Mr Chris Green Re FCA file #- 20131007 (Mon, 7 Oct
    >> 2013), the FSB, Federal Court file no T-1557-15 ,secret oaths to the
    >> British Queen and evil Yankee and Canadian Feds etc
    >> To: complaints@fca.org.uk
    >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
    >>
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: Complaints Scheme <complaints@fca.org.uk>,
    >> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 10:37 AM
    >> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
    >> Subject: RE: Complaint against the FCA – OUR REF 204261072 [
    >> ref:_00Db0K8yP._500

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario

    <Premier@ontario.ca>    		Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 8:13 PM
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly valued.

    You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read, reviewed and taken into consideration.

    There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your correspondence to the appropriate government official. Accordingly, a response may take several business days.

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    Merci encore pour votre courriel.

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    <mcu@justice.gc.ca>    		Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 8:13 PM
    To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

    Thank you for writing to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

    Due to the volume of correspondence addressed to the Minister, please note that there may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be carefully reviewed.

    We do not respond to correspondence that contains offensive language.

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    Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable David Lametti, ministre de la Justice et procureur général du Canada.

    En raison du volume de correspondance adressée au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Nous tenons à vous assurer que votre message sera lu avec soin.

    Nous ne répondons pas à la correspondance contenant un langage offensant.

     

    David Amos

    <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>    		Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 8:13 PM
    To: premier@ontario.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, andre@jafaust.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com, briangallant10@gmail.com, brian.gallant@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, david.eidt@gnb.ca, hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, "Marco.Mendicino"<Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "Mike.Comeau"<Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin"<kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"<megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)"<kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca>, Alaina.Lockhart@gnb.ca, BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com, martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca, "andrea.anderson-mason"<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>, "jeff.carr"<jeff.carr@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin"<robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "robert.mckee"<robert.mckee@gnb.ca>
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "Robert. Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "Ross.Wetmore"<Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>

    David Amos

    <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>    		Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 12:57 AM
    To: "Gary.Crossman"<Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca>, "Bill.Hogan"<Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>, "Bill.Oliver"<Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca>, "jake.stewart"<jake.stewart@parl.gc.ca>, "jacques.j.leblanc"<jacques.j.leblanc@gnb.ca>, "Tammy.Scott-Wallace"<Tammy.Scott-Wallace@gnb.ca>, "michelle.conroy"<michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>, david.sollows@gnb.ca, "John.Williamson"<John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, "mary.wilson"<mary.wilson@gnb.ca>, "john.green"<john.green@gnb.ca>, Daniel.J.Allain@gnb.ca, Richard.Ames@gnb.ca, Guy.Arseneault@gnb.ca, "kathy.bockus"<kathy.bockus@gnb.ca>, "benoit.bourque"<benoit.bourque@gnb.ca>, "keith.chiasson"<keith.chiasson@gnb.ca>, Chuck.Chiasson@gnb.ca, "Ryan.Cullins"<Ryan.Cullins@gnb.ca>, Mike.Dawson@gnb.ca, Jean-Claude.D'Amours@gnb.ca, "Arlene.Dunn"<Arlene.Dunn@gnb.ca>, "bruce.fitch"<bruce.fitch@gnb.ca>, "jill.green"<jill.green@gnb.ca>, "Trevor.Holder"<Trevor.Holder@gnb.ca>, Susan.Holt@gnb.ca, "Margaret.Johnson"<Margaret.Johnson@gnb.ca>, "francine.landry"<francine.landry@gnb.ca>, Marco.LeBlanc@gnb.ca, Gilles.LePage@gnb.ca, Richard.Losier@gnb.ca, "Holland, Mike (LEG)"<mike.holland@gnb.ca>, "Rene.Legacy"<Rene.Legacy@gnb.ca>, Eric.Mallet@gnb.ca, "Greg.Turner"<Greg.Turner@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne"<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, Isabelle.Theriault@gnb.ca, Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca
    Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Gilles.Cote"<Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>, LTgov@gnb.ca, Glen.Savoie@gnb.ca, Rejean.A.Savoie@gnb.ca, Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca, Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca

     
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    Tuesday, 6 June 2023

    Higgs compromises on language law, but not enough for Liberals, Greens
     
     
     

    Higgs compromises on language law, but not enough for Liberals, Greens

    Premier’s amendments to bill restore mandatory 10-year review of the act

     
    Jacques Poitras· CBC News ·
    Premier Blaine Higgs announced five amendments to the Official Languages Act Tuesday afternoon during a committee session examining the legislation. (Radio-Canada)
     
    The Higgs government has adopted changes to its proposed overhaul of the Official Languages Act, but those amendments don't appear to be enough to win the support of the opposition parties.

