National hero Kevin Vickers an 'unknown political quantity' in home province

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National hero Kevin Vickers an 'unknown political quantity' in home province

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David R. Amos

Too Too Funny Indeed

David Allan @Emilien Forest "What are you going to do? Vote for David Amos?"

Clarence Slydell @David Allan "He'd get my vote if he ran in my riding."

Marguerite Deschamps

When you share Your Content with us: ...CBC: Use English or French for all of your exchanges and comment.

Donc, je suis permis ici de commenter en français sans que mes commentaires soient désactivés. Tout ce que les libéraux doivent faire, c'est choisir un chef bilingue et au revoir Higgs et un bon débarras!

Harold Benson

@Marguerite Deschamps Merky buckets.

Lou Bell

@Marguerite Deschamps Yer talkin' to yerself Maggie, talkin' to yerself !

Marguerite Deschamps

@Lou Bell, of course, I talk t myself. Sometimes I need expert advice!

National hero Kevin Vickers an 'unknown political quantity' in home province

Pundits say Kevin Vickers is largely considered an outsider as he ponders a run for Liberal leadership

The Canadian Press· Posted: Jan 04, 2019 11:34 AM AT

Sgt.-at-Arms Kevin Vickers carries the mace during the Speaker's Parade on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 23, 2014. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Kevin Vickers has been described as a national hero for his role in stopping a gunman's attack on Parliament Hill in 2014, but New Brunswick pundits say he's largely seen as an outsider as he considers a political bid in his home province.

Vickers, who has served as Canada's ambassador to Ireland for the past four years, announced this week he may be interested in seeking the leadership of New Brunswick's Liberal party.

The out-of-the-blue statement came days after former premier Brian Gallant confirmed he would be stepping down as Liberal leader sooner than expected.

"It was a surprise," said J.P. Lewis, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, adding there were no previous indications Vickers had partisan leanings.

Historic figure

Though Vickers could be considered "almost a historic figure," he doesn't have much of a presence in the province, Lewis said in an interview.

"For most people, he's a public figure from one moment in time. That's it."

On Oct. 22, 2014, Vickers was serving as sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons when he fired the shots that killed a man armed with a .30-30 rifle. Michael Zihaf Bibeau had barged into Centre Block on Parliament Hill after killing honour guard reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial.

Vickers was appointed ambassador to Ireland by then-prime minister Stephen Harper in January 2015.

On Monday, Vickers told The Canadian Press he's a "long ways from making a decision" about contesting the Liberal leadership, noting that he's been in public service for nearly 43 years.

New Brunswick roots

Vickers, who spent 29 years with the RCMP, is credited with helping to stop an attacker on Parliament Hill in 2014. (CBC)

Born and raised in Newcastle, N.B., which is now part of the city of Miramichi, Vickers worked as an RCMP officer for 29 years before joining security staff at the House of Commons in 2005.

"It's a long haul," he said in an interview Monday from Trout Brook, N.B.

Vickers has deep roots in New Brunswick. His father, Bill, helped establish the Northumberland co-op dairy in the province decades ago.

However, Vickers has spent many years working outside New Brunswick.

"He has largely been away for so long he is an outsider," Mario Levesque, a politics professor at Mount Allison University in Sackville, said in an email.

"At best, he has drawn some media attention to the Liberal party. … They now have a 'star' candidate media-wise, but thin on the politics side."

Still, Levesque said Vickers's outsider status may not diminish his political capital.

"It is acceptable to move away and come back if you are a Maritimer," Levesque said. "After all, people are our No. 1 export."

Absence from province may help

Other political observers say Vickers's absence from New Brunswick's political scene could be his greatest strength.

"On the plus side, he is an unknown political quantity and perhaps the Liberal Party wants a shakeup with some new people and fresh ideas," Jamie Gillies, a political science professor at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, said in an email.

Roger Ouellette, a public studies professor at the University of Moncton, suggested the Liberals would be wise to seek a leader from outside the political establishment and, preferably, a bilingual anglophone.

"He will fit the bill," Ouellette said, noting the party is keenly aware that it has lost much of its support in largely

English-speaking areas of the province.

Vickers says he's considering running for the New Brunswick Liberal leadership. (Adrian Wyle/Canadian Press)

"Maybe it's a good thing to have a fresh face, and a fresh way to look at the issues."

Lewis agreed, saying Vickers's experience stands in contrast to that of Gallant, who was widely considered a career politician by the time many voters turned their backs on the province's entrenched two-party system in last September's provincial election.

Political outsider

Last week, Gallant said the party needed to move on after winning just 21 seats — one fewer than the Tories. The Liberals relinquished their hold on power in November after losing a confidence vote in the legislature.

Like Vickers, Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs is considered a political outsider, having worked at Irving Oil for 33 years before turning to politics four months after he retired in 2010.

"Maybe someone like Vickers, an outsider, is a good match to Higgs," Lewis said. "That's what the Liberals need to challenge Higgs in the next election."

No candidates have entered the Liberal leadership race, though several names are circulating. Vickers has already met with at least two members of the Liberal caucus — former seniors minister Lisa Harris and former health minister Benoît Bourque.

Potential election

Bourque said Vickers would bring a "wealth of experience" to the party. He said Vickers was not actively recruited as a candidate.

"I wouldn't say anybody went after anybody. It kind of just organically happened."

Higgs's minority government is relying on support from a third party — the right-leaning People's Alliance, led by Kris Austin. But that arrangement is set to expire in less than 18 months.

That means an election could be less than two years away.

"We are very mindful that we are in a peculiar minority government situation," Bourque said. "Our leadership situation

tends to be a bit more pressing. … The ball is in Mr. Vickers's court."

According to federal rules, Vickers must get permission from the Public Service Commission if he plans to be a candidate in an election. However, the commission says seeking the leadership of a party is considered a "non-candidacy political activity," which does not require permission.

However, the commission says all diplomats must carry out their public duties in a politically impartial manner and "should not carry out political activities if they would cast doubt on the integrity or impartiality of their office."

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Art King

Wikipedia states : Witnesses and reports show RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett, leading the tactical formation, fired the shot that killed Zehaf-Bibeau after Bibeau fired in his direction.[1][44][47][48][49] CBC television cameras on the scene recorded over 30 shots fired in the final gunfight.[37] Footage showed a group of RCMP officers converging near the alcove; two loud gunshots are heard, then a large number of gunshots in rapid succession, then silence.[37]

Vickers was recorded by CBC video footage walking away from the shooting site, going to the Conservative caucus room.[37] Vickers explained to the Conservative caucus what had happened and reportedly said either "I put him down"[40] or "I have engaged the suspect. He is deceased."

The above quoted text sounds similar to another liberal mbr of parliament who orchestrated a tactical operation in Afghanistan.

Shawn McShane

@Art King Thttps://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-gunman-michael-zehaf-bibeau-was-shot-31-times-police-report-to-reveal-1.3096073 Eight bullets remained in his body. Ballistics reveal four came from Vickers's gun. Three others are not identifiable, and one entered and exited the body, then re-entered again. Three others "grazed" Zehaf-Bibeau and are referred to as "tangential." 15 are described as "perforating" the body, meaning they entered and exited his body. The report concludes two shots would have been fatal without immediate medical intervention, including the last shot fired by Barrett into the back of Zehaf-Bibeau's head.

Louis Gaudreau

@Art King

Hear, hear Art. Well researched and stated!

herbie derbie

@Shawn McShane No this cant be true geez Jim Moore and lou bell didn't write this article...

Marguerite Deschamps

@Art King, since I was not there, I can't comment about him being or not being a hero. Hero or not, a political leader a hero does not make.

Emilien Forest

As a New Brunswicker I am tired of puppets trying to run this province. I realise that Liberals along with the Conservatives have dominated the seats in the Legislature but how stupid do they think we are? It isn't just individual MLA's who piss us off but party policies and their patronage appointees.

Neil Gregory

@Emilien Forest

"How stupid do they think we are?"

Given the fact that EVERY government in New Brunswick since Confederation has been either Liberal or Conservative, the answer to your question is prett damn obvious, isn't it?

Richard O'Mara

@Neil Gregory We are too polite to answer that question.....

David Allan

@Emilien Forest

What are you going to do? Vote for David Amos?

Clarence Slydell

@David Allan

He'd get my vote if he ran in my riding.

Marc LeBlanc

He'll only become leader if the puppeteers say so

Ernie Zimmerman

Too bad he's liberal.

Al Bekirkey

@Ernie Zimmerman its great if libs are actually swinging that way dont you think high tide raises all boats

John Brown

A gun-toting Liberal who ain't afraid to draw down...now that's the kinda candidate who might start something new if given half a chance.

Jim Moore

He'd be perfect for the Liberal party, He takes credit for things other people did.

herbie derbie

@Jim Moore Good ole jim always trying to spin negativity but this time its not gonna work.. You better jump on the train now or you will be left behind... in 5 months from now he will be the leader of the liberal party and within 12 months he will be premier with a huge majority.... Just ask Gauvin he is trying to buy a ticket now.. Don't miss the train jim as we need a few negative people like you around to make us feel better..

Jim Reid

@herbie derbie bad data

Jim Moore

@herbie derbie He won't be a premier, You do realize how bad the liberals are doing, they have lost every election since the federal one

herbie derbie

@Jim Moore Jim you are right they did lose the last election but time changes everything.. Vickers will be premier in a short time and Trudeau will win again as Scheer is not popular in Quebec or Ontario the new polls yesterday prove that but time does change things and they will I know they will...

Louis Gaudreau

@Jim Moore

Not sure about the being perfect for the Liberal party, as it seems to be a job requirement for politicians to take credit for other's work...but...he did take credit for what others did.

David Allan

@Jim Moore

When did he take credit?
Direct quote, please.

The CBC misreported that RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett, leading the tactical formation, fired the shot that killed Zehaf-Bibeau.

David Allan

@Jim Moore
"You do realize how bad the liberals are doing, they have lost every election since the federal one"

No they didn't.
They actually won in NB.
Facts matter.
It was well explained in all the news.

David Allan

@David Allan
"The CBC misreported that RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett, leading the tactical formation, fired the shot that killed Zehaf-Bibeau."

I wrote that wrong.

Barrett fired the shot.

When did Vickers take credit for it?

Jim Moore

@David Allan The liberals didn't win in NB what are you talking about, they lost to the PC who are now the Government.

Ian Malcomson

How far does one go in making a future out of an incident?

RUSSELL CLARK

Typical Liberal actions - look to see who could be popular and be damned if they actually are qualified or have the skills for the job. That is how we got Justin.

Tony Belmore

@RUSSELL CLARK LMAO, conservatives are pro at that.
Take the partisan blinders off.

kelly sherrard

This must be a joke! I find this hilarious.

Claude DeRoche

@kelly sherrard
Could be worst, could be an Irving muppet!

herbie derbie

@kelly sherrard The only joke really is your comments all the time in the paper etc.. you should ask higgs for a job

Richard McDonell

I'd like to know more about the man's broader personality. Yes, he, at some risk to himself, shot the guy who was shooting up Parliament, but he - and anyone correct me if I'm wrong - emptied the pistol into the guy even after he was down. Cst. Forcillo come to mind?
Then he's our ambassador in Ireland. He's at a formal ceremony, and some jerk is noisily protesting. Vickers jumps up, grabs the guy and drags him away. You're an ambassador in another country - you're not a cop. You leave the physical stuff to the local police or security. Their country; their law.

David Allan

Vickers did not fire the shot that killed the attacker.

Witnesses and reports show RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett, leading the tactical formation, fired the shot that killed Zehaf-Bibeau after Bibeau fired in his direction.[1][44][47][48][49]

Lou Bell

Liberals / SANB looking for an Anglophone inexperienced leader to be a puppet for their SANB Caucus, plain and simple. As usual with bilingualism, it's all about votes , and this smoke and mirrors idea is solely for getting votes from Anglophones in NB, nothing else , especially in the Miramichi area.

herbie derbie

@Lou Bell Now now lou mite be smoke and mirrors but I will guarantee you one thing mr Vickers will be the next premier and their isn't one thing you can say or do about it... oh and with a huge majority you better live your little tory dream now...

Lou Bell

@herbie derbie Dream on Herbie. That " lovebug dream " you have won't be coming into fruition anytime soon ! Too many people are smart enough to NOT elect someone WITH NO POLITICAL experience , especially after the last failure we just got rid off . NB'ers are now aware more than ever of the mess we can get into by having a puppet at the helm . And the last one went down kicking. Never again .

herbie derbie

@Lou Bell hahahahahah your right Higgs was not a politician before either until He was the finance minister for 4 years under mr alward.. The caucus hated him then and so did the population what has changed the caucus still dislikes the man and the population well 70 percent didn't vote for him.. so your point is?

Jim Moore

@herbie derbie You are the one Dreaming, the Liberals wont see another majority in most of Canada or new Brunswick for about a decade, why do you think they are going for vickers, because they are desperate and in trouble, Why would you want someone who attacked a member of the public at a memorial ceremony or misled everyone claiming he was the one who killed Beibeau when it was another officer and its on the record

Jim Moore

@herbie derbie and 65% didn't vote for Gallant

herbie derbie

@Jim Moore ahahahah you make me laugh jim... the record shows they both fired shots which one hit the suspect is unknown but Harper says it was Vickers so that the fact jim.. Or don't believe it I don't really care as you are way out to lunch on your decade... But keep living your tory dreams for now short lived as they will be

herbie derbie

@Jim Moore Your correct Jim but imagine he still did better then your Hero.. that should tell you something ..

David Allan

@Lou Bell

Odd.
Harper propped Vickers up as a CPC poster boy. Gave him a plum job.

Suddenly, he's inexperienced and unworthy for a lower position?

David Allan

@herbie derbie
"which one hit the suspect is unknown "

Untrue.
Witnesses and reports show RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett, leading the tactical formation, fired the shot that killed Zehaf-Bibeau after Bibeau fired in his direction.[1][44][47][48][49]

Study up.

Tony Belmore

@Jim Moore He never claimed nothing, the Harper government propped him up by stating he did.
Your blind partisanship is showing. Scheer likes you blind.

herbie derbie

@David Allan Your wrong david I think you better read the articles pal.. but you will only believe what you want to I guess...

Ernie Zimmerman

Why would he run for a party that is failing? His hero trudeau is done in 2019.

Lou Bell

Liberals SANB Caucus looking for another puppet, the last one didn't work out. They got the max outta their base and to get more votes they need a " smoke and mirrors " campaign. Vickers is wanted for one reason and one reason only . the Miramichi vote, nothing else . Desperate measures in desperate times . Maybe Maggie D. should run , she seems to think she knows a lot.

herbie derbie

@Lou Bell haha. So your saying the Miramichi is smart lou thanks. The next premier will be from there I think your right

Joc McTavish

Look at the upswing. He doesn't need his own security detail.

Dan Cooper

I enjoy the comments on articles such as these.

Read the comments from Conservatives to see who Conservatives really are as people.

The comments speak far more about them then they do about Kevin Vickers...

Jeff LeBlanc

I'll tell you a little something something about Mr. Vickers. My brother in law is a Military Police officer and word on their street is that he did not shoot the Parliment Hill attacker. Something to digest before you go jump on the hero bandwagon. I'm not saying he didn't, I am merely saying a lot of people in the know say he didn't. Believe what you want. Regardless, he's not qualified to be a provincial premier.

Claude DeRoche

@Jeff LeBlanc
Agree he never worked for the Irvings
right there he's disqualified!

Jeff LeBlanc

@Claude DeRoche lol

Harold Benson

@Jeff LeBlanc And Elon Musk wasn't qualified to build electric cars either. Forget about the old boys club.

Matt Steele

@Jeff LeBlanc ...It has been reported by other media outlets that RCMP Cpl. Curtis Barrett was actually the Officer that played the bigger roll in taking the gunman out.....a quick google search of the RCMP Officer's name should shed some light on the situation .

herbie derbie

@Matt Steele google something else Matt this is a non starter.

steve wilson

@Jeff LeBlanc ... typical, here we go with the Conservative smear campaign...

"... my wifes, brothers, friend knows a guy who said .... " really? No wonder you guys go the boot. Good riddance!

Anything but the truth from the Angry Party of CONada!

Claude DeRoche

Can't wait to see the Irving COR Party Boy campaign that he will return to Ottawa our equalization transfers if we don't accept fracking! That's called blackmail!

philippe m martin

concerning , the question of the week, how come anglophones do not speak english more. Canadian charter of rights protects us against these kind of questions especially from a mayor. we are protected, either french or english.

Tony Belmore

@philippe m martin
huh?

Matt Steele

Hmmm....a man with zero business or economic development experience ; and who has not actually lived in the Province for years . I wonder if Vickers believes as Trudeau does " that budgets will balance themselves " . The Liberals and their puppet masters , the SANB , must be getting desperate to get their place back at the taxpayer funded trough .

mike charko

A man with dignity and strength acts like a Conservative but falls under the liberals, such a waste

Marguerite Deschamps

@mike charko, Cons have dignity just like Ford and Trump.

Lou Bell

@Marguerite Deschamps And NB Libs have none at all.

Stanley Beemish

@mike charko What exactly does "act like a conservative" mean?

Marguerite Deschamps

@Stanley Beemish, act like a two-face!

Harold Benson

Maybe we'll be allowed to pack.... legally if he gets in.

Claude DeRoche

@Harold Benson
"During a visit from Queen Elizabeth in 1984, the RCMP found a tiny bag of the marijuana while searching Premier Richard Hatfield's luggage before he joined her on a flight. "

"Not only did [the second judge] dismiss [the case], this judge said he believed that the drugs were planted by a journalist. That was the suggestion, right?"

Tricky Dicky was never convicted. LOL!

Harold Benson

@Claude DeRoche Do you know what " is he packin " means?

Marguerite Deschamps

@Harold Benson, "packing" has many meanings depending in which context. Examples: Drunk=packed, Pistol packed. Synonyms of "packing": filling, wadding, stuffing.

Claude DeRoche

@Harold Benson
No :-)

Harold Benson

@Marguerite Deschamps Handgun.

Al Bekirkey

@Claude DeRoche and the rcmp were banished from provincial law enforcement they lost a lot of revenue they charge a minimum quarter million dollars a village and lord knows what they charge in bigger towns and the lsd mind you the insurance for these workers would be ridiculous if you had to pay them yourself

Doug Leblanc

A hand picked puppet for Dominic and Justin. Guess no one else in the past liberal government was felt remotely qualified to simply follow directions and deny any memory of anything if put on the spot. Bourque was a leading contender until he drank the proverbial liberal water.

Richard O'Mara

He may be... but, but … he should restrain himself if someone heckles him at a political rally

Tony Belmore

@Richard O'Mara
he knows how to give the Shawinigan handshake.
lol

Joseph Vacher

noone talking about his trip to ireland where he made a joke of himself ?

Jim Moore

@Joseph Vacher Yup assaulting a member of the public is always a great start

herbie derbie

@Jim Moore Haha so you don’t agree with this jim. Just let everyone do what they want yup be a perfect world in your eyes.

Mario Doucet

The puppeteers being the SANB, they have infiltrated the greens now.

Norman Albert Snr

Vickers only claim to fame is he killed a man. I guess given the quality of party leaders we have had here that puts him well out there.

Marguerite Deschamps

Harold Benson

@Marguerite Deschamps Merky buckets.

Lou Bell

@Marguerite Deschamps Yer talkin' to yerself Maggie, talkin' to yerself !

Marguerite Deschamps

@Lou Bell, of course, I talk t myself. Sometimes I need expert advice!

Harold Benson

Wyatt Vickers would make an excellent leader...IF he wasn't under the Liberal banner. Maybe under the OK party of NB.

Claude DeRoche

The article is wrong Higgs never left his job at Irving!

Al Bekirkey

@Claude DeRoche yes he did at the same time the young irving was banished to maine for raising the ire of rev can if anything blaine can creatively help nb out of this tsunami of debt

Roy Stephenson

He was a hero. Now Cons won't like him at all.

Steven Scott

conservatives can't complain about him playing partisan politics, he did save that guy's life up on Parliament Hill afterall ......

Claude DeRoche

The Miramichi just turned bright red!

The Irving Boy just bought a one way ticket to Bermuda!

philippe m martin
he served well, listen a lot in parliament, represented canada in Irland.. maybe ...of course would be a great new brunswick inspiration, not like Nancy Pelosi house leader in Congress. But the real question is.[ NEW BRUNSWIBK FINANCES] we are to impark into negative credit ratings , higher monthly interest payout. ex : another 100 million in interest in 2019 added, while maintaining existing programs across new brunswick. Premier Higgs can do this.Mr. vickers has no experience ,only to rely on previous predecessors. good luck. ps. Maritime union would be a great Merger. but no cash. if ottawa takes the debts it would be a great Green project.

Terry McClinchey

We wish to thank this man for his dedicated service and now he along with Blair and OH so many more should take their government pensions and go enjoy their retirement. There are younger men and women standing inline that have the smarts and the ambition to go to work for our provinces and Canada. These never eve ending public sector jobs bleeding us dry is just wrong IMHO. They did their time move on let some younger thinking minds take up the flag! Canada Needs Them

steve wilson

Kevins a stand up guy with some serious street creds. I wish him well.

JJ Carrier

Better to go with JC, Brian or Guy than this drop in lol

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/advanced-care-paramedics-new-brunswick-1.4965090

Advanced care paramedic program growing in New Brunswick

Pilot program has expanded, staff nearly doubled

CBC News· Posted: Jan 03, 2019 6:00 PM AT

New Brunswick's advanced care paramedic program has expanded and nearly doubled its staff since the pilot program launched in early 2017. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

Patrick Pickard returned to New Brunswick, his home province, in 2013 after training and working as an advanced care paramedic on Prince Edward Island.

But Pickard's additional expertise in providing frontline care before patients reach the hospital was of no use in New Brunswick. In fact, it was against the law.

Advanced care paramedics in New Brunswick weren't able to use their training in the field because the province was the last remaining jurisdiction in North America that didn't employ the specialists.

"Sad, I guess, would be the proper word," Pickard said. "It was disappointing to know you could do more, but you weren't allowed to."

More paramedics to take on advanced duties in province's health care system

New Brunswick allows some advanced care paramedics

But that changed almost two years ago, when the province rolled out a new pilot program. Ambulance New Brunswick announced in April 2017 it had hired six full-time and 10 casual advanced care paramedics in Bathurst, Moncton and Saint John.

The advanced care paramedics possess a larger scope of abilities and provide additional support to ambulances responding to calls requiring more intensive care, according to the province.

Patrick Pickard is an advanced care paramedic working in Fredericton. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

The pilot program expanded a year later to include Fredericton, where Pickard now works as an advanced care paramedic.

"Now I can give a lot more medications," Pickard told CBC News. "I can do a lot more procedures. I can help the patients quite a bit more than I was before."

Immediate difference

Mere days into his enhanced role, the difference became clear to him.

"We had a car accident, a major car accident, and I was able to give a medication where it helps the clotting factor, so it would help them not bleed out. That's where I started really feeling good."

According to Medavie Health Services, the company that runs Ambulance New Brunswick, the larger scope of practice includes 19 additional medications, electrical therapy, advanced airway management, sedation, seizure control and various pain management options.

Pickard shows his supply bag with the many additional medications and equipment he can use as an advanced care paramedic. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

Medavie said that in the first 315 days of the pilot project — before it expanded to the capital city — about 1,515 of the 4,333 patients assessed required interventions or medications from an advanced care paramedic.

The company said the pilot was expanded and made permanent as a result of its success.
Now, 28 advanced care paramedics are employed in New Brunswick. They are paid an average of $3 more an hour.

Serving urban areas

Pickard drives alone, in a separate vehicle from the paramedics. Dispatch sends him to scenes where he could be of most use. Usually, the advance care paramedics operate within a 20-minute radius, but they can be called to assist in rural areas.

"Typically, the urban areas are more busier, so you will get more calls and you will get more people that you can benefit," he said.

"But on the other side of the coin, with the rural areas, someone that does need that help benefits from it more because they're further away [from a hospital]. Which is why they built it the way that they did, so that we can go meet up with them halfway to the hospital."

With files from Catherine Harrop

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David R. Amos

Hey Patrick Pickard Thanks and relate it to the rest of your associates for me will ya?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/grace-losier-horizon-resignation-1.4964952

Horizon chair says she was pushed out by health minister

Grace Losier says she was told she could quit or be fired

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jan 03, 2019 4:54 PM AT

Grace Losier, the mayor of Grand Bay-Westfield, said she's resigning as chair of the board of Horizon Health Network. (CBC)

The Liberal-appointed chair of the Horizon Health Network's board has resigned at the request of Progressive Conservative Health Minister Ted Flemming.

Grace Losier, the mayor of Grand Bay-Westfield and a Liberal party supporter, submitted a letter of resignation to Flemming on Thursday. She told him in the letter, obtained by CBC News, that she was resigning "as you had requested."

Losier told CBC News that someone working for Flemming had given her the choice of resigning or being fired.

"That's politics for some," Losier said. "I always like to measure investment by skill, so I guess that wouldn't necessarily be my way forward."

Well wishes

Losier said she would "suspect" the fact she was appointed by the previous Liberal government was the reason she was asked to quit.

But, she added, "I really do believe that a minister has a right to run his own department, and as such, I clearly said that to the minister, and I wish him all the best. I do. New Brunswickers need someone with both hands on the wheel."

Health Department spokesperson Bruce Macfarlane said that Flemming had not asked for the resignation of Michelyne Paulin, the board chair for the Vitalité Health Network, the province's other health authority.

In a written statement, Flemming thanked Losier for her service to Horizon and pointed out that under provincial legislation, "the board chairs of the regional health authorities are appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Minister of Health."

Losier was appointed to the board and to the position of chair in June 2016 by then-Liberal health minister Victor Boudreau. She was also the Liberal candidate in Grand Bay-Westfield in the 1999 provincial election.

She pointed out that she was appointed in 2016 to replace an appointee of the previous PC government who had been allowed to serve his full four-year term. Losier's term would have expired in 2020.

Seven members of the Horizon board are appointed and eight are elected during local government elections every four years.

Leaving a 'committed' board

Losier said she didn't think her departure would affect how the Horizon board operates.

"A board has many members besides its chair," she said. "We have many competent members whose only concern is to serve and provide better health care to New Brunswickers. They're very engaged and very committed and fine individuals."

In her letter, Losier told Flemming that challenges facing Horizon, including aging infrastructure and staff retention, "are well looked after" by CEO Karen McGrath and other executives.

She said Flemming was inheriting "an engaged, committed and knowledgeable" board that has made its best efforts to help people be healthy.

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« Robert Gauvin ressemble beaucoup à son père », selon un ancien organisateur politique

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Alban Duguay, ancien organisateur politique progressiste-conservateur, reçoit la visite de Robert Gauvin Photo: Gracieuseté Roger Lanteigne

Le candidat progressiste-conservateur élu dans Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou, Robert Gauvin, seul élu francophone au sein de son parti, se trouve dans une situation qui rappelle un peu celle de son père, Jean, au milieu des années 1990.

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À Shippagan, en remerciant ses partisans à la suite de sa victoire, Robert Gauvin a lancé un cri du cœur.Des situations difficiles s'en viennent, a-t-il affirmé. On s'en va à Fredericton. Il y a plusieurs partis qui sont là. Il y a le parti de l'Alliance qui est là. Mais faites-vous-en pas. Avec ce que vous avez fait ce soir, je vais me battre pour vous jusqu'à la mort, mesdames et messieurs.

Il y a près de 25 ans, son père, Jean Gauvin, alors député progressiste-conservateur de la circonscription qui portait le nom de Shippagan-les-Îles, faisait un discours très émotif, la larme à l'œil, à l'Assemblée législative. Il avait failli démissionner lorsque son chef, Dennis Cochrane, avait entrouvert la porte du parti aux anciens députés du parti anti-bilinguisme CoR.

Je pense que je préférerais mourir politiquement et mourir debout.

Jean Gauvin, ancien député et ministre progressiste-conservateur

M. Cochrane connaît ma position à ce sujet-là, avait expliqué Jean Gauvin. Et si M. Cochrane décide de donner une nouvelle orientation au parti, à ce moment-là, c'est sûr que je vais réévaluer ma présence à l'intérieur du parti.

Jean Gauvin en entrevue dans des archives de Radio-Canada.

Jean Gauvin, ancien député et ministre progressiste-conservateur au Nouveau-Brunswick, était le père de Robert Gauvin. Photo : Radio-Canada

Jean Gauvin était d'avis que d'accepter au sein du Parti progressiste-conservateur des personnes qui s'opposent aux droits collectifs des Acadiens représentait un affront envers les francophones. Il avait lancé un ultimatum à son chef pour le forcer à se prononcer sur l'admissibilité des députés du CoR au sein du Parti progressiste-conservateur. Jean Gauvin avait soulevé une tempête alors qu'il occupait le poste de whip chez les progressistes-conservateurs, celui-là même qui doit assurer la discipline dans les rangs du parti.

Le chef Dennis Cochrane a en quelque sorte puni son bouillant député acadien. C'est nécessaire pour le Parti progressiste-conservateur, dans l'opposition, de présenter un front très uni, avait-il déclaré. Les actions avec un ultimatum ne sont pas dans les meilleures activités pour une équipe. C'est la raison pourquoi j'ai terminé les actions de Jean comme whip.

La réponse de Gauvin a été cinglante. Si c'est le prix qu'il faut que je paie pour défendre les droits des francophones à l'intérieur d'un parti politique, eh bien écoutez, qu'il donne le whipà quelqu'un d'autre, moi ça ne me fait pas de différence.

Un journal du CoR (Confederation of Party).

Le parti Confederation of Party a été fondé en 1989 au Nouveau-Brunswick et a été dissous en 2002. Photo : Radio-Canada

Bernard Valcourt a ensuite succédé à Dennis Cochrane à la tête du Parti progressiste-conservateur et Jean Gauvin a décidé de ne pas se porter candidat aux élections de 1995.

Robert Gauvin, député de Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou, a dû, lui aussi, lancer un avertissement à son chef progressiste-conservateur, Blaine Higgs, qui n'a pas immédiatement fermé la porte à une collaboration avec les députés de l'Alliance des gens du Nouveau-Brunswick, un parti politique hostile au bilinguisme. La longévité de Blaine Higgs va dépendre de la façon dont il va traiter les Acadiens , a-t-il déclaré.

Un nationaliste

Alban Duguay, de Shippagan, a aujourd'hui 90 ans. Il a été le président de l'Association progressiste-conservatrice de Shippagan-les-Îles pendant une quinzaine d'années, soit durant la période où Jean Gauvin était député. Il a bien connu ce dernier et a vu ses enfants grandir. Il est l'une des personnes que Robert Gauvin est allé rencontrer pour demander des conseils.

Alban Duguay, en discussion avec Robert Gauvin Photo : Gracieuseté Roger Lanteigne

Jean était nationaliste et il ne s'en cachait pas non plus, rappelle-t-il. Il défendait ses principes avec conviction. Je lui avais demandé, alors qu'il était député, s'il ne voulait pas tenter de devenir chef du parti. Je lui ai dit que Hatfield allait partir un jour. Il s'est mis à rire et il a dit qu'il était bien trop nationaliste pour avoir l'appui des anglophones. J'avais eu ma réponse, j'avais compris.

Tel père, tel fils?

Après avoir pris une pause du monde politique, Alban Duguay a en quelque sorte repris du service en se présentant à des activités partisanes de Robert Gauvin. Quand il a entendu dire que Robert Gauvin avait lancé qu'il allait se battre pour les siens jusqu'à la mort, cela lui a tout de suite fait penser à son ami Jean Gauvin, aujourd'hui décédé.

Robert ressemble beaucoup à son père, dit-il. Il a un talent d'orateur, comme son père avait. J'ai entendu les premiers discours de Jean et des avocats qui étaient présents disaient qu'il serait bon pour plaider des causes. Jean était capable de soulever les foules, tout comme Robert peut le faire. Les deux ont le même côté nationaliste, les mêmes valeurs.

Tories score 'star' candidate in north

JOHN CHILIBECK Legislature Bureau April 11, 2018

The Progressive Conservative opposition finally has what leader Blaine Higgs calls a star candidate in the province’s north.

In front of more than 200 people at Club de l'âge d'or in Shippagan Wednesday, actor and comedian Robert Gauvin said he would run for the Tory nomination in the local riding.

The son of a former provincial cabinet minister, the late Jean Gauvin, and best known for his roles in movies, TV series and plays like Elysium, Smallville and Le pays de la Sagouine, he said in an interview he had been approached by the Tory leadership a year ago and finally decided he had to jump into the political fray.

“My dad was in Richard Hatfield’s cabinet as minister in fisheries, so I guess you can say I have it in my blood,” said the 49-year-old father of two. “And it’s the right time. We need better economic management in our province.”

If he wins the Tory nomination contest for the riding of Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou, he’ll take on Liberal MLA Wilfred Roussel, a former journalist, editor and businessman who won the riding by beating former deputy premier Paul Robichaud in 2014 in a squeaker, by only 44 votes.

Neither the backbencher nor the Liberal party replied for comment Wednesday.

In front of more than 200 people at Club de l'âge d'or in Shippagan Wednesday, actor and comedian Robert Gauvin said he would run for the Tory nomination in the local riding. Photo contribution

Neither the backbencher nor the Liberal party replied for comment Wednesday.

The news comes at the right time for Higgs, whose caucus only has one francophone – Madeleine Dubé – a veteran politician who announced in February she wouldn’t run in the next election in her Edmundston riding.

The Liberals, by contrast, have 15 francophone members in their caucus in a province where one in three speaks French as the first language.

Political scientist Donald Wright has called Higgs’s unilingualism and his former run at the leadership of the Confederation of Regions Party his Achilles heel and said it was essential the politician from southern New Brunswick attracted strong candidates in the north and eastern New Brunswick for the Sept. 24 provincial election.

When Jean Gauvin died in 2007, then-Liberal premier Shawn Graham paid homage to the Tory politician by noting he had been a strong advocate for the rights and advancement of francophone New Brunswickers, and of the fishing industry, particularly crab fishermen in the northeast.

Higgs said Wednesday he had already met several times with the younger Gauvin and is impressed.

“Robert and I have discussed a lot of issues related to the province and we are fully aligned.”

https://www.telegraphjournal.com/telegraph-journal/story/100723469/election-language-bilingualism-regional-divide-politics?source=story-related

A province divided: 'It opens up all kinds of wounds'

ADAM HURAS Legislature Bureau September 25, 2018

Blaine Higgs Photo: Adam Huras/Legislature Bureau

A lack of vision from all parties got us here, says the head of a francophone rights group.

“We are on the eve of 50 years of official bilingualism in this province and what I’m seeing is a return to the debates we had in the early 1990s on language,” Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick executive director Ali Chaisson said on Tuesday. “There are larger issues in New Brunswick we need to deal with, like the economy.

“When everybody is happier, when they are richer, when there’s progress and prosperity, these kind of questions are pushed to the margins. But that takes long-term vision. Protest parties are about hitting on the easiest target and in this case it’s bilingualism.”

New Brunswick woke up on Tuesday to a deep divide, the provincial election riding map drawn along geographical and cultural fault lines to an even greater degree than it was four years ago.

The Liberals took 55 per cent of the popular vote in the province’s northern ridings, but only 27 per cent in the south.

Conversely, the Tories had 46 per cent support in the south and 22 in the north.
It’s raising the question: Do any of the province’s political parties now really represent all of New Brunswick?

A lack of vision from all parties got us here, says the head of a francophone rights group.

“We are on the eve of 50 years of official bilingualism in this province and what I’m seeing is a return to the debates we had in the early 1990s on language,” Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick executive director Ali Chaisson said on Tuesday. “There are larger issues in New Brunswick we need to deal with, like the economy.

“When everybody is happier, when they are richer, when there’s progress and prosperity, these kind of questions are pushed to the margins. But that takes long-term vision. Protest parties are about hitting on the easiest target and in this case it’s bilingualism.”

New Brunswick woke up on Tuesday to a deep divide, the provincial election riding map drawn along geographical and cultural fault lines to an even greater degree than it was four years ago.

The Liberals took 55 per cent of the popular vote in the province’s northern ridings, but only 27 per cent in the south.

Conversely, the Tories had 46 per cent support in the south and 22 in the north.
It’s raising the question: Do any of the province’s political parties now really represent all of New Brunswick?

“Not at the moment,” J.P. Lewis, associate professor of politics at the University of New Brunswick, said in an interview. “Watching the scene from the PC headquarters on Monday night, it was as if they won.

“And maybe (Progressive Conservative Leader) Blaine Higgs will be premier, but their share of the (total) popular vote is down to 32 per cent. If we’re talking about a mandate, I don’t think there was a clear mandate to one party.”

Lewis said a move by Brian Gallant to make himself regional minister for Saint John didn’t resonate and Higgs’ attempt to field so-called “star candidates” didn’t yield results.

The night instead resulted in third parties breaking through as New Brunswickers searched for alternatives. That included the emergence of the People's Alliance, a party in 2010 that formed amid anger over the then-government's plan to sell NB Power to Hydro-Quebec, but its support of late has comes from a populist appeal on bilingualism and duality.

For some, it echoes the rise of the New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party, a party that overtly pledged to repeal the Official Languages Act, while proposing to provide government services in French only in areas with a large francophone population.

It held official status in the New Brunswick legislative between 1991 and 1995, before losing all its seats in the following election.

The People’s Alliance won three ridings on Monday night - Fredericton-Grand Lake, Miramichi, and Fredericton-York - in what was a major breakthrough that painted a stripe of purple across the middle of the province.

And they also finished second in seven others.

https://www.telegraphjournal.com/telegraph-journal/story/100723214/gauvin-language-rights-shippagan-conservative-election-?source=story-related

Higgs: Francophone MLA 'on side' despite Acadian warning

ALEXANDRE BOUDREAU L'Étoile September 25, 2018

New Brunswick's only francophone Tory MLA has a message for his leader: your longevity as premier will depend on how you treat Acadians.

Newly-minted Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou MLA Robert Gauvin made the comments on Tuesday morning, hours after a wild provincial election that left neither the Liberals or Progressive Conservatives with enough seats to secure a majority. That fuelled talk of political dalliances with the Green Party and People's Alliance, who won three seats each.

Gauvin said the Alliance's position on language rights - including the creation of one health authority for the whole province - made them an untenable political dance partner.

"As for the language question, I am in no way in agreement with the positions of the People’s Alliance, and I can’t make concessions," Gauvin told Brunswick News, adding that he has faith Higgs won't make a deal with the party led by Kris Austin.

Tory MLA Robert Gauvin: 'For me, it’s clear: [Higgs’] longevity as premier will depend on the way he treats the Acadians.' Photo: Alexandre Boudreau/L'Étoile

"Blaine has said many times that he wouldn’t let the Acadian people down. We haven’t seen it a lot in the media, but he wouldn’t let [them] down."

But he then delivered a warning.

"For me, it’s clear: [Higgs’] longevity as premier will depend on the way he treats the Acadians," said Gauvin. "My job is to ensure that our rights are respected. We can’t go back on what we’ve earned. I think it’s essential that Acadians are represented in each party."

On Tuesday afternoon, Higgs said Gauvin was "fully on side" with the Tories' principles.

"Robert was on the call when we met with all the winning candidates," Higgs said. "Robert is fully on side. I've assured him that our aims and principles in the party are strong and that's not going to be changing."

When asked about the uncertainty the election had created, and what would likely come next, Gauvin declined to comment, dismissing any talk as "just speculating."

Gauvin is the brother-in-law of Philippe Ricard, the director of francophone publications at Brunswick News. Ricard was not involved in the assigning or editing of this article.

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Mr. David Raymond Amos
motomaniac333@gmail.com

Dear Mr. Amos:

Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.

This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.

The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.

More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.

On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.

These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.

To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.

The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.

Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.

When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.

More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.

To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.

Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.

The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.

All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.

The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.

With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.

In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.

The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.

But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.

Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2017/03/
statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.

Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.

Sincerely,

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:01:57 -0700
> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: I just called Alan Roy again about
> my right to health care, my missing 1965 Harley, the Yankee Wiretaps
> tapes in its saddlebag and Federal Court and his assistant played dumb
> as usual
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> (Français à suivre)
>
> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>
> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>
> Thank you.
>
> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
> ‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>
> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>
> Merci.
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:42:09 -0400
> Subject: Attn Marc Richard and John McNair I just called AGAIN Say hey
> to my Brother in Law W. S. Reid CHEDORE and his brother of the law
> David Lutz QC for me will ya?
> To: MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, John.McNair@snb.ca,
> "serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, Erin.Hardy@snb.ca,
> David.Eidt@gnb.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:51:09 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Irving's ridiculous constitutional
> challenge and Federal Court File no T-1557-15 I wonder if George
> Cooper and Hélène Beaulieure even know how many times the Irvings and
> partners of their VERY snobby law firm have offended me over t...
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be out of the office until October 30, 2017. Je serai absent
> du bureau jusqu'au 30 octobre 2017.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Eidt, David (OAG/CPG)"<David.Eidt@gnb.ca>
> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:21 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
> would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
> did she take all four copies?
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be out of the office until Monday, March 13, 2017. I will have
> little to no access to email. Please dial 453-2222 for assistance.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:16:46 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
> Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be out of the office until August 15, 2016. Je serai absent du
> bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "McNair, John (SNB)"<John.McNair@snb.ca>
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:29 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
> Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be out of the office August 1 - August 12. I will reply to your
> email when I return. If you require immediate assistance, please
> contact Chantal Leger at 663-2510. Thank you.
>
> Je serai absent du bureau les 1 aout - 12 aout. Je répondrai à votre
> courriel à mon retour. Si vous nécessitez de l'assistance
> immédiatement, veuillez contacter Chantal Leger au 663-2510. Merci.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Hardy, Erin (SNB)"<Erin.Hardy@snb.ca>
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:28 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
> Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Le francais suit:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am currently out of the office. I will gladly reply to your message
> upon my return on August 15, 2016. Should you require immediate
> assitance please contact Celeste Savoie at (506) 471-5290 or by email:
> Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Bonjour,
>
> Je suis presentement hors du bureau. Il me fera plaisir de repondre a
> votre message a mon retour August 15, 2016. Si vous avez besoin d'une
> assitance immediate, veuillez communiquer avec Celeste Savoie au (506)
> 471-5290 ou par courriel a: Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.
>
> Bonne journee!
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:43:27 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My we just talked briefly Correct Ms
> Beaulieu? It appears to me that the latest President of the NB Law
> Society thinks non lawyers are not worth talking to
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be out of the office until July 21, 2014. Je serai absent du
> bureau jusqu'au 21 juillet 2014.
>
>
>
>> ---------- 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 ----------
> 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
>>>
>>
>
> 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
>
>

Kris Rondolo
Generation Screwed Executive Director
Office Location: 712-170 Laurier Ave W. Ottawa, ON K1P 5V5
Phone: Cell: 613.981.8411
E-mail: krondolo@generationscrewed.ca
Twitter @ @GenScrewedCDN
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Kris’ family immigrated from the Philippines to the Greater Toronto
Area (GTA) in 2007. A few years later, her fight against big
government and taxes all began when she opened her first paycheck.

She studied political science and health sciences at the University of
Ottawa. While studying, Kris also served as an organizer for Equal
Voice UOttawa.Before taking the reins as Generation Screwed’s
Executive Director, Kris worked on Parliament Hill for several Members
of Parliament.

In her spare time, Kris volunteers for community boards like the
Philippine Centre Canada, and the Filipino Youth Association, where
she brings her passion and dedication as a community organizer and as
an advocate for young Canadians.

Kris is also a watch enthusiast and enjoys collecting vintage
mechanical watches.

Renaud Brossard
Quebec Director
Phone:
Cell: 514-743-2883
E-mail: rbrossard@contribuables.ca
Twitter @ @renaudbrossard
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A business graduate from École des sciences de la gestion (ESG) at
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Renaud has always been drawn
to politics. First getting involved in politics at the age of
eighteen, he quickly left partisan politics, preferring to focus on
getting his ideals implemented instead of simply getting some guy
elected.

That is how he became involved in Generation Screwed, first as UQAM
coordinator, and then later as the movement’s Executive Director.
There, he worked on mobilizing young Canadians against government debt
and massive deficits, two of the greatest issues facing his generation
and Canada as a whole due to our aging population and our politicians’
lack of vision for anything past their four-year-terms.

Renaud is passionate about issues regarding economic development,
efficient government and free trade. This is why he got involved with
the CTF in the first place and remains involved to this day.

Paige MacPherson
Atlantic Director
Office Location: MAILING ADDRESS ONLY: 5201 Duke St PO Box 34077
Scotia Square Halifax, NS B3J 1N0
Phone: 902.717.7078 / TOLL FREE: 1.877.909.5757
E-mail: pmacpherson@taxpayer.com
Twitter @ @paigemacp
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Paige became Atlantic Director of the CTF in 2018, previously working
as CTF Alberta Director starting in 2015. Throughout her career she’s
had a passion for giving a voice to taxpayers and pushing for
government accountability.

Paige was raised in Pickering, Ontario and her family is from Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia. Her work has taken her from
coast-to-coast-to-coast, in Halifax, Cape Breton, Fredericton, Ottawa,
Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Whitehorse.

As a former reporter and weekend host for Sun News Network, Paige
traveled across the country to cover four provincial elections. She is
a contributing writer to the New Brunswick-based Canadians for
Affordable Energy. Paige has published research on education policy in
Canada, and for several years she has contributed opinions and news
coverage to newspapers, magazines and radio programs across Canada.

Prior to media, Paige worked in communications and media relations at
the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), a Halifax-based
think tank. While there she started AIMS on Campus, a free-market
university outreach program.

Paige has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Dalhousie
University and a Master of Public Policy from the University of
Calgary.

Paige enjoys exploring Canada and spending time with her friends,
family and her dog Coco. She and her family call Halifax home.

Kris Sims
British Columbia Director
Office Location: PO Box 20539 Howe Street RPO Vancouver BC V6Z 2N8
Phone: 800.699.2282
E-mail: ksims@taxpayer.com
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Born in the town of Hope and raised on both sides of the Strait of
Georgia, Kris has been employed (and taxed) since she was 12 years
old, working in horse stables, fast food joints and gas stations
before attending journalism school at BCIT in Burnaby.

Kris worked in radio in the Comox Valley before moving to Ottawa to
work as a legislative assistant on Parliament Hill. She then joined
Ottawa News Talk Radio 580 CFRA as a reporter and anchor, eventually
becoming a journalist for the CTV parliamentary bureau.

Kris was a founding reporter for Sun News Network and proudly covered
issues of big government, personal liberty and the rights of
small-town and rural Canadians until SNN was shut down. She then
worked as the director of communications for Veterans Affairs Minister
Erin O’Toole, and as the senior producer for Evan Solomon at CFRA
Radio. She is proud to return to her home of British Columbia to fight
for the rights of all taxpayers.

When she isn’t digging through expense reports and doing media
interviews, Kris can be found reading Ayn Rand on the banks of the
Fraser River with her husband and their two children

Todd MacKay
Prairie Director
Office Location: 265-438 Victoria Ave East, Regina, SK S4N 0N7
Phone: 800.667.7933
Cell: 306.582.7717
E-mail: prairie@taxpayer.com
Twitter @ @toddamackay
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Todd joined the Canadian Taxpayers Federation as Prairie Director in
2015 with a background spanning newspaper reporting, government
communications and pouring concrete.

Todd grew up in small town Saskatchewan and went on to earn a
journalism degree at the University of King’s College in Halifax.
After a few years as a reporter at community newspapers, he served in
several communications roles for the federal government and
participated on Canadian trade missions around the world. He moved
back to Saskatchewan to do communications and policy work for the
provincial government when his first son was born.

After writing one too many speeches about the importance of
entrepreneurship, Todd tossed his suit and tie, moved back to his
hometown and became co-owner of a concrete construction company.

Todd and his wife Tanya live in Moose Jaw with their four kids. Mostly
he tries to keep up with his kids, but sometimes he gets to read
history and literature or even go hunting with his Labrador retriever
Stanley.

Franco Terrazzano
Alberta Director
Office Location: Mailing Address: PO Box 14043 Richmond Road PO,
Calgary, AB T3E 7Y7
Phone:
Cell: 403.918.3532
E-mail: fterrazzano@taxpayer.com
Twitter @ @franco_nomics
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Franco joins the CTF after working as an economic policy analyst with
the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and as a fellow with the Canadian
Constitution Foundation. Franco has produced multiple reports and
op-eds on the costs associated with tax increases, inefficient
government and the unintended consequences of public policies.

Franco completed his Master of Public Policy and Bachelor of Arts
(Economics) degrees at the University of Calgary. Franco also played
on the University of Calgary’s baseball team, and did a quick stint in
Europe playing for the Amsterdam Bombers baseball club.

When not advocating for lower taxes, less waste and accountable
government, Franco enjoys working out, reading economics and
attempting to re-live his athletic days.

Jeff Bowes
Research Director
Office Location: Canadian Taxpayers Federation: Suite 712 - 170
Laurier Ave W., Ottawa ON K1P 5V5
Phone: 613.234.6554
E-mail: jbowes@taxpayer.com
Twitter @ jbowes2
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Jeff grew up in Perth, Ontario and moved to Ottawa to attend Carleton
University.

