New Brunswick holding onto $41 million in security deposits from tenants

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New Brunswick holding onto $41 million in security deposits from tenants

Government spokesperson said tenants are responsible for claiming their deposits from Service New Brunswick

Hina Alam· The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 06, 2023 7:14 PM ADT

The front of the Service New Brunswick corporate services building.

The latest annual report from Service New Brunswick showed security deposits sitting at $40.9 million for the 2021-22 fiscal year, up from $36.4 million a year earlier. (Karissa Donkin/CBC News)

The New Brunswick government has amassed nearly $41 million in security deposits collected from residential tenants in a practice that is unique in Canada and that critics say needs to change.

The latest annual report from Service New Brunswick showed security deposits sitting at $40.9 million for the 2021-22 fiscal year, up from $36.4 million a year earlier. It is unclear from the numbers how much of the total came from people who had moved out and were entitled to get their deposits back.

Under provincial law, a landlord can require a deposit of up to one month's rent to cover possible damage caused by the tenant. Amendments introduced in 1983 dictated that the province would oversee the collected deposits.

Nichola Taylor, chair of the New Brunswick branch of housing rights group ACORN, called the province's practice of holding onto the security deposits problematic. She said the process of recovering a security deposit is overly complicated, which could explain the swelling sums in provincial coffers.

"What are they spending it on? They are certainly not spending it on making the housing situation better," she said. "You would think if they have all that money stored that money should be going back towards housing to help tenants and to decrease the crisis of affordable housing that we're currently in."

A woman, Nichola Taylor, is shown smiling Nichola Taylor, chair of the New Brunswick branch of housing rights group ACORN, called the province's practice of holding onto the security deposits problematic. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

Taylor said that when someone ends a lease, they have to fill out a form requesting their security deposit back from Service New Brunswick. The landlord has a week to decide how much of the money will be held back to cover damages. If there is a dispute, the matter goes before a tribunal.

She and her family experienced the "struggle" of trying to get their money back last year after they changed apartments in Fredericton. Just to request a deposit's return, she noted, people need the tenant number they were assigned when the deposit was made.

"We didn't know what ours was," Taylor said. "We managed to find it in the end. But it's just a really long process that's unnecessary, and it causes you a lot of stress."

After a back-and-forth with the Residential Tenancies Tribunal, she said it took more than two months to get back her deposit.

The process is especially burdensome for seniors, newcomers, those who are not intricately aware of the rules and people on fixed incomes who are depending on getting the money back, Taylor said.

"You're not going to understand how to do all that unless you call the Residential Tenancies Tribunal and then you are on hold for ages. It's just unnecessary, very complicated, and very stressful."

A request for comment from the office of Housing Minister Jill Green received no response. Jennifer Vienneau, spokesperson for Service New Brunswick, said no one was available for an interview but provided an emailed statement.

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She said the money collected for security deposits goes into the province's consolidated accounts. There is no data available on how much interest the province earns from the amounts collected, but Vienneau said short-term interest earned from the deposits "offsets the costs of servicing the public debt."

The Tenant and Landlord Relations Office, which has replaced the Residential Tenancies Tribunal, is responsible for handling security deposits and holding them until they are claimed, she said. When tenants move out, it's their responsibility to contact Service New Brunswick to claim their deposits, Vienneau added.

N.B. only province to do this

A survey of all Canadian provinces by The Canadian Press showed that New Brunswick is the only one where the government holds onto security deposits.

In British Columbia, the landlord must return the security deposit within 15 days and pay interest from the time they collected the deposit. Any deductions for repairs should be agreed upon in writing with the tenant.

In Alberta, landlords must pay interest on their tenants' security deposits at the end of each tenancy year as determined in a formula set out in regulations. The landlord has 10 days after the tenant leaves to return the damage deposit along with a statement detailing deductions and interest paid.

Yukon, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia also require landlords to pay interest on the security deposit. In Saskatchewan, interest is payable to a tenant by a landlord for tenancies over five years.

Megan Mitton smiles in the legislature. Megan Mitton, housing critic for the Green Party called the province's system 'weird' and said she was shocked at what she called a lack of accountability. (Jacques Poitras/CBC News)

Megan Mitton, housing critic for New Brunswick's opposition Green Party, called the province's system "weird" and said she was shocked at what she called a lack of accountability.

"The system needs to be more clear, and needs to help people get their security deposits back. It's not right for it to be so difficult," she said. "The other thing is that right now, the government is using renter's money as an investment, basically, for government profit. They need to pay back people's interest to them that's rightfully theirs."

Taylor said the entire system in New Brunswick is tipped in landlords' favour.

"We want to see this changed to be a more simpler process because it's not helping tenants whatsoever," she said.

"We are seeing tenants struggle to get their damage deposit back."

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21 Comments

David Amos

"Megan Mitton, housing critic for the Green Party called the province's system 'weird' and said she was shocked at what she called a lack of accountability."

Yea Right

Ben Haroldson

Can you imagine....

David Amos

Reply to Ben Haroldson

Imagine SNB finding my Harley after all these years

Jos Allaire

Leave it to governments to complicate things that should be simple.

SarahRose Werner

That's bizarre. Any place else I live, you either apply the deposit to your last month's rent - if the landlord trusts you - or you get it back after the landlord inspects the apartment and confirms that you've left it in good shape.

I've only lived in one apartment in New Brunswick, and the landlord gave me my deposit back after I'd been here for ten years. The idea of having to chase the province for the money is really strange. I don't see any benefit to that system.

Michel Forgeron

Reply to SarahRose Werner

I guess "Keep it simple" is not this government's motto. "Make it complicated" may be.

Jos Allaire

Reply to SarahRose Werner

In New Brunswick, it's illegal and an offence for the landlord not to send the deposit to the rentalsman.

Ben Haroldson

Reply to SarahRose Werner

Who would move in with a landlord who didn't trust you?

Wilbur Ross

Reply to SarahRose Werner

Never trust a landlord.

Jos Allaire

Reply to Wilbur Ross

Never trust nobody!

David Amos

Reply to Michel Forgeron

You should have voted for the KISS Party

David Amos

Reply to Jos Allaire

Who is nobody?

SarahRose Werner

Reply to Jos Allaire

Right, but why is that? That's not how it works in other places.

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Lifeguard not on duty: Popular Mactaquac beach won't be supervised this summer

July 7, 2023, 2:20 pm

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Lifeguard not on duty: Popular Mactaquac beach won't be supervised this summer

Lifesaving society says lack of lifeguards will make beach west of Fredericton less safe

Aidan Cox· CBC News · Posted: Jul 07, 2023 4:40 PM ADT

A wooden structure lies on its side near a beach.

A lifeguard tower rested on its side at Mactaquac beach Friday, with no lifeguard on duty because qualified candidates aren't easy to find, according to the New Brunswick government. (Aidan Cox/CBC)

One of New Brunswick's beloved summer swimming holes won't be staffed with lifeguards this year.

Mactaquac Provincial Park's beach will go unsupervised because it's been hard to recruit lifeguards, sparking concerns from the New Brunswick Lifesaving Society about safety at the beach located about 25 kilometres west of Fredericton.

"Less than one per cent of the drownings that happen in the Maritimes happen in a supervised area, which is a very low number," said Gregoire Cormier, program manager at the society.

"Now, unfortunately, this beach is no longer fitting that supervised criteria to make it safe."

People seen on a sandy beach on a sunny day. A beloved summer swimming hole near Fredericton, the beach at Mactaquac Provincial Park has had lifeguards on duty every summer for decades until this year. (Aidan Cox/CBC)

Department of Tourism spokesperson Leigh Watson confirmed to CBC News that the beach won't be supervised this summer because of "a lack of qualified candidates."

"The department worked with the Lifesaving Society to try to fill these lifeguard positions," Watson said in an email.

"Signage posted at the beach advises visitors that they swim at their own risk."

CBC News asked for an interview with Tourism Minister Tammy Scott-Wallace on Friday, but Watson said she was unavailable.

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Mactaquac Provincial Park’s beach has been left without supervision because of lack of staffing.

Watson said Parlee Beach and the pool at République Provincial Park in Edmundston will have lifeguards this year.

Challenges with recruiting lifeguards have been felt across the country since last summer, forcing municipalities to scale back the operating hours at swimming pools and limit the number of lessons offered.

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At Kelly's Beach in Kouchibouguac National Park, recruitment challenges led to there being no lifeguards on duty last summer, said Timothy Murphy, a spokesperson for the park in northeastern New Brunswick.

He said ongoing staffing constraints this year see lifeguards on duty only from Thursday to Monday.

Recruitment strategy needed, group says

Staff at the Lifesaving Society of New Brunswick found out just this week that Mactaquac's beach would go unsupervised this year, Cormier said.

"Obviously, it came [as] a shock to us because again, it's many decades that this, a public beach is is guarded and then suddenly it is not for the first time," he said.

A man sits in an office wearing a headset. Gregoire Cormier, program manager at the Lifesaving Society of New Brunswick, said employers, including the provincial government, need to come up with a recruitment strategy to ensure it has lifeguards to staff its beaches and pools. (Zoom/CBC)

Cormier said the shortage of lifeguards can be blamed both on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on wages that have lagged behind the rising cost of living.

He said public health restrictions limited the ability to train new lifeguards, particularly in the first two years of the pandemic.

At the same time, many employers in New Brunswick only offer minimum wage of $14.75 an hour, or wages a few dollars higher.

Parks New Brunswick's website advertises lifeguard wages starting at $14.75, and going up to $18.50 an hour.

With Mactaquac a 30-minute drive west of Fredericton, in combination with the higher price of gas, Cormier said, many qualified lifeguards are likely opting to work closer to the city.

"If the salaries increase, that would help a lot and probably, I guess, as a one-solution fit-all, that would probably be it," he said.

"But there's also a recruitment strategy that needs to be in place. [Gone] are the days that we just post a job and then people come to you and say 'Yeah, I want that job.' You need to go in the field and actually recruit people."

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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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38 comments

David Amos

"CBC News asked for an interview with Tourism Minister Tammy Scott-Wallace on Friday, but Watson said she was unavailable."

Surprise Surprise Surprise

Shawn Tabor

Reply to David Amos

Now thats funny, thanks you.

David Amos

Reply to Shawn Tabor

What she published about me in 2015 wasn't funny

Shawn Tabor

Reply to David Amos

I bet your correct

David Amos

Reply to Shawn Tabor

Now the former editor of an Irving newspaper won't talk to the media that denies I exist

David Amos

This news reminds me of a 40 year old joke

Shawn Tabor

Swim at your own Risk. Thats what they are saying. Not rocket science

Carly Wattson

Reply to Shawn Tabor

Was anyone not getting that message?

David Amos

Reply to Carly Wattson

Shawn Tabor

Reply to Carly Wattson

Somebody got mine That will remain to be seen. Summer is not over.

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Freed from enclosures, this 28-year-old chimp saw the sky for the first time

July 7, 2023, 5:47 pm

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Freed from enclosures, this 28-year-old chimp saw the sky for the first time

Vanilla was born in research laboratory and has spent most of her life in enclosures

Mouhamad Rachini· CBC Radio · Posted: Jul 06, 2023 6:07 PM ADT

A chimpanzee standing outside, marvelling at the sky.

A video of Vanilla the chimpanzee has gone viral. It shows the chimp seeing the open sky for the first time, after spending her early years in a laboratory. (CBC)

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It took Vanilla the chimpanzee a few moments to step outside of her enclosure, but when she did, she gazed toward the bright sky with wide eyes and a dropped jaw.

It was the 28-year-old chimpanzee's first unobstructed view of the open sky. Previously, she had only seen it through openings with metal bars.

Her reaction transcended all language barriers, and a video of it went viral on social media.

"It's such a beautiful moment, and I think people all around the world recognize that," said Dan Mathews, director of the rescue organization Save the Chimps.

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#TheMoment Vanilla the chimpanzee sees the sky for the first time

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Vanilla the chimpanzee, born at New York University's infamous LEMSIP laboratory, has lived in cages and enclosures for all 28 years of her life. That is, until she recently stepped into the sunshine at the Save the Chimps sanctuary and gazed in amazement at the open sky for the first time.

Vanilla had spent most of her life in enclosures. She was born in New York University's Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP), a former biomedical research laboratory. According to Mathews, she lived in a 5 by 5 by 7-foot cage, which hung above the ground.

In 1995, she and 29 other chimps were sent to the Wildlife Waystation animal sanctuary in Sylmar, Calif.

Mathews said the refuge — which closed down in 2019 — was a step up from a laboratory setting, but it was still overcrowded and "she lived there for many, many years in [an] enclosure about the size of a garage with several other chimps."

Vanilla was under the care of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. According to the Washington Post, the agency found her a permanent home with Save the Chimps this June.

"So when she came to us ... last year, it took several months for her to even acclimate to being outside and to being with a group of chimpanzees on her island," she said.

Vanilla is currently part of a group of 19 chimpanzees who live on one of the sanctuary's several man-made islands, Airforce Island. The island is a no-contact zone that's about three to five acres in size.

A portrait of a chimpanzee. Born in a research laboratory, 28-year-old Vanilla came to Save the Chimps in 2022. She currently lives on one of the sanctuary's islands with 18 other chimps. (Submitted by Dan Mathews)

"Vanilla is doing great," Mathews told The Current guest host Robyn Bresnahan. "She spends most of her time on top of platforms surveying her new world."

Primate testing

Chimpanzees are no longer used in Canada and the United States for animal research, but hundreds of other non-human primates, such as rhesus macaques and marmosets, are.

Laboratory animal veterinarian Dr. Andrew Winterborn says that every Canadian institution that uses animals in scientific research is required to report their numbers to the Canadian Council on Animal Care yearly. According to the Council, 6,818 non-human primates were used in research in Canada in 2021.

"That makes up around about 0.2 per cent of animals that are used in research," said Winterborn, the Queen's University's director of Animal Care Services.

"It should be pointed out that not all of those 6,800 would be in biomedical. That could be field studies done as well, where those animals would be included within that number," he told Bresnahan.

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Winterborn said the vast majority of non-human primates in Canada are used to help scientists understand brain function and disease, as well as vaccine development and treatment.

He said that non-human primates are still critical to vaccine development and treatment status, even if there are human trials.

"Unfortunately, there still is a requirement from a regulatory perspective that before a drug comes to market — and specifically vaccines come to market — you need to demonstrate the safety and toxicity associated with that vaccine," he said.

"So prior to going into the human population, there needs to be a demonstration that that vaccine is going to be safe and that it's going to be [effective]." And so unfortunately, at this point in time, that is still a central component of drug development."

He admitted that sometimes, science does require those animals to undergo a procedure that could be painful. But, he said it's extremely important to have qualified staff on board and the "gold standard" of pain medication available during those times.

A close look at the face of a light brown rhesus macaque monkey. Although chimpanzees are no longer used for testing in Canada and the United States, other non-human primates like rhesus macaques are. (Brennan Linsley/Associated Press)

"So, you know, we take the utmost care to maximize the care and respect animal welfare when working with animals and research," he said.

But Mathews said it's "a mistake" to think that animals must be infected with human diseases to find a cure — and points to HIV testing as an example.

"[Chimpanzees] were a poor research model. They did not develop HIV the way humans do," he said. "The disease that they get ... [from] SIV, simian immunodeficiency, developed in a completely different way."

Chimpanzees have evolved to control the pathogenicity of the virus, which does not typically develop into AIDS in the same way as in humans.

"So it turned out that we wasted a lot of money breeding chimpanzees, we created a lot of cruelty by keeping them in captivity, and it turns out that the things that we learned about HIV came from human clinical trials."

Winterborn said he would love to see scientific research move away from animals — and suggested that artificial intelligence may play a long-term role in that.

"I think we are still tens of years away, unfortunately, from that, when we simply don't understand the biological processes, disease processes at this point in time," he said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mouhamad Rachini

Journalist

Mouhamad Rachini is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and producer for CBC Radio's digital team. He's worked for several CBC Radio shows including The Current, Day 6 and Cross Country Checkup. He's particularly passionate about stories from Muslim and Middle Eastern communities. He also writes about soccer on his website Between the Sticks. You can reach him at mouhamad.rachini@cbc.ca.

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68 Comments

David Amos

"Her reaction transcended all language barriers"

Amen

Richard McDonell

That really is a feel-good story. Even for this grumpy old man.

David Amos

Reply to Richard McDonell

I resemble that remark

Fergus O'Ryan

That was a depressing read.

Kayline Gabriole

Reply to Fergus O'Ryan

Agreed - the video was heartwarming though! I'm surprised that she is such a happy outgoing creature after being treated so poorly for 28 years.

David Amos

Reply to Fergus O'Ryan

Nay not so

Ingrid Raudsepp

Reply to Kayline Gabriole

Her resilience is superior to a lot of humans'.

David Amos

Reply to Ingrid Raudsepp

Oh so true

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Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection

July 9, 2023, 2:39 am

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Colter Simmonds to carry NDP banner in Preston byelection

Well-known community advocate, basketball coach ran for the party in 2021

Michael Gorman· CBC News · Posted: Jun 15, 2023 7:00 PM ADT

A man with crossed arms stands in front of a hedge.

Colter Simmonds will run for the NDP in the upcoming Preston byelection. (Submitted by Nova Scotia NDP)

The Nova Scotia NDP is turning to a familiar face in its quest to win the upcoming Preston byelection.

Colter Simmonds, who ran for the party in the last provincial election, was announced as the NDP candidate at an event Wednesday evening.

"I'm not a quitter," Simmonds said in an interview. "I just want another chance to serve my community and the constituents within the riding."

Simmonds pulled 28 per cent of the vote in 2021, just behind the Tory candidate Archy Beals's 29 per cent. Liberal candidate Angela Simmonds won the seat. She resigned in April, creating the need for the byelection.

A well-known community advocate and basketball coach, Colter Simmonds said key issues in the district include the need for more mental health services, cost-of-living pressures and gun violence. Even after the last election people were coming to him with community concerns, something Simmonds said encouraged him to run again.

"I just realized that I have a strong voice and the community looks to me and I have their respect. I don't run from a challenge, so here I am again trying to do it this time and win this time."

Advocacy work

NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Simmonds is a recognized mentor for young people and represents a generation of people in Preston who are tired of the status quo.

"I think Colter is a candidate who understands those issues and is connected to them and in any political contest, that's what you want," Chender said in an interview.

"You want somebody who is connected to their community, who can speak for them and with them, and who is respected. And so we are really pleased that we found a candidate who fits that bill."

Simmonds said he sees the role of MLA as an extension of the advocacy work he's done through the years.

"I'm known for it, it's what I've been doing and I want to continue it with an actual seat at the table to make some decisions and apply pressure to provide more for the Preston riding."

A date has yet to be set for the byelection. Premier Tim Houston must call the byelection by Oct. 1.

The Liberals announced Carlo Simmins as their candidate last month. The Tories have yet to name a candidate for the byelection.

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Friday, 18 September 2015

David Raymond Amos Versus The Crown T-1557-15

Court File No. T-1557-15

FEDERAL COURT

BETWEEN:

DAVID RAYMOND AMOS

Plaintiff

and

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

Defendant

STATEMENT OF CLAIM

The Parties

1. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crown) is Elizabeth II, the Queen of England, the Protector of the Faith of the Church of England, the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and one of the wealthiest persons in the world. Canada pays homage to the Queen because she remained the Head of State and the Chief Executive Officer of Canada after the Canada Act 1982(U.K.) 1982, c. 11 came into force on April 17, 1982. The standing of the Queen in Canada was explained within the 2002Annual Report FORM 18-K filed by Canada with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It states as follows:

“The executive power of the federal Government is vested in the Queen, represented by the Governor General, whose powers are exercised on the advice of the federal Cabinet, which is responsible to the House of Commons. The legislative branch at the federal level, Parliament, consists of the Crown, the Senate and the House of Commons.”

“The executive power in each province is vested in the Lieutenant Governor, appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the federal Cabinet. The Lieutenant Governor’s powers are exercised on the advice of the provincial cabinet, which is responsible to the legislative assembly. Each provincial legislature is composed of a Lieutenant Governor and a legislative assembly made up of members elected for a period of five years.”

2. Her Majesty the Queen is the named defendant pursuant to sections 23(1) and 36 of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act. Some of the state actors whose duties and actions are at issue in this action are the Prime Minister, Premiers, Governor General, Lieutenant Governors, members of the Canadian Forces (CF), and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), federal and provincial Ministers of Public Safety, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Finance, Speakers, Clerks, Sergeants-at-Arms and any other person acting as Aide-de-Camp providing security within and around the House of Commons, the legislative assemblies or acting as security for other federal, provincial and municipal properties.

3. Her Majesty the Queen’s servants the RCMP whose mandate is to serve and protect Canadian citizens and assist in the security of parliamentary properties and the protection of public officials should not deny a correspondence from a former Deputy Prime Minister who was appointed to be Canada’s first Minister of Public Safety in order to oversee the RCMP and their cohorts. The letter that helped to raise the ire of a fellow Canadian citizen who had never voted in his life to run for public office four times thus far is quoted as follows:

“Mr. David R. Amos Jan 3^rd, 2004

153Alvin Avenue

Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186

Dear Mr. Amos

Thank you for your letter of November 19^th, 2003, addressed to

my predecessor, the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety.

I apologize for the delay in responding.

If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only

suggest that you contact the police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any

evidence of criminal activity should be brought to their attention since the

police are in the best position to evaluate the information and take action

as deemed appropriate.

I trust that this information is satisfactory.

Yours sincerely

A. Anne McLellan”

4. DAVID RAYMOND AMOS (Plaintiff), a Canadian Citizen and the first Chief of the Amos Clan, was born in Sackville, New Brunswick (NB) on July 17^th, 1952.

5. The Plaintiff claims standing in this action as a citizen whose human rights and democratic interests are to be protected by due performance of the obligations of Canada’s public officials who are either elected or appointed and all servants of the Crown whose mandate is to secure the public safety, protect public interests and to uphold and enforce the rule of law. The Crown affirms his right to seek relief for offences to his rights under section 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter). Paragraphs 6 to 13 explain the delay in bringing this action before Federal Court and paragraphs 25 to 88 explain this matter.

6. The Plaintiff states that pursuant to the democratic rights found in Section 3 of the Charter he was a candidate in the elections of the membership of the 38^th and 39^th Parliaments in the House of Commons and a candidate in the elections of the memberships of the legislative assemblies in Nova Scotia (NS) and NB in 2006.

7. The Plaintiff states that if he is successful in finding a Chartered Accountant to audit his records as per the rules of Elections Canada, he will attempt to become a candidate in the election of the membership of the 42^nd Parliament.

8. The Plaintiff states that beginning in January of 2002, he made many members of the RCMP and many members of the corporate media including employees of a Crown Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) well aware of the reason why he planned to return to Canada and become a candidate in the next federal election. In May of 2004, all members seated in the 37^th Parliament before the writ was dropped for the election of the 38^th Parliament and several members of the legislative assemblies of NB and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) knew the reason is the ongoing rampant public corruption. Evidence of the Plaintiff’s concerns can be found within his documents that the Office of the Governor General acknowledged were in its possession ten years ago before the Speech from the Throne in 2004. The Governor General’s letter is as follows:

“September 11^th, 2004

Dear Mr. Amos,

On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson,

I acknowledge receipt of two sets of documents and CD regarding corruption,

one received from you directly, and the other forwarded to us by the Office of

the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.

I regret to inform you that the Governor General cannot intervene in

matters that are the responsibility of elected officials and courts of Justice of

Canada. You already contacted the various provincial authorities regarding

your concerns, and these were the appropriate steps to take.

Yours sincerely.

Renee Blanchet

Office of the Secretary

to the Governor General”

9. The Plaintiff states that the documents contain proof that the Crown by way of the RCMP and the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy Prime Minister knew that he was the whistleblower offering his assistance to Maher Arar and his lawyers in the USA. The Governor General acknowledged his concerns about the subject of this complaint and affirmed that the proper provincial authorities were contacted but ignored the Plaintiff’s faxes and email to the RCMP and the Solicitor General in November of 2003 and his tracked US Mail to the Solicitor General and the Commissioner of the RCMP by way of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in December of 2003 and the response he received from the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy Prime Minister in early 2004. One document was irrefutable proof that there was no need whatsoever to create a Commission of Inquiry into Maher Arar concerns at about the same point in time. That document is a letter from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office Inspector General (OIG complaint no. C04-01448) admitting contact with his office on November 21, 2003 within days of the Plaintiff talking to the office of Canada’s Solicitor General while he met with the US Attorney General and one day after the former Attorney General of New York (NY) and the former General Counsel of the SEC testified at a public hearing before the US Senate Banking Committee about investigations of the mutual fund industry.

10. The Plaintiff states that another document that the Plaintiff received during the election of the 39^th Parliament further supported the fact he was a whistleblower about financial crimes. In December of 2006 a member of the RCMP was ethical enough to admit that he understood the Plaintiff’s concerns and forwarded his response to the acting Commissioner of the RCMP and others including a NB Cabinet Minister Michael B. Murphy QC. The Crown is well aware that any member sitting in the last days of the 37^th Parliament through to the end of the 41^st Parliament could have stood in the House of Commons and asked the Speaker if the Crown was aware of the Plaintiff’s actions. All parliamentarians should have wondered why his concerns and that of Mr. Arar’s were not heard by a committee within the House of Commons in early 2004. Instead, the Crown created an expensive Commission to delay the Arar matter while he sued the governments of Canada and the USA and his wife ran in the election of the 38^th Parliament. In 2007, Arar received a $10-million settlement from the Crown and the Prime Ministergave him an official apology yet the US government has never admitted fault. A month after the writ was dropped for the election of the 42^nd Parliament and CBC is reporting Syrian concerns constantly, Mr. Arar’s lawyer announcedthat the RCMP will attempt to extradite a Syrian intelligence officer because it had laid a charge in absentia and a Canada-wide warrant and Interpol notice were issued. The Plaintiff considers such news to be politicking practiced by the Minister of Public Safety. He noticed the usually outspoken Mr. Arar made no comment but his politically active wife had lots to say on CBC.Meanwhile, the RCMP continues to bar a fellow citizen from parliamentary properties because he exercised the same democratic rights after he had offered his support to Arar by way of his American lawyers. The aforementioned letter about financial crimes was from the Inspector General for Tax Administration in the US Department of the Treasury. Mr Arar’s lawyers, the RCMP, the Canadian Revenue Agency and the US Internal Revenue Service still refuse to even admit TIGTA complaint no. 071-0512-0055-C exists. However, the Commissioner of Federal Court, the Queen’s Privy Council Office and other agencies were made well aware of it before the Speech from the Throne in 2006.

11. The Plaintiff states that from June 24, 2004 until the day he signed this complaint he has diligently tried to resolve the breach of his rights under the Charter that are the subject of this complaint with any public official in Canada whom he believed had the mandate or the ability to request that the Crown investigate and correct the malicious actions and inactions of the RCMP, Sergeants-at-Arms and Aides-de-Camp in all jurisdictions. Until June 16, 2006 the Plaintiff did not have irrefutable proof to support this complaint. Time did not permit him to address it immediately in Federal Court in 2006 because his slate was full. For instance on June 16, 2006 while dealing with deeply troubling private family matters, he was running against the Attorney General for his seat in the NS provincial election while arguing members of the RCMP about strange calls he got from someone in Ottawa who claimed the Department of Public Safety as her client, dealing with many liberal party members who were about to witness in Moncton NB the first debate of all those who wished to become their new leader, assisting a farmer in his attempt to get some authority to properly investigate the demise of his cattle and discussing with members of the Saint John NB City Council the actions of a sergeant in the Saint John Police Force who was calling friends of the Plaintiff and claiming that he was drug dealing member of a bike gang that they should stay away from while he was preparing to intervene in pipeline matter that was about to heard by the National Energy Board in Saint John .

12. The Plaintiff states that in April of 2007 he wrote a complaint about this matter and returned to the Capital District of NB in order to file it and argue the Crown before the Federal Court if it did not wish to settle. A clerk of this court informed him that his complaint was not composed correctly, so he began to rewrite this complaint. However, as soon as it was known what the Plaintiff was about to file he was subject to further police harassment and his family began to suffer from constant slander, sexual harassment and death threats on the Internet and on the telephone that continues to this very day while the RCMP, the FBI and many other law enforcement authorities continue to ignored the obvious evidence of cybercrime practiced against many people including his minor children.

13. The Plaintiff states that the Crown’s only response has been further harassment by the RCMP including false arrest and imprisonment and theft of his property by the Fredericton Police Force supported by other law enforcement authorities in Canada and the USA. The Governor General has had the Plaintiff’s documents for over ten years to study. The Crown now has one of the complaints that the RCMP has been delaying since 2003. It is as follows:

The Complaint

14. The Plaintiff states that on June 24, 2004 during the election of the membership of the 38^th Parliament the Crown breached his right to peaceful assembly and association under Section 2(c) and (d) of the Charter. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative Assembly of NB (a former member of the RCMP) supported by the Fredericton Police Force (FPF), the Corps of Commissionaires (COC) and at least one RCMP officer acting as Aide-de-Camp to the NB Lieutenant Governor barred the Plaintiff under threat of arrest from the legislative properties in NB.

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Desmond Inquiry Final Report Delayed Again

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48 viewsJul 7, 2023Raymond Sheppard talks to The Todd Veinotte Show on News 95.7FM in Halifax - July 7th, 2023 [https://halifax.citynews.ca/audio/the... ] Via City News:

"The Nova Scotia government has dismissed the judge presiding over an inquiry that has spent much of the past five years investigating why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in 2017. Brad Johns, Nova Scotia’s attorney general, confirmed Tuesday he has asked the chief judge of the provincial court to assign a new judge to finish the work started by provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer, saying the province has waited long enough for Zimmer’s final report." [ https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/07/0... ]

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https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/elections/premier-tim-houston-calls-preston-byelection/

Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection

byZane WoodfordJuly 7, 2023

Three headshots are compiled in one photo: a Black woman with short hair wearing glasses, a bald Black man with a thin moustache, and a bald Black man with glasses and a thin grey goatee.

The candidates for the Preston byelection: Twila Grosse, running for the PCs, Colter Simmonds for the NDP, and Carlo Simmons for the Liberals. Credit: Contributed

Voters in Preston will head to the polls on Aug. 8.

The seat in the Nova Scotia legislature has been vacant since April 1, when Liberal MLA Angela Simmonds stepped down. Premier Tim Houston had six months to call the byelection, with a deadline of Oct. 1 and a latest possible election date of Nov. 14.

Summer elections tend to have lower voter turnout. Houston said last month he expected a new MLA to be sworn in before the fall sitting of the legislature.

An electoral map shows the areas included in the riding, including East and North Preston, Cherry Brook, Westphal, and Montague Mines. A map of the Preston riding.

The three major parties have each announced candidates: Twila Grosse will run for the governing PCs; Colter Simmonds for the NDP; and Carlo Simmons for the Liberals.

Grosse was an accountant for the Halifax International Airport Authority for 36 years before retiring in 2020.

Simmonds is a basketball coach and community youth advocate who ran in the same riding in the 2021 provincial election.

Simmons is the chief operating officer of his family’s paving company.

Elections Nova Scotia announced in April that it would use a new e-balloting system for early voting. That system will allow people to go into a polling station and use an electronic voting machine for 20 days leading up to Election Day. Elections Nova Scotia will use paper ballots on Election Day.

A Black woman with short dark hair, glasses, and wearing a long blue and white tweed jacket stands at a podium with a microphone. The sky is blue with a few clouds, just like the sky in the opening for the show the Simpsons.

Twila Grosse running for PCs in Preston byelection

A young Black man in a grey jacket with an orange, white, and blue print shirt underneath it stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. A banner in front of the podium says NS NDP and a banner behind him has several logos that say Nova Scotia NDP

Colter Simmonds to run as NDP candidate in Preston byelection

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E-balloting system to be used for early voting in Preston byelection

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Zane Woodford

Zane Woodford is the Halifax Examiner’s municipal reporter. He covers Halifax City Hall and contributes to our ongoing PRICED OUT housing series. Twitter @zwoodford More by Zane Woodford

https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/province-house/angela-simmonds-resigns-as-preston-mla-deputy-speaker/

Angela Simmonds resigns as Preston MLA, deputy Speaker

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byMatthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporterJanuary 25, 2023

Angela Simmonds. Photo: Angela Simmonds / Facebook.

Angela Simmonds, the Liberal MLA for Preston, will be stepping down as a member of the provincial legislature. Her last day will be on April 1.

Simmonds made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in an open letter to her constituents.

“There are many different reasons people get into politics. For me, it has always been about the people. I wanted to help others believe in change and feel inspired to find the courage to make those changes a lasting part of our community. I wanted people to look at me and see opportunity within themselves,” Simmonds wrote in the letter.

“For me, this decision is necessary to stretch out the legacy of changemakers, lifting up new voices while also preserving my own. This experience has taught me a great deal, and I’m ready to take that knowledge into our community, create opportunities and make change — now.”

Simmonds was elected to the legislature in the August 2021 election. In her riding, she beat out Conservative party candidate Archy Beals and NDP candidate Colter Simmonds in what is believed to be the first race in Atlantic Canada where a provincial riding was contested by all Black candidates.

After being elected, Simmonds was appointed as the Liberal critic for justice, seniors and long-term care, and African Nova Scotian Affairs.

She also serves as the first Deputy Speaker of African descent in the Nova Scotia legislature. She will also be stepping down from that role April 1.

Simmonds is also the first African Nova Scotian to run for the leadership of the provincial Liberal party.* In July 2022, Simmonds was unsuccessful in her candidacy to lead the provincial Liberals against current Liberal leader, Zach Churchill.

Prior to being elected, Simmonds graduated from law school at Dalhousie University. She also served as the executive director of the Land Titles Initiative for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism.

“April 1st will certainly not be the last day you hear my voice. I will continue to listen, advocate, and make certain my abilities and experience are used to continue working towards anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Doing this now will look a little different. It won’t be adversarial, it will be how I want to lead and advocate — with empathy, and integrity,” Simmonds wrote.

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‘She stuck true to her principles’

Liberal leader Zach Churchill shared a message about Simmonds on his social media accounts:

Since being elected, Angela has been a valued member of our caucus. Throughout her time as an MLA and leadership candidate, she stuck true to her principles and values while bringing new members to the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. I have immense respect for her as a colleague and friend, and I look forward to continuing to work with her over the next few months. I know she will do great things in her future to better her community and all of Nova Scotia.

In July 2021, just prior to being approached to run for the Liberals, Simmonds and her husband, Halifax Regional Police Supt. Dean Simmonds, who is Black, had their vehicle pulled over by members of the Cole Harbour RCMP in relation to a call about gunshots in nearby North Preston where the couple lives.

In a claim that was later denied by the RCMP, the couple said they had carbine rifles pointed at them and accused the officers of racial discrimination.

The couple filed a complaint and released a joint statement where they said the interaction was “yet another example of the way Black people continue to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty, criminals.”

It was later revealed that Jeremie Landry, who at the time was the acting chief officer of Halifax-district RCMP, sent letters to select members of Halifax regional council whose districts are served by the RCMP, and denied the Simmonds’ claims surrounding the details of the traffic stop.

“There’s so much wrong with that,” Coun. Waye Mason told the Examiner in September 2021 after it was revealed he wrote to the Board of Police Commissioners to complain about the letter.

“There’s an active investigation that’s so sensitive that the RCMP and the clerks have decided that it needs to be entirely redacted, but the acting commander chose to communicate to political elected officials about an active investigation, and to only do so to the people [who] are served by RCMP in Halifax. None of that is right.”

In February 2022, shortly after announcing her bid for the Liberal leadership, Simmonds told the Examiner she was “disappointed” when she heard about Landry’s letter where he essentially said she and her husband had lied.

“I don’t know him and I’ve never met him. And if I did in passing, I didn’t know it was him.”

In October 2021, Simmonds had a meeting with then Liberal leader Iain Rankin and Premier Tim Houston where Simmonds said Houston informed her of “racist, inappropriate, derogatory comments” made about her on social media by a party staffer who had attended meetings with Simmonds.

Houston fired the staffer and MLAs expressed support for Simmonds in the legislature.

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“I may have been the first African Nova Scotian Deputy Speaker, the first African Nova Scotian woman to be elected to the Liberal party as the MLA for Preston, and the first African Nova Scotian woman to run for the Leadership of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia but I will not be the last. I hope to support whoever may follow my path, and I welcome questions from those interested,” Simmonds said in her letter Wednesday.

“In the meantime, you can reach me in all our usual ways leading up to my final date. I will continue to be here for you.”

“Thank you for your understanding and continued support.”

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Angela Simmonds was the first African Nova Scotian to run for the leadership of a major provincial political party.

Yvonne Atwell was the first African Nova Scotia to run for the leadership of a major provincial party in 1996 when she ran for the NDP against Robert Chisholm.

Colter Simmonds to run as NDP candidate in Preston byelection

Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection

Black lady in dark blazer smiles for the camera.

Angela Simmonds running for leadership of Nova Scotia Liberal Party

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio

Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

Matthew Byard writes news, profiles, and stories of the Black Nova Scotia community. His reporting is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative. More by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_aab9d1b1-0f67-5523-af7b-14db6bc88eb0.html

Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History Month events

Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Halifax Examiner

Feb 4, 2023

Seven months after holding its largest Africa Festival of Culture and Arts on the Halifax waterfront, the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society is hosting a series of Black History Month activities.

The activities include a panel discussion on inclusion and diversity in the workplace, a series of elementary school presentations throughout Truro, Dartmouth, and Halifax, and an annual dinner and dance gala at Mount Saint Vincent University. The events run from Feb. 7 to 11.

The panel discussion is titled, “Experiencing Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace: Challenges and Solutions."

“The first time we had [the panel discussion] was last year and it was virtual because of the pandemic. But this time it’s going to be in person,” said George Mbamalu, founder and chair of the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society in an interview with the Halifax Examiner.

“We have a serious problem of inclusion and diversity in the workplace because the work is not fully inclusive, so that’s why we’re targeting the workplace. So, every year we will try to discuss the same topic but with different people and backgrounds.”

The panel will be moderated by Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley, the inaugural vice-provost for equity and inclusiveness at Dalhousie University.

Rajack-Talley will be joined by four panelists, including: Barb Hamilton-Hinch, assistant vice-provost of equity and inclusion and an associate professor in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dalhousie; Pemberton Cyrus, head of the department of industrial engineering and president of Imhotep's Legacy Academy at Dalhousie University; April Howe, deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture and former senior advisor to the deputy minister of the Department of Justice; and Tiwa Ogundipe, a lawyer from Nigeria, who is currently a senior policy analyst with Department of Justice.

The panel takes place on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room 303 at the Dalhousie Student Union Building at 6136 University Ave.

At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Amadou Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will kick off a series of elementary school presentations and musical performances at the Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education in Truro.

Based out of Toronto, Kienou is a master drummer from Burkina Faso. The members of the Djeli Sira Band are from Burkina Faso and Guinea and perform with djembe drums and various other African instruments.

“They’ll be doing some introductions and talking about Black History Month and then they will do performances for them,” said Mbamalu.

On Wednesday, the group will perform at Shannon Park Elementary School in Dartmouth and at LeMarchant St. Thomas School in Halifax.

On Thursday, they perform at Ecole Saint Catherine School in Halifax then at Portland Estates Elementary School in Dartmouth.

Then on Friday, they perform at Fairview Heights Elementary School in Halifax.

Amadou Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will also perform along with other artists Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society’s Black History Month dinner and dance in the Rosaria Hall at Mount Saint Vincent University. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event is scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to midnight.

“We start with welcoming people and talking about Black History Month and accomplishments of Black people in Nova Scotia and Canada,” said Mbamalu.

Mbamalu said the performance by Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will include African drumming, dancing, and song prior to the full course dinner.

Performances later in the evening will include Advocates of Truth, a group of young African musicians; Eritrean dance from members of the Eritrean community, a performance by Rush Culture, a Bahamian group, and a spoken word performance by Dr. El Jones.

A live DJ will then host a dance for the remainder of the evening.

Mbamalu said that of the 300 tickets for the dinner and dance over half are already sold. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at Eventbrite or by phone by calling either 902-210-0447 or 902-292-2973.

I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns???