    Premier Blaine Higgs announced five amendments Tuesday afternoon during a committee session examining the legislation.

    Four of them deal with reinstating a mandatory review of the act after 10 years, a review Higgs had wanted to remove.

    The premier told the committee he was bringing back the review "upon reflection and listening to the many comments that were expressed" after the bill was introduced in March.

    a woman with light hair and a blue and yellow striped shirt talks to reporters. Liberal Leader Susan Holt pointed out that every version of the act, and every major change over more than five decades, has won the unanimous support of all MLAs in the legislature. (Pat Richard/CBC)

    The opposition Liberals, the Greens and the Acadian Society of New Brunswick all denounced the elimination of the mandatory review as a weakening of the legislation, which lays out the province's obligation to communicate with the public in both English and French.

    Higgs had argued that a newly created languages secretariat within the civil service would be enough to ensure the bill is regularly re-examined and updated, but he eventually gave ground.

    "We believe that a 10-year cycle, combined with the role of the secretariat and the fact that a review can be done at any time, will be sufficient and will address concerns expressed regarding the lack of mandatory review," he said Tuesday.

    The Liberals and Greens said Higgs had spurned their efforts to meet and craft the wording of the amendments together, and it was unlikely they'd be able to vote for the bill, even with the review restored.

    Liberal Leader Susan Holt pointed out that every version of the act and every major change over more than five decades has won the unanimous support of all MLAs in the legislature.

    "Now that this government isn't interested in collaborating and in unifying the province ... I'm disappointed," she told reporters. 

    Green MLA Kevin Arseneau said putting the mandatory review back in would not represent a strengthening of the bill to address the fact that francophones still don't always get equal service in their language.

    "Status quo, when you don't have substantive equality, status quo is actually a step back," he said. 

    A man in a grey suit wearing glasses stands in front of the Canadian flag. Green MLA Kevin Arseneau said putting the mandatory review back in would not represent a strengthening of the bill to address the fact that francophones still don’t always get equal service in their language. (Radio-Canada)

    "I'm not voting for a step back. My caucus is not voting for a step back. We have decided we're not going back."

    The mood in the committee session turned tense late Tuesday as several opposition MLAs accused Higgs of refusing to listen to them and of not understanding minority francophone language concerns.

    The Liberals tried to amend Higgs's amendments to require the review every seven years, but the Progressive Conservative majority on the committee voted that down.

    Instead, they adopted wording that requires whoever is premier to initiate the next review so that it's finished by Dec. 31, 2031.

    The committee approved four of Higgs's five amendments, but wasn't able to finish its review of the legislation and vote before its scheduled adjournment time at 6 p.m.

    After the committee eventually votes on the amended bill, it will send it back to the legislature for third reading and a final vote.

    Both parties had wanted the law to establish a permanent committee of the legislature on official languages, but Higgs rejected that.

    According to Green Leader David Coon, Higgs said a committee of the legislature would "duplicate work and weigh down current processes."

    A fifth amendment introduced by Higgs on Tuesday clarifies how the official languages commissioner will describe complaints in their annual reports.

    The original bill, introduced by Higgs in March, said the commissioner would identify the "origin" of a complaint — raising concerns that could identify complainants who are supposed to be guaranteed confidentiality.

    The premier's amendment removed the reference to the "origin" of a complaint.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Jacques Poitras

    Provincial Affairs reporter

    Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history.

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    29 Comments
     
     
     
    David Amos 
    Oh Dear
     

    David Amos 
    Content Deactivated
    Reply to David Amos
    Sam and Lou can post but not me
     
     
    David Amos 
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    Oh My My Look what Higgy gets when he tries to be a nice guy
     
     
     
     
     
    Don Corey    
    Apparently maintaining the "status quo" (which Higgs should have done in the first place) is a "step back" for Arsenault (no big surprise there). Susan Holt talks in circles and nobody listens to Coon.

    Looks like the NB political status quo is very much intact.