There he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and worked
with the CTF during the 2007 Ontario provincial election. He reminded
Dalton McGuinty of his broken promises by following him across the
province dressed as Fibber, the Honesty in Politics mascot.

Before returning to the CTF Jeff worked providing video and audio
production services for Members of Parliament.

In addition to exposing government waste, Jeff enjoys running, soccer
and traveling.

Aaron Wudrick
Federal Director
Office Location: Canadian Taxpayers Federation: Suite 712 - 170
Laurier Ave W., Ottawa ON K1P 5V5
Phone: 800.265.0442
E-mail: federal.director@taxpayer.com
Twitter @ @awudrick
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Aaron joined the CTF as Federal Director in 2014. A lawyer by
training, Aaron practised litigation in his native Kitchener, Ontario,
and then corporate law with a major international law firm in London,
Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi, before returning to Canada to work with a
prominent political consulting firm.

In addition to being a recovering lawyer, Aaron is also a recovering
partisan, having previously served as a political organizer and
campaign manager for several political candidates in federal and
provincial elections and leadership campaigns (some successful, some
not so much). He was author of a rabble-rousing weekly opinion column
in the campus newspaper during his undergraduate days, and a prolific
political blogger back in a time when people actually read blogs.

Aaron holds a BA in economics and political science from the
University of Waterloo, and a J.D. from the Faculty of Law at the
University of Western Ontario, where he served as student body
president during his final year of studies. He lives in Ottawa with
his wife and children.

Christine Van Geyn
Ontario Director
Office Location: PO Box 74507, 270 The Kingsway, Etobicoke, Ontario M9A 5E2
Phone: 647.343.4150
E-mail: on.director@taxpayer.com
Twitter @ @cvangeyn
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 12:44:27 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Attn Premeir Rachel Notley Christine Van Geyn and Aaron Wudrick
To: rbrossard@contribuables.ca, federal.director@taxpayer.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 22:40:12 -0400
Subject: Attn Premeir Rachel Notley Christine Van Geyn and Aaron Wudrick
To: premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, on.director@taxpayer.com,
"Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Aaron Wudrick
<awudrick@taxpayer.com>, sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>,
patrick_doran1 <patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>, bbachrach
<bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>, boston <boston@ic.fbi.gov>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Christine Van Geyn
Ontario Director
Phone: 647.607.6633
E-mail: on.director@taxpayer.com
Twitter @ @cvangeyn
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Christine joined the CTF as Ontario Director in 2015. Prior to joining
CTF, Christine practiced commercial litigation and corporate law in
Toronto with some of Canada’s leading law firms. Christine has also
worked for various non-profits, including the Iran Human Rights
Documentation Centre, and she was an intern with the CTF too many
years ago for her to admit.

Christine served as a political organizer and campaign manager for
several political candidates, and was a communications aide in the
federal government. Her research has been published in a number of
economic policy and legal magazines. Christine is the winner of a
number of International legal skills competitions, including the
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment Moot, the International Criminal Law
Moot in The Hague, and she placed third in Canada in the Davies
Securities Law Moot.

Christine graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College,
with an Honours BA in political science and ethics. She graduated from
Osgoode Hall Law School with a J.D., and also attended New York
University School of Law.

Christine lives in Toronto, and she enjoys sailing, yoga, skiing,
coffee, and her pet Keeshond.

---------- Original message ----------
From: Kevin Lacey <klacey@taxpayer.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 03:51:40 -0800
Subject: Away until Dec 15th Re: I just emailed the Frank Magazine
once AGAIN with some wicked gossip about Petey Baby MacKay,his latest
bestest strange bedfellow Premier Stevy Boy McNeil and their newest
employee Senator Brazeau
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

I'll be out of the country and not back until Dec 15th. If you need
any assistance please feel free to call the CTF National Vice
President Scott Hennig at 1-780-589-1006 or email:
shennig@taxpayer.com

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 12:59:32 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Yo Derek Fildebrand Whereas your mindless buddy Scott
Hennig wants me to sue him personally along with you I will assume
that these are your correct current addresses
To: rbrossard@contribuables.ca, federal.director@taxpayer.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: shennig@taxpayer.com
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 17:22:46 -0700
Subject: Re: Yo Derek Fildebrand Whereas your mindless buddy Scott
Hennig wants me to sue him personally along with you I will assume
that these are your correct current addresses
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, derek@fildebrandt.ca, Aaron
Wudrick <awudrick@taxpayer.com>, Kevin Lacey <klacey@taxpayer.com>

‎Please forward all correspondence to our lawyers at fiojdiw3s@taxpayer.com.

You might‎ get a message that it has bounced, but ignore that, it's an
autoresponder that we set up.

Our lawyers will review all information you send to that address as
they prepare our court defense.

You can remove all other CTF email addresses from your correspondence,
as it will be vital to ensure there's only one copy on file.

Thank you,

Scott Hennig
Vice President, Communications
Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Original Message
From: David Amos
Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 4:54 PM
To: derek@fildebrandt.ca; dmh@bht.com; shennig; greg.horton;
Biage.Carrese; kas@karenselick.com; radical; jennifer.johnston;
t.wilson; paul; deborah.alexander; david.allgood; jennifer.warren;
Frank.McKenna; joe.anglin@assembly.ab.ca;
rimbey.rockymountainhouse.sundre@assembly.ab.ca;
david.cournoyer@gmail.com; Raj.Sherman; Rachel.Notley@assembly.ab.ca;
Danielle.Smith; bbachrach; Gilles.Moreau; Paul.Fiander; GillesLee;
Gilles.Blinn; Eric.Rosendahl@gmail.com; pej.prentice@gmail.com;
DavidYurdiga; awudrick@taxpayer.com; dfildebrandt; John.Williamson.c1;
jason.kenney.c1; Mackap; atlantic.director; Kevin.leahy; scott.macrae;
Glen Canning; justmin; JAG.Minister; Rob.Merrifield@gov.ab.ca;
dhowell@edmontonjournal.com; lgunter; serge.rousselle; Jonathan.Denis;
Peter.Edge; Peter.Edge
Cc: David Amos; justin.trudeau.a1; MulcaT; leader; Davidc.Coon;
jamiebaillie; Jacques.Poitras; nick.moore; oldmaison; andre;
COCMoncton; peter.dauphinee; premier; PREMIER; premier
Subject: Yo Derek Fildebrand Whereas your mindless buddy Scott Hennig
wants me to sue him personally along with you I will assume that these
are your correct current addresses

This was your address before you got married recently Its public
knowledge Correct?

http://www.ewedding.com/v30/main.php?a=efvgraham

http://www.taxpayer.com/media/edmonton%20sick%20days.pdf

Derek Fildebrandt
Unit 407
6223 - 31 Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta
T3B 3X2

I got this info about Scotty Baby from the public phone records

Scott Hennig
9705 86 St
Fort Saskatchewan, AB,
T8L 2Z5
780-998-5459

This is Scotty Baby bragging bigtime in his neighbourhood correct?

http://fortsaskonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15489%3Arotary-club-hear-from-the-canadian-tax-payer-federation&Itemid=33

What Scotty Baby don't know about Mean Old Me versus Mikey Duffy and
the Senate etc could fill a book EH Cpl Horton?

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/11/fw-methinks-harper-his-lawyer-hamilton.html

For the Public Record anyone with two clues between their ears can see
that despite what your tax free organization names imply The Canadian
Taxpayers Federation and The National Citizens Coalition you are just
overpaid far right wing spindoctors who either work for politicians or
have worked for them as you try to become politicians yourselves

I bet by now you not so clever neo con punks have at least finally
figured out that threats from politcal wannabes and their corrupt
lawyers and cops pals don't scare Mean Old Me not even a little bit.

Imagine if the neo con punks had figured out what has been going on
been the Feds and I since 1982. The Libranos and the RCMP would not
have their way with Canada for so long EH Assistant Commisioner Gilles
Moreau?

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html

Also for the Public Record John Williamson and Kevin Lacey should not
deny that I have spoken with both of them personally several times
since 2005 and sent them many emails since then. Kevin Lacey can't
deny that his beloved Premier Hamm quit as Premier as soon as I
informed Murray Scott the I would publish the letter below in Chucky
Leblanc's blog while all the corrupt left wing CBC dudes were locked
out of ther jobs and could not report it even if they wanted to.

http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/2005/09/sussex-gold-found-and-bernard-lords.html

A few years later Chucky's blogging butt buddy Danny Boy Fitgerald
opted to publish it as well so that the NDP he supports could tease
Gordy Campbell

http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html

July 31st, 2005

Lt. Gov. Norman L. Kwong
Premier Ralph Klein
c/o Att. Gen. Ron Stevens

Lt. Gov. Iona V. Campagnolo
Premier Gordon Campbell
c/o Att. Gen. Wally Oppal

Lt. Gov. Myra A. Freeman
Premier John F. Hamm
c/o Att. Gen. Michael Baker
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Lt. Gov. J. Léonce Bernard
Premier Pat G. Binns
c/o Att. Gen. Mildred A. Dover
Charlottetown, PEI

RE: Public Corruption

Hey,

Apparently everybody wanted to play dumb about my concerns and
allegations so that Humpty Dumpty Martin's minority government would
not fall and they could party hardy while the Queen was in Canada. As
you all know months ago, I began faxing, emailing and calling the
eight other Lt. Governors I had yet to cross paths with. I fully
informed them of my indignation towards the Governor General Clarkson
and two of her other Maritime Lieutenants Roberts and Chaisson before
the latest wave of bad acting Yankees invaded my home in the USA
without warrants or due process if law.

I made certain all of the provincial Attorney Generals and Premiers
can never deny the fact that I tried to make them well aware of my
concerns and allegations in order to make everybody should sit up and
pay attention. Not one person from any of your offices ever responded
in any fashion at all. You can be certain that I expected the
deliberate ignorance. It is one of the oldest tricks in the book that
lawyers employ in order to play their wicked game of see no evil, hear
no evil speak no evil. I knew it would happen particularly after Nova
Scotia's Conflict of Interest Commissioner Merlin Nunn had blocked my
emails before I had contacted you. I have no doubt it helped to
relieve him of his ethical dilemma before the NS NDP decided what to
do about their chance to unseat the Conservatives. I have no doubt
whatsoever many lawyers in Canada were praying that the Suffolk County
District Attorney would have me back in the loony bin by April 28th
and that all your troubles would go away. I opted to let you all have
your way and did not bother you anymore until the Queen had left our
shores and Parliament quit for the summer. Now it is my turn to have
some fun and raise a little Political Hell.

While the Queen, Clarkson and Martin where all having a grand old time
on the Canadian dime my little Clan went through living hell down
here. Trust me, lawyers need to learn some new tricks. Ignorance is no
excuse to the law or me. Making some Canadian Attorney Generals and
their political buddies show me their arses is child's play to me
after all that I have experienced in the last few years. If you doubt
me ask Michael J. Bryant and Yvon Marcoux why I am so pissed at their
bosses and the DHS. Then check my work for yourself. If the tag team
of John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge could not intimidate me, believe me you
people don't have a prayer. Both of those dudes have quit their jobs
but I am still standing and squaring off against their replacements
now. If it were not for all the decent folks I know, the snotty ones
like you would make me feel ashamed to be a Canadian. There is no
shortage of lawyers. It is just that ethical ones that are rare birds,
that's all. You must know how easily the Canadian people can replace
you with other lawyers if it becomes widely known how willing you are
to ignore crime if it means some fancy dude may be compelled to suffer
for his own wrongs.

The justice system is supposed to be self-policing. It should clean up
its own act rather than trying to maintain a false mask of integrity
for lawyers that are obviously criminals. It is way beyond my
understanding why you people would choose to support the likes of Paul
Martin, Adrienne Clarkson, T. Alex Hickman and Billy Matthews if you
are not all as crooked as hell as well. The deliberate ignorance and
double-talk employed by the wealthy few to dodge simple truths is
absolutely offensive to ordinary people blessed with the rare
attribute called common sense. Not all folks are like sheep. Paul
Martin's latest tricks make for a very fine example of truly how bad
things are. Even amidst wholesale scandals breaking out hell, west and
crooked everywhere lawyers and politicians just close ranks and stand
together as thick as the thieves they are. I stress tested the ethics
of the ladies of the Bloc Quebecois and the Gomery Inquiry immediately
after Martin's carefully orchestrated little circus in Parliament on
May 19th was a matter of history. Lets just say I was not surprised to
not hear one peep in response from anyone other than to get a call
from an unidentified and very nervous but cocky Yankee lawyer claiming
that Tony Blair was mad at me.

Pursuant to my phone calls, emails and faxes please find enclosed as
promised exactly the same hard copy of what I sent to the Canadian
Ambassadors Allan Rock and Franky Boy McKenna and a couple of nasty
FBI agents on May 12th just before an interesting event in front of
our home in Milton. I have also included a copy of four letters I have
received in response since then that you may find interesting to say
the least. I also sent you a copy of a letter sent to a lady Ms.
Condolezza Rice whom our former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
considers to be the most powerful woman in the world. The CD of the
copy of police surveillance tape # 139 is served upon all the above
named Attorney Generals as officers of the court in order that it may
be properly investigated. I will not bother you with the details of
what I am sending to you byway of the certified US Mail because I will
be serving identical material to many other Canadian Authorities in
hand and tell them I gave this stuff to you first and enclose a copy
of this letter. All that is important to me right now is that I secure
proof that this mail was sent before I make my way back home to the
Maritimes.

However I will say I am also enclosing a great deal more material than
what Allan Rock had received in the UN. Some of it is in fact the same
material the two maritime lawyers, Rob Moore and Franky Boy McKenna in
particular received, while I was up home running for Parliament last
year. Things have changed greatly in the past year so I have also
included a few recent items to spice things up for you. I am tired of
trying to convince people employed in law enforcement to uphold the
law. So all I will say for now is deal will your own conscience and be
careful how you respond to this letter. If you do not respond. Rest
assured I will do my best to sue you some day. Ignorance is no excuse
to the law or me.

Veritas Vincit
David R. Amos

The enclosed letter from The Public Service Integrity Office, whose
boss recently testified before the Gomery Inquiry and following quotes
prove why I must speak out.

"Well what do you expect?" said Le Hir in reaction. "Anybody who had
been involved in that kind of thing isn't going to admit readily, or
willfully, to having participated." Asked why he's waited 10 years to
come out with his allegations, Le Hir said he was "sworn to secrecy."
"I'm breaking that oath, and the only way I could have been relieved
by that oath was by a judge in a court saying, 'Mr. Lehir, I
understand that you have made an oath of secrecy; and you're hereby
relieved of that oath.""Mr. Wallace added that police and the courts,
not internal rules, are best-equipped to deal with bureaucrats who cross
the line and break the law. But Judge Gomery did not appear satisfied.
"It takes a major scandal to get the police involved," he said. "It is not
in the nature of the public service to call in the police."

Everybody knows that in order to protect the rights and interests of
my Clan and to sooth my own soul, I have proven many times over that
all lawyers, law enforcement authorities, and politicians in Canada
and the USA are not worthy of the public trust. I maintain that their
first order of business is to protect the evil longstanding system
they have created for their own benefit rather than the people they
claim to serve. Call me a liar and put it in writing. I Double Dog
Dare ya.

Baker got my material. So did everyone else. Only the Attorney General
in Quecbec refused it. I bet our newest Governor General knows why. It
is likely for the same reason she will not accept my emails. It should
be obvious to anyone why I must sue the Crown.

That said I must add some more "info" about Jimmy Prentice and his
minions for you " Taxpayer" dudes to try to ignore and also say Hey to
couple of lawyers on your board of Directors one of whom I have
crossed paths with before

http://www.taxpayer.com/about/board/david-hunter

http://www.taxpayer.com/about/board/karen-selick

So Hey David Hunter and Karen Selick (Remember our doings with the
evil Neo Nazi's estate and Zionists legal argument New Brunswick?)

Here is a little Deja Vu for you.

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/08/cbc-says-neo-nazi-estate-dispute-will.html

https://twitter.com/kselick/status/361899947257368577

Karen Selick ‏@kselick ·29 Jul 2013
BLOG: You don't fight Nazis by becoming a Nazi yourself says @kselick
http://huff.to/1e6eanr via @HuffPostCanada

Michael Taube ‏@michaeltaube ·30 Jul 2013
I completely agree with Karen's position. MT @kselick You don't fight
Nazis by becoming a Nazi yourself http://huff.to/1e6eanr

Dr. Dawg ‏@DrDawg ·30 Jul 2013
@michaeltaube @kselick So you agree with Karen's laughable assertion
that the Nazis opposed private property?

Michael Taube ‏@michaeltaube ·30 Jul 2013
@DrDawg @kselick Sorry, I don't follow. She wrote that the Nazis
opposed Jews owning private property. That's correct.

Dr. Dawg ‏@DrDawg ·30 Jul 2013
@michaeltaube I misunderstood, then. I thought she was saying it was
"Nazi" to oppose private property rights.

Michael Taube ‏@michaeltaube ·30 Jul 2013
@DrDawg No worries! She was just trying to show how the Nazis
arbitrarily opposed Jewish ownership of private property.

David Raymond Amos ‏@DavidRayAmos ·18 Aug 2013
@kselick @huffpostcanada @DavidRayAmos I just left you a voicemail
because it appears that we have a common foe
http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=3081

David Raymond Amos ‏@DavidRayAmos ·18 Aug 2013
@huffpostcanada @kselick @DavidRayAmos BTW I am this David Amos
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
… proof of the pudding
http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
…

I must say that bet that you agree that Arty Baby Topham is not a very
nice Neo Nazi EH? Why have you not sued him for slander and libel?

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=3081

Anyway i must say you VERY UNETHICAL "Taxpayer" people who are no
doubt still generously supported by Bankster donations must at least
recall why I sued three US Treasury Agent in 2002 or the documents I
sent to your Wannabe King Harper and his Bankster buddies in 2006
while your political pal Derek Baby was still in school N'esy Pas ?

http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/harper-and-bankers.html

How about the letters I got from the Libranos and the CROWN in 2004 I
bet your Bankster supporters enjoyed them EH?

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/06/yo-pervert-as-i-said-it-is-mr-amos-to.html

Jan 3rd, 2004

Mr. David R. Amos
153 Alvin Avenue
Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186

Dear Mr. Amos

Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 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

September 11th, 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

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:26:07 -0600
Subject: I just called Jim Prentice's number back and got a Fax Machine???
To: wanderson89@gmail.com, info@jimprentice.ca,
pej.prentice@gmail.com, OMBUDSMAN@cibc.com, thomas@lukaszuk.ca,
"fortmcmurray.woodbuffalo"<fortmcmurray.woodbuffalo@assembly.ab.ca>,
fortmcmurray.conklin@assembly.ab.ca, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>,
highwood <highwood@assembly.ab.ca>, info <info@ricmciver.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
John.Grierson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "Marianne.Ryan"
<Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Rhansen <Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca>,
pol7163 <pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>, "rod.knecht"
<rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>

So I called this guy and left a voicemail I strongly suggested that
his "media" fella Google the following words

info@jimprentice.ca david amos

http://jimprentice.ca/latest/news/prentice-launches-campaign-for-pc-leadership

Bill Anderson, Press Secretary
Campaign Office of Jim Prentice
780-446-2564

wanderson@jimprentice.ca

Obviously I got strange message from your "Fax Machine" that I would
like to discuss with Jim Prentice

You received a new 0:30 minutes voicemail message, on Thursday, July
24, 2014 at 04:11:15 PM in mailbox 9028000369 from "JIM PRENTICE"
<4034576157>.

These are the numbers I called on Monday and I talked to real people
both very nice ladies if my memory serves me correctly

You can also call us at 403-617-3404 (780-756-3629 in Edmonton) or email us
directly at info@jimprentice.ca. Calgary Office Jim Prentice Campaign

However I certainly did call Jim Prentices'a personal number yesterday
and left a voicemail. CORRECT???

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:44:48 -0600
Subject: I just called the CSA, Jim Prentice the CIBC again from 902
800 0369 and nobody picked up the phone as usual
To: csa-acvm-secretariat@acvm-csa.ca, "Dean.Buzza"
<Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, pej.prentice@gmail.com, inquiries
<inquiries@asc.ca>, "jennifer. warren"<jennifer.warren@cibc.com>,
Kimberley.McVittie@cibc.com, joe.oliver.a1@parl.gc.ca,
OMBUDSMAN@cibc.com, "david. allgood"<david.allgood@rbc.com>, "Frank.
McKenna"<Frank.McKenna@td.com>, "deborah.alexander"
<deborah.alexander@scotiabank.com>, inquiries@bcsc.bc.ca, mclellana
<mclellana@bennettjones.com>, frankffrost <frankffrost@hotmail.com>,
"Darren.Woroshelo"<Darren.Woroshelo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>,
justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, "hugh.flemming"
<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, Peter.Klohn@fcnb.ca, Inquiries@osc.gov.on.ca,
NSSCinquiries@gov.ns.ca, securities@gov.mb.ca, Don.Murray@gov.mb.ca

https://www.securities-administrators.ca/aboutcsa.aspx?id=80 recieved

However I also called a lot of the various provincial regulators some
picked up the phone found my files and some did not.

For the PUBLIC RECORD they should have exactly the same documents that
Mr Harper and his bankster pals recieved in 2006.

http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/harper-and-bankers.html

Obviously the pdf file hereto attached at least proves that the
corrupt cop Dean Buzza and his former boss Landslide Annie know
everything

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Prentice, Jim"<Jim.Prentice@cibc.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:39:00 +0000
Subject: Leave of Absence
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, pej.prentice@gmail.com

Thank you for your email.

Please note that I have formally begun my Leave of Absence from CIBC.
My CIBC email address and CIBC-issued mobile number are both inactive.

Effective immediately, please contact me at
pej.prentice@gmail.compej.prentice@gmail.com4034576157>

> and (403)
370-5628.
Thank you.

Jim

Hon. Jim Prentice, P.C., Q.C.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: OMBUDSMAN Mailbox <OMBUDSMAN@cibc.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:39:36 +0000
Subject: Ombudsman Mailbox
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for contacting CIBC.
We received your message and will reply to you within 48 hours or 2
business days.
CIBC Office of the Ombudsman
******************************************************************************
Merci d'avoir communiqué avec la Banque CIBC.
Nous avons bien reçu votre message. Nous vous répondrons d'ici les 48
prochaines heures ou deux jours ouvrable.
CIBC Bureau de l'ombudsman

https://www.securities-administrators.ca/aboutcsa.aspx?id=80

CSA SECRETARIAT
Tour de la Bourse
800, Square Victoria
Suite 2510
Montreal Quebec H4Z 1J2

Tel: (514) 864-9510
Fax: (514) 864-9512
E-mail: csa-acvm-secretariat@acvm-csa.ca

---------- Original message ----------
From: Jonathan Denis QC <Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 21:48:28 +0000
Subject: RE: Here is some VERY serious gossip for the Left Wingers in
Calgary (Tory ineptitude??? Methinks the Herald is no better EH Mr
Minister Denis?)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I've learned to ignore the noise and keep focused on the task at hand...

Du Pays de la Sagouine à la politique : Robert Gauvin veut faire le saut

Publié le mercredi 11 avril 2018

Le politicien, anciennement acteur et auteur, donnant un discours.

Robert Gauvin assure que son expérience au Pays de la Sagouine lui a ouvert les yeux sur les besoins des régions du Nouveau-Brunswick. Photo: Radio-Canada / Héloïse Bargain

« Ça fait neuf mois que j’y pense, que j’essaie de me convaincre que non, mais un moment donné, quand il y a quelque chose qui te tire le coeur, t’as pas le choix, faut que tu y ailles », lance Robert Gauvin, sur sa décision de se lancer en politique.

Il assure que son expérience au Pays de la Sagouine, comme acteur, auteur et au développement économique, lui a ouvert les yeux sur les besoins des régions : « Ça m’a permis de faire le tour de l’Acadie au moins 25 fois ».

Robert Gauvin ne peut dévoiler ses plans avant de devenir candidat pour le Parti progressiste-conservateur, dit-il. Par contre, il affirme vouloir mettre l’accent sur le pont de Shippagan, le tourisme et le bilinguisme.

Il se présente à l’investiture dans la circonscription de Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou, une région qu’il a quittée pendant 17 ans pour travailler au Pays de la Sagouine.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gauvin, Serge (SNB)"<serge.gauvin@snb.ca>,
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 13:47:28 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique : Yo Ernie Steeves One of your minions just called RE Application and Declaration for Low-Income Seniors Benefit I have questions about why your computer is rejecting my application
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I am out of the office. I will be back on Monday morning, January 7. Please contact Patrick Windle at patrick.windle@snb.ca

Je suis absent du bureau. Je serai de retour lundi matin, le 7 janvier. Veuillez contacter Patrick Windle à patrick.windle@snb.ca

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:23:43 -0400
Subject: Re: 83 Valley RoadTo: rchedore <rchedore@mosherchedore.ca>, bmosher
<bmosher@mosherchedore.ca>, mike gauvin <mikegauvin@live.ca>,
"serge.gauvin"<serge.gauvin@snb.ca>, "robert.gauvin"
<robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "alan.roy"<alan.roy@snb.ca>, "Sherry.Wilson"
<Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca>, "andrea.anderson-mason"
<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>, mrichard
<mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>, swilliams@mosherchedore.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "claude.poirier"
<claude.poirier@snb.ca>, "Michel.Carrier"<Michel.Carrier@gnb.ca>,
"brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin"<kris.austin@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
"bruce.northrup"<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"
<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>

Let me know when your lawyer has the document composed and I will pay
the 2500 dollar balance owed plus 500 dollars towards his fees just as
I promised

For the record I can find no law in New Brunswick that requires us to
use the services of a lawyer to complete our transaction and nobody
has dared to argue that simple fact.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:54:13 -0400
Subject: Re: 83 valley road
To: mike gauvin <mikegauvin@live.ca>, "serge.gauvin"
<serge.gauvin@snb.ca>, "robert.gauvin"<robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>,
"alan.roy"<alan.roy@snb.ca>, "Sherry.Wilson"<Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca>,
"andrea.anderson-mason"<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>, mrichard
<mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

I act Pro Se remember?

On 12/27/18, mike gauvin <mikegauvin@live.ca> wrote:
> Hi David. Did you find an attorney yet? Let me know when you do and I can
> put my attorney in contact with yours to complete the real estate deal.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Gauvin
>

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 17:33:26 -0400
Subject: Re 83 Valley I have heard nothing back from you Perhaps you
should call Mr Gauvin now?
To: mikegauvin@live.ca, "serge.gauvin"<serge.gauvin@snb.ca>,
"robert.gauvin"<robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, rchedore
<rchedore@mosherchedore.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, swilliams@mosherchedore.ca

---------- Original message ----------

From: mike gauvin <mikegauvin@live.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:29:25 +0000
Subject: Re: 83 Valley Road FYI this is a document I may employ BTW I
am in Saint John tommorrow attending a hearing at the EUB
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Tomorrow Iam going to talk to a guy that should do it.
________________________________
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Sent: October 11, 2018 11:38:58 AM
To: mike gauvin; swilliams; serge.gauvin; mrichard; serge.rousselle; david.eidt
Cc: David Amos; greg.byrne; brian.gallant; David.Coon;
kris.austin@gnb.ca; blaine.higgs; robert.gauvin@gnb.ca
Subject: Re: 83 Valley Road FYI this is a document I may employ BTW I
am in Saint John tommorrow attending a hearing at the EUB

http://www.legaldeeds.com/Interface/Services/Conveyances/Canada/NB/contract_of_purchase_and_sale_of_real_property/questionnaire.php

New Brunswick Contract of Purchase and Sale of Real Property will
provide you with a custom completed contract of purchase and sale of
real property used in the sale of residential or recreational real
estate in New Brunswick. This document is a must for anyone buying or
selling a home or lot privately in New Brunswick.

By simply answering a few questions our service will produce for you
an online custom completed contract, ready to be signed by the buyer
and the seller.

This document includes simple and straight forward instructions to
enable you to execute quickly and effortlessly. A subject removal form
is also included for your convenience. The cost of the personalized
Contract of Purchase and Sale is $15.00, payable in Canadian dollars.
Within a few minutes, you will receive your completed PDF documents by
email.

To proceed, complete the entries.

On 12/27/18, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Samantha Williams <swilliams@mosherchedore.ca>
> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:03:43 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: A copy of the Birth Certificates of David
> and Max Amos should all that your lawyer requires I doubt that the Law
> Society disagrees with me
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be out of the office returning Monday, December 31, 2018. I
> will respond to your e-mail on my return. If you require immediate
> assistance please contact the Receptionist at 634-1600 and you will be
> directed to someone who can assist you.
>
>
> On 12/27/18, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lsbnb.ca>
>> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:54:18 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: 83 valley road
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> I will be absent from the office until January 7, 2019.
>>
>> Je serai absent du bureau jusqu'au 7 janvier 2019.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:37:04 -0400
>> Subject: Birth Certificates of David and Max Amos
>> To: swilliams@mosherchedore.ca
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>
>> Assistant (Property): Samantha Williams
>>
>> Direct Line: (506) 648-0373
>> Email: swilliams@mosherchedore.ca
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: mike gauvin <mikegauvin@live.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:29:25 +0000
>> Subject: Re: 83 Valley Road FYI this is a document I may employ BTW I
>> am in Saint John tommorrow attending a hearing at the EUB
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Tomorrow Iam going to talk to a guy that should do it.
>> ________________________________
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Sent: October 11, 2018 11:38:58 AM
>> To: mike gauvin; swilliams; serge.gauvin; mrichard; serge.rousselle;
>> david.eidt
>> Cc: David Amos; greg.byrne; brian.gallant; David.Coon;
>> kris.austin@gnb.ca; blaine.higgs; robert.gauvin@gnb.ca
>> Subject: Re: 83 Valley Road FYI this is a document I may employ BTW I
>> am in Saint John tommorrow attending a hearing at the EUB
>>
>> http://www.legaldeeds.com/Interface/Services/Conveyances/Canada/NB/contract_of_purchase_and_sale_of_real_property/questionnaire.php
>>
>> New Brunswick Contract of Purchase and Sale of Real Property will
>> provide you with a custom completed contract of purchase and sale of
>> real property used in the sale of residential or recreational real
>> estate in New Brunswick. This document is a must for anyone buying or
>> selling a home or lot privately in New Brunswick.
>>
>> By simply answering a few questions our service will produce for you
>> an online custom completed contract, ready to be signed by the buyer
>> and the seller.
>>
>> This document includes simple and straight forward instructions to
>> enable you to execute quickly and effortlessly. A subject removal form
>> is also included for your convenience. The cost of the personalized
>> Contract of Purchase and Sale is $15.00, payable in Canadian dollars.
>> Within a few minutes, you will receive your completed PDF documents by
>> email.
>>
>> To proceed, complete the entries.
>>
>>
>> On 10/10/18, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Obviously I have the same problem with every lawyer in New Brunswick.
>>>
>>> If you still wish to follow though on the deal. I will do as I
>>> promised and pay you in full and get you to swear out and purchase and
>>> sale agreement properly witnessed by SNB and handle this matter
>>> myself.
>>>
>>> On 10/10/18, mike gauvin <mikegauvin@live.ca> wrote:
>>>> Mosher Chedore replied to me that it's a conflict and cannot represent
>>>> me.
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: October 9, 2018 9:57:18 AM
>>>> To: swilliams@mosherchedore.ca; mikegauvin@live.ca
>>>> Cc: David Amos
>>>> Subject: I have yet to receive a response Why?
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:37:04 -0400
>>>> Subject: Birth Certificates of David and Max Amos
>>>> To: swilliams@mosherchedore.ca
>>>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Assistant (Property): Samantha Williams
>>>>
>>>> Direct Line: (506) 648-0373
>>>> Email: swilliams@mosherchedore.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: mike gauvin <mikegauvin@live.ca>
>>>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 15:56:14 +0000
>>>> Subject: Re: Hey Kyle read real slow
>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Hey David, I tried to call Reid, no avail. I will call that Serge
>>>> Gauvin guy Monday morning, this is getting ridiculous. I would just
>>>> prefer to go through the proper legal channels.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yours Truly, Michael Gauvin
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

---------- Original message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:11:54 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian
Title people, the Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that
I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

(Français à suivre)

If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca

If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Thank you.

Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca

Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Merci.

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hardy, Erin (SNB)"<Erin.Hardy@snb.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:11:58 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian
Title people, the Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that
I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Hello,

I will be out of the office from August 9-24 inclusive. I will reply
to your email upon my return, however, I will be checking emails
periodically. Thank you.

Bonjour,

Je serai absent du bureau du 9 au 24 août inclusivement. Je répondrai
à votre courriel à mon retour, mais, je vérifierai régulièrement les
courriels. Merci.

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Windle, Patrick (SNB)"<Patrick.Windle@snb.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:11:54 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian
Title people, the Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that
I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I am out of the office until Thursday, August 23.

For inquiries regarding the land registry, please contact Serge Gauvin
at serge.gauvin@snb.ca.

For inquiries regarding the corporate registry, please contact the
registry at (506) 453-2703 or SNBCorporateAffairs@snb.ca

________________

Soyez avisés que je suis absent du bureau jusqu'à jeudi le 23 août.

Pour les demandes relatives au registre de biens-fonds, veuillez
contacter Serge Gauvin au serge.gauvin@snb.ca.

Pour les demandes relatives au registre des affaires corporatives,
veuillez contacter (506) 453-2703 ou SNBCorporateAffairs@snb.ca

Patrick Windle
Director – Corporate Registry | Directeur - Registre corporatif
Deputy Registrar General of Land Titles | registrateur général adjoint
des titres de biens-fonds
Registrar of the Personal Property Registry | Registraire du Réseau
d’enregistrement des biens personnels
Registries / Registres
Service New Brunswick / Service Nouveau-Brunswick

Phone / Téléphone : 506-453-3758
Fax / Télécopieur : 506-444-3033
E-mail / Courriel : patrick.windle@snb.ca

http://www.snb.ca/

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:11:48 -0400
Subject: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian Title people, the Fidelity minions and many
lawyers will tell you that I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: serge.gauvin@snb.ca, patrick.windle@snb.ca, "claude.poirier"<claude.poirier@snb.ca>, "john.mcnair"<john.mcnair@snb.ca>, Erin.Hardy@snb.ca, "alan.roy"<alan.roy@snb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca,
"serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, kevhache@nb.sympatico.ca,
"greg.byrne"<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, krisaustin <krisaustin@peoplesalliance.ca>,

"David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,

David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Serge Gauvin
Registrar General of Land Titles
Called to the bar: 1995 (NB)
Phone: 506-457-6933
Fax: 506-444-3033
Email: serge.gauvin@snb.ca
Patrick V. Windle
Deputy Registrar General of Land Titles
Called to the bar: 1997 (NB)
Email: patrick.windle@snb.ca
Service New Brunswick
Land Registry, 985 College Hill Rd.
PO Box 1998, Stn. A
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5G4

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Auto-reply from kevhache@nb.aibn.com"<kevhache@nb.aibn.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 18:20:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Too Funny I just talked to Claude Landry Elvy Robichaud’s
old Chief of Staff He forgot what went down in 2004 and the emails I
sent him since
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

Bonjour

Je serais absent du bureau du 6 aout au 22 aout inclusivement. Le
bureau sera fermé du 6 au 19 aout inclusivement pour les vacances d
ete et sera ouvert a partir du 20 aout. Bonne Vacance a tous

Je retournerais votre courriel a mon retour.

Kevin J. Hache

CABINET KEVIN J. HACHE
8 Boul St-Pierre Ouest
C.P. 5662
Caraquet NB E1W 1B7
506 727 5150 (telephone)
506 727 6686 (telecopieur)
kevhache@nb.sympatico.ca

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 11:03:47 -0400
Subject: Hey Serge we just talked I didn't get an email from you so I
forwarded to you the one I was composing when you called
To: serge.gauvin@snb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Methinks I am a quick study N'esy Pas?

http://pcnb.ca/jean-l-gauvin/

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1094504/robert-gauvin-politique-sagouine-progressiste-conservateur

SERGE GAUVIN
Registrar General of Land Titles
SNB Bldg., 985 College Hill Rd.
PO Box 1998
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5G4
Phone: 506-457-6933
Phone : (506) 457-6933
Fax : (506) 444-3033
Email : serge.gauvin@snb.ca

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:01:57 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: I just called Alan Roy again about
my right to health care, my missing 1965 Harley, the Yankee Wiretaps
tapes in its saddlebag and Federal Court and his assistant played dumb
as usual
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

(Français à suivre)

If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca

If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Thank you.

Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca

Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Merci.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:42:09 -0400
Subject: Attn Marc Richard and John McNair I just called AGAIN Say hey
to my Brother in Law W. S. Reid CHEDORE and his brother of the law
David Lutz QC for me will ya?
To: MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, John.McNair@snb.ca,
"serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, Erin.Hardy@snb.ca,
David.Eidt@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:51:09 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE Irving's ridiculous constitutional
challenge and Federal Court File no T-1557-15 I wonder if George
Cooper and Hélène Beaulieure even know how many times the Irvings and
partners of their VERY snobby law firm have offended me over t...
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until October 30, 2017. Je serai absent
du bureau jusqu'au 30 octobre 2017.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:11 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
did she take all four copies?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until March 2, 2017. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 2 mars 2017.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:11 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
did she take all four copies?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until March 2, 2017. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 2 mars 2017.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Eidt, David (OAG/CPG)"<David.Eidt@gnb.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
did she take all four copies?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until Monday, March 13, 2017. I will have
little to no access to email. Please dial 453-2222 for assistance.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:16:46 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until August 15, 2016. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "McNair, John (SNB)"<John.McNair@snb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:29 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office August 1 - August 12. I will reply to your
email when I return. If you require immediate assistance, please
contact Chantal Leger at 663-2510. Thank you.

Je serai absent du bureau les 1 aout - 12 aout. Je répondrai à votre
courriel à mon retour. Si vous nécessitez de l'assistance
immédiatement, veuillez contacter Chantal Leger au 663-2510. Merci.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Hardy, Erin (SNB)"<Erin.Hardy@snb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:28 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Le francais suit:

Hello,

I am currently out of the office. I will gladly reply to your message
upon my return on August 15, 2016. Should you require immediate
assitance please contact Celeste Savoie at (506) 471-5290 or by email:
Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.

Have a nice day!

Bonjour,

Je suis presentement hors du bureau. Il me fera plaisir de repondre a
votre message a mon retour August 15, 2016. Si vous avez besoin d'une
assitance immediate, veuillez communiquer avec Celeste Savoie au (506)
471-5290 ou par courriel a: Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.

Bonne journee!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:43:27 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My we just talked briefly Correct Ms
Beaulieu? It appears to me that the latest President of the NB Law
Society thinks non lawyers are not worth talking to
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until July 21, 2014. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 21 juillet 2014.

> ---------- 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 ----------
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
>>
>

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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Brian Macdonald, a Progressive Conservative MLA, has announced he
won't run in the Sept. 24 provincial election. (CBC)

New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party is losing one of its
highest-profile MLAs just months before the next provincial election.

Brian Macdonald says he won't be a candidate this fall and may instead
jump into federal politics.

Calling the last year "my best year in politics," the two-term MLA
said his decision has nothing to do with PC Leader Blaine Higgs, who
beat Macdonald for the party leadership in 2016.

"It's been a really good year," Macdonald said. "I've had a strong
voice in the legislature on issues that are really important to my
heart.

"I also think it can be a challenge being in provincial politics. It's
very small, it's very close, it's very tight, and on a personal basis,
I want to move on."

Macdonald says he’s considering running for the federal Conservative
nomination in New Brunswick Southwest, which includes part of the
riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell, where he has been the MLA. (CBC)

Macdonald said he's considering running for the federal Conservative
nomination in New Brunswick Southwest, a constituency that includes
part of Macdonald's provincial riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell.

Health critic slams 'gutting' of top doctor's office

Blaine Higgs faces internal PC dissent over appointment

That decision would pit him against former Conservative MP John
Williamson, who announced May 21 he'll also seek the nomination in the
riding he represented from 2011 to 2015. Party members in the riding
will nominate their candidate June 28.

Macdonald said he'll also consider running federally in Fredericton.
The former soldier said he's also looking at job opportunities with
national organizations that advocate for veterans.

"I'm looking for opportunities and considering a lot of options," he said.

Blaine Higgs wins N.B. PC leadership race on 3rd ballot

Tory leadership hopefuls scramble to be 'second choice' of rivals'
supporters

Macdonald is the fifth candidate from the 2016 provincial PC
leadership race to opt against running in this year's election under
Higgs.

Macdonald said he is confident he would have won his riding again and
the Tories will win the election Sept. 24, meaning he'd have a shot of
becoming a minister.

But he said being a provincial politician "does wear on you and it
does make you think about what the other options are. … If I go
another four years in provincial politics, it concerns me that my
options would be limited after that."

The 47-year-old also said the recent death of some friends made him
realize he should pursue other opportunities when he can.

Macdonald's interest in federal politics has been well-known for
years. He was a political assistant to former federal Defence Minister
Peter MacKay and sought the federal Conservative nomination for
Fredericton for the 2008 election.

After failing to win that nomination, he ran provincially in
Fredericton-Silverwood in 2010 and was elected. He was re-elected in
the newly created riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell in 2014, when he
defeated then-NDP leader Dominic Cardy.

Macdonald ran for the leadership of the New Brunswick Progressive
Conservative Party but lost to Blaine Higgs. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

In 2016, Macdonald ran for the PC leadership, placing sixth on the
first ballot out of seven candidates.

Macdonald said he doesn't think his departure will hurt the provincial
party's chances of holding on to Fredericton West-Hanwell.

"It's going to be very attractive to a number of high-calibre
candidates who are now beginning to come forward," he said.

↧

Methinks CBC, Blaine Higgs, his Deputy Premier Gauvin and Mayors Don Darling and Gary Clark must know what a joke this article is to me today N'esy Pas?

January 7, 2019, 10:35 am

≫ Next: Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin must have noticed his fellow SANB comedian the overpaid under-worked bureaucrat Marc Martin at play in CBC again today N'esy Pas?

≪ Previous: Methinks Robert Gauvin the SANB comedian we have for a Deputy Premier should have a long talk with his brother the lawyer and their pal Alban Duguay right away N'esy Pas?

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Methinks CBC, Blaine Higgs, his Deputy Premier Gauvin and Mayors Don Darling and Gary Clark must know what a joke this article is to me today N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/01/methinks-cbc-blaine-higgs-his-deputy.html

#nbpoli #cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/growth-assessment-kennebecasis-valley-saint-john-residential-tax-base-1.4966706

---------- Original message ----------
From: Ann Seamans <ASeamans@townofriverview.ca>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:23:32 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: I would lay odds that CBC, your boss Blaine
Higgs and Mayors Don Darling and Gary Clark know what a joke this
article is to me today N'esy Pas Mr Deuty Premier Gauvin???
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for your email. I will be away from the office without
email access between Jan 2nd -Jan 14th If you need immediate
assistance please contact Annette Crummey at 387-2136 or acrummey
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 13:23:27 -0400
Subject: I would lay odds that CBC, your boss Blaine Higgs and Mayors Don Darling and Gary Clark know what a joke this article is to me today N'esy Pas Mr Deuty Premier Gauvin???
To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, don.darling@saintjohn.ca, alan.roy@snb.ca, ckdrnews@radioabl.ca, news@931theborder.ca, news@959sunfm.com, contact@mcgmedia.net, smstevens@epla.net, info@gg.ca, brian.marlatt@pcparty.org, mehuenef@gmail.com, joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca,
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villra@nbnet.nb.ca, vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca, mflewwelling@sussexcorner.com, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca,
serge.gauvin@snb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com,
wayne.gallant@nbpolice.ca, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Connell.smith@cbc.ca, premier@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/growth-assessment-kennebecasis-valley-saint-john-residential-tax-base-1.4966706

Quispamsis and Rothesay growth rate catching up to Saint John

Kennebecasis Valley communities close in on rate of growth in assessment base

Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: Jan 07, 2019 5:00 AM AT

One of two 36-unit apartment buildings under construction on top of Merritt Hill in Quispamsis. (CBC)

Saint John's suburban neighbours in the Kennebecasis Valley are closing in on the city when it comes to growth.

Over the past year, the two communities posted a combined $112 million increase in assessment while much larger Saint John showed a $126 million increase.

That amounts to a 4.1 percent increase for Quispamsis, where Mayor Gary Clark says the town has been promoting multi-unit projects.

"It's residential," said Clark. "More people are moving into Quispamsis. We've approved several apartment buildings in the area."

Clark said those include two 36-unit buildings on Merritt Hill overlooking the Kennebecasis River, a 42-unit building on Hampton Road, and a mixed single-family townhouse and apartment building complex off Millennium Drive.

Total growth in the 2019 assessment base amounts to more than $69 million.

In adjacent Rothesay, assessment growth for this year amounts to more than $42 million, with a number of multi-unit projects expected to be completed in coming months.

Quispamsis Mayor Gary Clark. The town's assessment base grew by more than $69 million over the past year. (Town of Quispamsis)

Saint John Mayor Don Darling showed dismay at a December council meeting while comparing the valley's growth numbers with those of the city.

"Rothesay and Quispamsis had $112 million. How is that even possible?" he asked.

Darling said the city would have the province's highest assessment base by far, the best roads and lowest taxes if the system of local government operated as it should.

"We're out of balance," he said.

Clark said he's not apologizing for the town's success at attracting development.

"We recognize that there are concerns in Saint John, we co-operate with our neighbours and will continue to do that in the future."

While pacing the city in terms of growth the two KV communities' combined assessment base of $304 million remains well behind the city's $6.7 billion.

And it's not yet clear how much the Kennebecasis Valley's assessment growth will translate into population growth.

As in Saint John, Rothesay's population declined slightly in the 2016 census.

A town official said growth in population will depend on whether buyers can be found for the homes soon to be vacated by those moving into the apartment buildings now under construction.

Quispamsis was one of the few Saint John-area communities that showed a increase in population in that latest census but it amounted to just 304 souls.