Tom Taggart <tom.taggartmla@gmail.com>	Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 3:27 PM
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

Thank you for contacting us at the office of MLA Tom Taggart. This email is being monitored by my Constituency Assistant Andrea Johnson, who will get back to you as soon as possible. If your inquiry is urgent, please feel free to call the Constituency Office @ 902-641-2335 Our Office is located @ 10653 Hwy 2 Masstown, Nova Scotia, right next door to the Petro- Canada. Our Office hours are Monday- Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm or by appointment. We are closed on Holidays. My office has the COVID RAPID TEST KITS if you need one please stop in a pick one up. -- Tom Taggart, MLA Colchester North (O) - 902-641-2335 tom.taggartmla@gmail.com

David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>	Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 3:47 PM
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Please accept my apologizes in advance and thank you for your co-operation. Brad -- Brad Johns Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly Sackville - Uniacke (902) 865-6467 - Show quoted text - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "kelly@kellyregan.ca"<kelly@kellyregan.ca> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:27:13 +0100 Subject: Auto Reply To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com [This is an auto reply] Thank you for contacting the constituency office of the Hon. Kelly Regan, MLA for Bedford Basin. This office is here to assist residents of the Bedford community. In order to ensure a proper and timely response to your matter, please include all necessary contact information in your correspondence, including your name, address, phone number/e-mail, and the nature of your matter. This constituency office is a respectful workplace. Please be advised that we are unable to respond to communications involving profanity, personal attacks, racism, homophobia, or other forms of discrimination. Thank you and have a great day. Traci Sullivan Constituency Assistant Office of the Honourable Kelly Regan \| MLA, Bedford Basin  902-407-3777 \|  902-407-3779 \| www.kellyregan.ca \| 1550 Bedford Highway \| Suite 555 \| Bedford, NS B4A 1E6 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lisa Lachance <lisalachancemla@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:27:17 -0800 Subject: Thank you for contacting MLA Lisa Lachance Re: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com La version française suit Thank you for reaching out to the office of Lisa Lachance, MLA for Halifax Citadel–Sable Island. Lisa is thrilled to have been elected to work with and for the people of Halifax Citadel–Sable Island! This office is here to help residents navigate provincial programs and services and advocate for constituents within those structures. We also make referrals to other government and community agencies that may be helpful. If you are in an emergency, please call 9-1-1. As MLA, Lisa is able to bring the concerns and ideas of Halifax Citadel–Sable Island to the provincial legislature and fight for the issues that are important to you. We acknowledge that our constituency is located in Kjipuktuk, within Mi'kma'ki, the unceded territory of the L'nu people. We will get back to you as soon as we are able. Thank you. Sign up for our newsletter! --- Merci d'avoir contacté le bureau de Lisa Lachance, député pour la circonscription de Halifax Citadel–Sable Island. Ce bureau est ici pour aider les résidents de Halifax Citadel–Sable Island qui naviguent des programmes et services provinciaux et advoquer pour ceux et celles dans ces structures; on fait aussi référence à autres agences gouvernementales et communautaires qui peuvent vous aider. S'il s'agit d'une urgence, SVP faire appeler le 9-1-1. On reconnait que notre circonscription se situe à Kjipuktuk, en Mi'kma'ki, la territoire incédée du peuple L'nu. On vous répondra dès que ça soit possible. -- Marius van Leeuwen Constituency Assistant to Lisa Lachance, MLA Halifax Citadel-Sable Island any pronouns P (902) 220-3021 E LisaLachanceMLA@gmail.com Sport Nova Scotia Building 5516 Spring Garden Rd. Suite #304 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1G5 lisalachance.ca [image: facebook icon] [image: twitter icon] [image: instagram icon] Sign up for our newsletter! The contents of this message come from the constituency office of Lisa Lachance, MLA for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island and should be treated as confidential unless otherwise indicated. If you believe you are receiving this message in error, please let us know and delete the message, including all attachments. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Suzy Hansen <suzyhalifaxneedham@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:27:17 -0800 Subject: Thank you for your email. Re: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com Thank you for reaching out to the office of Suzy Hansen, MLA for Halifax Needham. I am so thankful to be elected to work with and for the people of Halifax Needham. The office is here to help residents of Halifax Needham navigate provincial programs and services and advocate for constituents within those structures. We also make referrals to other government and community agencies that may be helpful. As an MLA, I am able to bring the concerns and ideas of Halifax Needham to the provincial Legislature, and fight for the issues that are important to you. I will get back to you as soon as I am able. Take care and stay safe Suzy Hansen MLA Halifax Needham -- Aisha Hum Constituency Assistant for Suzy Hansen, MLA Halifax Needham (902)455-7300 6080 Young Street, Suite 1000 Halifax, NS B3K 5L2 Stay in touch. Sign up for my newsletter: Newsletter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Susan Leblanc <susanleblancMLA@bellaliant.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:31:18 -0400 Subject: RE: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com Thank-you for reaching out to the constituency office for Susan Leblanc, MLA for Dartmouth North. We have moved to 192 Wyse Road, Unit 1A (the second door on the front of the building, after the main lobby). The new office is located across the parking lot from the Sobeys on Wyse Road. If you are looking for COVID-19 rapid tests, they are in our entry way. This office is here to help residents of Dartmouth North navigate provincial programs and services and advocate for constituents within those structures. We also make referrals to other government and community agencies that may be helpful. As an MLA Susan is able to bring the concerns and ideas of Dartmouth North to the provincial legislature and fight for the issues that are important to you. Many of the phone numbers and forms that we give out can be found on Sue's website here https://www.susanleblanc.ca/resources Sue's consent form (if you want us to talk to other government departments or agencies about your issue) is here www.susanleblanc.ca/contact-susan <http://www.susanleblanc.ca/contact-susan> We will get back to you as soon as we are able, Rebecca Rose She/her Constituency Coordinator Susan Leblanc MLA Dartmouth North NDP Caucus Chair We have moved to 192 Wyse Road, Unit 1A on April 29th! Sign up for Susan's e-newsletter <https://facebook.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d170009c852be0f8a6b064ec1 &id=c2a805a1c7> here! _________________ Constituency Office 260 Wyse Rd Suite 102 Dartmouth, NS B3A 1N3 902-463-6670 WEB PAGE: https://www.susanleblanc.ca/ Rebecca Rose She/her Constituency Coordinator Susan Leblanc MLA Dartmouth North NDP House Leader We have moved to 192 Wyse Road. (The second door, right after the main lobby, ground floor.) Sign up for Susan's e-newsletter here <https://facebook.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d170009c852be0f8a6b064ec1 &id=c2a805a1c7> ! _________________ Constituency Office 192 Wyse Road, Unit 1A (second door after the main lobby, ground floor) Dartmouth, NS B3A 1N3 902-463-6670 WEB PAGE: https://www.susanleblanc.ca/ Deja Vu Anyone???? Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone N'esy Pas? David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 2:48 PM To: BOB! B-O-B <coachwhitford1@gmail.com> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> JD is just another piece of chickenshit Feel Free to tell him I said so On 8/6/21, BOB! B-O-B <coachwhitford1@gmail.com> wrote: > I listened to the court recordings, quite the difference in the sound of > Justice Bell's (I think his name is) when he came back from recess. Very > low voice and at times choking on his own words. Also the other justice, > Leblanc was it? He started off forcefully telling you "not to speak when I > am speaking", then after you patiently waited your turn and unloaded a few > of your facts his demeanor did a complete 180. Things that make you go > hmmmmm. Interesting stuff you sent. > > So what's JD's story? Is he a stand up guy or what? > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 2:01 AM David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 18:02:43 -0300 >> Subject: Fwd: Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell >> your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the >> phone N'esy Pas? >> To: brianwongpc2021@gmail.com, votemarni@gmail.com, >> anthony.edmonds@greenpartyns.ca, christina.mccarron@nsndp.ca >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, >> "Bill.Blair"<Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, pathealey@gmail.com >> >> >> https://thelaker.ca/election-21-wfrbb-atlantica-party-candidate-shawn-whitford/ >> >> ELECTION 21 WFRBB: Atlantica Party candidate Shawn Whitford >> By The Laker -July 30, 2021 >> >> Shawn Whitford has lived in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank for over >> 20 years, served as a volunteer for more than 10 years and I feel it’s >> time to take this next step to serve and represent our community. >> >> Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, >> NDP, Liberal …. see the pattern? Has anything really changed? I fail >> to see any progress. I hear lots of talk but no real solutions. >> >> If we truly want to tackle issues such as affordable housing and >> inequality then we must face the root cause, GOVERNMENT! >> >> Who/what is the Atlantica Party you ask? A party that believes in the >> people. A party that believes in the entrepreneurial spirit. A party >> that will lead with common sense, bringing the Legislature back to its >> roots, to where it belongs, the people of Nova Scotia! >> >> It most certainly doesn’t hurt to have a viable option when it comes >> to politics these days. We need change for the better in this province >> and the same old, same old does not and will never represent change. >> >> Before we can talk about solutions to the many issues facing this >> province we first must deal with the root cause, the Legislature. >> >> We need to return to transparency, oversight and a Legislature that >> works for the will of the people. >> >> I’m looking forward to a busy and exciting August! >> >> >> Social Media: >> >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071128762676 >> >> Party FB page: https://www.facebook.com/AtlanticaPartyNS >> >> >> https://thelaker.ca/burrill-campaigns-with-mccarron-in-grand-lake-fall-river/ >> >> >> https://thelaker.ca/advertorial-waverley-fall-river-beaver-bank-pc-candidate-brian-wong-concerned-for-safety-of-grand-lake/ >> >> https://thelaker.ca/election21-wfrbb-liberal-partys-marni-tuttle/ >> >> @ReprtrPatHealey·30 Jul >> VIDEO: @IainTRankin arrives to canvass in #FallRiverNS then #EnfieldNS >> #HantsEast @MarniTuttle >> >> News tips, events or if you wish to advertise online please contact: >> >> Pat Healey, Reporter/Marketing >> >> 79 John Murray Dr. Apt. 2 >> >> Enfield, N.S. B2T 1C9 >> >> Email: reporter.pathealey@gmail.com >> >> Cell: 902-817-8054 >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 16:07:54 -0300 >> Subject: Fwd: Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell >> your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the >> phone N'esy Pas? >> To: mark.robertson@atlanticaparty.ca, ryan.smyth@atlanticaparty.ca, >> alan.nightingale@atlanticaparty.ca, steven.foster@atlanticaparty.ca >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 18:42:37 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Donald Trump Jr. At least I know for >> certain that the one corrupt ex cop remembers me because I called you >> again today N'esy Pas Pierre-Yves Bourduas? >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> >> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. 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If you don’t have internet access, call 811. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:54:52 -0300 >> Subject: Fwd: Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell >> your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the >> phone N'esy Pas? >> To: sheilagrichardson@gmail.com, fairviewclaytonparkndp@gmail.com, >> info@nicolemosher.ca, scottellisneedham2021@gmail.com, >> suzyhalifaxneedham@gmail.com, robin.smith@nsndp.ca, >> colton4argyle@gmail.com, votepc2021@gmail.com, >> cheryl.burbidge@nsndp.ca >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Dominic.Cardy" >> <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "Michael.Gorman"<Michael.Gorman@cbc.ca>, >> nobyrne@unb.ca, Jenica.Atwin@parl.gc.ca, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" >> <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin"<kris.austin@gnb.ca>, >> kingpatrick278 <kingpatrick278@gmail.com>, Jim Karahalios >> <jim@jimkarahalios.com>, "martin.gaudet" >> <martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>, "Mark.Blakely" >> <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "michelle.conroy" >> <michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>, ministryofjustice >> <ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca>, "freedomreport.ca" >> <freedomreport.ca@gmail.com>, derekstorie85 <derekstorie85@gmail.com>, >> "stefanos.karatopis"<stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com>, "Kaycee.Madu" >> <Kaycee.Madu@gov.ab.ca>, kedgwickriver <kedgwickriver@gmail.com>, >> "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)"<kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca> >> >> Deja Vu or what? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1azdNWbF3A >> >> Me, Myself and I >> 342 views >> Apr 2, 2013 >> David Amos >> >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/thomas-trappenberg-kai-trappenberg-nova-scotia-election-1.4131028 >> >> Meet the father and son running in Nova Scotia's election >> >> Kai Trappenberg, 18, is the son of Green Party Leader Thomas Trappenberg >> Richard Woodbury · CBC News · Posted: May 26, 2017 7:00 AM AT >> >> Kai Trappenberg (left) is running for the Green Party in >> Timberlea-Prospect and his dad, Green Party Leader Thomas Trappenberg >> (right), is running in Clayton Park West. (Submitted by Thomas >> Trappenberg) >> >> Yet CBC always illegaly ignored their non partison mandate and never >> mentioned yours truly during 7 elections except ust once in 2005 as >> they bragged of their world traveling NDP/PC hero Dominic Cardy >> >> Go Figure >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276 >> >> Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs >> >> Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 >> elections over 101 years >> CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:00 AM AT >> >> Four candidats are running in the federal riding of Fundy-Royal. Green >> candidate Stephanie Coburn, NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie, Liberal >> candidate Alaina Lockhart and Conservative candidate Rob Moore. >> (Courtesy of Stephanie Coburn, Jennifer McKenzie/Facebook, Alaina >> Lockhart/Facebook, CBC) >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE >> >> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local >> Campaign, Rogers TV >> 9,133 views >> Oct 2, 2015 >> Rogers tv >> 72.7K subscribers >> Federal debate in Fundy Royal, New Brunswick riding featuring >> candidates Rob Moore, Stephanie Coburn, Alaina Lockhart, Jennifer >> McKenzie and David Amos. >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ndp-gets-help-from-democracy-expert-1.629834 >> >> NDP gets help from democracy expert >> >> CBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2006 4:23 PM AT >> >> An international expert on democracy has flown all the way from Egypt >> to help NDP candidate John Carty campaign in Fredericton. >> >> Dominic Cardy is with a group called The National Democratic >> Institute. Its members include such people as former U.S. President >> Jimmy Carter. The group's mission is to teach democratic values and >> spread democracy around the world. >> >> Cardy has taught about democracy in Algeria, Bangladesh, and Cambodia >> during the past few years. When he heard his friend John Carty was >> running for office back in his home town of Fredericton, he hopped on >> a plane. >> >> "It was a strange experience," Cardy said. "One evening I was watching >> the sun go down over the pyramids, and the next evening watched it go >> down over Fredericton airport as I came into land." >> >> Cardy is no relation to the NDP candidate. But he loves elections and >> loves getting people pumped up about democracy. >> >> Carty the candidate is running against federal Indian Affairs Minister >> Andy Scott, Conservative Pat Lynch, Green candidate Philip Duchastel >> and independent David Amos. The riding has sent Scott to Ottawa for >> the last four elections, despite the best efforts of the other >> parties. >> >> Cardy says he doesn't care how tough the race his – he just wants >> people to participate in the process. "People have forgotten how >> incredibly precious these gifts that our ancestors fought for are and >> were just giving them away. It makes me furious when I talk to people >> and people just say 'ah there's no point in voting.'" >> >> After election day, Dominic Cardy is flying back home to his wife in >> Kathmandu, Nepal. He hopes to leave behind a new Member of Parliament >> for Fredericton, his friend John Carty for the NDP. >> >> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices >> >> https://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios/60/bio-E.asp?idno=11 >> >> Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick >> MLA Bios - 60th Legislature >> Home \| Français >> Dominic Cardy >> Hon. Dominic Cardy >> Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development >> >> Dominic Cardy was born in the UK in 1970; his family moved to >> Fredericton in 1971. >> >> Mr. Cardy was elected as the Progressive Conservative MLA for the >> constituency of Fredericton West-Hanwell on September 24, 2018 and >> sworn in as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development on >> November 9, 2018. He was re-elected on September 14, 2020 and >> re-appointed as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development >> on September 29, 2020. >> >> He has a B.A. in Political Science from Dalhousie University. >> >> Mr. Cardy worked for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs on the >> campaign to ban landmines, for the Washington-based National >> Democratic Institute for International Affairs in increasingly senior >> managerial roles, living and working in countries across Asia and >> Africa, and then served as Asia-Pacific Director for the Ottawa-based >> Forum of Federations. >> >> He was leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party from 2011-2016 >> and served as Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition from >> 2017-2018. >> >> He is a member of the editorial board of Inroads, a Canadian policy >> journal, and has been a flying instructor since 1994. >> Last updated : 10/15/2020 >> >> However Higgy et al forgot to mention how much Cardy loves butter tarts >> >> >> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/01/yo-dominic-cardy-how-can-you.html >> >> >> Friday, 12 January 2018 >> YO Dominic Cardy how can you Conservatives brag of buying Butter Tarts >> when CBC tells me you dudes have to sell your HQ? Yet you wackos want >> control of our provincial economy? >> >> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/10/methinks-if-blaine-higgs-had-two-clues.html >> >> Tuesday, 10 October 2017 >> Methinks if Blaine Higgs had two clues between his ears he would not >> have hired the Arsehole Dominic Cardy in the first place >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> >> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:34:59 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: F Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody >> should tell your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to >> come to the phone N'esy Pas? >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> >> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured >> that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be >> reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:34:34 -0300 >> Subject: F Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your >> buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone >> N'esy Pas? >> To: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>, Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca, >> Chad.Lucas@novascotia.ca, Tamar.Brown@novascotia.ca, >> JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca, info@nsbs.org, pictoueastcamp2021@gmail.com, >> archy4preston@gmail.com, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, Office of the >> Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, premier <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>, >> premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, >> colter.simmonds@nsndp.ca >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy" >> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, >> wtvmedia@gmail.com, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, >> "Bill.Blair"<Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, "barbara.massey" >> <barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >> >> Deja Vu Anyone??? >> >> >> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/07/rallies-continue-push-for-public.html >> >> Wednesday, 29 July 2020 >> Federal and provincial governments to hold public inquiry into Nova >> Scotia mass shootings >> >> https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies >> >> David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos >> Replying to @DavidRayAmos >> Methinks lots of folks may enjoy what Peter Mac Issac and his cohorts >> said while the RCMP and a lot of LIEbranos were stuttering and >> doubletalking bigtime N'esy Pas? >> >> >> https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20210305001 >> >> >> Land Titles Initiative >> >> The Land Titles Initiative helps residents in the communities of North >> Preston, East Preston, Cherry Brook/Lake Loon, Lincolnville and >> Sunnyville get clear title to their land at no cost. >> Background >> >> For more than 200 years, many African Nova Scotians have been living >> on land passed down by their ancestors without clear land title. >> Without clear title, they can’t get a mortgage, bequeath or sell their >> land, or access housing grants. >> >> Clarifying land title can be an expensive legal process. Under the >> Land Titles Initiative, all fees will be covered at no cost. >> >> Media Contacts: >> >> Jane Taber >> Premier’s Office >> Cell: 902-237-0182 >> Email: Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca >> >> Chad Lucas >> Communications Nova Scotia >> Cell: 902-478-7302 >> Email: Chad.Lucas@novascotia.ca >> >> >> >> >> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-simmonds-721b75167/?originalSubdomain=ca >> >> Angela Simmonds >> Executive Director, Land Titles and Strategic Special Initiatives. >> Office of Equity and Anti-Racism >> >> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1504205163303532 >> >> WTV Media >> JtalnnusfoaorSpmyons niornedc2t8 · >> Angela Simmonds is a lawyer and community advocate. Her research >> brought the scale of the land title problem to light in 2015. She says >> while some progress has been made since the funding announcement in >> 2017, some North Preston residents have died waiting for land title. >> https://www.northprestonland.ca/ >> >> WTV Media is a multi-platform, multimedia source for Arts, Culture, >> News, Sports, and Life, directly connected to the heartbeat of our >> city, our young people! >> WTV Media got its start as Waterfront TV, a weekly television show >> produced by the Radio and Television Arts Students at NSCC's >> Waterfront Campus. >> Waterfront TV still airs on Eastlink TV in the Fall and Spring, but >> we've evolved into much more! >> Our team is made up of people like you. Our aim is to tell the stories >> that matter to you. >> http://www.waterfronttv.org/ >> >> 80 Mawiomi Place >> Dartmouth, NS, >> Canada B2Y0A5 >> >> (902) 491-1061 >> wtvmedia@gmail.com >> >> >> https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ns-police-officer-wife-launch-complaint-against-rcmp-for-driving-while/ >> >> >> N.S. police officer, wife launch complaint against RCMP for ‘driving >> while Black’ >> Michael Tutton >> HALIFAX >> The Canadian Press >> Published July 16, 2021 >> >> A Halifax police superintendent and his wife, a lawyer, said Friday >> they were launching a complaint alleging the RCMP stopped their >> vehicle and ordered the officer out at gunpoint based on racial >> profiling. >> >> The RCMP, however, issued a statement later in the day saying the >> couple’s car matched the description of a suspect in a shooting >> incident, and they said the officers “ensured a safe outcome to a very >> stressful situation.” >> >> Dean Simmonds, a 20-year-veteran of the Halifax police, and Angela >> Simmonds, a lawyer who was acclaimed this week as the provincial >> Liberal candidate for Preston, say the incident of “driving while >> Black” occurred as they were on their way to buy groceries in their >> community of Preston at about 12:30 p.m. on July 4. >> >> Angela Simmonds, reached by telephone Friday, declined further comment >> but said she and her husband stand by the details they provided in a >> news release issued by the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of >> African Descent Coalition. >> >> The coalition quotes the couple as saying that when they were stopped, >> one of the Mounties ordered the 45-year-old police superintendent, who >> was wearing plain clothes, out of the vehicle with his hands up, while >> the other officer pointed a carbine rifle in his direction. >> >> It was only after several minutes, once Dean Simmonds managed to >> explain who he was, that the two officers told the couple there had >> been a report of shots fired in the area. The officers “did not >> explain if Dean and Angela fit a description of the alleged >> perpetrators,” the release says. “The experience was traumatic for the >> couple, who feared for their lives.” >> >> Angela Simmonds is quoted saying the case was an example of the way >> Black people continue “to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are >> regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty criminals.” The release calls >> the incident “another brutal reminder of the broader problem of >> systemic racism within the RCMP, and it further erodes the trust >> between police and Black communities in Nova Scotia.” >> >> The couple say they intend to file a complaint with the Civilian >> Review and Complaints Commission “and want a full investigation into >> the incident.” >> >> Cpl. Lisa Croteau, a spokeswoman for the RCMP, said in an e-mail >> Friday that the suspect vehicle fleeing the scene was reported to be a >> white SUV, with an out of province licence plate and tinted windows, >> which she said matched the Simmonds’ vehicle. >> >> “The high-risk traffic stop involved a vehicle that matched the >> suspect vehicle description, with an out of province licence plate, >> that was coming from the direction of the nearby community,” Croteau >> said. >> >> “Halifax District Operations Officers have examined the traffic stop >> and the actions of our members. From the information we have gathered, >> the traffic stop and the tactics employed by our members were in line >> with RCMP policy and training. Additionally, our members ensured a >> safe outcome to a very stressful situation, through a professional and >> measured response.” >> >> The RCMP, she added, have received a complaint related to the traffic >> stop, which they “take very seriously.” >> >> “The complaint has been provided to our professional responsibilities >> unit and a public complaint file has been opened for thorough >> investigation. Should new information come to light through this >> investigation, we will take any and all appropriate actions.” >> >> Dean Simmonds says in the release he has been dedicated to addressing >> the mistrust between the Black community and police. “I truly believed >> that my core values, leadership and respect for my community, my job >> and fellow officers would contribute to positive changes within >> community policing,” he said. >> >> Heather Fairbairn, spokesperson for Nova Scotia Justice Minister Randy >> Delorey, issued an e-mail statement Friday on behalf of the minister. >> “The allegations are certainly concerning,” Delorey said. “I >> understand a complaint is being filed, so it is important that I allow >> that process to unfold. As this relates to an ongoing police >> investigation it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.” >> >> Improper policing of Black Nova Scotians has an extensive history, >> said Vanessa Fells, director of operations at the coalition. She said >> that for two years the coalition has been calling on the RCMP to >> collaborate with the group to establish an African Nova Scotian >> policing strategy. >> >> “We have had absolutely no traction with it,” she said. “They seem not >> interested. We need to stop what is currently happening and what has >> been happening for decades and generations. It causes trauma to our >> community.” >> >> The RCMP, which polices the suburbs of Halifax, was part of a study by >> criminologist Scot Wortley released in March 2019 that condemned the >> practice of street checks as creating a “disproportionate and >> negative” impact on the Black community. The study found Black >> citizens in the Halifax region were five times more likely to be >> street-checked than white citizens. Street checks are the police >> practice of randomly stopping people, collecting personal information >> and storing it. >> >> On Nov. 29, 2019, Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella issued an apology >> before several hundred members of the Black community, but the RCMP >> has yet to issue a similar apology on the street checks issue. >> Kinsella said in a release Friday that the superintendent had the >> right to pursue a complaint as a private citizen, adding that it would >> be inappropriate for him to comment further. >> >> The phrase “driving while Black” became well known in the province >> after a 2003 decision of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in >> the case of boxer Kirk Johnson, who was repeatedly pulled over by >> police and once had his car seized. Johnson was pursued and his car >> was towed after the officer wasn’t satisfied by the documents offered. >> A board of inquiry ruled in 2003 that Johnson’s treatment was a >> violation of his human rights. >> >> >> Black police officer and Liberal candidate pulled over at gunpoint by >> RCMP >> >> HRP superintendent Dean Simmonds and Preston candidate Angela Simmonds >> file formal complaint against RCMP after terrifying ride to the >> grocery store. >> >> By Gabrielle Drolet >> >> Read more at: >> https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/black-police-officer-and-liberal-candidate-pulled-over-at-gunpoint-by-rcmp/Content?oid=26797823 >> >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/preston-candidates-2021-election-1.6116111 >> >> Preston riding has all-Black slate of candidates >> >> One of Canada's oldest and largest Black communities has been >> represented by a white MLA since 1999 >> Brooklyn Currie · CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2021 1:10 PM AT >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> >> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:31:10 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big >> Bad Billy Casey to check out my old Chevy in the photo hereto attached >> Trust that it is is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my >> Harleys etc >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone N'esy Pas?

Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM) <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>	Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 1:36 PM
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Deja Vu Anyone???

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/07/rallies-continue-push-for-public.html

Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Federal and provincial governments to hold public inquiry into Nova
Scotia mass shootings

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies

David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos
Methinks lots of folks may enjoy what Peter Mac Issac and his cohorts
said while the RCMP and a lot of LIEbranos were stuttering and
doubletalking bigtime N'esy Pas?

https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20210305001

Land Titles Initiative

The Land Titles Initiative helps residents in the communities of North
Preston, East Preston, Cherry Brook/Lake Loon, Lincolnville and
Sunnyville get clear title to their land at no cost.
Background

For more than 200 years, many African Nova Scotians have been living
on land passed down by their ancestors without clear land title.
Without clear title, they can’t get a mortgage, bequeath or sell their
land, or access housing grants.

Clarifying land title can be an expensive legal process. Under the
Land Titles Initiative, all fees will be covered at no cost.

Media Contacts:

Jane Taber
Premier’s Office
Cell: 902-237-0182
Email: Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca

Chad Lucas
Communications Nova Scotia
Cell: 902-478-7302
Email: Chad.Lucas@novascotia.ca

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-simmonds-721b75167/?originalSubdomain=ca

Angela Simmonds
Executive Director, Land Titles and Strategic Special Initiatives.
Office of Equity and Anti-Racism

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1504205163303532

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while some progress has been made since the funding announcement in
2017, some North Preston residents have died waiting for land title.
https://www.northprestonland.ca/

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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ns-police-officer-wife-launch-complaint-against-rcmp-for-driving-while/

N.S. police officer, wife launch complaint against RCMP for ‘driving
while Black’
Michael Tutton
HALIFAX
The Canadian Press
Published July 16, 2021

A Halifax police superintendent and his wife, a lawyer, said Friday
they were launching a complaint alleging the RCMP stopped their
vehicle and ordered the officer out at gunpoint based on racial
profiling.

The RCMP, however, issued a statement later in the day saying the
couple’s car matched the description of a suspect in a shooting
incident, and they said the officers “ensured a safe outcome to a very
stressful situation.”

Dean Simmonds, a 20-year-veteran of the Halifax police, and Angela
Simmonds, a lawyer who was acclaimed this week as the provincial
Liberal candidate for Preston, say the incident of “driving while
Black” occurred as they were on their way to buy groceries in their
community of Preston at about 12:30 p.m. on July 4.

Angela Simmonds, reached by telephone Friday, declined further comment
but said she and her husband stand by the details they provided in a
news release issued by the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of
African Descent Coalition.

The coalition quotes the couple as saying that when they were stopped,
one of the Mounties ordered the 45-year-old police superintendent, who
was wearing plain clothes, out of the vehicle with his hands up, while
the other officer pointed a carbine rifle in his direction.

It was only after several minutes, once Dean Simmonds managed to
explain who he was, that the two officers told the couple there had
been a report of shots fired in the area. The officers “did not
explain if Dean and Angela fit a description of the alleged
perpetrators,” the release says. “The experience was traumatic for the
couple, who feared for their lives.”

Angela Simmonds is quoted saying the case was an example of the way
Black people continue “to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are
regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty criminals.” The release calls
the incident “another brutal reminder of the broader problem of
systemic racism within the RCMP, and it further erodes the trust
between police and Black communities in Nova Scotia.”

The couple say they intend to file a complaint with the Civilian
Review and Complaints Commission “and want a full investigation into
the incident.”

Cpl. Lisa Croteau, a spokeswoman for the RCMP, said in an e-mail
Friday that the suspect vehicle fleeing the scene was reported to be a
white SUV, with an out of province licence plate and tinted windows,
which she said matched the Simmonds’ vehicle.

“The high-risk traffic stop involved a vehicle that matched the
suspect vehicle description, with an out of province licence plate,
that was coming from the direction of the nearby community,” Croteau
said.

“Halifax District Operations Officers have examined the traffic stop
and the actions of our members. From the information we have gathered,
the traffic stop and the tactics employed by our members were in line
with RCMP policy and training. Additionally, our members ensured a
safe outcome to a very stressful situation, through a professional and
measured response.”

The RCMP, she added, have received a complaint related to the traffic
stop, which they “take very seriously.”

“The complaint has been provided to our professional responsibilities
unit and a public complaint file has been opened for thorough
investigation. Should new information come to light through this
investigation, we will take any and all appropriate actions.”

Dean Simmonds says in the release he has been dedicated to addressing
the mistrust between the Black community and police. “I truly believed
that my core values, leadership and respect for my community, my job
and fellow officers would contribute to positive changes within
community policing,” he said.

Heather Fairbairn, spokesperson for Nova Scotia Justice Minister Randy
Delorey, issued an e-mail statement Friday on behalf of the minister.
“The allegations are certainly concerning,” Delorey said. “I
understand a complaint is being filed, so it is important that I allow
that process to unfold. As this relates to an ongoing police
investigation it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.”

Improper policing of Black Nova Scotians has an extensive history,
said Vanessa Fells, director of operations at the coalition. She said
that for two years the coalition has been calling on the RCMP to
collaborate with the group to establish an African Nova Scotian
policing strategy.

“We have had absolutely no traction with it,” she said. “They seem not
interested. We need to stop what is currently happening and what has
been happening for decades and generations. It causes trauma to our
community.”

The RCMP, which polices the suburbs of Halifax, was part of a study by
criminologist Scot Wortley released in March 2019 that condemned the
practice of street checks as creating a “disproportionate and
negative” impact on the Black community. The study found Black
citizens in the Halifax region were five times more likely to be
street-checked than white citizens. Street checks are the police
practice of randomly stopping people, collecting personal information
and storing it.

On Nov. 29, 2019, Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella issued an apology
before several hundred members of the Black community, but the RCMP
has yet to issue a similar apology on the street checks issue.
Kinsella said in a release Friday that the superintendent had the
right to pursue a complaint as a private citizen, adding that it would
be inappropriate for him to comment further.

The phrase “driving while Black” became well known in the province
after a 2003 decision of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in
the case of boxer Kirk Johnson, who was repeatedly pulled over by
police and once had his car seized. Johnson was pursued and his car
was towed after the officer wasn’t satisfied by the documents offered.
A board of inquiry ruled in 2003 that Johnson’s treatment was a
violation of his human rights.

Black police officer and Liberal candidate pulled over at gunpoint by RCMP

HRP superintendent Dean Simmonds and Preston candidate Angela Simmonds
file formal complaint against RCMP after terrifying ride to the
grocery store.

By Gabrielle Drolet

Read more at: https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/black-police-officer-and-liberal-candidate-pulled-over-at-gunpoint-by-rcmp/Content?oid=26797823

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/preston-candidates-2021-election-1.6116111

Preston riding has all-Black slate of candidates

One of Canada's oldest and largest Black communities has been
represented by a white MLA since 1999
Brooklyn Currie · CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2021 1:10 PM AT

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Deja Vu Anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY

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On 7/23/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nova Scotia Liberal Party
> P.O. Box 723
> 5151 George Street, Suite 1400
> Halifax, Nova Scotia
> Canada B3J 1M5
>
> Tel: (902) 429-1993
> Fax: (902) 423-1624
>
> Email: office@liberal.ns.ca
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-election-liberal-iain-rankin-cobequid-tolls-1.6109796
>
> Rankin promises to nix Cobequid tolls, gets cool reception in Amherst
>
> Liberals made the same promise in 2017 election but didn't follow through
> Michael Gorman · CBC News · Posted: Jul 20, 2021 3:16 PM AT
>
> Liberal Leader Iain Rankin speaks in Amherst, N.S., on Tuesday, July
> 20, 2021, with protesters standing behind him. (Robert Short/CBC)
>
> The welcome mat wasn't exactly rolled out for Nova Scotia Liberal
> Leader Iain Rankin as he arrived Tuesday in Amherst, N.S., for a
> campaign stop.
>
> Rankin was in town to announce plans to remove tolls from the Cobequid
> Pass for passenger vehicles with Nova Scotia plates by Oct. 1, if his
> party is re-elected.
>
> But a group of about 15 protesters angry over public health
> restrictions made it challenging for Rankin to announce his plan.
>
> The protesters say restrictions put in place because of the COVID-19
> pandemic have cut them off from the rest of the province and
> neighbouring communities in New Brunswick.
>
> Some of them waved signs in support of Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, the
> Independent candidate for Cumberland North. She was kicked out of the
> Tory caucus for her part in protests that shut down Highway 104 last
> month.
>
> Supporters of Independent candidate Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
> protested a Liberal party campaign event Tuesday in Amherst. Thomas
> Everett, in sunglasses, holds a sign reading, 'Elizabeth for Premier.'
> (Robert Short/CBC)
>
> Thomas Everett, an Amherst resident who attended the protest, said
> removing the tolls now won't be enough to sway voters.
>
> "Cumberland County only matters when it comes to votes," he said.
>
> "When all the [COVID] cases were going on in Halifax and there were no
> cases in Amherst, we were locked down just the same way Halifax was,
> to appease Halifax residents."
> Locals already avoid the tolls
>
> Everett said locals who don't want to pay the tolls already drive
> through the Wentworth Valley on the old highway to avoid them.
>
> While the tolls will come off for passenger vehicles with Nova Scotia
> plates, they'll remain in place for commercial vehicles and cars from
> out of province.
>
> Rankin said that's to help pay for continued maintenance of the
> highway and to construct new rest stops and maintenance sheds along
> the Cobequid Pass.
>
> The Liberals also promised to remove the tolls during the 2017
> election. Rankin said the promise was to do so once the bonds were
> paid off, something he said would happen this September. Previously,
> the Liberals suggested the tolls would be gone by as soon as 2019, but
> that did not happen.
>
> For every toll paid at the Cobequid Pass, private lenders have pocketed
> half
>
> The Liberal leader, who moved indoors to take questions from
> reporters, said he wasn't surprised by his reception outside a local
> hotel next to Highway 104, where people hollered and waved signs
> behind him as he made his announcement.
>
> "Lives were disrupted in the pandemic and I think in Cumberland more
> so than any other region of the province," he said.
>
> "So I appreciate the frustration. At the same time, I hope that they
> can recognize that we were really trying to look out for the safety of
> all Nova Scotians, including themselves, and we had to make tough
> decisions. That's what managing a crisis like a pandemic is all
> about."
>
> Rankin campaigned Tuesday with local candidate Bill Casey, a longtime
> member of Parliament who came out of retirement to run in this
> election.
>
> Casey, the Liberal candidate for Cumberland North, stands in front of
> a campaign-branded vintage truck in his riding. (Robert Short/CBC)
>
> Casey said there are people in Cumberland County who are frustrated
> and feel like a political afterthought, but he wasn't sure some of the
> protesters who greeted him and Rankin were representative of the
> region.
>
> "I understand them but I don't think they're well founded in some ways
> and in some ways I do," he told reporters.
>
> "Cumberland County was affected by the closures of the border more
> than any other county. We're the only county in Nova Scotia that
> borders on another province and every day we're affected by New
> Brunswick regulations and Nova Scotia regulations. We're the only
> county that has to deal with that."
>
> Casey said it shouldn't be forgotten that Nova Scotia's response to
> the COVID-19 pandemic was among the best in the world.
> Tories, NDP respond
>
> The leaders of the Tories and NDP, meanwhile, criticized the Liberals
> for trying to make the same promise two elections in a row.
>
> Tory Leader Tim Houston, whose party is still searching for a
> candidate, said his party would remove all tolls from the Cobequid
> Pass right away if they form government.
>
> NDP Leader Gary Burrill said his party would remove all tolls from the
> highway as soon as the debt is paid off.
>
>
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
> Michael Gorman
>
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>
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>
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> https://electionsnovascotia.ca/41ProvincialGeneralElection
>
> Writs of election have been issued for the 41st Provincial General
> Election in Nova Scotia. Election day will be Tuesday, August 17,
> 2021.
>
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> In Nova Scotia, we currently have five registered political parties. These
> are:
>
> Atlantica Party Association of Nova Scotia
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>
> Green Party of Nova Scotia
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>
> Nova Scotia Liberal Party
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>
> Nova Scotia New Democratic Party
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>
> Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
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> https://www.atlanticaparty.ca/News/details/jonathan-dean-returns-as-leader-of-ns-atlantica-party
>
> Jonathan Dean Returns as Leader of NS Atlantica Party
> Atlantica
> 11/20/2020
> Announcements
>
> The Atlantica Party is returning to Nova Scotia’s political landscape
> with former leader Jonathan Dean at the helm. Dean, who co-founded the
> Atlantica Party in 2006, resigned as leader two years ago after
> growing discord within the Party executive over Atlantica’s direction,
> prompting him to step away entirely.
>
> “I was not going to lead a boring party,” said Dean, a long-time
> investment researcher who opened his own consulting practice after
> leaving the Party.
>
> “I’ve always believed the Atlantica Party should stay true to its
> transformative core vision of smaller, more transparent and more
> democratic government with greater accountability to citizens,” he
> said. “From the very beginning, all of our policies were guided by
> those principles.”
>
> With a new executive in place, the Party conducted a membership survey
> in June. Dean said many Nova Scotians value the Party’s direction, but
> have been disappointed by the sense that “government commitments begin
> and end with election campaigns.”
>
> “Right now, we have a provincial government that campaigned on
> transparency then effectively shut down any democratic accountability
> by cancelling legislature committee meetings for six months during a
> global pandemic,” he said. “To say some voters are disillusioned with
> politicians right now is an understatement.”
>
> Dean said they are working to build on the momentum from the last
> provincial election when the Party had the best results in its
> history. He said the goal is to present Nova Scotians with “a common
> sense alternative” the next time they go to the polls. This includes a
> pro-market approach to business, and a greater emphasis on democracy
> and good decision-making.
>
> Party president Darryl Skeard said there is a lot of excitement around
> Dean’s return, and that plans are underway for a virtual annual
> general meeting designed to unite both new and long-time party
> members.
>
> “It’s a new era, but with Jonathan returning as leader, it’s also a
> re-commitment to our roots,” said Skeard. “Jonathan has the vision,
> experience and solid integrity we need.”
>
> To arrange an interview with Jonathan Dean, please contact:
>
> info@atlanticaparty.ca
> For more information on the Atlantica Party, policy briefs, or to get
> involved, visit atlanticaparty.ca, facebook.com/AtlanticaPartyNS/ and
> twitter.com/AtlanticaParty.
>
>
> https://greenpartyns.ca/thomas-trappenberg-stepping-down-as-leader-of-ns-green-party/
>
> Thomas Trappenberg Stepping Down as Leader of NS Green Party
>
> 2021-04-30 By Krista Grear Leave a Comment
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Halifax 04/26/2021
>
> (Halifax)Dr. Thomas Trappenberg has announced that he is stepping down
> as leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia. He has been leader of the
> GPNS since 2016 and has run several times as a Green Party candidate
> both provincially and federally since 2006.
>
> Dr. Trappenberg took on the leadership of GPNS, with Deputy Leader
> Jessica Alexander at a time when the party was at risk of dissolving.
> Since that time the party has stabilized and grown significantly. “I
> feel the party now has a firm foundation. I am proud of the successes
> we have had over the past five years. We have been a strong voice for
> the environment, standing up for our forests, our oceans and social
> justice,” he said.
>
> “We are a grassroots party and our members have indicated that they
> are ready for new leadership,” he added. As part of the Annual General
> Meeting of the GPNS held on April 25, the majority of members voted in
> favour of holding a leadership contest.
>
> This recommendation will now go to the GPNS Executive for decisions on
> next steps. Deputy Leader, Jessica Alexander, will be acting Interim
> Leader until that time.
>
> The Past President of the GPNS, Ashley Morton said, “The Green Party
> of Nova Scotia thanks Dr. Trappenberg for his leadership and thousands
> of hours of labour for the party. He is unquestionably leaving it in
> better shape upon his departure than when he took on the leadership
> role.”
>
> For more information contact:
>
> Ashley Morton, 902-999-7017
>
>
> Election to be called today – Open call for Candidates
>
> 2021-07-17 By Matthew Piggott Leave a Comment
>
> It’s time for a provincial election! It is widely expected that an
> election will be called today (July 17th) with an anticipated election
> day of August 17th, 2021.
>
> The Green Party of Nova Scotia aims to give every Nova Scotian the
> opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice. If you are
> excited for change, want to take on a new challenge, or simply provide
> a new choice for you and your community then this may be the
> opportunity for you.
>
> All interested candidates who have been a resident of Nova Scotia for
> at least 6 months are encouraged to apply here: Green Party of Nova
> Scotia Candidate Application Form
>
> If you are approved the deadline to register with Elections Nova
> Scotia could be as early as July 28th, 2021 at 2pm.
>
> The Green Party will be offering an exciting team of candidates and
> will be announcing those candidates in their confirmed ridings soon.
> At this time we are searching for additional candidates on Cape Breton
> Island and on the South Shore between Digby and Queens Counties.
>
> For more information please contact campaign.manager@greenpartyns.ca
> or provincial.admin@greenpartyns.ca
>
> https://www.greenparty.ca/en/content/federal-council-nova-scotia-matthew-piggott
>
> Matthew Piggott
> Federal Council - Nova Scotia
> matthew.piggott@greenparty.ca
>
> I first got involved with the Green Party in 2003. This is my
> political home. Whether we agree or disagree, all who have worked with
> me know I'm here for Green values and building long term
> relationships.
>
> Over the last 18 years I've held countless volunteer roles, mostly at
> the local EDA and campaign level, and with many provincial Green
> parties. I have twice held staff roles with the GPC.
>
> These values guide my involvement: Safe spaces are a non-negotiable
> requirement. Kindness and being reasonable should guide decisions.
> Commitment to diversity and anti-oppression are not up for debate and
> will help grow the party. Accountability should be aligned with
> influence. On doit etre une partie billangue pour etre une vraie
> partie national. Providing space for emotional safety goes a long way
> towards doing the grueling work of building a national political
> party. And most importantly, political parties must run on trust (or
> else they don't work).
>
> This next federal council needs to get back to basics. It is
> impossible to run a national party without functioning processes and
> party institutions. If something is missing we need to build it, and
> it's the role of Council to set the policy/procedures and then let the
> work be done. I'm stepping up at this moment to do that work.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:38:42 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement
> (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Premier Iain Rankin is far more than
> merely welcome N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:38:10 -0300
> Subject: Re: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref:
> ES3077) Methinks Premier Iain Rankin is far more than merely welcome
> N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com, "Mike.Comeau"<Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>,
> "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"<megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"
> <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, Office of the
> Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>,
> michelle.stevens@novascotia.ca, heather.fairbairn@novascotia.ca,
> elizabeth.macdonald@novascotia.ca, Gary.Andrea@novascotia.ca,
> dkogon@amherst.ca, jmacdonald@amherst.ca, darrell.cole@amherstnews.ca,
> lifestyle@thecoast.ca, tmccoag@amherst.ca, Newsroom
> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
> dpike@amherst.ca, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
> DJT@trumporg.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca,
> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca,
> pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca,
> djtjr@trumporg.com, Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com,
> JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, Frank.McKenna@td.com
> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, JUSTMIN
> <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "barbara.massey"<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "barb.whitenect"
> <barb.whitenect@gnb.ca>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
> washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Bill.Blair"
> <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:19:07 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement
> (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
> cannot read but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured
> that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be
> reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you.
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:19:03 +0000
> Subject: Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin. This is an automatic
> confirmation your message has been received.
>
> We recognize that many Nova Scotians have concerns about COVID-19. If
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>
> If you are experiencing symptoms, please visit
> https://811.novascotia.ca<https://811.novascotia.ca/>/ and use the
> COVID-19 online self-assessment tool, which will help you determine if
> you need to get tested. If you don’t have internet access, call 811.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)"<Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:21:14 +0000
> Subject: RE: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref:
> ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin cannot read
> but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> Hello,
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario
> <Premier@ontario.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:18:56 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement
> (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
> cannot read but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:18:59 +0000
> Subject: Automatic Reply
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Office of the Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:18:53 +0000
> Subject: Thank you for your email
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:52:40 -0300
> Subject: Re MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref:
> ES3077) I just called again
> To: PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>
> Cc: assistant <assistant@esmithmccrossinmla.com>, motomaniac333
> <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
>
> Media Contact:
>
> Matt Hefler
> Office of the Premier
> Cell: 902-220-6048
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>
>
> Contact Elizabeth
> PHONE (902) 661-2288
> EMAIL assistant@esmithmccrossinmla.com
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com
> Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:31:17 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref: ES3077)
> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com
>
>
> Dear David Amos
>
> MLA Weekly Update 
>
> Date Tuesday July 6th, 2021
>
> My Mission as MLA for Cumberland North
>
> Serve the people 
> Build Unity & Trust 
> Influence Legislation & public policy
> For the greater good. 
> Educate and Build Capacity
> Promote the people and area, 
> Build a world-class health care system 
> And improve population health.
>
> I have some news to share to start the week.
>
> I don’t know when Iain Rankin is going to call the next election.
>
> But I do know this.
>
> When Iain Rankin calls the election, I will be running as an
> Independent candidate for re-election as MLA for Cumberland North.
>
> You, the good people of Cumberland North know me.
>
> You know I will always put your priorities first.
>
> I will always fight for you.
>
> No apologies.
>
> Running as an Independent outside of party politics isn’t easy.
>
> If the people of Cumberland North continue to stand by me, I will
> continue to fight for you.
>
> For better health care.
>
> For regional co-operation to keep our borders open.
>
> For getting rid of the Cobequid Pass tolls.
>
> For supporting local food and the farmers who make it happen.
>
> I’m the only candidate in Cumberland North who doesn’t
> have to answer to a party leader in Halifax.
>
> I’m not a career politician.  I’m a registered
> nurse.  I have owned and operated my own
> businesses.  I have put people to work and met a payroll.
>
> Above all, I’m a fighter who doesn’t back down.
>
> With your support, let’s put the people of Cumberland North
> first. 
>
> I learned at a young age to stand my ground and I am not about to
> change now. 
>
>
> Last Week in Politics 
>
> Last week my staff and I worked with constituents on many matters of
> importance such as lack of family physicians, housing, roads, Covid
> rules and restrictions, NS NB Border, addictions and mental health and
> more. 
>
> I continue to work with Municipal partners on various projects
> throughout Cumberland North, 
>
>
> This Week In Politics
>
> Local
> This week I will be meeting with constituents to continue to work on
> ongoing projects for family physician recruitment and addictions and
> mental illness recovery projects. 
>
> National
> The Borders are opening between Canada and US this week for fully
> vaccinated persons. 
> We also see the toll of the wild fires in British Colombia.
> Heartbreaking to see the devastation and deaths from the deadly
> fires. 
>
>
> Pandemic Update 
>
> Vaccine
>
> Vaccination for the Covid-19 virus continues to be the main tool we
> have to prevent illness and death. If you require assistance to book
> your Covid19 vaccine please call my office and my staff can provide
> you with some help. Our office phone number is 902-661-2288. 
>
> NS has only 26.1 % of the population with 2nd doses of vaccine while
> NB has 39.6% of the population vaccinated with 2nd doses. NB also
> vaccinates persons with medical conditions that deems them high risk
> but our NS government refuses. 
>
> Nova Scotia 
>
> NS has 53 active cases of Covid19 as of Monday morning with 3 new
> cases being identified on Sunday. No one in ICU in the entire province
> and only 3 people in hospital. 
>
> https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/data/
>
>
> New Brunswick 
>
> NB has 21 active cases of Covid-19 as of Monday morning with only 1
> new case identified on Sunday. NB has no one in ICU and 4 persons on
> hospital with Covid infections. 
>
> https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/8eeb9a2052d641c996dba5de8f25a8aa
>
>
>
> Birthdays
>
> Monday Ashleigh Coffin and Sheila Rushton
> Tuesday Laura Wells
> Wednesday Mal MacDonald
> Thursday Kittee Baxter and Carl LeBlanc
> Friday Chuck MacInnis
> Saturday Krista Cormier and Adrian VanVulpen
>
> Obituaries
>
> Hermina "Mini" Porter
>
> https://www.jonesfamilyfuneralcentre.ca/obituaries/154949
>
>
> Margaret Ann Myles
>
> https://www.arbormemorial.ca/campbells/obituaries/margaret-ann-myles/68221/
>
> Nova Scotia Starts Here ~ Cumberland 
>
> Several months ago I started this campaign emphasizing the importance
> of Cumberland County. Nova Scotia does start in Cumberland. Cumberland
> is the Gateway for the Atlantic Cooridor and on average 50 million
> dollars worth of goods travel through our Gateway. We may only have 3%
> of the population of NS but we provide critical infrastructure for NS,
> the Maritimes, Canada and the entire Eastern Seaboard. 
>
> Never underestimate your value as citizens of Cumberland. We are
> important and we will stand for our area of the province. It’s
> time for Cumberland to receive the respect we deserve and we will grow
> and become all that we are meant to be. 
>
> Have a great week, take care of yourselves and take care of one
> another. 
>
> Take care, 
> Elizabeth 
>  
>
> Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin MBA, BScN
> Cumberland North MLA 
>                             
> Live everyday to the fullest and love as much as humanly possible.
>
>
>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400
>>>>>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the
>>>>>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins
>>>>>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister
>>>>>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr?
>>>>>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>>>>>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com,
>>>>>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca,
>>>>>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>>>>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
>>>>>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>>>>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com,
>>>>>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
>>>>>> andre@jafaust.com>
>>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, DJT@trumporg.com
>>>>>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
>>>>>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)"<Charles.Murray@gnb.ca>
>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000
>>>>>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me
>>>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and
>>>>>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a
>>>>>>> productive use of either of our time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate
>>>>>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be
>>>>>>> given due consideration.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Charles Murray
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ombud NB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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://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/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>>>>>>>>> 6
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---------- 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>>>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> dudes are way past too late
>>>>>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me
>>>>>>>>> rejoindre
>>>>>>>>> à
>>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un
>>>>>>>>> courriel
>>>>>>>>> à
>>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Merci ,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> Subject: Now everybody and his dog knows TJ Burke and his cop buddies
>>>>> allegations against me are false and you had the proof all along EH
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>>>>> info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca,
>>>>> police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com,
>>>>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
>>>>> CC: dgleg@nb.aibn.com, brad.woodside@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> whalen@fredericton.ca, david.kelly@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca, stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca, scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca, walter.brown@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> norah.davidson@fredericton.ca, mike.obrien@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca, dan.keenan@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca,
>>>>> cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, jlmockler@mpor.ca,
>>>>> scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca, jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/05/24/nb-burkethreat.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=149018
>>>>>
>>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/tj-burke-walking-around-with-rcmp.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2006/06/fapo-has-meeting-about-panhanding.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/hats-off-to-cbc-reporter-jacques.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://maritimes.indymedia.org/mail.php?id=9856
>>>>>
>>>>> Methinks your liberal pals just made a major faux pas N'est Pas?
>>>>> Scroll down Frenchie and go down?.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Threat against Burke taken seriously
>>>>>
>>>>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
>>>>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com
>>>>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007
>>>>> Appeared on page A1
>>>>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and
>>>>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him
>>>>> recently.
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't
>>>>> explain the nature of the threats.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made
>>>>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters
>>>>> Wednesday.
>>>>>
>>>>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a
>>>>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or
>>>>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have some
>>>>> added protection and that added comfort."
>>>>>
>>>>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP
>>>>> security
>>>>> unit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have
>>>>> been in recent weeks.
>>>>>
>>>>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have
>>>>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said.
>>>>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own
>>>>> personal safety."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his
>>>>> pattern of activity.
>>>>>
>>>>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel awful
>>>>> nervous."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a
>>>>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.
>>>>>
>>>>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my
>>>>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general due
>>>>> to my background and training.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to
>>>>> happen."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security
>>>>> concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats
>>>>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
>>>>> security in New Brunswick has been
>>>>> beefed up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all
>>>>> visitors are screened.
>>>>>
>>>>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the
>>>>> province's "top cop."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as
>>>>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually
>>>>> prosecutes them.
>>>>>
>>>>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had numerous
>>>>> threats since Day 1 in office."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter
>>>>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them
>>>>> their punishment or their sanction," he said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?
>>>>>
>>>>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said
>>>>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government,
>>>>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not
>>>>> complimentary."
>>>>>
>>>>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security
>>>>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.
>>>>>
>>>>> "They look at each and every situation."
>>>>>
>>>>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former
>>>>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did
>>>>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion.
>>>>>
>>>>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with
>>>>> the
>>>>> RCMP.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/SecTreasuryDeptEtc
>>>>>
>>>>> Small World EH Chucky Leblanc?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lafleur, Lou"lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Lafleur, Lou"lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
>>>>> To: "'motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com'"motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com,
>>>>> "Lafleur, Lou"lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
>>>>> Subject: Fredericton Police Force
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:21:13 -0300
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos
>>>>>
>>>>> My Name is Lou LaFleur and I am a Detective with the Fredericton
>>>>> Police Major Crime Unit. I would like to talk to you regarding files
>>>>> that I am investigating and that you are alleged to have involvement
>>>>> in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please call me at your earliest convenience and leave a message and a
>>>>> phone number on my secure and confidential line if I am not in my
>>>>> office.
>>>>>
>>>>> yours truly,
>>>>> Cpl. Lou LaFleur
>>>>> Fredericton Police Force
>>>>> 311 Queen St.
>>>>> Fredericton, NB
>>>>> 506-460-2332
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> This electronic mail, including any attachments, is confidential and
>>>>> is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may be privileged.
>>>>> Any unauthorized distribution, copying, disclosure or review is
>>>>> prohibited. Neither communication over the Internet nor disclosure to
>>>>> anyone other than the intended recipient constitutes waiver of
>>>>> privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately
>>>>> notify the sender and then delete this communication and any
>>>>> attachments from your computer system and records without saving or
>>>>> forwarding it. Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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50 years on, Riverview has grown from just 3 houses to largest town in New Brunswick

Residents value small-town feel, but Riverview also has big-city challenges

CBC News · Posted: Jul 09, 2023 9:00 AM ADT

A black and white aerial shot of a field with houses next to a river and bridge.