     
    David Amos 
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    Reply to Don Corey   
    Deja Vu?

    Minister lashes out as Green MLA stalls vote on 'safe communities' bill

    Ted Flemming clashes with Green MLA Kevin Arseneau over bill amendments

    Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2022 5:21 PM AST

     
    David Amos
    Reply to Don Corey    
    You would have enjoyed that one 

     
     
     
     
     
    Ben Haroldson 
    Wating for higs to pull the mckenna, and retire from votes.  
     
     
    David Amos  
    Reply to Ben Haroldson
    Dream on He loves being the Ringmaster of this circus 
     
     
    Don Corey 
    Reply to Ben Haroldson
    That would be my preference.   
     
     
    Ray Skavinsky 
    Reply to David Amos 
    I believe he is working on behalf of the people. Hey,he could kiss this bs good bye and ride off on his Harley. He's trying to bring common sense into this,but there are some groups who don't know what working together means.
     
     
    Don Corey  
    Reply to David Amos 
    Perhaps the Ringmaster will have second thoughts when the crowds start to dwindle?

    Or have they already?

     
    David Amos 
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    Reply to Ray Skavinsky 
    Higgy rides a Honda his buddies stole one of my Harleys
     
     
    David Amos 
    Content Deactivated 
    Reply to Don Corey 
    Methinks Cardy's 713 nonsense is having some negative effects within Higgy's fan club N'esy Pas?
     
     
    David Amos
    Reply to David Amos   
    "Ministers who can't publicly support a government policy or decision would normally be expected to resign, Wright said.

    "But Higgs will be feeling the heat," he added. "Politically, it's never good to lose or fire a cabinet minister. And he certainly doesn't want to precipitate a caucus revolt."

    Former education minister Dominic Cardy, who quit last fall over proposed changes to French immersion, says there are plenty of reasons why ministers are reluctant to resign.

    "You lose a very large chunk of your salary, you lose access to a government car, different benefits," he said.

    "But in the end, what's the point of this job? The point of being an elected official is to serve the people of the province."

    A wave of departures could either force Higgs back to the more moderate style he adopted early in his term or push him out, Cardy said." 

     

    David Amos 
    Reply to Don Corey     
    My dog is looking at me a wondering why I am wasting our precious time
     
     
     
     
     
    Sam Smithers
    If this gov't and Arseneau ever end up on the same side of an argument then I will stop supporting them.
     
     
    Ben Haroldson  
    Reply to Sam Smithers
    Well done.
     
     
     


    Lou Bell
    Is there no legislation to prevent a sitting government to earmark an undisclosed 130 million dollars of taxpayers money to appease a preferred few party supporters ?


    Lou Bell
    Reply to Lou Bell
    And maybe made law so that such manipulation never happens again ! People should have been charged with that attempt !
     
     
    Ben Haroldson 
    Reply to Lou Bell 
    You should ask him if you can have his job, cause he's gonna throw in the towel here soon. 
     




    Sam Smithers
    Remember, these are the same parties that have voted against all the PC budgets despite them all being given the thumbs up by financial experts.


    G. Timothy Walton 
    Reply to Sam Smithers
    Standard procedure for opposition parties when there's a majority government.


    Lou Bell
    Reply to Sam Smithers
    Further evidence that those parties and finance of NB taxpayer dollars is like oil and water ! They should never get to power here in NB ! 


    Ray Skavinsky 
    Reply to Sam Smithers
    Gosh, so that tells me their credibility is all shot to pieces. Why can't they work together for the betterment of us all.  
     
     
    Ray Skavinsky 
    Reply to Ray Skavinsky 
    I am referring to the way they worked when Higgs invited the opposition to work asa team. Then when offered more they turned him down  
     
     
    Michael Cain 
    Reply to Ray Skavinsky 
    Nobody can work with Higgs; it is all his way. 
     
     
    Ray Skavinsky 
    Reply to Michael Cain  
    They did during Covid, Michael, and it seemed to go well. Higgs wanted to continue as a Consensus government,but they refused. 
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Ray Skavinsky  
    Yea Right  
     
     
    David Amos 
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    Reply to Ray Skavinsky
    Remember when Higgy called an election that nobody wanted?
     
     
    David Amos 
    Reply to Ray Skavinsky   
    Tell us why Higgy's Chief of Staff quit

     
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