About the Author

Connell Smith

Reporter

Connell Smith is a reporter with CBC in Saint John. He can be reached at 632-7726 Connell.smith@cbc.ca

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On 11/12/16, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 18:48:02 -0400
Subject: RE My recent conversations with most of you about the
by-elections in New Brunswick or Trump or Liberals or Health Care or
Pensions or the ERRE and my claim against the Crown in Federal Court
File No T-1557-15
To: ckdrnews@radioabl.ca, news@931theborder.ca, news@959sunfm.com,
contact@mcgmedia.net, smstevens@epla.net, info@gg.ca,
brian.marlatt@pcparty.org, mehuenef@gmail.com, joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca,
Joe.Hueglin@gmail.com, tmgarj@telusplanet.net, adamlordon@gmail.com,
info@larrylynch.ca, peggy4mayor@gmail.com, clanthony@mta.ca,
johnwforan@yahoo.ca, a.furlong9@gmail.com, tankert.geo@yahoo.com,
kattie@nb.sympatico.ca, tonyrussell_518@hotmail.com,
smithrd@nb.sympatico.ca, ryansomers@ymail.com,
campbellmike229@gmail.com, sfedgett@gmail.com,
roymacmullin2016@gmail.com, paulrichardmoncton@gmail.com,
ASeamans@townofriverview.ca, CCassista@townofriverview.ca,
mayor@moncton.ca, mayor.chorley@townofhampton.ca,

marc.thorne@sussex.ca, bachatt@nbnet.nb.ca, gclark@quispamsis.ca,
kirstinherta@gmail.com, terryk12@nb.sympatico.ca, vop@nbnet.nb.ca,
villra@nbnet.nb.ca, vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca, mflewwelling@sussexcorner.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, premier@gnb.ca,
blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, David.Coon@gnb.ca, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca,
pm@pm.gc.ca, <rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca

Here is the email I promised to send you all.
.
Say hey to Chucky Leblanc and his many political friends for me will ya?

http://charlesotherpersonalitie.blogspot.ca/2016/11/november-14th-miramichi-by-election-is.html

Friday, 11 November 2016

November 14th Miramichi by-election is viewed by Blogger!!!

https://youtu.be/_4KguVINWEw

Posted by Charles Leblanc at 9:35 pm

http://www1.gnb.ca/elections/en/mun16nov14/muncandidatelist-e.asp?ELECTIONID=66

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 18:24:45 -0400
Subject: YO Lionel "The Big Talking Yankee Lawyer" You really say Hey
to our latest Attorney General and her equally mindless and very lazy
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 22:08:57 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Lionel "The Big Talking Yankee Lawyer" DO
TELL Do I sound Incoherent? How about the Judges? What say you now CNN
or CBC or CTV? How about YOU James Comey?
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From: "Jensen, Jan"
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 22:08:57 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Lionel "The Big Talking Yankee Lawyer" DO
TELL Do I sound Incoherent? How about the Judges? What say you now CNN
or CBC or CTV? How about YOU James Comey?
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Póstur FOR
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 22:14:42 +0000
Subject: Re: YO Lionel "The Big Talking Yankee Lawyer" DO TELL Do I
sound Incoherent? How about the Judges? What say you now CNN or CBC or
CTV? How about YOU James Comey?
To: David Amos

Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received

Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office

On 11/3/16, David Amos wrote:

>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Lionel Media
> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 16:18:43 -0400
> Subject: Re: Perhaps Lional the lawyer will call me back now if only
> to protect his own butt from litigation EH CNN?
> To: David Amos
>
> Thank you for this most interesting note. Incoherent yet most interesting.
>
> All the best,
>
> LIONEL
> LOTUS (Lionel of the United States)
> Emmy® Award Winning Legal and Media Analyst
> "Telling America things no one wants to hear since 1988.”
> Logodaedalus & Expert
> Lionel’s YouTube Channel
>
> LionelMedia Website
> The Official Lionel Reel
> Lionel Bio
>
> Lionel is “[a]n intellectual known for his irreverent political and
> social humor.” (Newsweek)
>
> “He wears the mantle of Lenny Bruce, with Lenny’s own tropisms: The
> Oblique, The Irreverent, The Tangential, The Concupiscent, The
> Polymorphous Perverse, The Arcane, The Numinous. And yet Lionel brings
> to the table his own savory: A love of the mother tongue and a gonzo
> vocabulary that puts his logo on all his works, whether talk-show
> hosting, standup-comic spritzing, or hanging out – with himself a
> minor art form.” (Jerry Wexler)
>
> “This is not a succedaneum for satisfying the nympholepsy of
> nullifidians. Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this
> enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal
> to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and
> sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than
> fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages.” (Laurence Urdang)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Póstur FOR
> 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
>
> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>
> Kveðja / Best regards
> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>
>
> This is the docket
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>
> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
>
> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>
> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>
> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>
> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
> Campaign, Rogers TV
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
>
>> On Nov 3, 2016, at 1:31 PM, David Amos wrote:
>>
>> http://www.lebronfirm.com/contact
>>
>> Telephone
>>
>> +1-646-979-9520
>>
>>
>> On 11/3/16, David Amos wrote:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bMJa3vWJAo
>>>
>>> How Corrupt Mainstream Media Rig Elections and Then Deny It
>>> Lionel Nation
>>> Published on Nov 2, 2016
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos
>>> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 04:04:03 -0400
>>> Subject: Fwd: You are welcome Hillary and when are you and your
>>> buddies such as Obama now Prez and Comey now of the FBI gonna get
>>> around to answering the documents from 12 years ago which hereto
>>> attached?
>>> To: "James.Comey" , "bob.paulson" , "Gilles.Blinn"
>>>
>>> Cc: David Amos , premier, andre , markandcaroline
>>> , sallybrooks25 ,"leanne.murray"
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: Info Rocky 2016
>>> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 01:00:00 -0700
>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE An October surprise for Yankees Now all the
>>> latest GOP wannabe US Presidents can't deny that they know what
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>>>
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>>> www.rocky2016.com.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Public Affairs Team
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>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos
>>> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:46:15 -0400
>>> Subject: You are welcome Hillary and when are you and your buddies
>>> such as Obama now Prez and Comey now of the FBI gonna get around to
>>> answering the documents from 12 years ago which hereto attached?
>>> To: nh@donaldtrump.com, info@nhgop.org, chris@chrissununu.com,
>>> info@livefreeordiealliance.com, zmontanaro@donaldtrump.com,
>>> Info@603alliance.org, electchrisbooth@yahoo.com, 2016@brianchabot.org,
>>> ardventures@gmail.com, info@kellyfornh.com, info@maggiehassan.com,
>>> washington field , "Boston.Mail" , "bob.paulson" , "hon.ralph.goodale"
>>> Cc: David Amos ,
>>> info@hillaryclinton.com, HQ@jillstein.org, Info@garyjohnson2016.com,
>>> info@rocky2016.com
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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>>> Subject: Thank you for your message
>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Info Rocky 2016
>>> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:36:00 -0700
>>> Subject: Re: Sometimes less is more So I talked about Maggie Hassan
>>> and cohorts to Parliamentarians then called the GOP HQ in New
>>> Hampshire explained some things and told them to look forward to this
>>> email and Halloween as well
>>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>
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>>>
>>> On 10/26/16, David Amos wrote:
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos
>>>> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:31:43 -0400
>>>> Subject: Attn Alain Rayes remember me?
>>>> To: Alain.Rayes@parl.gc.ca, pm , "Gerald.Butts"
>>>>
>>>> Cc: David Amos
>>>>
>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/10/mr-prime-minister-trudeau-younger-and.html
>>>>
>>>> Friday, 21 October 2016
>>>> Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" , the CBC, the RCMP and the
>>>> CROWN's many lawyers should understand why I appreciate Parliament
>>>> labelling citizen's words as EVIDENCE N'esy Pas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=e&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=1&DocId=8493010
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Special Committee on Electoral Reform
>>>> NUMBER 039
>>>> l
>>>> 1st SESSION
>>>> l
>>>> 42nd PARLIAMENT
>>>> EVIDENCE
>>>> Friday, October 7, 2016
>>>> [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]
>>>> (1335)
>>>> [English]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>> Mr. David Amos, the floor is yours.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos (As an Individual):
>>>> Mr. Chair, I ran for public office five times against your party.
>>>> That said, I ran against Mr. DeCourcey's boss right here in
>>>> Fredericton in the election for the 39th Parliament.
>>>> I was not aware of this committee meeting in Fredericton today
>>>> until I heard Mr. DeCourcey speaking on CBC this morning. I don't
>>>> pretend to know something I don't, but I'm a quick study. I thought I
>>>> had paid my dues to sit on the panel. I notified the clerks in a
>>>> timely fashion, but I received no response. At least I get another
>>>> minute and a half.
>>>> The previous speaker answered the $64,000 question: 338. I can
>>>> name every premier in the country. Governor Maggie Hassan is my
>>>> governor in New Hampshire. The people there who sit in the house get
>>>> paid $100 a year plus per diem expenses. I think that's the way to run
>>>> a government. There are lots of seats in the house for a very small
>>>> state.
>>>> My understanding of this hearing is that you have to report to Mr.
>>>> Trudeau by December 1, because he said during the election that if he
>>>> were elected Prime Minister, the 42nd Parliament, which I also ran in,
>>>> would be the last first-past-the-post election. You don't have much
>>>> time, so my suggestion to the clerks today, which I published and sent
>>>> to the Prime Minister of Iceland and his Attorney General, was to do
>>>> what Iceland does. Just cut and paste their rules. They have no first
>>>> past the post. They have a pending election.
>>>> A former friend of mine, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, founded a party
>>>> there, for which there is no leader. It is the Pirate Party. It's high
>>>> in the polls right now with no leader. That's interesting. I tweeted
>>>> this. You folks said that you follow tweets, so you should have seen
>>>> what I tweeted before I came here this evening.
>>>> That said, as a Canadian, I propose something else. Number one,
>>>> my understanding of the Constitution and what I read about law....
>>>> There was a constitutional expert named Edgar Schmidt who sued the
>>>> government. He was the man who was supposed to vet bills for Peter
>>>> MacKay to make sure they were constitutionally correct. He did not
>>>> argue the charter. He argued Mr. Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights.
>>>> In 2002 I read a document filed by a former deputy minister of
>>>> finance, Kevin Lynch, who later became Mr. Harper's clerk of the Privy
>>>> Council. Now he's on an independent board of the Chinese oil company
>>>> that bought Nexen. As deputy minister of finance, he reported to the
>>>> American Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the
>>>> corporation known as Canada. It is a very interesting document that I
>>>> saved and forwarded to you folks. It says that he was in a quandary
>>>> about whether the charter was in effect.
>>>> (2005)
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Could it be in relation to a particular voting system?
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> According to Mr. Lynch, because of the failure of the Meech Lake
>>>> and Charlottetown accords, he was in a quandary as to whether the
>>>> charter was in effect. I know that the Supreme Court argues it on a
>>>> daily basis. That charter, created by Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Chrétien,
>>>> his attorney general at the time, gave me the right to run for public
>>>> office and vote as a Canadian citizen. However, in the 1990s, Mr.
>>>> Chrétien came out with a law, and because I am a permanent American
>>>> resident, I can't vote. Yet the charter says I can.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> That's a—
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> That said, that's been argued in court. In 2000, Mr. Chrétien came
>>>> out with a law that said I couldn't vote. Right? He also took away my
>>>> social insurance number.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> I don't know about the case—
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> No, he did.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> But I don't know about the case.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> I did prove, after I argued with Elections Canada's lawyers in
>>>> 2004.... You might have taken away my right to vote, but you can't
>>>> stop me from running for public office, and I proved it five times.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Given that you're an experienced candidate—
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Very experienced.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> —does that experience provide you with a particular insight on the
>>>> voting systems we're looking at?
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> In Mr. Trudeau's words, he has to come up with a plan and no more
>>>> first past the post. My suggestion to you, in my contact today, is to
>>>> cut and paste Iceland's rules.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> What kind of system does Iceland have?
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> It's just what you need, just what Mr. Trudeau is ordering now.
>>>> It's proportional elections.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Is it MMP, or is it just...?
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> I tweeted you the beginner's book for Iceland.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Okay, we'll look at Iceland.
>>>> We're just checking on the kind of system they have, but I
>>>> appreciate the input, especially from a candidate, from somebody who
>>>> has run many times.
>>>> But we do have—
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> I have two other points, because I don't think you can pull this
>>>> off. I don't think it will happen.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Well, I'm hoping we do.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Here is my suggestion. You guys are going north.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Look how parliamentarians are elected in the Northwest
>>>> Territories. There is no party, and I like that.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> That's true. We were just up in Yellowknife, in fact, and we
>>>> learned all about that. That's why it's good for us to be travelling
>>>> the country.
>>>> But, sir, I—
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> I have one more suggestion.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> One more.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Mr. Harper changed the Canada Elections Act and I still couldn't
>>>> vote.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Yes, I was in the House when that happened.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Anyway, that said, when you alter the Canada Elections Act, make
>>>> it....
>>>> The biggest problem we have is, look at the vast majority of
>>>> people who, like me, have never voted in their life. Apathy rules the
>>>> day.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Except that you've put us on to an idea about Iceland—
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Let me finish.
>>>> I suggest that you make voting mandatory, such as Australia does.
>>>> Make it that if you don't vote, it costs you money, just like if you
>>>> don't report to Statistics Canada.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Well, we're talking about that. That is part of our mandate, to
>>>> look at mandatory voting and online voting.
>>>> You already had your last suggestion.
>>>> (2010)
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Put in the line, “none of the above”, and if “none of the above”
>>>> wins—
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> That's right, we've heard that, too.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> Well, I haven't.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> We've heard that in our testimony.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos:
>>>> You and I will be talking again, trust me on that one, by way of
>>>> writing.
>>>> You answered my emails, Ma'am.
>>>>
>>>> The Chair:
>>>> Thank you very much, sir.
>>>> Now we'll hear from Julie Maitland.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-trudeau-electoral-reform-critics-1.3813714
>>>>
>>>> Critics accuse Justin Trudeau of electoral reform flip-flop for
>>>> 'selfish' political gain
>>>> Prime minister insists he is 'deeply committed' to consultation
>>>> process on changes to voting system
>>>> By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Oct 20, 2016 4:44 PM ET
>>>>
>>>
>

http://progressivecanadian.ca/

Progressive Canadian Party responds to Special Parliamentary Committee
on Electoral Reform
Thursday, 12 May 2016 10:31

Progressive Canadian Party responds to
special parliamentary committee on electoral reform.

For Immediate Release May 12, 2016

Newmarket, Ont. - The Progressive Canadian Party believes that
fundamental change to our democracy in Canada should be discussed by
ALL registered political parties in committee, then considered through
a Supreme Court of Canada reference on the outcome as to its
constitutionality and meaning for Canadians, and followed by a
national referendum on the result.

Fundamental change to our democracy, in which the new government has
made an arbitrary choice to make 2015 the last election using Canada's
system of Single Member Pluralities/Majority (SMP) elections in each
riding, sometimes referred to as First Past the Post (FPTP), is too
important to be the decision solely of a Special Committee alone
dominated by the current government and approved by cabinet.

PC Party Leader, the Hon. Sinclair Stevens raised concerns that the
process and the principles described by Democratic Institutions
Minister, the Hon. Maryam Monsef, exclude our existing system of
voting rights as a choice for Canadians and may favour political
movements and parties over the democratic rights of Canadians.

Mr. Stevens suggested that if a Special Committee is to be struck to
discuss these issues, all registered political parties should be
consulted, especially since party representation is key to the
principles outlined by Minister Monsef and that the virtues of our
existing electoral system should be central to the national
conversation rather than surrender to the view that "whatever is, is
wrong." A new status quo centred on party and movements might well
lead to priorities and elections concerned mainly with the interest
of party and movements, creating governance by party oligarchies,
while systems of ranked ballots might well serve the interest of party
insiders only.

For these reasons, Mr. Stevens argued with the support of PC Party
National Council, a wider discussion is necessary and if a Special
Committee of political parties is to be struck in such an
extraordinary way then all registered political parties should be
consulted both within and outside parliament.

Mr. Stevens noted that this was the process engaged when the Standing
Committee on Procedures and House Affairs consulted - but then ignored
- all party consultation on Bill C-16, the fixed date election act
which had such consequence for the 2015 election.

He stressed further that an all party Special Committee consulting all
registered political parties should be followed by a Supreme Court of
Canada reference concerning the constitutionality of any proposal made
by the committee and that the proposal should then be the subject of a
national referendum given the fundamental changes to Canada's
democracy any such change would bring. The Charlottetown Accord in
1992 alone proposed change of similar consequence in recent memory.

http://www1.gnb.ca/elections/en/mun16nov14/muncandidatelist-e.asp?ELECTIONID=66

Councillor Ward 4 (1 to elect / 1 à élire)
Michael Campbell M Address for service: 29A av Connaught Ave, Moncton, NB
Telephone: 506-588-2473
E-mail: campbellmike229@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Mike-Campbell-for-Ward-4-Moncton-684537348365933/?fref=ts
Susan F. Edgett F Address for service: 85 av Bromley Ave, Moncton, NB
Telephone: 506-850-5896
E-mail: sfedgett@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/susanfedgett/
Roy MacMullin M Address for service: 297 McLaughlin Dr Unit(e) 12, Moncton, NB
Telephone: 506-381-4554
E-mail: roymacmullin2016@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Roy-MacMullin-for-Ward-4-pour-Quartier-4-203373550079633/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf
Paul Richard M Address for service: 116 crois Elsie Cres, Moncton, NB
Telephone: 506-874-5436
E-mail: paulrichardmoncton@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/paulrichardmoncton

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-budget-population-growth-assessment-property-taxation-reform-1.4962863

Saint John needs municipal reform in 2019: mayor

Report with recommendations expected this month

Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: Jan 01, 2019 5:12 PM AT

Saint John Mayor Don Darling says the system for municipal funding requires 'radical restructuring.' (CBC)

Saint John Mayor Don Darling says the city is counting on the new Blaine Higgs government to deliver major municipal reforms in 2019.

Darling says those changes should include changes to the property tax system and opportunities to allow cities to generate revenue on their own.

He says there must also be an opportunity to regionalize some services with outlying communities.
A report from a joint working group comprised of civil servants from the city and the provincial governments is due to be released this month.

It's expected to include a list of recommended courses of action for both levels of government.

"The number one priority for us in 2019 is the sustainability working group report," said Darling. "I believe we need some pretty radical restructuring in the city in terms of how we do business."

The working group was created in late 2017 by then-premier Brian Gallant.

It was accompanied by an emergency three-year, $22 million funding package to ward off major cuts to front line city services following years of near-zero assessment growth for the municipality.

The funding package runs out at the end of 2020.

The 2019 contribution adds $7.1 million to the city budget.

Darling says since 2017, the city has worked hard to make its operations more efficient.

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is on record as supporting major reforms that will give municipalities greater autonomy when it comes to property taxes. (CBC)

Raising the property tax rate is not considered an option as Saint John already the highest of any municipality in the province.

"We're trying to change dramatically the revenue and the cost side of our business, and ultimately we have to reduce our taxes and our costs to citizens," said Darling.

"So we have to make the city more affordable to live in. And the only way we're going to do that is to generate some new revenue. And we can get our costs, over a period of time, under control."

A report prepared by former city manager Jeff Trail calls for a list of reforms including changes to the property tax system to remove some exemptions for big industry and giving municipalities the right to set different classes of taxable property.

It also asks for changes to the system of binding arbitration for groups like police and firefighters, and more support for regionalization of services.

In an address to Saint John city council in August 2018, then-opposition leader Higgs said he would support giving municipalities more autonomy in tax matters and would also support the taxing of equipment and machinery in industry.

Higgs formed a minority government in November.

Saint John has averaged less than one percent assessment growth over the past several years. The most recent data from Statistics Canada shows the city's population in 2016 was 67,575.

That's down just over 2,000 people from two years earlier.

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 16:03:02 -0400
Subject: RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 the FBI cannot deny that I
am man of my word EH Jerome Corsi and Mr Steele?
To: steve.roberge@gnb.ca, tj@burkelaw.ca, kelly@lamrockslaw.com,
carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca,
don.darling@saintjohn.ca, alan.roy@snb.ca, ckdrnews@radioabl.ca,
news@931theborder.ca, news@959sunfm.com, contact@mcgmedia.net,
smstevens@epla.net, info@gg.ca, brian.marlatt@pcparty.org,
mehuenef@gmail.com, joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca, Joe.Hueglin@gmail.com,
tmgarj@telusplanet.net, adamlordon@gmail.com, info@larrylynch.ca,
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roymacmullin2016@gmail.com, paulrichardmoncton@gmail.com,
ASeamans@townofriverview.ca, CCassista@townofriverview.ca,
mayor@moncton.ca, mayor.chorley@townofhampton.ca,
marc.thorne@sussex.ca, bachatt@nbnet.nb.ca, gclark@quispamsis.ca,
kirstinherta@gmail.com, terryk12@nb.sympatico.ca, vop@nbnet.nb.ca,
villra@nbnet.nb.ca, vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca,
mflewwelling@sussexcorner.com, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca,
serge.gauvin@snb.ca, wayne.gallant@nbpolice.ca,
Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Connell.smith@cbc.ca, premier@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
leader@greenparty.ca, martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca
Cc: washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov,
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On 1/7/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

> Trust that you will find this email at the bottom of this blog in a
> hearbeat
>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/01/methinks-cbc-blaine-higgs-his-deputy.html
>

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 15:43:16 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and Yankee wiretaps
after I called The Field Units of the FBI in Washington and Boston and
they denied sending me any emails YEA RIGHT Well the FBI and the RCMP
should review paragraphs 39, 53, 55 and 61 of the aforesaid complaint
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ASeamans@townofriverview.ca, CCassista@townofriverview.ca,
mayor@moncton.ca, mayor.chorley@townofhampton.ca,
marc.thorne@sussex.ca, bachatt@nbnet.nb.ca, gclark@quispamsis.ca,
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kennebecasis-police-chief-wayne-gallant-rcmp-1.4380826

Ex-RCMP boss Wayne Gallant named new chief of Kennebecasis Regional Police Force

Gallant, who was in charge of criminal operations for New Brunswick RCMP, will replace retiring Steve Palmer

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon· CBC News· Posted: Nov 02, 2017 9:53 AM AT

The Kennebecasis Regional Police Force has a new chief.

Wayne Gallant, the former RCMP officer in charge of criminal operations in New Brunswick, was announced Thursday as the new leader of the force, which covers Rothesay and Quispamsis.

Wayne Gallant, the former chief superintendent of the New Brunswick RCMP, is taking over as chief of the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force, effective Nov. 27. (Kennebecasis Regional Police Force)

He will take over Nov. 27, according to a news release issued by the Kennebecasis Regional Joint Board of Police Commissioners.

"The board is pleased to have attracted a policing leader with such a breadth of experience," chair Matt Alexander said in an emailed statement to CBC News.

"Wayne is a highly respected and decorated member of the policing community and he will be a great asset to the Kennebecasis Valley," said Alexander, who is also the deputy mayor of Rothesay.
Gallant will replace Chief Steve Palmer, who is scheduled to retire in March, after he turns 60.

Palmer described Gallant as "an excellent choice."

"I believe he has the knowledge and experience to be a very positive leader for the organization," which includes 38 officers and five civilian employees, he said.

'Life-long learner'

Gallant, who left the RCMP in June 2016, has been working with Fisheries and Oceans Canada as regional director of conservation and protection for the Gulf region.

He previously served 27 years with the national police force, most recently as chief superintendent for the province for five years and the two years prior as superintendent of the Codiac detachment in the greater Moncton region.

The board's release described Gallant as a "life-long learner who has embraced new opportunities throughout his career."

He has worked in general duty policing, human resources, major crime and forensic identification.

Officer probe continues

Gallant takes on his new role with the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force as one of its senior officers remains under criminal investigation for alleged intimidation, sexual harassment, obstruction and mischief involving a female civilian employee.

Insp. Jeff Porter, a 29-year veteran, has been suspended with pay since June 2016, when the force barred him from having any contact with the alleged victim, whom he supervised.

None of the allegations against Porter have been proven.

Kennebecasis Regional Police Force Chief Steve Palmer is scheduled to retire in March, after 34 years with the force. (Kennebecasis Regional Police Force)

Palmer, who has been with the force since 1983, has only been the chief for a year.

He was promoted from deputy chief when his predecessor Stephen McIntyre retired four days after a scathing report said he failed to properly investigate when the Porter matter when it was brought to his attention.

The bard of police commissioners posted the chief's position in June.

The board wanted to start the process "well in advance" of Palmer's retirement, seeking both internal and external candidates from across Canada, the chair had said.

Palmer will continue in an advisory and support role until his retirement, while Gallant familiarizes himself with force.

Will pursue partnerships

"Mr. Gallant's philosophy as a police leader is based upon working with community stakeholders and employees in the pursuit of organizational excellence that maximizes officer and community safety," according to the board's release.

"This will be done by engaging the community and working with partners to advance evidence‐based strategies and fostering a sense of collective stewardship of the resources available," it said.
Gallant was honoured with the RCMP's exemplary service medal.

He was awarded a the Member of the Order of Merit of Police Officers by the Governor General of Canada in 2015, received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012 and a police leadership award for excellence in organizational innovation from the provincial government in 2011.

He has a masters and bachelor degree in education and a bachelor of arts in history.

Gallant has spent the majority of his career in New Brunswick but has also worked in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kennebecasis-police-jeff-porter-harassment-1.4809499

Kennebecasis officer committed 81 breaches of Police Act, independent report finds

Insp. Jeff Porter to face arbitration hearing Nov. 21 on allegations involving female civilian employee

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon· CBC News· Posted: Nov 09, 2018 6:00 AM AT

Insp. Jeff Porter of the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force has been suspended with pay since June 2016. An inspector's annual salary ranges from about $104,000 to $115,000. (Facebook)

A senior officer with the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force committed 81 breaches of various sections of the provincial Police Act, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority, corrupt practice and discreditable conduct, an independent investigator hired by the New Brunswick Police Commission has found.

Insp. Jeff Porter, a 30-year veteran of the force that covers Rothesay and Quispamsis, also committed five violations of internal policies, including workplace harassment, according to the investigator's report obtained by CBC News.

Porter, who contends the allegations against him are false, is scheduled to face a public arbitration hearing with the commission, the provincial policing oversight body, on Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.

It comes after the parties were unable to reach an agreement on corrective measures during a private settlement conference last month.

The commission has appointed Edmundston-based lawyer Gary McLaughlin to hear the case. A location has not yet been determined.

Porter was suspended with pay more than two years ago after accusations he engaged in a series of inappropriate sexual behaviours involving a female civilian employee he supervised, sources and documents reveal.

An inspector's salary is more than $100,000 a year. Municipal and regional forces in New Brunswick cannot suspend an officer without pay.

Investigator's findings

The commission's investigator, Ottawa-based lawyer Jennifer White, found Porter violated numerous sections of the Police Act's code of professional conduct.

White broke down her findings against Porter this way:

Discreditable conduct: 67 counts.
Workplace harassment: six counts.
Neglect of duty: five counts.
Corrupt practice: two counts.
Damage police force property: one count.

Porter also committed police force policy violations, White concluded in her report, dated June 28. Among them:

Respectful workplace/harassment policy: three counts.
Workplace harassment: one count.
Personal use of police force assets/property and human resources: one count.

No criminal charges

Porter's lawyer, Jamie Eddy, had been 'hopeful' a settlement could be reached. (Cox & Palmer)

Porter was previously investigated by the New Brunswick RCMP for alleged intimidation, sexual harassment, obstruction and mischief involving the woman he remains barred from having any contact with.

No charges were laid.

"The Crown did not approve charges be pursued," confirmed Porter's lawyer, Jamie Eddy.
"He's relieved on that front that there's no charges, but this whole process has been extremely stressful, and he has family."

He said Porter had hoped to resolve the matter during the settlement conference.

"My client wants to return to work. That's what his goal is."

Eddy has raised questions about whether the police commission met deadlines set out in the Police Act and suggested the issue will be "front and centre" at arbitration.

Under the act, an officer must be served with notice of a settlement conference within six months of a complaint being filed. Otherwise, the commission loses jurisdiction and "no further action shall be taken" against the officer.

Robert Basque, the lawyer representing the alleged victim, has declined to comment, citing the ongoing proceedings.

Range of possible sanctions

Steve Roberge, executive director of the New Brunswick Police Commission, could not say how much the Porter investigation has cost to date but said investigations typically range from about $5,000 to more than $100,000, depending on their complexity. (CBC)

Steve Roberge, executive director of the New Brunswick Police Commission, said he cannot comment on the specifics of any particular case.

But he said settlement conferences are held to "discuss the behaviour that has been the subject of the complaint and to come to some resolution through corrective measures."

I will be fighting the false allegations.- Jeff Porter, suspended police inspector

"When settlement conferences occur, they occur because the investigation has sustained the allegations."

Sanctions at the settlement stage can range from a verbal reprimand to dismissal.
At the stage coming up, the arbitrator can either dismiss a matter or impose one or a combination of the same range of sanctions that apply at the settlement conference.

Felt threatened, intimidated

Const. Kelley McIntyre, who was awarded officer of the year by the International Association of Women Police in August 2018, was described by the association as 'a tenacious investigator often consulted by other officers when dealing with domestic violence' cases. (Facebook/Kennebecasis Regional Police Force)

The Porter case dates back to February 2016, when the alleged victim confided in Const. Kelley McIntyre that she felt threatened and intimidated by Porter and wanted to quit.

McIntyre told another female officer, who told Steve Palmer, the deputy chief at the time, who took the information to then-chief Stephen McIntyre, of no relation to Kelley, and requested the allegations be investigated.

Four days later, the chief ordered an investigation — not into Porter but into McIntyre, accusing her of "workplace harassment" for allegedly "poisoning the work environment" of Porter.

Kelley McIntyre subsequently filed a Police Act complaint against the chief.

"If this was a member of the public, this case would not have been allowed to be handled this way, based on our own policies and the women's abuse protocols," McIntyre wrote in her complaint to the Kennebecasis Regional Joint Board of Police Commissioners, which governs the force.

"I believe you will find that there are reasonable grounds to investigate these alleged breaches because they have the effect to undermine public confidence in the force if they continue to be ignored," she wrote.

Scathing report on former chief

An independent investigator found the chief committed 23 breaches of various sections of the police code of conduct by, among other things, failing "to ensure that the improper or unlawful conduct of Insp. Porter was not concealed."

McIntyre, the chief, retired in the wake of the scathing report.

In a subsequent interview, he said he had acted without having all the necessary information.

This past summer, Kelley McIntyre was awarded officer of the year by the International Association of Women Police, in part because of the support she provided to a colleague during a "major internal investigation involving allegations of sexual harassment," according to media release issued by the association.

McIntyre's "courage to come forward caused her and her family a great deal of suffering and personal stress, but this did not stop her from pushing forward and insisting on a proper and professional internal investigation," said the release, which did not refer to the Porter case.

New police chief

The current police chief, Wayne Gallant, said he could say little about the criminal or Police Act investigations into Porter while the judicial process continues to unfold.

"The RCMP investigation is concluded and there's no charges going to be laid criminally and I'm sure as you know criminal harassment is one thing but you know workplace harassment, the thresholds are different, he said.

"So the police commission is dealing with the workplace allegations of workplace harassment and that investigation is concluded as well and we're heading into sort of the next stage."

Chief Wayne Gallant, left, and Deputy Chief Jeff Giggey, right, recently welcomed recently promoted Inspectors Mary Henderson and Anika Becker to the force's management team. (Facebook/Kennebecasis Regional Police Force)

Porter is no longer listed on the force's website but is still an inspector suspended with pay, Gallant said.

"Nothing has changed in that regard."

In June, Gallant permanently filled two inspector positions by promoting two women to the management rank — a first in the force's 67-year history.

"I wouldn't read anything more into that other than the fact that I wanted to have, you know, my leadership team here complete, so that I could go forward with the agenda that I have," said Gallant.

The force currently has 37 officers, seven of whom are women, and four female civilian employees.

'No intention of resigning'

The New Brunswick Police Commission only has the authority to discipline active police officers.
If an officer resigns or retires at any stage of the investigative or disciplinary process, "they are no longer considered a police officer and therefore the Police Act no longer applies to them, which means the proceedings would be halted and annulled," said Roberge.

Porter, who joined the force as a patrol officer in 1988 and rose through the ranks, being promoted to sergeant of patrol, then major crime and now inspector of operations, "has no intention of resigning from the police force," said Eddy, his lawyer.

"I will be fighting the false allegations," Porter said in an emailed statement.

The Police Act states an arbitrator's decision is final, but Roberge said there have been cases where a decision has been challenged through judicial review by a Court of Queen's Bench judge.

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---------- Original message ----------
From: Robert Steele <>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:00:45 -0400
Subject: Re: RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and Yankee wiretaps
after I called The Field Units of the FBI in Washington and Boston and
they denied sending me any emails YEA RIGHT Well the FBI and the RCMP
should review paragraphs 39, 53, 55 and 61 of the aforesaid complaint
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

REMOVE. All future emails will be dropped to spam.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:51 AM, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
wrote:

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:51:16 -0400
Subject: RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and Yankee wiretaps after
I called The Field Units of the FBI in Washington and Boston and they
denied sending me any emails YEA RIGHT Well the FBI and the RCMP
should review paragraphs 39, 53, 55 and 61 of the aforesaid complaint
To: washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>,
James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov, Marc.Cappellini@ic.fbi.gov, "mark.vespucci"
<mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, bbachrach <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>,
"Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Wayne.Gallant"
<Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "john.warr"
<john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, RBauer <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>,
"Patrick.Fitzgerald"<Patrick.Fitzgerald@skadden.com>, "gregory.craig"
<gregory.craig@skadden.com>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
"Gilles.Moreau"<Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Jonathan.Vance"
<Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca>, "Greta.Bossenmaier"
<Greta.Bossenmaier@cse-cst.gc.ca>, robert.david.steele.vivas@gmail.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Paul.Lynch"
<Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>, sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>,
"Marianne.Ryan"<Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Charmaine.Bulger"
<Charmaine.Bulger@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "rod.knecht"
<rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>

Hey

First things first .

Here are two old emails of mine that I posted within the blog of Andre
Murray's about what went down between the lawyer James Comey and the
IRS Special Agent Mark Vespucci and their FBI cohorts and mean old me
beginning in late 2001.

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/i-must-tell-all-why-i-am-astounded-and.html

Saturday, 22 June 2013
I must tell all why I am astounded and delighted that Prez Obama would
appoint the crook James Comey of all people to be the boss of the FBI

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/01/good-evening-special-agent-mark.html

Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Good evening Special Agent Mark Vespucci Say Hoka Hey to Mr Obama's
lawyer for me will ya???

http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/5-years-waiting-on-bank-fraud-payout.html

The former US Attorney James Comey (Who received hard copy of my
concerns in 2003) who is now latest boss of the FBI should say Hey his
old buddy Hillary Clinton (she got hard copy of the same stuff plus
more a little later on in 2003) and their latest boss Prez Obama
(Everybody and his dog knows that he has had Hard Copy of my material
since early 2004 CORRECT Bobby Paulson, Petey Baby MacKay, Franky Boy
Mckenna, Gregy Craig, Patty Fitzgerald and Bobby Bauer?)

We should not forget the minor minions called Special Agents such as
Mark Vespucci and lawyers such as Barry Bachrach. I understand that
these sneaky Yankees now work with Marc Cappellini of the FBI in
Beantown EH James.Comey and Bob Paulson?

https://icwatch.wikileaks.org/docs/jamesbcomey_JamesComeyicfbigovFederalBureauofInvestigation(FBI)Director2014-09-01fbidhs

DIRECTOR
James B Comey
FBI/DHS
202-324-3444
James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov

FIELD SUPERVISOR
Marc B Cappellini
617-223-6465
Marc.Cappellini@ic.fbi.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: "Washington Field"<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>,
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 5:13 PM
To: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
Subject: RE: Attn Cst Paul Lynch RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and your
continued support of Barry Winters and his malevolent cohorts for one year
since you first contacted me.

The FBI Washington Field Office is in receipt of your emails. It is unclear
as to what your complaint is. In order for us to properly assess your
complaint, you will need to provide the following details:
- Your name and contact information
- Full Details about the fraud/crime and a time line of events
- Any bio-data you have on the subject (address, email address, name, etc…)
- Any supporting/collaborating evidence you might have about the
crime/subject

Upon providing the above information, the FBI, depending on the
circumstances, may work with other federal and local agencies to ensure that
the fraud or crime is investigated.

Please also be advised that the Washington Field Office FBI is responsible
for investigating federal violations in the Washington D.C. metropolitan
area, to include areas of Northern Virginia. The FBI has 56 field offices
throughout the United States, with multiple satellite Resident Agencies
covering rural areas related to these 56 field offices. If you know which
state the crime/subject came from, please know that the complaint will be
forwarded to that State’s FBI Field Office. Attached is a link with the
contact information for each Field Office:

http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field/listing_by_state

Thank you for your communication.

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:38:37 -0400
Subject: RE Julian Assange I just called Embassy of Ecuador in London
again (011 44 20 7584 1367) Perhaps the former FM Ricardo Patino who
is now Minister of Defense will pay attention this time but Yankee
lawyers ain't betting on it EH Ron Klain?
To: embassy@embassyecuador.ca, postur@for.is, khrafnsson
<khrafnsson@gmail.com>, jessica.glenza@theguardian.com,
mark.berman@washpost.com, travis@rawstory.com, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>, ron.klain@revolution.com,
liam.stack@nytimes.com, jon.herskovitz@thomsonreuters.com, birgitta
<birgitta@this.is>, birgittajoy <birgittajoy@gmail.com>,
"chineseembassy.ca"<chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com>, eperalta@npr.org,
gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"john.warr"<john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
tmg@goodrelations.co.uk, dtnews@telegraph.co.uk,
harriet.alexander@telegraph.co.uk

Why is Julian Assange still inside the embassy of Ecuador?
More than three years ago WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fled into
the embassy of Ecuador in London. But why is he there, and will he
ever leave?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/11681502/Why-is-Julian-Assange-still-inside-the-embassy-of-Ecuador.html

"WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said that they would not
believe any assurances "short of an open, official, formal
confirmation that the US government is not going to prosecute
WikiLeaks".

Ecuador defense ministry spat ends in shake-up
AFP•March 3, 2016

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ecuador-defense-ministry-spat-ends-shake-215544405.html?ref=gs

"Ecuador's top diplomat, Ricardo Patino, will take over as defense
minister after the previous chief resigned in a spat over cuts to the
military pension fund by President Rafael Correa, officials said
Thursday.

Patino, a close ally of the leftist president, has held a series of
cabinet posts in his administration, and has been highly visible as
foreign minister for his outspoken defense of Ecuador's decision to
grant exile to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London
embassy."

http://www.embassyecuador.ca/english/index.php?id=contacto

EMBASSY OF ECUADOR IN CANADA
OTTAWA

AMBASSADOR
H.E. Nicolás Trujllo-Newlin
99 Bank Street, Suite 230
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6B9
Tel: (613) 563 – 8206
(613) 563 – 4286
Fax: (613) 235 – 5776
E-mail: embassy@embassyecuador.ca

Consul Mr. Marcel Gross
2055 Peel, Suite 601
Montreal, Québec
H3A 1V4
Phone number: (514) 874 – 4071
Fax: (514) 874 – 9078

E-mail: info@consecuador-quebec.org

Jurisdiction: Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scottia, P.E.I, Newfoundland
and Labrador

>> ---------- Forwarded 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
>>
>>
>> This is the docket
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>
>> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
>>
>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>
>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>
>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>>
>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>>

---------- 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
essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
“moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.

One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
“world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
are not.

Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
“humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”

In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
“the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.

My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.

Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.

Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now

From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
alive
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.

>>>>
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca,
william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, stoffp1 <stoffp1@parl.gc.ca>,
dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
<smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
susan@blueskystrategygroup.com, Don@blueskystrategygroup.com,
eugene@blueskystrategygroup.com, americas@aljazeera.net
Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice"<Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
<whistleblower@ctv.ca>

I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your
old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
interesting though

http://www.blueskystrategygroup.com/index.php/team/don-newman/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/media/story/2010/05/04/al-jazeera-english-launch.html

Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right

The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
shy political animal

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

Enjoy Mr Weston
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2011/05/15/weston-iraq-invasion-wikileaks.html

"But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
including a Canadian general.

That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."

http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010/06/canada-and-united-states.html

"I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
"veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
into the US policy.

At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
were deployed WMD.

Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
(and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.

There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien
and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
George W Bush administration was onerous

American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
....not necessarily in that order. "

You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
Adams? of the CSE within the DND?

http://www.socom.mil/SOCOMHome/Pages/ContactUSSOCOM.aspx

http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T

Recorded entry(ies) for T-1557-15
(
Court number information Court Number : T-1557-15

Style of Cause : DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Proceeding Category : Actions Nature : Others - Crown (v. Queen) [Actions]
Type of Action : Ordinary

38 records found for T-1557-15 Doc Date Filed Office Recorded Entry Summary
- 2016-02-25 Ottawa Copy of Notice of Appeal (Appeal Court File No.
A-48-16 ) appealing NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL filed in Federal Court of
Appeal filed in the Court of Appeal on 12-FEB-2016 on behalf of
Plaintiff placed on file on 25-FEB-2016

- 2016-02-16 Ottawa Copy of Notice of Appeal (Appeal Court File No.
A-48-16 ) appealing Order of Southcott, J. dated 25-JAN-2016 filed in
the Court of Appeal on 04-FEB-2016 on behalf of Plaintiff placed on
file on 16-FEB-2016

- 2016-01-25 Toronto Acknowledgment of Receipt received from Plaintiff
and Defendant via fax transmission confirmation with respect to Order
and Reasons dated 25-JAN-2016 placed on file on 25-JAN-2016

- 2016-01-25 Toronto Certificate of Order certifying that the Court
(Justice Southcott) on 25-JAN-2016 ordered at the end of his Order and
Reasons as follows: "This Court Orders that: 1. the Plaintiff's appeal
is allowed in part; 2. the Order of Prothonotary Morneau dated
12-NOV-2015 is set aside; 3. the claims for relief in the final
paragraph of the Plaintiff's Statement of Claim are struck without
leave to amend, with the exception of the claim for monetary relief
for allegedly being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick
legislature in 2004; 4. the Defendant is at liberty to present a
motion, to be filed within 30 days of the date of this Order or any
decision resulting from any appeal of this Order, arguing which
specific paragraphs of the Statement of Claim should be struck in
order to accord with my decision; 5. the time for the Defendant to
file a Statement of Defence is extended to 30 days from the date of
this Order, the date of any Order resulting from a motion by the
Defendant arguing which specific paragraphs of the Statement of Claim
should be struck in order to accord with my decision, and the date of
any decision resulting from any appea of either such Order; and 6. No
costs are awarded on this motion." placed on file on 25-JAN-2016

20 2016-01-25 Toronto Reasons and Order dated 25-JAN-2016 rendered by
The Honourable Mr. Justice Southcott Matter considered with personal
appearance The Court's decision is with regard to Motion Doc. No. 8
Result: granted in part 2. the Order of Prothonotary Morneau dated
12-NOV-2015 is set aside; 3. claims for relief in final paragraph of
Plaintiff's Statement of claim are struck without leave to amend, ...
4. Defendant is at liberty to present a motion, to be filed within 30
days.. 5. time for Defendant to file a Statement of Defence is
extended to 30 days... 6. No costs are awarde on this motion. **(see
Reasons and Order for complete wording)** Filed on 25-JAN-2016
certified copies sent to parties Interlocutory Decision Copy of
Reasons for Order entered in J. & O. Book, volume 1290 page(s) 470 -
484

- 2016-01-11 Fredericton Receipt for payment audio CD hearing Dec 14,
2015 and Jan 11, 2016. Req.by Roger Richard placed on file on
11-JAN-2016

- 2016-01-11 Fredericton Receipt for payment copy audio CD recording
hearing Jan 11, 2016. Requested by Plaintiff placed on file on
11-JAN-2016

- 2016-01-11 Fredericton Fredericton 11-JAN-2016 BEFORE The Honourable
Mr. Justice Southcott Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 8
on behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: Matter reserved held in
Court Duration per day: 11-JAN-2016 from 09:31 to 10:47 Courtroom :
Courtroom No. 1 - Fredericton Court Registrar: Michel Morneault Total
Duration: 1h16min Appearances: David Raymond Amos 902-800-0369
representing the Plaintiff on his own behalf Jill Chisholm
902-426-7570 representing Defendant Comments: DARS Z005130 was used
for the recording of the hearing Minutes of Hearing entered in Vol.
943 page(s) 475 - 477 Abstract of Hearing placed on file

- 2015-12-23 Ottawa Acknowledgment of Receipt received from all
parties with respect to the Order of the Court rendered on December
14, 2015. (via fax) placed on file on 23-DEC-2015

19 2015-12-23 Fredericton Order dated 14-DEC-2015 rendered by The
Honourable Mr. Justice Bell Matter considered with personal appearance
The Court's decision is with regard to Motion Doc. No. 8 Result:
Delivered orally from the Bench on December 14, 2015. 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. Filed on 23-DEC-2015 entered in J. & O. Book, volume 1288
page(s) 428 - 430 Interlocutory Decision

- 2015-12-23 Fredericton Correction to General Sitting concerning
Motion Doc. No. 8 Hearing rescheduled from General Sitting at
Fredericton on 14-DEC-2015 to General Sitting at Fredericton on
11-JAN-2016 at 09:30 duration: 2h Language: E Reason for correction:
The presiding Judge recused himself on 14-DEC-2015 sitting

- 2015-12-14 Fredericton Receipt for payment CD audio recording of the
hearing on 14-DEC-2015, req. by Plaintiff placed on file on
14-DEC-2015

- 2015-12-14 Fredericton Fredericton 14-DEC-2015 BEFORE The Honourable
Mr. Justice Bell Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 8 on
behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: Matter adjourned sine die held
in Court Duration per day: 14-DEC-2015 from 09:35 to 10:42 Courtroom :
Courtroom No. 1 - Fredericton Court Registrar: Michel Morneault Total
Duration: 1h07min Appearances: David Raymond Amos 902-800-0369
representing on his own behalf Jill Chisholm 902-426-7570 representing
Defendant Comments: Tascam Backup was used for the recording of the
hearing. Plaintiff requested an audio CD of the hearing. Minutes of
Hearing entered in Vol. 943 page(s) 46 - 47 Abstract of Hearing placed
on file

17 2015-12-10 Halifax Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of
Jill Chisholm confirming service of the Defendant's Motion Record
(Doc.16) upon Plaintiff by courier on 10-DEC-2015 filed on 10-DEC-2015

16 2015-12-10 Halifax Motion Record in response to Motion Doc. No. 8
containing the following original document(s): 14 15 Number of copies
received: 3 on behalf of Defendant filed on 10-DEC-2015

15 2015-12-10 Halifax Written Representations contained within a
Motion Record on behalf of Defendant concerning Motion Doc. No. 8
filed on 10-DEC-2015

14 2015-12-10 Halifax Affidavit of Jill Thomson sworn on 10-DEC-2015
contained within a Motion Record on behalf of Defendant in opposition
to Motion Doc. No. 8 with Exhibits 1 & 2 filed on 10-DEC-2015

13 2015-12-08 Fredericton Affidavit of service of David Raymond Amos
sworn on 08-DEC-2015 on behalf of Plaintiff confirming service of
doc.12 (doc.8,10,11) upon Defendant by Priority next day mail on
08-DEC-2015 filed on 08-DEC-2015

12 2015-12-08 Fredericton Motion Record containing the following
original document(s): 8 10 11 Number of copies received: 3 on behalf
of Plaintiff filed on 08-DEC-2015

11 2015-12-08 Fredericton Written Representations contained within a
Motion Record on behalf of Plaintiff concerning Motion Doc. No. 8
filed on 08-DEC-2015

10 2015-12-08 Fredericton Affidavit of David Raymond Amos sworn on
08-DEC-2015 contained within a Motion Record on behalf of Plaintiff in
support of Motion Doc. No. 8 with Exhibits A & B (Exhibit A is a CD)
filed on 08-DEC-2015

- 2015-11-23 Fredericton Memorandum to file from Michel G. Morneault
dated 23-NOV-2015 a copy of the Notice of Motion filed on November
20th, 2015 appealing the decision of Proth. Morneau dated November
12th, 2015, sent to Mr. Morneau placed on file.

9 2015-11-20 Fredericton Affidavit of service of David Raymond Amos
sworn on 20-NOV-2015 on behalf of Plaintiff confirming service of
doc.8 upon Defendant by mail on 20-NOV-2015 filed on 20-NOV-2015

8 2015-11-20 Fredericton Notice of Motion on behalf of Plaintiff
returnable at General Sitting in Fredericton on 14-DEC-2015 to begin
at 09:30 duration: 2h language: E for an appeal of the decision of
Richard Morneau, Esq., Prothonotary dated 12-NOV-2015 Doc. No. 6 filed
on 20-NOV-2015

- 2015-11-19 Ottawa Letter sent by Registry on 19-NOV-2015 to
Plaintiff providing a certified copy of the order dated 12-NOV-2015 to
the Plaintiff that had previously been faxed to him on 12-NOV-2015 and
19-NOV-2015 Copy placed on file.

- 2015-11-19 Ottawa Confirmation of receipt by fax printout by the
Plaintiff of the Order dated 12-NOV-2015 of Mr. Prothonotary Morneau
placed on file on 19-NOV-2015

- 2015-11-12 Montréal Acknowledgment of Receipt received from parties
with respect to reception of order 6 placed on file on 12-NOV-2015

6 2015-11-12 Montréal Order dated 12-NOV-2015 rendered by Richard
Morneau, Esq., Prothonotary Matter considered without personal
appearance The Court's decision is with regard to Motion in writing
Doc. No. 2 Result: granted Filed on 12-NOV-2015 copies sent to parties
entered in J. & O. Book, volume 1283 page(s) 357 - 359 Interlocutory
Decision

- 2015-11-06 Montréal Communication to the Court from the Registry
dated 06-NOV-2015 re: Notice of Motion (doc. #2) + request for
direction

18 2015-10-26 Fredericton Affidavit of service of David Raymond Amos
sworn on 26-OCT-2015 on behalf of Plaintiff confirming service of
doc.7 upon Defendant by mail on 26-OCT-2015 filed on 26-OCT-2015

7 2015-10-26 Montréal Motion Record in response to Motion Doc. No. 2
Number of copies received: 1 on behalf of Plaintiff (filed as per
order 6; one copy only) filed on 26-OCT-2015

5 2015-10-14 St. John's Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf
of Jill Chisholm confirming service of Doc 4 Motion Record upon
Plaintiff by Courier on 14-OCT-2015 filed on 14-OCT-2015

4 2015-10-14 St. John's Motion Record Number of copies received: 3 on
behalf of Defendant filed on 14-OCT-2015

- 2015-10-14 St. John's Draft Order concerning Motion Doc. No. 2
received on 14-OCT-2015

3 2015-10-14 St. John's Written Representations contained within a
Motion Record on behalf of Defendant concerning Motion Doc. No. 2
filed on 14-OCT-2015

2 2015-10-14 St. John's Notice of Motion contained within a Motion
Record on behalf of Defendant in writing to be dealt with in the
Montréal local office for an Order purusant to Rules 221(1)(a) and (c)
to strike and an order pursuant to Rule 8 extention of time to serve
and file Defence. filed on 14-OCT-2015 Draft Order\\Judgment received.

- 2015-09-16 Fredericton Letter sent by Registry on 16-SEP-2015 to DOJ
Halifax R.133 service letter Copy placed on file.