A few more than three houses can be seen in this undated photo of Riverview, with the old Gunningsville Bridge at the top left. (Submitted by Town of Riverview Archives)

Phillip Dobson was born in a town with three houses.

That town is now home to 20,000 people and is bigger than four cities in New Brunswick.

Phillip Dobson is celebrating Riverview's 50th anniversary by remembering the impact his father, Byron Dobson, had on the town. Byron was a property developer responsible for much of the area's growth after the Second World War.

"Everybody thought he was crazy," Phillip Dobson said. "Why would anybody cross the bridge to live in Riverview when they could live in Moncton?"

man in sunny room, smiling at camera. Phillip Dobson says his father, who helped build the town, would be 'astounded' to see it today. (Khalil Akhtar/CBC)

The answer may lie in the difference between the two. Riverview only officially became a town in July of 1973, and it has no plans to become a city. Although neighbour to two of the province's largest cities — Moncton and Dieppe — the town's identity is rooted in that four-letter word.

"We like the fact that we're a town because it contributes to that closeness that we have as a community," said Mayor Andrew LeBlanc. "We're quite happy to continue to be the largest town in New Brunswick."'

Phillip Dobson lived in the old farmhouse his dad built for himself a few decades before Riverview became Riverview. The house is now in the heart of town, surrounded by homes, schools, shops and parks.

A grainy black and white photo of an old house. An old photo of the house where Byron Dobson lived with his parents. The image is from A History of Riverview - A Bicentennial Project (1984), a project of the Riverview Bicentennial Committee and the Riverview Historical Association, with the support of the Riverview mayor and council, according to Mareika Dow, spokesperson for the municipality. (Submitted by the Town of Riverview)

Phillip said his father would be "astounded" to see the town as it is right now.

"I think this exceeds his expectations," he said.

LeBlanc has lived in Riverview for the last 30 years. He said lots has changed, especially the number of buildings and commercial development, but some things are still the same.

"We've been able to maintain that really close-knit feeling, that community atmosphere, that feeling of supporting one another," he said.

Man at podium Riverview Mayor Andrew LeBlanc says the town can grow and still remain a tight-knit community. (Pierre Fournier/CBC)

LeBlanc said the town is no exception when it comes to serious issues, such as homelessness and the housing crises sweeping across the country, which is why some growth is necessary, despite some pushback to any development.

"Not all growth. It's smart growth," he said. "And making sure that the growth fits to the vision of the town and in what we need."

Everything changes except desire to stay the same

Dobson said resistance to development is also nothing new. He remembers making a presentation about a condo development he was working on in the '80s and people booing and throwing things at him.

"It was on TV and my daughter, who was in school in British Columbia, saw me on television with stuff flying past me," he said.

But Dobson said as much as change is scary, he's learned in his 80 years that nothing stays the same. And change is sometimes important to make communities healthier.

"How long can we just keep building houses ... [that are] so separated." he said. "We have a problem with carbon in the air. We have to do something about it."

Information Morning - Moncton 8:36

Riverview turning 50

Within a generation, Riverview has grown to become one of the largest municipalities in the province. As the town marks its 50th anniversary, Khalil Akhtar sat down with Phillip Dobson, whose father helped transform the place across the river from Moncton.

LeBlanc said despite all the growth, the town has still managed to keep its identity. To do this, he said it takes everyone agreeing that community matters most — green spaces, youth and social clubs and accepting each other's differences.

"Welcoming to newcomers and new cultures, new diverse backgrounds, the LGBTQ community," he said. "We're trying to be a welcoming community for everybody and whether we're a town or a city, we can achieve that goal and we have been achieving that goal."

With files from Khalil Akhtar

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27 Comments

David Amos

Deja Vu Anyone??

Is your neighbour in a different federal riding? This is why

‘It's a bit like Rubik's Cube,’ says retired professor who helped reshape New Brunswick ridings in 2012

Colin McPhail · CBC News · Posted: Oct 19, 2019 8:00 AM ADT

At an intersection along Whitepine Road in Riverview, drivers are besieged by election campaign signs, far more than your average high-traffic corner.

That's because the road marks the border between two federal ridings — Moncton-Rivervew-Dieppe to the north, Fundy Royal to the south. The boundary cuts Riverview almost in two, and Mayor Ann Seamans says it can be confusing for residents come election time.

David Amos

I wonder how many folks in Riverview ever voted for me

Ken Dwight

"Although neighbour to two of the province's largest cities — Moncton and Dieppe —

Dieppe is not one of the two largest cities in NB. Saint John and Fredericton both dwarf Dieppe.

Michel Forgeron

Reply to Ken Dwight

The article says "...neighbour ro two of the province's largetst cities..." This relates to the neighbouring cities, are you saying Riverview is a neighbour of Saint John and Fredericton?

David Amos

Reply to Michel Forgeron

Try a different rabbit hole if you wish to split a hare

claude bourgeois

Reply to Ken Dwight

two of...not the two,

Raymond Leger

Riverview is "Greater Moncton".

Bob Smith

Reply to Raymond Leger

No, it's not. Dieppe and Riverview are separate from the land of Arnold.

David Amos

Reply to Raymond Leger

So you say

Jos Allaire

Some previous posts touched on the subject without actually pointing out the real reason. If Riverview becomes a city, it will have to provide bilingual services as is required by law.

David Amos

Reply to Jos Allaire

C'est Vrai

Michael Cain

Reply to Jos Allaire

I think it depends on how many of the minority, like 20%.

Bob Smith

Riverview is pro residential but has had a long standing aversion to all things business. Oh, and I've lived in Riverview since mid seventies. It's been a lot bigger than three houses. As far as amalgamation goes, Riverview doesn't want it and neither does Dieppe for language reasons primarily. Riverview is, well, an odd place to grow.

David Amos

Reply to Bob Smith

Did you ever vote for me?

David Amos

Reply to Bob Smith

Yup

claude bourgeois

Dieppe and Riverview are really Moncton whether you like it or not.

David Amos

Reply to claude bourgeois

Nay not so

David Amos

Reply to claude bourgeois

Nobody cares

William Peters

Reply to Raymond Leger

Not on cultural grounds. The Petitcodiac river separates the diverse SE of NB from the COR regions. Gunningsville had an English speaking identity, and it for long had that cachet. It has functioned as a bedroom community to Moncton for Albert County which is about as different, culturally speaking, as it could be to Westmoreland county. I do think that this sort of division actually still matters to the current political establishment we have.

Raymond Leger

Reply to William Peters

There are many communities that have culturally speaking differences that were recently forced to amalgamate.

David Amos

Reply to William Peters

Oh so true

Terry Halverson

Reply to Raymond Leger

Forced being the main word there. I much prefer to be in the town of Riverview.

Bob Smith

Reply to Raymond Leger

So bring that up when next you visit Dieppe. See how that goes.

Raymond Leger

Reply to Terry Halverson

There are a lot of people in towns and villages who would have preferred not to be forced to amalgamate with another entity.

Raymond Leger

Reply to Bob Smith

Maybe getting rid of the name "Moncton" would help. Definitely not a name that people of Acadian descent like to be reminded of.

David Amos

Reply to Raymond Leger

Cry me a river

David Amos

Reply to Raymond Leger

Oh My

Zoe Richmond

"The green green grass of Home." What an awesome village Riverview was and now town. Thank you for the memories!

David Amos

Reply to Zoe Richmond

My Father is buried under the green green grass of Riverview

June Arnott

Lets hope that new building units will actually be affordable to help the homeless! Riverview is not what it was even twenty years ago. The crime goes unanswered too!

David Amos

Reply to June Arnott

Take it up with the RCMP

Ken Dwight

Reply to June Arnott

What crime? You seem obsessed with crime, you mention it like the area was Chicago

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/10/cbc-and-its-obvious-malice-towards.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/federal-riding-boundaries-electora-disctrict-readjustment-1.5325518

Is your neighbour in a different federal riding? This is why

‘It's a bit like Rubik's Cube,’ says retired professor who helped reshape New Brunswick ridings in 2012

Colin McPhail· CBC News· Posted: Oct 19, 2019 8:00 AM AT

The next time riding boundaries shift could be after the 2021 census, but does that mean you and your neighbour might end up in different ridings? (Mike Heenan/CBC)

At an intersection along Whitepine Road in Riverview, drivers are besieged by election campaign signs, far more than your average high-traffic corner.

That's because the road marks the border between two federal ridings — Moncton-Rivervew-Dieppe to the north, Fundy Royal to the south. The boundary cuts Riverview almost in two, and Mayor Ann Seamans says it can be confusing for residents come election time.

Multiple residents on Brewster Street, one street south of Whitepine, told CBC News they should be included in the riding with neighbouring Moncton. They say their interests are not as closely aligned with Fundy Royal communities like Sussex and Quispamsis.

Seamans made a similar point in 2012 when officials readjusted the boundaries and opted to maintain the border through Riverview. Seven years later, the two-term mayor said she was speaking up for her residents, but she doesn't think the split has negatively affected the municipality.

It's better to have two MPs in your corner than one, she said.

It's not the only boundary in New Brunswick's 10 federal electoral districts that may raise an eyebrow.

The latest boundary for the Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe federal riding. (Elections Canada)

Dieppe has a chunk of the city belonging to Beauséjour. Rothesay and Quispamsis, two communities that share several municipal services, are in different federal ridings. Rural villages south of Grand Lake, like Gagetown and Cambridge-Narrows, are tied to the Fundy Isles riding.

There are many communities along every boundary that would seem to be a more appropriate fit in the adjacent riding, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. And it's not an easy task for those charged with the duty.

Elections Canada describes the independent commissions that redraw the lines as "high-wire balancing acts"— a fair comparison, according to Patrick Malcolmson.

The retired political science professor was appointed to the three-member commission that readjusted the boundaries in 2012. He described the process and what it was like to walk that high wire.

How are federal ridings reshaped?

The Constitution requires that federal electoral districts be reviewed after each decennial census.
Redistribution, as it's called, is led by independent commissions established in each province.

A commission is permitted to tweak boundaries but not the number of ridings. For New Brunswick, that means keeping it at 10. The commission makes its recommendations, accepts feedback during public hearings and delivers a report to the chief electoral officer.

The current map of federal ridings in New Brunswick. (Elections Canada)

House members can object to the recommendations in the report. The commission must consider any objection but is not compelled to make any changes. A final report is submitted to the Speaker of the House. Once the speaker tables it, the commission's decisions are final.

Reflecting on the framework, Malcolmson said the Canadian system is probably "one of the best systems, at least at the federal level, that exists." He said typically people with legal or academic backgrounds are appointed to the non-partisan commissions.

"You find that, you know, basically the commissions are made up of people who have a lot of expertise and have no political axe to grind," he said.

They seek to improve representation, he said, not to manipulate constituency boundaries for political purposes, the gerrymandering often seen in the United States.

What criteria are used to adjust boundaries?

Each commission is given an "electoral quota," the number of residents permitted in a single district. It's essentially the province's population divided by number of ridings.

Commissions must draw the boundaries to be "as close as reasonably possible" to the electoral quota. In New Brunswick, the number during the most recent redistribution in 2012 was 75,117.

But they have some wiggle room.

It's a bit like Rubik's Cube, you know, because if you do that you have to change the boundaries somewhere else.

- Patrick Malcolmson

The riding population has to remain within a 25 per cent margin on either side of the quota.
That's almost a 40,000-person window to work with in New Brunswick.

But it's still a tricky task, given the continuing migration to urban centres and depopulation of rural New Brunswick. Because of the population shift, the 2012 commission faced a crucial fork in the road early on in its work.

One option was adding surrounding population to urban centres and making more urban ridings — two each for the Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton areas — reducing the number of mixed or rural districts to four. The other option was to take a bit from urban centres and add to the other districts.
Commissioners opted for the latter.

"It's nice to sort of say, 'Well, we should have two ridings for each [region] of the major cities,'" Malcolmson said, "but I think you'd have quite a groundswell of discontent from people who live outside the cities that now they're really not going to have a voice. And I think they already feel that they don't have a voice."

The Riverview/Fundy Royal issue began with a proposal to put all of Dieppe in the Beauséjour riding, leaving Moncton and Riverview as one. But residents of Dieppe objected. So to meet the population quota, parts of Riverview and Moncton were moved into adjacent ridings instead.
"I think we were sort of caught on two sides and, ultimately, made what we thought was the best decision," he said.

"It's a bit like Rubik's Cube, you know, because if you do that you have to change the boundaries somewhere else."

What else is taken into account?

Commissions also need to consider manageable geographic sizes for the districts and communities of interest.

A community of interest is a key idea in shaping the boundaries in order to enhance representation.

The notion is open to interpretation, but Elections Canada calls it a "counterweight" to the cold, hard math of divvying up things by population.

The 2012 redistribution commission changed the name of the Saint John riding to Saint John-Rothesay to better reflect the geography. (Elections Canada)

"Strict population equality may well mean the splintering of otherwise natural communities," that share municipal boundaries, economic interests as well as social, racial, religious or linguistic characteristics.

On multiple instances, francophone groups in the province challenged boundary adjustments out of concern it would diminish francophone representation.

The Federal Court made history in 2004 by halting a boundary change that sought to move some Acadie-Bathurst residents into the predominantly anglophone Miramichi riding.

The New Brunswick commission tasked with the 2002 redistribution also proposed having every First Nation vote in the Miramichi riding, even though only three were in the geographic area. The idea was to boost Indigenous representation, but the plan was met with heavy opposition and eventually scrapped.

During the 2012 redistribution, the commission decided to roll Belledune into Acadie-Bathurst. The village, which is located between Campbellton and Bathurst, was previously part of the Miramichi riding "for no apparent reason," the commission wrote.

What's next?

The next decennial census is scheduled for 2021, meaning another boundary readjustment will soon be upon us.

"I would imagine the trend towards, you know, greater urbanization in the province has continued and there's a sort of process of rural depopulation happening," Malcolmson said.

"At some point, whether it's this time or next time, you're going to reach the tipping point and there's going to have to be a more substantial redistribution than there was.

"The commission will have to look pretty, pretty hard at redrawing those boundaries, and that will not be a walk in the park."

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David Amos
Methinks everybody knows that I am running again in Fundy Royal again but like lots of folks I can't vote there because I live just across the line as well N'esy Pas?

Kelly Alder
Wish sackville Nb could be put in a different federal riding. Now we are lumped in with the majority of francophone communities and basically will be liberals til end of time federally. Haven’t seen domitwit Leblanc in 20 years. Doesn’t even need to campaign to win.

Oscar Acosta

Reply to @Kelly Alder: Hopefully Laura shakes things up

David Amos

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Reply to @Kelly Alder: I feel your pain I was born in Sackville and raised in Dorchester until 1967. When Little Louie centralized the government my Father who was the County Administrator for Westmorland County Dad lost his job and had to take the job offered in Fat Fred City as the Supervisor of Taxation for the Province. He provided faithful and ethical service to the the folks in NB until he died way too young. Trust that it was a job my Father hated but he did enjoy forcing the Irving Clan to pay their property taxes. Later my Mother married the former Chief Electoral officer and a very Proud CoR Party member just like Premier Higgs once was.

Furthermore my Brother in Law's law firm partner is Brian Mosher. As the VP of the PC Party for the Maritimes Mosher assisted Petey Crybaby MacKay in merging with Harper's Party Methinks it should be a small wonder to R.B. Bennett's ghost as to why my Father's wild child has run for public office 7 times N'esy Pas?

Natalie Pugh
Federal riding boundaries are one thing but the way they determined polling stations is completely ridiculous. My advanced polling station was 36 km north of my residence but there was an advanced station 2km south of us. Residences 1 km to 4 km north of us were designated to the advanced station 2 km south of us! Great way to encourage people to vote Elections Canada!!

David Amos

Reply to @Natalie Pugh: I was not allowed to vote from 2000 until this year even though my name has been on 7 ballots from 2004 til now Go Figure

Vernon A McPhee
I think the premise that the commission is trying to balance the rural/urban divide is just a smokescreen. The only actual challenges mentioned was to ensure that the Francophone representation is kept artificially high enough.

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Ukraine looks to Trudeau to play key role in NATO membership bid

July 11, 2023, 3:28 am

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Ukraine looks to Trudeau to play key role in NATO membership bid

PM could persuade NATO fence-sitters to let Ukraine in, says parliamentarian

Murray Brewster· CBC News · Posted: Jul 08, 2023 5:00 AM ADT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

More than 500 days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the embattled country's political leaders say they expect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be in their corner at next week's NATO summit.

The leaders of the western military alliance are set to debate the timing and conditions of Ukraine's admission to NATO.

Some members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have deep reservations about how quickly the eastern European country should be given membership guarantees.

In a warmly received speech before the country's parliament in Kyiv last month, Trudeau delivered a full-throated endorsement of Ukraine's membership when conditions allow.

"Ukrainians should be free to choose their own future," Trudeau said told Ukrainian parliamentarians. His remarks made a deep impression on the lawmakers and have built up a sense of expectation in Ukraine regarding the country's future in the alliance.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, where he committed $500 million in new funding for military assistance. He also announced new sanctions as the country's war with Russia continues.

Canada was among the initial supporters of Ukraine's bid to join the alliance in 2008.

Before Russia annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea in 2014, Ukraine was on track to meet the many military, institutional and democratic conditions for membership set down by the alliance.

On Friday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pointed out that the relationship between the alliance and Ukraine has been formalized already through the creation of a council to facilitate dialogue. But that measure falls far short of what Ukrainian lawmakers want and expect.

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500 days of war

As part of a special edition of The House, the CBC’s Murray Brewster focuses on the state of the war in Ukraine, the choices NATO countries will soon have to make at next week’s summit in Lithuania and the Ukrainians who will feel their impact. After a visit to a humanitarian aid centre in the heart of liberated Kherson, The House reaches two Ukrainian MPs, Mariya Ionova and Lesia Zaburanna, who lay out their expectations for NATO countries — including Canada.

"We need [an] invitation" to join the alliance, Mariya Ionova of Ukraine's European Solidarity party told CBC Radio's The House on Saturday. She said the fact that Ukraine has been waiting so long for that invitation strains the credibility of NATO's so-called open door policy.

"If the door is open, why have we been standing on the threshold for 15 years?" she said.

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Some of NATO's 31 member states are reluctant to let Ukraine in because they're afraid of further aggravating tensions with Russia.

The alliance considers the idea of admitting Ukraine while it's at war a non-starter. At a minimum, however, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government expects to be presented with a pathway to membership.

Stoltenberg hinted Friday that the allies are engaged in backroom talks on the topic.

"We are helping Ukraine to come even closer to NATO and NATO membership," the secretary general said.

"I am confident that we'll find the united way also to address the specific issue on membership, but I will not go into the details of exact language now because that is something we will announce when everything is in place by the summit."

And this is where Ukrainian MPs are counting on Trudeau and Canada to step up and play a pivotal role.

"I think that Mr. Trudeau can talk to [those] countries, to the leaders of [those] countries which are not sure in their decision, which are not sure to support or not to support," said Lesia Zabruanna, a member of Ukraine's governing Servant of the People party.

A man in a suit stands behind a podium. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, centre, addresses supporters after the announcement of the partial results of the parliamentary election, in Budapest on April 3, 2022. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)

Hungary is one of the NATO countries with doubts about admitting Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán last week rejected the European Commission's plan to grant more money to Ukraine. He went further in an interview with a German publication.

"Ukraine is no longer a sovereign state. It has neither money nor weapons. It can keep on fighting only thanks to the assistance being provided," Orban told the German daily Bild.

"It's up to the United States to decide when peace will materialize."

Orban's remarks were widely reported in Russia and drew sharp condemnation from Kyiv.

Canada favours a shortcut for Ukraine

Last spring, Orban cast doubt on whether his country would approve long-term NATO membership for Ukraine.

Stoltenberg is on record saying that some NATO nations would favour Ukraine's direct admission without the preliminary step of creating a membership action plan.

Senior Canadian government officials, speaking on background Friday, said Canada is among those in favour of dropping the preliminary step.

Retired U.S. lieutenant-general Ben Hodges said the United States has not offered a firm endorsement either way.

"There's a difference between invitation and joining," said Hodges, who commanded the U.S. Army in Europe.

An invitation without clear timelines "provides an opportunity for the Russians" both from a propaganda and political perspective, he said, "but a firm invitation could be that sort of a clear signal" to Moscow that there's no turning back on Ukraine's membership.

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Erdogan agrees to send vote on Sweden's NATO accession to Turkish parliament, Stoltenberg says

Sweden's NATO accession has been held up by objections from Turkey since last year

The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 10, 2023 5:02 PM ADT

Two people shake hands while a third person standing between them looks on.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on during a meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Monday. (Filip Singer/Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to send Sweden's accession protocol for joining NATO to Turkey's parliament "as soon as possible" and to help ensure that the assembly approves it.

Stoltenberg made the announcement after talks with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Lithuania. Sweden's NATO accession has been held up by objections from Turkey since last year.

"This is an historic day because we have a clear commitment by Turkey to submit the ratification documents to the Grand National Assembly, and to work also with the assembly to ensure ratification," Stoltenberg told reporters.

Earlier Monday, with NATO hoping to put on a public display of unity in its support for Ukraine more than 500 days after it was invaded by Russia, Erdogan said he would block Sweden's path unless European members of the military organization "pave the way" for Turkey to join the world's biggest trading bloc.

His surprise announcement added new uncertainty to Sweden's bid to become the alliance's 32nd member. Turkey was already blocking its entry because Erdogan believes that Sweden has been too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups that he considers to be security threats.

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On arriving in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his counterparts will hold two days of talks starting on Tuesday, Erdogan first met with Kristersson, before breaking off for a separate meeting with European Council President Charles Michel.

Michel said in a Twitter post that he and Erdogan had "explored opportunities ahead to bring co-operation back to the forefront and re-energize our relations." Michel said he has tasked the European Commission to draw up a "report with a view to proceed in strategic and forward-looking manner."

As NATO firms up military spending target, Canada is trying to broaden what counts: sources

Turkey is a candidate to join the European Union, but its membership talks have been at a standstill since 2018 due to democratic backsliding during Erdogan's presidency, concerns about the rule of law and rights abuses, and disputes with EU-member Cyprus.

Erdogan's new demand was the first time he had linked his country's ambition to join the EU with Sweden's efforts to become a NATO member.

A line of flags are seen. Flags of NATO member countries are seen outside a venue to be used for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sunday. (Mindaugas Kulbis/The Associated Press)

"Turkey has been waiting at the door of the European Union for over 50 years now, and almost all of the NATO member countries are now members of the European Union," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul.

"I am making this call to these countries that have kept Turkey waiting at the gates of the European Union for more than 50 years.

Canada is 1st country to ratify requests from Sweden and Finland to join NATO

"Come and open the way for Turkey's membership in the European Union. When you pave the way for Turkey, we'll pave the way for Sweden as we did for Finland," he said.

Earlier, Erdogan's office said he told U.S. President Joe Biden during a telephone call on Sunday that Turkey wanted a "clear and strong" message of support for Turkey's EU ambitions from the NATO leaders. The White House readout of the Biden-Erdogan call did not mention the issue of Turkish EU membership.

'This is a matter of timing'

Erdogan's government has postponed ratifying Sweden's accession, saying the administration in Stockholm needs to do more to crack down on Kurdish militants and other groups. A series of anti-Turkey and anti-Islam protests in Sweden's capital raised doubts that an agreement to satisfy Turkey's demands could be reached before the NATO summit.

Turkey's delaying tactics have irritated other NATO allies, including the United States.

Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, confirmed on Sunday that Biden and Erdogan had spoken about Sweden's NATO membership among other issues and had agreed to meet in Vilnius for further talks.

A patch for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is seen on a soldier's military outfit. A Canadian soldier wears a NATO patch during an address by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a military base in Adazi, Latvia, on Monday. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Sullivan said the White House is confident Sweden will join the alliance.

"We don't regard this as something that is fundamentally in doubt. This is a matter of timing. The sooner the better," he said.

Previously non-aligned Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Finland joined in April following Turkish ratification.

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I’ve arrived in Vilnius with @JustinTrudeau for the @NATO summit. In this pivotal moment for our collective security, we’re focused on strengthening the Alliance, welcoming Sweden, and continuing support for Ukraine, now and through their victory.

Another key issue in Vilnius will be how to bring Ukraine closer to NATO without actually joining, as well as security guarantees Kyiv might need to ensure that Russia doesn't invade again after the war ends. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskky will join the summit in person on Wednesday.

Stoltenberg said the most important thing was to continue to support Ukraine's efforts to resist the Russian invasion.

"Unless Ukraine prevails, there is no membership issue to discuss at all," he said.

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Bank of Canada raises its key interest rate to 5%

July 12, 2023, 3:37 pm

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Bank of Canada raises its key interest rate to 5%

10th rate hike by central bank since March 2022

Jenna Benchetrit· CBC News · Posted: Jul 12, 2023 11:11 AM ADT

The Bank of Canada building is pictured in Ottawa in late 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, marking the first time since April 2001 that the figure hit five per cent.

The move was expected by economists after Statistics Canada released its June labour force survey last week showing that Canada added 60,000 jobs last month — further contributing to an overheated economy.

Some of the country's biggest lenders, including the Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, Bank of Montreal and TD Bank, have already announced that they will match their increase effective Thursday to align with that of the central bank's.

Following the announcement, experts diverged on whether Canadians could expect another increase after the summer. Trading in investments known as swaps — which bet on future central bank moves — imply there is a better than 75 per cent chance of another small hike at the bank's next meeting on Sept. 6.

The effects of interest rate hikes can sometimes take a year or a year-and-a-half to play out in the economy.

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"There's an element of patience, and I think that's why as well you see [the bank] being as noncommittal as they were today, with respect to whether they will be performing more hikes," Desjardins chief economist Jimmy Jean told CBC News in an interview.

"They're trying their best to communicate something to Canadians that can provide them with some sense of clarity. But the problem is that they don't have that clarity themselves."

Could be mid-2025 before bank hits inflation target

Wednesday's rate hike marks the 10th by the central bank since March 2022. It hit pause on those hikes in January for a few months to determine whether the economy had sufficiently cooled, then resumed its campaign in June.

"Global inflation is easing, with lower energy prices and a decline in goods price inflation. However, robust demand and tight labour markets are causing persistent inflationary pressures in services," the bank wrote in a release.

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Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says 'monetary policy is working — but underlying inflationary pressures are proving more stubborn.'

During a mid-morning news conference on Wednesday, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said the bank expects inflation to ease but that it could take until the middle of 2025 to hit its two per cent target.

That's six months later than was forecast in April.

"We've been clear about the indicators we are watching, and it's clearly too early to be talking about interest rate cuts," Macklem said, adding it's also too soon to tell how much impact the rate increases are having.

"We are certainly trying to balance the risks of over- and under-tightening, and we'll be taking it one meeting at a time."

The bank's Monetary Policy Report noted that the bank would raise its rates because of persistent "excess demand."

Canada's population surpassed 40 million people last month and is growing at its highest annual rate since 1957. Population growth is a key factor contributing to job growth, consumer spending on goods and services, and housing demand.

The inflation rate slowed to 3.4 per cent in the year up to May, down from 8.1 per cent last summer, as the central bank's efforts to rein in the number paid off. But rising food prices were still outpacing inflation — an ongoing trend since late 2021.

'I've thought about selling'

With Wednesday's rate hike, a typical mortgage holder can expect to pay more on their variable rate loan, starting on Thursday.

A homeowner with a $500,000, 25-year variable rate loan at a rate of 5.8 per cent on Tuesday would have been paying $2,512 a month. After Wednesday's hike, their rate is likely to jump to 6.05 per cent, which will bump their monthly payment up to $2,571 a month. That's an increase of more than $700 a year.

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Exact numbers will depend on the specifics of the loan, but on average, mortgage analytics site RateHub.ca says mortgage holders can expect to pay $100 more per month on their mortgage after Wednesday's hike.

Leena Chandi, a single mother of three who purchased her Surrey, B.C., townhouse seven years ago, said she would lay down and cry if another hike were announced, as it was on Wednesday.

A woman stands in front of a black and white photo with three women in it. Leena Chandi, a single mother of three, purchased her Surrey, B.C., townhouse seven years ago. She's watched her variable mortgage rate double since the Bank of Canada began its aggressive campaign to cool inflation. (Martin Diotte/CBC)

Having started on a fixed mortgage, she switched to a new bank and took on a variable rate about a year-and-a-half ago — before the Bank of Canada began its quest to tame an overheated economy with a series of interest rate hikes.

"All of a sudden, boom. The first increase happened and I was like, 'OK, well, whatever, you know, that's fine, I can handle it," Chandi told CBC News.

"And then the second increase happened and then the third increase happened, and then the fourth and then the fifth, and now my mortgage payment is doubled."

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British Columbians say they're feeling squeezed as interest rate hiked again

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The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate for the 10th time since March 2022, increasing pressure on homeowners with variable mortgages and those looking to enter the housing market.

Chandi said her biweekly payments increased from $800 to $1,300 during that period.

"I've thought about selling. I really have because ... my townhouse is now probably worth three times, almost 2½ times what I paid for it. But where am I gonna go?"

Mortgage rates driving inflation

Clément Bonnal, a Quebec City resident who bought his house in 2021, said his mortgage payments have increased by almost $700 per month.

He said that a rate hike by the Bank of Canada is "nonsense" to him, as rising mortgage costs are now driving inflation, having climbed by 30 per cent in Statistics Canada data from June.

Bonnal questioned why the bank would continue to raise interest rates when inflation is close to its target range — and given that the impact of rate hikes can sometimes take more than a year to appear in the economy.

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"If they continue to increase the rates, it's like a fireman that puts the fire in the forest," Bonnal told CBC News.

Carolyn Rogers, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, said during the Wednesday news conference that while housing is sensitive to interest rates, housing demand is still outweighing supply and driving up prices.

"We target inflation," she said. "We don't target house prices, and we don't target any one sector or one item within the [consumer price index] basket."

WATCH | 'We don't target house prices':

Bank of Canada: 'We target inflation, we don't target house prices'

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Carolyn Rogers, senior deputy Bank of Canada governor, says that while house prices are 'very sensitive' to interest rates, there are other issues to consider as well — including supply issues and increasing immigration levels.

For Chandi, the mother of three in B.C., it's cold comfort as she considers the price of groceries and clothes, on top of paying her university-aged daughter's rent and contributing to her children's RESPs.

"Do they actually realize how much of an effect this is having on the average person?" she said.

"It just seems like we have no say. We're just at the mercy of the Bank of Canada right now."

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4318 Comments

David Amos

I wonder if anyone listened to Bruce Sellery the CEO of Credit Canada talking about this on CBC today

David Amos

Reply to David Amos

How about these dudes?

"Trudeau acknowledged the bank's decision isn't what many Canadians want to hear. But he framed the issue as a global one that's not unique to Canada.

"I've had conversations with leaders here in Europe and around the world and the cost of living is a real challenge," he said. "People around the world are facing significant challenges."

Trudeau said his government is "stepping up with targeted support for people who most need it at this moment." He pointed to the government's GST rebate — which has been branded politically as a "grocery rebate"— as one of those measures.

Poilievre said a government led by him would "axe the carbon tax" and rein in government spending as part of a push to get inflation under control."

David Kingston
Maybe people should just work more.

David Amos

Reply to David Kingston

Surely you jest

Jason Leonard
Reply to David Kingston.

Or find other ways to not pay tax.

Sara Shepard

Since corporations like the food companies are making record profits while their prices keep increasing, is charging them a short-term windfall tax ever considered? I know shareholders won't like it and they'll probably just charge even more to offset the tax but why are only people with variable mortgages and long-term lines of credit the ONLY ones who bear the brunt of higher interest rates and inflation?

Reply by Luc Gervis.

2 hrs ago

We ....Must.....Punish....everyone
Reply by Andy Shilkenberg.
2 hrs ago

Loblaws balance sheet shows $8.5 Billion in debt
Reply by David Kingston.
2 hrs ago

Variable rate mortgages and long term LOCs borrowed money, that's why they pay for the interest
Reply by Robert Tyre.
2 hrs ago

Many countries in Europe and the UK have wind fall taxes. They however are not banana republics
Reply by Luc Newsome.
2 hrs ago

Tax is the only solution some governments know
Reply by Robert Tyre.
2 hrs ago

Nothing a good “restructuring” and a whole whack of tax deductible write downs won’t solve
Reply by Andy Shilkenberg.
2 hrs ago

Interest is tax deductible as it is an expense, but maybe provide an example of how what you are proposing helps them avoid paying principle and interest?
Reply by David Amos.
2 hrs ago

Oh so true
Reply by Troy Bodi.
2 hrs ago

And how much profit? Net worth?
Reply by Andy Shilkenberg.
2 hrs ago

The comment was about the brunt of interest rates, don't know what profit and net worth have to do with that.
Reply by Troy Bodi.
2 hrs ago

Loblaws can afford the debt. They might even be doing it strategically. 5% interest is fine if they can get the equivalent of 6 out of the customer. Vs average Joe that just wants to buy a house.
Reply by Andy Shilkenberg.
2 hrs ago

Because someone can afford something, then they owe? I paid 5% + when I bought my house; who owes me?
Reply by Sara Shepard.
2 hrs ago

Yes, but corporations artificially increasing prices to increase profit - e.g the 16-year bread price fixing scandal and 'greedflation' post supply-chain pandemic issues - are gouging the same people who took v.r. mortgages and, granted, they didn't have the foresight to know borrowing at historically low interest rates/free money for so long had to end sometime but they also couldn't have predicted 10 rate increases in 14 months.

Jessie MacDonald

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Paul Rodriguez

Reply toJessie MacDonald

and there go to, best in the g7 for one thing or another.

Andy Wall

Reply to Jessie MacDonald

Interest rates are going up in every country on the planet. Is that Trudeau’s fault as well?

Arron Wheatly

Reply to Paul Rodriguez

......for failed policies.

Darren MacDonald
Reply to Andy Wall

If you talk to Tiff, yes

Arron Wheatly

Reply to Andy Wall

Those country's "leaders" did the same silly thing. That is why. Go look at their central bank's balance sheet.

John Decarted

Reply to Arron Wheatly

you hinted at it. leaders are irrelevant, central banks run the show

David Amos

Reply to Jessie MacDonald

Welcome to the circus

Steve Brockhouse

Reply to Jessie MacDonald

There is an implication that apology may be necessary for some action (or lack of it).

Whereas, in fact none is necessary.

So it is not clear to whom the comment is being addressed.

Luc Newsome

CBC missed this one…

“Gap between high and low income Canadian households widening at record pace: StatCan”

David Amos

Reply to Luc Newsome

Go Figure

Darren MacDonald

Reply to Luc Newsome

It was just an oversight like CF's "fiscal anchors"

Arron Wheatly

Reply to Luc Newsome

......on purpose. Just like they miss the labour force participation rate at 65% or doubling the money supply since 2015.

Jessie MacDonald

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The Trudeau apologists are here.

But but but........insert today's talking point. It's nothing to do with the consequences of 8 years of policy decisions.

They're here all day long 365 days.

Real tax payers they are.

Comment by Luc Newsome.
5 min ago

CBC missed this one…

“Gap between high and low income Canadian households widening at record pace: StatCan”

    Reply by David Amos.

5 min ago

Go Figure

Comment by David Green.
8 min ago

What’s happening with housing and interest rates plus the high cost of everything is the result of the last 8years. There is no easy fix to it either just a lot of financial pain ahead, but could we please stop making it worse with more spending announcements every week.

    Reply by Arron Wheatly.

7 min ago

Doubling the money supply has dire effects. It's not like this hasn't been done before.

Some can not be reached or are incapable of learning from history.
Reply by Bill Harding.
6 min ago

The problem is the economy is too good to slow down, so the BoC put the brakes on. They do this when the economy overheats, and they should have reacted earlier.
Reply by David Amos.
4 min ago

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I concur
Reply by Arron Wheatly.
4 min ago

The economy is not too good. Just the opposite. If can't see it that's on you. The fact is there is too much cash chasing too few goods because of monetary policy.
Reply by David Amos.
3 min ago

Kinda sorta true
Reply by Craig Macneil.
2 min ago

Best economy in Canada's history.To much cash because the economy is so good and wages rose.
Reply by David Green.
1 min ago

Our economy is not healthy the is little investment other than more government debt.

Comment by David Amos.
10 min ago

I wonder if anyone listened to Bruce Sellery the CEO of Credit Canada talking about this on CBC today

Comment by Horst Jakob.
11 min ago

To all those that say I had a 14% mortgage once , I had one too , but I payed "only " sixty thousand for my home.

A lot of money back then but no comparison to today.

    Reply by Craig Macneil.

10 min ago

Wages was one quarter what they are now.
Reply by Arron Wheatly.
10 min ago

especially considering wages have not kept up to the cooked inflation numbers.
Reply by David Amos.
8 min ago

I had a home mortgage and business debts as well back in the early eighties when interest rates went through the roof
Reply by John Oliver.
8 min ago

I had a 6%+ rate in the last 20 years and I borrowed a lot more than 60 grand. More than double.
Reply by Brent Hiker.
8 min ago

It's all relative.
Reply by Bob Wessels.
8 min ago

inflation
Reply by John Oliver.
7 min ago

Wages would depend on job, city and exact time and place - I could counter - yeah, one wage-earner.
Reply by John Decarted.
7 min ago

ah yes, bo omers post this endlessly, forgetting that the wage to cost of living and housing indexes were waaaaaayyyy better back then
Reply by Arron Wheatly.
6 min ago

Purchasing power was much higher back then.
Reply by Craig Macneil.
6 min ago

Out of school as a millwright my first job paid 9 a hour.My son's first job as a Millwright paid 27 a hour.
Reply by Arron Wheatly.
5 min ago

Apprentice.
Reply by Craig Macneil.
5 min ago

I'm 54
Reply by Craig Macneil.
4 min ago

How did 12 percent interest rates then make purchasing power better?
Reply by John Decarted.
3 min ago

then you're young enough to use the internet to find the data
Reply by Craig Macneil.
1 min ago

What data?

Comment by Brent Hiker.
13 min ago

In May, year-over-year consumer price inflation fell to 3.4 per cent, from 4.4 per cent in April. That’s less than half the peak inflation recorded last June (8.1 per cent). Grocery prices, however, are still rising at a dizzying pace. Grocery inflation was 9.0 per cent in May, barely changed from April.

Meanwhile, the costs of most inputs purchased by food retailers have slowed rapidly — and in some cases are falling outright. Crop prices fell 22 per cent over the last year. Energy costs fell by one-third. Meat and dairy inputs rose just 4.5 per cent (half the pace of final groceries), and fruit and vegetable inputs just 1.2 per cent.

The cost of producing and selling groceries is moderating. Yet grocery prices are still surging. What gives? - The Star July 9/23

    Reply by Troy Bodi.

11 min ago

We gives. And Galen takes.
Reply by Craig Macneil.
10 min ago

Corporate greed
Reply by William Best.
7 min ago

Supermarket CEOs blame higher costs for their own inputs and purchases, claiming they are simply passing those costs on to consumers. But elementary school math tells you that if costs and prices grow by the same amount, profits won’t change. Even if nominal profits merely kept pace with higher prices, margins wouldn’t change — yet they have grown significantly.
Reply by David Green.
4 min ago

We see those inflation numbers posted that claim inflation is down but with ever increasing grocery, energy and housing expenses that claim seems to be unfounded.
Reply by David Amos.
1 min ago

Bingo

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RCMP warn against vigilantism as they investigate series of Deer Island incidents

July 13, 2023, 5:16 am

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RCMP warn against vigilantism as they investigate series of Deer Island incidents

Warning comes after car was heavily damaged by a group and a building was destroyed in a 'suspicious' fire

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon· CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2023 6:00 AM ADT

A closeup shows the side of an RCMP car.