1 2015-09-16 Fredericton Statement of Claim and 2 cc's filed on
16-SEP-2015 Certified copy(ies)/copy(ies) transmitted to Director of
the Regional Office of the Department of Justice Section 48 - $2.00

The last database update occurred on 2016-07-14 12:09
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:24:50 -0400
Subject: Re: The FSB, Federal Court file no T-1557-15 ,secret oaths to
the British Queen and the evil Feds etc FYI I did call Moody's lawyer
Goggins When he did not pick up I contacted Michael Adler an he did
not return my call.
To: michael.adler@moodys.com, sallilyn.schwartz@moodys.com,
ir@moodys.com, Richard.Cantor@moodys.com, John.Goggins@moodys.com,
caitlin.workman@canada.ca, press@bankofengland.co.uk,
Joe.Perry@fsb.org, embassy.ottawa@mfa.ee, "Dale.Morgan"
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "john.warr"<john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"Wayne.Gallant"<Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Marc.Litt"
<Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>, Robert_Glauber@harvard.edu,
"PETER.MACKAY"<PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com>, sunrayzulu
<sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, mcu@justice.gc.ca, "bill.pentney"
<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
"Paul.Lynch"<Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>, pol7163
<pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>, patrick_doran1
<patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>, "rod.knecht"
<rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>, cps <cps@calgarypolice.ca>, eps
<eps@edmontonpolice.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
b.spurlock@octafinance.com, s.holbrook@octafinance.com, NBInvestigates
<NBInvestigates@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
bostncs <bostncs@international.gc.ca>

So before I leave for a little vacation and not be available for
awhile. I will leave you all with some very serious stuff to consider.

Sometimes less is more so this email should prove to the RCMP who will
no doubt wish to harass me some more and all your lawyers that I am
not joking when acting in defense of my Clan. If you don't believe me
ask the Wilson-Raybould and her many minions about my lititigation ask
the Queen of England and I bet ya they will all play as dumb as post
as per their oath to the Queen's Privy Council or the BAR.

Need I say you snobby Yankee lawyers who take the liberty to assume
the title of "Esquire" a joke to mean old me?

I would lay odds that my long dead Loyalist ancesters are rolling in
the their graves in Fundy Royal and laughing at a very simple but oh
so true statement made by a wild child of theirs. FYI your Yankee
Constitution does not recognize titles so you and lord over your
fellow men. Who the Hell are you to call yourselves sons of Lords?

To be fair to the nasy Yankees Politicians who call themselves
Honourable are the biggest jokes of all

Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-1416
Fax: 613-992-1460

Department:
Justice
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: 613-992-4621
TTY: 613-992-4556
Fax: 613-954-0811
E-Mail: mcu@justice.gc.ca

First things first have a Look at the 3 documents hereto attached (Not
a big read)

Listen to these old voicemails from interesting FEDS at about the
same point in time (Won't take long)

http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc

then ask youselves or the lawyers Senator Shelby or Spizter or Cutler
or Bernie madoff's old buddy Robert Glauber where the webcast and
transcript went for a very important hearing held in late 2003 by the
United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2

Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry

November 20, 2003 02:00 PM
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”

Archived Webcast

Witness Panel 1

Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
cutler.pdf (175.5 KBs)

Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
glauber.pdf (171.1 KBs)

Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
spitzer.pdf (68.2 KBs)

Permalink: http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2003/11/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry

Trust that the evil women and men that PM Trudeau "The Younger"
appointed to to his cabinet will continue to play dumb because of
their oath to The Privy Council. However it does not follow that
everybody who works for them are dumb and they have no such oath to
uphold N'esy Pas?.

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:14:00 -0700
Subject: WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to leave Embassy of Ecuador in
London soon??? Attn Ecuadorian FM Ricardo Patino and Amb Dr. Andres
Teran-Parral I don't think Fernando would disagree when I say this is
NO COINCIDENCE
To: eecucanada@cancilleria.gob.ec, khrafnsson@gmail.com, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>, birgittajoy <birgittajoy@gmail.com>,
birgitta@this.is, chinaemb_ca@mfa.gov.cn, embassy@embassyecuador.ca,
ecuador@telus.net, enquiries@canninghouse.org, postur@irr.is,
"calgary.northernhills"<calgary.northernhills@assembly.ab.ca>,
"calgary.hays"<calgary.hays@assembly.ab.ca>, "calgary.cross"
<calgary.cross@assembly.ab.ca>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, premier
<premier@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>,
richardwtc@gmail.com, "rod.knecht"<rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>,
editor@desmogblog.com, chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com, lgunter
<lgunter@shaw.ca>, "joshua.skurnik"<joshua.skurnik@hotmail.com>,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, COCMoncton
<COCMoncton@gmail.com>, dave.peiser@peiserforcongress.com, RBauer
<RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, bginsberg <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>,
bairdj <bairdj@parl.gc.ca>, chinaconsul_cal_ca@mfa.gov.cn,
"greg.weston"<greg.weston@cbc.ca>, jack.tomik@cbc.ca,
alan.dark@cbc.ca, Mindy.Qi@nexencnoocltd.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, frankffrost
<frankffrost@hotmail.com>, "john.green"<john.green@gnb.ca>,
"John.Grierson"<John.Grierson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Darren.Woroshelo"
<Darren.Woroshelo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Rod.Booth"
<Rod.Booth@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "craig.callens"
<craig.callens@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "ron.klain"
<ron.klain@revolution.com>, "Geoffrey.McDonald"
<Geoffrey.McDonald@gov.bc.ca>, "dean.buzza"
<dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>

http://wikileaks-press.org/press-conference-with-foreign-minister-ricardo-patino-aroca-ecuador-grants-asylum-to-julian-assange-english-translation/

https://twitter.com/RicardoPatinoEC

http://www.ricardopatino.com/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/18/julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuadorian-embassy-london/14219537/

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to leave embassy 'soon'

Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY 11:08 a.m. EDT August 18, 2014

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced Monday that after
spending two years in the Embassy of Ecuador in London he will "soon"
leave the diplomatic safe harbor.

He made the comments during a joint press conference with Ecuador's
Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino. Assange did not elaborate on the
timing or address whether an impasse over his potential extradition
had been resolved.

It was suggested in the British press over the weekend that Assange
may need hospital treatment for a heart defect and lung condition and
that any move could be to remedy those suspected health problems.

However, Assange refused to be drawn on those specific points Monday,
saying only that when he does leave it will "probably not" be for the
reasons reported on.

WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson later clarified Assange's
claim. Hrafnsson said the issue of Assange's extradition must first be
resolved before he can leave.

"The plan is to leave as soon as the U.K. government decides to honor
its obligations," Hrafnsson said, referring to guarantees he is
seeking over the right to travel to Ecuador.

Still, Assange said that his health has suffered as a result of his confinement.

"It's (the embassy) an environment in which any healthy person would
find themselves soon enough with certain difficulties they would have
to manage," Assange said. He said the embassy "has no outside areas,
no sunlight."

Assange, 43, fled to the embassy in 2012 fearing extradition to the
U.S. via Sweden, where authorities want to question him over
allegations related to a sexual assault.

Ecuador has granted him refugee status and says it remains committed
to his protection, but British police have so far refused to let
Assange leave the embassy and it is thought that he would be arrested
if he tried to do so.

In 2010, WikiLeaks published a tranche of leaked military and
diplomatic cables and Assange has been the subject of an investigation
by U.S. authorities.

https://www.facebook.com/wikileaks/posts/136980676312318

Wikileaks

June 18, 2010 ·
.

Wikileaks' Julian Assange has limited ability to respond to
interviews. Please contact spokespersons below. (now with correction
on Kristinn's email)

Kristinn Hrafnsson
Journalist RUV (Icelandic equivalent to the BBC), one of two
journalists WikiLeaks sent to Baghdad.
Tel:+354 821 7121
Email: khrafnsson at gmail.com

Birgitta Jonsdottir
Member of the Icelandic Parliament, Key speaker for the IMMI
proposal, co-producer of the Baghdad video
Tel: +354 692 8884
Email: birgitta at this.is

http://www.collateralmurder.com/en/contact.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:06:21 -0600
Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
To: "calgary.northernhills"<calgary.northernhills@assembly.ab.ca>,
"calgary.hays"<calgary.hays@assembly.ab.ca>, "calgary.cross"
<calgary.cross@assembly.ab.ca>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, premier
<premier@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>

Associate Minister – International and Intergovernmental Relations (Asia)

Ms. Woo-Paw was elected to her second term as Member of the
Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Northern Hills on April 23, 2012. She
currently serves as the Associate Minister – International and
Intergovernmental Relations (Asia). Ms. Woo-Paw is also the Chair of
the Asia Advisory Council.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:02:39 -0600
Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
To: eecucanada@cancilleria.gob.ec
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Doug Brinkman <richardwtc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:01:16 -0600
Subject: Re: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:41:16 -0600
Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
To: chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com, lgunter <lgunter@shaw.ca>,
"joshua.skurnik"<joshua.skurnik@hotmail.com>, richardwtc@gmail.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "dean.buzza"
<dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, editor <editor@desmogblog.com>

Attn

Economic and Commercial Section.
401 King Edward Avenue
Ottawa (Ontario) K1N 9C9
chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com.

My number is 902 800 0389

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:27:05 -0600
Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
To: dave.peiser@peiserforcongress.com, RBauer
<RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, bginsberg <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "ron.klain"
<ron.klain@revolution.com>, dkilgour <dkilgour@guelphmercury.com>

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:08:18 -0600
Subject: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of China
and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange Bankster,
Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
To: chinaemb_ca@mfa.gov.cn, embassy@embassyecuador.ca,
ecuador@telus.net, birgittaj <birgittaj@althingi.is>, birgittajoy
<birgittajoy@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Jacques.Poitras"
<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>

EMBASSY OF ECUADOR IN CANADA
OTTAWA
99 Bank Street, Suite 230
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6B9
Tel: (613) 563 – 8206
(613) 563 – 4286
Fax: (613) 235 – 5776
E-mail: embassy@embassyecuador.ca

VANCOUVER
AD HONOREM
CONSULATE GENERAL

3835 Trinity Street
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5C 1N4
Tel: (604) 299 – 6600
Fax: (604) 789 – 3719

E-mail: ecuador@telus.net

Ambassador Luo Zhaohui
Embassy Address:
515 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 5H3
Tel: 613-7893434
Fax: 613-7891911
E-mail: chinaemb_ca@mfa.gov.cn

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:54:52 -0600
Subject: Attn Wang Xinping Consulate General of the People's Republic
of China in Calgary Re Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and
Obama etc
To: chinaconsul_cal_ca@mfa.gov.cn
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

http://calgary.china-consulate.org/eng/zlszc/

Consul General Wang Xinping
1011 6th Ave. S.W.
Calgary,Alberta,
Canada T2P 0W1
Tel:403-2643322
Fax:403-2646656
Email: chinaconsul_cal_ca@mfa.gov.cn

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:00:27 -0600
Subject: Re Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
To: "Qi, Mindy (Calgary)"<Mindy.Qi@nexencnoocltd.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Good Day Ms Qi

Trust that I am impressed with your Integrity and diligence (No Joke).
After I send this email I will try to get an better connection and
call you again in short order. Whereas you now speak for a state owned
Corporation that operates within my native land of Canada and the USA
as well (both of which I am a person of) we really should discuss page
3 of this old PDf file of mine.

http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/UN%20DUDES-txt.pdf

In order to briefy explain to you the documents I forwarded to you
yesterday I will say that at the very least I proved to CNOOC that I
am a whisleblower against the very corrupt Justice Systems and the
Financial Industy operating within at least 10 purportedly profound
democracies. The documents do prove that I sued 3 US Treasury Agents
and many others at least once back in 2002 and that many government
offials and many others are well aware of that fact. In 2004
I remained true to my words to politicians such as Harper, MacKay,
Layton, the PM Martin, Anne McLellan (a former director of Nexen's)
and their many parliamentry cohorts and ran for a seat in Canada's
38th Parliament

Later in 2004 I was falsely imprisoned after I returned to the USA in
order to continue to argue in court about my family's rights and
interests. My false arrest was done in open court before the Speech
from the Throne on Oct 1st 2004. The arrest was recorded on the public
record without a warrant or even a reason statedand I was held in
solitary confinement under the charges of "Other" with no bail terms
offered. After a few days DEFAIT was compelled to send one of its
consulate officers and some secretive member of the Canadian
Department of Public Safety to visit me in the Yankee jail. All those
mindless bureaucrats did was laugh at my plight and told me that they
could do nothing to help me be released from my false imprisonment. I
got of jail on my own with a lot of help from members of my Clan.Thus
in my humble opinion the Yankees and my fellow Canadians have no right
whatsoever to chastise the Chinese to doing similiar things to other
people. Imagine if such things were done to Stephen Harper in 2004?
Ten years later Harper is still playing dumb even though I debated one
of his lawyers in front of hundreds of people and his personal
computer answered my concerns weeks BEFORE I was falsely imprisoned.
Go Figure why I ran against the Bloc, the Green meanies, the NDO, the
Libranos and Harper and the Boyz in Blue again the following year.

Anyway before I returned to Canada in order to escape false
imprisonment once again and to prepare run for a seat in the 39th
Parlaiment I contacted many foreign embassies and particularly
China's. I did so because in October of 2004 I had registered my
idignation that the former Canadian PM Mulroney (As Chairman of
Forbes) had arranged a huge meeting of worldwide CEOs in China while
Bush was seekiiing reelection and everyone ignored or laughed at me.
So in return for bureaucratic incompetence I sent the members of the
G20 and others within the UN a rather huge pile of documents byway of
registered US Mail. China got them and I have the proof that they did.
The link I provided above is only to the cover letters..

Trust that again last year I reminded many countries of the documents
I sent them in 2005 after the NSA whistleblower Snowden sought refuge
in Hong Kong and the Russia. Here is just a little proof of what I say
is true.

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html

Yesterday after speaking with lady within your "Integrity" office and
discussing the recent emails I had sent to DEFAIT etc they asked to
see the email with the attached documents and I quickly obliged.
However after their email address proved to be inoperative I called
your Head Office in Calgary in a effort to speak to Fang Zhi or one of
his underlings. The lady who answered the phone wanted to know my
business and then laughed at my effort to speak to any member of the
executive in Calgary. I did not find that funny at all and I quickly
told her that she could laugh at me all she wished but I would call
her bosses in China if need be.

For the record I was tryiing to inform you folks in Nexen about many
things but my past dealings with Nexen, the Chinese govenment and
people within the Canadian government such as Nexen's former director
Anne McLellan and CNOOC's current director Kevin Lynch should
concern your "Integrity" people greatly today.

I hope you folks at NEXEN at least noticed the letter that the Chair
of BHP sent to me in September of 2010 months before Harper stopped
his takeover bid of Potash Corp. I could talk about the ramifications
of that one letter alone for several hours.

FYI I picked your associate Diane Kossman to send an email to because
she had a lot to say in an email about CNOOC showing former Nexen
chief Kevin Reinhart the door. However nobody should deny that
Reinhart and many of his minions such as Kim Woima could not be
trusted or they would have informed the latest boss Fang Zhi and his
fellow CNOOC executives of my concerns about the actions and ethics of
foreign based companies and the exploitation of Canadian natural
resources before the Chinese opted to close the deal to buy Nexen.

For the record I told your "Integrity" lady to Google my name and
Nexen. If she had bothered to do so she would have easily found some
emails of mine about Nexen posted within another fella's blog. She did
not wish to but did ask for the email that I had sent to DEFAIT that
you have studied as well.

Now perhaps you folks at NEXEN should check out the emails I mentioned
on the phone. Within the following links an email to Kim Woima of
Nexen can be found.

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/01/howcome-you-said-nothing-when-i-backed.html

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/re-it-appears-that-wikileaks-iceland_9.html

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/07/harper-and-emera-will-know-why-i-am.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:03:50 -0300
Subject: Ask yourself why CBC would report none of this
To: kim_woima@nexeninc.com, "greg.weston"<greg.weston@cbc.ca>,
jack.tomik@cbc.ca, alan.dark@cbc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, jacques_poitras
<jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>

You do know Landslide Annie is on the Board of Directors of Nexen I hope

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/08/20/f-scott-peterson-cnooc-nexen.html

http://www.nexeninc.com/en/Governance/BoardofDirectors/BoardBios.aspx

I mean no disrepect to you Ms. Qi. In all sincerity I do thank you for
doing your job. The email above should finally start the ball rolling
in order to allow me to have a long talk with some officials within
the Chinese government and of course your boss Fang Zhi and his many
lawyers and beancounters. Correct?

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

On 8/11/14, Qi, Mindy (Calgary) <Mindy.Qi@nexencnoocltd.com> wrote:
> Hi, Mr. Amos
>
> Thank you for your call today, and unfortunately, I can't hear you clearly
> over the phone.
>
> I took a little bit time to review the files you sent to us and tried to
> read the email string below, however, I got very confused on your purpose of
> the call and your email. Besides, your attached documents dated back to 2003
> and it contains large volume of information which I have no clue why you
> would like to contact Nexen.
>
> Would you please explain your background story and clarify what you hope
> Nexen can do for you in a simple way? So that I can see if I need to pass
> your case to any team leaders here. It will be very hard for me to bring
> your case to them if I don't know what we can do for you.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Mindy Qi, CHRP
> Logistics & Events Specialist
> Corporate Communications
>
> Nexen Energy ULC
> 801-7th Avenue S.W.
> Calgary, AB, Canada T2P 3P7
> www.nexencnoocltd.com
>
> T: (403) 699-5232 :: F: (403) 699-7512 :: C: (403) 473-1929 ::
> E: mindy.qi@nexencnoocltd.com :: LinkedIn
>
>

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/re-it-appears-that-wikileaks-iceland_9.html

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Re: It appears that Wikileaks, Iceland, Birgitta Jonsdottir and her
Pirate Party have no conscience whatsoever. I hoped I was wrong
However here is why I am not surprised

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHk-UYZuXE4

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Henrik Palmgren <redicecreations@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:46:26 +0200
Subject: Re: Oh my my I guess we know the score on you EH?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Oh my. Don't send me your spam. It's not good for anything.

2012/8/26 David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

> On 8/25/12, Red Ice Creations <redicecreations@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Take me this list!
> >
> >
> > On 26 aug 2012, at 03:06, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:44:45 -0300
> >> Subject: I just called from 902 800 0369 Perhaps the Qatari Embassy
> >> should study the attachments closely EH Mr Alward?
> >> To: musoviczl@repsol.com, pribbeck@repsol.com,
> vcmorrissettem@repsol.com
> >> Cc: ottawa@mofa.gov.qa, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, David Amos
> >> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>,
> >> leader <leader@greenparty.ca>
> >>
> >> Qatari Embassy in Ottawa, Canada
> >> 800-150 Metcalfe Street
> >> Ottawa Ontario K2P 1P1
> >> Telephone (+1) 613 241 4917
> >> E-mail ottawa@mofa.gov.qa
> >> http://www.repsolenergy.com/rena_team/rena_team.html
> >>
> >> http://www.repsolenergy.com/press_room/press_room.html
> >>
> >>
> http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/kuwait-koweit/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs-qatar-fd.aspx?lang=eng&view=d
> >>
> >>
> http://www.nccar.ca/statements/news-releases/establishment-of-the-embassy-of-qatar-in-canadaune-ambassade-du-qatar-a-ottawa/
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: Alan Dark <Alan.Dark@cbc.ca>
> >> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:57:14 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: I just called from 902 800 0369 and tried to talk to you
> >> Mr Tomick (Out of office)
> >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Thank you for your email. Please be advised that I am currently out of
> >> the office; returning Monday Agust 27th.
> >>
> >> If your matter is urgent, please contact Camilla Inderberg at
> >> 416-205-5545 or by email camilla.inderberg@cbc.ca or Janice Smith
> >> 416-205-2940 or janice.smith@cbc.ca
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Al
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:03:50 -0300
> >> Subject: Ask yourself why CBC would report none of this
> >> To: kim_woima@nexeninc.com, "greg.weston"<greg.weston@cbc.ca>,
> >> jack.tomik@cbc.ca, alan.dark@cbc.ca
> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, jacques_poitras
> >> <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>
> >>
> >> You do know Landslide Annie is on the Board of Directors of Nexen I hope
> >>
> >>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/08/20/f-scott-peterson-cnooc-nexen.html
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.nexeninc.com/en/Governance/BoardofDirectors/BoardBios.aspx
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:17:20 -0300
> >> Subject: Re Danny Williams Vs the Sierra Club Very Interesting lawsuit
> >> and counterclaim EH Mr Bennnett
> >> To: jb@sierraclub.ca, lgue@davidsuzuki.org, grenouf
> >> <grenouf@genuinewitty.com>, editor@theindependent.ca
> >> Cc: jbaker@ottenheimerbaker.com, info@alderonironore.com,
> >> ktsakumis@alderonironore.com, "pgleeson@alderonironore.com \"David
> >> Amos\""<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, jvettese@casselsbrock.com
> >>
> >>
> http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/125139-muskrat-falls-critic-countersues-williams
> >>
> >> http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/node/4542
> >>
> >> FYI I just call Bruno Marcocchio @ 902-567-1132 and he had no clue as
> >> to what I was talking about However trust that just like Gretchen
> >> Fitzgerald, Danny Williams and his corporate pals know EXACTLY who I
> >> am and why I was calling.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.tmx.com/en/news_events/exchange_bulletins/bulletins/10-7-2011_TSX-NewListingADV.html
> >>
> >> http://alderonironore.com/corporate/board_directors/
> >>
> >>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/05/nfld-whistleblower-dodges-libel-charge.html
> >>

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <redicecreations@gmail.com>; "birgittaj"<birgittaj@althingi.is>;
"Piratar"<piratar@pirateparty.is>; "ed.pilkington"
<ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>; <janice.smith@cbc.ca>;
<camilla.inderberg@cbc.ca>; "david.akin"<david.akin@sunmedia.ca>;
<Alan.Dark@cbc.ca>; "newsonline"<newsonline@bbc.co.uk>
Cc: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; "aih"<aih@cbc.ca>;
"news-tips"<news-tips@nytimes.com>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 5:49 PM
Subject: I wonder if the the bigtime bullshitter Henrik Palmgren even
remembers me I bet he still plays dumb just like YOU, Ed Pilkington,
the NYTimes, CNN, Sun Media, CBC and the BBC EH Birgitta?

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/07/RIR-120722.php

On 6/6/13, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/it-appears-that-wikileaks-iceland.html
>
> From: postur@irr.is
> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:23:00 +0000
> Subject: Re: It appears that Wikileaks, Iceland, Birgitta Jonsdottir
> and her Pirate Party have no conscience whatsoever. I hoped I was
> wrong However here is why I am not surprised
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>
> Kveðja / Best regards
> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yo-birgitta-who-is-more-of-crook-julian.html

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen
Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP lawyer David Eby in BC or your
mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: postur@for.is
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 02:03:05 +0000
Subject: Re: [Mogulegur Ruslpostur] Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook
Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP
lawyer David Eby in BC or your mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received

Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: postur@irr.is
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 02:03:06 +0000
Subject: Re: [Mogulegur Ruslpostur] Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook
Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP
lawyer David Eby in BC or your mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.

Kveðja / Best regards
Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior

----- Original Message -----
From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 06:12:37 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: The BBC the Guardian the CBC, Brazil, Iceland, Canada
Pierre Omidyar, Glen Greenwald and all the other bigtime bullshitters
aka journalists may enjoy this blog but they will never write about it
N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Cc: interceptjobs <interceptjobs@theintercept.com>, David Amos
<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, SFeinman@fahrllc.com, ppalmater
<ppalmater@politics.ryerson.ca>, birgittaj <birgittaj@althingi.is>,
jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca, bob rae <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net>,
nichor@parl.gc.ca, greg weston <greg.weston@cbc.ca>, Manon Hardy
<Manon.Hardy@priv.gc.ca>, Dion Mario <Dion.Mario@psic-ispc.gc.ca>,
csu@jesuits.ca, "George.Soros"
<George.Soros@opensocietyfoundations.org>, "george.osborne.mp"
<george.osborne.mp@parliament.uk>, henktep <henktep@nbnet.nb.ca>,
ambassador@brasilemb.org, postur <postur@for.stjr.is>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, lgunter
<lgunter@shaw.ca>, hmc <hmc@mediacoop.ca>, tips <tips@660news.com>,
news <news@thetelegraph.com.au>, tips <tips@gawker.com>, news919
<news919@rogers.com>, newsonline <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, newsdesk
<newsdesk@theage.com.au>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "mckeen.randy"
<mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, premier
<premier@gnb.ca>, Brian Gallant <briangallant@nbliberal.ca>,
"Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, "david.fraser"
<david.fraser@mcinnescooper.com>, glen <glen@glencanning.com>, Glen
Canning <grcanning@me.com>, john adams <john.adams@queensu.ca>,
"john.logan"<john.logan@gnb.ca>

No one has ever "enjoyed this blog" David Amos sucks cock!

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/re-snowdon-assangethe-dhs-rcm-pthe-cbc.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: postur@for.is
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 12:42:06 +0000
Subject: Re: Re Snowdon Assangethe DHS the RCM Pthe CBC, Brazil
Iceland, the Guardian Pierre Omidyar, Glen Greenwald and all the other
bigtime bullshitters
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: "OSBORNE, George"<george.osborne.mp@parliament.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 12:36:36 +0000
Subject: Thank you for your e-mail
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you very much for your e-mail to George Osborne.

Non- Tatton Residents
If you are contacting George in his capacity as Chancellor of the
Exchequer, please re-send your e-mail to
public.enquiries@hm-treasury.gov.ukpublic.enquiries@hm-treasury.gov.uk

>
Alternatively, write to The Correspondence & Enquiry Unit, HM
Treasury, 1 Horseguards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ or telephone 020 7270
5000.

Tatton Residents
Thank you for your email- this is simply an automated response to
acknowledge it. If you are one of George's Tatton constituents, please
ensure that you have included your full postal address and postcode,
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Office of Rt Hon George Osborne MP
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
________________________________

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 09:03:20 -0300
Subject: Re Assange and the DND versus Mean Old Me
To: ryan.gallagher@theintercept.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Trust that you and Snowden don't know the half of it I have a LOT
more INFO and that your pals in the CBC and the Guardian etc know it

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/18/snowden-docs-reveal-covert-surveillance-and-pressure-tactics-aimed-at-wikileaks-and-its-supporters/

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0389

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

From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:05:48 -0300
Subject: Re Mean old me versus the incompetent Canadain Military
Police and Barry Winters a zionist who claims to be a former officer
To: media@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, commission@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, Barry Winters
<sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, "Julian Assange)"<editor@wikileaks.org>,
Sheldon Day <gem3intucson@q.com>, whistleblower
<whistleblower@ctv.ca>, "terry.seguin"<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, brian
<brian@brian-macdonald.ca>, tracy <tracy@jatam.org>
Cc: mackay01 <mackay01@canada.com>, IgnatM <IgnatM@parl.gc.ca>, LaytoJ
<LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca>, danf <danf@danf.com>, "john.logan"
<john.logan@gnb.ca>

ATTENTION

Glenn Stannard Acting Chair
Military Police Complaints Commission
270 Albert Street, 10th Floor
Ottawa, ON, K1P 5G8
Telephone: (613) 947-5625
Telephone Toll Free: 1 800 632-0566
Fax: (613) 947-5713
Fax Toll Free: 1 877 947-5713
e-mail: commission@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca

Do you people have a lawyer with the balls to talk to me or must I sue
the CROWN first?

Perhaps your snobby military lawyers should study every word of the
evil bastard's blog

http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

Furthermore Iggy's legal people should know this should be some sort
of Fucking Secret BULLSHIT to protect the reputations of many a
corrupt politician EH Mr Mindless Minister of Defence Petey Baby
MacKay??

http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-does-amerika-truther-movment-god.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Haukur S Magnusson <haukur@grapevine.is>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 02:50:58 +0000
Subject: Re: OK allow me to be brief then Tell Julian Assange and your
bullshitting pals in Iceland to go fuck themselves
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Dude, I really have no idea who you are or why you are so upset with
this Julian person.

Hope it all works out for you.

Haukur

On Apr 7, 2010, at 2:43 AM, David Amos wrote:

> On 4/6/10, Haukur S Magnusson <haukur@grapevine.is> wrote:
>> Pardon me sir,
>>
>> why do you keep signing your crazy e-mails with a Reykjavík Grapevine
>> footer? It is disturbing, and we would appreciate it if you stopped
>> doing it.
>>
>> Also, if you want people to read what you have to say, make it less
>> long and all over the place.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Haukur S. Magnússon
>>
>> Editor // Reykjavík Grapevine
>> haukur@grapevine.is
>> Tel. (+354) 695-8158 / (+354) 540-3602
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 2:24 AM, David Amos wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyCobbonUTube#p/u/14/dk4rBQDxOEE
>>>
>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
>>>
>>> This should be some sort of Fucking Secret BULLSHIT in order to
>>> protect the reputations of many a corrupt politician even a few
>>> Icelanders EH?
>>>
>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-does-amerika-truther-
>>> movment-god.html
>>>
>>> Friday, August 14, 2009
>>> What does Amerika, the "Truther" movment, "God" and retards have
>>> to do
>>> with Canada
>>>
>>> We do not have to worry about comment from Little Dean and
>>> Dave...they
>>> are to uneducated to understand most posts
>>>
>>> So have you seen them, been annoyed or insulted by them, have you
>>> smelled their disease? Have you ever crossed the "medicine line" and
>>> seen some Yank being taken into custody because he just has..."this
>>> constitutional right to bear arms"...in Canada. I remember years ago
>>> when the debate was on in Canada, about there being weapons of mass
>>> destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends" demanded that Canada
>>> join
>>> into "the Coalition of the Willing.
>>>
>>> American "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for
>>> NOT
>>> buying into the US policy. At the time I was serving as a planner at
>>> NDHQ and with 24 other of my colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM
>>> HQ to
>>> be involved in the planning in the planning stages of the
>>> op....and to
>>> report to NDHQ, that would report to the PMO upon the merits of the
>>> proposed operation.
>>>
>>> There was never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites
>>> where there were deployed WMD. Coalition assets were more than
>>> sufficient for the initial strike and invasion phase but even at
>>> that
>>> point in the planning, we were concerned about the number of
>>> "boots on
>>> the ground" for the occupation (and end game) stage of an
>>> operation in
>>> Iraq.
>>>
>>> We were also concerned about the American plans for occupation plans
>>> of Iraq because they at that stage included no contingency for a
>>> handing over of civil authority to a vetted Iraqi government and
>>> bureaucracy. There was no detailed plan for Iraq being
>>> "liberated" and
>>> returned to its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan.
>>>
>>> This was contrary to the lessons of Vietnam but also to the military
>>> thought, that folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and
>>> others
>>> illucidated upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what
>>> conditions are to met before US troop can redeploy?
>>>
>>> Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the PMO were even at the very
>>> preliminary planning stages wary of Canadian involment in an Iraq
>>> operation....History would prove them correct. The political
>>> preesure
>>> being applied on the PMO from the George W Bush administration was
>>> onerus
>>>
>>> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
>>> military assets even moreso It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
>>> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantene
>>> operations
>>> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in
>>> Afghanistan
>>> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
>>> operation....
>>>
>>> The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian lives and
>>> liberal
>>> political capitial.. and the priority of which ....not
>>> neccessarily in
>>> that order. Essentially Canada detemined to stay out of Iraq,
>>> paid the
>>> price, of a larger role in Afghanistan to enable US military
>>> assets to
>>> redeploy to Iraq.
>>>
>>> The US op in Afghanistan evolved from a US op, to a UN op, to a
>>> NATO /
>>> ISAF op. NATO countries other than Canada and the UK shun combat
>>> operations in Afghanistan..their rules of deployment and engagement
>>> mitigate against NATO troops engaging the Taliban. By design I am
>>> quite sure.
>>>
>>> But now the American Iraq op, is a great success. The "surge"
>>> worked.
>>> But alas now 127 Canadian soldiers are dead. The 2011 deadline is
>>> coming nigh....and President Barak Obama and NATO want Canada to
>>> consider extending the deployment of Canadian troops. The motives
>>> are
>>> different. The US wants to... needs to, as matter of national
>>> security, to defeat insurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Our
>>> European allies want Canada to remain and continue to "punch
>>> above its
>>> weight" so European soldiers do not have to actually fight or die.
>>>
>>> That begs a few questions: "Nations do not have friends, nations
>>> have
>>> interests" -Henry Kissinger. Is American national security re
>>> terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan compatable with Canadian
>>> national interests? If this country, Canada is going to be a
>>> continuing ally in "the war against terror"....should not our
>>> "friends
>>> and neighbours across the medicine line be more amenable in
>>> matters of
>>> trade, or just living up to their free trade agreements. If our
>>> "friends and neighbours" to the south want Canadians to fight
>>> side by
>>> side...maybe that 7 % Softwood lumber tariff was a mistake...or the
>>> buy American provision in the currant stimulus plan ought to be re
>>> thought.
>>>
>>> Our American "friends" give Israel roughly 3 billion dollars a
>>> year to
>>> be spent buying weapons systems from US defense contactors...to
>>> survive (both Israel and US defense industries) Perhaps US dollars
>>> should flow to Canada to buy weapons systems and patrol aircraft and
>>> naval platforms...after all, aren't we your "friends and allies"?
>>>
>>> There is nothing similar with American culture, and politics between
>>> Canada and the US. Canada evolved into nation status and the US,
>>> revolted violently. This difference in the means we became
>>> nations...has greatly defined who and what we are.
>>>
>>> Our American "friends" look upon Canada as cultural, economic and
>>> political satrap.... Now to their great consternation they are
>>> finding
>>> out... that is NOT the case . Nothing good came to Canada by way of
>>> America. The military "schewir punct" should be defense of our
>>> continental shelf and the arctic.
>>>
>>> Canada does need to stop shipping unrefined bitumen to the US and
>>> totally refine it here and start building a pipeline for bitumen to
>>> Canada's west coast to sell to Asian and the Chinese market. It is
>>> more than past time to understand ..our American "friends" are
>>> not our
>>> friends at all.
>>>
>>> Or else it is: Bend over here it comes again.....KY anyone?
>>> Posted by Seren at 11:27 AM
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Barry Winters <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>
>>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:33:09 -0600
>>> Subject: Re: The Reykjavík Grapevine Al Jazeera Iceland WikiLeaks
>>> and
>>> British Banksters etc
>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Tuesday, April 6, 2010
>>> David Amos is a RCMP rat
>>> Police Constables the world over call informants...cocksuckers.
>>> David
>>> Raymond Amos is a RCMP rat, a cocksucker, and he admits it. Just a
>>> few days
>>> ago David Raymond Amos admit he informed on and gave evidence in a
>>> murder
>>> case involving Gillies Moreau.
>>>
>>>
>>> David Amos has never sued or blown the whistle on anyone. There
>>> is no
>>> citation of any case involving David Raymond Amos in the New York
>>> Law
>>> Reporting Service, Shepards, or the Mass. Law reporting society or
>>> for that
>>> matter any state citation reporting service anywhere...you the
>>> places
>>> lawyers go to precedents for their briefs.
>>>
>>> Wikileaks will have NOTHING to do with David Amos. DavidAmos
>>> routinely
>>> plagerizes wikileaks material and then says he had everything to do
>>> with its
>>> exposure. David Raymond Amos is not an "ethical whistle blower" he
>>> has no
>>> record of having any information regarding public corruption
>>> whatsoever.
>>>
>>> But David Raymond Amos has a record of being a rat! A snitch for
>>> the "feds"
>>> he claims to hate. His kids are rats and assets of the RCMP and FBI
>>> because
>>> they are low low level snitches that inform on the lower rungs of
>>> minor
>>> organized crime organizations.
>>>
>>> But David Raymond Amos is also a pedophile or a "skinner" and a
>>> "goof".....
>>>
>>> Time will eventually run out for David as it always does for rats
>>> and
>>> skinners. So much for being an "ethical whistleblower" eh!
>>> Posted by Seren at 7:07 AM
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>> To: "whistleblower"<whistleblower@ctv.ca>; "Dan Fitzgerald"
>>> <danf@danf.net>; "terry.seguin"<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>; "Edith. Cody-
>>> Rice"
>>> <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>; "Barry Winters"<sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>;
>>> "eachtem"
>>> <eachtem@hotmail.com>; "danadurf"<danadurf@hotmail.com>; "dean Ray"
>>> <deanr0032@hotmail.com>; "dean"<dean@law.ualberta.ca>; "dean.law"
>>> <dean.law@mcgill.ca>; "Dean.Buzza"<Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
>>> <kevin.Jackson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>> Cc: <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; "tracy"<tracy@jatam.org>;
>>> <David.ALWARD@gnb.ca>;
>>> "Richard Harris"<injusticecoalition@hotmail.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:06 PM
>>> Subject: Fwd: The Reykjavík Grapevine Al Jazeera Iceland
>>> WikiLeaks and
>>> British Banksters etc
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 01:58:58 -0300
>>> Subject: RE: The Reykjavík Grapevine Al Jazeera Iceland WikiLeaks
>>> and
>>> British Banksters etc
>>> To: grapevine@grapevine.is,
>>> Cc: editor@wikileaks.org,
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r879_ZTqaY8
>>>
>>> From: "Julian Assange)"editor@wikileaks.org
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 3:15 PM
>>> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland's plan for a press safe haven
>>>
>>> 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: "David Amos"david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> To: "Julian Assange)"editor@wikileaks.org
>>> Cc: "Dan Fitzgerald"danf@danf.net; "Byrne. G"Byrne.G@parl.gc.ca
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Al Jazeera on Iceland's new plan Thanx Here is
>>> something
>>> about Iceland and Banksters Al Jazeera would enjoy
>>>
>>> Checkout this old pdf file from 2005 at about page two or three
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>
>>> Then read on and chuckle
>>>
>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009
>>> 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 david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> 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 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
>>>
>>> From: postur@for.stjr.is
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>> Subject: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of Iceland
>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>
>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and
>>> waits attendance.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>> 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 back
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>
>>> The Reykjavík Grapevine
>>> Hafnarstræti 15
>>> 101 Reykjavík
>>> Iceland
>>> grapevine@grapevine.is
>>> +354-540-3600
>>
>>

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/staff/ryan-gallagher/

Ryan Gallagher is a Scottish journalist whose work at The Intercept is
focused on government surveillance, technology, and civil liberties.
His journalism has appeared in publications including Slate

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Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin must have noticed his fellow SANB comedian the overpaid under-worked bureaucrat Marc Martin at play in CBC again today N'esy Pas?

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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Brian (LEG)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 13:31:40 +0000
Subject: RE: Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin must have noticed
his fellow SANB comedian the overpaid underworked bureaucrat Marc
Martin at play in CBC again today N'esy Pas?
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If this is a media request, please forward your e-mail to
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Martin, Marc (SNB)"<Marc.Martin@snb.ca>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 13:31:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin must
have noticed his fellow SANB comedian the overpaid underworked
bureaucrat Marc Martin at play in CBC again today N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Je serai absent du bureau le 8 janvier 2018. Pour des questions
de traduction, veuillez communiquer avec Cindy Dempsey par téléphone
au 444-2563 ou par courriel à l'adresse cindy.dempsey@snb.ca.

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translation-related questions, please contact Cindy Dempsey 444-2563
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 09:31:13 -0400
Subject: Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin must have noticed his
fellow SANB comedian the overpaid underworked bureaucrat Marc Martin
at play in CBC again today N'esy Pas?
To: andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca, Bruce.Macfarlane@gnb.ca,
marc.martin@snb.ca, hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca,
kris.austin@gnb.ca, rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca, serge.gauvin@snb.ca,
michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, attorneygeneral@ontario.ca,
caroline.mulroneyco@pc.ola.org, rbrossard@contribuables.ca,
krondolo@generationscrewed.ca, federal.director@taxpayer.com,
jbowes@taxpayer.com, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca,
greg.byrne@gnb.ca, tyler.campbell@gnb.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, premier@gov.bc.ca,
maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, strathmore.brooks@assembly.ab.ca,
brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca, calgary.lougheed@assembly.ab.ca,
leader@freedomconservativeparty.ca, premier@gnb.ca,
premier@ontario.ca, scott.moe@gov.sk.ca, premier@gov.ab.ca,
premier@leg.gov.mb.ca, ksims@taxpayer.com, fterrazzano@taxpayer.com,
pmacpherson@taxpayer.com, on.director@taxpayer.com,
prairie@taxpayer.com, Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca,
brian.gallant@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca,
megan.mitton@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-hospital-overcrowding-seniors-1.4969074

Shawn McShane
The problem goes back to 1967 according to the article. Quit voting LibCon duh

Bob Smith
@Shawn McShane ...and vote for who? The Green party, who doesn't have
a position on this issue without the talk coming back "say no to
resource usage"? People's Alliance? NDP? The fact is, this issue needs
to be tackled on several fronts starting with hiring/training more
staff for senior care and enabling families with seniors to care for
them at home with gov't support.

Marc Martin
@Shawn McShane
There is no other decent choice.

David R. Amos
@Bob Smith Methinks everybody knows why I always run as an Independent
and why I as a senior citizen expect to run in two elections this year
In the "Mean" time whereas Minister Flemming don't return calls or
answer emails perhaps I should ask the Department of Health
spokesperson Bruce Macfarlane why I do not have a Health Care Card YET
N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos
@Marc Martin "There is no other decent choice."

Methinks you expect me to disagree N'esy Pas?

Jim Cyr
Liberals have held power for 8 of the last 12 years (and 20 of the last 30).

Marc Martin
@Jim Cyr
Thanks God they did...

David R. Amos
@Marc Martin What God?

BRUCE MACFARLANE
Directeur des communications
Communications gouvernementales (Unité)
Société de développement régional
Coordonnées
Téléphone : (506) 444-4583
Télécopieur : (506)
Courriel : Bruce.Macfarlane@gnb.ca

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/integrity-commissioner-alexandre-deschenes-appeal-document-release-1.4969078

Marc Martin
*Former families and children minister Stephen Horsman said the
department would not hand over the report because its release would
harm the effectiveness of investigation techniques*

They are not too effective I can easily point out 20 family abusing
the system, I can see them smoke, drink beer every day of the week...

David R. Amos
Content disabled.
@Marc Martin Why complain of 20 families that you don't like? Methinks
many taxpayers would agree that there are 49 MLA's and legions of
bureaucrats such as yourself who are having fun abusing the system for
the benefit of their families N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele
Sounds like the N.B. Dept. of Social Development believes that they
are " above " the rules and regulations , and can do as they wish .
Not really surprising that Stephen Horsman does not believe in Govt.
transparency since he never said boo about Brian Gallant's 130 MILLION
dollar Francophonie Games , and the hiring of all Gallant's buddies to
manage the games while they filled their pockets with taxpayer cash .

Roy Nicholl
@Matt Steele
The news reports indicated the previous government refused to fund the
"revised" and augmented 130million budget forecast for the
francophonie games ... much as the current government has declined.

Matt Steele
@Roy Nicholl .....Media also reported that Gallant's buddies had
already spent over 2.5 MILLION on the games before Higgs put the
brakes on the boondoggle . Plus Gallant never mentioned the cost over
runs associated with the games even though the Liberal govt. knew
about the issue well before the last prov. election . It is what it is
.

Johnny Horton
@Roy Nicholl

While they didn’t “approve” the budget, they also didn’t stop them
from spending money and bring their pals, all while there was no
approved budget.

Marc Martin
@Matt Steele
We lost 3100 jobs in NB in December what did Higgs do to stop this again ?

David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks there was not much that he could do You must
admit he just got the job of overseeing you and your cohorts N'esy
Pas?

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#nbpoli #cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-hospital-overcrowding-seniors-1.4969074

Province dropped ball on preventing overcrowded ERs, advocate says

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Mark (Junkman) George

One thing for sure.............
The government can never be accused of overcrowding the ER's with doctors.

David R. Amos

@Mark (Junkman) George Oh So True

daryl doucette

Politicians and their cronies cannot " get their hands" on the money that the taxpayers pay to "unions" and most workers to finance the health care system. There fore, " bare bones" is the secretive policy to deal with that issue....and all the other government departments as well whom rely upon pesky well paid union folks. Now, some thing like the " FrancoPhonie Games", that's a whole different ball ( track and field?) game!! Lets pour 130 million into a 2 week event! Whoo Hoo! Whom gets the cash?....I rest my case.....

David R. Amos

@daryl doucette "I rest my case"

Methinks everybody knows I am far from done N'esy Pas?

Shawn McShane

The problem goes back to 1967 according to the article. Quit voting LibCon duh

Bob Smith

@Shawn McShane ...and vote for who? The Green party, who doesn't have a position on this issue without the talk coming back "say no to resource usage"? People's Alliance? NDP? The fact is, this issue needs to be tackled on several fronts starting with hiring/training more staff for senior care and enabling families with seniors to care for them at home with gov't support.

Marc Martin

@Shawn McShane

There is no other decent choice.

David R. Amos

@Bob Smith Methinks everybody knows why I always run as an Independent and why I as a senior citizen expect to run in two elections this year In the "Mean" time whereas Minister Flemming don't return calls or answer emails perhaps I should ask the Department of Health spokesperson Bruce Macfarlane why I do not have a Health Care Card YET N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "There is no other decent choice."

Methinks you expect me to disagree N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

I don't expect and I don't care, your opinion is irrelevant.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks Mr Higgs may have a different opinion on your opinions N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Again making no sense....

Anne Bérubé

@Shawn McShane It is too difficult for most to understand this option...

Fred Brewer

@Bob Smith
"...and vote for who? The Green party, who doesn't have a position on this issue..."

This is patently false. Here is the Green party's position, taken right from their website:

Petition the federal government to increase the per capita
health transfer to New Brunswick to reflect the needs of
our aging population.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin 'Again making no sense....

Methinks it not my fault that you try to play dumb particularly after labeling me "Dirty Santa" Anyone should wonder after your posting a link to my lawsuit against the Crown so many times in the past months that you must have read it by now N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Actually I did not post a link to your lawsuit...But the joke on that site where hilarious !!

Mark (Junkman) George

There is simply no political will to provide the citizens with good health care, or education. Bags of cash, for the bag man, can't simply fall out the side door of schools, or hospitals, without too many knowing/seeing.
You want good schools/hospitals? Set them up with large amounts of petty cash (that does not need accounting for).

David R. Amos

@Mark (Junkman) George Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?

Mark (Junkman) George

@David R. Amos

Do you *think* I'm joking? If the bag man was able to make regular calls to schools and hospitals they would both be over funded. As things stand now, it is only when there is new construction of a school, or hospital, that the bag man gets to pay a visit.

David R. Amos

@Mark (Junkman) George Did your think I was joking when I ran for public office six times and sued the Crown as well?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

*Did your think I was joking when I ran for public office six times *

No we only considered a joke that you did run 6 time......

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Who is we?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

The 750 814 out of 750 914...

Addie lingley

Yup!

David R. Amos

@Addie lingley Perhaps

Albert Wade

Duality.

Roland Godin

@Albert Wade
Merci d’accepter d’etre servit dans la langue officielle de mon choix...eh!

David R. Amos

@Roland Godin Nope

philippe m martin

Blame the politician, not the health profession

Roland Godin

@philippe m martin
Blame the voters they choose the politicians...et voilà.

David R. Amos

@philippe m martin Methinks many would agree that we should blame both N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Roland Godin Methinks they get the governments they deserve particularly the ones who don't bother to vote N'esy Pas?

Roland Godin

@David R. Amos
There is also the question if you vote you give your voice to someone to speak for you, that should render the voter speechless until the next colour doodling exercise...et voilà.

David R. Amos

@Roland Godin Methinks much to your chagrin some folks consider your idea of doodling rather important N'esy Pas?

John Fairview

Congratulations are in order for fanatically maintaining a single payer system whatever the toll

Colin Seeley

@John Fairview

Nail on head.

Everywhere else is 2 -Tier.

They live just as long and pay less.

Harold Benson

@Colin Seeley You actually believe that?

David R. Amos

@Colin Seeley Dream on

Jim Cyr

Liberals have held power for 8 of the last 12 years (and 20 of the last 30).

Marc Martin

@Jim Cyr

Thanks God they did...

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin What God?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Your starting again Davis...

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Who is Davis?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

I could use Dirty Santa if you like.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks that would be just more libel N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Methinks you should be loking at your own posts against me N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks the Crown already knows I saved everything N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Again your making no sense Davis...

Mario Doucet

Spend some of the money wasted with 2 healthcare systems to improve 1. Since Horizon is forced to be bilingual why does Vitalite even exist?

David R. Amos

@Mario Doucet Good question

Roland Godin

@Mario Doucet
Since Vitalité already serves in les deux langues officielles and occasionally in English only why does Horizon exist, call it health services the health care part is my responsibility...et voilà.

Marc Martin

@Mario Doucet

Horizon bilingual ? Don't make me laugh the cant even give customer service to the French population in Fredericton.

stephen blunston

@Marc Martin they can barley give it in English either for that matter

David R. Amos

@stephen blunston True except one can get lots of attention when the politicians have you falsely imprisoned in the DECH looney bin without a Health Care Card N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@stephen blunston

Horizon is the English health network doubt they cannot give service in English...

Marc Martin

@Marc Martin

4 thumbs down...lol..so I guess these people are saying Horizon cannot provide service to their own kind..interesting...

Province dropped ball on preventing overcrowded ERs, advocate says

Government has had years to prepare for ER wait times exacerbated by aging population

Hadeel Ibrahim· CBC News· Posted: Jan 07, 2019 6:32 PM AT

With an aging population, hospitals across the province are grappling with seniors taking up hospital beds while they wait to get into nursing homes. (CBC)

A longtime health consultant says government inaction is to blame for long wait times in hospital ERs and people sleeping in hospital corridors because there are no free beds.

Ken McGeorge, who co-chaired the New Brunswick's Council on Aging, said the health-care system needs less talk and more action to deal with overcrowding.

"We could be a model for the country and then the ball was dropped," he said.

Last week, Horizon Health chief of staff Dr. John Dornan said about 24 per cent of hospital beds are occupied by people who need to be in nursing homes or their own houses, and not in hospital.

"The problem that he's describing goes back to 1967 for heaven's sake," McGeorge said.

"I'm embarrassed that we've been talking for how many decades about the very same issues, and I'm embarrassed that we have not had or supported the leadership that we needed to do to deal with those issues. … We can be a model in health care for the country, we're not anywhere close to that right now."

New Brunswick's population is quickly aging and the province has one of the highest numbers of seniors per capita. According to Statistics Canada, people over 65 years old make up almost 20 per cent of the population.

77 recommendations

McGeorge said he and Dr. Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard made 77 recommendations in their aging strategy in 2017, and he doesn't expect to see all of them implemented.

Fourteen are relatively inexpensive recommendations that have to do with improving home care for seniors to help them avoid being in the hospital.

In P.E.I., a geriatrician with the encouragement of government has set up what they call the coach program. And in two years they have done what we have only talked about. - Ken McGeorge, health consultant

But instead of implementing the recommendations, the government started an "aging secretariat" and roundtable of around 65 people. Last year, this group produced yet another report, which McGeorge said was the wrong move.

"It's back to the future," McGeorge said.

No one at the Department of Health would agree to an interview with CBC News.

In an emailed statement, Department of Health spokesperson Bruce Macfarlane said the government will "develop a plan for improved home care, building on the work of previous governments."

Leader needed

McGeorge said that to their credit, Department of Social Development workers have been working hard on home-care initiatives, but these have "only made a very small dent."

He said he doesn't have a "silver bullet" solution but believes focusing resources on home care and working together would be a step in the right direction.

"There is a great divide between the regulators and the service providers. There's a big gap of understanding."

To combat the gap, McGeorge, said Premier Blaine Higgs must appoint someone who can be a leader and unite departments to focus their work on this one issue.

"Somebody has got to be the spark that pulls people like Dr. Dornan and others together with a clear mandate to fix that," McGeorge said.

"You need a leadership team. Civil servants can't do it [alone]. Politicians can't do it. Just as in P.E.I., a geriatrician with the encouragement of government has set up what they call the coach program. And in two years they have done what we have only talked about."

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Integrity commissioner forces province's hand with historic use of appeal power

January 8, 2019, 4:22 pm

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≪ Previous: Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin must have noticed his fellow SANB comedian the overpaid under-worked bureaucrat Marc Martin at play in CBC again today N'esy Pas?

‏ @DavidRayAmos

Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 49 others

Methinks its just like Leonard Cohen sang about long ago Everybody knows that Democracy and Justice are myths N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/01/integrity-commissioner-forces-provinces.html

#nbpoli #cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/integrity-commissioner-alexandre-deschenes-appeal-document-release-1.4969078

Integrity commissioner forces province's hand with historic use of appeal power

25 Comments

Harold Benson

So now the precedent is set for the new commissioner......no excuses.

David R. Amos

@Harold Benson "no excuses."

Methinks that Sam would agree that there never was N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele

Sounds like the N.B. Dept. of Social Development believes that they are " above " the rules and regulations , and can do as they wish . Not really surprising that Stephen Horsman does not believe in Govt. transparency since he never said boo about Brian Gallant's 130 MILLION dollar Francophonie Games , and the hiring of all Gallant's buddies to manage the games while they filled their pockets with taxpayer cash .

Roy Nicholl

@Matt Steele
The news reports indicated the previous government refused to fund the "revised" and augmented 130million budget forecast for the francophonie games ... much as the current government has declined.

Matt Steele

@Roy Nicholl .....Media also reported that Gallant's buddies had already spent over 2.5 MILLION on the games before Higgs put the brakes on the boondoggle . Plus Gallant never mentioned the cost over runs associated with the games even though the Liberal govt. knew about the issue well before the last prov. election . It is what it is .

Johnny Horton

@Roy Nicholl

While they didn’t “approve” the budget, they also didn’t stop them from spending money and bring their pals, all while there was no approved budget.

Marc Martin

@Matt Steele

We lost 3100 jobs in NB in December what did Higgs do to stop this again ?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks there was not much that he could do You must admit he just got the job of overseeing you and your cohorts N'esy Pas?

Roy Nicholl

@Matt Steele
Red ties or blue ties, the story has been the same during my 30-years in the province. I am always amazed by the partisan tribalism which tries to convince themselves there is any discernible difference.

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

The Liberals were also overseeing 4 years of unbalanced budget by the CoRservatives and Higgs was the finance minister was he not ?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks if you wish to recall you would have to admit that your SANB hero Mr Gallant offered Mr Higgs a job with his new liberal government in 2014 N'esy Pas?

Irv Millar

Really hope that Ontario has similar powers. They are going to be busy if the province does have these checks on untethered power.

David R. Amos

@Irv Millar How far back in history should they go?

Marc Martin

*Former families and children minister Stephen Horsman said the department would not hand over the report because its release would harm the effectiveness of investigation techniques*

They are not too effective I can easily point out 20 family abusing the system, I can see them smoke, drink beer every day of the week...

Content disabled.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Why complain of 20 families that you don't like? Methinks many taxpayers would agree that there are 49 MLA's and legions of bureaucrats such as yourself who are having fun abusing the system for the benefit of their families N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@David R. Amos Oh My MY

Fred Brewer

@Marc Martin
If you know of abuse, you should report it. But you should know that there is nothing illegal about smoking and drinking while on social assistance.

Content disabled. after I refreshed the page

Marc Martin

"You now know what you are doing is illegal..."

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "You now know what you are doing is illegal..."

Methinks those are Interesting words N'esy Pas?

Paul Bourgoin

This transparency decision and his attitude made Former Families and Children minister Stephen Horsman above the LAW??? or should I dare ask what LAW?

David R. Amos

@Paul Bourgoin Methinks its just like Leonard Cohen sang about long ago Everybody knows that Democracy and Justice are myths N'esy Pas?

Fred Brewer

It is sad that the only commissioner to ever stand up and challenge the government, has now retired.
My question is: Was he constructively dismissed by overloading him with work?

Originally he held the position of conflict of interest commissioner and then the government added watchdog responsibility for the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the registry of lobbyists. All of these responsibilities for a part-time position is just too much. He even said that was the reason for his retirement.

David R. Amos

@Fred Brewer Methinks its kinda obvious that the longstanding liberal/ lawyer/appointee decided to cut and run as soon as Higgs became the Premier N'esy Pas?

https://www.gnb.ca/legis/Conflict/profile-e.asp

"Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.. was admitted to the Law Society of New Brunswick in 1968. He was legal counsel to the Department of Justice in Fredericton from 1968 to 1971. He was in private practice from 1972 to 1982 and specialized in civil litigation as a partner in the law firm of Michaud, Leblanc, Robichaud, and Deschênes. While residing in Shediac, N.B., he served on town council and became the first president of the South East Economic Commission. He is a past president of the Richelieu Club in Shediac.

In 1982, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick and of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in 2000.

On July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada.

While on the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, he was appointed President of the provincial Judicial Council and in 2012 Chairperson of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New Brunswick for the 2015 federal election.

He was appointed Conflict of Interest Commissioner in December 2016 and became New Brunswick’s first Integrity Commissioner on December 16, 2016 with responsibilities for conflict of interest issues related to Members of the Legislative Assembly. As of April 1, 2017 he supervises lobbyists of public office holders under the Lobbyists’ Registration Act.

As of September 1, 2017, he will be assuming the functions presently held by the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner."

David Peters

Have a guaranteed income and a simple flat tax. Do away with the expensive and liberty killing welfare bureaucracy and cra.

Then we don't need all the sneaky "investigative techniques"...which MUST remain secret.

David R. Amos

@David Peters Methinks you have been checking my work N'es Pas?

Mario Doucet

Another francophone government commissioner to stir the pot, why are these people always French?

David R. Amos

@Mario Doucet Methinks you should confer with all the ghosts of 50 Xmass' past N'esy Pas?

Integrity commissioner forces province's hand with historic use of appeal power

Appeal filed two months before Alexandre Deschênes retired from post on Dec. 31

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jan 08, 2019 6:00 AM AT

Retired integrity commissioner Alexandre Deschênes appealed after the Department of Social Development refused to give a woman a copy of an investigator’s report into her own social assistance case. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

For the first time, New Brunswick's independent information watchdog has used his legal power to force the province to release documents it wanted to keep secret.

Alexandre Deschênes filed the appeal in October after the government refused to heed his recommendation to give a New Brunswick woman a copy of an investigator's report into her own social assistance case.

Deschênes told CBC News that the Department of Social Development relented and agreed to give the woman the report, shortly before he retired from his position Dec. 31.

"That shows you that in some cases, it's very important that the commissioner exercise that right of appeal to force disclosure where the commissioner is of the view that the document ought to be revealed," he said.

The integrity commissioner monitors the province's compliance with the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The act gives the commissioner the power to appeal a government refusal to release information if the person requesting it chooses not to.

Alexandre Deschênes was the first integrity commissioner to use the power to file an appeal. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

The woman seeking the document wrote in a July 18, 2018, email to Deschênes's office that "I am a person living in poverty" and if she were forced to spend non-existent funds, it would amount to her being deemed "unworthy" of having her rights protected.

'Sometimes it's a question of intimidation'

Deschênes said it's important the commissioner have the power to appeal rejections in such cases.

"Sometimes it's a question of intimidation," he said. "Despite the fact that this is supposed to be a user-friendly type of process, some people just don't want to appear before a judge for their own reasons. Sometimes they don't see the importance of the case being brought on appeal."

His decision diverges from the approach of the previous information commissioner, Anne Bertrand, who tried to avoid confrontations with the province by negotiating with officials or persuading them to release documents.

Case against stricter MLA conflict law doesn't wash, says just-retired commissioner

Integrity commissioner calls for tougher conflict-of-interest law

Because the province gave in and Deschênes's appeal was never heard, there was no ruling in the case and no precedent established.

Nonetheless, it marks the first time a New Brunswick information commissioner has used the power to file an appeal. Deschênes said his office "felt very strongly" that the province's refusal had to be challenged.

CBC News tried to contact the woman through an email address in the court file but did not receive a reply.

Province won't change approach

Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard said in an emailed statement that her department would not change its general approach to such requests as a result of the case.

"Each case will continue to be judged on its own particular set of circumstances," she said, adding the department's "default position" will be to release all information that is not protected by privacy legislation.

Shephard's statement cited privacy issues even though that was not the reason the department gave for refusing to release the report.

Liberal government refused to release report

The woman filed a right to information request in 2017 for the report. She wanted to see it because it led the department to cut off her benefits under the Family Income Security Act.

Then-Liberal minister Stephen Horsman refused to turn it over, citing a section of the right to information law that says the province doesn't need to release information that would "harm the effectiveness of investigative techniques."

Former families and children minister Stephen Horsman said the department would not hand over the report because its release would harm the effectiveness of investigation techniques. (Alex Vietinghoff/CBC)

The woman complained to Deschênes, who investigated the decision. His five-page report said departmental officials told him that people receiving benefits would use information in the investigation to "scam" the government and collect benefits to which they weren't entitled.

The government pointed to a recent ruling that the Saint John city police was allowed to reject a right-to-information request for evidence in a still-open criminal investigation.

But Deschênes concluded that the woman's case was different because her investigation was over and because she was asking for personal information about herself.

He also said that social-assistance clients are already "generally aware" that the department may check on whether they lived where they claimed to live, since that is a requirement.

The province cross-references a client's name with other government databases to check their addresses, and Deschênes concluded it was "highly unlikely" clients would be able to change their addresses "in all of these databases" to defraud the system.

Despite those conclusions, Horsman again refused to give the woman the report in June 2018, telling her the department was "unable to comply."

Deschênes filed his appeal in October 2018. He notified the court that the case had been resolved on Dec. 21.

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Methinks Minister Dorothy Shephard and her mindless minions should do the right thing for Nicky ASAP N'esy Pas Mr Higgs???

January 9, 2019, 5:57 am

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Wednesday, 9 January 2019

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the right thing for Nicky ASAP N'esy Pas Mr Higgs???

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Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 49 others

Methinks Minister Dorothy Shephard and her mindless minions should do the right thing for Nicky by simply restoring the prior arrangements and repaying his Mother Colette Theriault for her losses since they attacked her N'esy Pas?

#nbpoli#cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/home-care-disabled-psw-health-aid-shortage-seniors-department-social-development-1.4965020

Mother says she was forced to falsify records to get help for disabled son

In rural St. Martins, no home care is available at the official rate of $14 an hour

Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: Jan 09, 2019 6:00 AM AT

Colette Theriault had to give up her career to look after her son, Dominic (Nicky) Theriault, 28. (Brian Chisholm/CBC)

Colette Theriault finds some moments of peace while caring alone for her profoundly disabled son Nicky, but more and more these days she finds herself fearing for his future.

The 55-year-old Theriault says she's refinanced her home, is about to lose her car and lives with the worry she may be charged with allegedly misusing funding she receive from the province for Nicky's care.

Her son is 28 and has the body and weight of a man but wears a diaper, cannot speak and functions at the level of a two-year-old.

He can suffer a seizure with little warning and cannot, ever, be left alone.

And Theriault cannot find or afford help to look after him.

Provincial support of $5,156 a month was cut off in April 2018, the day two Department of Social Development staff arrived at Theriault's home in St. Martins, west of Saint John on the Bay of Fundy.

She and her son are now surviving on $1,900 a month, an amount that includes $753 disability received by Nicky.

The social worker and investigator from Social Development who visited in April informed Theriault she was under investigation, suspected of improperly using the money she was getting to hire caregivers.

"One of them tells me that they've received a call, and I'm not allowed to know who called,"

Theriault said. "They received a call that somebody said the money that Nicky was receiving for his activities and for things like that was misused."

Can't move to city

It's a serious charge, and Theriault admits that technically she has not properly accounted for all of the spending.

But she claims she had no choice. Hiring long-term home-care workers has proved nearly impossible in St. Martins, as it has in many of New Brunswick's rural communities.

And said she can't move to Saint John because her home is fully mortgaged, and the amount she could get for it is well below the assessed value.

Every time that I had somebody helping me out with Nicky was a blessing.- Colette Theriault

Nicky, who attended special programs in the regular school system, has been home full time since suffering an injury on board the school bus in 2012.

For most of the time since then, Theriault has managed his care, hiring and scheduling caregivers, using the support funding from the Department of Social Development.

She had been given a free hand to use the monthly support from the province to manage her son's care, mainly because the province couldn't find a permanent aide itself.

She is adamant she did not keep any of the money for herself.

There were times when she did pay more than the allowed $14 per hour to have someone care for Nicky, so she could handle other chores.

Sometimes she paid up to $25 an hour for care and admits to later falsifying the paperwork. She brought the rate down in her records by spreading the total amount paid over more hours than were actually worked.

Department took over care

Everything came crashing down in April.

After the visit from the Social Development employees, the department said it would take over management of Nicky's care and pay for home support workers directly through an agency.

A department letter dated May 14, 2018, said Theriault's son would receive 11 hours per day of care from support workers from Integrity Home Health Services of Saint John.

But the plan didn't take into account the well-known shortage of home-care workers in New Brunswick.

Nicky cannot speak and needs constant care. He's been approved for 11 hours of home-are support daily but no workers can be found. (Brian Chisholm/CBC)

The first provincially contracted personal support worker wasn't even assigned to Nicky until July and lasted just three days. The second one quit after four.

Theriault has seen no one from Integrity Home Health Services of Saint John since then.
She's not surprised.

Finding support workers who will travel 40 minutes to her home to perform chores such as changing Nicky's diaper, on a wage of $14 an hour, has always been a challenge.

They can tell me that I might do wrong by their paperwork, but by my Nicky I've done right. And I know I've done right, there's not argument about that.- Colette Theriault

Left without reliable help, Theriault gave up her full-time career as a holistic therapist six years ago to care for her son full-time, although she still needed outside help.

"Every time that I had somebody helping me out with Nicky was a blessing," Theriault said. "There's no other words for saying that, because I was by myself. I was by myself mowing the lawn, I was by myself changing his bum, I was by myself when he was sick, I was by myself doing the groceries.

"Anybody that came out here and offered help, I was more than happy to pay them whatever they wanted."

In six years, Theriault never exceeded the total monthly allotment for home care.

She believes what got her into trouble is little more than management of the paperwork required by the department.

The forms offer no flexibility when it comes to accounting for expenses and are not appropriate for situations like hers, she said.

She said she was questioned in particular about a $3,800 expense she filed to take her son to a special camp for the disabled in Quebec. She used the break to make a rare trip to Toronto to see her other son.

Afraid son will be put in group home

Nicky Theriault, his mother Colette and the family dog. (Brian Chisholm/CBC )

Theriault's claims cannot be confirmed. A spokesman for the Department of Social Development said confidentiality rules forbid the discussion of any case involving clients.

Theriault said her biggest fear is that the uncertain situation will end with Nicky being placed in a group home. She believes that he would not survive such a change in environment or that he would end up heavily sedated.

You can make more working in the fast food industry than you can providing care. - Haley Flaro , Ability New Brunswick

But the past several months without help — and no access to the money the province would spend on his care if it could find caregivers — have taken a toll on them both. Family members who provide care to disabled members are not eligible for provincial support.

"I'm kind of worried they're going to send me too far deep, and I will not be able to bring myself back," Theriault said. "So what happens to Nicky [then]?

"They can tell me that I might do wrong by their paperwork, but by my Nicky I've done right. And I know I've done right, there's not argument about that."

Shortage of workers a 'crisis'

Haley Flaro, executive director of Ability New Brunswick, has has heard much of this before.

She described the shortage of home-support workers as a "crisis."

"Our organization is increasingly concerned about caregiver burnout," said Flaro, whose organization offers support to disabled people and their families.

"About 60 percent of the families, adults that we work with that need home support, have to hire privately because they can't find an agency that can either fill their hours or provide the level of care they need.

"You can make more working in the fast food industry than you can providing care."

Trying to make job attractive

Dorothy Shephard, the minister of social development, says the provincial government is committed to increasing the number of home-care workers by making the job more attractive. (Brian Chisholm/CBC)

Minister Dorothy Shephard, the minister of social development, said the new government is committed to making it more attractive for people to become personal support workers.

"We want home care to be a profession, we want the training and the salary to match the importance of the profession," Shephard said. "There are some rural challenges and we need to certainly focus on that."

About 4,500 people are employed by private agencies in New Brunswick, and Shephard said she does not yet know how many more are needed.

She said her department does not yet have its budget numbers for this year and she cannot say how much money will be devoted to the solving the shortage of home-care workers.

About the Author

Connell Smith

Reporter

Connell Smith is a reporter with CBC in Saint John. He can be reached at 632-7726 Connell.smith@cbc.ca

https://www.telegraphjournal.com/telegraph-journal/story/100712615/election-sussex-fundy-stmartins

Sussex candidates split on work opportunities in N.B.

TAMMY SCOTT-WALLACE Telegraph-Journal

September 14, 2018

Participating in the Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins meet the candidates event, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, are Progressive Conservative candidate Bruce Northrup; Fred Harrison of the Green party; Liberal Ian Smyth; Peoples Alliance candidate Jim Bedford and David Amos running as an Independent. Photo: Tammy Scott-Wallace/Telegraph-Journal

SUSSEX • The rate in which families are leaving the province and the pain that causes the economy needs to be a primary focus in the Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins riding this election, said Progressive Conservative candidate Bruce Northrup.

And to him, closing the door to the development of the province’s natural resources is the main contributor to the problem of out-migration.

Differing political positions were represented during a meet the candidates event in the riding Wednesday night.

“Why are they going west?” Northrup asked, answering his own question. “To work in oil fields, to work in natural gas.”

Those who move away for work are often lost forever as they settle down and make their family there, he added. Northrup has been staunchly opposed to the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Brian Gallant’s Liberal put in place following the last provincial election.

“We have to develop our natural gas and natural resources to keep them here. They’re exiting by the hundreds,” Northrup said.

Liberal candidate Ian Smyth, however, sees it differently.

He believes there’s lots of work, but not the right “attitudes.”

He talked about recent job interviews he was conducting on his farm where he was offering a $13 an hour job. The person he was supposed to interview didn’t bother to show up or call, and that happened five times, Smyth said.

“There’s not a shortage of work. There’s all kinds of work,” he said, “but attitudes have to change.”
People have the right to leave the province for better work opportunities, he added.
“It’s all about choices – it’s a free country,” said the father of four young children.

As someone who left his community of St. Martins where he was fire chief for 22 years to go to Alberta, Peoples Alliance candidate Bedford said, he knows how difficult it is to uproot. The low wages he was earning picking rocks, however wasn’t near enough. He sent six resumes to Alberta companies, and he received calls for work from all six of them.

He lived there with his family for 10 years.

“People are payments away from losing their homes,” Bedford said. “We’re fooling ourselves when we say how great we are. Look around your neighbourhood, look around this room.”

Dollar figures on what the sweet spot should be for an adequate provincial minimum wage fluctuated among parties when the question came up.

Independent candidate David Amos, who ran federally the last time around, says people are not earning what they need to survive. He believes $18 an hour is a fair paycheque.

“Why can’t the working man earn what the old man gets?” he said, referring to his old age pension. He said often the working person still has a family to raise at home.

But an appropriate minimum wage is not only about another couple bucks for the worker, Bedford pointed out.

“It’s a fine balancing act,” the Sussex businessman said. A $15 minimum wage, he said, pushes closer to $35 an hour for the employer who has to contribute more for employment insurance and Canada Pension Plan for the worker.

A small crowd of voters attended the Sussex and District Chamber of Commerce event to meet the candidates of Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins on Wednesday night in Sussex Corner. Photo: Tammy Scott-Wallace/Telegraph-Journal

That could mean fewer businesses, and in turn fewer jobs.

“You have to look at what the full impact will be,” Bedford said.

Minimum wage in New Brunswick is currently $11.25 an hour, which is similar to the other Maritime provinces.

But the Liberals are committing as part of their election platform to increasing it to $14 an hour gradually, Smyth said.

“People need $14 to survive,” he said.

The Green party wants to do even better than that, said candidate Fred Harrison, by raising the amount $1 a year until it reaches $15.25.

Northrup said the Tories are not committing to an increase.

Amos, Bedford and Northrup all took aim at the controversial carbon tax the Liberals have committed to.

“There’s no disputing climate change,” Amos said. “Mother Nature is going to do what she wants to do. New taxation isn’t going to fix it.”

Bedford also believes it should be eliminated, as should taxes on used vehicles. There should also be a major drop in small business tax, he said.

The Progressive Conservative platform has a sharp focus on reducing taxes, Northrup said.
“My favourite three words in our platform is ‘no more taxes’,” he said. “We want to put more money in your pockets.

“At the end of the day we’re totally, totally taxed out.”

It was a mild, small crowd of about 25 people that gathered to meet the candidates hosted by the Sussex and District Chamber of Commerce in Sussex Corner.

The Chamber held a similar event in early August, before the writ was dropped.

Wednesday evening’s event took place at the same time a televised debate among the provincial party leaders was happening.

Fracking, which is often a hot topic in the Sussex region with the business community supporting it, received varying opinions during the panel discussion.

Amos is against fracking.

“If there’s nothing in it for all of us, why bother?” he said, referring to the companies that have more to benefit than New Brunswickers with its inadequate royalty structure.

But Northup believes there’s a lot of benefit for New Brunswickers to use its own natural resources, from salt mined in Picadilly, to natural gas.

In his opinion, too much is being brought into the province from outside.

“We need to develop our own resources to benefit ourselves,” he said. People in the riding need to work, especially since the potash mine in the riding closed in 2016, taking hundreds of jobs with it.

Bedford cannot reasonably expect there not to be hiccups along the way with any new developments, but feels “the benefits are going to outweigh the risks.”

He too believes “we need to depend on ourselves. We need to get people working.”

Harrison said potential risks need to be fully understood, but generally speaking he doesn’t oppose natural resource development.

“I would still want to err on the side of the environment and encourage and develop more natural resources that are sustainable,” the artist said.

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hardy, Erin (SNB)"<Erin.Hardy@snb.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:11:58 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian
Title people, the Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that
I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Hello,

I will be out of the office from August 9-24 inclusive. I will reply
to your email upon my return, however, I will be checking emails
periodically. Thank you.

Bonjour,

Je serai absent du bureau du 9 au 24 août inclusivement. Je répondrai
à votre courriel à mon retour, mais, je vérifierai régulièrement les
courriels. Merci.

---------- Original message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:11:54 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian
Title people, the Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that
I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

(Français à suivre)

If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca

If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Thank you.

Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca

Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Merci.

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:11:48 -0400
Subject: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian Title people, the
Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that I will figure out
what a form 13a is.
To: serge.gauvin@snb.ca, patrick.windle@snb.ca, "claude.poirier"
<claude.poirier@snb.ca>, "john.mcnair"<john.mcnair@snb.ca>,
Erin.Hardy@snb.ca, "alan.roy"<alan.roy@snb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, kevhache@nb.sympatico.ca, "greg.byrne"
<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, krisaustin <krisaustin@peoplesalliance.ca>,
"David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Serge Gauvin
Registrar General of Land Titles
Called to the bar: 1995 (NB)
Phone: 506-457-6933
Fax: 506-444-3033
Email: serge.gauvin@snb.ca
Patrick V. Windle
Deputy Registrar General of Land Titles
Called to the bar: 1997 (NB)
Email: patrick.windle@snb.ca
Service New Brunswick
Land Registry, 985 College Hill Rd.
PO Box 1998, Stn. A
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5G4

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Auto-reply from kevhache@nb.aibn.com"<kevhache@nb.aibn.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 18:20:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Too Funny I just talked to Claude Landry Elvy Robichaud’s
old Chief of Staff He forgot what went down in 2004 and the emails I
sent him since
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

Bonjour

Je serais absent du bureau du 6 aout au 22 aout inclusivement. Le
bureau sera fermé du 6 au 19 aout inclusivement pour les vacances d
ete et sera ouvert a partir du 20 aout. Bonne Vacance a tous

Je retournerais votre courriel a mon retour.

Kevin J. Hache

CABINET KEVIN J. HACHE
8 Boul St-Pierre Ouest
C.P. 5662
Caraquet NB E1W 1B7
506 727 5150 (telephone)
506 727 6686 (telecopieur)
kevhache@nb.sympatico.ca

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:01:57 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: I just called Alan Roy again about
my right to health care, my missing 1965 Harley, the Yankee Wiretaps
tapes in its saddlebag and Federal Court and his assistant played dumb
as usual
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

(Français à suivre)

If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca

If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Thank you.

Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca

Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Merci.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:42:09 -0400
Subject: Attn Marc Richard and John McNair I just called AGAIN Say hey
to my Brother in Law W. S. Reid CHEDORE and his brother of the law
David Lutz QC for me will ya?
To: MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, John.McNair@snb.ca,
"serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, Erin.Hardy@snb.ca,
David.Eidt@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:51:09 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE Irving's ridiculous constitutional
challenge and Federal Court File no T-1557-15 I wonder if George
Cooper and Hélène Beaulieure even know how many times the Irvings and
partners of their VERY snobby law firm have offended me over t...
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until October 30, 2017. Je serai absent
du bureau jusqu'au 30 octobre 2017.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Eidt, David (OAG/CPG)"<David.Eidt@gnb.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
did she take all four copies?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until Monday, March 13, 2017. I will have
little to no access to email. Please dial 453-2222 for assistance.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:16:46 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until August 15, 2016. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "McNair, John (SNB)"<John.McNair@snb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:29 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office August 1 - August 12. I will reply to your
email when I return. If you require immediate assistance, please
contact Chantal Leger at 663-2510. Thank you.

Je serai absent du bureau les 1 aout - 12 aout. Je répondrai à votre
courriel à mon retour. Si vous nécessitez de l'assistance
immédiatement, veuillez contacter Chantal Leger au 663-2510. Merci.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Hardy, Erin (SNB)"<Erin.Hardy@snb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:28 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Le francais suit:

Hello,

I am currently out of the office. I will gladly reply to your message
upon my return on August 15, 2016. Should you require immediate
assitance please contact Celeste Savoie at (506) 471-5290 or by email:
Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.

Have a nice day!

Bonjour,

Je suis presentement hors du bureau. Il me fera plaisir de repondre a
votre message a mon retour August 15, 2016. Si vous avez besoin d'une
assitance immediate, veuillez communiquer avec Celeste Savoie au (506)
471-5290 ou par courriel a: Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.

Bonne journee!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:43:27 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My we just talked briefly Correct Ms
Beaulieu? It appears to me that the latest President of the NB Law
Society thinks non lawyers are not worth talking to
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until July 21, 2014. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 21 juillet 2014.

> ---------- 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 ----------
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
>>
>

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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Progressive Conservative MLA calls it quits at provincial level
Brian Macdonald won't run again for legislature seat, but might try
federal politics
CBC News · Posted: May 28, 2018 6:07 PM AT | Last Updated: May 28
Brian Macdonald, a Progressive Conservative MLA, has announced he
won't run in the Sept. 24 provincial election. (CBC)

New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party is losing one of its
highest-profile MLAs just months before the next provincial election.

Brian Macdonald says he won't be a candidate this fall and may instead
jump into federal politics.

Calling the last year "my best year in politics," the two-term MLA
said his decision has nothing to do with PC Leader Blaine Higgs, who
beat Macdonald for the party leadership in 2016.

"It's been a really good year," Macdonald said. "I've had a strong
voice in the legislature on issues that are really important to my
heart.

"I also think it can be a challenge being in provincial politics. It's
very small, it's very close, it's very tight, and on a personal basis,
I want to move on."

Macdonald says he’s considering running for the federal Conservative
nomination in New Brunswick Southwest, which includes part of the
riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell, where he has been the MLA. (CBC)

Macdonald said he's considering running for the federal Conservative
nomination in New Brunswick Southwest, a constituency that includes
part of Macdonald's provincial riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell.

Health critic slams 'gutting' of top doctor's office

Blaine Higgs faces internal PC dissent over appointment

That decision would pit him against former Conservative MP John
Williamson, who announced May 21 he'll also seek the nomination in the
riding he represented from 2011 to 2015. Party members in the riding
will nominate their candidate June 28.

Macdonald said he'll also consider running federally in Fredericton.
The former soldier said he's also looking at job opportunities with
national organizations that advocate for veterans.

"I'm looking for opportunities and considering a lot of options," he said.

Blaine Higgs wins N.B. PC leadership race on 3rd ballot

Tory leadership hopefuls scramble to be 'second choice' of rivals'
supporters

Macdonald is the fifth candidate from the 2016 provincial PC
leadership race to opt against running in this year's election under
Higgs.

Macdonald said he is confident he would have won his riding again and
the Tories will win the election Sept. 24, meaning he'd have a shot of
becoming a minister.

But he said being a provincial politician "does wear on you and it
does make you think about what the other options are. … If I go
another four years in provincial politics, it concerns me that my
options would be limited after that."

The 47-year-old also said the recent death of some friends made him
realize he should pursue other opportunities when he can.

Macdonald's interest in federal politics has been well-known for
years. He was a political assistant to former federal Defence Minister
Peter MacKay and sought the federal Conservative nomination for
Fredericton for the 2008 election.

After failing to win that nomination, he ran provincially in
Fredericton-Silverwood in 2010 and was elected. He was re-elected in
the newly created riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell in 2014, when he
defeated then-NDP leader Dominic Cardy.

Macdonald ran for the leadership of the New Brunswick Progressive
Conservative Party but lost to Blaine Higgs. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

In 2016, Macdonald ran for the PC leadership, placing sixth on the
first ballot out of seven candidates.

Macdonald said he doesn't think his departure will hurt the provincial
party's chances of holding on to Fredericton West-Hanwell.

"It's going to be very attractive to a number of high-calibre
candidates who are now beginning to come forward," he said.

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From: "Fitch, Bruce (LEG)"<Bruce.Fitch@gnb.ca>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 11:30:50 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Brian Gallant I would lay odds that your
SANB lawyer buddies Michel Carrier and Michel Doucet are relieved that
CBC does not offer a comment section today N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for your email. I will be away from Jan 6, 2019 and Jan
21, 2019. I will have limited access to my emails during this
period. If you should need immediate assistance please contact the
Riverview Constituency Office @ 506 869 6117.

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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 07:30:09 -0400
Subject: YO Brian Gallant I would lay odds that your SANB lawyer
buddies Michel Carrier and Michel Doucet are relieved that CBC does
not offer a comment section today N'esy Pas?
To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca, Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca, mary.wilson@gnb.ca,
carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Catherine.Tait@cbc.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca,
greg.byrne@gnb.ca, Jack.Keir@gnb.ca, nick.brown@gnb.ca,
steve.murphy@ctv.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca,
kris.austin@gnb.ca, michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca,
David.Coon@gnb.ca, Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca,
sutherland.marie@brunswicknews.com, Benoit.Bourque@gnb.ca,
denis.landry2@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com,
COCMoncton@gmail.com, markandcaroline@gmail.com,
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, Robert.Jones@cbc.ca,
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Language commissioner wins right to intervene in paramedic hiring case

Judicial review coming up of arbitrator's recommendation not to require bilingual hires in some areas

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jan 08, 2019 3:31 PM AT

Official Languages Commissioner Michel Carrier will be able to intervene in a contentious court case involving Ambulance New Brunswick's bilingual hiring practices (CBC)

New Brunswick's official languages commissioner has been given a legal green light to intervene in a contentious court case involving Ambulance New Brunswick's bilingual hiring practices.

A judge has ruled that Michel Carrier's lawyers will be allowed to make arguments and present evidence during a judicial review scheduled for Jan. 24.

It's the first time a New Brunswick language commissioner has been granted intervener status in a case before the courts.

"I am of the view that the Court could benefit from the arguments to be provided by the commissioner in the resolution of the issues between the parties," Justice Denise LeBlanc of the Court of Queen's Bench wrote in her Jan. 3 decision.

Weakened bilingual requirements for paramedics violates languages act, says commissioner

Flemming's rhetoric on bilingual paramedics doesn't reflect province's position, says Higgs

Carrier's lawyer, Michel Doucet, argued during a hearing last month that the commissioner had valuable insights to offer the court on how the Official Languages Act is interpreted.

Carrier said in a statement last month that recommended changes to the bilingual hiring requirements for paramedics "compromise the respect of New Brunswickers' language rights" and should not be implemented.

The McEvoy ruling

The judicial review will examine a ruling last year by labour arbitrator John McEvoy. He found Ambulance New Brunswick was not complying with seniority clauses in its contract with the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4848.

McEvoy said Ambulance New Brunswick's use of temporary unilingual hires when it couldn't find bilingual paramedics, and the regular reposting of those vacancies, was interfering with seniority rights.

He suggested a regional-based hiring system that would not require bilingual paramedics in areas of the province where there is less demand for second-language service.

A map of where the McEvoy decision could be applied. The black areas are where there's less demand for English services, and the grey areas are where there's less demand for French services. (Province of New Brunswick)

The previous Liberal government asked for a judicial review of the decision because its recommendations appear to violate the legal requirement for equal service in both languages in every part of the province.

The Higgs government announced in December that it was directing Ambulance New Brunswick to implement the McEvoy decision, even before the judicial review is heard.

Tories loosen bilingual hiring requirements for paramedics in certain areas

Higgs would not say in an interview last month whether the province's lawyers would argue during the review that McEvoy's ruling complied with or violated the language law.

He said they'd be seeking "to get an interpretation" of how the law is applied.

The province's lawyers didn't take a position on whether Carrier should be able to intervene. CUPE 4848 opposed it, arguing the case is "a private matter" between the union and the province.

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs wants to implement the McEvoy decision before the judicial review is heard. (CBC)

Carrier's lawyer Michel Doucet responded that McEvoy's labour ruling "went beyond the scope of the private matter" and waded into an interpretation of the Official Languages Act that would affect the rights of New Brunswickers.

Carrier's intervention in the paramedic case is the second time in recent months that an arm's-length legislative watchdog has gone to court.

Last fall, then-integrity commissioner Alexandre Deschênes filed the first-ever appeal by a commissioner in a right-to-information case.

The never-before-used power allowed him to challenge the province's refusal to provide a New Brunswick woman with an investigator's report on her use of an income-assistance program.

After Deschênes filed the case, the province relented and gave the woman the report.

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Brian (LEG)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:59:17 +0000
> Subject: RE: Facing a divided province, a non-profit strives for
> 'social cohesion' in New Brunswick ??? YEA RIGHT
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for writing to the Leader of the Official Opposition of New
> Brunswick. Please be assured that your e-mail will be reviewed.
>
> If this is a media request, please forward your e-mail to
> ashley.beaudin@gnb.camedia-medias@gnb.ca

>. Thank you!
>
> ---
>
> Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le chef de l’opposition
> officielle du Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel
> sera examiné.
>
> Si ceci est une demande médiatique, prière de la transmettre à
> ashley.beaudin@gnb.camedia-medias@gnb.ca>. Merci!
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"<Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:59:18 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Facing a divided province, a non-profit
> strives for 'social cohesion' in New Brunswick ??? YEA RIGHT
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Je suis hors du bureau pour le temps de fêtes. Je serai de retour
> lundi, le 7 janvier. Je vous répondrai dès que possible. Bonnes fêtes
> à vous et à votre famille! ----- I am out of the office for the
> holidays and will be back on Monday, January 7. I wil respond as soon
> as possible. Happy holidays to you and your family.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:59:05 -0400
> Subject: Facing a divided province, a non-profit strives for 'social
> cohesion' in New Brunswick ??? YEA RIGHT
> To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
> Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca, Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca, mary.wilson@gnb.ca,
> carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Catherine.Tait@cbc.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca,
> greg.byrne@gnb.ca, Jack.Keir@gnb.ca, nick.brown@gnb.ca,
> steve.murphy@ctv.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca,
> kris.austin@gnb.ca, michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca,
> David.Coon@gnb.ca, Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca,
> sutherland.marie@brunswicknews.com, Benoit.Bourque@gnb.ca,
> denis.landry2@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com,
> COCMoncton@gmail.com, markandcaroline markandcaroline@gmail.com,
> Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, Robert.Jones@cbc.ca,
> nick.moore@bellmedia.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, info@dialoguenb.org,
> nadine.duguay@dialoguenb.org, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
> news@kingscorecord.com, bruce.northrup@gnb.ca, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
> mike.holland@gnb.ca, jeff.carr@gnb.ca>, Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca,
> BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com

, briangallant@nbliberal.ca,
> Brian.kenny@gnb.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca, serge.gauvin@snb.ca,
> "alan.roy"alan.roy@snb.ca, Michel.Carrier@gnb.ca,
> claude.poirier@snb.ca, Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/12/facing-divided-province-non-profit.html
>
>
> Methinks if Dialogue NB has been reading the CBC Comment Sections for
> the past year they would know that they have been ignoring their
> original mandate far too long N'esy Pas?
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dialogue-nb-mandate-change-1.4950463
>
> Methinks Dialogue NB and all the politcal parties must have known that
> there were at least two Independent Candidates running in the last
> election as well One is English and one is French. We the best of
> friends and bilingualism is definitely not our number one concern.
>
>
> https://www.dialoguenb.org/dialogue-nb-unveils-action-plan-for-social-cohesion-2/
>
>
> Dialogue NB offers support to political parties in the aftermath of
> provincial election
> By Nadine Duguay|September 27th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments
>
> Election results reveal urgent need to change the provincial
> conversation toward social cohesion
>
> Moncton, September 27, 2018
>
> Dialogue New Brunswick is reaching out to all four political parties
> that won seats in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly on Monday to
> help them find ways to overcome the divisiveness that was expressed at
> the polls and find a path toward greater social cohesion.
>
> « The election results send a clear signal that it’s time to change
> the conversation in New Brunswick », says Nadine Duguay, CEO of
> Dialogue New Brunswick. « There is an urgent need to find ways to talk
> to each other and build greater understanding, trust and cooperation
> if we are to grow and prosper together as a province. Dialogue NB is
> here to help. »
>
> In June of this year, Dialogue New Brunswick announced it was taking
> the mantle of social cohesion. Its new slogan « One New Brunswick,
> together » became the rallying cry for the organization that vowed to
> champion and celebrate social cohesion across civil society by
> identifying ways to promote understanding, respect and harmony among
> all in an increasingly diverse province. In the few months since, key
> actions have included launching programs to provide leadership and
> support to New Brunswickers from all communities, cultural backgrounds
> and walks of life so they can identify what they share in order to
> work better together to create the conditions that will allow each
> person living in the province to feel valued, heard and that they
> belong. Dialogue NB is now offering political parties and other
> organizations to join in this mission.
>
> The organization mandated five Experts in Residence with helping guide
> the conversation, including Stephany Peterson, a PhD candidate at the
> University of New Brunswick. « Dialogue NB is ready with boots on the
> ground to be of service to our government and fellow New Brunswickers.
> We have heard the call of our province, and we are ready, willing and
> able to mobilize to respond. Rather than dwell in the fear of
> uncertainty and scurry to rely on the familiar, let us instead embrace
> this situation to see what role identity factors have played for this
> political landscape, and map a new course in the context of social
> cohesion to effect change.» says Ms. Peterson.
>
> « The election results will embolden those of us who believe in our
> province’s potential », says sociologist Mathieu Wade, also Dialogue
> Expert in Residence. « We have to embrace this unchartered territory
> and see it as an opportunity to reshape our provincial conversation.
> New Brunswickers are demanding it. »
>
> About Dialogue NB
> Dialogue is a non-profit organization, led by a volunteer board of
> directors, with a mandate to help the Province of New Brunswick be a
> more socially cohesive community. The organization develops programs
> and initiatives to help inspire communities and individuals to live
> together in greater harmony – respecting all people as valued members
> of society.
>
> Resident experts are available for interviews. For more information,
> please contact:
>
>
>
> Nadine Duguay Lemay
> Chef Executive Officer
> nadine.duguay@dialoguenb.org
> 506-850-1457
>
>
> Dialogue New Brunswick
> 202-735 Main Street
> Moncton
> New Brunswick E1C 1E5
>
> Phone: 506-852-4494
> Fax: 506-455-0081
> Mobile: 1-866-224-4040
> Email: info@dialoguenb.org
>

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nbta-president-says-instructional-hours-adequate-1.4969743

Hours in classroom not the problem with school system, teachers rep says

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Commenting is now closed for this story.

Rob Franklin

Can I make a suggestion that'll probably get beaten to death but I'll do it anyway?

1. Only offer French Immersion if the framework is in place to teach it properly, and to the end of the student's life in the school system.
2. Take all these confounded PD days and training days and all the rest and do them in the SUMMER. Save the Sept to June days for actually teaching kids.
3. Make snow days mandatory for teachers, and optional for the kids. If a kid can't get there because the buses have been shut down, that's fine, but the school is open for skills classes if they can make it. Things like cooking. sewing. household repairs. what a concept. Have a bonus book report idea or something so if the kids do stay home, they're encouraged to do something for bonus points.
4. Fail the kids if they don't perform! They'll survive, and be better people for it!
I could go on, but you get the idea.

Marc Martin

@Rob Franklin

* Make snow days mandatory for teachers*

This one does not make any sense...

Rob Franklin

@Marc Martin It makes perfect sense. Teachers claim they do a lot more than teach, so come to school and do it.

Marc Martin

@Rob Franklin

But you want the teachers to come to work when there is a storm...does not make sense to me..

Georges Saint Yves

@Rob Franklin True, they do more than teach. They have little time to plan when participating in PD days that some claim as useless and wasted time. Factually many teachers spend their snow days at home catching up on marking, and planning curriculum. So in fact they are still working on these days but in their home environment. How do I know? I have friends who are teachers.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "does not make sense to me.."

Methinks nothing makes sense to you SANB dudes However when I was running in the last election this was the news about French Immersion in Sussex and it definitely made no sense to anyone N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/french-immersion-francophone-school-district-asd-1.4814847

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

You are still making no sense...SANB dude/Sussex/French immersion..I see you found another Marc Martin to harass hilarious lol.

Fred Brewer

The fix is easy. Go back to streaming and fail students who do not meet the standards. The no-fail policy has been a total failure (pun intended). This is a very low cost fix.

Tom Simmons

@Fred Brewer failing a student might hurt their feelings...and hurt the parents ego's. In today's world feelings trump results and facts.

Georges Saint Yves

@Fred Brewer Streaming is a result of Immersion beginning in Gr. 1.

David R. Amos

@Fred Brewer YUP

David R. Amos

@Tom Simmons Methinks a Yankee named Trump has gotten some interesting results by ignoring both feelings and facts N'esy Pas?

Emery Hyslop-Margison

I think Dominic Cardy has considerable promise as a cabinet minister in the Higgs government. However, he's wrong on this issue. The problems related to New Brunswick education cannot be solved by increased classroom hours. Low literacy and mathematical scores among NB students are caused by the same contextual circumstances that show 40% of New Brunswick adults are functional illiterate. The major correlational variable with poor academic outcomes is socio-economic status or SES. No, being poor does not "cause" poor academic performance, but it does set in place a number of related factors that can impede educational achievement and attainment.

David R. Amos

@Emery Hyslop-Margison "I think Dominic Cardy has considerable promise as a cabinet minister in the Higgs government"

Nope

Mark (Junkman) George

The only thing Dominic Cardy is interested in is Dominic Cardy. What this means is: he needs 2 terms to get the big pension, so expect a lot of busy noise out of Dominic Cardy until he gets it, no matter the expense.

David R. Amos

@Mark (Junkman) George YUP

Hours in classroom not the problem with school system, teachers rep says

Minister wrong to say New Brunswick lags behind other provinces in instruction hours, George Daley says

Angela Bosse· CBC News· Posted: Jan 08, 2019 4:43 PM AT

George Daley, the president of the New Brunswick Teachers' Association, says the discussion of education in New Brunswick needs to focus on improving the learning environment under the provincial policy of inclusiveness. (CBC News)

Education Minister Dominic Cardy is misrepresenting the numbers of instruction hours that students in the province get, says the president of the New Brunswick Teachers' Association.

George Daley disputed data given by Cardy recently that New Brunswick students are 200 instructional hours behind the Canadian average.

"I've gone to the minister and asked him to give me that data because those numbers do not match what we have," Daley said.

"I will be meeting with Mr. Cardy to walk him through our collective agreement and explain where the hours of instruction are."

The Department of Education said later Tuesday that under the teachers' contract, kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2 require 4½ instructional hours per day. Grades 3 to 8 require 5½ hours and Grades 9 to 12 require six hours.

Daley said that when maximum teaching hours are used to calculate instruction time in New Brunswick, the province ranks closer to or above the national average. (iStock)

The number of teaching days in a school year is 195, which doesn't include statutory holidays but does include snow days.

The department was asked for the source of Cardy's information but did not have an answer on Tuesday.

The instruction hours provided by the Education Department are what Daley called maximum hours. The teachers' contract also identifies minimum hours, he said, but only the maximums are followed at almost all schools.

"About 10 years ago, New Brunswick was mandated to go to maximum hours," he said.

Mounting number of snow days prompts minister to seek solution

Switch to Grade 1 immersion the crux of lower provincial test scores, says minister

Reports on the school system, however, often just look at the minimum hours, which might suggest the education system is worse than it is, Daley said.

In most cases, New Brunswick ranks close to or above the national average in terms of instructional time, he said.

Even using the minimum instructional hours per day, the 2018 Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective report estimates primary school teaching hours in New Brunswick at 700, compared with the national average of 798 hours annually for primary schools.

But if instruction time is calculated using the maximum hours, Daley said, "New Brunswick has the highest hours of instruction in this country."

National student testing reveals major improvement in New Brunswick

New Brunswick school year short-changes students 5 days

Daley said the conversation about education in New Brunswick needs to change to focus on improving learning environments.

"We have a problem in this province that we want to continue to beat up on education."

In December, Education Minister Dominic Cardy reported that 61.1 percent of Grade 6 anglophone students and 62.6 per cent of Grade 3 francophone students were successful on the provincial reading assessments.

Education Minister Dominic Cardy said in December that New Brunswick is 200 hours behind the national average in instruction time. (CBC)

Daley said it should be highlighted that this information is based on the province's own standards and doesn't indicate where New Brunswick students compared to students in other provinces.

"We're having success out there," Daley said. "Yes, we have challenges but it's time that our elected leaders, and I don't just refer to the minister of education, I'm talking about every elected leader in this province, has once and for all got to stand up and be speaking on behalf of New Brunswick students and New Brunswick teachers."

Calls for flexibility

He said the focus of concern should really be on classroom composition, which has become an issue since children with intellectual and other disabilities entered the public school system.

"Class composition is still the major issue in the province of New Brunswick," Daley said.

"We need changes to inclusive education policy, we need flexibility in the policy, we need the funding to be able to deal with the violent students, with the students who are taking away the learning environment for other students.

"We have an inclusion policy right now that does not have the flexibility to allow us to deal with the students in different environments … because they are taking away the learning environments of other students."