RCMP officers, including members of the forensic identification unit and community crime reduction unit, are investigating the Deer Island incidents, said spokesperson Cpl. Stéphane Esculier. (CBC)

RCMP are warning the public against acts of vigilantism as they investigate a series of incidents on Deer Island that saw a car heavily damaged by a group of people and a building burned to the ground.

Police "do not condone the public taking policing matters into their own hands," New Brunswick RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Stéphane Esculier said in a statement Wednesday.

"Doing this puts themselves and others in their communities at risk, including someone being seriously injured or killed, or facing arrest and legal proceedings for their own actions."

The warning comes as investigators from the St. George detachment are on Deer Island, with members from specialized units, such a forensic identification and community crime reduction, on their way, Esculier told CBC News.

"We're definitely dedicated to conduct the investigation fully."

Started late Tuesday night

The series of incidents started Tuesday, shortly after 11 p.m., when RCMP received a report of a disturbance at the ferry terminal on Deer Island, said Esculier.

A car was "heavily damaged by a group of unknown individuals" and returned to the mainland. There, St. George officers spoke to the people whose car was damaged.

About an hour later, police were called about a fire at an "abandoned residence" on the island, Esculier said.

"According to preliminary investigation, it would appear that the fire would be suspicious in nature, most likely criminal."

Then, on Wednesday, around 10:30 a.m., police received a report of a theft of fuel at the ferry terminal on Deer Island.

No officer stationed on island for years

Esculier could not immediately comment on reports of alleged vigilantism by local residents over recent thefts, which have included everything from gas and batteries to fishing equipment and lobsters, according to some people CBC has spoken to.

It's all part of the investigation, he said, noting it could be a lengthy one. Anyone with any information about the incidents can call St. George RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

Esculier confirmed an RCMP officer used to be stationed on the island but not for "a few years." Calls are handled by St. George instead. He could not immediately say why.

A small vehicle ferry approaches the shore. Deer Island is cut off from the mainland between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. when the ferry stops running. (Robert Gallant)

It takes about 20 minutes to drive from St. George to Letete to catch the ferry to Deer Island. The crossing takes about 20 minutes, according to the Department of Transportation's website.

Roughly 700 people live on the 45-square-kilometre island.

"Even if there's no officer present 24 hours a day … there's always RCMP officers that are in position to respond to urgent priority calls," Esculier said.

Asked about the fact the island has no ferry service between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., he said RCMP can commission the ferry after-hours, if necessary.

Investigations take time

Esculier said he understands "there's definitely frustration" about crime rates in affected communities but said RCMP take all reports of crime seriously.

"Sometimes investigations take longer than what the public may believe" they should, he said. But police have follow a process to gather enough evidence to support any charges.

"We need communities and citizens to work together with us — legally and safely — in order to protect everyone."

Residents 'got fed up ... had enough'

Volunteer fire Chief Dwayne Richardson said the "back history" is that residents believe a growing number of people who use drugs, including some who steal things, come and go from the island.

"This group of people stands out as problem people, and every time they show up, you know, there's stuff being stolen from the wharves — whether it's gas cans, or batteries, or inverters off the vessels," Richardson said. "You know, it's obvious when they arrive on Deer Island that things are going missing.

"They felt that they had immunity, either from the people or from the law. And I guess the people of the island just got fed up [Tuesday] night and had enough of it."

Firefighters were called just after midnight Tuesday to a fire at a location where the alleged lawbreakers stay "intermittently," said Richardson, noting some tents were also in the yard.

By the time crews arrived, the "old house" was in flames.

"It was beyond doing, you know, anything with," Richardson said. "So it was basically just a defensive operation and just keep it from spreading into the woods."

Seventeen firefighters battled the blaze until just after 4:30 a.m.

The house and small structure behind it both burned to the ground.

Nobody was there at the time, said Richardson.

Island 'a lot different' than it used to be

He said it was his understanding that the people who normally stay there were met coming off the ferry about an hour earlier by 30 to 40 local residents.

The residents had a discussion with them, and then the ferry, which had stopped running for the night, made an extra run to return the people to the mainland, according to Richardson.

This is the first [time] in my life that something this drastic's happened.

- Dwyane Richardson, volunteer fire chief and resident

"This is the first [time] in my life that something this drastic's happened," he said.

Richardson, 54, a married father of two grown sons, has lived on Deer Island his whole life.

"Things are a lot different than they used to be when I grew up here and even, you know, when my kids were smaller," he said.

Drugs are "more and more readily available."

"And it's like anything in a small area, you know, everybody knows your business and … who's doing what."

The lack of onsite policing is a concern for some residents, said Richardson, who described himself as being among those "frustrated."

"We're a remote community, you know, with a ferry that runs from six in the morning till 11 o'clock at night, so if something happens like this, you know, there's no police readily available," he said.

"I think people want to be treated equally … whether it's policing, or whatever it is."

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73 Comments

David Amos

It appears to me the residents dealt with trouble the cops refused to do anything about. Now the cops will cause more trouble.

David Amos

The RCMP dude just claimed on the radio that they read what is posted online.

Too Too Funny EH?

David Amos

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The plot thickens

David Amos

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Deer Islanders 'all happy' after alleged vigilantism rids island of accused thieves, says senior

Diane Bustin, 65, says she and other residents feel safer with 'hoodlums' gone

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2023 4:24 PM ADT

John White

Luckily we can be more candid than the RCMP spokesperson. The reason there is not any RCMP presence on the island is to save money.

David Amos

Reply to John White

Times have changed In 1982 the RCMP wanted to spend more money

Andrew Martin

The status header of this article says it was updated 7 hours ago, however, they've changed the photo of the ferry within the last 2 hours.

Pete Parent

Reply to Andrew Martin

yes and?

Andrew Martin

Reply to Andrew Martin

Lol...."And".... their system of informing their audience to the accuracy of their reporting is flawed.

David Amos

Reply to Andrew Martin

Bingo

Harvey York

"Even if there's no officer present 24 hours a day … there's always RCMP officers that are in position to respond to urgent priority calls," Esculier said. A 20 minute car ride in addition to a 20 minute ferry ride PLUS the time it takes to "commission" the ferry (if after hours) doesn't really sound like excellent response time to an urgent priority call to me.

David Amos

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Reply to Harvey York

The RCMP don't consider you a priority either

George Mrinos

I think it's funny the RCMP are threatening the citizens who are fed up by the criminals getting free reign and they didn't stop the problem.

So now they want to go after the citizens who are making their community safer.

David Amos

Reply to George Mrinos

I don't find it funny but I do enjoy watching the cops stumble around and double talk

Robert Fish

Reply to David Amos

They can only do what the law allows. If you have a problem with that go talk to Higgs and Feds. I say tougher penalties. First time caught dealing 8 years.

David Amos

Reply to Robert Fish

Why not ask the Feds or Higgy why I was arrested?

Richard Morin

The ferry shown in article is not the ferry from Letete to Deere island. It is the ferry that runs from Deere Island to Campobello Island. The two are vastly different in many ways and this picture creates a false impression of the actual ferry service to the island

Andrew Martin

Reply to Richard Morin

I noticed that too, then i refreshed the page and noticed they changed the photo, yet the header at the top of this article says it was last updated 7 hours ago.... hmmmm.

David Amos

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Reply to Andrew Martin

The original is recorded in my blog

james taylor

Check out "Grand Manan Riots" 2006

David Amos

Reply to james taylor

I dealt with it then

Harvey York

Reply to David Amos

sure you did

David Amos

Reply to Harvey York

You know I did

Rhys Philbin

RCMP warn???

What are they going to do?

David Amos

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Reply to Rhys Philbin

Cut back on donuts for a bit

Murray Brown

This likely a case of 'everybody' in town knows who the criminals are... Except the RCMP? Most drug dens, crack houses and the criminals who run them are typically known factors within any community. The police require 'evidence'... And even if they do have it and arrest the dealers and criminals... They're back on the street in short-order because our Justice system is failing

David Amos

Reply to Murray Brown

It has failed

Kyle Woodman

Good for them.

David Amos

Reply to Kyle Woodman

I concur

June Arnott

If someone steals your car and you happen to track them down, and they are wearing "work gear" from your car, Police will not arrest him because you cant prove he stole it! True story; happened in Moncton

Tom Curry

Reply to June Arnott

There are police in Moncton? It's been years since I have seen a Mountie in Moncton. I thought that they packed up and left.

David Amos

Reply to June Arnott

Truth is stranger than fiction

Daniel Henwell
so, as I understand the article, the RCMP are going to send a group of officers to the island to investigate/charge the residents who drove the drug dealers & theives out. Seems backwards to me.

June Arnott

Reply to Daniel Henwell

yup! Policing is not what it use to be! You can shoot up on the streets of Moncton without any problems too

David Amos

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Reply to Daniel Henwell

Yup

Vladamir Smirnoff
"We're definitely dedicated to conduct the investigation fully."

Maybe focus on the drug dealers and theft rings? Crazy how they are on the wrong side of this incident.

In McAdam, they put BM in jail meanwhile the “victim” went on to sexually assault somebody at gun point.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/blake-scott-mcadam-vigilante-1.6841869

David Amos
Reply to Vladamir Smirnoff
I enjoyed that circus

Stephen Gilbert

policing in NB and for that matter the rest of Canada is a joke! and the court/justice system is even a bigger joke. basically a lawless society now where people don't feel safe and the criminals have more rights than the victims. so I say good for those people and victims 1, police 0, criminals 0

David Amos
Reply to Stephen Gilbert
I agree

Ben Haroldson
It's the judges and prosecutors who are letting them out of jail.

David Amos
Reply to Ben Haroldson

They have to be arrested first

Ben Haroldson
Reply to David Amos

They are being arrested.

David Amos
Reply to Ben Haroldson
Like I was?

Horace Langley

Reply to David Amos

What were you arrested for?

David Amos
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Reply to Horace Langley

"Other"

Chris Merriam
Good for them. They pay taxes like the rest of us, yet get no policing. Stands ro reason that they'd reach their breaking point. When all other means have proven unreliable or unavailable, you still need to take care of the problem. Well done! Hope to see more of it all over this province.

David Amos
Reply to Chris Merriam
Me Too

Alex Butt

Perhaps the RCMP would not have to worry about vigilantism if we had better policing and FAR stiffer penalties for the hoodlums committing all these crimes!

David Amos

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Reply to Alex Butt

Bad cop no donut

Pat Holland
People are beginning to stand up for themselves and it’s about time. They are tired of the police not doing anything and when the police do try the courts let them walk. Bravo to this community for stepping up.

David Amos
Reply to Pat Holland
Yup

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/deer-island-vigilantism-fire-thefts-residents-rcmp-1.6905525

Deer Islanders 'all happy' after alleged vigilantism rids island of accused thieves, says senior

Diane Bustin, 65, says she and other residents feel safer with 'hoodlums' gone

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon· CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2023 4:24 PM ADT

A drone shot of a burned-down building in a forested area, with the Bay of Fundy in the distance.

The abandoned residence RCMP say was destroyed by a suspicious fire Tuesday night is located at the end of Deer Island, opposite of where the ferry from Letete lands. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

For 35 years, Deer Island resident Diane Bustin never locked her doors.

"This place used to be the safest place on the planet to live," she said of the 45-square-kilometre island in the Bay of Fundy.

But for "well over a year" now, the 65-year-old widow says she never goes to bed without locking them.

And she says she's not alone.

The island's roughly 700 residents have been plagued by thefts, said Bustin — everything from gasoline and batteries to fishing equipment.

"Like, I mean it's just been really bad."

RCMP warn against vigilantism as they investigate series of Deer Island incidents

Fishermen have been particularly hard-hit after a disappointing lobster season, she said.

"The fishermen, work really, really hard for what they have. … And you know, to have your boats and your equipment stolen is not a fun thing to have happen when you're going through a rough time.

"And everybody's going through a rough time."

Bustin and others CBC News has spoken to blame people they allege use drugs and visit the island at night just as the ferry service shuts down until morning, when it's even more difficult for RCMP from the St. George detachment to respond.

A drone shot of an RCMP cruiser parked on a grassy area in front of a burned-down building. RCMP remained at the scene Thursday of the suspicious fire. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

On Wednesday, RCMP issued a statement warning the public against acts of vigilantism as they investigate a series of incidents on Deer Island that saw a car heavily damaged by a group of people at the ferry terminal and a building burned to the ground.

Police "do not condone the public taking policing matters into their own hands," said spokesperson Cpl. Stéphane Esculier. It can put them and others at risk, and they could face charges.

Several officers from the St. George detachment were on the island Thursday, along with members of the forensic identification unit and community crime reduction unit.

'Islanders have taken a stand'

Helen Richardson alerted fellow islanders Tuesday at 11 p.m., when a car believed to belong to the alleged lawbreakers was spotted on the last ferry to Deer Island.

"A car full apparently! Be vigilant Islanders," she posted on social media.

A rash of thefts prompted the post, Richardson told CBC.

"The theft has escalated to every night someone is robbed. Gas, batteries, anything they can get their hands on," she said.

A 'no trespassing' sign hangs from a tree, with camping tents set up behind. Yellow police caution tape surrounds the scene. RCMP have cordoned off some tents that are on the property of the abandoned residence destroyed by fire as they continue their investigation. (Sam Farley/CBC)

The number of alleged lawbreakers has also increased, according to Richardson, who noted a "tent encampment" had sprouted on the property where RCMP say an abandoned residence was destroyed in a suspicious fire.

"Islanders have taken a stand and told them they are not welcome here," said Richardson.

"I hope everyone can take a lesson from us and stand up and take back our communities."

Alleged vigilantes deserve 'pat on the back'

Bustin said she was "flabbergasted" when she heard about the events and doesn't have any first-hand knowledge of them.

"I just know that they were put on the ferry and told to go back to the mainland and not come back," she said.

As for the fire at the abandoned residence where the alleged lawbreakers stayed, Bustin said she heard it was caused by lightning.

If it was vigilantism by residents frustrated by a lack of on-site policing and an alleged lack of police action, Bustin doesn't think they should face any charges.

"If anything, they should get a pat on the back," she said. "I know Deer Islanders are all happy."

A smouldering pile of rubble. The pile of rubble left by the fire appeared to still be smouldering on Thursday morning. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

"You can just imagine being on this island and — do you know how many old people live here? And old widows that …know these people are traipsing around all night long? It's just not comforting.

"And it's not right that those people just came over here and thought that they were just going to disrupt this whole little island."

MLA not judging alleged vigilantes

Andrea Anderson-Mason, the MLA for Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West, said she doesn't know if the incidents under investigation were vigilantism, but she believes they were.

For "many months," a growing number of frustrated residents and business owners have called her office, concerned about increased criminal activity, particularly thefts, she said.

"It seems like every day people are just waking up saying, 'Am I going to have gas [left] today?' or 'What's going to be stolen out of my yard, or off of my vessel, or off the wharf?'"

It's a dramatic change from a year ago, when the most common complaint she received was about speeding motorists, noted Anderson-Mason.

A woman with long brown hair tied back in a ponytail, wearing a blue shirt and sunglasses, standing in front of an RCMP detachment. Andrea Anderson-Mason, the MLA for Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West, said she believes Deer Island residents reached a 'point of desperation' and 'took things into their own hands.' (Roger Cosman/CBC)

People also alleged they had contacted the RCMP, but officers didn't seem to be responding, according to the MLA.

She said she tried to assure them the province has set aside an extra $22 million to hire up to 88 more RCMP or public safety officers provincewide — albeit none specifically earmarked for Deer Island.

"But we just haven't seen it yet, and the local residents haven't felt it."

"And I think that what you saw this week in Deer Island was the tipping point — people just reaching the limit of their frustration and residents felt like they were not getting the response that they needed and they took things into their own hands.

"I certainly don't say that with judgment," added Anderson-Mason, the former minister of justice and attorney general, who, as a lawyer, has represented a variety of clients in civil matters both at the Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Appeal. "I think that what you actually saw was a point of desperation."

RCMP should be proactive, not reactive

Islanders are keeping tight-lipped about what happened, said Anderson-Mason, who visited on Wednesday. She suspects they aren't "proud that things had to go the direction that they went."

She doesn't think it's a true reflection of who islanders are, either, she said. "Islanders take care of one another and they're some of the most kind, giving, respectful people that you will ever meet."

The one thing she did hear from people, she said, is, "'Why now? Why a significant investigation into what happened when we've been asking for help for months?"

Residents want to see proactive attention from the RCMP instead of reactive, she said.

A two-door garage of the Deer Island Volunteer Fire Department. It took 17 volunteer firefighters about four hours to get the fire out and ensure it didn't spread into the woods, the volunteer fire chief has said. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

Anderson-Mason contends it's unacceptable Deer Island lost its own policing years ago and thinks a resident Mountie is needed again.

In the meantime, she said she has talked to residents about the possibility of setting up a community watch.

Bustin said she doesn't know what the solutions are to overnight crime, after the ferry stops running, when no police are nearby.

"I'm just glad that those hoodlums aren't here anymore. And in my opinion, that's what they were, is hoodlums."

"I don't think they're coming back this way."

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David Amos

Andrea Anderson-Mason could have done lots to remedy this when she was the Attorney General

David Amos

"She said she tried to assure them the province has set aside an extra $22 million to hire up to 88 more RCMP or public safety officers provincewide"

"The NBHP had 114 uniformed officers commanded by a chief and deputy chief and supported by civilian staff at the detachments. NBHP divided the province into two regions with a staff sergeant being responsible for each region.

In July 1988 the recently elected government of Premier Frank McKenna announced that the responsibilities of the NBHP would be contracted to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police "J" Division"

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Christian conservative group recruiting thousands to back Higgs

July 14, 2023, 10:44 am

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Christian conservative group recruiting thousands to back Higgs

2 activists say they’ll urge people to join PC party to vote for premier in leadership review

Jacques Poitras· CBC News · Posted: Jul 14, 2023 6:00 AM ADT

A woman with long blonde hair sitting outside at a table with her arms folded over a piece of paper. A yellow disposable coffee cup with a white lid sits on the table in front of her.

Faytene Grasseschi runs the group 4 My Canada from the southern New Brunswick town of Quispamsis. As of Wednesday, she said she collected almost 9,000 names in support of Premier Blaine Higgs from across Canada, including 2,000 from New Brunswick. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

A Christian conservative group rallying support for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs now have enough signatures to be a decisive factor in any leadership review vote.

It and another organization rallying support for the embattled Progressive Conservative leader have flexed their muscles in the last month, gathering enough names to swing the vote in his favour.

"A lot of times it's hundreds or even dozens of people that can make a difference in some of these elections," said Faytene Grasseschi, who runs the group 4 My Canada from Quispamsis, outside Saint John.

As of Wednesday she said she had collected almost 9,000 names from across Canada, including 2,000 from New Brunswick who could sign up as provincial PC members.

A man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and tie, speaks to reporters. In a statement, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said he has received support 'from a wide cross section of individuals' who come from 'different backgrounds, different cultures, and different religions.' (CBC)

"If it goes to a leadership review, I think it's buying that membership and making your voice heard," said Grasseschi.

"This is just basic democracy, right?"

Another group, Right Now, has more than 1,200 signatures. Co-founder Alissa Golob estimates more than 90 per cent of them are from New Brunswickers who are eligible to become provincial party members.

"We'll be ready if it does come to a leadership review or if it comes down to an election," said Golob, who describes her organization as non-religious.

Twenty-six PC riding association presidents have signed letters calling for a review, hoping to trigger a vote by members on whether to dump Higgs. New Brunswick's premier has lost or fired several cabinet ministers in recent months over his leadership style, and stance on issues like a gender policy in the province's schools.

The next hurdle is a two-thirds vote by the party's governing body to schedule a convention. But if that happens, Higgs has a good chance of surviving thanks to Grasseschi and Golob.

Just 2,732 PC members cast ballots in the third and final round of the party's 2016 leadership vote that Higgs won.

His margin was 394 votes — far fewer than the number of names collected by 4 My Canada and Right Now.

"The nation and our communities are shaped by those who show up in the process," Grasseschi said.

Groups leapt into action over Policy 713

The two groups started mobilizing last month after Higgs faced a cabinet and caucus revolt in the legislature over changes to Policy 713.

The original policy required school staff to respect the name and pronoun choices of students under 16 in the classroom, without notifying parents if that's what the child wanted.

WATCH | Faytene Grasseschi says influencing PC vote is 'basic democracy'

Christian conservatives mobilize for Higgs

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Two groups sign up thousands of New Brunswickers to back embattled premier.

Now, if a child refuses to include parents, they'll be directed to a school psychologist or social worker to come up with a plan to include them. In the interim, teachers and staff are required to use the child's given name and pronoun at birth.

Two ministers resigned from cabinet after joining four other PCs to vote with the opposition to help pass a Liberal motion calling for more consultations.

They said they quit over broader problems with the premier's top-down leadership style, but Higgs has insisted the rebellion is about Policy 713 and parents' rights.

In a recent interview on True North, a conservative digital media site, Grasseschi said the original policy assumed "every parent is a villain. [But] most parents are not villains."

In fact, the policy was aimed at a tiny percentage of parents who might react badly or even violently if their children revealed they were questioning or changing their gender identity.

Grasseschi told CBC News that Higgs is trying to "strike a balance" to protect "vulnerable youth" while respecting the role of parents.

Author says trans issues 'a new hub' for Christian conservatives

Grasseschi is something of a celebrity in Christian conservative circles.

She first came to prominence as an organizer of mass prayer rallies called TheCry and founded 4 My Canada in 2006.

In 2009 well-known Canadian televangelist David Mainse compared her to Old Testament figures Deborah and Esther, saying she had a "prophetic edge."

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Journalist Marci McDonald, author of a 2010 book on the Christian conservative movement, called her "very compelling and charismatic" and "one of the leading figures in this country's emerging Christian right."

McDonald said in an interview she believes Grasseschi and others are using the issue of LGBTQ rights in schools as "a new hub to get Christians, evangelical Christians, the religious right, involved in politics again, as a new rallying cry.

"They haven't had a rallying issue since same-sex marriage that brought people out to the polls."

Support can grow 'exponentially,' says Right Now co-founder

Right Now has existed since 2016 and focuses mainly on abortion.

Its online petition to support Higgs cites both Policy 713 and his refusal to fund abortions in Fredericton's Clinic 554.

Golob said she believes most of the New Brunswickers who have signed are not PC members because many of them opposed some of his other policies, such as COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.

But she said they form a base that can be deployed in any leadership review or election where Higgs's future is on the line.

A woman standing with her hands out. She is wearing a light blue shirt and has long brown hair. Roxana Kreklo, a Sussex parent of school-age children who works for Harvest Prison Ministries, says she joined the Progressive Conservative Party two weeks ago expressly to support Higgs. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

"You can grow that exponentially as long as you have that solid foundation," she said.

In a statement, Higgs said he has received support "from a wide cross section of individuals" who come from "different backgrounds, different cultures, and different religions."

He said "despite their differences," they share his belief and support what he calls his balanced approach.

Sussex parent joins PCs to back Higgs

The strategy of the two groups is already bearing fruit.i

Roxana Kreklo, a Sussex parent of school-age children who works for Harvest Prison Ministries, said she joined the PC party two weeks ago expressly to support Higgs.

"I think it's important for all of us to get involved civically," she said.

Kreklo moved to Canada as a child from Romania, shortly after the collapse of Communist rule there — one reason she said she's getting involved politically now.

"I understand the value of of coming to a place that is a free and democratic society," she said. "So I want to do what I can to preserve that for my kids and for other kids as well."

Grasseschi disputes author's description

McDonald said Grasseschi is part of a movement called the New Aposotolic Reformation that aims to put believers in government leadership positions so Canada can be "restored to be a Christian nation in time for the second coming of Christ," she said.

Grasseschi would not confirm that.

"You know, that would be a good question," she told CBC News. "I don't know. I hear these types of terms thrown around. People assume that I know. I actually have the same question myself."

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But Grasseschi said she is not aiming to create the kind of Christian-based government McDonald claims.

She also said her history with the Christian conservative movement isn't relevant to the current debate in New Brunswick.

"I think every young person wants to change the world," she said. "Once we get older, we just want the government to stay out of our pockets and not delete us from the lives of our kids."

What's next after Policy 713?

Grasseschi and Kreklo are both vague on whether they want further changes to the guidelines around LGBTQ students or other policies.

"Of course I haven't dissected the policy," Kreklo said. "I've just been made aware of it. … So as it stands right now, I'm happy with that first point of keeping the lines of communication open."

Grasseschi hopes to persuade the province to issue tax credits to parents who take their children out of public schools and enrol them in private schools, in effect allowing them to move their tax dollars out of the public system.

A man with grey hair and glasses posing with a woman with long blond hair Grasseschi says met with Higgs in March in his role as Quispamsis MLA, before the Policy 713 controversy began. (Submitted by Faytene Grasseschi)

Higgs's spokesperson was asked for a comment on that idea, but the premier's statement to CBC News didn't include a response.

Grasseschi would not say if she'll lobby Higgs for more on Policy 713 or on issues such as abortion access or Medicare coverage of gender-confirming surgery for transgender people.

"If some of these other things come back onto the radar down the line, maybe we can have another conversation at that point," she said

Political activism separate from charity group, Grasseschi says

Besides running 4 My Canada, Grasseschi is also executive director of a charity called V-Kol Media Ministries, which runs a range of programs and produces her Faytene TV show.

The program, which looks at current affairs from a faith-based perspective, airs online and on several cable channels.

V-Kol and 4 My Canada shared the same mailing address, but Grasseschi said they are "separate legally and financially" and she recently set up a separate post office box for the charity to make that clear.

V-Kol issues charitable tax receipts to donors, so it is restricted from political advocacy, while 4 My Canada, a non-profit without charitable status, is free to be vocal and active.

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N.B. child and youth advocate calls for public submissions on LGBTQ policy in schools

Right Now and 4 My Canada also operate outside provincial laws on election transparency.

Since 2015, Elections New Brunswick has required party leadership candidates and riding nomination candidates to register and disclose their donors.

But there's no such rule for party leadership reviews.

There are also rules on third-party advertising, but they only apply during election campaigns.

Grasseschi won't rule out another election run

Grasseschi herself has already waded directly into electoral politics.

Not long after moving to New Brunswick, she ran unsuccessfully to be the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Saint John-Rothesay in the last federal election.

A man, seen from the shoulders up, wearing a white and blue checkered shirt. Not long after moving to New Brunswick, Grasseschi ran unsuccessfully to be the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Saint John-Rothesay in the last federal election, but she lost to former Saint John mayor Mel Norton. (Graham Thompson/CBC)

She lost to former Saint John mayor Mel Norton, who went on to lose to Liberal incumbent Wayne Long.

She is not ruling out running federally again. She also said she has thought "vaguely, vaguely" about running provincially in Quispamsis whenever Higgs retires as MLA.

"Right now I'm just trying to get my laundry done," she said. "Right now I'm just trying to get to tomorrow. But we all take things a day at a time in this world, right?"

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 Alix Villeneuve, Radio-Canada

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2544 Comments

David Amos

For the record I never heard of Alissa Golob or her group until today but Higgy may rest assured that I called them right now

David Amos

Surprise Surprise Surprise

"Not long after moving to New Brunswick, Grasseschi ran unsuccessfully to be the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Saint John-Rothesay in the last federal election, but she lost to former Saint John mayor Mel Norton.

She is not ruling out running federally again. She also said she has thought "vaguely, vaguely" about running provincially in Quispamsis whenever Higgs retires as MLA."

Kyle Woodman

Reply to David Amos

Not long after moving to New Brunswick indeed. Someone doesn't have a good grasp on the average New Brunswicker. Lots of religious folks in the province. Most of them are tolerant of others and keep their religious views to themselves. As it should be.

David Amos

Reply to Kyle Woodman

I crossed paths with the lady as soon as she landed here and was far from impressed but said nothing

Andy House

Grasseschi is wrong, what she is doing is not ""This is just basic democracy, right?". What she is doing is single-issue activism, one trick pony style. The model is American primary election politics where the "winners" are frequently determined by the turnout of the most extreme members and are too extreme to win generals. This is not "wrong" but it is "playing" the system to achieve narrow objectives that seldom align with what the actual majority wants.

Abe Miller

Reply to Andy House

What you just did was express the problem with democracy. It is the conflict between views, where the minority always loses. Why is it that people believe that minorities shouldn't have rights?

David Amos

Reply to Andy House

We talked recently correct?

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David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 3:48 PM To: brianwongmla@gmail.com, mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com, office@angelasimmonds.ca, info@loreleinicollmla.ca, info@carmankerr.ca, jessomeben@gmail.com, keith@irvingmla.ca, tonyince@tonyincemla.ca, info@braedonclark.ca, kendracoombesmla@gmail.com, claudiachendermla@gmail.com, info@patriciaarab.ca, brendan@brendanmaguire.ca, mla@northsidewestmount.ca Cc: larryharrisonmla@gmail.com, garyburrillmla@gmail.com, ca@zachchurchill.com, info@iainrankin.ca, toryrushtonmla@bellaliant.com Bcc: myson333 <myson333@yahoo.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:47:24 -0400 Subject: Re: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? 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Brad -- Brad Johns Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly Sackville - Uniacke (902) 865-6467 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tom Taggart <tom.taggartmla@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:27:16 -0800 Subject: Re: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com Thank you for contacting us at the office of MLA Tom Taggart. This email is being monitored by my Constituency Assistant Andrea Johnson, who will get back to you as soon as possible. If your inquiry is urgent, please feel free to call the Constituency Office @ 902-641-2335 Our Office is located @ 10653 Hwy 2 Masstown, Nova Scotia, right next door to the Petro- Canada. Our Office hours are Monday- Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm or by appointment. We are closed on Holidays. My office has the COVID RAPID TEST KITS if you need one please stop in a pick one up. -- Tom Taggart, MLA Colchester North (O) - 902-641-2335 tom.taggartmla@gmail.com Deja Vu Anyone???? Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone N'esy Pas? David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 2:48 PM To: BOB! B-O-B <coachwhitford1@gmail.com> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> JD is just another piece of chickenshit Feel Free to tell him I said so On 8/6/21, BOB! B-O-B <coachwhitford1@gmail.com> wrote: > I listened to the court recordings, quite the difference in the sound of > Justice Bell's (I think his name is) when he came back from recess. Very > low voice and at times choking on his own words. Also the other justice, > Leblanc was it? He started off forcefully telling you "not to speak when I > am speaking", then after you patiently waited your turn and unloaded a few > of your facts his demeanor did a complete 180. Things that make you go > hmmmmm. Interesting stuff you sent. > > So what's JD's story? Is he a stand up guy or what? > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 2:01 AM David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 18:02:43 -0300 >> Subject: Fwd: Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell >> your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the >> phone N'esy Pas? >> To: brianwongpc2021@gmail.com, votemarni@gmail.com, >> anthony.edmonds@greenpartyns.ca, christina.mccarron@nsndp.ca >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, >> "Bill.Blair"<Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, pathealey@gmail.com >> >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >> >>>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> >>>>>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400 >> >>>>>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call >> >>>>>> the >> >>>>>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael >> >>>>>> Rollins >> >>>>>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme >> >>>>>> Minister >> >>>>>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr? >> >>>>>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, >> >>>>>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com, >> >>>>>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, >> >>>>>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >> >>>>>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >> >>>>>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >> >>>>>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com, >> >>>>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, >> sfine@globeandmail.com, >> >>>>>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca, >> >>>>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com, >> >>>>>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com, >> >>>>>> andre@jafaust.com> >> >>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, DJT@trumporg.com >> >>>>>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, >> >>>>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca >> , >> >>>>>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >>>>>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)"<Charles.Murray@gnb.ca> >> >>>>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000 >> >>>>>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me >> >>>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails >> >>>>>>> over >> >>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>> years. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and >> >>>>>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in >> >>>>>>> response >> >>>>>>> to >> >>>>>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a >> >>>>>>> productive use of either of our time. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to >> communicate >> >>>>>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will >> >>>>>>> be >> >>>>>>> given due consideration. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Sincerely, >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Charles Murray >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Ombud NB >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> 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 >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> 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://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/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200 >> >>>>>>>>>> 6 >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> 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 >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> ---------- 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 >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >> >>>>>>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca >> >>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM >> >>>>>>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the >> >>>>>>>>> CROWN >> >>>>>>>>> in >> >>>>>>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you >> >>>>>>>>> planning >> >>>>>>>>> to >> >>>>>>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust >> >>>>>>>>> that >> >>>>>>>>> you >> >>>>>>>>> dudes are way past too late >> >>>>>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me >> >>>>>>>>> rejoindre >> >>>>>>>>> à >> >>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un >> >>>>>>>>> courriel >> >>>>>>>>> à >> >>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at >> >>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to >> >>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Thank you, >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Merci , >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> 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 >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> 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 >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> 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 >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> 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 ---------- >> >>>>> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT) >> >>>>> From: "David Amos"motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >> >>>>> Subject: Now everybody and his dog knows TJ Burke and his cop >> >>>>> buddies >> >>>>> allegations against me are false and you had the proof all along EH >> >>>>> Chucky? >> >>>>> To: oldmaison@yahoo.com, nbombud@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, >> >>>>> jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, news@dailygleaner.com, >> >>>>> kcarmichael@bloomberg.net, advocacycollective@yahoo.com, >> >>>>> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca, >> >>>>> cityadmin@fredericton.ca >> , >> >>>>> info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca, >> >>>>> police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca, >> >>>>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, >> >>>>> alltrue@nl.rogers.com, >> >>>>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca, >> >>>>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca >> >>>>> CC: dgleg@nb.aibn.com, brad.woodside@fredericton.ca, >> >>>>> whalen@fredericton.ca, david.kelly@fredericton.ca, >> >>>>> cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca, stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca, >> >>>>> tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca, scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca, >> >>>>> marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca, walter.brown@fredericton.ca, >> >>>>> norah.davidson@fredericton.ca, mike.obrien@fredericton.ca, >> >>>>> bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca, dan.keenan@fredericton.ca, >> >>>>> jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, >> >>>>> cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, jlmockler@mpor.ca, >> >>>>> scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca, jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca >> >>>>> >> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/05/24/nb-burkethreat.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=149018 >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/tj-burke-walking-around-with-rcmp.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2006/06/fapo-has-meeting-about-panhanding.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/hats-off-to-cbc-reporter-jacques.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> http://maritimes.indymedia.org/mail.php?id=9856 >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Methinks your liberal pals just made a major faux pas N'est Pas? >> >>>>> Scroll down Frenchie and go down?. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Threat against Burke taken seriously >> >>>>> >> >>>>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN >> >>>>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com >> >>>>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007 >> >>>>> Appeared on page A1 >> >>>>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and >> >>>>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him >> >>>>> recently. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't >> >>>>> explain the nature of the threats. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made >> >>>>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told >> >>>>> reporters >> >>>>> Wednesday. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me >> >>>>> to >> a >> >>>>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside >> >>>>> or >> >>>>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have >> some >> >>>>> added protection and that added comfort." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP >> >>>>> security >> >>>>> unit. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have >> >>>>> been in recent weeks. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you >> >>>>> have >> >>>>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said. >> >>>>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my >> >>>>> own >> >>>>> personal safety." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed >> >>>>> his >> >>>>> pattern of activity. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel >> >>>>> awful >> >>>>> nervous." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a >> >>>>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure >> >>>>> my >> >>>>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general >> due >> >>>>> to my background and training. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had >> to >> >>>>> happen." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security >> >>>>> concerns. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where >> threats >> >>>>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, >> >>>>> security in New Brunswick has been >> >>>>> beefed up. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all >> >>>>> visitors are screened. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the >> >>>>> province's "top cop." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role >> >>>>> as >> >>>>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually >> >>>>> prosecutes them. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had >> >>>>> numerous >> >>>>> threats since Day 1 in office." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do >> >>>>> with >> >>>>> it. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a >> >>>>> matter >> >>>>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them >> >>>>> their punishment or their sanction," he said. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said >> >>>>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative >> >>>>> government, >> >>>>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not >> >>>>> complimentary." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the >> >>>>> security >> >>>>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "They look at each and every situation." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former >> >>>>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did >> >>>>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with >> >>>>> the >> >>>>> RCMP. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/SecTreasuryDeptEtc >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Small World EH Chucky Leblanc? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> "Lafleur, Lou"lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> From: "Lafleur, Lou"lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca >> >>>>> To: "'motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com'"motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com, >> >>>>> "Lafleur, Lou"lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca >> >>>>> Subject: Fredericton Police Force >> >>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:21:13 -0300 >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Dear Mr. Amos >> >>>>> >> >>>>> My Name is Lou LaFleur and I am a Detective with the Fredericton >> >>>>> Police Major Crime Unit. I would like to talk to you regarding >> >>>>> files >> >>>>> that I am investigating and that you are alleged to have >> >>>>> involvement >> >>>>> in. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Please call me at your earliest convenience and leave a message and >> >>>>> a >> >>>>> phone number on my secure and confidential line if I am not in my >> >>>>> office. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> yours truly, >> >>>>> Cpl. Lou LaFleur >> >>>>> Fredericton Police Force >> >>>>> 311 Queen St. >> >>>>> Fredericton, NB >> >>>>> 506-460-2332 >> >>>>> ________________________________ >> >>>>> This electronic mail, including any attachments, is confidential >> >>>>> and >> >>>>> is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may be >> >>>>> privileged. >> >>>>> Any unauthorized distribution, copying, disclosure or review is >> >>>>> prohibited. Neither communication over the Internet nor disclosure >> >>>>> to >> >>>>> anyone other than the intended recipient constitutes waiver of >> >>>>> privilege. 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It's always great to hear from >> my constituents. This automated reply is being sent so that you know >> that your message has been received. Messages sent to this office are >> reviewed daily but the volume of emails means that not every message >> will receive an immediate or individual reply. >> Constituent issues requiring time-sensitive attention will be given >> priority and every effort will be made to reply to you in a timely >> fashion. If you are a constituent and need assistance with a >> federally-delivered service or federal government agency, please make >> sure you have included your full name, phone number, street address >> and postal code. 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If you aren't sure what riding you live in, go >> to: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/search >> Best Regards, >> Gord Johns, MP Courtenay—Alberni http://gordjohns.ndp.ca/ >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: "Mathyssen, Lindsay - M.P."<Lindsay.Mathyssen@parl.gc.ca> >> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:29:26 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and >> Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> >> Thank you for your email and for taking the time to contact the office >> of MP Lindsay Mathyssen to express your views. >> This automatic response is to let you know that we have received your >> message. >> For the most up to date information on Canada’s response to COVID-19 >> as well as information on financial assistance and travel restrictions >> please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en.html >> Please note: Our office is now re-open to the public but due to >> provincial COVID-19 guidelines, we cannot host large numbers of >> visitors so please call before visiting, if possible. Staff continue >> to work on your behalf, but no in-person meetings will be scheduled at >> this time and please be assured that all emails will be responded to >> as soon as we are able. If you are a constituent living in >> London-Fanshawe, you can always contact our office by phone at >> 519-685-4745. We will return your call and respond to your inquiries >> as soon as we can. >> Due to much higher than normal levels of correspondence, our response >> time for non-urgent requests has temporarily increased. Form letter >> campaigns, anonymous or cc’ed emails may not receive an immediate >> response, but we will try to respond as quickly as possible. >> Thank you again for writing, and please be assured that all emails >> sent to my office is treated as confidential. >> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >> Bonjour. Nous accusons réception de votre message et vous remercions >> d’avoir écrit au bureau de la députée Lindsay Mathyssen. Ceci est une >> réponse automatique. >> Pour des renseignements à jour sur la réponse du Canada à la COVID-19, >> l’aide financière et les restrictions de voyage, consultez >> https://www.canada.ca/fr.html. >> Veuillez noter que notre bureau est fermé en raison de la pandémie de >> COVID-19. Notre personnel continue de travailler pour vous, mais nous >> ne pouvons organiser de rencontre en personne pour l’instant. Sachez >> cependant que tous les courriels sont acheminés à qui de droit et que >> vous pouvez toujours nous contacter par téléphone au 519-685-4745. >> Comme nous recevons beaucoup plus de correspondance qu’en temps >> normal, les délais de réponse aux demandes non urgentes sont plus >> longs. Notre priorité va aux courriels urgents venant des habitants de >> la circonscription de London-Fanshawe ou portant sur les >> responsabilités essentielles de Mme Mathyssen. >> Il se pourrait que nous ne répondions pas directement aux campagnes de >> lettres, aux courriels anonymes, aux courriels envoyés en copie >> conforme (c.c.) et à la correspondance ne portant pas sur des >> questions essentielles ou relatives à la circonscription. Il pourrait >> s’écouler plusieurs semaines avant que nous puissions y répondre. >> Nous vous remercions de nous avoir écrit et sachez que tous les >> courriels envoyés à mon bureau sont traités confidentiellement. >> >> Lindsay Mathyssen >> >> Member of Parliament >> London-Fanshawe >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: "Zarrillo, Bonita - M.P."<bonita.zarrillo@parl.gc.ca> >> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:29:26 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and >> Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> >> This automated response is to assure you that your message has been >> received by my office and will be reviewed as soon as possible. Please >> note that constituents of Port Moody – Coquitlam, Anmore or Belcarra >> have priority. Be sure to include your home address or postal code if >> you are a resident of Port Moody – Coquitlam, Anmore or Belcarra. If >> you are not a local resident, please contact your MP’s office for >> assistance. You can enter your postal code here >> https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en if you are unsure who represents >> your neighbourhood. >> Due to the overwhelming volume of correspondence received and our >> limited capacity, we may not be able to respond personally to your >> inquiry. In most cases, anonymous, cc'd, forwarded items and links to >> articles will not receive a response. If you have any questions >> regarding the status of your correspondence, please do not hesitate to >> follow up with my office. >> If you live in Port Moody – Coquitlam, Anmore or Belcarra and the >> information you have sent is about a concern or problem with a federal >> government ministry or agency, please make sure that you have included >> your full name, address, telephone number and the particulars >> regarding your case so we can respond and assist you more efficiently. >> Thank you again for taking the time to share your views. >> Services & Assistance >> When you contact my community office, my staff and I will do >> everything we can to assist you. Your confidentiality is respected at >> all times. To give you a better idea of how we can help, please review >> the information below. >> What my Community Office can help you with: >> • Provide information on locating government services and >> contact information >> • Assist in understanding government policies and services >> • Assist in navigating through government bureaucracy >> • Ensure due process is being followed >> • Attend community events >> • Advocate on behalf of the community to government >> • Provide congratulatory and greeting messages >> • Provide government documents, legislation discussion >> papers and other web-based forms if you don't have internet access >> • Resolve issues you may be having with federal ministries or >> agencies >> We can help you if: >> • You are a resident of the Port Moody – Coquitlam constituency >> • Your matter is with the Federal government >> We are unable to: >> • Offer legal advice or assist with legal action >> • Influence processes set up in law to be independent of >> Parliament >> • Change the time limits for filing appeals >> • Make inquiries about police investigations. If you have a >> complaint about police conduct, please direct them to the Office of >> the Police Complaints Commissioner. >> In addition, while we are not able to take on casework that is >> provincial or municipal in nature, we can help direct you to the >> people who can assist you. >> If you would like more information regarding federal government >> services and assistance available, please go to >> https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/service-canada.html >> or call toll free 1-800-622-6232 for more information. >> Thanks again for writing. >> Respectfully, >> Bonita Zarrillo >> Member of Parliament Port Moody – Coquitlam >> Telephone: 604-664-9229 >> Fax: 604-664-9231 >> I respectfully acknowledge the Port Moody – Coquitlam riding is >> located on the unceded and traditional territory of the Halq'eméylem >> speaking Coast Salish peoples. This includes the nations of >> kʷikʷəƛw̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Katzie, and Tsleil-Waututh. >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: "Blaney, Rachel - M.P."<Rachel.Blaney@parl.gc.ca> >> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:29:26 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and >> Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> >> >> Please do not reply to this email >> >> Hello, thank you for contacting the office of Rachel Blaney, Member of >> Parliament for North Island - Powell River. This automated reply is to >> assure you that your message has been received by our office and will >> be reviewed as soon as possible. >> >> I want to thank you for taking the time to reach out and express your >> views. While all correspondence is read, the volume of emails we >> receive means that we are not able to respond immediately to every >> message. 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The RCMP and the FBI know why my concerns are not trapped in a legal state known as "functus" Do You?

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Functus officio refers to an officer or agency whose mandate has expired, due to either the arrival of an expiry date or an agency having accomplished the purpose for which it was created.^[1] When used to describe a court, it can refer to one whose duty or authority has come to an end: "Once a court has passed a valid sentence after a lawful hearing, it becomes functus officio and cannot reopen the case."

Relationship to doctrine of res judicata

Functus officio is thus bound up with the doctrine of res judicata, which prevents (in the absence of statutory authority) the re-opening of a matter before the same court, tribunal or other statutory actor that rendered the final decision. There are many exceptions; for instance, where a statute authorizes variations of the original decision, the decision maker may revisit his or her previous decision. Common examples include legal competency hearings, parole board hearings and family law proceedings. There is an important difference between res judicata and functus officio: the former refers to the end of a case, while the latter refers to the expiration of an office. Functus officio derives from "fungi": to perform, end or expire (cognate to the ordinary English word "defunct"). Res judicata means "the thing has been decided" and derives from the principle "interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium" (it is for the good of the commonwealth that there be a terminus to litigation).

Canadian doctrinal and judicial writing on functus officio is sparse,^[2] even though the rule itself derives from a 19th century case of the English Court of Appeal.^[3] In the case of Chandler v Alberta Association of Architects, Sopinka J. summarized in relation to the principle of functus officio: "The general rule (is) that a final decision of a court cannot be reopened ... the rule applied only after the formal judgment had been drawn up, issued and entered, and was subject to two exceptions: where there had been a slip in drawing it up, and where there was an error in expressing the manifest intention of the court." This Court affirmed that the rule need not always be rigidly applied to tribunals in the administrative law context when the policy reasons for it are not present.^[4]

Right to appeal

The existence and scope of a right of appeal has often been made the focus of analytical attention in applying the functus officio doctrine. Such was the case when the power of the Court of Chancery to rehear cases was extinguished by the Judicature Acts in 1873 by fusing common law and equity jurisdictions into one court and providing for a single appeal to a newly created Court of Appeal.^[3] Originally, this was also the focus of the functus officio analysis for administrative tribunals that had rights of appeal tightly constrained by statute.^[5] However, the underlying rationale for the doctrine is clearly more fundamental: for the due and proper administration of justice, there must be finality to a proceeding to ensure procedural fairness and the integrity of the judicial system.^[6]

As a general rule, once . . . a tribunal has reached a final decision in respect to the matter that is before it in accordance with its enabling statute, that decision cannot be revisited because the tribunal has changed its mind, made an error within jurisdiction or because there has been a change of circumstances. . . .

To this extent, the principle of functus officio applies. It is based, however, on the policy ground which favours finality of proceedings rather than the rule which was developed with respect to formal judgments of a court whose decision was subject to a full appeal. If a court is permitted to continually revisit or reconsider final orders simply because it has changed its mind or wishes to continue exercising jurisdiction over a matter, there would never be finality to a proceeding, or, as G. Pépin and Y. Ouellette have perceptively termed it, the providing of [translation] “legal security” for the parties.^[7] This concern for finality is evident in the definition of functus officio:^[8]

[translation] Qualifies a court or tribunal, a public body or an official that is no longer seized of a matter because it or he or she has discharged the office. E.g. A judge who has pronounced a final judgment is functus officio.

The principle ensures that, subject to an appeal, parties are secure in their reliance on the finality of superior court decisions.

In the context of arbitration, courts have barred arbitrators from correcting anything in final awards other than clerical, typographical or computational errors. As there is no appeal from arbitral awards, the doctrine has permitted erroneous awards to stand.^[9]

Codification in rules of civil procedure

This common law rule is further reflected in modern rules of civil procedure^[10] and the interpretation of criminal appeal provisions.^[11] Whether in its common law or statutory form, the doctrine of functus officio provides that only in strictly limited circumstances can a court revisit an order or judgment.^[12] Otherwise, there would be, to paraphrase Charron J. A.,^[13] the recurring danger of the trial process becoming or appearing to become a “never closing revolving door” through which litigants could come and go as they pleased.

Separation of Powers

Whether a court has the requisite authority to act raises the separation of powers. If a court intervenes in matters of administration properly entrusted to the executive, it exceeds its proper sphere and thereby breaches the separation of powers. By crossing the boundary between judicial acts and administrative oversight, it acts illegitimately and without jurisdiction

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/11/on-all-hallows-eve-many-feds-and-many.html

Thursday, 2 November 2017

On all Hallows Eve many FEDS and many ghosts knew I saw RED not just the ghosts of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash and her old lover boy Dennis Banks

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/methinks-rcmp-fbi-dhs-and-lot-od.html

Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Methinks the RCMP, the FBI, the DHS and a lot of lawyers should be concerned about this transcript

"Now I have a bone to pick with many judges in federal court and a lot in the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, but not all. And not every judge or every lawyer is a crook. Some of them are actually friends of mine. Only problem I have with them is they think I can't pull this off. That the system is just too powerful. Well could be. Call me crazy if you wish, I can be as crazy as I want to be. How do you explain my having FBI wiretap tapes of the mob and three weeks after he mentioned about me being in federal court, the outgoing Commissioner of the R.C.M.P. said beware of the mob. Bob Paulson said that"

---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael GIBBS michael.p.gibbs@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:56:59 -0400
Subject: Re: Fwd: On all Hallows Eve many FEDS and many ghosts knew I saw RED not just the ghosts of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash and her old lover boy Dennis Banks (Out of Office)
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

I will away from my office until Nov 13th. In my absence Insp John Sutherland will be the acting District Commander.
Thanks,
Mike

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 18:56:50 -0400
Subject: Fwd: On all Hallows Eve many FEDS and many ghosts knew I saw RED not just the ghosts of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash and her old lover boy Dennis Banks
To: info@murphyslegal.ca, Gunther.Schonfeldt@cpc-cpp.gc.ca, ian.mcphail@crcc-ccetp.gc.ca, dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Frank.McKenna@td.com, angelina.irinici@bellmedia.ca,
Michael.p.gibbs@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Charles.Hamilton@cbc.ca
Cc: David Amos

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/member-conduct

Member conduct

•Conduct process overview
•Conduct hearing schedule
•Amended RCMP Act
•Annual report
•Report on Allegations of Harassment and Sexual Misconduct at the
RCMP's Canadian Police College Explosives Training Unit - July 14,
2016

Public trust is essential for the RCMP to effectively serve and
protect Canadians. As a result, RCMP employees must conduct themselves
in a manner that not only meets, but exceeds, the rightfully high
expectations of Canadians.

RCMP members are subject to the same laws as all Canadian citizens. In
addition, member conduct is guided by the Code of Conduct of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police (Code of Conduct). RCMP members are subject to
this Code of Conduct both on and off-duty, in Canada and abroad.
Contraventions of the Code of Conduct are taken seriously and the RCMP
is committed to handling conduct issues in a timely, efficient and
fair manner.

A new Code of Conduct and conduct process were developed in support of
the amended RCMP Act which came into force on November 28, 2014. The
new conduct process allows misconduct to be addressed in a more
responsive, timely and effective manner, and at the lowest appropriate
level. Emphasis is placed on identifying remedial, corrective and
educative solutions, rather than being limited to applying punitive
sanctions.

Conduct hearings
Conduct hearings are initiated in cases where the member's dismissal
is being sought based on the overall circumstances of the allegations.
Conduct hearings are formal, court-like processes that are held before
a board of one or more persons. Boards have the legal authority to
hear evidence, such as sworn testimony, to make determinations as
required and, if the contravention(s) is established, to administer
various conduct measures including dismissal.

Conduct hearings are open to the public. Hearing dates, times, and
locations, are available on the hearing schedule site.

Written board decisions
To request a copy of a written board decision, send an email to:
RCMP.AdjudicationRegistrar-GreffierArbitrage.GRC@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

Please note that requests are generally addressed in order in which
they are received.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/colten-boushie-investigation-rcmp-1.4383816

RCMP clears itself of misconduct in Colten Boushie investigation
Family lawyer vows to appeal, says Mounties were wrong to surround family home

By Charles Hamilton, CBC News Posted: Nov 02, 2017 9:53 AM CT

"The family's lawyer said he plans to appeal to the Civilian Review
and Complaints Commission for the RCMP.

Boushie, 22, was killed on a farm near Biggar, Sask. in August 2016. (Facebook)

"There would have been other ways for the RCMP to notify Debbie
Baptiste of the death of her son," Chris Murphy said.

Murphy said the search of Baptiste's home was based on "complete
speculation" that an armed individual was inside.

"The police [didn't] have any reliable information," he said. "

http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/when-victims-families-hire-lawyers-chris-murphy-s-role-in-the-boushie-case-1.3360098

When victims’ families hire lawyers: Chris Murphy’s role in the Boushie case
Angelina Irinici, Published Friday, April 7, 2017 7:09PM CST

http://www.murphyslegal.ca/profile.php

As a criminal lawyer, drug prosecutor and civil litigator, I have
conducted hundreds of trials. Since becoming a criminal defence lawyer
in Toronto in 2004, I have successfully defended clients charged with
first-degree murder, and have earned dismissals on less serious
charges such as attempted murder, criminal negligence causing death,
impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, aggravated
assault, and multi-kilogram-level drug trafficking. I have appeared at
the Supreme Court of Canada, and have conducted numerous appeals at
the Ontario Court of Appeal.

I am a former drug prosecutor with the Department of Justice Canada.
Before becoming a prosecutor, I acted as a judicial law clerk at the
Supreme Court of British Columbia and assisted Superior Court justices
in deciding the issues raised during criminal proceedings. I also
practiced civil litigation at a firm of some 150 lawyers in Calgary,
Alberta. In addition, I served as a special constable with the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.

I received a Bachelor of Laws with Distinction from the University of
Saskatchewan in 2000. In 1997, I graduated from the University of
British Columbia with a Masters of Arts degree. I had previously
graduated from the U of S in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with
High Honours. In 2004, I received a Certificate in International
Criminal Law from Salzburg Law School.

161 Bay St.,
Suite #2900
Toronto, Ontario
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t. 416.306.2956
f. 416.362.8410
info@murphyslegal.ca

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:21:31 -0400
Subject: On all Hallows Eve many FEDS and many ghosts knew I saw RED
not just the ghosts of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash and her old lover boy
Dennis Banks
To: PREMIER@novascotia.ca, OAA@novascotia.ca, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca, Hon.Chrystia.Freeland@canada.ca,
carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca,
washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov, bostncs@international.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/on-all-hallows-eve-many-feds-and-many.html

Thursday, 2 November 2017

On all Hallows Eve many FEDS and many ghosts knew I saw RED not just
the ghosts of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash and her old lover boy Dennis
Banks

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/methinks-rcmp-fbi-dhs-and-lot-od.html

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Methinks the RCMP, the FBI, the DHS and a lot of lawyers should be
concerned about this transcript

"Now I have a bone to pick with many judges in federal court and a lot
in the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, but not all. And not
every judge or every lawyer is a crook. Some of them are actually
friends of mine. Only problem I have with them is they think I can't
pull this off. That the system is just too powerful. Well could be.
Call me crazy if you wish, I can be as crazy as I want to be. How do
you explain my having FBI wiretap tapes of the mob and three weeks
after he mentioned about me being in federal court, the outgoing
Commissioner of the R.C.M.P. said beware of the mob. Bob Paulson said
that"

---------- Original message ----------
From: Newsroom newsroom@globeandmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 19:33:26 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Premie Stevey Boy McNeil RE the Demise of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash's lover boy Dennis Banks Say Hoka Hey to my former Yankee friend Barry Bacjrach for me will ya?
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American Indigenous activist Dennis Banks dead at 80
Family says Banks developed pneumonia after undergoing heart surgery last month.
The Associated Press Posted: Oct 30, 2017 2:27 PM ET

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-records-of-2-ethical-clerks-in.html

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
The Records of 2 ethical clerks in Canada on All Hallows' Eve 2017
First in the Federal Court of Appeal Obviously nothing has been recorded since July

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Court number information Court Number :     A-48-16
Style of Cause :     DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Proceeding Category :     Appeals     Nature :     Appeal (S.27 - Interloc.) - Others
Type of Action :     Non-Action

81 records found for court number A-48-16 Doc     Date Filed     Office     Recorded Entry Summary
-     2017-07-19     Ottawa     Communication from Registry to Judicial Administrator dated 19-JUL-2017 re: forwarding the parties' submissions in response to the Court's direction dated June 8, 2017.
39     2017-07-14     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of the appellant sworn on 14-JUL-2017 confirming service of doc.38 on the respondent by Xpresspost on 14-JUL-2017 filed on 14-JUL-2017
38     2017-07-14     Fredericton     Written submissions on behalf of the appellant in reply to doc.34 filed on 14-JUL-2017
-     2017-07-10     Ottawa     Acknowledgment of Receipt received from the Appellant by email and the Respondent by fax with respect to the Directions dated July 7, 2017 placed on file on 10-JUL-2017
-     2017-07-10     Ottawa     Written directions of the Court: The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb dated 07-JUL-2017 directing "Mr. Amos' summary received on June 26, 2017 in response to the Direction of the Court of June 8, 2017 is to be accepted for filing." received on 10-JUL-2017 Confirmed in writing to the party(ies)
-     2017-07-10     Fredericton     Memorandum to file from Catharine M. Wilson dated 10-JUL-2017 On June 26, 2017 the Registry received further written submissions from the Appellant/Respondent on Cross-Appeal on the issue of conflict of interest as per the direction of Webb, JA dated June 8, 2017. The direction allowed for a summary of the issue, not to exceed 5 pages and any additional documents relevant to the issue, to be submitted on or before June 23, 2017. I sent the Appellant's summary/further submissions to the Court for direction with respect to the document being submitted late, and that it exceeded 5 pages. I now realize that the direction of Webb, JA, provided for "any additional documents that are relevant to the issue" and that the Appellant's document did not in fact exceed the number of pages. We await the direction of the Court with respect to the lateness. The Court has been informed of my error. placed on file.
35     2017-07-06     Halifax     Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of Jan Jensen confirming service of Respondent's Written Submissions (Doc.34) upon Appellant by facsimile and courier on 05-JUL-2017 filed on 06-JUL-2017
34     2017-07-06     Halifax     Written submissions on behalf of the respondent further to Direction of the Court dated June 8, 2017 filed on 06-JUL-2017
-     2017-07-05     Ottawa     Communication from Registry to Judicial Administrator dated 05-JUL-2017 re: for direction regarding documents received from the appellant on June 26, 2017
37     2017-06-26     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of the appellant sworn on 26-JUN-2017 confirming service of doc.36 on the respondent by Xpresspost on 26-JUN-2017 filed on 26-JUN-2017
36     2017-06-26     Ottawa     Written representations on behalf of the appellant in response to the Direction of the Court dated June 8, 2017, filed on 26-JUN-2017
-     2017-06-26     Fredericton     Memorandum to file from Catharine M. Wilson dated 26-JUN-2017 On June 26, 2017, the Appellant/Respondent on Cross-Appeal submitted a post hearing brief per the direction of Webb, J.A., dated 08-JUN-2017, which is being sent to the FCA for direction as the document was submitted late and exceeds the number of pages. placed on file.
-     2017-06-08     Ottawa     Acknowledgment of Receipt received from both parties by email with respect to the Directions dated June 8, 2017 placed on file on 08-JUN-2017
-     2017-06-08     Ottawa     Written directions of the Court: The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb dated 08-JUN-2017 directing "Please advise the parties that Mr. Amos has the right to submit a brief summary (not to exceed 5 pages) to explain the exact conflict that, in his view, arises in this matter with any of the judges assigned to this appeal and to submit any additional documents that are relevant to this issue. This summary and documents are to be submitted on or before June 23, 2017. [...]" received on 08-JUN-2017 Confirmed in writing to the party(ies)
-     2017-05-26     Fredericton     Letter from the respondent to Appellant, provided by Appellant (copy of the letter) dated 26-MAY-2017 The Respondent mentions they want communication from Appellant in written letters by mail only, from now on. received on 26-MAY-2017
-     2017-05-24     Fredericton     Request received from MR. Roger Richard for CD audio of the hearing on 24-MAY-2017. Tarriff: $15 paid placed on file on 24-MAY-2017
-     2017-05-24     Fredericton     Request received from Appellant for CD audio of the hearing on 24-MAY-2017 for transcript. Tarriff: $15 paid placed on file on 24-MAY-2017
-     2017-05-24     Fredericton     This matter comes on for hearing on 24-MAY-2017 at Fredericton before The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb The Honourable Mr. Justice Near The Honourable Madam Justice Gleason Appearances: David Raymond Amos (self-litigant) 902-800-0369 for the appellant Jan Jensen 902-426-8177 for the respondent Language of Hearing: E Court Usher: Jason Kennedy Duration: on 24-MAY-2017 from 14:03 to 15:58 Courtroom : Courtroom No. 1 - Fredericton Court Registrar Michel Morneault Total duration: 1h55min Before the Court: Cross-appeal Result: reserved Comments: DARS Z005130 was used for the recording of the hearing Minutes of Hearing entered in Vol. 222 page(s) 411 - 413 Abstract of Hearing placed on file
33     2017-04-24     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of Appellant/Respondent on cross-appeal sworn on 24-APR-2017 confirming service of doc.32 on Respondent/Appellant on cross-appeal by Xpresspost on 24-APR-2017 filed on 24-APR-2017
32     2017-04-24     Fredericton     Book of Authorities with copy on DVD consisting of 1 volume(s) on behalf of Appellant/Respondent on cross-appeal Filed on 24-APR-2017 3 copy(ies) for the Court stored in Ottawa One copy placed in Annex
31     2017-04-20     Halifax     Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of Jan Jensen confirming service of doc #30 upon Appellant by courier on 20-APR-2017 filed on 20-APR-2017
30     2017-04-20     Halifax     Book of Authorities consisting of 1 volume(s) on behalf of HMQ (cross-appeal) Filed on 20-APR-2017 3 copy(ies) for the Court stored in Ottawa
-     2017-04-19     Fredericton     Letter from Appellant/Respondent on cross-appeal dated 12-APR-2017 Fax from the Respondent/Appellant on cross-appeal to the Appellant/ Respondent on cross-appeal about not reaching an agreement on the contents of a joint book of authorities. received on 19-APR-2017
-     2017-04-13     Ottawa     Covering letter from Respondent dated 12-APR-2017 concerning the enclosed DVD containing the Respondent's Memorandum of Fact and Law placed on file on 13-APR-2017
-     2017-04-12     Fredericton     Communication by email between parties concerning the Joint Book of Authorities, received by the Appellant received on 12-APR-2017
-     2017-04-04     Ottawa     Acknowledgements of receipt of an electronic copy of the hearing date order, e-mailed to: Mr. Jensen (for the Cross-Appellant) and to Mr. Amos (the Cross-Respondent) placed on file on 04-APR-2017
29     2017-03-31     Ottawa     Order (time and place) dated 30-MAR-2017 rendered by S. Bazinet, Judicial Administrator and signed by Judicial Administrator fixing the Cross-Appeal to be heard at Special Sitting in Fredericton on 24-MAY-2017 to begin at 14:00 Filed on 31-MAR-2017 cc's sent to parties entered in J. & O. Book, volume 298 page(s) 409 - 409 Transmittal letters placed on file
-     2017-03-22     Ottawa     Communication from Registry to Judicial Administrator dated 22-MAR-2017 re: setting the Hearing date
28     2017-03-13     Halifax     Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of Jan Jensen confirming service of Requisition for Hearing upon Appellant (Respondent by Cross-Appeal) by facsimile and courier on 13-MAR-2017 filed on 13-MAR-2017
27     2017-03-13     Halifax     Requisition for hearing - Appeal from Respondent (Appellant on Cross-Appeal) filed on 13-MAR-2017
-     2017-03-08     Fredericton     Letter from the appellant dated 08-MAR-2017 Email received from Appellant in regards of the Communication to the Court in response to the registry received on 08-MAR-2017
-     2017-03-07     Fredericton     Memorandum to file from Michel G. Morneault dated 07-MAR-2017 According to the Appellant/Respondent on Cross-appeal after discussion, he received the doc.23 from Appellant on Cross-Appeal on 2-FEB-2017. He said the fax copy sent to him prior was incomplete and received the hard copy on 2-FEB-2017. placed on file.
26     2017-03-07     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of Appellant/Respondent on Cross-Appeal sworn on 07-MAR-2017 confirming service of doc.25 on Respondent/Appellant on Cross-Appeal by Xpresspost on 06-MAR-2017 filed on 07-MAR-2017
25     2017-03-06     Fredericton     Memorandum of fact and law on behalf of Appellant/Respondent on Cross-Appeal filed on 06-MAR-2017 3 judges' copies stored in Ottawa
-     2017-02-02     Halifax     Memorandum to file from Adam Young, Halifax dated 02-FEB-2017 further to Crown Counsel's letter dated 02-FEB-2017 the recorded entry for the R's Memo of F&L(Doc 23) was amended to reflect that it was on behalf of the Respondent(APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL) placed on file.
-     2017-02-02     Halifax     Letter from Jan Jensen, Responsdent on main appeal (Appellant on cross-appeal) dated 02-FEB-2017 providing clarification as to the Respondent's Memo of Fact and law filed on 30-JAN-2017 (Doc 23) received on 02-FEB-2017
24     2017-01-30     Halifax     Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of Jan Jensen confirming service of Doc. 23 upon Appellant by telecopier on 30-JAN-2017 filed on 30-JAN-2017
23     2017-01-30     Halifax     Memorandum of fact and law on behalf of the respondent (appellant)on cross-appeal as per order of Webb, JA dated 19-DEC-17 (doc.20) filed on 30-JAN-2017 3 judges' copies stored in Ottawa
-     2016-12-20     Ottawa     Memorandum to file from the Registry of the FCA dated 20-DEC-2016 transmitting a copy of the Order dated December 19, 2016 to Justice Southcott, Prothonotary Morneau and the Actions section of the FC. placed on file.
-     2016-12-20     Ottawa     Acknowledgment of Receipt received from both parties (by email) with respect to the Order of the Court dated December 19, 2016 placed on file on 20-DEC-2016
20     2016-12-20     Ottawa     Order dated 19-DEC-2016 rendered by The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb The Honourable Mr. Justice Rennie The Honourable Mr. Justice de Montigny Matter considered without personal appearance The Court's decision is with regard to Status Review Result: dismissed "...the Appellant's appeal is dismissed and the Respondent's memorandum of fact and law in respect of the cross-appeal shall be served and filed on or before January 31, 2017." Filed on 20-DEC-2016 entered in J. & O. Book, volume 297 page(s) 381 - 384
-     2016-12-15     Ottawa     Communication from Registry to Judicial Administrator dated 15-DEC-2016 re: seeking the Court's Direction regarding the filing of the Appellant's Rule 382.3(1) submissions and response to the Status Review.
19     2016-12-01     Halifax     Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of Jan Jensen confirming service of doc #18 upon Appellant by telecopier on 30-NOV-2016 filed on 01-DEC-2016
18     2016-12-01     Halifax     Submissions (Rule 380) on behalf of Respondent filed on 01-DEC-2016
-     2016-12-01     Halifax     Memorandum to file from Elizabeth Caverly, Director, dated 01-DEC-2016 The HFX Registry in receipt of the Respondent's R.380 subs in response to the Appellant's R.380 subs, which were sent to Court for Directions re: filing. The Court has not yet issued Directions regarding their filing. The Respondent indicated they were served with the A's subs on 25-NOV-2016. placed on file.
22     2016-11-21     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of the appellant sworn on 21-NOV-2016 confirming service of doc.21 on the respondent by priority mail on 21-NOV-2016 filed on 21-NOV-2016
21     2016-11-21     Ottawa     Submissions (Rule 380) on behalf of Appellant filed on 21-NOV-2016
-     2016-11-21     Fredericton     Memorandum to file from Michel G. Morneault dated 21-NOV-2016 Today, I received the Response by the Appellant to the Notice of Status Review with proof of service under the Order issued by Justice Pelletier on 17-OCT-2016. It seems the document is late according to the time limit specified in R.382.3(1). Document sent to Court for directions. placed on file.
-     2016-10-18     Ottawa     Acknowledgment of Receipt received from Appellant with respect to document 17. placed on file on 18-OCT-2016
-     2016-10-17     Ottawa     Acknowledgment of Receipt received from Respondent with respect to the Notice of Status Review filed 17-OCT-2016. placed on file on 17-OCT-2016
17     2016-10-17     Ottawa     Notice of Status Review by The Honourable Mr. Justice Pelletier to the parties and their solicitors requiring the Appellant to show cause by written submissions why this appeal should not be dismissed for delay Filed on 17-OCT-2016 cc's sent to parties
-     2016-10-13     Ottawa     Communication from Registry to Judicial Administrator dated 13-OCT-2016 re: Status Review to be issued
16     2016-08-11     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of the appellant sworn on 11-AUG-2016 confirming service of Doc. 15 on the respondent by mail on 10-AUG-2016 filed on 11-AUG-2016
15     2016-08-11     Fredericton     Appeal Book consisting of 1 volume(s) prepared by the appellant filed on 11-AUG-2016 3 judges' copies stored in Ottawa
-     2016-07-06     Ottawa     Acknowledgment of Receipt received from all parties by way of reply e-mail with respect to Order of the Court (Stratas J.A.) dated 4-JUL-2016 placed on file on 06-JUL-2016
14     2016-07-05     Ottawa     Order dated 04-JUL-2016 rendered by The Honourable Mr. Justice Stratas Matter considered without personal appearance The Court's decision is with regard to the motion / document number 7 Result: dismissed Appellant to prepare Appeal within 60 days of present Order Filed on 05-JUL-2016 copies sent to parties Transmittal Letters placed on file. entered in J. & O. Book, volume 295 page(s) 353 - 354
-     2016-06-29     Fredericton     Memorandum to file from Michel G. Morneault dated 29-JUN-2016 The Appellant advised me today over the phone that he will not file a Reply to the Motion in response to Motion doc.7 placed on file.
-     2016-06-29     Ottawa     Communication from Registry to Judicial Administrator dated 29-JUN-2016 re: for direction regarding appellant's letter dated May 25, 2016 and motion doc. 7
13     2016-06-20     Halifax     Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of Jan Jensen confirming service of Motion Record (Doc. 12) upon Appellant by courier on 20-JUN-2016 filed on 20-JUN-2016
12     2016-06-20     Halifax     Motion Record in response to Motion Doc. No. 7 containing the following original document(s): 11 Number of copies received: 3 on behalf of Respondent filed on 20-JUN-2016
11     2016-06-20     Halifax     Written submissions contained within a Motion Record on behalf of the respondent in opposition to motion doc. 7 filed on 20-JUN-2016
10     2016-06-10     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of the appellant sworn on 10-JUN-2016 confirming service of doc.9(doc.7,8,id18) on the respondent by priority mail on 10-JUN-2016 filed on 10-JUN-2016
9     2016-06-10     Fredericton     Motion Record containing the following original document(s): 7 8 Number of copies received: 3 on behalf of Appellant filed on 10-JUN-2016
-     2016-06-10     Fredericton     Draft Order concerning the motion / document number doc.7 received on 10-JUN-2016
8     2016-06-10     Fredericton     Written representations contained within a Motion Record on behalf of the appellant in support of doc.7 filed on 10-JUN-2016
7     2016-06-10     Fredericton     Notice of motion contained within a Motion Record on behalf of the appellant to determine content of appeal book in writing filed on 10-JUN-2016 DRAFT ORDER received
6     2016-05-26     Fredericton     Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of the appellant sworn on 26-MAY-2016 confirming service of doc.5 on the respondent by priority mail on 26-MAY-2016 filed on 26-MAY-2016
5     2016-05-26     Fredericton     Letter from the appellant dated 25-MAY-2016 Letter of proposal of the content of the Appeal book as per Order dated 12-MAY-2016 by Justice Trudel filed on 26-MAY-2016
-     2016-05-13     Ottawa     Acknowledgment of Receipt received from both parties (by email) with respect to the Order of the Court dated May 12, 2016 placed on file on 13-MAY-2016
4     2016-05-13     Ottawa     Order dated 12-MAY-2016 rendered by The Honourable Madam Justice Trudel Matter considered without personal appearance The Court's decision is with regard to Letter from Appellant dated 27-APR-2016 re: requesting an oral hearing of his Motion Result: dismissed The Court's decision is with regard to Letter from Respondent dated 05-MAY-2016 requesting that this Appeal be case managed Result: dismissed "... The appellant shall, in the next 10 days serve and file his proposal as to teh contents of the Appeal Book unless he agrees with the respondent's proposal contained in a letter dated March 3, 2016; if the parties disagree, the appellant shall serve and file a proper Notice of Motion under Rule 369 to request that the Court determine teh contents of the Appeal Book....." Filed on 13-MAY-2016 entered in J. & O. Book, volume 295 page(s) 29 - 31
-     2016-05-11     Ottawa     Communication from Registry to Judicial Administrator dated 11-MAY-2016 re: forwarding the Appellant's letter dated April 27, 2016, and the Respondent's letter dated May 5, 2016, for the Court's consideration.
-     2016-05-05     Halifax     Letter from the respondent dated 05-MAY-2016 "....The Respondent requests that this appeal be case managed. ....We anticipate that, without case management, there will be considerable procedural difficulties that will prevent the Appeal from proceeding in the most expeditious and least expensive manner." received on 05-MAY-2016
-     2016-04-27     Fredericton     Letter from the appellant dated 27-APR-2016 Informal request letter R.35 for oral motion. Attached to the letter, a draft notice of motion received on 27-APR-2016
-     2016-03-08     Fredericton     Copy of a fascimile of a letter from the Respondent to the Appellant discussing the content of an Appeal book and the requirements of the Respondent concerning the agreement of the Appeal book dated 03-MAR-2016 received on 08-MAR-2016 by email from Appellant
-     2016-03-01     Fredericton     Copy of a letter from the Respondent to the Appellant dated February 24, 2016 discussing about the appeal and cross-appeal placed on file on 01-MAR-2016 Original placed on Court File No. A-48-16
-     2016-02-18     Ottawa     Memorandum to file from the Registry of the FCA dated 18-FEB-2016 transmitting a copy of the Notice of Cross-Appeal to Justice Southcott, Prothonotary Morneau and the Actions section of the FC. placed on file.
3     2016-02-12     Halifax     Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of Jan Jensen confirming service of Notice of Cross-Appeal upon Appellant by courier on 12-FEB-2016 filed on 12-FEB-2016
2     2016-02-12     Halifax     Notice of cross-appeal on behalf of the respondent against a decision of Southcott, J. dated January 25, 2016 filed on 12-FEB-2016
-     2016-02-09     Ottawa     Memorandum to file from the FCA Registry dated 09-FEB-2016 transmitting a copy of doc 1. to Justice Southcott, Prothonotary Morneau, and the actions section of the Federal Court. placed on file.
-     2016-02-04     Fredericton     Letter sent by Registry on 04-FEB-2016 to the respondent R.133 service letter Copy placed on file.
1     2016-02-04     Fredericton     Notice of Appeal and 2 copies filed on 04-FEB-2016 against a decision of Justice Southcott dated January 25th, 2016 Certified copy(ies)/copy(ies) transmitted to Director of the Regional Office of the Department of Justice Tariff fee of $50.00 received: yes
The last database update occurred on 2017-10-30 22:16

However yesterday on All Hallows Eve a very wicked little Newfy lawyer who I now label as Johnny "Never been Good" Furey who is a former Assistant Attorney General surprised me with an evil last minute submission Trust that we had a very serious hoedown that has yet to be recorded in the PUBLIC RECORD but many smiling bastards will receive a copy of the transcript as soon as I get it.

http://www.nbeub.ca/opt/M/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=560

Matter No.

   0375
Title     NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application / Énergie NB Demande générale de tarifs pour 2018-2019
Description     Electricity
Summary
Status     Open
Decisions
Date     Title
Exhibits
Exhibit No     Producing Party     Title
NBP1.01     NBP     Notice of Application
NBP1.02     NBP     Avis de Requête
NBP1.03     NBP     Evidence
NBP1.04     NBP     Élements Probants
NBP1.05     NBP     Attachment 1 - 2018-19 Budget vs 2017-18 Forecast Variance 2
NBP1.06     NBP     Pièces jointes 1 - 2018-19 Budget vs 2017-18 F Var2
NBP1.07     NBP     Attachment 2 - 2016-17 Actuals vs 2016-17 EUB Approved Budget Variance 3
NBP1.08     NBP     Pièces jointes 2 - Analyse de l’écart 3 – Revenus pour 2016-2017 par rapport au budget approuvé par la Commision pour 2016-2017
NBP1.09     NBP     Appendix A i. NB Power Proposed Rates and Schedules (sections N and O)
NBP1.10     NBP     Annexe A ii. Baremes et politiques des tariffs (N et O)
NBP1.11     NBP     Appendix C i. NB Power 10-Year Plan 2019-2028
NBP1.12     NBP     Appendix C ii. 2016-18 10 Year Plan Tables
NBP1.13     NBP     Appendix C iii. Plan decennal d'Energie NB 2019-2028
NBP1.14     NBP     Appendix C iv. Plan décennal -Tableaux pour les exercices 2017 et 2018
NBP1.15     NBP     Appendix D i. NB Power Strategic Plan 2011-2040
NBP1.16     NBP     Appendix D ii. Plan stratégique d’Énergie NB 2011-2040
NBP1.17     NBP     Appendix E - Mandate Letter 2015
NBP1.18     NBP     Appendix F i. 2016 -17 NB Power Audited Financial Statements
NBP1.19     NBP     Annexe F ii. États financiers consolidés 2016-2017
NBP1.20     NBP     Appendix G - 2018-19 NB Power Budgeted Financial Statements
NBP1.21     NBP     Appendix H - Detailed Financial Statements - Redacted
NBP1.22     NBP     Appendix I - Continuous Improvement and Continuity Schedule of Process Improvement
NBP1.23     NBP     Appendix J - Human Resources Overview
NBP1.24     NBP     Appendix J ii. - Ressources Humaines D'Entreprise
NBP1.25     NBP     Appendix K - Continuity Schedule of Regular and Succession Positions
NBP1.26     NBP     Appendix L - Organizational Charts
NBP1.27     NBP     Appendix M - Nuclear Depreciation Detail
NBP1.28     NBP     Appendix N i. PLNGS Regulatory Deferral Continuity Schedule
NBP1.29     NBP     Appendix N ii. PDVSA Regulatory Deferral Continuity Schedule
NBP1.30     NBP     Appendix N iii. AFUDC Continuity Schedule
NBP1.31     NBP     Appendix N iv. AMI Regulatory Deferral Continuity Schedule
NBP1.32     NBP     Appendix O - 2018-19 PROMOD Input Output Report
NBP1.33     NBP     Appendix P - Generation Reliability Statistics March 2016
NBP1.34     NBP     Appendix Q - Generation Reliability Statistics March 2017
NBP1.35     NBP     Appendix R - Generation Reliability Statistics May 2017
NBP1.36     NBP     Appendix S i. 2018-2027 Load Forecast Update
NBP1.37     NBP     Annexe S ii. Mise à jour sur la prévision des charges de 2018-2027
NBP1.38     NBP     Appendix T - Load Forecast Model (If        you        have        difficulty        opening        this        file,        please        contact        the        Board        at        (506)        658-2504        or        by        email        at        general@nbeub.ca.        /        Si        vous        avez        de        la        difficulté        à        ouvrir        ce        fichier,        veuillez        communiquer        avec        la        Commission        au        (506)        658-2504        ou        par        courriel        à        general@cespnb.ca)
NBP1.39     NBP     Appendix U - 2018-19 Revenue Forecast Model
NBP1.40     NBP     Appendix V - 2018-19 NB Power Capital Projects
NBP1.41     NBP     Appendix W - Baseline and Solar Lease Study
NBP1.42     NBP     Appendix X i AMI Project Investment Rationale
NBP1.43     NBP     Appendix X ii. Infrastructure de mesure avancée (IMA)
NBP1.44     NBP     Appendix Y i. AMI Project Investment Rationale Appendix G Part i
NBP1.45     NBP     Appendix Y ii. AMI Project Investment Rationale Appendix G Part ii
NBP1.46     NBP     Appendix Y iii. AMI Project Investment Rationale Appendix G Part iii
NBP1.47     NBP     Appendix Y iv. AMI Project Investment Rationale Appendix G Part iv
NBP1.48     NBP     Appendix Z - AMI Capital Project Investment Rationale Model
NBP1.49     NBP     Annexe AA ii. Plan de GAD 2018-2019 - 2020-2021
NBP1.50     NBP     Appendix AA i.    Three Year Demand Side Management (DSM) Plan 2019-2021
NBP1.51     NBP     Appendix AB - DSM EMV Plan 2019-2021
NBP1.52     NBP     Appendix AC - DSM Plan 2019-2021 Technical Reference Manual
NBP1.53     NBP     Appendix AD - DSM 2019-2021 Model
NBP1.54     NBP     Appendix AE - DSM Program Evaluations 2015-16
NBP1.55     NBP     Appendix AF - DSM Program Evaluations 2016-17
NBP1.56     NBP     Appendix AG i.    DSM Plan 2016-17 Actuals
NBP1.57     NBP     Annexe AG ii. Plan de gestion de la demande - Mise a jour sur les initiatives 2016-2017
NBP1.58     NBP     Appendix AH - NB Power DSM Long-term Forecast Methodology
NBP1.59     NBP     Appendix AI i. F-03 Commodity Price FX Risk Policy
NBP1.60     NBP     Annexe AI ii. F-03 Politique de risque des prix de la marchandise
NBP1.61     NBP     Appendix AI    iii. NBEMC 02 - Market Risk Policy
NBP1.62     NBP     Appendix AI iv. NBEMC 03 - Commodity Price FX Risk Policy
NBP1.63     NBP     Appendix AJ - Financial Risk Policies Compliance Audit report for NB Power 2017
NBP1.64     NBP     Appendix AK - Financial Risk Policies Compliance Audit report for NB Energy Marketing 2017
NBP1.65     NBP     Appendix AL i EUB Approved 2017-18 CCAS-NBP Exibit 5.11 updated with Board Approved 2017-18 Revenue Requirement
NBP1.66     NBP     Appendix AL ii 2018-19 CCAS for the Test Year at 2017-18 Rates-Based on Board approved 2017-18 Cost Allocation Methodology
NBP1.67     NBP     Appendix AL iii 2018-19 CCAS for the Test Year at Proposed 2018-19 Diff Rates-Based on Board approved 2017-18 CA Method
NBP1.68     NBP     Appendix AL iv 2018-19 CCAS for the Test Year at 2 Percent Uniform Rates-Based on Board approved 2017-18 CA Methodology
NBP1.69     NBP     Appendix AL v 2018-19 CCAS for the Test Year at 2017-18 Rates - Based on proposed 2018-19 CA Methodology
NBP1.70     NBP     Appendix AL vi 2018-19 CCAS for the Test Year at Proposed 2018-19 Diff Rates - Based on proposed 2018-19 CA Methodology
NBP1.71     NBP     Appendix AM - NB Power CCAS Update for the 2018-19 GRA by Elenchus Research Associates
NBP1.72     NBP     Appendix AM i 2018-19 CCAS 3.3 Reference Model (RR at Uniform Rates)
NBP1.73     NBP     Appendix AM ii 2018-19 CCAS 3.4.3 LIREPP Energy and Demand
NBP1.74     NBP     Appendix AM iii 2018-19 CCAS 3.4.4 LIREPP 1 No-LIREPP
NBP1.75     NBP     Appendix AM iv 2018-19 CCAS 3.4.4 LIREPP 2 Adjustment Removed
NBP1.76     NBP     Appendix AM ix 2018-19 CCAS 3.7 Baseline Model
NBP1.77     NBP     Appendix AM v 2018-19 CCAS 3.4.4 LIREPP 3 With Adjustment
NBP1.78     NBP     Appendix AM vi 2018-19 CCAS 3.4.4 LIREPP 4 Recommended
NBP1.79     NBP     Appendix AM vii 2018-19 CCAS 3.5 Edmundston Adj
NBP1.80     NBP     Appendix AM viii 2018-19 CCAS 3.6 CP Change
NBP1.81     NBP     Appendix AM x 2018-19 CCAS 4.1 Regulatory Deferrals
NBP1.82     NBP     Appendix AM xi 2018-19 CCAS 4.2 Taxes
NBP1.83     NBP     Appendix AM xii 2018-19 CCAS 4.3 Sub-Func of Dist O and M
NBP1.84     NBP     Appendix AM xiii 2018-19 CCAS 4.4 Class of Dist O and M
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NBP1.86     NBP     Appendix AM xv 2018-19 CCAS 4.6 EE to Customer
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NBP1.88     NBP     Appendix AM xvii 2018-19 CCAS 4.8 Recommended Model
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NBP1.90     NBP     Appendix AO - Rate Design Model
NBP1.91     NBP     Appendix AP - Proof of Revenue
NBP1.92     NBP     Appendix AQ i. NB Power Rates Schedules and Policies Manual (6 July 2017)
NBP1.93     NBP     Appendix AQ ii. Baremes et politiques des tarifs de l'Energie Nouveau-Brunswick (6 juillet 2017)
NBP1.94     NBP     Appendix AR i. Draft GRA Minimum Filing Requirements Reference Table
NBP1.95     NBP     Appendix AR ii. Tableau de référence de l’ébauche des exigences minimales des éléments de preuve
NBP1.96     NBP     Appendix AS i. NB Power Regulatory Compliance Filings (MFR 3)
NBP1.97     NBP     Appendix AS ii. Déclarations de Confirmité en cours
NBP1.98     NBP     Appendix AT Goals and Objectives
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Transcripts
Date     Witness
Other Relevant Documents
Title     Date
NB Power Objection to Intervener Status - David Amos     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix A     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix B     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix C     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix D     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix E     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix F     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix G     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix H     10/30/2017
NB Power Notice of Objection - Appendix I     10/30/2017
NBEUB Draft Filing Schedule - REVISED / Ébauche de l'horaire de dépot de la CESPNB - RÉVISION     10/30/2017
Document List / Liste des documents     10/30/2017
Pre Hearing Participants - Participants pour l'audience préalable à l'audience     10/30/2017
NB Power - Notice of Objection reference document - Brooks v Fredericton City Police Force et al     10/30/2017
Intervener Request - Enbridge Gas New Brunswick     10/26/2017
Intervener Request Clarification - Sussex Sharing Club     10/24/2017
Intervener Request - Utilities Municipal     10/20/2017
Intervener Request - New Clear Free Solutions     10/20/2017
Demande de statut d'intervenant - Roger Richard     10/18/2017
Board Staff email - Draft Schedule / Courriel du personnel de la Commision - ébauche de l'horaire     10/18/2017
NBEUB Draft Filing Schedule / Ébauche de l'horaire de dépot de la CESPNB     10/18/2017
NBEUB Draft Schedule Clarification / Clarification de l'ébauche de l'horaire de la CESPNB     10/18/2017
Intervener Request - Sussex Sharing Club     10/18/2017
Intervener Request - J.D. Irving, Limited     10/17/2017
J.D. Irving, Limited cover letter re: Intervener Request.     10/17/2017
Intervener Request - Gerald Bourque     10/12/2017
Document List / Liste des documents     10/06/2017
NB Power’s Draft of the Filing and Hearing Schedule / Ébauche de l’horaire de l’audience et de dépôt d’Énergie NB     10/06/2017
Order     10/06/2017
Ordonnance     10/06/2017
Notice     10/06/2017
Avis     10/06/2017
Intervener Request - David Amos     10/06/2017
NB Power Cover Letter re Filing of Application     10/05/2017
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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

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The prime of Brian Mulroney

Konrad Yakabuski

Special to The Globe and Mail

Published April 30, 2004 Updated April 19, 2018

Palm Beach, Fla., is a town where a resident's net worth is summed up in the capsule description that invariably is tacked onto their name in the local society column. As in, pharmaceutical heir Laddie Merck, Cuban-American sugar king Pepe Fanjul, oil billionaire David Koch, or Kate Ford, the widow of Henry Ford II.

Former Canadian prime minister and globetrotting rainmaker Brian Mulroney - a Palm Beach homeowner since 1997 - fits in marvellously here.

So it was, on a Friday evening in March, that a select group of the island community's seasonal and permanent inhabitants - among them Paul Desmarais, Conrad Black, Koch, Fanjul and Ford - descended on the ritzy Club Colette on Peruvian Avenue. The occasion that brought them to the private dinner club (which was once owned by Aldo Gucci, a detail too delicious to ignore for anyone familiar with Mulroney's shoe fixation) was the boy from Baie Comeau's 65th birthday party.

They were joined by an illustrious list of out-of-towners. George Bush Sr. flew over from Houston. Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuela's richest man, came up from Caracas. Dallas-based leveraged buyout wizard Tom Hicks popped over from his retreat in the Caribbean. So did Irish media baron Tony O'Reilly, who flew in on his Gulfstream III. Pierre Karl Péladeau came down from Montreal, Gerry Schwartz and Galen Weston from Toronto.

Joan Rivers, a family friend through shared charitable causes, kept everyone amused. "Mila is so attractive," the comedienne, in five-inch rhinestone heels, cracked, "that the first time I met her, I thought she was the second wife." Mila Mulroney, in a silver lamé Dolce & Gabbana creation, blushed.

If Mulroney's 65th birthday was the official reason for the celebration, there were other excuses to party.