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Methinks Mr Cardy the former NDP leader makes certain that folks don't miss much about his new power and conservative wisdom by making it into lots of news stories lately N'esy Pas?

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Amid cuts, PCs opt to keep major child-care program

29 Comments

Lou Bell

How about the SANB language commissioner protecting his minority base , and no one else?

Marc Martin

@Lou Bell

SANB does not have a language commissioner and even if they did he would have no authority.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks the Language Commissioner is the lawyer Michel Carrier and and his lawyer is the SANB dude Michel Doucet N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-language-commissioner-ambulance-hiring-mcevoy-1.4969966

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Davis you should comment on things you know about. By the way your sending emails to the wrong Marc Martin, I don't work for SANB thanks for the laugh ha ha..

Lou Bell

@Marc Martin Carrier certainly doesn't represent the majority in NB . He and D'Entremont have shown their true colours !

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "I don't work for SANB"

I never said you did

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "Davis you should comment on things you know about."

Who is Davis?

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks MR Higgs and the Gauvin brothers should be far more worried about what I know about the lawyer Michel Carrier and his doings with SNB and the registering of land titles N'esy Pas?

stephen blunston

here we go again .. I am getting tired of my taxed dollars going to pay peoples daycare costs and just keep giving them more and we cant even get hospitals staffed properly or the old into homes as opposed to laying in hospital beds instead of homes .or our roads plowed and infrastructures looked after. I believe in helping those that cant stand on there but this just cutting checks for nothing is ridiculous . you missed a big waste here Higgs

Marc Martin

@stephen blunston

More daycare money = more people working = more taxes to fund all the programs you have mentioned above.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Dream on

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

I may have to fill a case for harassment Davis.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Please do it will save me the costs on filing against you

Mack Leigh

Is this the famous program that promotes even further segregation of our children based on language ?? Is this the same program that is embraced by the Francophone Elite and the likes of the SANB that separates our children starting at 6 months of age , promoting no bilingual daycare and early learning centres ??

Marc Martin

@Mack Leigh

Segregation ? Francophone Elite ? You watch too many movies...

Dave Peters

@Marc Martin Assimilation, Anglophone Royalty. You need to look at the whole picture.

Marc Martin

@Dave Peters

Assimilation ?? You honestly think the Francophone can assimilate the Anglophones ??

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "Assimilation ?? You honestly think the Francophone can assimilate the Anglophones ??"

Methinks Mr Peters of the PANB knows that some folks in Sussex can assimilate N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1316659267778

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Please read before commenting * You honestly think the Francophone can assimilate the Anglophones ??" *

Frank Campbell

Typical Cardy response....taking credit for someone elses plan..... what a jerk...

David R. Amos

@Frank Campbell "what a jerk..."

YUP

Harold Benson

Well that's just amazing, first I've heard of it, my daughter has been paying through the nose for at least a year. I guess the working stiff gets no breaks.

Jeffery Jones

@Harold Benson Its just going into effect ffs. You aint missed nothing

David R. Amos

@Jeffery Jones "You aint missed nothing"

Methinks Mr Cardy makes certain that you don't byway of making it into lots of news stories lately N'esy Pas?

Amid cuts, PCs opt to keep major child-care program

Province will continue $12.2M program started by previous government

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jan 08, 2019 7:25 PM AT |

Education Minister Dominic Cardy says the province will continue the roll-out of early learning centres around New Brunswick as well as subsidies to families who use them. (CBC)

New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government has decided to stick with a major child-care program launched by the previous Liberal government.

Education Minister Dominic Cardy has confirmed the province will go ahead with the roll-out of early learning centres around New Brunswick as well as subsidies to families who use them.

In December 2017, the then-Liberal government announced $12.2 million from a federal-provincial child care agreement would be used to improve the quality of childhood learning at an estimated 300 centres around the province.

The program's been a big success in Edmundston and in Saint John, where it's had lots of uptake from the centres that wanted to join. So I was quite happy to go ahead and we're going to be continuing the roll-out.- Dominic Cardy , minister of education

Non-profit and for-profit daycares would be allowed to seek designations as early learning centres, making them eligible for increased funding.

Additional money from the federal-provincial agreement would subsidize families using the centres, based on their income. Those with household incomes of less than $37,500 would not pay anything.

The first centres were rolled out last March in Saint John and Edmundston. Those in remaining areas of the province were due to be designated during the current fiscal year ending March 31.

Cardy says he hopes this move shows that the PCs are less partisan in their decisions. (CBC)

But in the interim, the PCs took power on a promise to curb rampant government spending.

Cardy says after reviewing the program, he recommended it continue, given the money was already budgeted.

"I decided yes, this does make sense," he said. "The program's been a big success in Edmundston and in Saint John, where it's had lots of uptake from the centres that wanted to join. So I was quite happy to go ahead and we're going to be continuing the roll-out."

All areas of the province are set to be covered by the end of the fiscal year.

Welcome news

Beth Lyons with the New Brunswick Women's Council said that's a good move considering how expensive it is to run a childcare centre and to pay for it as a parent.

"It's really critical that we view daycare, early learning and childcare as a piece of social infrastructure that requires public investment," Lyons said. "So we're really excited to see money being directed both to the families and towards the daycares themselves."

Beth Lyons, executive director of the New Brunswick Women's Council, says child-care funding is always welcome. (CBC)

Lyons said now she'll be on the lookout for another Liberal-government promise to be fulfilled by the PCs, this one about pay equity for early childhood educators.

She said the previous government announced a plan to increase wages over a couple of years, "not to the point that would represent pay equity necessarily but it was still an increase."

"This government has spoken about a couple of female-dominated professions that are underpaid and they do want to be addressing wages in those sectors," she said.

"We are eager to see what the next steps are going to be around increasing pay for early childhood educators in New Brunswick."

'Less partisanship'

After losing power in November, the Liberals repeatedly pushed the Higgs government to say whether it would keep the program.

Cardy said he hopes this shows that the PCs want "less partisanship" in their decisions.

"This is a Liberal program," he said. "This is one where the previous government deserves some credit for getting it going and I hope that we can earn some credit for making sure that … it's continuing to move ahead."

In a tweet Tuesday afternoon, former premier Brian Gallant said he was pleased to hear the Tories would keep the program in place.

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Animal protection in New Brunswick needs more teeth, minister says

42 Comments

Alex Forbes

About time. The penalties for animal abuse in this country are a joke.

David R. Amos

@Alex Forbes Methinks Sections 444 to 447 of the Canadian Criminal Code are no joke N'esy Pas?

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/2008_12/page-1.html

S.C. 2008, c. 12

Assented to 2008-04-17

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals)
SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to increase the maximum penalties for animal cruelty offences.
R.S., c. C-46

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Sections 444 to 447 of the Criminal Code are replaced by the following:

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Who cares...

Jack Forester

@Alex Forbes As is plainly obvious by them letting him walk out of court until sentencing! It was a horrible crime and he IS a PROVEN flight risk! WTH?! He should have been remanded until sentencing! I'm sure he's long gone by now!

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "Who cares..."

Methinks its rather obvious that the Crown you work for certainly does Its their law N"esy Pas?

Jeff LeBlanc

If only I was a dictator...people like Kyle would be eliminated.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Jeff LeBlanc, Trump, is that you?

SarahRose Werner

@Marguerite Deschamps - Nah, Trump would be more likely to give this loser a medal.

Marguerite Deschamps

@SarahRose Werner, gues who was the one muted?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks we should have no doubt as to why N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

Methinks a lot of people must recall my defense of Werner Bock and his animals N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Not really.....

David R. Amos

@David R. Amos Methinks the NB SPCA and the RCMP will never forget my dealing with them from 2006 until 2009 N'esy Pas?

Nestor Neville Nelson

@David R. Amos

Yo! Amigo Amos!

Que pasa with that
chronic "N'esy Pas" nonsense again?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, do tell, Mr. second coming of J. J. Robinette!

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks your beloved liberals were wise to steer clear of this dogfight and let the judge do his job as Carr and Austin yap up a storm in the pursuit of political gain N'esy Pas?

Albert Wade

Time to make SPCA officers bilingual. That should fix it.

Mack Leigh

@Albert Wade

Yes, that is supposed to fix " everything " here in NB...

David R. Amos

@Albert Wade YUP

Jack Forester

I bet that come April, when he due to be sentenced...he will be gone like the wind! Probably already is. He should have been remanded. He IS a flight risk and a danger to others (2-leeged & 4), and I want some answers as to why he was let go for now?!

Mack Leigh

@Jack Forester
He should also have been sent for an evaluation because to do something as cruel as that there is definitely something " off " mentally, in my opinion.... Speaks to much larger problems...... Should never be allowed to own an animal again........ Makes me wonder if he should even be allowed around children , seniors or other vulnerable individuals...

Jack Forester

@Mack Leigh Exactly...Jeffrey Dahmer (among others) started this way...and something tells me it's not his first time being this cruel. I'd be willing to bet that he has a long history of being like that. After what he did, I think he presents a danger to the general public and that the justice dept over-rules that lame judges decision to let him out till sentencing, and issues an arrest warrant forthwith and put him where he belongs!

Marguerite Deschamps

@Jack Forester "...that the justice dept over-rules that lame judges decision to let him out till sentencing...." - What?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Welcome to another Circus

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, agreed!

Mack Leigh

Thank you Kris Austin, Jeff Carr and Lisa Paulin for speaking out against this atrocity ......

David R. Amos

@Mack Leigh Methinks your political bias is showing N'esy Pas?

JJ Carrier

Cases like this? Three to five years in jail, $10,000 fine to go to SPCA causes, and the criminal should be put on a dangerous owner registry so he never has contact with a pet again...Simple...His driver's license should also be suspended because a person who cannot live in society should not be able to transfer in it without supervision...

David R. Amos

@JJ Carrier "Simple...His driver's license should also be suspended because a person who cannot live in society should not be able to transfer in it without supervision"

Methinks you should ask Mr Higgs and his minions how I am dealing with that particular issue right now N'esy Pas?

Animal protection in New Brunswick needs more teeth, minister says

Jeff Carr says rules can be strengthened to protect pet population

Angela Bosse· CBC News· Posted: Jan 09, 2019 2:43 PM AT

New Brunswick Environment Minister Jeff Carr says he's been meeting with animal advocacy groups to discuss improvements to animal protection laws. (CBC)

Environment and Local Government Minister Jeff Carr said his department is looking into improving animal protection laws after a New Brunswick man pleaded guilty Tuesday to animal abuse.

Kyle Springer, 27, will be sentenced in April for leaving his dog, Diesel, to starve to death in a locked home for two months.

Carr, who met with an animal rights group Wednesday, said rules can be strengthened in New Brunswick to protect the pet population.

In particular, Carr said his department is looking at the New Brunswick SPCA's code of practice on animal care. The code, which has yet to be passed into legislation, was drafted in conjunction with animal rights groups and the Department of Environment and Local Government.

Dog starved to death after owner left it home alone for 2 months

"There's a whole host of different items in it, right from keeping a safe space for a dog to stay in when they are outside, as far as sizes of doghouses, to how you walk your dog … a lot of it is code of practice that should be common sense for people, and some of it should be regulation," he said.

"That's the goal of everybody, I think, to move the code of practice closer to regulation and to put some more teeth around what our enforcement officers can have to stand behind."

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Animal rights activists protest death of dog left to starve

00:0001:07

Diesel died of starvation after being left alone in an apartment for more than two months. His owner Kyle Springer pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday. 1:07

Outside the Woodstock courthouse where Springer appeared Tuesday, animal rights advocates called for people to use their voices to speak up for abused animals.

"It's really important that everyone get out and speak to their MLA, speak to their advocacy group, everyone needs to play a part in protecting animals," said animal advocate Lisa Paulin.

"We need [the government to] step forward and change legislation," added Wendy Hallihan, another animal rights activist.

Lisa Paulin says people need to use their voice to call upon government to strengthen animal protection laws in the province. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

Tony Porter, chief animal protection officer for the New Brunswick SPCA, said the group is always looking for ways to improve animal protection and meets with the Department of Environment and Local Government regularly.

"As people don't understand, and I fully appreciate that, these changes don't come overnight," Porter said.

Porter said it would be premature to disclose what specific improvements the SPCA and provincial government are currently looking at to strengthen legislation.

Dog tethering rules take a bite out of SPCA budget

Porter did say increasing punishments for offenders may be a way to alleviate problems.

Educating the public

In addition to improving regulations and enforcement, Carr said public education is key to reducing animal abuse.

He would like to see a public awareness campaign and more work done in the school system with the New Brunswick SPCA to educate people on what to do if they can't care for their animals or if they suspect abuse is taking place.

"If people are overwhelmed with the care of their pets, reach out to these groups of people that are there to help, the NB SPCA as well as the advocacy groups … don't sit in silence and let your pet suffer," Carr said.

People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said his party is also beginning research to look into how the SPCA Act of New Brunswick could be improved.

People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said his party plans to look at New Brunswick's current animal protection laws for ways they can be improved. (CBC)

"We're open to finding ways to either make the legislation tougher or beef up enforcement," Austin said.

"The injury done to the animal is bad enough in and of itself, but when you look at the nature of the individual doing these things, it would certainly question … their ethics toward human life as well."

Austin said ensuring animal protection officers can properly enforce the act is key, and perhaps stricter punishments for repeat offenders.

"People that do these types of things, you have to question if they are fit to be in society."

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NB Power requests higher-than-expected rate increases

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Emilien Forest

Trim the fat off that those pigs.

David R. Amos

@Emilien Forest Methinks everybody know I am still an Interverner in the EUB 357 matter N'esy Pas?

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NB Power requests higher-than-expected rate increases

Increase linked to higher fuel prices, interest rates and foreign exchange costs

Hadeel Ibrahim· CBC News· Posted: Jan 09, 2019 6:56 PM AT

NB Power is requesting a 2.9 per cent rate increase for residential customers. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

NB Power is requesting a higher-than-expected rate increase this year, adding an average of $5 a month to New Brunswick household bills.

Citing increased fuel prices, the utility requested an average 2.5 per cent increase in power rates for all its classes, the highest being a 2.9 per cent increase for residential customers.

Heather Black, public intervenor for the energy sector, said NB Power is expected to go through a rate approval process every year, but this year's proposed rate increase was "surprising."

NB Power's 10-year plan predicted the average rate increase to be two per cent, Black said.

Gaëtan Thomas, president and CEO of NB Power, says the increase is to keep up with increasing fuel costs, interest rates and foreign currency conversion rates. (CBC)

"Seeing a little bit of an uptick to an average rate increase of 2.5 per cent and a little bit higher for the residential class is a little bit unexpected," she said.

Black said there's no way to know if the Energy and Utilities Board will set lower rate increases without going through the hearing and review process.

Increase lowered by board

The last approved rate increase, which was applied in August, was 0.96 per cent for residential, industrial and municipal rates. Commercial and institutional customer rates rose 0.4 per cent.

NB Power had originally requested an average two per cent increase last year, but the utility was able to bring it down to 1.5 per cent because it received a substantial settlement from insurance companies to settle claims resulting from cost overruns suffered by NB Power during a refurbishment of the Point Lepreau nuclear plant.

NB Power faces poorest first quarter in 3 years

After weeks of hearings, the board eventually set an even lower increase than NB Power had hoped.

A necessary increase

Gaëtan Thomas, president and CEO of NB Power, said the utility is facing "some significant challenges this year" considering the increasing fuel prices, interest rates and higher foreign exchange costs, as well as bad weather events.

"When you put all these factors together ... in spite of some cost reductions and some plans to operate more efficiently — we still need an average of 2.5 or cent rate increase."

He said fuel costs increased by 10 per cent in the last year, something that wasn't accounted for in the 10-year plan.

Public intervener Heather Black says the requested rate increase percentage is surprising. (Robert Jones/CBC NEWS)

"This is hard to predict because all fuel prices are based on market price," he said.

Thomas said NB Power has prepared its case and will be ready to answer Energy and Utilities Board questions about how necessary these rate increases are.

In the last eight years, the utility had three zero-rate increase and two years of proposed two per cent increases.

"This rate increase will still keep us still the lowest in the Maritimes," Thomas said.

The likelihood of that being approved will become more clear during the hearing process.- Heather Black, public intervener

While the approval process is underway, NB Power can apply for an interim increase, allowing them to charge more even before the increase is approved.

Thomas said the utility had not yet decided if it wants to do that.

"We're waiting on the schedule from the regulator," he said.

The process

Black said the application for a rate increase kick starts the review process. The board will review documents until May, when they will conduct an oral hearing and cross examine witnesses. Then the board will make a decision on whether to approve the rate increase.

"Parties to the approval proceeding are able to dig more deeply and ask the utility questions, and dig through the evidence on a more detailed basis. So the likelihood of that being approved will become more clear during the hearing process," Black said.

Power rates increase Aug. 1, but they won't go as high as NB Power hoped

What the board will be looking for is proof that NB Power has to charge that much more, and they've spent their money responsibility — proving the increase is fair.

"The rates that are charged should recover the costs to provide that service — provided that the costs were reasonably incurred," Black said.

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Methinks Marguerite Deschamps the snobby SANB Spindoctor is too dumb to Google her own name N'esy Pas?

January 10, 2019, 5:10 pm

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Methinks Mr Gauvin talked to some interesting dudes as he considered his future with the PC Party over the Christmas break N'esy Pas?

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Province's 'last payment' for Francophonie Games just final instalment of 2018-19 funding

55 Comments

David R. Amos
Methinks Mr Gauvin talked to some interesting dudes as he considered his future with the PC Party over the Christmas break N'esy Pas?

"Federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc said Wednesday he met with Higgs's deputy premier, Robert Gauvin, and "we remain committed to working with the province to find a solution."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/gauvin-questions-future-pcs-1.4956691

"Shippagan-Lameque-Miscou MLA Robert Gauvin said he's going to reflect on his situation over the Christmas break after provocative comments about bilingualism by his cabinet colleague, Health Minister Ted Flemming."

Brian Robertson

Dear Mr. Higgs,
Please ensure that December's payment was the last.
Ignore the Liberal Mafia and threats from the SANB.

yours truly,
Anglophone New Brunswick

Marguerite Deschamps

@Brian Robertson, comme si tu avais le mandat de parler pour tous les anglophones.

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you have a mandate to speak for the SANB N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, "methinks'? - Je pense, donc je suis.

Brian Robertson

@Marguerite Deschamps
Anglophone New Brunswick have had their fill of the tyranny of the minority.

SANB and their ilk have distorted a genuine gesture of accommodation into the perverted duality that is today's New Brunswick.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Brian Robertson, j'ai beaucoup d'amis anglophones qui ne pensent pas comme toi. Parle pout toi-même!

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "Je pense, donc je suis."

Methinks I should say "Me Too" but I am ahead of you and your lawyer pals because I have a conscience too N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos "holier than thou".

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you would be ahead of me in that regard if I happened to believe in your gods N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, what gods do I believe in, may I ask?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you like Jesuits a lot but no doubt a lot of your other gods got a kick out old King Midas and your lawyer's favourite rule "He With The Gold Makes The Rules" N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, You judging me without knowing me or knowing what I believe or disbelieve in sure gives real meaning to "justice is blind".

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you prefer it that way Thats why you do not use your real name as you pass judgement on the rest of us N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks that is an interesting statement from a from someone who purports to be a lady N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/maxime-comtois-responds-to-cyber-bullying-1.4972918?__vfz=profile_comment%3D6663600018471

"Canadians don't dive, they punch opponents in the mouth instead, à la Don Cherry. That makes us much better."

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, as smart as you think you are, shouldn't you have recognized the sarcasm, n'est-ce pas?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks I never claimed to be smart just not stupid and very ethical and thats good enough in my book but not yours N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks whether it be sarcasm or not I can't think of any woman bothering to write such a thing nor can you N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, women are not supposed to like hockey, now! - I also play hockey as many women do.

Edward J Clement

Nice back pedaling.

David R. Amos

@Edward J Clement Methinks plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose N'esy Pas?

Joseph Vacher

Common Sense people..... use it

David R. Amos

@Joseph Vacher Methinks you need to explain what common sense is to the former President of the SANB and current French Lieutenant of the Watermelon Party N'esy Pas?

Harold Benson

Bring on the election, and the lawyers, and the litigants.

David R. Amos

@Harold Benson Methinks many folks agree with you and your pal Sam N'esy Pas?

David Barker

The PA Party and the Green Party are "loudly" silent right now!! How come?? Our Province cannot afford this astronomical debacle!! Show some leadership by supporting withdrawal from these expensive Games!

David R. Amos

@David Barker "The PA Party and the Green Party are "loudly" silent right now!!"

Methinks its because they are afraid of the outcome of the next election N'esy Pas?

Mack Leigh

Okay Higgs , time to man up and cancel these games... We, the people of NB, cannot afford them.. We could not afford them when the cost was 17 million.....

David R. Amos

@Mack Leigh YUP

Fred Brewer

A spokesperson for the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture confirmed that a final payment was made last month.

"In December 2018, the province made its last payment to the Comité national organisateur des Jeux de la Francophonie 2021," Stephanie Bilodeau said in an email statement.

"Given the uncertainty surrounding the future of the 2021 Francophonie Games in New Brunswick, no further payments to the organizing committee are currently scheduled from the provincial government."

Seems pretty clear to me. What changed? Is Mr. Higgs caving in to pressure? If so, shame on you Mr. Higgs.

David R. Amos

@Fred Brewer "shame on you Mr. Higgs."

I second that emotion

Shawn McShane

We need something like a military coup like what you see in the French ruled countries in Africa like the Congo or Mali, Chad take your pick. We are no different. Our government just makes sure they are doing good. They don't work for the people just like in Africa.

David R. Amos

@Shawn McShane Methinks all that needs to happen is for the 40 percent of the folks who don't bother to vote to get upset enough to vote I suggest that that they vote for anyone they wish except one person The Incumbent Then we would have a bloodless revolution done byway of the rules of our purportedly profound "Just Democracy" N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@Shawn McShane, that paragraph 46 (2) (a) treason comment above was intended for this comment of yours.

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, at least what you suggest is by legal means, not like McShane who advocates an illegal and criminal coup d'état.

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you must realize by now that I don't care what you think about anything in light of the fact that you can't play by the simple rules of the Crown's domain N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, to state that I care about what you think about me as much as how you care about what I think about you is an understatement with all your 54 votes less the ones you voted for yourself and those of your immediate family.

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you just proved to all that you have no clue as to who I am nor are you clever enough to Google the name you are using N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, ah! Monsieur prend des airs de grandeurs!

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Nope I am exactly who I say I am however you already know that methinks you are a strange dude pretending to be a lady N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, I am gender neutral.

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "I am gender neutral."

Methinks of that we all should no doubt N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, by the way, me a strange dude? - Take a look in the mirror.

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks its time for a little "Quid Pro Quo" Nesy Pas/

I see a proud old maritime grandfather, Anyone can Google my name to see that is true. Now what do you see when you look in the mirror?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, I see my reflection, n'est-ce pas?

Shawn McShane

Stop voting PC or Liberal. Smart people learn from their own mistakes. Intelligent people learn from the mistakes of others in order to not repeat those stupid mistakes that have been going on in NB for way too long. Come on!!!

Marguerite Deschamps

@Shawn McShane, be careful what you write. You may get a visit from the police for violating subsection 46 of the Criminal Code:

Treason
(2) Every one commits treason who, in Canada,

(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "be careful what you write"

Methinks your lawyer should study Section 300 of the Canadian Criminal Code: N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, you're grasping at straws with your section 300.

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks not but I bet your lawyer is gasping for breath about now N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, I have a lawyer? - I didn't know.

eddy watts

darn...How stupid of me, here I thought NB was going to get some REAL leadership and Higgs was saying "enough is enough". No Higgs-Gallant just tin soldiers doing what they believe is expedient in terms of their political well being, not the well being of New Brunswickers...one of the 2 poorest provinces in Canada.

David R. Amos

@eddy watts I agree but methinks you know that I knew it all along N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele

It sounds like the SANB and Dominic LeBlanc are putting pressure on Higgs to keep the money flowing to these boondoggle Francophonie games ; maybe it is time for Higgs to make a decision one way or another , and put this issue to rest . Back peddling on these issues makes Higgs look very weak and indecisive ; so no doubt a spring election is on the way for the Prov. govt. ; and a fall election for the Federal govt.

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele Methinks everybody knows that Mr Higgs is very afraid of his French Lieutenant leaving his party N'esy Pas?

Province's 'last payment' for Francophonie Games just final instalment of 2018-19 funding

The province made its last payment to the committee in December

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jan 10, 2019 6:18 PM AT

The Higgs government says it can't afford to pay its share of the larger price tag for the Francophonie Games and is refusing to commit more than $10 million. (CBC)

The Higgs government now says it has not cut off money to the organizing committee of the Francophonie Games, and that what it called a "last" payment in December was simply the scheduled final instalment of funding for the fiscal year 2018-19.

Spokesperson Stephanie Bilodeau confirmed that payments were set to stop in December, three months before the end of the fiscal year on March 31, because of a decision by the previous Liberal government.

"The December payment was always going to be the 'last' payment for 2018-19," she said.

Bilodeau said in an email statement on Wednesday that the province made "its last payment" to the committee in December, and because of uncertainty about the future of the Games, "no further payments … are currently scheduled."

Thursday she said new requests for further funding "would be considered as part of the upcoming process for the 2019-2020 budget year," depending on the fate of the Games.

Province pulls funding to Francophonie Games committee

University says Francophonie Games group sought infrastructure 'wish list'

The 2021 Francophonie Games mess, explained

The event, set for Moncton and Dieppe in 2021, may be cancelled because the original $17-million cost estimate has ballooned to $130 million.

The new Progressive Conservative government said it can't afford to pay its share of the larger total and is refusing to commit more than $10 million.

But December's "last" payment of provincial funding to the organizing committee did not reflect a decision to cut off its money, Bilodeau said.

The province budgeted $930,000 for the committee's operations for 2018-19 but paid it out in nine monthly instalments from April to December.

New Brunswick was selected in 2016 to host the ninth edition of the Francophonie Games. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

That was because of a decision by the previous Liberal government to shift funding to monthly payments last spring after it learned of the soaring cost estimates. Former Liberal cabinet minister Roger Melanson called it a "safeguard."

The nine monthly payments were to run from April to December because the Liberals wanted a solution to the growing costs by the end of 2018, committee spokesperson Tracey Suley confirmed.

Bilodeau said there was never any question of the new government withholding the December instalment after it learned of the problems.

She said her reference Wednesday to "no further payments" being "currently scheduled" was about the remainder of the 2018-19 fiscal year.

Federal government 'committed' to finding solution

If the province decides to go ahead with the Games, more funding for the organizing committee would likely be part of the provincial budget for 2019-20. But it's not clear that will happen.

The original plan was for the cities of Moncton and Dieppe to contribute $750,000 each and the provincial and federal government would split the remainder of the cost. But Higgs wants Ottawa to cover all the cost overruns.

Federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc said Wednesday he met with Higgs's deputy premier, Robert Gauvin, and "we remain committed to working with the province to find a solution."

But LeBlanc has said the Trudeau government wants Higgs to pay an equal share of the increased cost, something the PC premier has ruled out.

Federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc said the Trudeau government wants the Higgs government to pay an equal share of the increased cost of the Francophonie Games. (Radio-Canada)

Higgs also said in December that "in the very near future" he would set a "cutoff date" by which Ottawa would have to commit more money or the Games would not go ahead.

A spokesperson for federal Sports Minister Kirsty Duncan said Ottawa had budgeted about $1 million for the organizing committee this year and has paid out $655,079. A final instalment will be paid by the end of March.

New Brunswick's original cost estimate of $17 million, included in the province's 2016 bid when Liberal Premier Brian Gallant was in power, was based on a template provided by the International Organization of La Francophonie.

It did not include a business plan or any amounts for potential infrastructure projects.

A consultant's report for the federal government said the cost of the Games could be trimmed to $115 million, with a bare-bones version possible for $72 million.

New Brunswick was selected in 2016 to host the ninth edition of the Games, which take place under the auspices of La Francophonie, an international organization of 58 governments with connections to the French language.

New Brunswick and Quebec have "participating government" status within the organization.

The Games, open to New Brunswickers and Canadians regardless of the language they speak, would see about 3,000 participants take part in sport and cultural events in Moncton and Dieppe.

About the Author

Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.

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Public safety minister wants to know 'downside' of red-light cameras

January 12, 2019, 5:15 am

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Methinks some folks must have enjoyed Urquhart on the radio this morning Too Too Funny N'esy Pas?

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Public safety minister wants to know 'downside' of red-light cameras

49 Comments

David R. Amos

Methinks some folks must have enjoyed Urquhart on the radio this morning Too Too Funny N'esy Pas?

Jamie Hall

This is another Government rip. The owner of the car gets the ticket..not necessarily the driver. The bill is issued by the company who owns the cameras, and one is guilty until proven guilty. What the province hopes to gain will be lost in court costs.

David R. Amos

@Jamie Hall "This is another Government rip".

YUP

Jeff LeBlanc

Don't run red lights and there won't be an issue. Also while you're at it NB, the left hand lane on the TCH is not for pleasure cruising, it's for passing. #themoreyouknow

Emery Hyslop-Margison

@Jeff LeBlanc There will soon be cameras on the hwy for drivers exceeding 110 km/hr. Better slow down.

Tim Trites

@Jeff LeBlanc

that's not correct. you can drive or pass in either lane. that's why you don't see those "keep right except to pass" signs as in some other jurisdictions.

David R. Amos

@Tim Trites Methinks most folks from other jurisdictions are accustomed to passing on the left etc Hence common sense and decent manners should rule the day without having laws to govern everything we do in Canada's only bilingual province N'esy Pas?

Noah Hathaway

The issue is that these have historically been used as a cash grab by cities. Some cities after installing them found that not enough people were running red lights to justify the cost, so they shortened the yellow lights by a few seconds and red light tickets went up drastically. The city gets their fine revenue and the company that runs them takes a cut. There is nothing to prevent abuse and there is a lot for them to gain from it.

The other problem is false positives are common with these. You have little to no recourse and are usually stuck paying the fine even if you aren't guilty.

Tim Trites

@Noah Hathaway

sounds ridiculous. how do you get a false positive if the plate matches? if it doesn't match why couldn't you prove it ?

would a few false positives outweigh the deterrence?

how many dead people versus those who are in a rush cause they sat around the house having one more coffee are justified?

don't want a ticket don't run the light. then the city can't "grab" your cash.

Emery Hyslop-Margison

@Tim Trites False positives or, more correctly, errors occur when the camera is improperly triggered by the movement of a vehicle. I lived in Florida and people were being ticketed for making a right hand turn on a red light even after completely stopping. More police camera surveillance is seldom ever a good idea in a free and democratic society.

David R. Amos

@Emery Hyslop-Margison I wholeheartedly agree

Shannon Hallett

LOL..I am not sure why it requires a visit. I am sure their system has reporting capabilities they would share. This is stupid.

David R. Amos

@Shannon Hallett "This is stupid."

Welcome to the Circus

Stephen Long

Two points. One, the city is not remotely interested in reducing collisions but will see this as a cash grab. Two, the system will be foiled by those drivers who stick an opaque cover on the licence plate. Or perhaps don't bother even having a licence plate. I've never seen anyone pulled over for not properly displaying a plate, surely it's not legal?

Peter Shearer

@Stephen Long The cameras in Fort McMurray captured the plates even with those plastic covers on them.

David R. Amos

@Peter Shearer Are you a member of the RCMP?

David R. Amos

@David R. Amos
https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/news/rcmp-and-cvse-went-above-and-beyond-to-rescue-people-stranded-by-mudslides/

"RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services Cst. Dan Caston and Peter Shearer of Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement, responded to calls from stranded motorists"

Peter Shearer

@David R. Amos Never heard tell of him. Didn't think there was another one out side of Scotland.

David R. Amos

@Peter Shearer Why is it that I don't believe you?

Harold Benson

Exactly what we need to do . Reign these light runners in, most of who will be caught when there isn't even another vehicle anywhere near the intersection.

David R. Amos

@Harold Benson Methinks Sam must be concerned as well N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele

What a SCAM ! Just another money grab by govt. as they look for ways to milk more money out of New Brunwicker's . Reminds me of the Brian Gallant money grab when Gallant's Liberals put radar guns in the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement vehicles so they could get more traffic ticket money out of N.B. taxpayers . Commercial Vehicle Enforcement is suppose to be checking and weighing trucks , now they spend their time giving out speeding tickets to cars . Govt. wants to milk every cent they can out of the public for anything and everything .

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele YUP

Emery Hyslop-Margison

Given the plethora of problems faced by New Brunswick why is this even a priority? How about spending the time and money involved in this fiasco on attracting new investment and well paying jobs to the province.

David R. Amos

@Emery Hyslop-Margison Methinks a lot of local folks should inform the ex cop Urquart of what Aberta has had for years. Urquart knows as well as I that traffic tickets are merely another form of taxation. If he creates a law here then a computer take your vehicle's picture and bill you automatically Hence no need for his overpaid cop pals to leave the donut shop. In fact some could get laid off N'esy Pas?

Peter Shearer

@David R. Amos I lived in Fort McMurray for a number of years. All pictures of cars running red lights, as well as those speeding thru the intersections, are reviewed by a police officer before a ticket is issued and mailed to the registered owner.

David R. Amos

@Peter Shearer Methinks Urquhart and everybody else in the Higgs government knows about my lawsuits against cops and lawyers by now. Anyway I was in Edmonton and Fort McMurray too and disagree with you. In fact in 2014 not long after Kevin Vickers had his gun play in Ottawa 3 of his former fellow members of the RCMP tried to pick a fight with me at 2.30 in the morning on behalf of a lawyer from New Brunswick Don Scott the current Mayor when he was an MLA. Perhaps you and Urquhart the ex cop who had me falsely arrested in 2008 should pull the file of my lawsuit in Federal Court across the street from the Fat Fred City Finest cop shop and have it reviewed by a police officer N'esy Pas?

Peter Shearer

@David R. Amos blah blah blah...… your beef with the police has nothing to do with this news story.

David R. Amos

@Peter Shearer Methinks you forgot your buddy Urquhart had me falsely arrested by your fellow members of the RCMP in 2008 and then had them attack me again on election night in 2010 N'esy Pas?

Shawn McShane

When the light goes red in Dieppe you see 3 or more cars running it. If you are hanging out in the intersection waiting to turn it is chicken time. A truck is good, the fake exhaust chicken cars will stop like they do in Montreal or Toronto, otherwise it is risky.

David R. Amos

@Shawn McShane Methinks those are just Gallant's pals in a hurry to cash in on the francophonie game gravy train before Higgs cuts them off N'esy Pas?

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David R. Amos

@Shawn McShane "1971 5 Man Electrical Band."

This was my response as the comment section closed

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-1.4973785

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David R. Amos

Mr Higgs and his cohorts won't tell you but on October 12th, 2018 the EUB 357 Matter began again

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685

Whereas the EUB allowed Dominic Cardy's wife to intervene a full year and a half after the matter had begun they also had to allow my friend Roger Richard to intervene as well. The board did not know what to do about scheduling hearings etc because they had no idea which political party was going to oversee them for the next few years so they decided to look for someone to advise them and adjourned the hearings until a later date. However they had done that once already despite my protest and barred be for the 375 Matter. Methinks now that the 357 Matter is underway again its gonna be a circus N'esy Pas?

Peter Shearer

Pierre LaRoches

Rear end accidents drastically increase everywhere these cameras are used. Tbone accidents do go down some. Everywhere they have been implemented for a long period the yellow lights are shortened in a few years as it is easy money. Perhaps we could start by firing the city bus drivers that constantly run red lights downtown, and the school bus drivers that run reds every day at Regent and University.

David R. Amos

@Pierre LaRoches Methinks the Fat Fred City Finest and the RCMP etc are forbidden to ticket fellow government employees because it would put a dent in their tax collection scheme N'esy Pas?

mo bennett

so, now all you taxpayers get to fund a trip to edmonton for this politician that can't see the forest for the damn trees. can you believe this parasite?

David R. Amos

@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you are enjoying the antics of the clowns in New Brunswick's latest Circus N'esy Pas?

Peter Shearer

@mo bennett If you read the story you will find he is already going to be in Edmonton.

David R. Amos

@Peter Shearer Methinks you will be there to meet with him N'esy Pas?

Gerry Ferguson

Just a tax grab for the cities. They will shorten up the yellow lights to make $172.50 off every other vehicle.

David R. Amos

@Gerry Ferguson I wholeheartedly agree

Michel Jones

I'd rather this than the carbon tax grab.

David R. Amos

@Michel Jones Methinks its not wise to pick the lesser of two more evils practiced by governmental taxation N'esy Pas?

Craig O'Donnell

If municipalities want them, then the municipalities should be the sole source to pay for them.

David R. Amos

@Craig O'Donnell YUP

Dwight Mullover

The public safety minister should be more concerned about the drug houses that are destroying neighbourhoods in New Brunwick due to obsolete and ineffective laws.

David R. Amos

@Dwight Mullover Methinks the public safety minister should at least welcome you to the circus We have paid our two bits to see a high diving act hence we deserve to see a high diving act N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/trapper-furbearer-convention-fredericton-1.4975136

Amid skinning demos and pelt-handling contests, trappers focus on future

16 Comments

Shawn McShane

This is the kind of thing that you should keep to yourselves, if you need these skins to survive a brutal winter for warmth is a different story. Heck I even understand eating squirrel, but to see coyote, fox and beaver carcasses...its too much. I feel grossed out.

Luis Luis

@Shawn McShane On the contrary, people need to see this and it should also put up videos of the animals suffering a cruel death while being trapped. I dont understand how this practice is still legal in 2019. Its barbaric, cruel and unnecessary. These folks should be ashamed to be called trappers. I have another word for them and it starts with M.

Phil Beatty

@Luis Luis you and Shawn along with Alex need to go trap some beaver. You might even learn something about wildlife.....

Alex Forbes

@Phil Beatty Yeah because you need to kill something to understand it...hunter/trapper logical fallacies

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David R. Amos

@Shawn McShane Methinks there is more than one way to skin a cat and nobody should deny that I am always up for an education N'esy Pas?

@Shawn McShane "1971 5 Man Electrical Band."

This was my response as the comment section closed

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-1.4973785

Page is closed to commenting.
David R. Amos

Mr Higgs and his cohorts won't tell you but on October 12th, 2018 the EUB 357 Matter began again

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685

Whereas the EUB allowed Dominic Cardy's wife to intervene a full year and a half after the matter had begun they also had to allow my friend Roger Richard to intervene as well. The board did not know what to do about scheduling hearings etc because they had no idea which political party was going to oversee them for the next few years so they decided to look for someone to advise them and adjourned the hearings until a later date. However they had done that once already despite my protest and barred be for the 375 Matter. Methinks now that the 357 Matter is underway again its gonna be a circus N'esy Pas?

Public safety minister wants to know 'downside' of red-light cameras

Province has no legislation that allows cities to install cameras at intersections

CBC News· Posted: Jan 11, 2019 2:10 PM AT

Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart said he doesn't have a timetable for legislation that would allow municipalities to install red-light cameras. (CBC)

Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart says he wants to see for himself how red-light cameras have worked in Edmonton before considering the possibility of allowing them in New Brunswick.

There's currently no legislation in the province that allows red-light cameras to be used, but cities like Fredericton are eager for the change.

Since becoming minister, Urquhart has meet with chiefs of police in New Brunswick and municipality stakeholders about changing the Motor Vehicle Act.

But he's adamant he wants to see how they work for himself before his department takes another step.
"I'm a visual person, they [Edmonton police] said they would show me their system," he said.

Red-light cameras at intersections can also monitor speeds of cars crossing on green and yellow lights. (CBC )

"I don't want to know the upside, I want to know the downside. What doesn't work about it, why doesn't it work, if they could change it?"

Earlier this week Fredericton city traffic engineer John Lewis said red-light cameras would be an option to reduce collisions in intersections with high-accident rates.

"Other jurisdictions, particularly Edmonton, have shown pretty dramatic reduction in red-light running and those types of collisions when that type of technology is used in the right spot," Lewis said.

Urquhart said staff at Public Safety are looking at statistics from places around the world where the cameras are used.

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Since he's already travelling to Edmonton for a ministerial conference, Urquhart said his meeting with police won't cost taxpayers any more.

"After I've done that I'll be back to talk about it further with my stakeholders," Urquhart said.

"Is it a tool that will protect the people, increase the safety of the people? And if it is, you've probably figured out in our government we don't make change for the sake of change. Premier Higgs made it very clear to all of us, he wants measurable results."

Fredericton city traffic engineer John Lewis said Edmonton has seen a reduction in red-light running in intersections with red-light cameras. (David Donnelly/CBC)

Urquhart said he also wants to look into how the system would work on vehicles where the front licence plate has been removed. The Progressive Conservatives under Blaine Higgs campaigned on an election platform that included a promise to remove the front licence plate for New Brunswick cars.

But Urquhart said that's not the priority.

"We want to know if it works and if it will work if it's feasible to bring into the province," he said.
Urquhart said he doesn't have a timetable for when a proposal for red-light camera legislation would be ready.

Still, Fredericton Coun. Stephen Chase, a longtime supporter of the safety feature, is feeling optimistic.

"I'm very pleased that Minister Urquhart is taking that extra step and visiting with Edmonton's office of traffic safety while he's out in Edmonton for his ministerial meetings," Chase said.

"I'm very confident he'll come away with a positive reaction to what he sees while there."

With files from Information Morning Fredericton

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Amid skinning demos and pelt-handling contests, trappers focus on future

Fur industry is soldiering on in New Brunswick, and trappers at convention want public to know

Shane Fowler· CBC News· Posted: Jan 11, 2019 6:27 PM AT

Trappers and Fur harvesters from across the province gather in Fredericton for their annual convention. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

New Brunswick trappers have come out of the woods and off their trap lines to gather for the annual convention of fur harvesters in Fredericton.

Dozens of trappers are meeting throughout the day Friday and Saturday to celebrate the industry, discuss techniques and swap stories.

But the main focus is teaching.

"Education is one of the most important things that we are trying to accomplish with these kinds of events," said Mitchell Schriver, the vice-president of the New Brunswick Trappers and Fur Harvesters Federation. "We're keeping the public educated on numerous levels. We're still out there. We still exist.
"We're working hard to train people to do the best job they can do, with the pelt-handling side of it and the trapping side of it, to be the most efficient and the most humane methods."

Mitchell Schriver, the vice-president of the New Brunswick Trappers and Fur Harvesters Federation, says the purpose of the convention is mostly education. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

Skinning demos, round-tables, trapping seminars and pelt-handling competitions run throughout the two-day event, centred on trading techniques, updating the industry for the modern age and guiding the next generation of trapper.

"I really like the outdoors," said Tyler Tapp, 12, of Tracy, who has been following his grandfather into the forest to learn to hunt and trap for the past five years.

Skinning demos run throughout the convention. Here a beaver pelt is prepared. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

Although made up mostly of trappers well past their 50s, the convention also included several children and teens. Tapp admitted that the interest in the sport with his generation is minimal.

"I don't think there's very much," he said. "Because people really like video games nowadays. They're on those."

Tyler Tapp, 12, of Tracy has been learning to trap and hunt under the guidance of his grandfather for the last five years. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

But despite the assumption the sport is a relic of the past, the numbers of trappers in the province have stayed pretty much the same over the last 20 years.

Since 2001 the number of trapping licences sold each year has hovered around 1,000. It's the total value of the annual harvest that can fluctuate wildly, depending on global demand.

The estimated value of the 2016-2017 total harvest was around $380,000, according to the annual New Brunswick Furbearer report published by the province. But in 2012-2013, the estimate was close 1.7 million. It all depends on what is in demand.

"It's fashion," said Schriver. "Whatever is in style that year directly influences which critter is going to be the most valuable."

New Brunswick exported around 13,000 muskrat pelts last year, more than any other fur in the province. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

Coyote has been in demand in recent years, because of their inclusion in Canada Goose winter jackets. Last year, pelts went for an average of $56 each at auction, second only to bobcat, at $75 a pelt.

But for decades, the most popular pelt sold in this province by far is muskrat.

The iconic muskrat hat is known for keeping the heads of Mounties warm in the winter.

New Brunswick trappers exported more than 13,200 muskrat pelts last year, far outpacing the second-place beaver, which amounted to 5,100 pelts.

"But the market is struggling right now with most of these critters," Schriver said. "So the best we can prepare these animals the more valuable they're going to be and the more income will be coming to the trapper."

Coyote, raccoon, and fox carcasses on display at the New Brunswick trapper convention. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

"It's like any other commodity. It's peaks and valleys. Right now, we've got a really good coyote market, we've got some of the best prices we've been seeing in years for coyote. Marten is doing OK, but the rest of the furs are suffering."

Schriver said the depressed demand in Asian directly affects the trappers in rural New Brunswick.

"Russia has been in trouble for a few years," he said. "China is struggling a bit. And when their economies are struggling it directly affects us here in North America and our fur prices, big time."

Regardless of the variety of personal and political stances on trapping today, it's the industry that Canada was built on.

Much of the country was built on the back of the beaver. With their waterproof skins, beaver pelts were in high demand and used for barter and trade when the French and British first came to North America.

"And beaver is still top three in our fur industry today," Schriver said.

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Could New Brunswick adopt P.E.I. program that keeps 'frail seniors' at home longer?

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Could New Brunswick adopt P.E.I. program that keeps 'frail seniors' at home longer?

COACH Program aims to reduce emergency room visits, hospital admissions

CBC News· Posted: Jan 12, 2019 8:00 AM AT

P.E.I.'s COACH Program helps keep frail seniors at home longer and alleviates overcrowding in emergency rooms. (Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Faced with overcrowded hospitals and an aging demographic, health-care professionals on Prince Edward Island devised an award-winning program that helps "frail seniors" stay in their own home for longer.

And one of the founders of the Caring for Older Adults in Community and at Home (COACH) Program believes it could work in New Brunswick.

"Frail seniors do not do well in hospitals, and our hospital system is not designed to handle frail seniors," said Dr. Tim Stultz, who is also a consulting geriatrician.

With the provincial health department keen to improve health-care access for frail seniors — seniors with complex health needs — the idea for the community-based care program was hatched in partnership with home care, primary care and the provincial geriatric programs.

P.E.I. wins award for program that keeps frail seniors in their own homes

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Horizon and Vitalité scramble to fix ER overcrowding

Frail seniors are identified by home care officials or primary care physicians, and a nurse practitioner will visit the patient, perform a geriatric assessment and discuss needs and goals with the patient and their family, Stultz said. From there, a team of health-care workers will provide patient care at home.

"It allows that senior to have more intensive care at home and trying to prevent going to the emergency room, going to the hospital, those kind of things," he said.

Pilot program success

A 2015 pilot program in Montague, P.E.I., studied 19 of the most frail seniors who were among the heaviest users of the health system. Over the course of a year, Stultz said, the number of emergency room visits decreased by 30 per cent, the number of primary care visits dropped by 40 per cent and admissions to hospital fell 70 per cent.

"Families now have a number that they can call," he said.

"A lot of the times, people go to the emergency room because they don't know what to do, they don't have an option."

Dr. Tim Stultz, a consulting geriatrician, helped found the COACH Program. (CBC)

Stultz said the program will soon launch an alert system for the patient's care team. If a client's medicare number is registered in a triage system, an email will be delivered to the team members, who can then intervene.

The program is also geared to avoid early nursing home admissions. He said the average nursing home stay in P.E.I. is 2.6 years, but it's 0.65 years for COACH clients.

"One gentleman we encountered who was headed for a nursing home … was on over 30 medications," Stultz said.

"And just the nurse practitioner and I sitting down and going through these pills, we were able to … get more than half of them taken away and he lived at home until he died. He was more active."

Good for New Brunswick?

The program has been recognized nationally, receiving the Canadian Frailty Network's innovation award last fall, and officials are packaging it so it can be used elsewhere.

He said the program could be of use to New Brunswick — with some tweaks.

The program is offered "tip to tip" on the island, which is about a two-hour drive, and that will be more of a challenge in New Brunswick, he said.

Stultz also suggested training more nurse practitioners — the backbone of the program — in geriatric care.

Overcrowded hospitals

New Brunswick hospitals continue to be plagued by overcrowding.

Last week, Horizon Health Network chief of staff Dr. John Dornan said about 24 per cent of hospital beds are occupied by people who need to be in nursing homes or their own houses.

The situation is the same for the Vitalité Health Network. Across the health network, 26 per cent of patients were waiting for nursing homes in the first quarter of last year.

Ken McGeorge co-chaired the province's Council on Aging. (Submitted)

"The problem that [they're] describing goes back to 1967, for heaven's sake," said Ken McGeorge, who co-chaired New Brunswick's Council on Aging.

"I'm embarrassed that we've been talking for how many decades about the very same issues, and I'm embarrassed that we have not had or supported the leadership that we needed to do to deal with those issues. … We can be a model in health care for the country; we're not anywhere close to that right now."

Speaking to CBC News earlier this week, McGeorge pointed to the success of the COACH Program while calling for change.

"You need a leadership team. Civil servants can't do it [alone]. Politicians can't do it," he said.
"Just as in P.E.I., a geriatrician with the encouragement of government has set up what they call the COACH program. And in two years they have done what we have only talked about."