The year had been a very good one for Mulroney, his best since leaving office in 1993. The legacy he so longed for was finally taking shape. It began with an April 17, 2003, letter from RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli informing Mulroney that he had been fully exonerated in the Airbus affair. It continued in June when he was named the second-best prime minister of the past 50 years by an elite panel of 28 academics (Lester Pearson was first). Then, in February, journalist Stevie Cameron was exposed as an RCMP informant in the Airbus case. Cameron, who had spent much of her career trying to tear down Mulroney's, ended up seriously compromising her own. Mulroney enjoyed the irony in that.

So did his friends. Those assembled at the party - the main event during a weekend of soirées, brunches and cocktails that Cisneros would label "a whole Brian Mulroney festival" - had never doubted his innocence nor underestimated his political achievements. To them, Mulroney was an icon. They'd seen him spend the previous decade building a hugely successful international business career, amassing much wealth and even greater influence than he held as prime minister.

Bush, Desmarais, Cisneros, Hicks, O'Reilly, Péladeau and others - people with names like Rockefeller, Kissinger, Munk and Forbes - had been eager helpmates in Mulroney's ascent to the top of the global business establishment. As Mulroney expanded and consolidated his worldwide network - flitting from his Montreal base at the law firm of Ogilvy Renault to Beijing, Brussels, Cape Town, Moscow, Dublin, Dallas, Paris, London, New York, Washington and Caracas - he never forgot his friends. For them, he opened doors. To them, he offered his counsel. With him, they got richer.

"I'm an unabashed Mulroney fan," says Bush, the former U.S. president and father of the Oval Office's current occupant. "If he said, 'This is something you oughta do,' that would get more than a cursory consideration from me." Adds Cisneros, who controls one of the world's biggest private conglomerates, with 72 companies in more than 80 countries: "Brian Mulroney is a walking encyclopedia. He knows all the issues better than anybody else and he can give you better advice than anyone else. He also has a wealth of contacts. If you need to talk to the president of Argentina or some other country, Brian knows them."

The late-afternoon light streams into Brian Mulroney's office on the 12th floor of a McGill College Avenue office tower. On his desk is a thick stack of paper that constitutes the memoirs he has written in longhand, about to be sent to his publisher, McClelland & Stewart; hanging behind the imposing bureau, a portrait of Mila and the kids. At the other end of the office is a large collection of framed photographs. There's Brian and the Bushes. Brian and Bill Clinton. Brian and Francois Mitterrand. Brian and Ronald Reagan. More Bushes. Brian and the Pope. Brian and Ted Kennedy. Another Bush.

Wearing a classic double-breasted blue pinstripe suit, the former prime minister looks rested and, on the eve of becoming a senior citizen, healthier than he has in years. In contrast to the dour and haggard man with the tired voice that Canadians remember from his final years in office, this Brian Mulroney is a chipper 65. Which is astonishing, considering the schedule he keeps. He has shown no inclination to slow down, despite a scare in 2002 when doctors detected an irregular heartbeat. Mulroney, who taps a pouch of Equal into his coffee, insists he is in fine shape and exercises regularly.

"The truth of the matter is that I work as hard today, if not harder, than I did when I was 35," he says. "But I'm having a great time doing it. I love it."

In the five weeks leading up to this interview, Mulroney has been in more airports than many people see in a lifetime. There was a jaunt with Desmarais to the White House for meetings with President George W. Bush and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. A trip to South Africa for a meeting of the global advisory board of Independent News and Media Group - the Tony O'Reilly-controlled communications giant that owns some 200 newspapers - and a courtesy call on an old friend, Nelson Mandela. New York was next. There, he attended board meetings at Trizec Properties Inc., Peter Munk's U.S. real estate company, and Cendant Corp., the massive franchiser that owns such name brands as Century 21 and Coldwell Banker in real estate, Avis and Budget in car rentals, and Days Inn and Ramada in hotels. A couple of days later, Mulroney was in Toronto for a meeting of the Barrick Gold Corp. board. Then to Palm Beach to speak at an American Ireland Fund dinner with O'Reilly, who is chairman of the international Ireland Funds. After that, back to New York for a board meeting at America Online Latin America Inc., a Cisneros-controlled joint venture with Time Warner Inc.

To Montreal, then, for a day of meetings as co-chair of a committee struck by Quebec Premier Jean Charest to study Montreal's plan for two new superhospitals. The next couple of days at home were devoted to work at Quebecor Inc., where Mulroney is on the board of both the parent holding company and subsidiary Quebecor Media. Then a day in New York as chairman of printing behemoth Quebecor World Inc. Mulroney ended the month as the star attraction brought in by Steve Forbes - Mulroney is the chairman of Forbes Global, the international edition of Forbes - to entertain high-powered CEOs on the Forbes yacht, the Highlander, off the Florida coast.

Mulroney sits on 16 corporate boards or international advisory boards. He almost added another to the long list last fall, when he emerged as a key figure in New York hedge fund Cerberus Capital Management's bid to become struggling Air Canada's saviour. Mulroney, the fund's senior legal adviser, would have become the airline's chairman had the Cerberus offer been accepted. (Air Canada instead opted for the bid by Hong Kong-Canadian businessman Victor Li. But by early April, Li had all but pulled out, paving the way for a revival of the Cerberus offer.) Mulroney was recruited for the Cerberus gig by Dan Quayle, George Bush Sr.'s vice-president, who heads the hedge fund's international advisory board.

Such boards - which began popping up in the mid-1990s and are now a must-have for a global company - are a networker's dream. Mulroney sits on IABs with, among others, former U.S. secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, philanthropist David Rockefeller and Clinton insider Vernon Jordan. "You meet them socially, you become friendly," Mulroney explains. "When they're looking for lawyers in Canada, they'll call me. And vice versa. Or the CEO of one of the companies I'm involved with will call me and say,

'We're looking at spinning off a division in Europe. Do you think Hicks Muse [the Dallas-based leveraged buyout firm where Mulroney is a senior counsellor]would be interested?'" Mulroney's international advisory seats include J.P. Morgan Chase, the second-largest U.S. bank; Desmarais's Power Corp. of Canada; Frank Stronach's Magna International Inc.; General Enterprise Management Services Ltd., a Hong Kong-based investment fund run by former Li Ka-shing lieutenant Simon Murray; and China International Trust and Investment Corp. (CITIC), a huge state-owned conglomerate that specializes in joint ventures with non-Chinese partners. What do they expect from the former prime minister? "Geo-strategic evaluations," he offers. Most of his advice is highly confidential. Mulroney would never say if, for example, he has told CITIC whether he thinks George W. is toast in November. But he probably has.

His board work, Mulroney insists, is still secondary to his activities as a senior partner at Ogilvy Renault. "This is the cornerstone of my existence," he says of the firm he rejoined almost immediately after leaving office in 1993. "The promotion of the interests of Ogilvy Renault and its clients is my principal preoccupation."

Mulroney's name alone on the letterhead draws business to the firm. But he doesn't leave it at that. "He's always available to partners who like to introduce him to clients or CEOs or give talks to small groups," says Ogilvy Renault managing partner Raymond Crevier. "It's amazing the attraction he has. I've seen him talking to clients over dinner and they just stop everything and listen. He's got this Irish charm. In the past 15 years, [hiring Mulroney]is the best thing we've done as a firm."

Mulroney's job at Ogilvy Renault carries no salary. Nor does he take credit for the business he generates for the firm. When he snags a client, he immediately refers the catch to another partner. And when Mulroney chalks up billable hours on behalf of the firm, he credits it to the account of an associate. Mulroney's only remuneration for his activities at Ogilvy Renault comes from his share of the profits he derives as a partner.

Brian Mulroney was introduced to the realities of global business long before most of us. He was born in a town that owed its very existence to trade and border-crossing capital. The North Shore town of Baie Comeau was built a few years before Mulroney's birth in 1939 by Colonel Robert McCormick, to supply newsprint for his Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News. Mulroney's father, Ben, an electrician, went to work for McCormick's Quebec North Shore Paper Co., and the family settled on the English side of town, which was normally reserved for managers. Most residents of Baie Comeau stuck to their own. But young Brian easily straddled the town's two cultures, at ease with the working-class francophones with whom he fraternized at Catholic school and unintimidated by management-class Americans who ran the mill.

McCormick liked to fish near the town he had built. He also liked to be entertained. So it was that, on one of his fishing excursions to the North Shore, McCormick's PR man sought out a seven-year-old reputed to be a fine singer. Mulroney was escorted to Le Manoir, the hotel McCormick had built. Perched atop a piano, he asked McCormick what he wanted to hear. "And he said that his favourite song was Dearie but that I wouldn't know it because how could a kid from Baie Comeau be expected to know that. But I knew it and I sang it, and others as well," Mulroney told biographer L. Ian MacDonald in 1984. "And they gave me $50 and put me in the car and drove me home. And I gave it to my mother and she just about had cardiac arrest."

This anecdote has been appropriated by Mulroney's fans and critics alike. The fans say it illustrates the magnetism of his personality. The detractors say it shows how Mulroney was, from an early age, all too eager to please the rich and powerful.

To adopt the latter thesis, one has to assume a shallowness - not in Mulroney, but in those who have succumbed to his charms. Desmarais, Bush, Munk and Cisneros are a lot of things, but shallow they are not.

Mulroney was no stranger to the business world when he left politics. A gifted labour lawyer before entering public life in 1983, he had already established a successful business career that, while not making him rich, had certainly made him influential in Montreal financial circles. Two men above all had been the young Mulroney's mentors. They were Paul Desmarais and Pierre P{Zcaron}ladeau.

In 1964, 25-year-old Mulroney, fresh out of Laval University law school, joined the Montreal firm of Howard, Cate, Ogilvy. His salary was $5,200 a year. It was the same year that Péladeau, then 39, started the tabloid Journal de Montréal during a strike at La Presse, Quebec's dominant broadsheet. In 1967, the 40-year-old Desmarais bought La Presse; P{Zcaron}ladeau and Desmarais instantly became rival media barons. Like the papers they owned, the two men were a study in contrasts: Desmarais was understated, debonair and ultrafederalist; P{Zcaron}

Péladeau was boisterous, funny-looking and a Quebec nationalist. Yet both men took to Mulroney.

When workers at Le Journal de Montr{Zcaron}al unionized in the late 1960s, Péladeau called on Mulroney to negotiate the first collective agreement. In 1971, with La Presse once again embroiled in a lengthy labour conflict, Desmarais, too, turned to Mulroney. By that time, the dispute was already into its ninth month, and Péladeau's Journal was making deep inroads into La Presse's readership. "So, I thought of Brian Mulroney and said, 'We'll see whether he can be helpful,'" Desmarais recalls. "He was very helpful. He related well to the negotiating teams, both ours and the labour side. I think he had some influence on the labour leaders, such as [late Quebec Federation of Labour president]Louis Laberge. He got to know them and they trusted him." Within a week of Mulroney's involvement, the conflict was settled.

After that, Desmarais and his Power Corp. lieutenants regularly sought Mulroney's counsel. "We used him as a labour lawyer from time to time. But really he was more of a friend you would talk to whenever you had an idea you needed to bounce off someone," Desmarais says. "He's a pretty wise guy. He knew a lot of people, too. He got around a lot - more than I ever did."

Neither Desmarais nor Péladeau seemed to hold it against Mulroney that he had befriended, and simultaneously worked for, their chief competitor. Such was the extent of Mulroney's charm and legal skill. The same ease with competing interests - labour, management, Liberals, Péquistes - was evident in Mulroney's star turn on the Cliche inquiry into the construction industry in 1974.

Shortly after his first, unsuccessful bid for the Progressive Conservative leadership in 1976, Mulroney moved from a supporting role in the business world to the corner office, as president of the Iron Ore Co. of Canada, a subsidiary of Cleveland-based Hanna Mining. The position enabled Mulroney to not only demonstrate his managerial skill - he turned a troubled company into a highly profitable one and improved its labour relations record despite closing its Schefferville, Que., operations - but also to extend south his already considerable network. Iron Ore's parent had a high-powered board, and Mulroney made sure all of its members took note of his achievements.

By the time he had decided, for the second time, to make the leap from business to politics, Mulroney had accumulated no fewer than 10 notable directorships, including Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Standard Broadcasting (then controlled by Conrad Black) and Montreal's Ritz-Carlton Hotel, his favourite haunt.

His ability to win over almost anyone was the hallmark of Mulroney's quest for 24 Sussex Drive. But charm in itself is no match for the centrifugal tensions of actually being in power in Canada. Without the binding force of his ambition and personality, the coalition that Mulroney put together would split into no less than three parties - Reform, Bloc Quebécois and a PC rump. The Prime Minister's office was not, by the end, the most satisfying fit for Mulroney's abilities.

It was clear he was not headed for retirement when, at barely 54, he stepped down in 1993. Besides, he needed the money. As Iron Ore president, Mulroney evidently never earned more than $400,000 a year. For a decade he had lived on a politician's paltry salary, and his pension on leaving office barely topped $33,000. With four U.S.-college-bound children to support, having himself grown accustomed to finer tastes, and with a new $1.67-million Westmount home and $1 million in renovations to pay for, Mulroney's lifestyle required a salary in seven digits.

Perhaps it was this pressure that led him, shortly after leaving office, to accept a $300,000 consulting contract from Karlheinz Schreiber, the German-Canadian businessman whose name would come back to haunt Mulroney in the Airbus case. At the time, though, Schreiber had not been accused of any illegal activities. In the end, Mulroney didn't need Schreiber's business. His pro-market agenda as prime minister between 1984 and 1993 - centred around free trade, privatization and tax reform - had ingratiated him to big business and helped usher in an era where global networkers were indispensable to any ambitious company. As a recently retired head of state, Mulroney was on a first-name basis with some of the most powerful men and women on the planet. Combined with his people skills and head for business - he could actually read a balance sheet - he was an inviting catch for almost any major transnational corporation. The offers poured in.

Shortly before he left office, Mulroney lunched alone with a single guest. Peter Munk barely knew the outgoing prime minister, but had nevertheless requested the téte-a-téte. A couple of years earlier, Mulroney had made an indelible impression on the Hungarian-born entrepreneur after Munk stunned Bay Street with a $31.6-million gain on the stock options he held in his American Barrick Resources Corp. (now Barrick Gold Corp.). It was, at the time, the biggest payday ever recorded by a Canadian corporate boss. The Barrick chairman was pilloried in the media, accused of unabashed greed. But Munk - who had founded Barrick in 1983 and helped its stock price soar 11-fold from 1986 to 1991 - figured he deserved the reward. So did Mulroney. "I was in my office and the phone rang," Munk recalls. "Someone on the other end said, 'This is the office of the Prime Minister.'" Munk thought it was a joke. When a distinctive baritone voice came on the line, he realized it wasn't. "I just read about this coup you made and I want you to know that what Canada needs is many more Peter Munks," Mulroney declared. "I'm proud of you."

By 1993, Munk's mining empire was expanding rapidly around the globe, particularly in Latin America. Mulroney, who had just negotiated Canada's entry into the North American Free Trade Agreement, knew the area intimately. Munk naturally figured the former prime minister would be an excellent addition to Barrick's board, and that of its largest shareholder, Munk's Horsham Corp. "No one on our board knows the quality or quantity of people globally that Brian does," Munk says now. "He has got this unbelievable network that he has spent years and years developing. And he works enormously hard to maintain those contacts. That's why those contacts are so alive and useful. He wasn't born with them. He's not royalty."

Mulroney joined the boards of Barrick and Horsham in November, 1993, and was immediately granted options to buy 250,000 shares in each Munk firm. The options grant was unprecedented for a non-executive director of a Canadian company, and led shareholder-rights proponent William Riedl to wonder, "Are Mulroney's contacts worth that much?"

They were - Paul Desmarais, for instance. Munk and Desmarais had been acquaintances, but hardly anything so intimate as business partners. Mulroney changed that. The result was a Barrick-Power joint venture to develop gold deposits in China. Of course, the partnership would have been fruitless without the co-operation of the Chinese government. In early 1994, Mulroney took Munk to China, and asked Desmarais to come along. Desmarais was no slouch when it came to influencing the Chinese, having done business in the Communist colossus for years. Mulroney, though, had his own ins. The trio's dinner partner one night during the trip ended up being none other than Zhu Rongji, then head of the Chinese central bank, without whose accord access to the country's gold deposits would have been impossible. "The next day we met the Premier," says a still-stunned Munk. "This is a good example of how Brian uses his connections and contacts and turns them into international business opportunities for the companies he's involved with."

Another example: In 1994, Mulroney met with Argentinian President Carlos Menem and his Chilean counterpart, Eduardo Frei. Barrick had acquired mining concessions that straddled the historically contentious border between the two countries. Developing the mines promised to be a logistical nightmare, given laws that required miners to descend a mountain 48 kilometres and report to a border crossing before entering the part of the mine located in the neighbouring country. Mulroney, Munk says, got the countries to hammer out an agreement that allowed the Barrick workers to cross the border freely. "That was of enormous importance to us," says Munk.

In early 1995, Mulroney asked his friend George Bush to work for Barrick. Bush was reluctant. "I said, 'I have a policy, Brian. I don't go on [corporate]boards,'" explains the former U.S. president. "But Brian said, 'You wouldn't be on the board; you'll be a [senior honorary]adviser. I think this will be a wonderful experience for you.' And he was right." In 1996, Bush and Mulroney lobbied Indonesian President Suharto on behalf of Barrick's bid to win control of the Busang gold deposit in Borneo that had been discovered by Bre-X Minerals Ltd. (Is this what Munk meant when, according to Titans author Peter C. Newman, he once said Mulroney "knows every dictator in the world on a first-name basis?" Munk denies having made the comment.) Suharto, however, had a last-minute change of heart, and gave the concession to another company. That was a lucky thing for Barrick, Bush and Mulroney: What was supposed to be the world's biggest gold deposit ended up being the world's biggest mining fraud.

By 1998, Mulroney was crisscrossing Europe on Barrick's behalf. He was hired by the gold industry's World Gold Council to persuade European central banks to stop dumping their stocks of the precious metal willy-nilly into the market. Seconded by former Bank of Canada governor John Crow, Mulroney lobbied the continent's most powerful central bankers, presidents and prime ministers. The result was an agreement that is credited with stabilizing the metal's price.

Barrick occupied much of Mulroney's time during his early years out of office. But he earned far fatter paycheques from his speaking engagements during that period. Despite his oratorial prowess, Mulroney had no desire when he retired from politics to keep making speeches. When he was approached by Harry Rhoads Jr. of the Washington Speakers Bureau - the same agency that then represented Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher - Mulroney initially declined. It was Mila Mulroney, her husband says, who made him change his mind. "She said, 'Listen, you've made 11,000 speeches as a politician for nothing. Now it's time to get out and make a couple that you get paid for.'" Mulroney did far more than that. He took on dozens of engagements during his first few years out of office, talking largely about trade and leadership issues. At $45,000 (U.S.) a pop - plus expenses - Mulroney pocketed as much as $1 million (U.S.) a year from the gigs.

By late 1995, however, Mulroney would have neither the time nor the inclination to do much public speaking. His energies were consumed by a much more important endeavour - clearing his name. His reputation in Canada was already in tatters when he left office, one of the most unpopular prime ministers in history. But any chance of restoring his name seemed dead when it leaked out in 1995 that Mulroney had been named by the Canadian government in a letter requesting assistance from Swiss authorities in an RCMP investigation. The Mounties were looking into alleged illegal commissions paid on then government-owned Air Canada's $1.8-billion purchase of Airbus aircraft. The letter referred to "an ongoing scheme by Mr. Mulroney, [lobbyist Frank]Moores and [Karlheinz]Schreiber to defraud the Canadian government of millions of dollars."

News of the letter risked diminishing Mulroney's poor public standing even further. It also risked killing his business career.

"My wife and family and I had some very difficult times," Mulroney says. "There were some very sad moments when we were fighting off these accusations against this army of lawyers and experts financed by the taxpayers of Canada." But fight is exactly what Mulroney did, launching an unprecedented $50-million libel suit against the federal government. "Had the Chrétien government not tried to ruin my family and I with those false and malicious allegations, you would never have heard a peep out of me," says Mulroney, who had consciously kept a low profile in Canada after leaving office. "But I had to defend myself, the honour of my family and the good name of my government."

Mulroney had effectively called the Chrétien government's bluff. In January, 1997, the two parties reached an out-of-court settlement that saw Ottawa acknowledge that the allegations were unjustified and cover Mulroney's legal and public relations fees - a $2-million tab. Far more important than the money, however, was the apology that went with it. Still, it would be six more years before the RCMP closed its investigation in the case and fully exonerated Mulroney.

This "Kafkaesque nightmare" behind him, Mulroney is circumspect about the whole affair. Maybe he is saving the best for his memoirs. But he cannot resist turning the knife ever so subtly: "I've made it a practice for many years never to comment on the work of the police or their informants," he says with evident satisfaction. Then, turning to a cryptic quote from his political idol John Diefenbaker, he announces, "It is a long road that has no ash cans." Mulroney laughs heartily at this. Translation: What goes around, comes around.

When the Airbus allegations became public, Mulroney sent offers of resignation to Ogilvy Renault and all of the companies on whose boards he sat. They were rejected. Indeed, Archer Daniels Midland called on Mulroney to help it restore its own reputation.

Mulroney's appointment to the ADM board, his first after leaving office, seemed curious. It was a massive Midwestern agribusiness that made staples like vegetable oil and corn syrup. Mulroney had no expertise in that field. The company was known as a personal fiefdom of CEO Dwayne Andreas, who had run it with an iron fist for a quarter of a century, affording limitless opportunities for career advancement to his own family.

Andreas knew Paul Desmarais, and sat on Power's international advisory board. Another member of Power's board - and ADM's board - was Mulroney pal Ross Johnson, the Canadian-born ex-CEO of RJR Nabisco, whose spectacular attempt to take over his own company had been famously chronicled in Barbarians at the Gate.

But if personal relationships helped him land a job, Mulroney proved that they did not stop him from exercising his fiduciary duty. In July, 1995, ADM tapped Mulroney and former company chairman John Daniels to co-chair a board committee to craft the company's response to price-fixing allegations. The result was a massive overhaul of ADM's board and the departure of several Andreas cronies, including his son and heir apparent Michael Andreas, who later spent time in jail in connection with the scandal. Mulroney was the key figure in negotiating a settlement on the price-fixing charges that saw ADM pay $100 million (U.S.), a record antitrust fine at the time. Mulroney went head-to-head with Dwayne Andreas, then 78, who resisted the radical strategy, especially the sacrificing of his son.

Mulroney's work was lauded by analysts, who described him as "an important agent of change." The day the settlement was announced, ADM's shares hit a 52-week high. Mulroney had earned high regard within ADM too. After Dwayne Andreas stepped down in 1997, his successor, his nephew Allen Andreas, brought Mulroney into his inner circle as a member of his executive committee. "Brian was instrumental in guiding us during a period when we brought in a new code of ethics and revamped the entire structure of the board to meet new requirements that have since been put in place by the Securities and Exchange Commission," Allen Andreas says.

Dwayne Andreas was not the only high-powered CEO that Mulroney met through Paul Desmarais. In 1996, Mulroney went to a party at Desmarais's Montreal home that was also attended by Gustavo Cisneros, who sat with the host on the international advisory board of the Chase Manhattan Bank. Mulroney and Cisneros hit it off immediately. The two shared a common passion: free trade. "I had always had the greatest respect for Brian Mulroney as prime minister," says Cisneros, whose personal wealth is estimated at $4.6 billion (U.S.) and whose empire includes Venezuela's largest broadcaster, Peru's largest brewer and the Miss Venezuela contest. "Brian understood more than anybody else how important free trade was to Canadian prosperity. And I had been very involved in free trade discussions from a Latin-American point of view. So, I knew all about him."

Mulroney and Cisneros stayed in touch. The following year, when Cisneros was looking for directors for his Latin-American pay-TV company Ibero-American Media Partners Ltd., he thought of his new Canadian friend. Eventually, the friendship grew to include both men's wives and children. In 1999, they all went on a two-week safari in southern Africa. It was there that Cisneros learned just how plugged-in Mulroney really was. "He slept with a radio," Cisneros laughs. "So, in the morning, we would get a briefing on everything that was happening in the world. We were the most well-informed safari ever."

Mulroney recommended Cisneros - a fierce opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has accused the media baron of complicity in the country's short-lived 2002 coup d'état - to another friend, Peter Munk. Cisneros joined Barrick's international advisory board in 2003, and its board of directors later that year.

Cisneros's partner in Ibero-American was Dallas-based leveraged buyout wizard Tom Hicks. By the late 1990s, his firm, Hicks Muse Tate & Furst Inc., had done deals worth more than $50 billion (U.S.) during its 15-year existence. Hicks also had become a major figure in pro sports, after personally buying the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. The latter purchase in 1998 enabled Hicks's friend George W. Bush, then governor of Texas, to pocket a profit of at least $15 million (U.S.) on his initial $600,000 investment in the team.

After Cisneros recruited Mulroney for the Ibero-American board, Hicks asked the ex-prime minister to sit on Hicks Muse's Latin-American strategy board, scouting out investments and offering advice about the region's volatile political climate. Eventually, Mulroney became the chairman of that board and of the firm's European strategy board. Over dinner in Chile, in 2000, Hicks asked Mulroney to join the firm on a full-time basis. Mulroney declined, instead opting to become a senior counsellor with an undisclosed equity interest in the firm. In addition to identifying new investment opportunities, Mulroney was charged with recruiting high-profile names to the firm's advisory boards. His first catch? Henry Kissinger. "Brian's proven to be just what we hoped for. He's a sage adviser and he's got great judgment," says Hicks, citing Mulroney's involvement in Hicks Muse's $406-million purchase this year, with two bank-owned equity funds, of Canadian cable company Persona Inc.

Hicks also credits Mulroney with saving his partnership with Cisneros. After the 2001 merger of Ibero-American with El Sitio Inc., an Argentinian internet company, Cisneros and Hicks reached an impasse while renegotiating the terms of their ownership in the merged company, Claxson Interactive Group Inc. Mulroney summoned Hicks and Cisneros to a meeting at the latter's New York home. "It was one of those things that could have gone either way," says Hicks. "But because Brian had the trust of both sides, we were able to reach an agreement to redo our partnership very effectively."

Just what is the Mulroney magic that turns antagonistic rivals into concordant, if sometimes reluctant, partners? As a labour lawyer, Mulroney settled more disputes than a thousand schoolyard monitors put together. As a politician, he built the most impressive coalition in Canadian history. And now, as a business globetrotter, he continues to play matchmaker and marriage counsellor with uncanny success. "Instead of focusing only on the problem at hand, he focuses on human nature and the way people react," says his long-time confidant and former deputy chief of staff in Ottawa, Luc Lavoie, now an executive vice-president at Quebecor Inc. "He never bullies people and he makes sure that both sides in any negotiation come out of it with their dignity intact. And he never wears out. He can go on for hours, always with his eye on the ball."

Grupo Cisneros and Independent News are the lesser-known, in Canada, of the three media leviathans with which Mulroney is most closely associated. In early 1997, Mulroney reunited with his mentor, Pierre Péladeau, joining the board of Quebecor Printing Inc. Already overburdened with his other corporate and charitable obligations, Mulroney expected his involvement with the Péladeaus to end there. Fate would determine otherwise.

On Dec. 2 of that year, Pierre Péladeau suffered a massive heart attack. He lay in a coma for three weeks before his death on Christmas Eve. His sons, Pierre Karl, then 36, and Erik, 42, were ill-prepared for the loss of their father. Pierre Péladeau had left no clear succession plan in place. Chaos could have ensued. "A couple of months after Pierre died, the boys asked me to have lunch with them at le Club Saint-Denis," Mulroney says. "With the loss of their dad, they felt it might be helpful to have someone around with some grey in his hair, someone who knew the family, who knew the culture of the business, and who wouldn't be pushed around by anybody."

For the first couple of years, the relationship was mostly conducted through Ogilvy Renault, Quebecor's law firm. Mulroney offered advice or opened doors as requested. He was instrumental in Quebecor's first major foray into the English-language media business, the gutsy $983-million purchase of the Sun newspaper chain in 1998. And he played matchmaker the following year in Quebecor Printing's $1.4-billion (U.S.) bid for U.S. giant World Color Press Inc. New York leveraged buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts owned a quarter of World Color's stock, and was reluctant to tender its shares.

"At a certain point we faced a deal-breaker," Pierre Karl P{Zcaron}ladeau says. "Because of his personal contact with Henry Kravis, Mr. Mulroney was able to get the parties together and get the transaction done."

Since then, Mulroney's role at Quebecor has grown exponentially. In 1999, he became chairman of Sun Media, stepping in as interim CEO of the country's second-biggest newspaper chain when his friend Paul Godfrey left in early 2000. Later in 2000, Mulroney defused an explosive battle between Péladeau and John Weaver, the CEO of newsprint producer Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.

Mulroney also put Péladeau and Ted Rogers back on speaking terms. In the venomous battle for Quebec cable giant Groupe Vid{Zcaron}otron Lt{Zcaron}e in 2000, Quebecor killed a friendly deal between Vidéotron's controlling shareholder, Andr{Zcaron} Chagnon, and Rogers Communications Inc. by enlisting the deep pockets of the Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec and going to court to quash a lock-up agreement between Chagnon and Rogers. Mulroney used an invitation to his daughter Caroline's wedding in September, 2000, to get his friends Rogers and Péladeau to bury the hatchet and begin thinking about deals they could do together. Rogers's cellphone unit has since become one of the principal sponsors of Star Académie, the mega-hit reality show that runs on Quebecor's TVA network, acquired in the Vidéotron deal.

Whether or not Péladeau views Mulroney as a father figure, there is no denying how deeply he values the older man's counsel. Despite their closeness, Péladeau remains unflinchingly deferential toward Mulroney, always addressing him with the polite "vous" and never the more familiar "tu.""Pierre Karl says 'vous' to a lot of people, but there are not many whom he has known for a long time that he still calls 'Mr.,'" says Péladeau's partner, TV producer and host Julie Snyder. "Mr. Mulroney represents for him the past, present and future. He is a reassuring presence, because he was a friend of his father and his father had so much respect for Mr. Mulroney."

Péladeau is not the only jeune loup Mulroney has taken under his wing. He is a big backer of New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord, and has dispensed career advice to the ambitious 38-year-old, who considered running for the federal Conservative Party leadership this year. "He wouldn't push me one way or the other," Lord says. "But he told me what to expect." In anticipation of Lord's eventual rise to the national stage,

Mulroney has also helped the young premier to network. In July, 2002, he organized a retreat with Lord at Larry's Gulch, a provincial government-owned lodge on the Restigouche River, famous for its salmon fishing. The guest list included Péladeau, Paul Desmarais Jr., then-Barrick CEO Randall Oliphant, Tom Hicks, Allen Andreas and a special guest--the elder George Bush. The latter remembers the weekend fondly, although, he laments, "the promise was to get some fish, which we got none of." Adds Lord: "What struck me in those few days was the real friendship [Mulroney]had with these people, especially Mr. Bush."

Bush, Hicks, Cisneros, Desmarais, Péladeau, O'Reilly, Andreas, Munk, Forbes. This is the core of Mulroney's international network. It remains so solid, Desmarais Sr. explains, "because he works at his relationship with people. If you read the newspapers, you'd think nobody likes Brian Mulroney. But the fact is, he is much more than Gucci shoes. He's an extraordinary man."

He has also become an extraordinarily wealthy one. Mulroney has pocketed millions in stock option gains over the past decade. A cursory glance at a few recent management proxy circulars indicates that he will get $200,000 (U.S.) this year as a director of ADM, $188,000 (U.S.) at Cendant (where he holds 420,625 options and shares) and a $75,000 (U.S.) director's fee at Barrick, in addition to an undisclosed salary as chairman of the company's international advisory board. In the past, Mulroney's consulting on Barrick's behalf has earned him an annual stipend of as much as $462,000 (U.S.). Mulroney also holds 350,000 Barrick options. He shares in the profits at Ogilvy Renault and owns equity in Hicks Muse Tate & Furst. Were he a CEO, his annual take from all of his business activities would likely place him near the top of the best-paid list.

And, at retirement age, he shows no signs of slowing down. Next month, Mulroney will be in New York, Texas, Beijing, Shanghai, London and Dublin on business. It's as if the past year, marked by his exoneration in the Airbus affair and the reappraisal of his legacy as prime minister, has energized Mulroney. Indeed, more than wealth, it is recognition that the boy from Baie Comeau values most. "He enjoys the contrast between where he came from and where he is today," says Mulroney's friend Jonathan Deitcher, a Montreal stockbroker. "It makes what he does more meaningful to him." Deitcher recalls a dinner in the ballroom of the Chateau Frontenac hotel in Quebec City during the 1987 royal visit.

Deitcher was eager to know what Mulroney was whispering to the Queen as the two sat at the head table. He was telling her, his friend recounted, that his father was one of the electricians who wired the room decades before.

Mulroney must have been imbued with this same pride at his glittering party in Palm Beach. He had not invented a past to gain a spot in the rarefied world of the rich. He had written the story himself.

Mulroney's Network

Paul Desmarais (MONTREAL): The Power Corp. patriarch is the source point of Mulroney's global web

Pierre Karl Péladeau (MONTREAL): Mulroney's longest and deepest involvement is with Quebecor, lately as counsel to hot-tempered "PKP"

Allen Andreas (DECATUR, ILL.): The Andreas clan called on Mulroney to clean up after a scandal at agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland

Steve Forbes (NEW YORK): The publisher made Mulroney chairman of Forbes Global

George Bush Sr. (HOUSTON): He and Mulroney bonded during the Reagan years, and later collaborated on NAFTA

Tom Hicks (DALLAS): Mulroney is a senior counsellor to the LBO wizard's firm, Hicks Muse Tate & Furst

Gustavo Cisneros (CARACAS): The Latin Rupert Murdoch esteems Mulroney's advice at AOL Latin America

Tony O'Reilly (DUBLIN): Mulroney is on the global advisory board of the media baron's Independent News and Media Group

Peter Munk (SWITZERLAND/ TORONTO): His Barrick Gold was a focus of Mulroney's first post-PM work.

Munk relies on Mulroney for contacts and problem-solving around the world

Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you, Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister Goodale? (AOL)

Patrick Bouchard

<patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>

Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:44 PM

Reply-To: patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be AOL until July 6th 2017.

I will not have access to Groupwise.

I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com depending on data coverage.

*********************************************************

Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017.

Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise.

Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre.

Cpl.Patrick Bouchard
RSC 5 RCMP-GRC
Sunny-Corner Detachment
English/Français
Off: 506-836-6015
Cell : 506-424-0071

Liliana (Legal Services) Longo <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>	Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:44 PM
Reply-To: Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be away from the office until June 23, 2017. In my absence, Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at (613) 843-6394. Je serai absente du bureau jusqu'au 23 juin 2017. En mon absence, Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394. Thank you / Merci Liliana Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r. Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2 Tel: (613) 843-4451 Fax: (613) 825-7489 liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Sandra Lofaro Executive Assistant / Adjointe exécutive (613)843-3540 sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Adams, Paul <Paul.Adams@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca>	Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:44 PM
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until Mon. June 26th and will not have access to my email. For urgent matters, please contact my assistant at 426-5758. Thanks.

>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/22/17 16:43 >>>

David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>	Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:43 PM
To: josephine.laframboise@gg.ca, marie-eve.letourneau@gg.ca, "Michael.Wernick"<Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, "Jonathan.Vance"<Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "warren.mcbeath"<warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, marie-pierre.belanger@gg.ca, melanie.primeau@gg.ca, "hon.ralph.goodale"<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, paul.adams@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca, "gabrielle.fahmy"<gabrielle.fahmy@cbc.ca>, Patrick.Bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Pat.Bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

RIDEAU HALL PRESS OFFICE

Marie-Ève Létourneau
613-998-0287
marie-eve.letourneau@gg.ca

Josephine Laframboise
613-990-9324
josephine.laframboise@gg.ca

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-patrick-bouchard-bob-paulson-1.4171464

'You are not a leader': RCMP boss's testimony about Moncton shootings
inflames corporal
Friend of 3 slain Mounties lashes out at RCMP commissioner after
feeling betrayed at trial
By Gabrielle Fahmy, CBC News Posted: Jun 22, 2017 6:00 AM AT

"When asked by the Crown last week why he wanted to testify, Paulson
said it was because as the commissioner, he was accountable for his
members.

But when prosecutor Paul Adams asked him if he was then ready to
accept responsibility for the death of three officers, Paulson replied
"no."

Bouchard said he felt almost physically ill when he heard Paulson's
statement. He calls it "a tough pill to swallow."

Paul Adams
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Duke Tower
1400-5251 Duke St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1P3
Phone: 902-426-7541
Fax: 902-426-1351
Email: paul.adams@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca

Cpl. Pat Bouchard or
Cpl. Chuck Plaxton
Northeast District RCMP
Blackville Detachment
506-843-9400

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:11:06 -0400
Subject: RE A legal state known as "functus" For the Public Record I
talked to Mylene Theriault in Moncton again and she told me that same
thing she did last year
To: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca, Ghislaine.Saikaley@clo-ocol.gc.ca,
mylene.theriault@ocol-clo.gc.ca, nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca,
"hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
< Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca>, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
"Katherine.dEntremont"<Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>,
andre@jafaust.com, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, briangallant10
< briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm@pm.gc.ca,
"Jack.Keir"<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jody.carr"<jody.carr@gnb.ca>,
"Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, kelly <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>,
"Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com, "randy.mckeen"
< randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
< BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com>, adam <adam@urquhartmacdonald.com>,
"carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
< Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, MulcaT
< MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>,
"heather.bradley"<heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca>, Geoff Regan
< geoff@geoffregan.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, jbosnitch
< jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"Rachel.Blaney"<Rachel.Blaney@parl.gc.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
"elizabeth.thompson"<elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca>, "David.Coon"
< David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
Tim.RICHARDSON <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, info ,"<info@gg.ca>

http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/contact/index

Atlantic Region
Commissioner’s Representative:Mylène Thériault
Heritage Court
95 Foundry Street, Suite 410
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 5H7
Telephone: 506-851-7047

BTW I called this dude too and left a voicemail telling him to dig
into his records and find what he should to give to his temporary boss
ASAP

Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
30 Victoria Street, 6th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0T8
Telephone: 819-420-4718
E-mail: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca

Clearly I have very good reasons to make these calls N'esy Pas Mr
Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger and Mr Speaker Geof Regan???

---------- Original message ----------
From: NATALIA OLIVEIRA JOHNSTON natalia.johnston@cbc.ca
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:46:30 -0700
Subject: Out of office Re: 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: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Please note that I am in meetings all day June 14 and 15 and will have
limited access to my emails.

If your matter is urgent, please contact the Montreal reception line
at 514-597-4094.

--
*Natalia Johnston*
Legal Assistant
to Dustin Milligan, Katarina Germani and Azim Remani

Tel. (416) 205-2306
Fax (416) 205-2723

---------- 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@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

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

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

---------- 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

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Green Party of Canada | Parti vert du Canada info@greenparty.ca
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:48:58 +0000
Subject: Re: RE A legal state known as "functus" That a new one on me
but Nelson Kalil knows been over a year and still he and his Language
Commissioner bosses don't call or write but at least their boss
Melanie Joly did last summer N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

-- Please reply above this line --

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Joly, Mélanie (PCH)"hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:50:24 +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.

La ministre est toujours heureuse de prendre connaissance des
commentaires de Canadiens sur des questions d'importance pour eux.
Votre courriel sera lu avec soin.
Si votre courriel porte sur une demande de rencontre ou une invitation
à une activité particulière, nous tenons à vous assurer que votre
demande a été notée et qu'elle recevra toute l'attention voulue.

**********************

Thank you for writing to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of
Canadian Heritage.

The Minister is always pleased to hear the comments of Canadians on
subjects of importance to them. Your email will be read with care.
If your email relates to a meeting request or an invitation to a
specific event, please be assured that your request has been noted and
will be given every consideration.

On 6/22/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Guess who has been directed to file brief in the FCA about this
> malicious nonsense tomorrow???
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/official-languages-appointments-trudeau-1.4171882
>
> Government extends interim official languages commissioner
> Governor General signs backdated order-in-council, resolving vacancy
> that left office in legal limbo
> By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2017 4:12 PM ET
>
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has moved to fill the
> vacant Official Languages Commissioner's position, adopting an
> order-in-council to renew Interim commissioner Ghislaine Saikaley's
> term until October or until the government names a long-term
> replacement.
>
> The order-in-council, signed Wednesday by Gov. Gen. David Johnston,
> resolves a problem that emerged when the government allowed the
> position to become vacant Saturday, leaving the official languages
> commissioner's office in a state of legal limbo.
>
> While Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters the order in
> council, which renews Saikaley until Oct. 17, was backdated to Friday,
> her spokesperson said the minister misspoke and it is actually
> backdated to Monday.
>
> Trudeau government leaves official languages office in legal limbo
> NDP calls for new committee to review appointments
> Madeleine Meilleur takes herself out of the running
>
> The announcement by Joly came only minutes after Trudeau was forced to
> field questions in the House of Commons over why the government had
> allowed the commissioner's office to become vacant.
>
> "The Liberals have so mismanaged the process of selecting a new
> Commissioner of Official Languages that the office currently lacks the
> ability to do anything," said NDP MP Rachel Blaney. "Without a
> commissioner, the office falls into a legal state known as 'functus.'
> It sounds appropriate. The office cannot sign papers, deliver reports,
> or begin investigations."
>
> "When they could have easily extended the interim commissioner's term,
> why have the Liberals chosen to leave the office completely functus?"
>
> Trudeau responded by defending his government's new appointment
> process and its commitment to official languages.
>
> "We remain committed to finding the best candidate for the official
> languages position, and work at the Office of the Commissioner of
> Official Languages is ongoing," he told the House. "An announcement
> will be made shortly."
>
> The unusual situation that left an agent of Parliament's office
> vacant, without the legal authority to carry out some of its functions
> for four days, is the latest twist in the ongoing saga of the
> government's attempts to fill the vacancy left when former
> commissioner Graham Fraser's term expired.
> Meilleur appointment raised objections
>
> On Dec. 17, the government appointed Saikaley as interim commissioner
> for six months while it conducted a search for a new commissioner.
>
> In May, Joly nominated Madeleine Meilleur, a former Ontario Liberal
> cabinet minister, but Meilleur ended up stepping aside on June 7,
> following a furore over the appointment of someone with a political
> background to a normally non-partisan position.
>
> Meanwhile, Saikaley's interim appointment quietly expired Saturday.
>
> Unlike most government bodies, the legal authority for the
> commissioner's office lies in the commissioner, not the office itself.
> If the commissioner's position is vacant the office falls into a legal
> limbo known as "functus officio," where it does not have legal
> authority to act.
>
> NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said the problem making appointments in the
> official languages commissioner's office is symptomatic of a bigger
> problem with the Trudeau government.
>
> "I think it's an indication of sheer incompetence [...] they're not
> good at governing. They're great at providing lines, they're
> extraordinary about emoting, they're great about communications, but
> there are actually some nuts and bolts things that you have to know
> how to do to make a government work and they just don't know how to do
> it."
>
> Mulcair said the government hasn't contacted him to consult on a new
> candidate for the job. The Official Languages Act requires the
> government to consult opposition leaders on the appointment.
>
> According to the rules, the appointment of the commissioner must be
> ratified by both the House of Commons and the Senate. With the House
> of Commons about to rise for the summer, Canada isn't likely to have a
> permanent official languages commissioner until the fall.
>
> Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
>
> http://www.clo-ocol.gc.ca/en/news/releases/2016/2016-12-19
>
>
> Ghislaine Saikaley Appointed Interim Commissioner of Official Languages
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Gatineau, December 19, 2016 * Ghislaine Saikaley has been appointed as
> Commissioner of Official Languages in an interim capacity by the
> Governor in Council.
>
> Mrs. Saikaley is an experienced federal government executive who was
> previously Assistant Commissioner for the Office of the Commissioner
> of Official Languages (OCOL), Compliance Assurance Branch. Mrs.
> Saikaley, under the Official Languages Act, can serve a term of up to
> six months. She will exercise all authority accorded to her position,
> ensuring normal and continued operations of the Commission’s mandate
> until a new Commissioner is appointed. Her biography can be found on
> OCOL’s website.
>
> The selection process for a permanent Commissioner of Official
> Languages ends on January 9, 2017. For more information, please visit
> the Governor in Council Appointments website.
>
> -30-
>
> For more information or to schedule an interview with the
> Commissioner, please contact:
>
> Nelson Kalil
> Manager, Public Affairs
> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
> Telephone: 819-420-4714
> Toll-free: 1-877-996-6368
> Cellular: 613-324-0999
> E-mail: nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca
> Follow us on Twitter and Facebook
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:37:51 -0400
> Subject: Yo Nelson Kalil remember Mean Old Me versus the RCMP before
> you changed posts and now write spin for the corrupt journalist
> appointed language Commissioner Graham Fraser by Harper?
> To: "atlantic.director"<atlantic.director@taxpayer.com>,
> "Graham.Fraser"<Graham.Fraser@ocol-clo.gc.ca>,
> anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
> kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "nelson.kalil"
> < nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "Katherine.dEntremont"<Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>, andre
> < andre@jafaust.com>, "stephen.harper.a1"
> < stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"
> < justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, briangallant10
> < briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>
>
> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/aboutus/commissioner
>
> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/news/index
>
> Nelson Kalil
> Manager, Media Relations
> Telephone: 819-420-4714
> Toll free: 1-877-996-6368
> Cellular: 613-324-0999
> E-mail: nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca
>
> Better yet remember our recent conversation in ENGLISH?
>
> Well Please Enjoy Mr Kalil
>
> 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 in Fredericton
> New Brunswick where I law down the LAW to judges in ENGLISH
>
> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>
> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> Seems the the French bastards Chucky Leblanc is fired up too N'esy Pas?
>
> http://charlesotherpersonalitie.blogspot.ca/2016/03/peoples-alliance-leader-kris-austin.html
>
> Tuesday, 29 March 2016
> People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin speak at Rally in front of the
> New Brunswick Legislature!!!!
>
> https://youtu.be/11OdkVMVFFE
>
> Blogger Charles Leblanc was 100% wrong of Rally at the New Brunswick
> Legislature!!
>
> https://youtu.be/AbBViZ73WHc
>
> http://anglophonerights.net/our-partners/
>
> Discussing our project with Canadians for Language Fairness
>
> http://www.thejohnrobson.com/i-discuss-our-project-with-canadians-for-language-fairness/
>
> http://www.languagefairnessforall.org/events/
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness 2nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon
> Sunday, March 17, 2012 11 - 3 p.m.
> K.C.’s Country Inn * Vars, ON (Immediately off 417 at Exit 88)
> Tickets are only $30.00 for an afternoon of rubbing elbows with
> Freedom Fighters of all kinds.All you can eat buffet. (Registration
> begins at 10 * speakers begin at 11)
> Speakers: Liz Marshall, head researcher recently named to the Judicial
> Review Board, Karen Selick of Canadian Constitution Foundation
> (interveners for Galganov/Brisson), Brian Lilley of Sun News will
> speak as well as autograph his book “CBC Exposed”, Ron Barr of Greater
> Ottawa Truckers Association, MPP Jack Maclaren, Tom Black OLA, Fred
> Litwin of Free Thinking Society, CLF’s Kim McConnell, Ade Oudemaid
> (OTAG, MTAG), & Libertarian GPR candidate Darcy Donnelly.
> RSVP iloveblue.beth@gmail.com or kimlian@bell.net or call, 613-443-0490
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Beth Trudeau
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UHrVFPBbA
>
> Beth Trudeau From Canadians For Language Fairness Being Interviewed By
> Charles Adler
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH1bIdUtlRM
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Ron Barr
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwDE4CK1vyM
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Howard Galganov
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIJeuTCGwic
>
> http://cornwallfreenews.com/2012/09/stand-up-for-your-language-rights-howard-galganov-to-appear-before-south-stormont-council-september-26-2012/
>
> http://www.galganov.com/about-galganov/
>
> http://www.documentationcapitale.ca/documents/Galganov.pdf
> "
> Galganov, along with Jean-Serge Brisson, a local business owner, is
> challenging in provincial court a regulation on mandatory bilingual
> signage adopted on June 16, 2008 by the township of Russell. He claims
> that the regulation, by making French-only or English-only signs
> illegal, is threatening the French language in Ontario.[12] One
> Galganov associate is Elizabeth Trudeau, an official spokesperson for
> Canadians for Language Fairness, which battles forced bilingual
> legislation in Canada, claiming that it elevates "French speakers to
> first-class status and the rest of us to second and third-class
> status.".[
> Canadian Language Fairness Luncheon 2014-Rebecca Barr
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQgYpbXlocA
>
> Ron BARR,
> (613)884-5731
> ronbarr@rogers.com
> www.ronbarr.org
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Information FCA-CAF <Information@cas-satj.gc.ca>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:52:31 -0400
> Subject: RE: RE An additional 600 Gs for the PCO office to promote PM
> Trudeau's website versus additional funding in order to uphold the
> Rules of Federal Court and provide electronic filing services to
> Canadian citizens
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Good morning Mr. Amos,
>
> After reading carefully your email dated March 17, 2016, the Registry
> can suggest you to file motion in writing under 359, 364 and 369
> Federal Court Rules to seek leave of the Court to file
> An electronic version for the Appeal book.
>
> Please find below the electronic link to the Federal Court rules:
> http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-106/page-32.html#h-132
>
> Should you require more information, please do no hesitate to contact
> the Federal Court of Appeal by email or at 613-996-6795.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
> Sent: March-17-16 5:29 PM
> To: pm; justin.trudeau.a1; Henrie, Lise; Gosselin, Daniel; MulcaT;
> Carbonneau, Chantal; elizabeth.may; rona.ambrose.A1; aboutilier;
> Information FCA-CAF; FCA_MEDIA; Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1; mcu;
> bill.pentney; Bill.Blair.a1; david.hansen; jan.jensen; jill.chisholm;
> bob.paulson; Jonathan.Vance; nbpc; oldmaison; andre; markandcaroline;
> info@fja-cmf.gc.ca; william.brooks@fja-cmf.gc.ca; nmoore;
> Jacques.Poitras; Robert. Jones; steve.murphy; Tardif, Richard;
> info@pco-bcp.gc.ca; Karine Fortin; info; oic-ddc@pco-bcp.gc.ca;
> Michael.Wernick; Raymond.Rivet@pco-bcp.gc.ca; robyn@mediastyle.ca;
> news919; newsroom; lgunter; Ezra; brian
> Cc: David Amos; stephen.harper.a1; Alaina.Lockhart.c1; bruce.northrup;
> gopublic; jesse; investigations; iteam
> Subject: RE An additional 600 Gs for the PCO office to promote PM
> Trudeau's website versus additional funding in order to uphold the
> Rules of Federal Court and provide electronic filing services to
> Canadian citizens
>
> Hey
>
> I read the news the other day and saw red.
>
> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/05/privy-council-office-wants-600000-more-to-update-trudeaus-website.html
>
> Privy Council Office wants $600,000 more to update Trudeau’s website
> The Privy Council is asking for an extra $600,000 annually to
> “modernize” the prime minister’s “digital presence.”
>
> The funding requested by the Privy Council Office (PCO), which
> provides non-partisan support to the prime minister and cabinet, would
> bring the price tag of operating the pm.gc.ca website to $1.6 million
> this year.
>
>
> Everybody and his dog knows that before Justin Trudeau was sworn in as
> Prime Minister and he swore the oath of secrecy within the Privy
> Council office that I made him and all his Cabinet Ministers aware
> that the CROWN was in default in properly answering my lawsuit. For
> the past 5 months the CROWN's lawyers have not created a valid motion
> that meets the Rules of Federal Court.In fact the court and the CROWN
> tries hard deny this very simple rule in the Federal Courts Act
>
> Section 17 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other
> Act of Parliament, the Federal Court has concurrent original
> jurisdiction in all cases in which relief is claimed against the
> Crown.
>
>
> Inside and outside of the court the Crown's attornies have proven to
> me on the record that they do not understand the Rules of Federal
> Court. How can I argue such people when they don't know the rules but
> keep on insulting me. The court has witnessed it all yet is more than
> willing to overlook the CROWN's so called errs and tries hard to
> dismiss a complaint that the defence has failed to answer properly
> during the past five months of delay tactics. Hence I am now before
> the Federal Court of Appeal and dealing with its rules as i prepare to
> file a few more lawsuits against the one very rich fancy lady whon we
> all must continue pay homage to for no reason that I will ever
> understand.
>
> Pursusnat to the aforesaid Rules of Federal Court recently I informed
> the Registry Office of the Federal Court of Appeal that I was planning
> to employ Section 345(2)(b). It was in order to comply with the
> Federal Court Rules in the creation of an appeal book the court
> requires rather than spend a lot of money that I do not have in making
> seven paper copies of a very unnecessary document that are the size
> of the phone book in Toronto.
>
> The rule is very simple and it is as follows..
>
> 345(2)(b) if the appeal is brought in the Federal Court of Appeal, an
> electronic copy of or five paper copies of the book.
>
> That said I was informed that the court could uphold that rule because
> the government had not provided the funding for it to uphold the law?
>
> Why is it that a poor man can create such a document on an old second
> hand laptop yet the Federal Court of Canada does not have the
> capabilty to receive and record it?
>
> Yet at the same point in time I read that the government needs 1.6
> millions dollars to update Justin Trudeau's FaceBook and Twitter
> accounts etc. I have all such things and i can post and Tweet a great
> deal easily in my spare time when i am not busy arguing cops, lawyers,
> newsmen, bureaucrats and polticians in several countries who are all
> trying hard to play dumb before the worldwide economy crashes bigtime
> this this time
>
> Surely out of all the well paid people doing next to nothing within
> the PCO office one person could handle the Prime Minister's social
> media without any further expense to the Canadian taxpayer whatsoever.
>
> In my humble opinion before Canadians spend one more dime promoting
> the Prime Minister our government should find the money to uphold the
> laws it created for the benefit of us all. Big feeling Stevey boy
> Harper should have taugh the liberals one hard lesson ideed. It is not
> the Trudeau government it is OUR government and it is run with OUR
> money not Trudeau's. He is well paid and well kept in the job he
> campaigned hard to get. He should learn to economize or at least get
> by on a million dollars to run his website until times get much better
> N'esy Pas?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fca-caf_eng/directions_eng/direction13
>
> Practice Direction - Electronic Service
>
> February 12, 2015
>
> The Federal Courts Rules have now been amended to allow for electronic
> service, electronic filing, and the use of electronic documents in the
> Federal Courts. The intent behind these amendments was to eliminate
> impediments to the eventual migration from paper records to electronic
> records in the Federal Courts and allow electronic processing of those
> records.
>
> The amendments to the Rules were not intended to set the deadline by
> which that migration was to occur. The migration to electronic records
> is dependent upon the Courts Administrative Service's technological
> infrastructure. While the Service has the ability to accommodate a
> limited form of electronic filing at this time, it requires a
> significant infusion of funds in order to give full effect to the
> modifications contained in the amendments to the Rules. The Service is
> actively pursuing this additional funding.
>
> As a result, the amendments to the Rules dealing with electronic
> filing and electronic records should be read as enabling, in the sense
> that they allow electronic filing and the use of electronic records by
> the parties as and when the Service acquires the capacity to give full
> effect to those amendments. That is not presently the case. Until
> further notice, proceedings in the Federal Court of Appeal will
> continue to be based on a paper record which is to be prepared and
> filed in the manner provided for such records.
>
> Accordingly, the options relating to the electronic filing and
> electronic records found in 71(1)(4) and (5), 71.1(2), 72.2, 72.3,
> 309(1.1)(b), 310(1.1)(b), 345(2)(b), 348(1)(b), 353, 354, 355, 364(1),
> 365(1) are not available to the parties.
>
> The rules relating to electronic service, which are dependent upon the
> parties' technology as opposed to the Service's, are available to the
> profession as of the coming into force of the amended Rules.
>
> «Marc Noël»
> Chief Justice
> Federal Court of Appeal
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fca-caf_eng/media_eng
>
> Guidelines on Public and Media
> The Open Court Principle
>
> The general rule in Canada is that court hearings are open to the
> public. Every court in Canada has significant statutory or inherent
> powers to ensure that its proceedings are conducted fairly and to
> protect the integrity of the court’s process, which includes the power
> to provide guidelines for public and media access to court
> proceedings.
>
> On Court premises, members of the public and media are requested to go
> about their business, bearing in mind the safety and dignity of all
> people involved in the proceedings.
>
>
> Access to Federal Court of Appeal Hearings The Federal Court of Appeal
> is an itinerant court and sits in various cities across the country to
> best accommodate the needs of the parties. Court hearings are open to
> the public unless, for special reasons, the Court directs that the
> hearing be held in private. The schedule of Federal Court of Appeal
> hearings is available at the following link:
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fca-caf_eng/hearings-auditions_eng
>
> Seating space in the courtroom is limited. Where interest in a
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> standing during a proceeding.
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> in “silent” or ‘vibration” mode so as not to affect the decorum, the
> good order and the course of the proceedings.
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> Accredited members of the media may record proceedings to verify their
> notes of what was said and done in Court, but not for broadcast. Media
> accreditation should be prominently displayed.
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> observations, information, notes, photos, or audio and video recording
> from the courtroom to the outside.
>
> Media Coverage of Court Proceedings
> Media coverage of proceedings with audio-visual equipment is only
> permitted in accordance with the following guidelines:
>
> a.A media request to cover a specific proceeding must be made
> sufficiently in advance to allow for necessary permissions to be
> obtained.
> b.A decision as to whether to allow media coverage will be made by the
> Chief Justice, after consultation with the panel of judges hearing the
> particular case, as well as with the parties.
> c.The Chief Justice or panel of judges hearing the proceeding may
> limit or terminate media coverage to protect the rights of the
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> the administration of justice.
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> placing additional restrictions, or prohibiting altogether, media
> access to the Court's facilities.
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> shall be employed to cover proceedings.
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> proceedings, please contact:
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> (613) 995-5063
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> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/05/privy-council-office-wants-600000-more-to-update-trudeaus-website.html
>
>
> Privy Council Office wants $600,000 more to update Trudeau’s website
> The Privy Council is asking for an extra $600,000 annually to
> “modernize” the prime minister’s “digital presence.”
>
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff regularly update his Facebook
> page, post messages on Twitter, and publish photos on Instagram,
> above.
>
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff regularly update his Facebook
> page, post messages on Twitter, and publish photos on Instagram,
> above.
> By: Alex Boutilier Ottawa Bureau Reporter, Published on Sat Mar 05 2016
>
> OTTAWA*Public servants running the prime minister’s website want an
> additional $600,000 to “modernize (his) digital presence,” documents
> released by the government show.
>
> The funding requested by the Privy Council Office (PCO), which
> provides non-partisan support to the prime minister and cabinet, would
> bring the price tag of operating the pm.gc.ca website to $1.6 million
> this year.
>
> The website currently offers a photo gallery, background documents for
> policy issues, and news releases. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s
> staff regularly update his Facebook page, post messages on Twitter,
> and publish photos on Instagram.
>
> But according to the Privy Council the additional funding is needed to
> ensure the official site is keeping up in an increasingly digital
> world.
>
> “As Canadians are increasingly receiving and sharing information in
> digital formats, the requirements associated with pm.gc.ca have grown
> and become more numerous and complex with the addition of new content
> such as video, live streaming and social media,” Raymond Rivet, a
> spokesperson for the office, told the Star in a statement.
>
> “The use of new technology platforms and the increasing volume and
> complexity of requirements associated with these publishing demands on
> the PM’s website represent a significant shift and rising pressure for
> PCO web operations and associated IT support.”
>
> Rivet pointed to live-streaming services as a driver to the costs, and
> noted PCO commits the equivalent of four full-time staffers to
> maintaining and updating the prime minister’s website. If the funding
> is granted through this month’s federal budget, the team dedicated to
> pm.gc.ca would grow to six.
>
> But web development companies and marketing experts question the
> $1.6-million price tag.
>
> “Sometimes it’s hard to see what’s behind the scenes, but I just can’t
> imagine anything there that would require that kind of operating
> budget,” said Rick Silver, CEO of Toronto-based web development
> company WebPro.ca.
>
> “If somebody said how much to build something similar to this? It
> would be a stretch to say in the tens of thousands. Probably for
> $10,000 to $20,000 I could replicate this pretty easily.”
>
> Ian Capstick, owner of Ottawa’s MediaStyle and a former federal NDP
> adviser, said that the costs could include other services provided by
> the Privy Council’s communications branch.
>
> But Capstick said if his company had $1.6 million to play around with,
> pm.gc.ca would offer a lot more than press releases and pictures.
>
> “It should be cooler than it is, right? It should be more interactive
> than it is. It should do something as opposed to just give me press
> releases and pretty, shiny photos,” he said.
>
> Trudeau spokesperson Cameron Ahmad defended the price tag, saying it
> was necessary to ensure the prime minister’s website was “adequately
> funded” as the government moves to new platforms to get its message
> across.
>
> “The shift begins with ensuring that the prime minister’s website is
> adequately funded and operational to be compatible with the realities
> of the digital age,” Ahmed wrote in a statement.
>

Re: Now Wikimedia knows something the RCMP abd all of you know about the FBI and I (Please Note / S.V.P. Noter (Out of Office /Absent du bureau))

David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>	Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:11 AM
To: "macpherson.don"<macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, justicedonedirtcheap <justicedonedirtcheap@gmail.com>, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "marie-claude.blais"<marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca>, "david.alward"<david.alward@gnb.ca>, "david.kelly"<david.kelly@fredericton.ca>, "j.kroes"<j.kroes@interpol.int>
Cc: "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Wayne.Lang"<Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Leanne.Fitch"<Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, "leanne.murray"<leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.com>


Monday, July 16, 2012 Will Journalist Don MacPherson from the Fredericton Daily Gleaner Twitt from the Courtroom??? I went there today after hearing the News that Journalists will be allowed to send out News to the Public of the action within the Justice Building!!! I was waiting for the Irving Journalist to leave the Courtroom until I was approached by a member of the Fredericton Police Force. I got upset just being around this Turncoat!!!! I quickly left the Building!!! Will blog this Jerk later!!! Stay tuned!!! Anyway.....never mind this guy!!! I am happy these journalists will be allowed the twitt from the Courtroom. I hope that Don MacPherson Twitts!!!! He'll have thousands of followers... < Including moi > :) Posted by Charles LeBlanc at 5:29:00 PM

David Amos

<motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:39 AM

To: marc.bernard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, info-en-q@wikimedia.org, "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, police <police@fredericton.ca>, police <police@edmundston.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, andremurraynow <andremurraynow@gmail.com>, "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, "mclaughlin.heather"<mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com>, tvannah <tvannah@valleyadvocate.com>, "yvon.godin.a1"<yvon.godin.a1@parl.gc.ca>

Gilles Blinn

<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>

Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:36 AM

Reply-To: Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for your e-mail.

I will be out of the country until October 10th 2012 and your email will not be forwarded.

Should the matter be important, please contact Marc Bernard at marc.bernard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or on his cell at (506)471-6547 in my absence.

Best regards,
Gilles Blinn

Merci pour votre courriel.

Je suis hors du pay jusqu'au 10 octobre 2012 et votre courriel ne sera pas communiqué.

Dans l’événement que vous avez une question importante, s'il vous plaît communiquer avec Marc Bernard à marc.bernard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ou sur son cellulaire au (506) 471-6547 en mon absence.

Cordialement,
Gilles Blinn

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: thomas.mulcair@parl.gc.ca
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 00:35:59 -0400
Subject: Nous vous remercions de nous avoir écrit / Thank you for writing
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Au nom de Thomas Mulcair, nous accusons réception de votre courriel.

En raison du volume élevé de lettres et courriels que nous recevons
quotidiennement, il ne nous est pas toujours possible de répondre
aussi rapidement que nous le souhaiterions.

Si vous désirez obtenir de plus amples renseignements au sujet de
notre équipe de député(e)s néo-démocrates ou de nos politiques,
veuillez visiter notre site Internet au http://www.npd.ca.

Nous vous remercions d'avoir pris le temps de nous écrire.

Salutations cordiales,

Bureau de Thomas Mulcair, député d'Outremont
Chef de l'Opposition officielle
Nouveau Parti démocratique du Canada

Suivez Thomas Mulcair sur Facebook et Twitter
www.facebook.com/ThomasMulcair
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On behalf of Thomas Mulcair, we would like to acknowledge receipt of your email.

Please be aware that our office receives a large volume of
correspondence every day which means we cannot always respond as
rapidly as we would like.

If you would like information about our team of New Democrat MPs or
our policies, please visit our website at http://www.ndp.ca.

Thank you for taking the time to write.

Sincerely,

Office of Thomas Mulcair, M.P. (Outremont)
Leader of the Official Opposition
New Democratic Party of Canada

Follow Tom on Facebook and Twitter
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>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 10/08/12 01:35 >>>

David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>	Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:35 AM
To: info-en-q@wikimedia.org, "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, police <police@fredericton.ca>, police <police@edmundston.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, andremurraynow <andremurraynow@gmail.com>, "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, "mclaughlin.heather"<mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com>, tvannah <tvannah@valleyadvocate.com>, "yvon.godin.a1"<yvon.godin.a1@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "mike.olscamp"<mike.olscamp@gnb.ca>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:11:38 -0300
Subject: Re The Mob Attention Det Mike Amato (905 830 0303 ext 7731) I
just called from 902 800 0369
To: info@yrp.ca, psb@yrp.ca, info@quebecsolidaire.net,
info@coalitionavenirquebec.org, "dean.buzza"
< dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
< bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, toewsv1 <toewsv1@parl.gc.ca>,
"greg.weston"<greg.weston@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, police <police@fredericton.ca>,
police <police@edmundston.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, greffe@ceic.gouv.qc.ca,
info@ceic.gouv.qc.ca, slussier@osler.com,
d.rochefort@rochefort-associes.com

Need I say that I enjoyed watching the circus in Quebec on CPAC this weekend?

http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2012/09/20/007-caq-commision-charbonneau.shtml

http://coalitionavenirquebec.org/en/the-coalition/the-team/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/066/candidate.html

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Charbonneau+Commission+Detective+lists+construction+firms+linked+Mafia/7308561/story.html

http://www.globalmontreal.com/quebec+inquiry+hears+about+ontarios+mafia+connections/6442718975/story.html

http://www.yrp.ca/contactus.aspx

http://www.yrpsb.ca/Board-Members.htm

This email should prove to you and the lawyers in Quebec that the
RCMP, the FBI and Interpol etc are not fooling mean old me

These Yankee wiretap tapes are for real. Trust I have many more and
that my knowledge of rampant cross border public corruption ain't
privileged as you claimed yours is.

http://archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139

http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143

http://archive.org/details/WiretapTape143

http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006

Obviously I noticed people in Italy, Quebec and Ottawa checking my
work lately In different websites Perhaps the you should too.

If you wish to speak with me about what I know about organized crime
etc I would be more that happy to do so but it would have to be after
regular working hours.

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

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

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You secretive Intelligence must already know that I am this David Amos
Correct Det Amato.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:15:59 -0300
Subject: RE Occupy Savvy, Iceland & Birgitta Jonsdottir
To: info@404systemerror.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

http://404systemerror.com/occupy-savvy-asks-birgitta-jonsdottir-how-did-iceland-sack-its-government/

http://www.nycga.net/members/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: Fjármálaeftirliti* – Fyrirspurn
>>> >>>> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:23:41 -0000
>>> >>>> Subject: Sta*festing á móttöku
>>> >>>> To: David Amos
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirliti* hefur mótteki* erindi y*ar. Erindinu ver*ur
>>> >>>> svara*
>>> >>>> vi* fyrsta tækifæri. Vakin er athygli á heimasí*u
>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitsins, http://www.fme.is. *ar má finna *msar
>>> >>>> uppl*singar ásamt svörum vi* 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.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Kve*ja / Best Regards
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirliti* / 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
>>> 800
>>> >>>> 0369
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> >>>> David Raymond Amos

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NBASCA, New Brunswick Anti Smart City Alliance, is a provincial body of concerned New Brunswick citizens.

NBASCA's objective is to educate and raise awareness regarding the threat to our civil liberties, as elected officials who should be speaking for the people, instead seem to be following an agenda dictated by global organizations that have no interest in the welfare of the people whose countries they aim to control.

Bills are being introduced and approved at all levels of government without full transparency and often, behind closed doors and without the public's knowledge or consent.

The roll-out of these new bills affects all of us and has serious ramifications on our future rights and freedoms and those of the generations to follow.

We are also concerned about the ongoing erosion of our privacy and automony as governments move forward to impliment the digital ID, the SMART cities, the eradication of what they call 'conventional' farming, the sexualization of children through the school system and other destructive agendas.

Many of our elected government officials seem to be acting on the behest of powerful global individuals and institutions who have publically stated their goal of monitoring and controlling all aspects of the lives of the citizens globally.

In the words of the World Economic Forum's founder and chairman Klaus Schwabb, "you will own nothing and be happy". This is his vision; the Great Reset.

Human Rights and Freedoms have become a controversial term, as the media and politicians pay lip service to these words while taking away many of the rights we have come to accept as basic to our society. Our goal is to examine the truth behind the rhetoric so that we can make educated choices about the changes that in many cases are being made for us, and not on our behalf.

This stated objective by NBASCA is to counter the current position of the IHRAC, (International Health Regulatory Amendments Committee) , Nov 2022, which states to deny the dignity and Respect of Human Rights and Freedom.

The IHRT is an arm of the World Health Organization, the WHO. The WHO and its other associated global institutions the World Economic Forum, WEF, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, the Bank of International Settlement (BIS), the United Nations (UN), and the World Bank have a common goal of a global government.

This egregious directive is proposed to be signed and become binding by all countries of the world in November 2023, enforced by law.

This global government is being promoted by Schwab of the World Economic Forum, which he calls the Great Reset, in which You will own nothing and be Happy by 2030 In his books, COVID-19:The Great Reset" published June 2020, and "The Fourth Industrial Revolution , Schwab writes about Covid as being a great opportunity to 'reset' humanity, and outlines his vision for humans augmented with a.i. and implants, connected to a hive mind. (aka IOT - the internet of things)

Bill Gates, seemingly great friends with Schwab, has talked openly about his belief that the experimental vaccine injected into everyone in the world (himself and family, and apparantly many politians excepted) would 'solve the problem' of overpopulation on this planet...as statistical evidence to the contrary, these elites continue to talk about the increasing overpopulization of the planet, and the need to, as Dickens said in the mouth of Scrooge, "reduce the excess population".

It is also NBASCA's position that the erosion of our economy is intentional. This results in a dismantling of community due to burgeoning property taxes, power rate increases, the influx of immigrants into the provinces without an economic infrastructure to support the inhabitants, let alone the immigrants, the destruction of the family by the grooming of children through the school system and the heavily top-down promotion of dangerous medical procedures on these children, the artificially inflationary loss of purchase power and continual transfer of public funds for corporate subsidy. The list goes on.

The primary means to implement global control around the world, including Canada, is the creation of SMART cities, the implementation of the digital id along with the upcoming guaranteed annual income (amount depending on province/area) which will be 'required' to address the problem of losing one's job when work and home need to be inside that 15 minute city.

The SMART city incorporates the digital id biometrics with a social credit system, and points will be given to businesses and individuals for complying with the rules. The ability to obtain food and other services will also be tied to this social credit system, so non-compliance comes at a steep price.

Buzz words for the global agenda, commonly used by the politicians who are complacent with this agenda, are 'build back better', 'sustainability', 'environmental protection', 'global warming'.

We find ourselves here today because we have not demanded accountability from our elected officials, nor could many of us see that the many 'improvements' we have willingly accepted have come with a price. In other words, we have been set up with years of propaganda and assurances that all is well, that the new technologies being developed were harmless and for our good and convenience, that the dumbing down of the educational system was being 'taken care of', and so on.

We need to understand the issues facing us today if we want to make informed decisions. Otherwise our silence may be, however wrongly, interpreted as acceptance. For the future of us all, we need to make our voices heard.

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Protesters outside the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa appeared entrenched on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked extraordinary emergency powers to try to end the occupation in Ottawa and elsewhere around the country. The government will be able to ban blockades at border crossings, airports and in Ottawa; freeze truckers' personal and corporate bank accounts and suspend their licenses; and target crowd-funding sites that are being used to support the blockades. It also can force tow trucks to move the big rigs out of intersections and neighborhoods. Up to now, some towing companies have been reluctant to cooperate because of their support for the truckers or fears of violence. The protesters around the country are decrying vaccine mandates for truckers and other COVID-19 precautions and venting their anger toward Trudeau's Liberal government. Wayne Narvey said he took a leap of faith a week ago and drove his 30-year-old motor home from News Brunswick through a snowstorm to get to the capital. "They can take our bank accounts, they can freeze our assets, they can take the insurance off our vehicles," he said. "They can play all the games they want. We're not leaving."

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2 Indigenous convoy protesters say they were victims of heavy-handed police response in Ottawa

Candice Sero was knocked over by a police horse, RCMP smashed windows of Wayne Narvey's motorhome

Jorge Barrera· CBC News · Posted: Mar 15, 2022 3:00 PM ADT

Wayne Narvey stands inside his motorhome, which was the scene of a dramatic moment during police operations against the convoy protest in Ottawa. (Jorge Barrera/CBC)

Three weeks after RCMP tactical officers smashed their way into his motorhome during an operation to clear the convoy protest around Parliament Hill, Wayne Narvey drove his patched-up vehicle through a winding country back road tailed by three Ontario Provincial Police SUVs.

Earlier that evening, March 3, the OPP ended plans by Narvey and a handful of others to set up a protest camp on a patch of federal government land near a small rural airport to continue what they call the "freedom movement" after it was pushed out of downtown Ottawa. Navery, and some of the other protesters there, had been part of the Ottawa protest against pandemic-related mandates and restrictions since it began.

"We have an hour to leave," Narvey was told by another demonstrator named Justin as OPP vehicles with flashing lights waited on the road.

Some of the windows in the motorhome were covered with black garbage bags and cold crept in through a door that couldn't shut because of a broken latch. The group piled what they could — a wheelbarrow, propane tanks — into the back of a pickup truck and in Narvey's motorhome and left, with the OPP keeping pace in the distance.

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Narvey, 34, from Esgenoopetitj First Nation, a Mi'kmaq community in New Brunswick, was arrested by RCMP tactical officers at his motorhome on Feb. 18 and transferred to Ottawa police custody.

He was one of two Indigenous people involved in some of the most dramatic moments during the two-day police operation against the downtown Ottawa protest.

Women knocked down by police on horseback

The other, Candice Sero, 49, from Tyendinaga Mohawk territory, west of Napanee, Ont., is still recovering physically and emotionally after she was knocked to the ground by Toronto police officers on horseback on Feb. 19, according to her lawyer, Matthew Wolfson.

Candice Sero's lawyer says the Tyendinaga Mohawk woman is still feeling the physical and emotional impact after Toronto police horses knocked her to the ground on Feb. 18 during enforcement action against the convoy protest in Ottawa. (Brenda Potter/Facebook)

Sero declined to speak to CBC News despite repeated requests. The province's Special Investigations Unit, which investigates injury or death that occurs during police activity, is probing the incident.

SIU investigating serious injury reported during Ottawa protests

Wolfson said Sero, who uses a walker, was not provided any medical assistance by police on the scene, but was instead told to immediately leave the area. Wolfson said Sero managed to make her way to a nearby business and a patron there called an ambulance for her.

"It has left her shaken. This is one of the sweetest women in the world," said Wolfson.

"Her heart is still there, but it's had an effect on her mind and her energy.… She is trying to get through day by day, but the mental toll is something that is still fresh."

Wolfson said he could not provide specific details of her injuries. He said she suffered injuries to the "upper right arm" area around her clavicle along with severe bruising.

According to her lawyer, Sero attended the protest because of the impact pandemic restrictions had on children.

WATCH | YouTube video captures moment Candice Sero was knocked over by a Toronto police horse:

Wolfson said his office has been in touch with the SIU about her case. He said they are also considering filing a complaint with the Office of the Independent Police Review Director and helping her assess the possibility of filing a civil claim.

"After being hurt physically there was a complete lack of attention to her on the part of the police on her well-being and an absence of care," said Wolfson, who is with David Anber's Law Office, a firm based out of Ottawa.

The firm has provided legal services to those involved with the truck convoy protest.

Arrested again

Narvey, 34, who was released by Ottawa police the same day of his Feb. 18 arrest, said he joined the convoy to raise awareness of unmarked residential school graves and missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. He wanted to continue his campaign and joined with the remnants of the trucker protest after they left downtown Ottawa.

First he joined a protest camp on a farm in Arnprior, Ont., about 50 kilometres west of Ottawa. Then he tried to set up a new camp on vacant federal land until the OPP arrived and ordered Narvey and a small number of protesters to leave.

When they did, the OPP tailed him and two other vehicles — including one driven by a CBC News reporter — about 100 kilometres west of Ottawa, deep into Renfrew County, heading to the private residence of Narvey's friend, who offered him a place to park his motorhome for the night.

Ontario Provincial Police officers followed Narvey to a private residence in Renfrew County on March 3. (Jorge Barrera/CBC)

The OPP officers followed Narvey all the way to the edge of the private driveway. One officer said they were just there to make sure there were no issues. The three police SUVs then pulled away into the night.

In an emailed statement to CBC News, the OPP said it is keeping an eye on those involved in the Ottawa protests.

"The OPP is monitoring individuals who had been involved in the recent unlawful demonstrations in Ottawa to ensure there are no further breaches of the peace," said the statement.

Despite this brush with police, Narvey said he was still committed to continuing the fight.

"As we regroup we will come back bigger and stronger," said Narvey in an interview with CBC News after the OPP left.

But Narvey never got his chance to regroup. He was arrested by the OPP the next day after his friend drove him to the abandoned campsite to gather materials left behind the evening before in their rush to leave.

He was charged with two counts of mischief and two counts of obstructing a police officer and spent four nights in custody before he was released last Tuesday on a $3,000 bond.

Narvey, who has since returned home to New Brunswick, was already saddled with four charges — two counts of mischief, one count of obstruction of a police officer and one count of disobeying an order to leave under Ontario's state of emergency — from his Feb. 18 arrest.

"We have a lot of trials in our lives. Those make us stronger in the end," said Narvey before his March 3 arrest.

Narvey, a devout Christian, said he felt a calling to join the convoy protest. He said support from First Nation and non-First Nation communities poured in and he was able to gas up the motorhome and hit the road.

Missed daughter's birthday

Narvey said his father was a trucker who died at the age of 42, so he knew once he arrived in Ottawa he "would be looked after."

But it was tough being away from home, he said. He missed his nine-year-old daughter, Liberty's, birthday on Feb. 5.

Narvey said he knows better than most involved in the Ottawa protests how the Canadian state can treat its citizens.

His grandparents attended Shubenacadie residential school and his community was at the centre of the Burnt Church crisis from 1999 to 2001 over the treaty right to fish lobster.

Narvey recalls watching from shore as Department of Fisheries and Oceans vessels rammed the smaller Mi'kmaq boats and tried to swamp them with their wake.

"Looking back, it doesn't seem anything has changed. It seems we are still in that police state," he said.

Narvey, who is unvaccinated, said that as a First Nations person, he's always felt like a second-class citizen. With vaccine mandates, he said he felt like a fourth-class citizen.

"We are making history and we are making new beginnings," he said.

WATCH | What happened when police tried to remove this convoy protester:

What happened when police tried to remove this convoy protester

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Wayne Narvey took part in the convoy protest in Ottawa and refused to leave his motorhome as police tried to remove him after the Emergencies Act gave them the ability to arrest protesters who refused to leave certain areas of the capital. He filmed what happened.

Narvey said his experience witnessing state violence against the fishermen and his faith in God allowed him to keep cool as he live streamed tactical officers smash his motorhome's windows, pry open the door and toss in a canister with chemical irritant.

At one point, wearing a gas mask and shut inside the bathroom, he spoke into the camera.

"I am here for the murdered and missing Indigenous women, I am here for my daughter Liberty, I am here for her freedom," said Narvey into his phone's camera.

The live stream ended as tactical officers entered his motorhome. He told CBC News they broke down the bathroom door and an officer grabbed him by the neck and threw him down.

"My head hit off the stove, hit off the corner right there, the bench seat," said Narvey, as he described what happened to CBC News.

The RCMP said in an emailed statement it does not comment on "specific information related to operations and tactics." The statement said the RCMP operated under the "command" of the Ottawa police during protest enforcement in downtown Ottawa.

Narvey said he was diagnosed with a brain tumour five years ago that required him to undergo an emergency MRI if he ever suffered trauma to his head. He said Ottawa police took him to the Montfort Hospital for treatment but said he was denied a scan by the ER doctor who saw him.

The hospital said in a statement that it could not comment due to patient confidentiality.

Ottawa police also declined to comment.

Narvey is now home with his family. His next court dates for the two sets of charges are scheduled for March 17 and April 20.

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Gilles Blinn falsely arrested me in 2008

Re: Perhaps Chucky Leblanc's friends and The Fat Fred City Finest should read what was published about them in Alberta yesterday (Please Note / S.V.P. Noter (Out of Office /Absent du bureau))

Gilles Blinn

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Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:47 PM

Reply-To: Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for your e-mail.

I am presently attending a caucus meeting for SRR in Ottawa ON until I return to my office on october 22nd . Please note that I will be checking my messages periodically throughout the day, however, I may not be able to respond right away.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Gilles Blinn

Merci pour votre courriel.

Je suis présentement à une conférence des RRF à Ottawa Ontario jusqu'à mon retour à mon bureau le 22 Octobre. S'il vous plaît noter que je vais vérifier mes messages périodiquement tout au long de la journée cependant, je ne serais pas toujours en mesure de répondre instantanément.

Merci pour votre coopération.

Cordialement,
Gilles Blinn

>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 10/13/12 12:47 >>>

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The RCMP must admit that Section 300 also applies to Chucky's old
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Charles LeBlanc, Fredericton's bums, shale gas and Alberta taxpayers
There is a layabout in Fredericton, New Brunswick named Charles
LeBlanc. He has been on social assistance for decades, because he has
ADHD, he is a mental defective. He has a rather silly, inaccurate and
mis-spelled blog.

Mr. LeBlanc has an extensive criminal history, and is well known by
New Brunswick RCMP and the Fredericton Police Force. In fact in
Charle's blog he claims that Fredericton's Police, New Brunswick RCMP
and the Liberal Party of New Brunswick have attempted to kill him and
continue to try and do so, even now. Charles LeBlanc and his associate
David Raymond Amos also of Fredericton are banned from the New
Brunswick Legislature.

Here in Alberta people like Charles Leblanc work, they make a
contribution. Or they are forced to move to BC. These folks receive
assistance, support and encouragement, but they work. There is honour
and self esteem in work. But alas Charles LeBlanc pocesses none of
those things.

Last week-end there was a fire in Fredericton, a very old, historic
building that contained a cafe / bar, and an upstairs rear entranced
rooming house. Charles LeBlanc some years ago lived in this rooming
house. One night last week-end while Charles was drinking away his
social assisatnce cheque and taking his meds for ADHD, the rooming
house and bar burnt to the ground.

He was walking home and he happened upon the fire while intoxicated,
and was appearantly"overwhelmed" by both the fire burning his former
abode, but also by the "plight" of the twenty-seven(?) roomers all on
social assistance and substance abusers. These "people" Charles
reported are "freaked out", have lost everything they owned, which
reportedly is nothing at all.

The City of Fredericton's police, fire and social workers all
responded magnificently. The bums were all housed in a well known
local motel, indeed well looked after. In fact, the fire that was in
the early hours of Sunday morning, by Tuesday and Wednesday cheques
were both cut and issued to the indigents who roomed in the building
that burned.

Local special interest or activist groups were looking for longterm
housing for the bums as is quite right, afterall that is their job and
responsiblity. So now is the race is on, for these NGOs to get these
folks situated with housing before they spend all their money on booze
and drugs.

Now our "friend" Charles waxes poetic, and pontificates about the need
to keep the folks from the booze and drugs on his blog. But Charles
cheats the taxpayers of New Brunswick and Canada by using the money
allocated for him to have food, to drink and do dope, to frequent the
bars

Our "pal" Charles hits every soup kitchen, community dinner daily, and
hit functions he not invited to, to cadge a free meal. Mr. LeBlanc was
availing himself of the food, meals and ammenities being offered to
the fire victims. Its a "great gig if you can get it!"

New Brunswick and five other Canadian Provinces can not, and do not
pay for all of their own government programmes, or social services.
That is why Canada has the 15.7 billion dollar (last year)
"equalization programme." New Brunswick's Premier David Alward went to
Ottawa last year to beg Prime Minister Harper NOT to reform the
"equalization programme" nor decrease New Brunswick's access to the
trough.

As of this week the Stephan Harper government has announced studies
have been made with an eye to "make substancial changes to the 15.4
billion dollar federal equalization programme, that could dramatically
effect the transfers sent to the provinces and their ability to pay
for programmes and services."

I guess the taxpayers of Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland
and Labrador are tired of paying for folks like Charles LeBlanc's
"little scam," he calls a life.

But this goes farther with New Brunswick. The economic "game changer"
is Shale Gas. A number of New Brunswickers are "concerned" about the
"unknown effects" of Shale Gas on their enivironment. But these same
people do NOT care if their society, and government continue to be
supported by the taxpayers of four provinces in Canada.

Many New Brunswickers and Charles Leblanc are "happy warriors"
fighting to keep themselves and New Brunswick as the "ultimate welfare
state."

So what just what is the difference betwixt the addicts, and drunks
that lost their government paid rooming house abodes by fire....And
the welfare province of New Brunswick trying to maintain their
position at the welfare equalization trough, by not developing Shale
Gas?

Both these groups of parasites behave just like Charles LeBlanc.

The apple does not fall too far from the tree.

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Monday, July 16, 2012 Will Journalist Don MacPherson from the Fredericton Daily Gleaner Twitt from the Courtroom??? I went there today after hearing the News that Journalists will be allowed to send out News to the Public of the action within the Justice Building!!! I was waiting for the Irving Journalist to leave the Courtroom until I was approached by a member of the Fredericton Police Force. I got upset just being around this Turncoat!!!! I quickly left the Building!!! Will blog this Jerk later!!! Stay tuned!!! Anyway.....never mind this guy!!! I am happy these journalists will be allowed the twitt from the Courtroom. I hope that Don MacPherson Twitts!!!! He'll have thousands of followers... < Including moi > :) Posted by Charles LeBlanc at 5:29:00 PM

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Moncton artist, musician, author and Acadieman creator Dano LeBlanc dies at 55

LeBlanc's character Acadieman was a superhero who spoke almost entirely in Chiac

CBC News · Posted: Jul 17, 2023 2:47 PM ADT

A bald man with a short grey beard sits in front of a microphone wearing a dark blazer over a black shirt, with black headphones on his head.

Acadieman creator Dano LeBlanc died Saturday in Moncton. (Radio-Canada)Moncton author and comic artist Daniel Omer LeBlanc, known as Dano LeBlanc, died on Saturday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 55.

LeBlanc was an artist, poet, filmmaker and musician, but best known for creating the anti-hero character of Acadieman, the "first superhero acadien" who spoke almost entirely in Chiac.

Acadieman was featured in a number of comics, an animated series and animated feature film and became beloved by many Acadians, especially in southeastern New Brunswick.

According to Andrew Campbell, a retired teacher in Moncton, and the artist's close friend, LeBlanc was most proud of his family, followed by his work on Acadieman.

"Acadieman was his singular creation," said Campbell, to Information Morning in the Summer. "He was quite aware of that. It was a great idea and he knew it right away and ran with it. He was most proud of that."

A front cover page of Acadieman Comics with "#quat" written in the upper right corner. The issue title is "s'echapper Dieppe" and the image is a large grey cartoon head with a hat and square flight goggles, against an orange background. In the foreground, small dark human figures flee the large head towards the viewer. LeBlanc released a fourth issue of Acadieman in 2017, after stepping away for eight years to be a stay-at-home dad. (Submitted by Dano LeBlanc)

Campbell described him as a good man who mostly kept to himself.

"He had this kind of armour about him," said Campbell. "He just went along and kept to himself. He didn't get into the middle of things, out in the middle of social situations."

Multidisciplinary artist

According to his obituary, LeBlanc was born in Moncton and travelled to Montreal after graduating from Mathieu Martin High School in 1986. He earned a BFA from Concordia University, studying film and English literature, and stayed there working as a filmmaker and musician for several years.

He was a member of the bands The Great Balancing Act and Sunset Industry at one time, according to Radio-Canada, and launched a record label named La Menuiserie.

LeBlanc also played on several recordings of Montreal post-rock group Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

A man of many artistic pursuits, LeBlanc released a poetry collection in 2000, Les Ailes de soi, followed by Omégaville in 2003.

Until 2013, LeBlanc also owned Folio, a used bookstore on St. George Street in Moncton.

For his Acadieman character and comic series, Campbell said LeBlanc drew inspiration from a number of places, including MAD magazine, but also from life as an Acadian in the Moncton area.

Remembering Acadieman creator Dano LeBlanc

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Daniel Omer LeBlanc died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 55, but his culturally significant character Acadieman will continue to live on in the hearts of Acadians.

"All those moments, they often come from real life and the real connections of people that use that language and have these certain practices," he said. "So the relationship with his mother, with his friends, with employment — all of those things are in there and they're very much about Moncton."

LeBlanc described the character as an Acadian "everyman"— he had a beer belly, worked in a call centre, drank lots of coffee and spoke Chiac.

So what are Acadieman's superpowers? He doesn't actually have any.

"He just kind of pretends to be a superhero, I guess," LeBlanc told CBC in 2006. "There's nothing really heroic that he does except if you look at it from a linguistic level. He's heroic in the sense that he had the nerve to speak in Chiac."

Acadieman first came to the screen in 2006 via community television and according to Radio-Canada, was the first animated Acadian television series.

An animated human character wearing an Acadian flag shirt, a light green parka over it makes a fist with one hand. He is wearing a brown hat with a yellow "A" in the front-centre and light green square-rimmed flight goggles. Chiac is the language of choice for Acadieman. (CBC)

The film Acadieman - Le First Superhero acadien won the jury prize at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan in 2006, and three prizes from Rogers Television between 2006 and 2008.