With files from Harry Forestell, Hadeel Ibrahim, Elizabeth Fraser, CBC Prince Edward Island

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David R. Amos

Could New Brunswick adopt P.E.I. program that keeps 'frail seniors' at home longer?

Methinks the obvious answer is WHY NOT? N'esy Pas?

Rosco holt

@David R. Amos
"WHY NOT? "
There isn't enough money to be made by government friends.

David R. Amos

I spoke to the all knowing Ken McGeorge before the last election and just shook my head at his efforts to play dumb on the phone about not understanding my emails.

Rosco holt

@David R. Amos
Are you sure he was playing?
Maybe he's really dumb. LOL

mo bennett

it all boils down to who's payin'!

Colin Seeley

@mo bennett

So true.

David R. Amos

@mo bennett "it all boils down to who's payin'!"

YO MO Methinks you know as well as I that it will be all of us who pays the piper except the Irving Clan and their cohorts N'esy Pas?

Shawn McShane

@mo bennett Right now we are paying , $524,000 per day for 28% of hospital beds that are held by seniors who don’t require medical treatment.

Dianne MacPherson

@mo bennett
WE are "paying" anyway; lets try and start getting
VALUE out of the use of our tax dollars !!!

Rosco holt

@Dianne MacPherson
We won't get value has long has we keep electing the same bunch of crooked self-serving politicians in power.

marie-pierre Leblanc

we could pay for it ourselves if trudeau hadnt devalued our dollar so much if you made minimum wage in the 60 it would be worth 100,000 a year in todays dollars indexed against gold thank pierre trudeau for changing the bank of canada act jt is to inept to pull a move like that but his dady was

marie-pierre Leblanc

@marie-pierre Leblanc now the gov steals our money under threat of violence to service the debt they created and continue to grow

David Peters

@marie-pierre Leblanc

Centralized banking is the root of the problem. It favours these the gov't monopolies and gov't backed monopolies. They don't want ppl to be self sufficient, so they make it next to impossible for most to be so.

marie-pierre Leblanc

@David Peters we had a central bank that worked well we borrowed money from that bank at straight interest for gov spending the loan was paid back and the interest was to the central bank which was ouselves now we pay compound interest to private banks never being able to satisfy the debt we are currently insolvent as a country

David R. Amos

@David Peters "Centralized banking is the root of the problem."

Methinks you should finally check my work N'esy Pas?

David Peters

@David R. Amos

Would be glad to. Can you provide a link?

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/swimming-against-the-current-1.4968738/why-this-out-of-work-reporter-decided-to-start-her-own-small-town-print-newspaper-1.4969980https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/swimming-against-the-current-1.4968738/why-this-out-of-work-reporter-decided-to-start-her-own-small-town-print-newspaper-1.4969980?__vfz=profile_comment%3D8748300018403

Why this out-of-work reporter decided to start her own small town print newspaper

Melissa Schneider is self-funding a newspaper to serve her rural Ontario community

Paula Duhatschek· January 11

Melissa Schneider is the owner, publisher, editor, photographer of The Echo. (Paula Duhatschek/CBC)

Melissa Schneider was wearing pyjamas when she found out she'd lost her job.
It was November 2017, and Schneider was working as a freelance reporter with the St. Thomas/Elgin Weekly News, one of several papers shut down after a major swap between Torstar and Postmedia.
Schneider had just wrapped up her fourth story of the week, and called her editor to let him know it was on the way.
"He picked up the phone and told me that we were all fired," said Schneider.
"We just disappeared into the night."
For Schneider, the phone call was unwelcome but not unprecedented. She'd been in the new business for over a decade and it was the third time she'd been laid off.
Still, Schneider said she felt blindsided.
"It felt like there are no more chances to get into this industry, no more chances to get kicked out of this industry," said Schneider.
"There just are no more opportunities, because they'd consolidated now to the point where there's nothing left, there's nothing left to consolidate. There's nobody left to fire. There's nothing left to shut down, so where are you supposed to go from here?"

The Echo relies on advertisers to generate money, and hasn't yet become financially sustainable. (Paula Duhatschek/CBC)

Although some might have taken the layoff as a sign to hang up their tape recorder and move on, Schneider had a different thought.

"If I'm going to do something, if I'm going to really do something and I'm really going to put my wherewithal behind it and make something spectacular, then I'm going to make something that's my own," she said.

So, she decided to create her own print newspaper: The Echo.

Doing things the old-fashioned way

Today, Melissa Schneider is the owner, publisher, reporter, and main financial backer of The Echo, a print newspaper covering a pocket of Elgin County, Ont. where Schneider grew up.

It's an old-fashioned business model, but Schneider said it makes sense for the coverage area, which has many seniors and where internet connections can be spotty.

"I always joke that when the power goes out here, which it does quite often, you can still sit with a flashlight and read your hard copy of The Echo," said Schneider.

Schneider's grade eight yearbook lists her career goal as 'author or journalist.' (Paula Duhatschek/CBC)

There's another reason behind her dedication to the old-fashioned newspaper.

As a child, Schneider made the news herself while figure skating at a nearby arena. She was warming up when a local reporter-photographer snapped her picture as part of a photo feature.

The day the paper came out, Schneider was captivated over breakfast by a picture of herself in newsprint.

"It was laying there on my plate and I thought, 'That's it for me, that's exactly what I want to do,'" said Schneider.

A baby and a newspaper

Still, The Echo isn't immune to the financial challenges of the media industry, and although Schneider is living her childhood dreams, dreams on their own won't pay the bills.

For now, Schneider keeps the paper afloat using her savings, but only has enough in her Echo fund to keep the paper going until the end of the year.

I always joke that when the power goes out here, which it does quite often, you can still sit with a flashlight and read your hard copy of The Echo.- Melissa Schneider

The paper's precarious financial situation was made doubly complicated when, just two months into publication, Schneider found out she was pregnant.

"Which was another kind of, 'So now what are we supposed to do?'" said Schneider.

"Because I literally just started this venture and it seemed to be going OK. And I didn't really know what that meant for the future, for us, for the paper, for life really in general."

But Schneider is optimistic about the future. She jokes about taking a three-day maternity leave, and then setting up a crib in her home office and diving right back into her work.

"All I'm doing is bringing one more reporter into the universe," she said. "The baby's going to get into the industry and take over from its mom, that's my plan B here."

For Schneider, showing up is important. She wants her neighbours to know that when news happens, they can count on her to be there and to write about it.

And whether The Echo lasts one more edition, or is around for another 30 years, Schneider said she can be at peace with herself knowing that she gave it her all.

"I would rather have dreamed a dream and made it come true," she said, "than to only ever have thought of it and never been able to live it."

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David Peters

Canadian journalism needs more free market competition like this.

David R. Amos

@David Peters "Would be glad to. Can you provide a link?"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/coach-program-pei-senior-care-overcrowded-hospitals-1.4975908

"Centralized banking is the root of the problem. It favours these the gov't monopolies and gov't backed monopolies. They don't want ppl to be self sufficient, so they make it next to impossible for most to be so."

BTW you got this link and many documents after we talked before the last election

https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER

David Peters

@David R. Amos

You are either crazy, or up to something.

David R. Amos

@David Peters You know exactly who I am correct?

David Peters

@David R. Amos

Apart from your recent spamming, I've never heard of you. You must be mistaking me for someone else.

David R. Amos

@David Peters @David Peters "You are either crazy, or up to something."

This is the first Mr Peters i crossed paths with

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-black-community-won-t-get-gg-apology-1.907265

David R. Amos

@David Peters And this was the second Peters dude (I am betting you are the former because of your snobby replies)

https://globalnews.ca/news/4403323/new-brunswick-election-kings-centre/

Eric Duhatschek

great piece! Those of us who spent 40-plus years in the newspaper business fervently hope Melissa succeeds.

Cindy Fordyce

@Eric Duhatschek

Might be a good time for other reporters to reach out to her - might be able to help with content :)

Charles Waggon

@Cindy Fordyce That and support from business in the form of advertising

David Peters

@Cindy Fordyce

Look into gov't mismanagement and outright corruption...there'll be tons and tons of content.

David R. Amos

@David Peters For the record I agreed with you over the years but now I no longer care about your opinions.. Remember this spit and chew?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ernest-drapeau-david-smith-bill-21-1.3650540

Methinks you should have Googled David Amos Federal Court long ago N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ernest-drapeau-david-smith-bill-21-1.3650540

2 chief justices appear at odds over judge-moving bill

Terse letter exchange between David Smith and Ernest Drapeau sheds light on debate about Bill 21

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jun 24, 2016 7:08 AM AT

Court of Appeal Chief Justice Ernest Drapeau, left, cancelled a Feb. 29 meeting about Bill 29 after Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice David Smith, right, said he could not attend on short notice. (CBC)

The province's two top judges sparred earlier this year over the timing of a meeting to discuss the controversial Bill 21, according to confidential letters obtained by CBC News.

Chief Justice Ernest Drapeau of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal cancelled a Feb. 29 meeting to discuss the legislation after Chief Justice David Smith of the Court of Queen's Bench said he would not take part.

Smith told Drapeau in a Feb. 26 letter he couldn't attend because he was out of the country "and a four-day notice period prevents adequate preparation for and personal attendance at this meeting."

Later the same day, Drapeau wrote back that, "I deeply regret your decision to not participate in the meeting."

Drapeau's terse letter adds that even if Smith was away, participation was "an option that was available by way of telephone."

The rare glimpse at the private interactions of the two senior judges sheds more light on the debate over Bill 21.

Judicial disagreement

The chief justices of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal and the Court of Queen's Bench appear to have different options about a proposed bill that would give the minister of justice the power to veto the movement of judges within the province. (CBC)

Drapeau and Smith appear to disagree about the bill, introduced by the Liberals on Feb. 5.

The bill will amend the Judicature Act to take away Smith's unilateral power to transfer Court of Queen's Bench justices and would let the justice minister veto any move.

Smith calls the bill a potential violation of the court's independence.

After failing to persuade the Liberal government to change the bill, he's now warning that he is looking at "further options." The bill is expected to pass the legislature next week.

The Liberals have said they consulted Drapeau about the bill and he approved it.

They also say Justice Judy Clendening was filling in for Smith on administrative issues while he was vacationing in Florida and she gave her approval to the bill the day before it was introduced.

Michael Bray, Smith's lawyer, disputes that interpretation of events.

Bray said Clendening told Smith that she got a call from a government official that didn't mention the coming bill and that she said the general idea of a veto would be "constitutionally suspect."

Drapeau has not spoken publicly about his view of bill and his office did not respond to an interview request on Thursday.

Drapeau, Smith and the chief justice of the provincial court, Pierre Arseneault, sit on a committee that discusses court administration issues with provincial officials.

Letters written 3 weeks after bill

The exchange of letters obtained by CBC News began three weeks after the bill was introduced, after it began to generate political controversy and after Smith went public with his objections.

Bray said Smith was only told about the bill "after the fact" of its introduction in the legislature on Feb. 5.

Bray said Smith was still in Florida when Drapeau asked for the Feb. 29 meeting and didn't want to discuss the bill by conference call because on a previous conference call he'd been "frustrated because of the poor quality" of the call.

I see no useful purpose in going ahead, and the meeting is therefore cancelled.- Ernest Drapeau , chief justice New Brunswick Court of Appeal

"He felt this was important enough that he wanted a face-to-face meeting, either with a representative of his there, or when he returned," Bray said.

Smith said in his letter to Drapeau that he had asked Justice Fred Ferguson to attend on his behalf.
But Drapeau responded that given Smith's decision to not participate, "I see no useful purpose in going ahead and the meeting is therefore cancelled."

Smith wrote back Feb. 29, offering to meet Drapeau in Fredericton on March 14 or at a judicial event in Moncton on March 18.

Courts have different perspectives

Asked if the exchange between Drapeau and Smith was a sign of a healthy administration of the justice system, Bray said that, "I don't think anything that's happened on Bill 21 has been terribly healthy for the administration of justice."

Ann Whiteway-Brown, the president of the Canadian Bar Association's New Brunswick branch, said the apparent disagreement between the chief justices makes it "difficult" to fix the bill "because the two courts certainly have a different perspective on it."

She said she finds it odd the province consulted Drapeau on a bill that doesn't affect his court while not consulting Smith, whose court the bill does affect.

Justice Minister Denis Landry refused to comment on Thursday.

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Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.

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21 Comments

David Peters

Elections and term limits for Judges, Crown Prosecutors and Police Chiefs. Lets give the voter more say in how government works.

Nick Carver

@David Peters Horrible idea. Just look to the US for innumerable examples of bad judges being elected by pandering to voters with suspect decision. The legal system must be insulated as much as possible from politics.

David Peters

@Nik Carrier

At least with the US system you can see who the good and bad ones are....then have a say on the matter.

By not having a vote or term limits simply protects the bad actors, IMO.

Nick Carver

@David Peters For the rare instance that there are bad actors, there are mechanisms in place to deal with them. Opening up our entire justice system to the whims of a flaky electorate is a recipe for disaster. Every other day I hear a story about some judge in the states violating the law on the books to make some part of his/her electorate happy. Usually its the evangelicals, but not always.

David Peters

@Nik Carrier

Not opening the whole justice system to elections, just the most powerful, lead positions.... that affect could also corruption going on under them as well.

Wont argue the merrits of elections with you. I just don't share your contempt for the electorate.

Frank O'Phil

@David Peters; beware of the tyranny of the majority. - Alexis de Tocqueville

Jay Boucher-Langlais

@David Peters;
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. - Thomas Jefferson.

David Peters

@Jay Boucher-Langlais

Democracy with a constitution and laws where no one is above the law would be preferable. Obviously these laws are in place to protect minorities.

My concern is that we have a massive government bureaucracy that seems to be getting more and more insulated from accountability or transparency. A very weak vague constitution is part of the problem.

Jay Boucher-Langlais

@David Peters; the judges (appointed and "independent" by the way) did a very good job at interpreting the Constitution.

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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:44:43 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Jagmeet Singh says that maybe Jay Shin should go back to law school???

Too Too Funny Indeed EH Karen Wang and Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson?
To: premier <premier@gnb.ca>, attorneygeneral <attorneygeneral@ontario.ca>,

Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "Sophia.Harris"<Sophia.Harris@cbc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"<maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "elizabeth.may"<elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, "Kathleen.Harris"<Kathleen.Harris@cbc.ca>, "scott.bardsley"<scott.bardsley@canada.ca>, "scott.brison"<scott.brison@parl.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Katy.Bourne"<Katy.Bourne@sussex-pcc.gov.uk>
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Jagmeet Singh on Tory opponent: 'Maybe he should go back to law school'

Conservative candidate Jay Shin said Singh was 'keeping criminals out of jail' during his days as a criminal defence lawyer

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh suggested his Burnaby South opponent, lawyer Jay Shin, had forgotten a basic principle of Canadian law after the Tory said Singh was “keeping criminals out of jail” in his days as a criminal defence lawyer.

Shin issued a press release accusing Singh of being soft on crime. The release came within hours of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing on Wednesday that there would be a byelection in Burnaby South and two other ridings on Feb. 25.

“While Jagmeet Singh has spent his pre-political career as a criminal defence lawyer keeping criminals out of jail, I have spent my legal career building Canadian businesses that create jobs and promote international trade,” wrote Shin, a business lawyer who has facilitated foreign investment in B.C.

Singh said Shin’s comments demonstrated a “short-sighted view of what our justice system is.” He said defence lawyers play a vital role in criminal proceedings.

“That’s just the fundamentals of our justice system,” Singh said. “Maybe he (Shin) should go back to law school and double check what the basics of the criminal justice system are.”

Shin later told the NOW he wasn’t trying to discredit defence lawyers.

“They play an important role; everybody has a right to defence,” Shin said. “What I’m saying is he played that role: as a criminal lawyer, he defended criminals. That’s all I’m saying.”

Shin’s press release also said the NDP “go easy on criminals and have actively endorsed illegal immigration into our country.”

Shin cited the NDP’s insistence on referring to border crossings at non-official entry points as “irregular” rather than “illegal.” He said the distinction between the two words is irrelevant but the NDP’s word choice amounts to “promoting illegal immigration.”

Singh called the Conservatives’ rhetoric on the issue “inflammatory.” He said some provinces are underfunded to deal with the influx of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the U.S.

In August, the Canadian Press’ Baloney Meter examined the issue of asylum seekers crossing the border. It found that roughly one-third of people making refugee claims in Canada do so after making a non-official crossings but rated Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s description of the situation as a “crisis” as “full of baloney.”

Shin’s press release also went after the NDP’s economic policies, saying “they want to raise taxes and shut the economic engine that drives Canada forward.”

Singh said the opposite is true.

“We want to spur the economic engine,” he said. “We want to make investments that will actually make the economic engine more effective, more efficient.”

The NDP leader said his plan to implement a national pharmacare plan providing medication coverage for all Canadians would become a competitive advantage for businesses.

But Shin wasn’t convinced.

“Where does that money come from? It comes from taxes,” Shin said. “The NDP's socialist policies (don’t) work.”

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:35:13 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Jagmeet Singh says that maybe Jay Shin should go back to law school???
Too Too Funny Indeed EH Karen Wang and Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson?
To: rachel@liberal.ca, "Chagger, Bardish - M.P. :HoC"<bardish.chagger@parl.gc.ca>, jasminelouraspcc@gmail.com, "daniel.green"<daniel.green@partivert.ca>,
scotdavidson@rogers.com, info@liberal.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

514.448.0540
rachel@liberal.ca

905-898-9188
scotdavidson@rogers.com

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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:44:16 -0400
Subject: Jagmeet Singh says that maybe Jay Shin should go back to lawschool???
Too Too Funny Indeed EH Karen Wang and Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson?
To: info@jayshin.ca, jay@lonsdalelaw.ca, karenwang@liberal.ca,
lauralynnlive@gmail.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, kgawley@burnabynow.com

Jagmeet Singh on Tory opponent: 'Maybe he should go back to law school'
Conservative candidate Jay Shin said Singh was 'keeping criminals out
of jail' during his days as a criminal defence lawyer
Kelvin Gawley Burnaby Now January 13, 2019 10:27 AM

Julie MacLellan
Assistant editor, and newsroom tip line
jmaclellan@burnabynow.com
Phone: 604 444 3020
Kelvin Gawley
kgawley@burnabynow.com
Phone: 604 444 3024

Jay Shin
Direct: 604-980-5089
Email: jay@lonsdalelaw.ca
By phone: 604-628-0508
By e-mail: info@jayshin.ca

Karen Wang
604.531.1178
karenwang@liberal.ca

Now if Mr Shin scrolls down he will know some of what the fancy NDP
lawyer has known for quite sometime

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I will be out of the office until August 15, 2016. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.

> ---------- 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
>

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
>>
>

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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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

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From: "Eidt, David (OAG/CPG)"<David.Eidt@gnb.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
did she take all four copies?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until Monday, March 13, 2017. I will have
little to no access to email. Please dial 453-2222 for assistance.

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From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:16:46 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until August 15, 2016. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.

> ---------- 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
>

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
>>
>

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

Meet the woman who shook New Brunswick's right-to-information policy

Grace Belliveau won the right to see an investigation report into her own case, formerly denied by government

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jan 14, 2019 9:43 AM AT

In 2016 Grace Belliveau was collecting temporary sick benefits from the department because she had been refused paid leave from her job. Those benefits were cut off after the department accused her of not living at the address she used when she filed her claim. (CBC)

Grace Belliveau didn't set out to become a right-to-information champion.

But social-justice advocates say she has scored an important victory not just for herself but for other New Brunswickers who want to challenge provincial decisions on their social assistance benefits.

With the help of a legal appeal by New Brunswick's recently-retired integrity commissioner, Belliveau won the right to see an investigation report into her own case — and may have shifted provincial policy in the process.

"I think it's a good idea to show investigation reports to applicants," she said in an interview in Moncton.

"If they want citizens and applicants to be transparent and forthcoming, and not scamming, maybe they should model the same behaviour back and foster a culture of transparency."

The province's default approach of refusing to release reports will now change, the department says.
Dave MacLean, a spokesperson for the Department of Social Development, says as a result of the legal challenge, the department "reviewed its approach and interpretation of the legislation in relation to this type of request" and had adopted "a different approach."

Reports will generally be released until legislation prevents it, though private information that identifies other people will be redacted, he said.

Vaughn Barnett, a Fredericton-area advocate who supports low-income people challenging government decisions, says Belliveau should be proud of what she accomplished.

"Given their disadvantaged circumstances, clients are often not in a position to assert their rights, let alone make a social change, but here we have seen that, with a little support, they can do just that," he said.

Claude Snow, a former provincial social worker, says lack of access to investigation reports has been a "burning issue" in social-assistance cases for years. (Bridget Yard/CBC)

Claude Snow, a former provincial social worker who left his job in 1992 to advocate for low-income people, says lack of access to investigation reports has been "a burning issue" in social assistance cases for years.

Province refuses to disclose report

In 2016, Belliveau was collecting temporary sick benefits from the department because she had been refused paid leave from her job.

But the benefits were cut off after the department accused her of not living at the address she used when she filed her claim.

Belliveau learned from reading the report that investigators had looked at her family members' property records and at her own Facebook account.

She had moved out of a house she bought after discovering it was full of mould.

Her first case worker accepted that she had to stay with friends, but a subsequent case worker "basically accused me of scamming the system because I wasn't living in my house."

She says a tongue-in-cheek remark about opting to live in a tent on the lawn of her house came back to haunt her when investigators visited the home during the winter and saw no tent.

The department cut off her benefits in January 2017. She asked for a copy of the investigation that led to the decision.

"If you're being investigated, it's kind of a natural reaction that you want to see that investigation," she said.

"You want to see how they came to that conclusion, what they did and what they checked."

If the government wants citizens to be forthcoming, they should also be forthcoming, so that everyone feels it's an open relationships and there's trust going both ways.-Grace Belliveau

The province refused, making it harder to challenge the decision.

"With that kind of information, she would have had a much better understanding of how fairly, or unfairly, the government was assessing her continuing eligibility," said Barnett, who helped Belliveau with her case.

Recipients can seek reviews of decisions and appeal them to the Family Income Security Appeals Board. Its website says it is "required, by its quasi-judicial nature, to conduct hearings in a court-like manner" and follow the concept of natural justice.

Barnett says that should include letting people see the evidence against them.

"If clients are going to be accused of defrauding the system, they should be entitled to full disclosure, and of course a presumption of innocence, just like anyone else accused of an offence," Barnett said.

A 2nd refusal to disclose report

Belliveau filed a request for her report under the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, but the department again refused to hand it over.

Then-minister Stephen Horsman cited a section of the law that lets the government withhold information that would "harm the effectiveness of investigative techniques."

She then complained to integrity commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, who investigated and concluded that officials were worried that revealing investigative techniques would allow social assistance recipients to "scam" the government.

Alexandre Deschênes filed the appeal in October after the government refused to heed his recommendation to give Belliveau a copy of an investigator's report into her own social assistance case. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

Deschênes wrote in his June 2018 report that the government's fears were misplaced in cases like Belliveau's because recipients know they're required to provide their real address and so would be aware they might be checked.

He also said those recipients would have a hard time faking other addresses across multiple provincial government databases that are checked during an investigation.

Deschênes recommended the department give Belliveau the report, but Horsman again refused and told her she had the right to appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench.

"I thought it was ironic considering that they knew my situation and that would not be an option for me," Belliveau said. "If you have the financial means you can exercise your rights, and if you don't, you can't."

At her request, Deschênes challenged the rejection of Belliveau's request himself — the first time any commissioner has used that legal power.

"I'm grateful that he did it," Belliveau said.

"He was very, very important in this."

Changing the approach

Rather than fight the appeal, the department sent Belliveau the report last month and decided to change its approach to future requests

Barnett says it should go farther.

"I hope release of investigation reports will be automatic, without depending on whether clients make requests, which they may not know they can do," he said.

It's especially important when benefits are cut off because it will put clients "on a more level playing field" with the department if they appeal the decision, he said.

Belliveau found a new apartment while waiting for the report, so the department no longer alleges that she isn't living in her home. In the end she didn't need to use the report to challenge the cutting of her benefits.

Still, she learned from reading it that investigators had looked at her family members' property records and at her own Facebook account — information she doesn't think was relevant to her case. The report noted she had posted on "feminist" subjects.

Belliveau says the two-year right-to-information fight added more stress to an already difficult period in her life, but she hopes it will make it easier for other social-assistance recipients.

"If the government wants citizens to be forthcoming, they should also be forthcoming, so that everyone feels it's an open relationships and there's trust going both ways."

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18 Comments
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David R. Amos

Methinks all the political animals in New Brunswick know about what went down between Alexandre Deschênes and I but nobody will talk about it N'esy Pas?

Shawn McShane

Horsman cited a section of the law that lets the government withhold information that would "harm the effectiveness of investigative techniques."

Like spying on their social media accounts and noting they post on "feminist" subjects? Pretty creepy.

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is suing the government over domestic surveillance and is being supported by OpenMedia.ca, an activist group for Canadian Internet users.

David R. Amos

@Shawn McShane Methinks you should read my file in the docket of Federal Court N'esy Pas?

Douglas James

"Still, she learned from reading it that investigators had looked at her family members' property records and at her own Facebook account — information she doesn't think was relevant to her case. The report noted she had posted on "feminist" subjects."

In other words, the government spied on this woman and thought it relevant that she posted on a specific subject. Where is the outcry over this intrusion on one's privacy? Or does that just go out the window when an individual is unfortunate enough to have to access social benefits? Yet more questions, unasked by so-called professional journalists and, therefore, unanswered by government.

Al Bekirkey

@Douglas James when you accept blood money in the way of social assistance and benefits you invite the oversight of the same entity that accrued said blood money

David R. Amos

@Douglas James Methinks its far more interesting to see Vaughn Barnett quoted N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Douglas James Methinks you should talk to your Green Party leader and your blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc about Vaughn Barnett and I N'esy Pas?

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NB Power tells customers to ease pain of rate hikes with efficiency

January 15, 2019, 6:15 am

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Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 49 others

Methinks folks should quit electing the same politicians while making fun of the Independents who are also intervening at the EUB hearings such as Roger Richard and I N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/01/nb-power-tells-customers-to-ease-pain.html

#nbpoli#cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-rate-increase-efficiency-programs-1.4977076

NB Power tells customers to ease pain of rate hikes with efficiency

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Shawn McShane

When asked about the carbon tax and if that would increase rates guess what? Another increase coming.

David R. Amos

@Shawn McShane "1971 5 Man Electrical Band."

Methinks you should review this comment section N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-1.4973785

Frank MacPhee

People have been asked to conserve for years. For most, there is no more they can do. So if everyone cuts back 5%, then NBPower looses 5% revenue. Then the hue and cry goes up that they need more money. Where does this end??

David R. Amos

@Frank MacPhee Methinks it never will if folks keep electing the same political party politicians while making fun of the Independents who are also intervening at the EUB hearings such as Roger Richard and I N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearings-nb-power-smart-meters-1.4529640

Shawn McShane

When NB Power was to be sold to Hydro Quebec it was mentioned that NB governments have taken hundreds of millions from the crown corporation. Could be billions.

Rosco holt

@Shawn McShane
It 's (probably) still the plan.

David R. Amos

@Shawn McShane Methinks whereas you know so much folks should ask you the obvious question. Why don't you and your Five Man Electrical Band intervene at the EUB hearing about this rate increase FYI you dudes have until half past midnight on February 1st to register your indignation and ask questions just like my friend Roger Richard and I do N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Rosco holt Mr Higgs, Gaëtan Thomas and their cohorts won't tell you but on October 12th, 2018 the EUB 357 matter began again

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685

Whereas the EUB allowed Dominic Cardy's wife to intervene a full year and a half after the matter had begun they also had to allow my friend Roger Richard to intervene as well. The board did not know what to do about scheduling hearings etc because they had no idea which political party was going to oversee them for the next few years and Premier Gallant had promised to freeze power rates to to the distain of David **** who was supporting him. This was in the news that day

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-rate-freeze-gallant-****-1.4859687

Anyway the outcome of the hearing on October 12th was EUB board decided to look for someone to advise them and adjourned the hearings on the matter until a later date. However they had done that once already despite my protest and then barred me from the 375 matter. Methinks now that the 357 matter is underway again and the 430 matter is about to begin its gonna be a circus within the EUB before Higgs brings out his budget N'esy Pas?

NB Power tells customers to ease pain of rate hikes with efficiency

'We are doing every kind of effort possible to help customers reduce their power bill'

CBC News· Posted: Jan 14, 2019 2:02 PM AT

Gaëtan Thomas, the CEO of NB Power, says the utility is doing everything it can to help customers reduce their power bills. (CBC)

NB Power is encouraging its customers to take advantage of efficiency programs to lower electricity costs in the face of proposed rate hikes.

Increases requested by the utility average 2.5 per cent, but the highest increase, at 2.9 per cent increase, is proposed for residential customers.

This would add $5 a month for the average household.

NB Power's CEO Gaëtan Thomas said rising fuel costs have given the utility "no choice" but to increase the cost of electricity.

NB Power requests higher-than-expected rate increases

NB Power launches PR campaign for revived smart meter plan

"We have to raise them to be a break-even operation," Thomas said.

The request for new rate increases comes only six months after the Energy and Utilities Board approved raising the residential rate by almost one per cent and commercial and institutional rates by 0.4 per cent.

"We know every rate increase is difficult for our customers, and we will help them," Thomas said.
For those struggling to pay power bills, he pointed to NB Power's efficiency programs.

Information Morning - Fredericton

NB Power looking to raise rates again

As NB Power's costs go up, so does your power rate. This year the cost of fuel is having a big impact. CEO Gaetan Thomas explains why NB Power is asking for a 2.9% increase. 14:19

"I think we've got to start looking at how we can insulate the homes better," he said. "There are ways to access programs if you are low income, there's an application process to even get free help through Social Development through NB Power."

Thomas said low-income earners can even get some renovations done free of cost through utility programs.

NB Power plans to spend an additional $40 million on such cost-reduction programs over the next three years, he said.

"For every dollar we invest in the conservation energy program, it's worth two dollars back over time for our customers and the utility," Thomas said.

NB Power faces poorest first quarter in 3 years

Power rates increase Aug. 1, but they won't go as high as NB Power hoped

"We are doing every kind of effort possible to help customers reduce their power bill."

If customers take advantage of NB Power's programs for low-income earners, Thomas said, they can save up to eight per cent on their power bills, absorbing more than the cost of the proposed increase.
Thomas also said the utility will not be "doing any excessive [salary] increase."

NB Power is also attacking the problem of power interruptions, using an "aggressive tree-trimming program."

"When we continue to cut trees, we actually reduced the number of interruptions compared to previous storms," Thomas said.

Thomas says NB Power's tree-trimming program has improved service to customers and reduced power interruptions in storms. (CBC)

He pointed to the smart meter campaign as a way for customers to save money in the future.

"It will be costlier for our customers over time to continue with analog meters because they will be less available in the future and more costly."

With files from Information Morning Fredericton

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

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Methinks many folks would agree that Robert Gauvin and Dominic Leblanc deserve each other

January 15, 2019, 7:11 pm

≫ Next: The Wise guy at Goodmans has an interesting lawsuit in my stomping grounds N'esy Pas Mr Higgs?

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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:00:58 -0400
Subject: YO Pierre Poilievre I just called and tried to reason with
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:18:40 -0400
Subject: Methinks David Lametti should go back to law school too N'esy
Pas Pierre Poilievre?
To: David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca,
pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca,mcu@justice.gc.ca,
michael.chong@parl.gc.ca, Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:44:16 -0400
Subject: Jagmeet Singh says that maybe Jay Shin should go back to law
school??? Too Too Funny Indeed EH Karen Wang and Laura-Lynn Tyler
Thompson?
To: info@jayshin.ca, jay@lonsdalelaw.ca, karenwang@liberal.ca,
lauralynnlive@gmail.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, kgawley@burnabynow.com

Jagmeet Singh on Tory opponent: 'Maybe he should go back to law school'
Conservative candidate Jay Shin said Singh was 'keeping criminals out
of jail' during his days as a criminal defence lawyer
Kelvin Gawley Burnaby Now January 13, 2019 10:27 AM

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Now if Mr Shin scrolls down he will know some of what the fancy NDP
lawyer has known for quite sometime

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Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
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Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
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To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.

> ---------- 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
>

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
>>
>

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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Methinks many folks would agree that Robert Gauvin and Dominic Leblanc
deserve each other

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deserve each other and would easily understand why I am honoured that
they both hate me as well N'esy Pas?

#nbpoli #cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophonie-games-update-1.4978580

Province sets deadline for signal the Francophonie Games can be saved
Cost of games ballooned to $130 million from $17 million
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophonie-games-update-1.4978580

Province sets deadline for signal the Francophonie Games can be saved

Cost of games ballooned to $130 million from $17 million

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Jan 15, 2019 2:08 PM AT

Deputy premier Robert Gauvin earlier described the Francophonie Games as a chance for New Brunswick 'to shine.' (CBC)

The New Brunswick government has set a deadline of Jan. 30 for Ottawa and the province to "develop funding options" to save the troubled 2021 Francophonie Games.

Deputy premier Robert Gauvin says he has written to the four governments who are partners in the games, including the cities of Moncton and Dieppe, but that it's really up to the federal government to save the games.

In a recent meeting with federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc, "I was very encouraged," Gauvin said.

"I saw a glimmer of hope for the 2021 Francophonie Games that we haven't seen for a while."

The Blaine Higgs government doesn't need money on the table by Jan. 30, but "we just want the intentions," Gauvin said. "We want to know if all the financial partners want to go ahead. … If we're not going forward, we need to know sooner than later."

Without "positive intentions" by Jan. 30, the province would have to take steps to cancel the games, he said.

Until now, LeBlanc has been adamant that the federal government would only pay its original share of roughly half the total games budget.

Province's 'last payment' for Francophonie Games just final instalment of 2018-19 funding

Province pulls funding to Francophonie Games committee

With the cost of the event ballooning from $17 million in the original 2016 bid to $130 million last year, the province's share would be far beyond the original $10 million it planned to spend — a figure Gauvin said remains firm.

But he said LeBlanc suggested to him at their meeting that the federal government may be willing to pay more.

"They were not closed to the idea of maybe revisiting the financial situation of the games and the way Ottawa puts money in the games for this situation," he said. "I can't say yes, but I didn't get a yes, but I definitely did not get a no."

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Tuesday the province has not submitted a concrete proposal to federal officials. (CBC)

LeBlanc, however, issued a written statement reiterating that it's Ottawa's "long-standing policy" to match provincial funding "dollar-for-dollar."

And he said that despite a positive meeting last week, the province has not submitted a concrete proposal to federal officials, only an ultimatum.

"If the Conservatives are serious about their willingness to host the Jeux de la Francophonie, we expect them to put forward a formal plan that does not leave federal dollars on the table," said LeBlanc's statement.

"New Brunswickers deserve honesty from their provincial government if it intends to cancel these games."

Games could be $80M

The $130 million for the 2021 games, to be held in Moncton and Dieppe, includes a range of other costs, including potential infrastructure projects, not in the original bid.

The initial $17 million estimate was based on a template from the International Organization of La Francophonie. It did not include a business plan or any amounts for potential infrastructure projects.

Gauvin said Tuesday the latest revised figure he's heard for the potential cost of the games is $80 million.

The original plan was for the cities of Moncton and Dieppe to contribute $750,000 each and the provincial and federal government would split the remainder of the cost. Gauvin said Tuesday the two cities "were quite clear with their intentions" to not go above that.

Philippe Beaulieu of the Association of Professional Acadian Artists said he hopes the federal government will back down. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

Philippe Beaulieu of the Association of Professional Acadian Artists welcomed Gauvin's comments and said he hopes the federal government will back down.

"It would be nice for a small province like ours to have the federal government rethink its formula," he said, suggesting Ottawa cover 80 percent and the province 20.

"It would make it a lot more viable for small provinces to make their mark on the world stage."

'We will fight against it'

Even with games pared down to Gauvin's $80-million figure, that would leave the province spending $16 million, a figure unacceptable to People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin.

"Spending tens of millions of dollars on games of any type is not proper fiscal management," he told reporters.

Sherbrooke's bid to host Francophonie Games ranked higher than New Brunswick's

Francophonie Games' governing body seeks 'more realistic' approach to bid budgets

The Higgs minority government depends on the support of the three-member Alliance caucus to stay in power, but Austin warned that if the PCs allocate more than $10 million, "we will fight against it."

Asked if that meant voting against a provincial budget — which would trigger an election — Austin warned the Tories, "They don't want to put it in the budget, that's all I'll say."

Opposition Liberal MLA Monique LeBlanc attended Gauvin's news conference Tuesday but slipped away before reporters could speak to her. A spokesperson said she would not comment until Jan. 31.

New Brunswick was selected in 2016 to host the ninth edition of the Francophonie Games. (CBC)

Green Leader David Coon said it was good for the province to set a deadline and called on Ottawa to pick up the balance of the cost.

The province gave the organizing committee $930,000 for its operations this year.

New Brunswick was selected in 2016 to host the ninth edition of the games, which take place under the auspices of La Francophonie, an international organization of 58 governments with connections to the French language.

New Brunswick and Quebec have "participating government" status within the organization.

The games, open to New Brunswickers and Canadians regardless of the language they speak, would see about 3,000 participants take part in sport and cultural events in Moncton and Dieppe.

Higgs has called for a rethink of how the games are organized with Ottawa playing a greater role. He has argued that a large international event is beyond the ability of a small provincial government to organize.

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David R. Amos

Methinks many folks would agree that Robert Gauvin and Dominic Leblanc deserve each other N'esy Pas?

Rod McLeod

Given the amount of confusion to date, this thing needs to be scrapped entirely. The organizing committee is as confused as the rest of us. We all know that estimated costs typically go up but when the differences are this extreme, something is seriously wrong. There is too much incompetence for this venture.

David R. Amos

@Rod McLeod "The organizing committee is as confused as the rest of us."

Methinks that many would agree that they are very nervous campers N'esy Pas?

George Smith

@David R. Amos
@George Smith I like your Guzzi
I'm thinking you're the bike guy from Sussex. You'd probably like my 2014 California Touring too.

David R. Amos

@George Smith I am that guy and it seems that I am old school these days

George Smith

@ David R. Amos
@stephen blunston Methinks it is strange to be blocked for merely agreeing with you N'esy Pas?

It happens often to comments here.

David R. Amos

@George Smith I experience it on a daily basis However to be fair to CBC they only blocked one of my comments in this comment section for a very strange reason

George Smith

@ Paul Bourgoin
"Province sets deadline for signal the Francophonie Games can be saved, Rename them the English games."

That would never happen in N.B. An English games would draw flak even without the massive costs.

David R. Amos

@George Smith True

George Smith

Never mind deadlines just put a stop to this foolishness at once.

David R. Amos

@George Smith I like your Guzzi

Paul Bourgoin

Province sets deadline for signal the Francophonie Games can be saved, Rename them the English games.

Andrew Clarkson

@Paul Bourgoin

And again, horse puckey!

David R. Amos

@Paul Bourgoin Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?

reginald churchill

@Paul Bourgoin -----I really don't understand this comment. New Brunswick simply can't afford these games no matter what one wants to call them. Maybe those who want the games should fund them themselves without tax payers money.

Paul Bourgoin

@reginald churchill
New Brunswick history is there to read and the facts are there also would that not be a double standard.

Paul Bourgoin

@David R. Amos
It depends what side of the fence you are!

Mario Doucet

The government of NB could fall over this and a final decision on bilingualism could be the result. That would be good. SANB is playing with fire and could get burned.

David R. Amos

@Mario Doucet Methinks whereas New Brunswick does not have its own constitution we should have a referendum during the next provincial election asking whether or not we should petition the Feds to change the Charter and remove the parts about New Brunswick being Canada's only bilingual jurisdiction N'esy Pas?

Roland Godin

@David R. Amos
i understand that because we have all the jobs some are not able to pay their share, however 'worry pas' we are known for our caring and sharing...et voilà.

Dan Lee

@Roland
Do i hear an Amen................

David R. Amos

@Dan Lee Amen

Marc Martin

@Mario Doucet

*SANB is playing with fire and could get burned.*

It makes me laugh when you target a non-for profit organization with no power only because it French.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks everybody knows SANB is a VERY political non-for profit organization funded by taxpayer dollars N'esy Pas?

reginald churchill

@David R. Amos -----well put

Natalie Pugh

@David R. Amos Absolutely!!

Bernard McIntyre

I read somewhere from someone I can't remember this person's name but he had a great solution for holding these Francophone games and actually should be applied to all the major sporting events etc. Olympics, Pan am games (not all sporting events). That every country involved in the event should have to pay some of the costs of the event instead of the country where the event is taking place pay's the full amount. I thought that was a very good Idea.

David R. Amos

@Bernard McIntyre Me too

stephen blunston

cancel these gamers already NB can not afford them to begin with even if it was only 10 million, the organisers didn't not give an honest assessment of costs when they planned it so NB should give zero extra dollars take the organserr to court and sue them for lying period . if higgs caves and offer more he is done .. time to stop all the welfare for these types of events the oraganisers and the holders of games whether it is the francaphonie games or Olympic walk away with a lot of cash leaving the taxpayers the bills it is not right and needs to end now

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David R. Amos

@stephen blunston "NB should give zero extra dollars take the organserr to court and sue them for lying period"

I wholeheartedly agree

David R. Amos

@stephen blunston Methinks it is strange to be blocked for merely agreeing with you N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

*Methinks it is strange to be blocked for merely agreeing with you N'esy Pas?*

If it was for me you would be completely banned.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks you know as well as I that I have been arguing with the "Powers That Be" about your malicious actions against me N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@stephen blunston "the organisers didn't not give an honest assessment of costs when they planned it so NB should give zero extra dollars take the organserr to court and sue them for lying period "

True

Jonas Smith

"MLA Monique LeBlanc attended Gauvin's news conference Tuesday but slipped away before reporters could speak to her. A spokesperson said she would not comment until Jan. 31". Why is she even there then. We elect these people because they're to contribute to discourse. Not hide until they can complain about it after the decision is made. I guess that's the level of engagement this so called MLA we can expect......Shameful.

David R. Amos

@Jonas Smith Good Point Sir

McKenzie King

Not sure why we need special games for people just because they speak a certain language. NB is broke. It doesn't have two nickles to rub together or a pot to p**s in, yet we are expected to spend money on this foolishness. If we have to spend money we don't have, let's spend it on something useful, not on something to support differences in people because of the language they speak.

Marc Martin

@McKenzie King

*Not sure why we need special games for people just because they speak a certain language*

Anyone could participate in these games regardless of their language...

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks not just anyone is making money off of this francophonie nonsense N'esy Pas?

Shawn McShane

@Marc Martin Au contraire mon frere .

Only for New Brunswickers and Canadians, the ones on the hook if this boondoggle goes ahead.

Marc Martin

@Shawn McShane

What does this comment have to do with mine ??

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks even you must understand that the dude is making fun of you because the government supported SANB spin doctors have become irrelevant N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

I have no idea what your talking about, maybe the 2 other Marc Martin would know you should contact them lol.

Craig O'Donnell

Whether it's federal dollars or provincial, it's still taxpayers footing the bill, and I doubt taxpayers in Alberta or Saskatchewan are much interested in paying for games that have no benefit for them.

Marc Martin

@Craig O'Donnell

They didn't complain when the Feds gave the Pan-Am game in Ontario 2 Billion ?

Shawn McShane

@Marc Martin There is a lesson to learn from games: Two Ontario mayors are calling on Toronto to pick up the tab for cost overruns from the Pan Am Games. Ontario's auditor general said Wednesday the games came in $342 million over budget, with more than $5 million being spent on performance bonuses...Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley has long opposed funding the games, calling the event a "tremendous waste."

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks nobody believes you N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Are you sure your talking to the right Marc Martin Davis ? I mean you have contacted two others lol.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks everybody know who you are by now N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

I think your the only one who thinks knows who I am...

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks even you must understand about IP addresses N'esy Pas?

Albert Wade

Retired and spending my pension money in Florida. Now to switch my permanent residence to Nova Scotia so I don't have to support this nonsense anymore.

Tim Raworth

@Albert Wade NS is not exempt from the quiet push for increased francophone services at the expense of the tax payers. Look what recently happed with abolishment of the District Education Counsels, for English schools, not the French. What's up with that?

Marc Martin

@Albert Wade

*Retired and spending my pension money in Florida*

Then you don't support anything taxe related here so why complain ?

Marc Martin

@Tim Raworth

Because Nova Scotia when it comes to schools have no choice, its mandatory across all Canada to have schools for both language English and French.

Tim Raworth

@Marc Martin That still does not answer the question

Marc Martin

@Tim Raworth

Actually it does, by law the French or English population of Canada have a right to have their own school district.

David R. Amos

@Albert Wade Methinks you may be wise beyond your years N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Tim Raworth "What's up with that?"

Good question

Lou Bell

130 million to watch the tail that wags the dog. Nope, no more .

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks many agree N'esy Pas?

David Stairs

here we go...justifying spending money we do not have on a select few because if we say no to them, it will be a bilingual issue in the next election...I am so sick of the bilingual B.S. in this society we live in...get back to majority rules and if you wish to protect your so called culture then set up your cultural clubs and leave the rest of us alone...we are not funding your issues anymore...

Marc Martin

@David Stairs

*and if you wish to protect your so called culture then set up your cultural clubs and leave the rest of us alone...we are not funding your issues anymore...*

So we should close all schools stop funding festivals and museum these are all culture related. Lets open a sign language school across NB, would that make you happy?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks you deliberately make no sense just to raise the ire in others N'esy Pas?

Roland Godin

@David Stairs
From pea soup to sturring the English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh tarten sauce...EH!

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Are you talking to me Davis or one of the other Marc Martin ?

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David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Who is Davis?

David R. Amos

@David R. Amos Methinks it i very interesting that that question was was disabled N'esy Pas?

Fred Dee

If there is so much money expected to be produced.... then let the Acadian groups "invest" the $$$$ in the games, and then they can use any "profits" for themselves!!!

Of course, they know there will be no profits, they expect everyone else to pay for the mess!!

Kill it now and get any monies back that were not waisted!!! Audit and charge anyone who took any undeserving $$$$$

This was Gallants party... for his friends!! pure and simple!!!

David R. Amos

@Fred Dee Methinks Gallant's buddy Dominic Leblanc is a big player in this very questionable francophonie game as well N'esy Pas?

Yves Savoie

@David R. Amos Dominic buddies have a special interest in these games.....what's your take!!!!

Yves Savoie

@Fred Dee i'm french and want no part of this farce, we have bigger issues here in Nouveau-Brunswick....

David R. Amos

@Yves Savoie Methinks you should ask Dominic Leblanc and his boss Trudeau The Younger why I sued the Crown while running in the election of the 42nd Parliament Anyone can Google the following N'esy Pas?

David Amos Federal Court

Brian Robertson

Even $17 Million was about $16 Million too much.
The only factual thing about these games is the 'phony' bit.

David R. Amos

@Brian Robertson YUP

Matt Steele

It is difficult to understand how these games could cost 130 MILLION . The games only last about 10 days , so that would be around 13 MILLION per day for the taxpayers to pay out.....someone must be planning to fill their pockets with taxpayer cash big time with these scam games . .

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele Its not rocket science

Roland Godin

And the friendly three headed dragon( municipal, provincial, federal) is blowing cash plus adding each their horrendous administration fees, mostly used for political capital, on another project and the tail end refuelling from one source only, la mienne and yours...et voilà.

David R. Amos

@Roland Godin Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?

Roland Godin

@David R. Amos
Just, 'A Jesting' to the situation...

David R. Amos

@Roland Godin Me Too

Yves Savoie

Mr Higgs as a NBer, these games are a farce....and we as french citizens of NB see no need of this waste of money. There are more important issues to be looked into.

M.Higgs comme citoyen du NB svp arreter cette farce, ses jeux sont inutile.....comme citoyen franco phone du NB nous avons des plus gros problemes a resoudre…..Merci

David R. Amos

@Yves Savoie I wholeheartedly agree sir as do many other French and English folks

daryl doucette

@Yves Savoie I have no family doctor now. I am in my 50's and have NEVER abused my right to a family doctor here in Moncton. Please spend the money us tax payers invested into the health care system into hiring other doctors. . Not into Acadian/francophone games, artists, or one thing or another.

Yves Savoie

@David R. Amos Mr Amos any citizen of NB that agrees with this farce, should have his head checked....please read post below of Mr Doucette.And then you have the (mmm) to talk about games, this man can't get a family doctor for gods sake!!

David R. Amos

@Yves Savoie Methinks you are not aware that I don't even have a HEALTH CARE CARD thanks to the politicians that I ran against 6 times thus far N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, ran 6 times and lost BIG TIME EVERY TIME !

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks every political lawyer in New Brunswick knows that is true However my integrity is still intact and unlike you I see more than a mere reflection when I look in the mirror and you know many lawyers fear to come to court and argue me N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Marguerite Deschamps

*I don't even have a HEALTH CARE CARD *

He should have one, its not normal to think there is only one Marc Martin across Canada....