In 2009, it won the Vague-Léonard Forest prize for the best Acadian medium- or long-format film at the Festival international de cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA).

LeBlanc, who had also done comics for Le Mascaret, La Rumeur and Kaboom, published the first issue of the comic series Acadieman in 2007. The second issue followed in 2008, and the third was released in 2009.

In 2017, after an eight year hiatus as a full-time husband and father, LeBlanc launched a fourth issue of Acadieman titled S'échapper de Dieppe.

Chiac-speaking superhero Acadieman returns

Acadieman series cancelled by TV5

With files from Information Morning Summer, Radio-Canada

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9 Comments

claude bourgeois

Rest in Peace Dano. You made all of Acadia and beyond smile and laugh.

David Amos

Reply to claude bourgeois

C'est Vrai

Jos Allaire

claude bourgeois

Reply to Jos Allaire

Says who? Communications is understanding each other. If both people speak chiac, no issues! As long as you can adapt and speak international French when the situation arises, I don't see any issue. No worse than Québécois joual.

Jos Allaire

Reply to claude bourgeois

As a matter of fact, les Québécois speaks more and more Chiac, although I agree that joual is no better. Les Acadiens used to speak old French with hardly any English words in the mix. I certainly miss this language of yesteryear.

Jos Allaire

Reply to claude bourgeois

I liked the way la Sagouine spoke, Acadieman, not so much.

David Amos

Reply to Jos Allaire

Methinks he understood me quite well N'esy Pas?

Jos Allaire

Reply to David Amos

I'm sure he did. Other than an article here and there, he was mostly speaking English.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/acadieman-dano-leblanc-returns-1.4111851

Chiac-speaking superhero Acadieman returns

Dano LeBlanc to release fourth comic in popular series at East Coast Comic Expo May 19 & 20

Vanessa Blanch· CBC News · Posted: May 12, 2017 4:00 PM ADT

A front cover page of Acadieman Comics with "#quat" written in the upper right corner. The issue title is "s'echapper Dieppe" and the image is a large grey cartoon head with a hat and square flight goggles, against an orange background. In the foreground, small dark human figures flee the large head towards the viewer.

A limited number of black-and-white Acadieman #4 comics by artist Dano LeBlanc will be available at the East Coast Comic Expo on May 19 and 20 in Moncton, with a full-colour version to be released this summer. (Submitted by Dano LeBlanc)

After an eight-year hiatus Dieppe artist Dano LeBlanc has penned his fourth Acadieman comic book, S'échapper de Dieppe, or Escape from Dieppe.

The chiac-speaking superhero "has been resting" while his creator was busy being a stay-at-home dad to his son who will soon turn eight, LeBlanc said.

"I really wasn't planning on doing any more Acadieman stuff ... I kind of burnt out on it a little bit and then I got a call."

When I talk to my anglophone friends, they rarely come into Dieppe, like deeply into Dieppe.

- Dano LeBlanc

That call came from a friend who had published the first two Acadieman comics and was wondering if LeBlanc would consider a fourth in the series.

"He was looking for a project to be able to colour a comic and so he said, 'Hey do you want to do another Acadieman comic and I'll colour it,' and I said, 'OK,' LeBlanc said, laughing.

As it turned out, LeBlanc had a lot of "pent-up Acadieman energy" inside him because he finished the comic in just a month and a half.

"Really it all kind of just barfed out," he said.

In the past, LeBlanc has described Acadieman as an "Acadian everyman."

He works at a call centre, has a beer gut and speaks the unique regional blend of Acadian French and English, known as chiac.

A bald man with a short grey beard sits in front of a microphone wearing a dark blazer over a black shirt, with black headphones on his head. Acadieman author Dano LeBlanc says he took a creative break for eight years to be a stay-at-home dad and was surprised at how quickly he wrote the newest comic in his series. (Radio-Canada)

In this edition, Acadieman helps an anglophone family that ends up in French-speaking Dieppe.

"They get really scared and they don't know what to do ... they can't read the signs ... and they end up running into Acadieman, who tries to help them escape from Dieppe, which is where the title comes from."

The idea for this new comic came after living in Halifax for a few years, where he heard very little French spoken.

"I had always lived in a French environment. ...Then I did a little bit of research and realized that Dieppe was the largest francophone city outside of Quebec and that it was the only city or town in New Brunswick that was actually growing and all the rest were shrinking," he said.

"When I talk to my anglophone friends they rarely come into Dieppe, like deeply into Dieppe ... and I thought that was interesting too."

LeBlanc said the cover of the comic was inspired by the 1981 science-fiction cult classic, Escape from New York, in which Manhattan is the country's only maximum security prison.

Chiac is hero's language of choice

The new comic has more English than past Acadieman books because of the story line, but LeBlanc said chiac remains the language of his hero.

"Chiac — it's not as common ... so it's nice that we can actually preserve it in some way."

A limited edition black-and-white version of the new Acadieman comic will be available at the East Coast Comic Expo in Moncton on May 19 and 20.

Chiac — it's not as common ... so it's nice that we can actually preserve it in some way.

- Dano LeBlanc

LeBlanc said in a month or two there will be another release of the full colour comic.

Asked whether there are more Acadieman comics to come, LeBlanc said "definitely."

"Instead of doing one every year and a half I hope to do one every quarter — depending on how well they sell and if people are still interested."

He said so far he's been shocked by the response from Acadieman fans to his new project.

"It's been amazing — it had been so long I thought, 'People just aren't going to give a crap anymore,' because now it's a younger generation out there, they don't even know who he is. But I've had some really great reactions."

With files from Information Morning Moncton

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/acadieman-series-cancelled-by-tv5-1.875739

Acadieman series cancelled by TV5

Series creator lost his show and father in one week

CBC News · Posted: Oct 22, 2010 6:27 AM ADT

TV5 has cancelled a 13-episode deal to broadcast Acadieman, according to series creator, Dano LeBlanc.

The creator of the New Brunswick animated superhero Acadieman says he's devastated that his television series has been grounded over a creative conflict with a network broadcaster.

The French-language television network TV5 planned to broadcast the New Brunswick-produced series and it commissioned Dano LeBlanc, the creator of Acadieman, to write 13 episodes.

But after just three scripts into the project, LeBlanc said he sensed he and the network had reached a creative impasse.

"They were just saying, 'We don't really like the scripts,' and they weren't telling me why and they weren't giving me any notes," LeBlanc said.

"So I was like, 'How am I supposed to continue if you're not telling me what you don't like and what's not working?'"

The dozen episodes already produced have always attracted young viewers.

Cecile Chevrier, a Moncton-based producer with the show, said the network said the latest scripts were not aimed at the right demographic.

"They wanted adult, prime time and the scripts that we have, have more of a youth orientation as to content," Chevrier said.

Television series started in 2005

Dano LeBlanc, the creator of Acadieman, said TV5 cancelled his 13-episode series over concerns the scripts were not targeting the right age demographic. ((CBC))

The Acadieman series hit television in 2005, appearing on local Rogers stations in both English and French.

LeBlanc created Acadieman to be a sort of Acadian everyman.

The animated Acadian superhero works at a call centre, has a beer gut, hangs out with his mother and friends in Moncton and speaks a unique blend of Acadian French and English commonly known as chiac in southeastern New Brunswick.

The sudden termination of the television contract capped off a devastating week for LeBlanc.

"Financially, I'm screwed basically at this point because I didn't really have much of a backup plan. You know I thought I'd be working on this for the next couple years," he said.

"My dad passed away and I found out two days later that I lost the series so it all happened within a week."

LeBlanc said the character of Acadieman will live on in comic books, but that he's exhausted all avenues on French-language television.

He said he may try to resurrect the character for a project aimed at English-language television.

Disappointed fan

LeBlanc will take the next month off so he can mourn the loss of his father and sort out his financial issues.

While Acadieman may be resurrected on an English network in the future, the news of the Acadian superhero's sudden demise has disappointed at least one super fan.

"I just learn a lot about the culture, the Acadian culture and all that. So I'm really disappointed they cancelled the show and it really sucks I can't see it anymore," said Patrick Veysey, a Dieppe teenager.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fans-line-up-to-buy-dvd-of-moncton-s-comic-anti-hero-1.593285

Fans line up to buy DVD of Moncton's comic anti-hero

Creator Dano LeBlanc releases DVD of Acadieman series

CBC News · Posted: Dec 15, 2006 10:14 AM AST

A hit Moncton cable series featuring an unlikely Acadian superhero is expected to win more fans this holiday season, with the release of a DVD.

People lined up Thursday in Moncton to buy the DVD, and Annie France NoÃ«lwas one of the first to get one. "I bought a DVD for my little brother for Christmas. He's a big fan."

Nathaniel Anderson also stood in line for a copy, and says Acadieman's cult-like following is inspired by his ordinariness. "He doesn't have the superpowers, but he's just like regular people. He works in call centres and that, but he's got a whole whack of crazy friends," he said.

Moncton's Dano LeBlanc created Acadieman to be a sort of Acadian everyman. The comic character works at a call centre, has a beer gut, hangs out with his mother and friends in Moncton and speaks a unique blend of Acadian French and English known as chiac.

Speaks in chiac

He's not a caped crusader. He can't leap over tall buildings and he'd definitely never be caught in tights, but Acadieman's creator say he's no less a hero.

"He just kind of pretends to be a superhero I guess," said LeBlanc. "There's nothing really heroic that he does except if you look at it from a linguistic level. He's heroic in the sense that he had the nerve to speak in chiac."

Chiac was once dismissed as an impure linguistic hybrid, but many Acadians embrace it, just as they're now embracing Acadieman, who speaks just like them.

"Some words we say are not even words, but he uses them anyway. You know, it's just funny," said Acadieman fan Chantal Arsenault

LeBlanc created the character when he was in high school and thought an Acadian superhero was long overdue. The character evolved, and three years ago started as a comic strip in a community paper. Last year, Acadieman make the leap to community television.

Starting second season

With the release of a DVD compilation of the first season, LeBlanc is hoping to find more mainstream fans. "I've heard stories of ladies in old folks homes who sit together and watch it. Because of the way, obviously, it's the way they talk. And it's got to do with humour," he said.

Moncton fan Graham Sheppard says the series connects with New Brunswick's cultural underdogs, and that's why people like it. "It's funny-corny, but also reflective because it speaks to what people are doing in our region. My son did work for a call centre for awhile."

LeBlanc will introduce his hero at the Francophone festival in France next summer, hoping Acadieman's appeal will translate to an international market.

Leblanc says his hobby has become his job as he prepares to write a second season. "It feels amazing, I mean, I couldn't ask for anything better. I don't know how long it'll last as a full-time job but for now I'm definitely enjoying it and appreciating it."

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In Loving Memory Of
Daniel Omer “Dano” LeBlanc
1968 ~ 2023

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Daniel Omer “Dano” LeBlanc

February 23, 1968 to July 15, 2023

Dano LeBlanc, the creator of Acadieman, died on Saturday, July 15, 2023, after a long illness, at Maison Albert Hospice in Moncton. He was 55.

Born Daniel Omer LeBlanc in Moncton in 1968, Dano is survived by his wife, Patricia King, and son Caedus Campbell. He is also survived by his mother, Freda (Goguen) LeBlanc, sisters Denise LeBlanc and Monique (Eric) Harrigan, nephew Drew and niece Ella, in-laws Dave and Marie King, and brother-in-law Charles (Nadine) King. He was predeceased by his father, Omer LeBlanc.

He went to Montreal after graduating from Mathieu Martin in 1986 and took a BFA from Concordia University (1990), where he studied film and English Literature. He stayed in Montreal and worked as a filmmaker and musician for some years.

After he returned to Moncton from Montreal, Dano created his most memorable character, Acadieman, the first Acadian superhero. During the next decade, a number of comics, an animated series and an animated feature film followed. Acadieman’s almost exclusive use of Chiac generated vigorous debate, not only in the Acadian community, but in the halls of academia as well. Scholars from Germany, the United States and elsewhere are still producing linguistics papers about Acadieman and his use of language.

The success of Acadieman allowed him to open Folio Books on St. George Street, a quiet space filled with the great classics, and a basement used by local bands to rehearse. Dano would look up from his book, through the stacks of volumes awaiting placement, and glance at you, knitted cap on his head, as you came in the door. If he knew you, he raised a hand in greeting, and if he did not, he nodded politely and went back to his reading.

Folio Books closed in the mid 2010s. He married Trish King in 2016, became a full-time husband and father, and continued writing and watching films. He was a devoted and wonderful father. He loved his family without reservation, and they returned that love.

Visitations will be held at the Passage-Chartersville Funeral Cooperative, 363 Amirault Street, Dieppe on Thursday, July 20, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 pm. At 3:00 pm the funeral service will be held in the Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to Scott and Lindy Brown, young dairy farmers who are rebuilding their dairy farm that recently burned to the ground, at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-scott-and-lindy-brown, to the Moncton Albert House, or to the charity of one’s choice.

The family invites you to sign the book of condolences at www.funerairepassagefuneral.ca.

Arrangements under the professional care of Passage Funeral Cooperative and Cremation Center, 363 Amirault Streel, Dieppe, NB, E1A 1G1 (506-857-1901).

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Dano LeBlanc

dano leblanc Daniel Omer (Dano) LeBlanc est né à Moncton en 1968. Il a vécu une dizaine d'années à Montréal où il a fait ses études en cinéma et en littérature anglaise à l'Université Concordia. En tant que musicien, il a fait partie du groupe
The Great Balancing Act et son nouveau projet Sunset Industry. Il commença sa propre maison de disques appelée La Menuiserie en 2009. Il publie son premier recueil de poésie, Les Ailes de soi, en 2000.Un deuxième recueil, Omégaville, paraît en 2003 aux Éditions Perce-Neige. Il a publié plusieurs textes pour les revues Vallium, Satellite, Éloizes et Ven'd'est, et il représenta le Nouveau-Brunswick dans la catégorie poésie/littérature aux IVe Jeux de la Francophonie, Ottawa 2001.

Acadieman est né a tchèque part dans le sud-est du Nouveau-Brunswick. Quand il était juste un p'tit boutte ses parents l'ont laissé dans les bois par mistake (ils étaient late pour leur favorite show The Price is Right)

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L'acadie man

Le First Superhero acadien (ouèlle sort of...), le café é à Acadieman ce que le spinach é à Popeye. un lover of the great indoors, y aime pas prendre dés grandes marches pis y aime pas skier non plus. Y aime hanger out aux cafés pis s'moquer du monde pis de s'faire gâter.

Acadieman est l'official Pirate de la langue française. Sa favorite show à la TV cé « Passions » pis y écoute any musique qu'a dés tchuilléres dedans. Cé favorite foods sont dés tétines de souris, la posse-pierre, dés pètes de sœurs, dés poutines à trou, dés poutines (acadiennes), dés fried piss-clams, du houmard, pis du chiar.Johnny Dieppe Le « self-proclaimed » stud muffin de la gang, Johnny est Dieppenamese, pis y enjoy fourrer, flirter, pis fourrer. Il aime écouter du « Kenny G » pis « Barry White » (pour mettre lés femmes dans la mood) pis du Slayer quand'sse qui é sad. Cé favorites movies sont « Strangers on a Train » pis « Debbie Does Dallas ».

Coquille

Origine (unknown), la conscience de la gang, peureux et gêné, il aime nager pis manger d'la salade. Il a une peur mortelle dés pet stores pis il est un animal activist. Cé favorites movies sont « Turtle Diary », « Ghost in the Shell » pis « Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ». Cé bands préférées sont "The Turtles", "Tortoise", pis "Turtle Island String Quartet". Yé aussi le sidekick à Acadieman.

Farty

Le Fart Mentor à Acadieman, il habita dans lés bois jusqu'à ce qu'il a eu un freak fart accident pis y meurt. Après sa mort, il devient comme le Obi One Kanobi à Acadieman. Il apparaît periodically quand Acadieman la besoin, usually y cé qui vient parceque ça commence à sentir le pète.

Acadiemère

Ouèlle, cousse tu peux dire about y'elle? Mère poule à l'extrême, elle pense que Acadieman à encore 10 ans. Le worse cé que Acadieman la laisse faire, cé favorites movies sont « Misery » pis « Psycho ». Elle écoute « Sweet People » pis « Julio Iglesias », cé passe-temps sont cooker, faire le lavage, rotater lés tires du car, pis faire sur que Acadieman à cé Fruity-O's.

Ti-Gris

Minou extraordinaire, il a un butt odor problème, y pu dés fesses basically, pis cé pour ça qui y'é tout l'temps en train de se fripper. Son passe-temps cé d'essayer de sortir d'la maison, pis tombre dans la bathtub. Il est aussi connu comme 009 superspy but dit pas à personne.

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N.B. languages commissioner can investigate complaints about nurses' exam, top court rules

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N.B. languages commissioner can investigate complaints about nurses' exam, top court rules

Nurses' association previously blocked commissioner's office from pursuing complaints over 2015 change in exam

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon· CBC News · Posted: Jul 17, 2023 5:41 PM ADT

A red brick building with a plaque above the entryway that says "Justice"

The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick has ruled Official Languages Commissioner Shirley MacLean can investigate whether the Nurses Association of New Brunswick is still violating the province's languages act with its entry-to-practice exam and French language study materials. (CBC)

New Brunswick's top court has cleared the way for the province's languages commissioner to investigate two complaints against the Nurses Association of New Brunswick over the exam nurses take to get a licence.

The association had previously twice blocked the commissioner's office from pursuing the matter, which began seven years ago and centres on the high failure rate among francophone nurses after the association adopted the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses, or NCLEX-RN.

Complainants have alleged poor translation and limited availability of French-language study materials.

In a written decision last week, the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick ruled Official Languages Commissioner Shirley MacLean "reasonably interpreted her statutory duties and her decision to investigate is owed deference.

"She cannot be prevented from investigating as she must carry out her quasi-constitutional mandate to oversee the protection of language rights under the Act," Justice Charles LeBlond wrote on behalf of the three-justice panel.

Students' future may depend on outcome

LeBlond noted the matter has "been without resolution for several years and there are many francophone nursing students whose future may depend on the outcome of the commissioner's investigation.

"It is high time she was permitted to undertake it."

Nurses association CEO Denise LeBlanc-Kwaw declined to comment Monday, saying the association had just received a copy of the Thursday decision and "has not yet had an opportunity to fully review" it.

The association, which regulates the profession, has maintained it has no control over the exam, which is created in the U.S., nor over the preparation, quality, and distribution of the French preparatory resource materials.

MacLean declined to comment, noting the decision may still be subject to appeal.

The New Brunswick Nurses Union also declined to comment.

There are an estimated 1,200 vacant nursing positions in the province, union vice-president Maria Richard said earlier this year.

First complaint filed in 2016

A complaint against the Nurses Association of New Brunswick was filed with the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages in July 2016 over the January 2015 adoption of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.

The complaint raised two main issues with the entry-to-practice examination used to assess the competence and abilities of all nursing students wishing to enter the nursing profession in New Brunswick.

A nurse wearing green scrubs wheels an empty patient stretcher down a hospital hallway. After the new exam was introduced in 2015, almost half of New Brunswick nursing students failed. At the University of Moncton, their success rate dropped to 32 per cent from 91 per cent. (CBC)

First, it alleged francophone students were placed at a disadvantage compared with their anglophone colleagues because the exam was not properly translated from English into French.

In addition, it alleged francophone students were put at an even greater disadvantage because of the limited availability of French-language study/resource materials.

Association found in violation of act in 2018

Then-commissioner Katherine d'Entremont investigated and in a report released in May 2018, found the association in violation of the Official Languages Act on both counts.

D'Entremont made several recommendations, including that the association report back within four months on what steps it had taken to comply with the act.

Instead, the association filed an application in August 2018 for judicial review of d'Entremont's findings, seeking to have them quashed by the court.

D'Entremont subsequently retired and the interim languages commissioner, Michel Carrier, engaged in talks with the association, which led to the withdrawal of the application for judicial review on Jan. 14, 2019.

But the issue regarding the availability of French language resource materials remained unresolved.

2 new complaints filed in 2019

In July and August 2019, two additional complaints were filed with the interim commissioner's office by two new complainants. They raised the same issue as the first but further alleged the association had not taken any steps in response to d'Entremont's recommendations.

Carrier advised the complainants his office would not investigate because a private action, involving different parties, had been filed regarding the lack of resource materials. The interim commissioner said he could not investigate while the matter was before the courts.

The association successfully challenged that lawsuit by the Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick and the student federation at the University of Moncton, which called to have NCLEX-RN declared invalid on the basis it infringed Charter rights and breached the Act. The regulatory body challenged the standing of the plaintiffs to bring the action and the case was dismissed.

Although the appeal court later set aside that January 2020 Court of Queen's Bench decision, allowing the plaintiffs to amend their pleadings to determine if standing could be established, the case never proceeded.

Asked to revisit predecessor's decision

In March 2020, following the appointment of the current commissioner, MacLean, a further complaint was filed by one of the 2019 complainants, asking her to revisit Carrier's decision and to investigate the matter to see what the association had done since d'Entremont's report.

MacLean confirmed in October 2021 she would investigate and opened two files to determine if the association was in breach of the act, which states: "No person shall be placed at a disadvantage by reason of exercising his or her right to choose an official language in which to fulfil requirements imposed by a professional association."

The association objected and filed another application for judicial review, seeking an order to prohibit the investigation from taking place, largely based on the argument the matter had been settled by the withdrawal of the first judicial review application. The proposed "reinvestigation was vexatious and an abuse of process," it argued.

The application judge agreed with the association. He found the commissioner's office and the association had reached a settlement, which precluded the investigation contemplated by MacLean and awarded costs against the commissioner.

A woman with brown hair and glasses in a pink blazer. Official Languages Commissioner Shirley MacLean was awarded costs of $7,000. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

MacLean appealed, arguing the judge erred in prohibiting her investigation. Her case was heard on May 11.

The appeal court agreed the application judge "erred in law" when he interpreted the association's 2019 withdrawal of its application for judicial review as a "settlement" between the two parties.

According to the decision, the interim commissioner told the association's lawyer he was prepared to agree the translation of the NCLEX-RN was correct and that d'Entremont's report did not conclude the translation breached the act. Carrier also acknowledged the association's efforts in making French resource materials available, but left the issue of their availability up to the courts "out of respect for the litigation process," he said in French.

Carrier "erred in delegating to the courts his statutory duty to investigate this issue," the appeal court found. It was his position, which arguably triggered the second judicial review application, which formed the basis of the appeal, LeBlond noted in the written decision.

The appeal court awarded costs of $7,000 to the commissioner.

The other members of the three-justice panel included former chief Justice Ernest Drapeau and Justice Kathleen Quigg.

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David Amos

Shirley MacLean and the judges should check their records from 2004

John Scott

It's a national exam, and all of the US uses it. The commissioner looking into it will not change a thing. Do they really think New Brunswick investigating it for language issues is going to make a difference?

Jos Allaire

Reply to John Scott

Why do Canadians need US exams instead of drafting their own really blows my mind. Can't Canadians do anything on their own without resorting to US material? The same goes for SAT. No needadat!

Michael Cain

Reply to John Scott

A question of translation. Ambiguity can make or break the case.

Michael Cain

Reply to Jos Allaire

Why reinvent the wheel?

Fred Dee

Reply to Jos Allaire

The cost to make a valid/ defendable / reliable exam is MASSIVE!!!

Jos Allaire

Reply to Michael Cain

I'm sure the French in France do not use too many US models.

Michael Cain

Reply to Jos Allaire

We have nursing students in the US.

David Amos

Reply to Jos Allaire

Have you checked the spelling on traffic signs in Paris?

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Even once resolved, UNI's technical issues may lead to client distrust, says prof

July 18, 2023, 2:02 am

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Even once resolved, UNI's technical issues may lead to client distrust, says prof

The credit union's customers have had problems with online banking since last week

Arfa Rana· CBC News · Posted: Jul 17, 2023 6:00 PM ADT

With many of UNI's clients unable to deposit cheques or access their accounts online, one expert says the bank may face serious repercussions even after the technological issues are resolved. (Patrick-Lacelle/Radio-Canada)

UNI Financial Cooperation's online banking system is causing problems for customers for the second week in a row.

With many clients unable to deposit cheques or access their accounts online, one expert says the bank may face serious repercussions even after the technological problems are resolved.

"Technical and technological issues happen. Now this is on a bigger scale because this is people's livelihoods," said Omar Fares, lecturer on retail management at Toronto Metropolitan University.

"Given the trajectory of where things are going, there may be a hit on UNI and customers' trust will take time [to rebuild]."

The Acadian bank has been experiencing technical challenges since separating from Desjardins Group to launch its own online banking platform. Some customers discovered their most recent pay didn't arrive in their accounts, something UNI described in an update Sunday as "payroll deferral."

UNI CEO Robert Moreau said some crucial improvements will be made as quickly as possible, such as making it possible to make a bill payment at an ATM.

"I can assure you that we will work tirelessly, 24 hours a day, to correct these irritants," said Moreau.

Despite the technical challenges, 68,000 people have registered an online profile with the bank.

Fares said this does not come as a surprise.

Credit unions a community

"With a credit union, there is such a community focus … so clients are in a sense a little bit more forgiving than traditional banking institutions."

However, Fares said UNI should be giving customers daily updates to avoid further frustrations and distrust.

"Your customers will make assumptions, right?" Fares said. "'Why did the system drop?''Was there any data leakage?' These are issues if the bank does not bring up proactively, it will be in terms brought up from the customer side."

Fares said once UNI's online banking platform is finally up and running, the bank will have to try to make up for frustrations their clients experienced.

"It takes a very long time to build trust and we've seen it takes a few days and a technological issue to destroy the trust," said Fares.

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Arfa Rana is a reporter for CBC New Brunswick based in Fredericton. She grew up in southern Ontario and is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University. You can follow her on Twitter @arfamrana.

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David Amos

Deja Vu Anyone?

Gov't took 15 months to act over troubled caisse: affidavit

CBC News · Posted: Apr 17, 2007 12:37 PM AD

The former Tory government in New Brunswick was asked to crack down on the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan 15 months before action was finally taken, according to an affidavit obtained by CBC News.

Last month, the province announced a $60-million grant to sort out the credit union industry in the province, and $41 million of it went to bailing out the Shippagan caisse, which had a debt of about $60 million. Ever since that announcement, the Opposition Conservatives have been hammering the government, saying the money should have been a loan, not a grant.

In return, the Liberals said the Tories knew problems were building up when they were in power. The caisse first started to see financial trouble in 2004, as the result of a series of bad loans.

The delay in putting the caisse under supervision, revealed in the affidavit,also delayed efforts by an industry stabilization board to force the caisse to change the way it does business.

In 2002 the caisse in Shippagan was part of the anglophone Credit Union Central of New Brunswick and came under the authority of the Credit Union Central stabilization board and fund.

The board's administrators were increasingly concerned with the caisse's aggressive business practices, and the financial risks they created.

Following an audit, the board gave the caisse a list of 10 orders to comply with, but the caisse fought those orders in court.

What happened next is explained in an affidavit by Darrell Kuhn, the CEO of Credit Union Central."

David Amos

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Caisse Populaire Beauséjour has $5M deficit

CBC News · Posted: Apr 24, 2007 4:00 PM ADT

"A Moncton-based caisse populaire ran up a $5 million deficit last year, the latest hit to New Brunswick's francophone credit union system, but an expert says the recent trouble doesn't make credit unions less reliable than banks.

The Caisse Populaire de Shippaganmade headlines recently when the province agreed to give it a $41 million bailout. Now, the Caisse Populaire Beauséjour has released data showing it is more than $5 million in debt due to bad loans.

Camille Thériault of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes announced Monday the problem was discovered during the regular 18-month audits of the caisse.

Université de Moncton co-op management specialist André Leclerc says some bank branches may have just as many problems, but don't tell the public about them.

Ben Haroldson

Just a simple question, if you didn't have trust, why would you be a client? I that a hard one?

Ben Haroldson

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David Amos
Reply to Ben Haroldson

Who can you trust?

David Amos
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Go Figure

Volpé, accused of threatening civil servant, apologizes

CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2007 12:21 PM ADT

Volpé made the comment in question while meeting with Robert Penney, the superintendent of credit unions. The politician was angry about Penney's suggestion that, when Volpé was a cabinet minister, he had been warned about potential irregularities at the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan.

In a transcript of the meeting released Thursday,Volpé is recorded as saying to Penney: "I will not let my name go in the dirt. If there is something in life that I said is important to me, it's integrity, so it will not go down, or a lot of people will go down with me, so it has to be fixed."

"I will be quite frank," Penney replied. "That sounds threatening in tone."

"That is just my way. All I am saying here is something is happening here that is not good," Volpé said.

The controversy follows the Liberal government's decision to give the financially troubled Caisse a $41-million bailout.

Attorney General T.J. Burke announced last week that the RCMP had been asked to look into why the Caisse lost so much money.

Journalists were told that the Mounties would be looking for red flags such as large deposits coming from outside the normal business area that might point to money laundering.

Volpé has demanded Burke resign over his comments, saying he prejudged a police investigation by suggesting police might find evidence of money laundering in the case.

Volpé also accused the government of releasing the transcript in a bid to distract the public from Burke's comments.

The transcript has Penney confirming he never used the words "money laundering" or "red flags" when he met with Volpé about the Caisse's situation in 2006.

David Amos
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Up to $60M to go to Shippagan's credit union

CBC News · Posted: Mar 16, 2007 12:02 PM ADT

Last week, the Liberal government announced its plan to return the caisse to the security of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes, more than 20 years after the two separated and the caisse joined the anglophone Central Credit Union of New Brunswick. However, the government didn't give financial details.

Finance Minister Victor Boudreau said that $60 million in Tuesday's budget is going to the stabilization board and the Central Credit Union of New Brunswick's risk management board, as a maximum amount to stabilize the troubled credit union.

Boudreau wouldn't say how much of that $60 million will be injected into Shippagan's credit union or whether it's a grant, a loan or a loan guarantee. However, he has said the credit union's future depends on it.

John Williamson from the Canadian Taxpayer Federation said New Brunswickers should pay close attention to the $60 million set aside, because it's roughly the same amount they'll be paying in tax increases in 2007.

"I'd want to know why taxes are going up to pay for bailouts, as opposed to having governments spend money in priority areas," Williamson said Thursday.

"Governing is all about making choices and prioritizing spending. In this case, we have a government which has obviously decided that saving a credit union is worthwhile, despite the fact that no one from the province seems able to explain why it's in the province's interest, or why it's in the taxpayer's interest, to be spending this kind of money."

michael levesque

wow and i had considered switching

David Amos
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There is still time

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Pay day mayday for some N.B. credit union clients as paycheques not appearing in accounts

UNI Financial Cooperation customers face issues with credit union for fourth straight day

Aidan Cox· CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2023 4:08 PM ADT

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Some customers with UNI Financial Cooperation say they were unable to access their online accounts following a transition in the credit union's online banking platform. (Pat Richard/CBC)

There's been little reprieve from technical troubles faced by some clients of a New Brunswick credit union.

For the fourth day in a row, customers of UNI Financial Cooperation across the province have been plagued by problems with its online services, this time, with some reporting their paycheques not showing up.

Jeremie LeBlanc took time off work Thursday to visit UNI's Fredericton branch after noticing that very issue with his own account.

"This morning I was expecting to see my pay into my account, but that wasn't the case."

LeBlanc said he wasn't the only one at the branch on Regent Street with the same issue that morning.

"I did see some folks that were frustrated that they didn't have their pay in their account, or they didn't have access to their online banking as they usually do," he said.

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Some customers without paycheques as problems with UNI continue

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Clients of the credit union were surprised when they woke up with nothing deposited, as the company struggles with problems.

He said staff were sympathetic and offered a small loan if he needed to pay any bills urgently, but added he's disappointed with the apparent gaffe.

"It does feel like a big oversight. I feel like in this day and age, especially with all the IT resources available, I feel like this roll-out should have been a bit more seamless and maybe not impact as many people as it did."

UNI, also known as Caisse populaire, is a credit union headquartered in Caraquet serving about 180,000 customers.

After years of relying on Desjardins Group for its online banking platform, the company decided to launch its own.

About 155,000 customers were supposed to transition to the new platform on July 6, but bumps in the process led to problems for customers across the province, with cards not working and people not being able to access their online accounts.

Paycheques will show up later Thursday: UNI

CBC News did not receive a response from UNI for an interview request about the paycheque problems being reported Thursday.

The company, however, issued a statement on Facebook Thursday morning saying the problem should be fixed by later in the day.

"Over the weekend, with the technological shift, we had to postpone some payroll deposits, which created a temporary bottleneck," said UNI, in its online post.

"We are currently in catch-up mode for these deposits, and all resources are working hard to restore the situation as soon as possible.

"For those who were expecting their pay today, we are currently processing all of these deposits, which will be deposited into your accounts later today."

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‘The frustration of nothing working’: Customers have no access to accounts with credit union

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UNI Financial Corporation continues to be plagued by problems with its online banking platform.

Some GNB employees affected

It's unclear how many people have been hit by issues with UNI Financial Cooperation's services, but the Government of New Brunswick says some of its employees were affected.

David Kelly, spokesperson for the Finance and Treasury Board, in an email said "bank files have transferred" to UNI without error.

"We have, however, received phone calls this morning from a small number of Government of New Brunswick employees experiencing issues and have encouraged them to reach out directly to UNI to resolve."

LeBreton Fisheries and Sons Ltd., a seafood company in Grand-Anse, released an advisory to its employees on Facebook Thursday morning regarding their pay.

"If you are with the UNI financial institution, you probably did not receive your pay this morning like most of their members," said the company, in its online post.

"To our understanding, this is not unique to our company, it is a general problem at UNI. We are in contact with UNI service and will update you as soon as possible."

CBC News contacted LeBreton Fisheries by phone Thursday and an employee declined an interview request.

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Aidan Cox

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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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Frustration continues as N.B. credit union works to fix online banking disruptions

Customers showed up at Fredericton branch hoping to sort out problems

Aidan Cox· CBC News · Posted: Jul 12, 2023 5:28 PM ADT

Some customers with UNI Financial Cooperation say they were unable to access their online accounts following a transition in the credit union's online banking platform. (Pat Richard/CBC)

Problems continued Wednesday for some customers of a New Brunswick credit union that faced major hiccups after making changes to its online banking platform.

A steady stream of people walked into and out of the UNI Financial Cooperation in Fredericton at around noon, with some there in the hopes of solving issues ranging form not being able to access their accounts online, to their bank card not working at point of sale machines.

They're issues being felt by UNI clients across the province for the third day in a row.

"The frustration of nothing working," is what brought Jessica Courty to the branch on Regent Street.

"It's been four days that I have zero access to my banking account, can't do any transfers or receive them, or know how much I have in my bank account right now."

A woman stands in front of a commercial sign. Jessica Courty said she had no access to her online account for four days. (Pat Richard/CBC)

Courty said she considered herself lucky she's off work in the summer and had the time to go to the bank in person while it was open.

"I can only imagine people that have kids or jobs and you cannot really come during the hours that they are open. It would have been like another level of frustration."

UNI, also known as Caisse populaire, is a credit union headquartered in Caraquet serving about 180,000 customers.

WATCH | Customers left in the lurch as credit union remains offline

‘The frustration of nothing working’: Customers have no access to accounts with credit union

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UNI Financial Corporation continues to be plagued by problems with its online banking platform.

After years of relying on Desjardins Group for its online banking platform, the company decided to launch its own, CEO Robert Moreau, said in an interview.

A man wearing a suit speaks inside an office. UNI Financial Cooperation CEO Robert Moreau says the company is dealing with issues as they're brought to their attention, and has extended business hours at its branches to better help customers. (Zoom/CBC)

"It could be very technical on the card itself," Moreau said. "It can be that [with] the personal identification number, they don't have it, they lost it or it's not working properly," Moreau said.

Moreau said not all customers are experiencing those issues, adding that "most transactions" are happening properly across its system.

UNI clients locked out of electronic banking services

Moreau didn't offer a timeline for addressing issues for affected customers, noting that UNI is learning about some problems only as clients come forward with them.

"Some of it, you deal [with it] as it comes," he said. "Then you get into efficiency, so if we see ... too many of a certain complaint then we we get to address that."

He said for those experiencing problems, the company responded by opening its branches last weekend, and extending the opening hours for its branches throughout this week as well.

"Come and see us and and we will help you out. There's no, there's no question about it," Moreau said.

"We'll make sure that your deposits are done. We'll make sure that your withdrawals are done. We'll make sure that your payments are done."

Renee Bourgoin decided to do just that on Wednesday.

A woman with long hair stands in front of a brick wall. Renee Bourgoin showed up at the UNI branch in Fredericton after UNI failed to send her the access code she needed to get into her online account. (Pat Richard/CBC)

She said she was supposed to receive information in the mail to give her access to her online account under the new platform.

That mail came, but without the access codes she needed.

"I didn't have access to my finances and my banking information," Bourgoin said.

"I came in last week, they were able to help me out in the interim, which was really helpful, but it's still a little alarming to not be able to access the information in your accounts."

Bourgoin said she got what she needed from her visit to the branch on Wednesday, and the issue should be sorted out.

"The staff have been incredible, incredibly helpful."

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Aidan Cox

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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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Credit union hits hard times

CBC News · Posted: Jun 09, 2004 10:03 AM ADT

One of New Brunswick's biggest credit unions is in trouble because of bad loans.

Directors of the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan have asked for help from the province's credit union stabilization board.

That comes as the Caisse tries to deal with a portfolio of commercial loans that aren't being repaid.

Bank officials say the situation doesn't mean members will lose their money.

The Shippagan Credit Union controls about $300 million in assets. It has about 36,000 members, and more than 100 employees in northern New Brunswick.

Shippagan Credit Union is not part of the Federation des caisses populaires acadiennes and ceased being a member more than 23 years ago.

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$31.5M grant for Shippagan caisse goes too far: Volpé

CBC News · Posted: Mar 28, 2007 7:08 AM ADT

New Brunswick's Opposition leader is warning that the province's credit rating could be damaged by a possible $60-million bailout of the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan.

The Liberal government is granting $31.5 million to help the francophone credit union's debt, caused by a series of bad loans over four years. The province is investing $10 million more in repayable shares, and another $19 million to stabilize deposit insurance for New Brunswick credit unions and caisses.

The $60 million, equal to the caisse's individual debt was earmarked in the government's first budget,earlier this month, as money for the province's anglophone and francophone credit union systems, as a maximum amount to stabilize the Shippagan caisse. The budget also included a personal income tax hike that will result in a further $50 million for the government.

In the Legislature Tuesday, Opposition leader and former finance minister Jeannot Volpé condemned the deal, drawing a link between the $60 million set aside for credit unions and the $50 million to be generated by personal income tax.

The province insists it had no other option, because the former Tory government did nothing to resolve the situation, and taxpayers were on the hook for $85 million if the credit union failed.

Volpé says his government tried to help the caisse through loans, not grants. He says the grant opens a door that hasn't been opened before, and the federal government's credit rating agency will be paying close attention.

"The credit rating agency will even look at it because we've opened the door, we've given a huge grant to someone doing business in New Brunswick," he said. "What's next? The banks? What's next, the pension funds maybe that are unfunded? They've opened that door that was not opened before."

However, Justice and Consumer Affairs Minister T.J. Burke says the former government has to take the blame for the problem of the caisse, which has been "bubbling over," he said, since 2004.

But the Tories say they were pursuing a solution that was much cheaper to taxpayers. Tory MLA for Riverview and former minister of justice and consumer affairs Bruce Fitch says the former government's plan involved a $30-million repayable loan.

Fitch says the Conservatives tried to fix the problems with the struggling Caisse, and he says the price tag on their solution would have cost less than $2 million. However, the Conservatives never struck that deal.

"They did nothing," Burke said. "They didn't have an annual general meeting, which was required by law. They ended up getting exemptions under the act, so that it didn't have to take place, so the members of the credit union couldn't see the audited financial statements at year's end. They didn't appoint a superintendent of credit unions until August of last year."

That superintendent, Robert Penney, says he plans to toughen up the Credit Unions Act.

"The teeth would be in the regulatory process, in terms of improving the appeal and oversight process, to make the impact of negative inspections immediate," he said Tuesday.

With the Opposition leader drawing a link between the credit union bailout and the Graham government's raising an extra $50 million from personal income tax hikes, the stage seems set for a continuing political war over who is to blame for the $60-million bill.

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$31.5M caisse bailout cheaper than failure, Burke says

CBC News · Posted: Mar 27, 2007 11:07 AM ADT

Consumer Affairs Minister T.J. Burke is defending his government's $31.5 million bailout of a struggling credit union, saying it would be more expensive for New Brunswick if the financial institution folded.

"Had we not intervened, the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan may have had to face the possibility of liquidation, which could potentially have cost the taxpayers of New Brunswick in excess of $85 million," he said Monday.

The Liberal government's first budget, which came down this month, earmarked a possible $60 million to help stabilize New Brunswick's Credit Union system, and a maximum amount to stabilize the troubled Shippagan institution, which has lost $60 million over the past four years.

New Brunswick's superintendent of credit unions, Robert Penney, broke down the details of the funding Monday.

He said the governmentwill grant $31.5 million to the New Brunswick Credit Union DepositInsurance Corp., which will give the money to the stabilization board ofthe Fédération des caisse populaires acadiennes. The stabilization board will in turn grant it to the caisse.

Penneyalso said the province will grant another $18.5 million to the deposit insurance corporation, as a kind of life insurance for the credit union system.

Burke said the bailout was needed because legislation enacted under the previous Conservative government holds the province responsible for 100 per cent of all deposits if a credit union goes under.

The Liberals plan to introduce new legislation to change that, he said.

The Caisse Populaire in Shippagan will receive the government money June 1, when it will move from the anglophone Credit Union Central of New Brunswick federation back to the francophone federation, which it left after a dispute in the early 1980s.

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Up to $60M to go to Shippagan's credit union

CBC News · Posted: Mar 16, 2007 12:02 PM ADT

The New Brunswick government has set aside up to $60 million to save Shippagan's financially strapped credit union but a taxpayer advocacy group suggests the Liberals should be spending the money "in priority areas."

The Caisses Populaire de Shippagan, which has been in financial trouble for the past three years, was placed under the control of the Central Credit Union of New Brunswick's risk management board in 2004 after a series of commercial loans were not repaid.

"I'd want to know why taxes are going up to pay for bailouts, as opposed to having governments spend money in priority areas," Williamson said Thursday.

Opposition critic Bruce Fitch said he wants details now on how the province plans to save the credit union. "Sixty million dollars is a substantial amount of money and I'd like to know exactly what it is going to be used for," he said.

The province will release exact dollar amounts at a meeting with the Caisse de Shippagan on March 26.

Camille Theriault of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes said that ignoring the struggling credit union was not really an option for government.

"What would happen is that the government would have to liquidate the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan and my impression is that that would be a lot more expensive than looking at the funds that would be involved in the rehabilitation of the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan," Theriault said.

The Shippagan caisse split with its Acadian counterparts in 1982 over a difference of opinion. It joined forces with the anglophone Central Credit Union of New Brunswick.

The Caisse de Shippagan is set to rejoin the federation in June.

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Burke calls for RCMP investigation into Shippagan caisse

CBC News · Posted: Apr 04, 2007 4:43 PM ADT

The New Brunswick government has asked the RCMP to launch a criminal investigation into the troubled Caisse Populaire de Shippagan.

Attorney General T.J. Burke said Wednesday there may have been "improprieties" at the caisse.

Last month the province announced a $60-million grant to sort out the credit union industry in the province, and more than half of that was togo to bail out the Shippagan caisse.

Ever since that announcement, the Opposition Conservatives have been hammering the government, saying the money should have been a loan, not a grant.

In return, the Liberals said the Tories knew problems were building up when they were in power; the caisse first started to see financial trouble in 2004, as the result of a series of bad loans.

Today, Burke took the controversy a step further, announcing he'd called in the RCMP to help answer questions about how the previous management ran the caisse, and got it so deep into debt.

"There is a possibility that there has been some impropriety with respect to large transactions coming into a financial institution and coming out so quickly."

He said the Tories may not like what the investigation turns up.

"As we peel the layers of this onion, the smell of it is just getting stronger and stronger."

Last month, Burke suggested a relative of Tory MLA Paul Robichaud was on the board of the caisse, and that Tory attacks on the bailout were meant to "protect" that relative.

Wednesday, Robichaud said,"I welcome the investigation. We're not against the investigation."

But his leader, Jeannot Volpé, said the government is calling in the police to distract the public from the controversy over the grant.

Meanwhile, Burke has also asked the auditor general to look into the caisse's troubled history.

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Volpé, accused of threatening civil servant, apologizes

CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2007 12:21 PM ADT

Jeannot Volpé apologized Friday, after New Brunswick's superintendent of credit unions accused the Tory Opposition leader of threatening him while discussing the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan earlier in the week.

"Because of the importance I place on personal integrity, I wish to apologize this morning if anything I said during that meeting offended anyone in the provincial civil service or made an official feel pressured," Volpé said in Friday's legislature.

"That was not my intention, and that's not the way I conduct myself as an MLA or as leader of the opposition."