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks whereas you read my lawsuit you know as well as I that when the RCMP illegally arrested me in 2008 and no judge wanted to meet me the FEDS had me filed in the local looney bin for a bit However when the Shrinks in the DECH in Fat Fred City had to let me go and never got paid for their malice because I did not have a HEALTH CARE CARD or a SIN everybody had a panic attack because everybody loves their money N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Your making no sense again Davis...

Andrew Clarkson

"Deputy premier Robert Gauvin earlier described the Francophonie Games as a chance for New Brunswick 'to shine.'"

Is that like stick it where the sun don't shine!

David R. Amos

@Andrew Clarkson Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin will not run in the next election that may be coming very soon N'esy Pas?

Joseph Vacher

This is such a joke, let SNAB pay for it if they want it that bad

David R. Amos

@Joseph Vacher YUP

daryl doucette

Hmmmmm....will have to " investigate" and see how much funding the " Association of Professional Acadian Artists" have gotten from various levels of government here in Canada ever since its inception, when ever that was,

David R. Amos

@daryl doucette Double Hmmm

Lou Bell

Dominic is trying to spin the blame on Higgs , after he and Brian filled the pockets of their cronies , and that had just begun ! Still had over 125 million to dole out to their buddies pockets !

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell YUP

Lou Bell

Let Dominic and Maggie pay for it !

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks you are baiting Maggie N'esy Pas?

daryl doucette

Well this is good news, finally we can see a date when this foolish waste of money will finally get what it deserves, a cancellation. And at the same time could some one explain to me what the " Association of Professional Acadian Artists" actually is? I was not aware that " Artists" any where were members of any " profession". Please enlighten me.

David R. Amos

@daryl doucette "Please enlighten me"

Methinks the Crown byway of CBC just did N'esy Pas?

Mario Doucet

The UN despots and dictators games funded by the Canadian taxpayer.

David R. Amos

@Mario Doucet Not yet

David Webb

NB Nursing Home Wait List December 2017 2019

Dec 2017 Total 590 in hospital 380
Dec 2018 Total 750 in hospital 465

Stuff ANY non essential spending for vanity projects period.

David R. Amos

@David Webb I agree

Doug Leblanc

Higgs should write a cheque for 10 million minus all provincial cost to date, and give it to Gallant to hand to his friends. Then let Dominic and Gallant manage the games with federal money, or burn through the 10 million with nothing to show but happy friends. With one catch, at the end, there must be audited financials of every single cost so Dominic can explain that to all Canadian taxpayers.

David R. Amos

@Doug Leblanc Dream on

Laurie Clark

Absolutely do NOT fund these games for that ridiculous amount of money!

David R. Amos

@Laurie Clark Welcome to the Circus

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, here comes the clown!

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "here comes the clown!"

Methinks your old buddy Lou will be happy that you finally made an appearance N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

Just change the name to the Anglophone Games PANB will support it immediately and we will hear crickets from the Anglophone community.

Andrew Clarkson

@Marc Martin

Horse puckey!

Jim Moore

@Marc Martin At least it would represent a lot more people per capita than 130 million for less than 8% of the province, even then its a waste of money, its a waste at 17 million

Natalie Pugh

@Marc Martin What a ridiculous comment. There are no Anglophone groups or the PANB who would ever support that amount of money wasted on something so insignificant, the difference is we have common sense!

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks most folks prefer the peaceful sound of crickets to the whining you SANB dudes make N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Jim Moore

See you have proven my point...

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Hey Davis are you still emailing that other Marc Martin at SANB or are you still harassing that poor provincial civil servant ? lol

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Who is Davis?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Come one Davis you know who you are.

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin I Know I am David Raymond Amos and you are Marc Martin a minor minion who supports the SANB and works for the government N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Uh Oh Libel right there Davis !!!

Rosco holt

Stop wasting taxes on these blasted events, they always cost more than initially planned.

David R. Amos

@Rosco holt Mais oui

Mack Leigh

Cancel these Francophonie Games.... period... This whole thing smacks of collusion, corruption and quite possibly fraud, in my opinion....... There needs to be a full forensic audit and investigation..

David R. Amos

@Mack Leigh "There needs to be a full forensic audit and investigation"

Good luck getting one

Mack Leigh

There are only 3 to 5 % of people in New Brunswick that are unilingually french speaking.... Holding this conference is a slap in the face to every other man , woman and child in this province... Premier Higgs, Robert Gauvin, you owe the majority a huge apology...

Mack Leigh

@Mack Leigh Should read " holding this conference in French only "....

Rosco holt

@Mack Leigh
The same crap should apply when the royals visit the country. Wasting millions to parade a bunch of pampered elites.

reginald churchill

@Rosco holt -----AGREED 100%

Stephen Long

@Rosco holt Can you seriously believe that any of the royals has even heard of New Brunswick?

marie-pierre Leblanc

@Stephen Long the queen has

David R. Amos

@Stephen Long Methinks everybody knows that they have visited here many times Surely you are joking N'esy Pas?

Rosco holt

@Stephen Long
They are suppose to "swing by" Canada during the year, but what locations they'll visit is still a mystery.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Rosco holt, they can "swing la bottine dans l'fond d'la boîte à bois" for all I care.

Rosco holt

@Marguerite Deschamps
I care, when government spends money we don't have on things that are useless.
Royal visits, Olympic games, political propaganda, kickbacks, corporate wealthfare, etc....

Marguerite Deschamps

@Rosco holt, I was more making fun of that useless Malarkey from Great Britain that is not so great anymore.

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "I was more making fun of that useless Malarkey from Great Britain that is not so great anymore."

Methinks if that is remotely true then you should be celebrating the fact that I sued Her Majesty the Queen while running in the election of the 42nd Parliament N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

* I sued Her Majesty the Queen *

You need help...

Mack Leigh

The initial amount of commitment was 17 million.......anything over that is money that we cannot afford... Heck, this province cannot even afford 50 % of the 17 million....... Health care in the toilet... Education in the toilet..... Absolutely no reason could be given to justify proceeding with these Francophonie games..... period...

David R. Amos

@Mack Leigh Methinks most folks not affiliated with SANB with any semblance of common sense agree N'esy Pas?

michael levesque

it was a disgrace that the news conference was in french only

Marc Martin

@michael levesque

What about those translation devices you prides yourself so much that work miracles ?

Lou Bell

@Marc Martin Where were they ????????

marie-pierre Leblanc

@michael levesque it was the francaphonie games why would it not be in french

michael levesque

@marie-pierre Leblanc government services to be provided in both languages, press conference is a government service. he just promoted people alliance profile dumb like his father.

David R. Amos

@michael levesque Methinks lots of folks heard Gauvin yapping in English as well N'esy Pas?

Douglas James

"Gauvin said the province is looking for a "positive" response from other partners for a funding solution, but he said that response doesn't necessarily need a dollar figure attached."

Without a dollar figure attached, any such response is meaningless and still potentially leaves taxpayers on the hook for a significant amount of money that could be better spent on more pressing matters.

Whether the Games are worthy or not is immaterial. The Higgs government will lose all credibility if it puts one more dime into these games after committing itself to fiscal responsibility. This is not meant as a criticism of the event itself. It is just a simple reality check.

David R. Amos

@Douglas James " It is just a simple reality check."

Nope but your Party Leader who can't be named said

"Green Leader David XXXX said it was good for the province to set a deadline and called on Ottawa to pick up the balance of the cost."

Methinks many would agree that this nonsense is just a sick joke N'esy Pas?

Douglas James

@David R. Amos Well, I certainly agree it is a sick joke if New Brunswick taxpayers have to pay any more than was previously agreed to.

Jim Moore

They just need to scrap this waste of money asap

David R. Amos

@Jim Moore Methinks the francophonie games will never happen Higgs and his cohorts are just playing political games now N'esy Pas?

Thomas Fitzpatrick

The Highland Games and Scottish festival received $35,000 from the City of Fredericton and $5,000 from the Province. Any other monies came from sponsors,ticket sales,entry fees,etc. The more than 100 workers were volunteers. Over 10,000 people were in attendance. Compare that to the Francophonie Games??

Marc Martin

@Thomas Fitzpatrick

they received money from Heritage Canada also.

Joseph Vacher

@Marc Martin

peanuts.....

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks when your lawyer read my lawsuit he would know that I was barred from the Highland Games in Fat Fred City in 2015 N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, I see that you take great pride in getting barred from almost everywhere. Has it ever occurred to you that you could be the problem?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you finally admit that you read my lawsuit N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@David R. Amos Methinks we should have no doubt whatsoever that you studied the comment section of this article long ago N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276

Marc Martin

@Joseph Vacher

But they still did...

Marc Martin

@Thomas Fitzpatrick

The Pan-Am games 2 years ago got 2 billion from the Feds...So whats your point ?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks your point is to merely bury my reply to Maggie N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

*Methinks when your lawyer read my lawsuit he would know that I was barred from the Highland Games in Fat Fred City in 2015 N'esy Pas?*

Lawyers ? I think you have the wrong Marc Martin, try the other 2.

Fred Brewer

"The Progressive Conservative government has announced a deadline of Jan. 30 for funding partners of the Francophonie Games to make known their "intentions" to work together to find a solution to save the international event."

Oh come on Mr. Higgs. Of course they will make known their "intentions" as intentions cost nothing but will drag this out even longer. Jan 30th should have been a hard deadline to have the funding in place or cancel the games.

David R. Amos

@Fred Brewer YUP

philippe m martin

TD could be a major sponsor of this event

Joseph Vacher

@philippe m martin

it would make more sense for BMO :P

David R. Amos

@Joseph Vacher Methinks Frank McKenna may disagree N'esy Pas?

Gary MacKay

IMO there is little question about the affordability of these games. Even at the initial amount the taxpayers are wondering where that was coming from. We have far too high taxes now and debt that needs to be reduced. Having a future in NB with reasonable services that are affordable needs to start now. Lets move on, reduce expectations for now and get the priorities in place.

marie-pierre Leblanc

@Gary MacKay a reasonable person examines the whole debt situation at its base and realise pierre trudeau changed the bank of canada act to borrow fromprivate banks at compound interest rather then borrow gov overspending from teh bank of canada at straight interest the whole game was set up to never be satisfied gaining larger and larger payment to service the debt if this were not the case we could get golden hospital beds for everyone and pay for games for anyone you want samoan games sure we can have them

David R. Amos

@marie-pierre Leblanc Methinks old Paul Hellyer would be happy if you read his book "Goodbye Canada" N'esy Pas?

cheryl wright

if as a province we spend any more than the agreed upon amount ( which is more than we should have in the first place ) we are absolutely going to riot in the streets.. I will lead us

Fred Brewer

@cheryl wright
Totally agree with you Cheryl. In fact when Higgs was slashing the budget, the original $10 million should have been slashed too. We just cannot afford it.

David R. Amos

@cheryl wright Methinks there will be no need for a riot when a simple lawsuit would suffice N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@cheryl wright

*we are absolutely going to riot in the streets.. I will lead us*

I don't find that hard to believe, you where part of the anti-French rally's in Fredericton..

Dan Armitage

Whats more important to New Brunswick? Games? Or delivering babies in Bathurst or supplying ambulance services to all of New Brunswick. Or even the use of these funds to attract industry to help pay for the services we need. How long ago did the Moncton Hospital close its emergency room due to the lack of nurses. So what's your priorities?

Thomas Imber

@Dan Armitage "Whats more important to New Brunswick? Games? Or delivering babies in Bathurst" ...well said. NB isn't in a position to be frittering away tax dollars while units in hospitals are closed.

David R. Amos

@Dan Armitage Survey Says???

Rosco holt

@Dan Armitage
Attract industries?
We already attract industry by subsidizing some big players at the expanse of local small/ medium businesses that function without taxpayers money.

Oxford foods come to mind. Government gave them lands and money. They in turn control the blueberry market, killing off all the small/ medium producers.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Rosco holt, good point about Oxford! And they gave away the wood on public land to big corporations at the expense of small wood owners killing them as well in the process.

David R. Amos

@Rosco holt Methinks you should check my work in 2006 right after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament. Google "Harper and Bankers" then look for the names of Frank McKenna and the Blueberry King
John Bragg then anyone can follow the money since N'esy Pas?

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The Wise guy at Goodmans has an interesting lawsuit in my stomping grounds N'esy Pas Mr Higgs?

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Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 49 others

Methinks the Wise guy at Goodmans has an interesting lawsuit in my stomping grounds N'esy Pas?

"Your message wasn't delivered to hwise@goodmans.ca because the address couldn't be found"

YEA RIGHT

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-wise-guy-at-goodmans-has.html

#nbpoli#cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/hb-construction-comstock-potashcorp-lawsuit-amec-1.4980898

Mystery company at heart of $53M potash mine lawsuit

HB Construction Company 'purchased' lawsuit after Comstock Canada became insolvent

Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: Jan 17, 2019 6:00 AM AT

The home of Williams Companies International Holdings B.V. in Amsterdam. The company is parent to HB Construction of Calgary. (CBC)

Five years ago an unknown Alberta-registered company, HB Construction, picked up some land, vehicles and equipment following the collapse of another company, Comstock Canada Ltd. of Burlington, Ont.

Total cost: $4.5 million.

Thrown into the deal at no extra charge was ownership of a lawsuit Comstock had earlier launched against a couple of big players in Canada's corporate world: PotashCorp of Saskatchewan and AMEC Americas Inc.

The suit relates to disputes that arose between Comstock and those companies in 2009-2010 during construction of PotashCorp's now-closed mine in Penobsquis.

HB, which had nothing whatsoever to do with the mine project, decided to continue the lawsuit, which is now at trial in a Saint John courtroom.

If successful the company could see a $53 million payday.

While the suit is being argued by a five-person legal team led by Bay Street lawyer Howard Wise, HB Construction Company itself is a mystery.

Asked about the HB purchase of the lawsuit, Wise said the details would come out in the trial.
Attempts by CBC News this week to reach the company were unsuccessful.

The Calgary corporate headquarters listed on 7th Avenue SW is home to a law firm.

The company left its quarters in Edmonton, at 2544 Ellwood Dr. SW, about five years ago, according to the commercial realtor now listing the suite.

Phone numbers in both cities are no longer active.

There was no response to messages left by email with company president Geoffrey Birbeck.

The company's legal team in Saint John also has not yet responded.

Lawyer Howard Wise is seeking $53 million in damages on behalf of HB Construction. Potashcorp and AMEC are defendants. (Brian Chisholm, CBC)

HB Construction was registered in November 2013 the same month it purchased the Comstock assets.
Its last annual return was filed in 2017. The 2018 return is listed by the Alberta Corporate Registry as outstanding.

The registry lists HB's parent as Williams Companies International Holdings B.V. in Amsterdam. A woman answering the phone there took CBC's contact information.

HB's lack of profile in Canada is a factor in the case.

"HB Construction is not a resident of New Brunswick and has no assets in the Province," states the pre-trial brief filed in the PotashCorp case by co-defendant AMEC.

"Its presence in Canada is uncertain. There was no evidence HB Construction had assets sufficient to pay any costs awarded against it."

Had to post bonds

The concern over whether HB is in a position to pay damages if it loses the case led Justice William Grant of the Court of Queen's Bench to order the company to post bonds of $2.8 million as security to cover defendant PotashCorp and/or AMEC's costs.

Comstock was hired during construction of the Picadilly potash mine in August 2009 to install equipment and instrumentation inside a large on-site building known as the "compaction plant."

The company was to be paid $36 million.

On July 21, 2010, Potashcorp terminated the contract. In its court brief, the company says it "lost confidence in Comstock's ability or intention to complete the project in a timely or cost-effective manner."

Suit has no effect on closed mine

In June 2013, at the time it made a filing under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Comstock was one of Canada's biggest construction companies, with well over 1,000 union and non-unionized workers.

It owed more than $75 million to creditors.

The case will have no bearing on the future of the Picadilly mine, which was closed permanently by PotashCorp, which has rebranded itself Nutrien.

Forty days have been set aside for the trial.

8 Comments

Jim Moore

If the company is gone and bankrupt or insolvent they don't have a chance of recovering even a penny

Content disabled.
David R. Amos

@Jim Moore I would not bet the farm on that opinion. The the wiseguys at Goodmans don't work for free on frivolous matters Ask Mr Higgs they helped him get a grip on all the bureaucrat's pensions that has spawned 3 lawsuits thus far N'esy Pas?

Graeme Duke-Gibbs

Sounds like an episode on Suits...

David R. Amos

@Graeme Duke-Gibbs Methinks everybody knows that I seldom wear a suit but the crooked dudes in suits do consider me the barbarian at their gate Trust that all their political cohorts know I feel honoured that they do N'esy Pas?

Stephanie Haslam

Here is another interesting link about the sale of the parent company. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312516680304/d189781dex21.htm?fbclid=IwAR2SFFHOFZ85_q2e7kPFqvYv44qs_5x0yVO3B4C1lDQoncKM8eHhmZH3cF0

David R. Amos

@Stephanie Haslam Hmmm Thank you

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/potashcorp-comstock-amec-foster-wheeler-nutrien-picadilly-mine-lawsuit-breach-contract-1.4969068

PotashCorp suit begins over construction problems at mine near Sussex

Comstock Canada Ltd. seeks $53 million in suit over mine that is now closed

Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: Jan 07, 2019 6:43 PM AT

Comstock Canada Ltd. alleges breach of contract in its lawsuit against Nutrien, formerly PotashCorp, and Amec Foster Wheeler. The company was hired to help build the Picadilly mine near Sussex. (CBC)

More than 40 file boxes of documents were stacked in a Saint John courtroom as 10 lawyers representing three companies settled in Monday for the opening of what is expected to be an eight-week trial over construction practices at the former PotashCorp mine in Penobsquis, near Sussex.

The case will have no impact whatsoever on the future of the mine, where operations were suspended in January 2016, about 15 months after the $2.2 billion dollar facility went into production.
About 430 direct jobs were lost.

The company, now named Nutrien, announced the permanent closure of its Picadilly mine in November 2018.

The lawsuit was launched during construction in 2010 after PotashCorp terminated Comstock Canada Ltd.'s contract.

Comstock launched a $53 million suit against PotashCorp and engineering management company Amec Foster Wheeler.

It alleges breach of contract. The company claimed in court documents that it couldn't complete the work on time or on budget because PotashCorp and Amec both breached the contract by adding to the scope of work and changing the designs.

Comstock lawyer Howard Wise says evidence will show his client could not finish its work on time because of design changes and delays caused by others. (Goodmans LLP)

"Design changes started early on the project," Comstock lawyer Howard Wise said in his opening remarks to Justice Deborah Hackett.

"You will hear about schedules and changes to those schedules."

"Comstock could not finish the contract as originally agreed."

Wise told the court that evidence will be presented to show that design changes changed the scope and the cost of the work, and that those changes continued even after Constock's termination in July 2010.

Wise said other "pieces of the puzzle" were required to be in place for Comstock's workers to do their job.

But the building was not enclosed, as agreed beforehand, and two large 10-tonne and 25-tonne cranes were also not available when needed.

Comstock Canada filed for insolvency in 2014 under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, but the Comstock name is still being used in the suit.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

About the Author

Connell Smith

Reporter

Connell Smith is a reporter with CBC in Saint John. He can be reached at 632-7726 Connell.smith@cbc.ca

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:11:02 -0400
Subject: The Wise guy at Goodmans has an interesting lawsuit in my
stomping grounds N'esy Pas Mr Higgs?
To: hwise@goodmans.ca, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"andrea.anderson-mason"<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>,
Connell.smith@cbc.ca, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news
<news@kingscorecord.com>, news919 <news919@rogers.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "kris.austin"
<kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
"brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>

http://www.goodmans.ca/People/Howard_Wise

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/hb-construction-comstock-potashcorp-lawsuit-amec-1.4980898

Mystery company at heart of $53M potash mine lawsuit

HB Construction Company 'purchased' lawsuit after Comstock Canada
became insolvent
Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2019 6:00 AM AT

The home of Williams Companies International Holdings B.V. in
Amsterdam. The company is parent to HB Construction of Calgary. (CBC)

Five years ago an unknown Alberta-registered company, HB Construction,
picked up some land, vehicles and equipment following the collapse of
another company, Comstock Canada Ltd. of Burlington, Ont.

Total cost: $4.5 million.

Thrown into the deal at no extra charge was ownership of a lawsuit
Comstock had earlier launched against a couple of big players in
Canada's corporate world: PotashCorp of Saskatchewan and AMEC Americas
Inc.

The suit relates to disputes that arose between Comstock and those
companies in 2009-2010 during construction of PotashCorp's now-closed
mine in Penobsquis.

HB, which had nothing whatsoever to do with the mine project, decided
to continue the lawsuit, which is now at trial in a Saint John
courtroom.

If successful the company could see a $53 million payday.

PotashCorp suit begins over construction problems at mine near Sussex
Nutrien permanently closes New Brunswick potash facility
PotashCorp suspends Picadilly mine in N.B., cuts 430 jobs

While the suit is being argued by a five-person legal team led by Bay
Street lawyer Howard Wise, HB Construction Company itself is a
mystery.

Asked about the HB purchase of the lawsuit, Wise said the details
would come out in the trial.

Attempts by CBC News this week to reach the company were unsuccessful.

The Calgary corporate headquarters listed on 7th Avenue SW is home to
a law firm.

The company left its quarters in Edmonton, at 2544 Ellwood Dr. SW,
about five years ago, according to the commercial realtor now listing
the suite.

Phone numbers in both cities are no longer active.

There was no response to messages left by email with company president
Geoffrey Birbeck.

The company's legal team in Saint John also has not yet responded.
Lawyer Howard Wise is seeking $53 million in damages on behalf of HB
Construction. Potashcorp and AMEC are defendants. (Brian Chisholm,
CBC)

HB Construction was registered in November 2013 the same month it
purchased the Comstock assets.

Its last annual return was filed in 2017. The 2018 return is listed by
the Alberta Corporate Registry as outstanding.

The registry lists HB's parent as Williams Companies International
Holdings B.V. in Amsterdam. A woman answering the phone there took
CBC's contact information.

HB's lack of profile in Canada is a factor in the case.

"HB Construction is not a resident of New Brunswick and has no assets
in the Province," states the pre-trial brief filed in the PotashCorp
case by co-defendant AMEC.

"Its presence in Canada is uncertain. There was no evidence HB
Construction had assets sufficient to pay any costs awarded against
it."
Had to post bonds

The concern over whether HB is in a position to pay damages if it
loses the case led Justice William Grant of the Court of Queen's Bench
to order the company to post bonds of $2.8 million as security to
cover defendant PotashCorp and/or AMEC's costs.

Comstock was hired during construction of the Picadilly potash mine in
August 2009 to install equipment and instrumentation inside a large
on-site building known as the "compaction plant."

The company was to be paid $36 million.

On July 21, 2010, Potashcorp terminated the contract. In its court
brief, the company says it "lost confidence in Comstock's ability or
intention to complete the project in a timely or cost-effective
manner."
Suit has no effect on closed mine

In June 2013, at the time it made a filing under the Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Act, Comstock was one of Canada's biggest construction
companies, with well over 1,000 union and non-unionized workers.

It owed more than $75 million to creditors.

The case will have no bearing on the future of the Picadilly mine,
which was closed permanently by PotashCorp, which has rebranded itself
Nutrien.

Forty days have been set aside for the trial.
About the Author

Connell Smith

Reporter

Connell Smith is a reporter with CBC in Saint John. He can be reached
at 632-7726 Connell.smith@cbc.ca

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:11:45 -0400
Subject: Yo Howie Wetston I just called 416 597 4207and left ya
message about your appointment to the Senate
To: hwetston@goodmans.ca, info@canada.coop, lmoncion@acpol.ca,
Kpate@web.ca, oacpadmin@oacp.ca, dhill@perlaw.ca,
lbordeleau@perlaw.ca, ir@telus.com, darren.entwistle@telus.com,
"deborah.alexander"<deborah.alexander@scotiabank.com>,
tony.dean@utoronto.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, john.tasker@cbc.ca,
paulmartin@paulmartin.ca, "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
"Michael.Wernick"<Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>

I will try to call all the others as well. That said before the other
lawyers, cops and beancounter in Ontario swear an oath the Queen in
order to take seat in the Upper House they are entitled to know what
you or your pal Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" won't tell them.

Correct Gerald Butts?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-appointments-ontario-trudeau-1.3828893

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today he will recommend the
appointments of six new, independent senators to fill vacancies for
Ontario.

They are:

Gwen Boniface, the first woman appointed as commissioner of the
Ontario Provincial Police and the first female president of the
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
Tony Dean, an internationally recognized professor at the
University of Toronto's School of Public Policy since 2009.
Sarabjit S. Marwah, retired vice-chairman and chief operating
officer of Scotiabank.
Lucie Moncion, chief executive officer of the Alliance des caisses
populaires de l'Ontario.
Kim Pate, executive director of the Canadian Association of
Elizabeth Fry Societies and part-time professor in the University of
Ottawa's faculty of law.
Howard Wetston, counsel with Goodmans LLP and adjunct professor of
law at the University of Toronto.

http://www.goodmans.ca/People/Howard_Wetston__Q_C_

https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/people/pate-kim

http://www.canada.coop/en/about-cmc/board-directors/lucie-moncion

https://cacp.ca/board-of-directors-2016-2017.html#356

https://about.telus.com/community/english/investor_relations/corporate_team/board_of_directors/sarabjit_(sabi)_marwah

http://publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/tony-dean/

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From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:54:18 +0000
Subject: RE: You are welcome Hillary and when are you and your buddies
such as Obama now Prez and Comey now of the FBI gonna get around to
answering the documents from 12 years ago which hereto attached?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
and a response will be forthcoming.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
Merci encore d'avoir pris le temps de nous écrire.

Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre

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>> ---------- Forwarded 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
>>
>>
>> This is the docket
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>
>> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
>>
>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>
>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>
>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>>
>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>>

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email and Halloween as well
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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On 10/26/16, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:31:43 -0400
> Subject: Attn Alain Rayes remember me?
> To: Alain.Rayes@parl.gc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Gerald.Butts"
> <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/10/mr-prime-minister-trudeau-younger-and.html
>
> Friday, 21 October 2016
> Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" , the CBC, the RCMP and the
> CROWN's many lawyers should understand why I appreciate Parliament
> labelling citizen's words as EVIDENCE N'esy Pas?
>
>
>
> http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=e&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=1&DocId=8493010
>
>
> Special Committee on Electoral Reform
> NUMBER 039
> l
> 1st SESSION
> l
> 42nd PARLIAMENT
> EVIDENCE
> Friday, October 7, 2016
> [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]
> (1335)
> [English]
>
>
>
>
> The Chair:
> Thank you very much.
> Mr. David Amos, the floor is yours.
>
> Mr. David Amos (As an Individual):
> Mr. Chair, I ran for public office five times against your party.
> That said, I ran against Mr. DeCourcey's boss right here in
> Fredericton in the election for the 39th Parliament.
> I was not aware of this committee meeting in Fredericton today
> until I heard Mr. DeCourcey speaking on CBC this morning. I don't
> pretend to know something I don't, but I'm a quick study. I thought I
> had paid my dues to sit on the panel. I notified the clerks in a
> timely fashion, but I received no response. At least I get another
> minute and a half.
> The previous speaker answered the $64,000 question: 338. I can
> name every premier in the country. Governor Maggie Hassan is my
> governor in New Hampshire. The people there who sit in the house get
> paid $100 a year plus per diem expenses. I think that's the way to run
> a government. There are lots of seats in the house for a very small
> state.
> My understanding of this hearing is that you have to report to Mr.
> Trudeau by December 1, because he said during the election that if he
> were elected Prime Minister, the 42nd Parliament, which I also ran in,
> would be the last first-past-the-post election. You don't have much
> time, so my suggestion to the clerks today, which I published and sent
> to the Prime Minister of Iceland and his Attorney General, was to do
> what Iceland does. Just cut and paste their rules. They have no first
> past the post. They have a pending election.
> A former friend of mine, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, founded a party
> there, for which there is no leader. It is the Pirate Party. It's high
> in the polls right now with no leader. That's interesting. I tweeted
> this. You folks said that you follow tweets, so you should have seen
> what I tweeted before I came here this evening.
> That said, as a Canadian, I propose something else. Number one,
> my understanding of the Constitution and what I read about law....
> There was a constitutional expert named Edgar Schmidt who sued the
> government. He was the man who was supposed to vet bills for Peter
> MacKay to make sure they were constitutionally correct. He did not
> argue the charter. He argued Mr. Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights.
> In 2002 I read a document filed by a former deputy minister of
> finance, Kevin Lynch, who later became Mr. Harper's clerk of the Privy
> Council. Now he's on an independent board of the Chinese oil company
> that bought Nexen. As deputy minister of finance, he reported to the
> American Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the
> corporation known as Canada. It is a very interesting document that I
> saved and forwarded to you folks. It says that he was in a quandary
> about whether the charter was in effect.
> (2005)
>
> The Chair:
> Could it be in relation to a particular voting system?
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> According to Mr. Lynch, because of the failure of the Meech Lake
> and Charlottetown accords, he was in a quandary as to whether the
> charter was in effect. I know that the Supreme Court argues it on a
> daily basis. That charter, created by Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Chrétien,
> his attorney general at the time, gave me the right to run for public
> office and vote as a Canadian citizen. However, in the 1990s, Mr.
> Chrétien came out with a law, and because I am a permanent American
> resident, I can't vote. Yet the charter says I can.
>
> The Chair:
> That's a—
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> That said, that's been argued in court. In 2000, Mr. Chrétien came
> out with a law that said I couldn't vote. Right? He also took away my
> social insurance number.
>
> The Chair:
> I don't know about the case—
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> No, he did.
>
> The Chair:
> But I don't know about the case.
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> I did prove, after I argued with Elections Canada's lawyers in
> 2004.... You might have taken away my right to vote, but you can't
> stop me from running for public office, and I proved it five times.
>
> The Chair:
> Given that you're an experienced candidate—
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> Very experienced.
>
> The Chair:
> —does that experience provide you with a particular insight on the
> voting systems we're looking at?
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> In Mr. Trudeau's words, he has to come up with a plan and no more
> first past the post. My suggestion to you, in my contact today, is to
> cut and paste Iceland's rules.
>
> The Chair:
> What kind of system does Iceland have?
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> It's just what you need, just what Mr. Trudeau is ordering now.
> It's proportional elections.
>
> The Chair:
> Is it MMP, or is it just...?
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> I tweeted you the beginner's book for Iceland.
>
> The Chair:
> Okay, we'll look at Iceland.
> We're just checking on the kind of system they have, but I
> appreciate the input, especially from a candidate, from somebody who
> has run many times.
> But we do have—
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> I have two other points, because I don't think you can pull this
> off. I don't think it will happen.
>
> The Chair:
> Well, I'm hoping we do.
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> Here is my suggestion. You guys are going north.
>
> The Chair:
> Yes.
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> Look how parliamentarians are elected in the Northwest
> Territories. There is no party, and I like that.
>
> The Chair:
> That's true. We were just up in Yellowknife, in fact, and we
> learned all about that. That's why it's good for us to be travelling
> the country.
> But, sir, I—
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> I have one more suggestion.
>
> The Chair:
> One more.
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> Mr. Harper changed the Canada Elections Act and I still couldn't vote.
>
> The Chair:
> Yes, I was in the House when that happened.
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> Anyway, that said, when you alter the Canada Elections Act, make it....
> The biggest problem we have is, look at the vast majority of
> people who, like me, have never voted in their life. Apathy rules the
> day.
>
> The Chair:
> Except that you've put us on to an idea about Iceland—
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> Let me finish.
> I suggest that you make voting mandatory, such as Australia does.
> Make it that if you don't vote, it costs you money, just like if you
> don't report to Statistics Canada.
>
> The Chair:
> Well, we're talking about that. That is part of our mandate, to
> look at mandatory voting and online voting.
> You already had your last suggestion.
> (2010)
> Mr. David Amos:
> Put in the line, “none of the above”, and if “none of the above” wins—
>
> The Chair:
> That's right, we've heard that, too.
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> Well, I haven't.
>
> The Chair:
> We've heard that in our testimony.
>
> Mr. David Amos:
> You and I will be talking again, trust me on that one, by way of
> writing.
> You answered my emails, Ma'am.
>
> The Chair:
> Thank you very much, sir.
> Now we'll hear from Julie Maitland.
>
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-trudeau-electoral-reform-critics-1.3813714
>
> Critics accuse Justin Trudeau of electoral reform flip-flop for
> 'selfish' political gain
> Prime minister insists he is 'deeply committed' to consultation
> process on changes to voting system
> By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Oct 20, 2016 4:44 PM ET
>

-----Original Message-----
From: Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 7:18 AM
To: David Amos
Subject: RE: Attn Kat Lanteigne we spoke last night. This is the emial I
promised you. Methinks the Mindless Health Minister Victor Boudreau should
meet with you now N'esy pas Premier Gallant?

Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed, and a
response will be forthcoming.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné et
qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.

Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
Mallory Fowler
Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:18:17 -0600
Subject: Attn Kat Lanteigne we spoke last night. This is the emial I
promised you. Methinks the Mindless Health Minister Victor Boudreau
should meet with you now N'esy pas Premier Gallant?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, manifesto@hepcbc.ca,
info@callkleinlawyers.com, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, info@bloodwatch.org,
Karissa.Donkin@cbc.ca, paulmartin@paulmartin.ca,
redmond.shannon@cbc.ca, Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca, pep.philpott@cbc.ca,
hon.jane.philpott@canada.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, briangallant10
<briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "victor.boudreau"<victor.boudreau@gnb.ca>, mcu
<mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "Alex.Johnston"<Alex.Johnston@cbc.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "Boston.Mail"
<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, sbuist@thespec.com, COCMoncton
<COCMoncton@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, markandcaroline
<markandcaroline@gmail.com>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>
Cc: jcharest <jcharest@mccarthy.ca>, "Jean.Chretien"
<Jean.Chretien@dentons.com>, "Wayne.Gallant"
<Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Ezra , radical
<radical@radicalpress.com>, newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, news
<news@hilltimes.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, newsroom
<newsroom@theguardian.pe.ca>, Saint Croix Courier
<editor@stcroixcourier.ca>, "ed.pilkington"
<ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>, duncan@bissettmatheson.com

Kat Lanteigne Executive Director BloodWatch
2140A Queen Street East,
PO Box 51523
Toronto, ON M4E 3V7
Email: info@bloodwatch.org
Phone: 647.272.7381

"Kat Lanteigne, the executive director and co-founder of BloodWatch,
wants New Brunswick to ban compensation for plasma donors"

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/canadian-blood-services-paid-plasma-1.3655065

Government won't ban paid-plasma clinics in N.B.
Critics say there's no way to tell where finished plasma products will end
up
By Karissa Donkin, Tori Weldon, CBC News Posted: Jun 28, 2016 7:00 AM AT

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/status/748136808685441024

David Raymond Amos ‏@DavidRayAmos 21 minutes ago

@DavidCCoon @BlaineHiggs @kdonk @VictoriaEWeldon Methinks Boudreau will talk
to Kat Now N'esy Pas @BrianGallantNB ?

https://player.fm/series/information-morning-saint-john-from-cbc-radio-new-brunswick-highlights/plasma-for-dollars-clinic-coming-to-moncton

Canadian Plasma Resources is looking to open a donor clinic in Moncton by
early 2017. CBC Tori Weldon has the story.

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/06/re-my-ongoing-disgust-towards-coverup.html

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 23:31:38 +0000
Subject: RE: Re My ongoing disgust towards the coverup of the Tainted Blood
Scandal and the withholding
of money due to the survivors versus all the greedy Libranos and the legions
of lawyers getting a piece of
the action
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed, and a
response will be forthcoming.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné et
qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.

Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
Mallory Fowler
Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Boudreau, Hon. Victor (DH/MS)"<Victor.Boudreau@gnb.ca>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:28:02 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: The CRA covering for KPMG is merely matters
of money but the Murders on the Highway of Tears are far more serious
in nature So Here is a little Deja Vu for Stevey Boy Harper and Boby
Paulson of the RCMP
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I am away until Monday, March 14th and will not have my blackberry
with me. For an emergency, please call my assistant Véronique Léger at
862-9564. Thanks!

Je suis absent jusqu'au lundi 14 mars et je n'aurai pas mon blackberry
avec moi. Pour une urgence, svp communiquer avec mon adjointe
Véronique Léger au 862-9564. Merci!

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

OFFICE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN, P.C
759 Victoria Square, suite 300
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2J7
T: (514) 982-3912
paulmartin@paulmartin.ca

Monday 15 February 1999

RCMP probes tainted blood with the FBI
Variety of matters discussed about prison-plasma imports
Mark Kennedy
The Ottawa Citizen

The RCMP and FBI have held discussions about how contaminated plasma from
American prisons was shipped to Canada in the 1980s, says a spokesman for
Canadian tainted-blood victims.

Erma Chapman, president of the Canadian Hemophilia Society, said she was
given
this information last month by a member of a special task force of Mounties
conducting a criminal investigation into the tainted-blood scandal.

Ms. Chapman said she was informed by the task force's "victim liaison
officer"
that Mounties had travelled to the United States and met with
representatives
of the FBI.

She says she was told they discussed a variety of matters, including how
plasma
was collected from inmates in Arkansas and Louisiana prisons in the early
'80s
and sold to a blood broker in Montreal.

"My understanding is they went to discuss this with the FBI,"said Ms.
Chapman.
"I think it was more to provide the FBI with information than the other way
around."

There's no evidence to indicate the FBI has begun its own criminal probe,
but
Ms. Chapman said it's encouraging to learn that at least the U.S. police
force
has been made aware of the prison-plasma fiasco.

Next week, Canadian tainted-blood victims will travel to Washington to hold
a
news conference. They will demand a special investigation by the U.S.
Justice
Department into how they got bad blood from American prisons.

RCMP Cpl. Gilles Moreau confirmed that the Mounties have, as part of their
year-old probe, met with the FBI. But he could not elaborate because to do
so
might "jeopardize"the investigation.

"We don't get into specifics. What we can say is, yes, we have gone to the
States, and when we go there, we do talk to the authorities there because we
have to notify them that we are talking to people in their jurisdictions."

Mr. Moreau said the Mounties, as a matter of policy, can't even specify
which
aspects of the tainted-blood tragedy they are examining, beyond saying "we
are
looking at all aspects of the blood distribution system."

The prison-plasma story is one of the many "aspects" in the contamination of
the Canadian blood supply with HIV and hepatitis C. It has attracted new
interest among victims and the U.S. media since the Citizen began a series
of
investigative reports last September.

The Citizen revealed that the firm that collected the plasma from inmates in
the Arkansas prison had links to U.S. President Bill Clinton, who was
governor
of the state in the 1980s.

The RCMP criminal probe, established in the wake of the Krever report on the
tainted-blood tragedy, has been comprehensive. The task force has mushroomed
to
24 full-time staff.

So far, investigators have interviewed about 600 people and travelled to
countries such as the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands. Of those
interviews,
100 have been tape-recorded so the evidence can be compared with other
interviews and documents.

The team has amassed more than 30,000 documents and is using a special
computer system to zero in on key information. The Mounties are still
calling on people who have not yet come forward to call a toll-free
tips line: 1-888-530-1111.

Mr. Moreau said the RCMP will conduct a timely but thorough investigation.
"Of
course, we can't charge people for crimes that occurred in the States
because
our jurisdiction is in Canada."

That is exactly why victims want the FBI involved.

Ms. Chapman said she hopes the Feb. 24 news conference in Washington will
spark
a "groundswell demand for information. It's going to hinge on the extent to
which the American public perceives this as a problem.

"There are so many questions to be asked. People have tried very much to not
look at that seamier side of the blood business."

Copyright 1998 Ottawa Citizen

"What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few."

http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/2005/09/sussex-gold-found-and-bernard-lords.html

---- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "McKnight, Gisele"McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.com
> > > > To: lcampenella@ledger.com
> > > > Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: David Amos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Lisa,
> > > > > David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he
> > became
> > > an
> > > > > independent (not representing any political party) candidate in
> > > > > our
> > > > federal
> > > > > election that was held June 28.
> > > > >
> > > > > He was a candidate in our constituency of Fundy (now called
> > > Fundy-Royal).
> > > > I
> > > > > wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates.
> > > > > That
> > > story
> > > > > appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story,
> > > > > written
> > by
> > > > one
> > > > > of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
> the
> > > > > candidates' debate held June 18.
> > > > >
> > > > > As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the
> > > > > election.
> > The
> > > > > winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
> > taken
> > > by
> > > > > reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the
> > > > > photo
> > that
> > > > > ran, but this one is very similar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gisele McKnight
> > > > > editor A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate
2.JPG
> > > > > Kings County Record
> > > > > Sussex, New Brunswick
> > > > > Canada
> > > > > 506-433-1070
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd

By Erin Hatfield

"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."

The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.

The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.

The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.

Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."

Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.

The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."

The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.

Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You’re out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.

As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.

Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.

McKnight/KCR

The Unconventional Candidate

David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….

By Gisele McKnight

FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."

Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.

The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.

One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.

When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.

Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.

"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."

The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.

"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."

So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.

"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."

For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.

Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.

He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."

Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.

"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"

Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.

"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."

And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.

"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."

What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.

"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.

NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.

"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."

Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.

"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 19:31:15 -0400
Subject: Re My ongoing disgust towards the coverup of the Tainted
Blood Scandal and the withholding of money due to the survivors versus
all the greedy Libranos and the legions of lawyers getting a piece of
the action
To: manifesto@hepcbc.ca, info@callkleinlawyers.com, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, info@bloodwatch.org,
Karissa.Donkin@cbc.ca, paulmartin@paulmartin.ca,
redmond.shannon@cbc.ca, Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca, pep.philpott@cbc.ca,
hon.jane.philpott@canada.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, briangallant10
<briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "victor.boudreau"<victor.boudreau@gnb.ca>, mcu
<mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "Alex.Johnston"<Alex.Johnston@cbc.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "Boston.Mail"
<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, sbuist@thespec.com, COCMoncton
<COCMoncton@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, markandcaroline
<markandcaroline@gmail.com>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, jcharest
<jcharest@mccarthy.ca>, "Jean.Chretien"<Jean.Chretien@dentons.com>,
"Wayne.Gallant"<Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Ezra , radical
<radical@radicalpress.com>, newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, news
<news@hilltimes.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, newsroom
<newsroom@theguardian.pe.ca>, Saint Croix Courier
<editor@stcroixcourier.ca>, "ed.pilkington"
<ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>, "duncan@bissettmatheson.com"
<duncan@bissettmatheson.com>

Clearly I know how to read and pick up the phone too but you and your
minions and all the lawyers involved have been too busy to talk to
mean old me since I first ran for a seat in Parliament in 2004 N'esy
Pas Jean Chretien, Paul Martin and Trudeau "The Younger"

Apr 29, 2014

The Hamilton Spectator
Still no funds for family of tainted blood victim

Widow, son ‘in limbo' 12 years after Bob Green's death
Jane Green and her son Trevor Breslin with a photo of her husband and
father , Bob
Hamilton Spectator
By Steve Buist

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hepatitis-c-victims-1-billion-deal-completed/article18180168/

Hepatitis C victims' $1-billion deal completed

DENNIS BUECKERT OTTAWA — Canadian Press
Published Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006 12:00AM EST

Canada's tainted-blood tragedy has taken a major step toward closure
with completion of a $1-billion federal compensation deal for the
so-called forgotten victims.

An agreement, which must still be approved by courts in several
provinces, will provide one-time payments for about 5,000 people who
were infected with the hepatitis C virus before 1986 or after 1990.

"We are working as quickly as possible to provide compensation,"
Health Minister Tony Clement said in a news release yesterday.

The victims are called forgotten because they were excluded from a
previous $1.1-billion federal-provincial compensation package
announced in 1989.

Mike McCarthy, lead plaintiff in an Ontario class-action lawsuit on
behalf of the group, praised Mr. Clement and the Conservative
government for what he termed a fair and equitable deal.

Former health minister Allan Rock insisted there was nothing the
government could have done to protect the blood supply from hepatitis
C before 1986, and therefore the government was not liable.

That position became hard to defend when evidence surfaced that tests
capable of detecting hepatitis C with reasonable accuracy were
available long before 1986.

In 1998 all opposition parties voted to extend compensation to the
excluded victims but former prime minister Jean Chrétien declared it a
confidence matter and defeated the motion.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in July his government would
provide compensation to the pre-1986 and post-1990 victims, and
lawyers have since been working out details.

Peter Roy, a lawyer involved in the negotiations, said victims or
their survivors will receive one-time payments based on factors
including age at the time of infection, lost earnings and illness
severity.

"It's the most complex settlement I've worked on in 31 years of
practice," Mr. Roy said.

Mr. McCarthy said the provinces have not contributed to the new
settlement, and litigation against them will continue.

http://www.gettyimages.ca/pictures/michael-mccarthy-lead-plaintiff-for-the-canadians-infected-news-photo-52029650#michael-mccarthy-lead-plaintiff-for-the-canadians-infected-with-a-picture-id52029650

Hep C tainted blood victims, federal government argue in court over $250M fund
'Victims are being re-victimized,' says man whose wife died before
receiving any compensation CBC News Posted: Jun 20, 2016 2:50 PM ET

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hepatitis-c-tainted-blood-compensation-1.3643730

http://news.morningstar.com/all/canada-news-wire/20160616C8826/media-advisory-hepatitis-c-tainted-blood-victims-await-final-justice.aspx

Clearly I crossed paths with David Klein and his people before about
the RCMP Class action lawsuit and they would do nothing then EH Gilles
Moreau?

VANCOUVER, June 16, 2016 /CNW/ - Most Canadians thought the tainted
blood tragedy had been fully addressed. But there are hundreds of
tainted blood victims who are still waiting for the compensation that
was promised to them by the Government of Canada. They will be closely
following a court hearing taking place next week (June 20-22, 2016) in
Toronto, Ontario. A joint hearing of the courts of Ontario, Quebec and
British Columbia will consider submissions on how to allocate a $250
million surplus from the 1986-1990 Hepatitis-C settlement fund.
Meanwhile, more than 300 victims in the pre-1986/post-1990 Hepatitis-C
settlement group have not been paid due to a $65 million shortfall in
their settlement fund.

The following spokespersons are able to provide their views on the matter:

Fred Girling, widower of a Hepatitis-C tainted blood victim who
has been waiting for promised compensation from the Government of
Canada, and sponsor of an online petition (details below)
Cheryl Reitz, Secretary of HepCBC Hepatitis C Education and
Prevention Society
Mike McCarthy, Lead Plaintiff for the pre-1986/post-1990 class action
David Klein, Managing Partner of Klein Lawyers LLP on behalf of
pre-1986/post-1990 Hepatitis C victims

For more information, visit a petition by widower Fred Girling
addressed to Prime Minister Trudeau, the Attorney General of Canada,
and the Minister of Health Canada:
https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-final-justice-for-canada-s-tainted-blood-scandal-victims

SOURCE Klein Lawyers

HepCBC Hepatitis C Education and Prevention Society
#20 – 1139 Yates Street,
Victoria, BC,
V8V 3N2

EMAIL: manifesto@hepcbc.ca
PHONE: +1 (250) 595-3892

---------- Original message ----------
From: Lisa Porteous <lporteous@kleinlyons.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:46:22 +0000
Subject: RCMP
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

David,

Thank you for your email inquiring about our class action against the
RCMP. As you may know, the Notice of Claim was filed in the British
Columbia Supreme Court on March 27, 2012. The lawsuit has been
brought by former RCMP constable Janet Merlo on behalf of female RCMP
members. Unfortunately, we cannot assist you with your claim.

We recommend that you contact Mr. Barry Carter of Mair Jensen Blair
LLP to discuss any claim you may have against the RCMP for harassment.
His contact information is as follows:

Mr. Barry Carter
Mair Jensen Blair LLP
1380-885 W. Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
Phone: 604-682-6299
Fax 1-604-374-6992

This is not intended to be an opinion concerning the merits of your
case. In declining to represent you, we are not expressing an opinion
as to whether you should take further action in this matter.

You should be aware that there may be strict time limitations within
which you must act in order to protect your rights. Failure to begin
your lawsuit by filing an action within the required time may mean
that you could be barred forever from pursuing a claim. Therefore, you
should immediately contact another lawyer ( as indicated above) to
obtain legal advice/representation.

Thank you again for considering our firm.

Yours truly,

Lisa Porteous
Case Manager/Paralegal

lporteous@kleinlyons.com
www.kleinlyons.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 2:52 AM
To: sunrayzulu; premier; Ken.Zielke; sean.gaudet@justice.gc.ca;
christopher.rupar@justice.gc.ca; nrubin; brian.crane@gowlings.com;
ian.fahie; ahamilton@casselsbrock.com; laura.young@lylaw.ca;
john.thompson@mppac.ca; rolly.beaulieu@mppac.ca;
blaine.rahier@mppca.ca; steve.graham; t.wilson; Dale.McGowan;
rod.knecht; Newsroom; newsroom; cps; newstips; marie-claude.blais;
david.barry
Cc: David Amos; Cecily Ng; bob.paulson; Lisa Porteous;
nerickson@watkinslawtbay.com
Subject: Here is something that the RCMP and Harper will never mention
EH Georgey Boy Soros?

For more information
Lisa Porteous
604.714.6533
lporteous@kleinlyons.com

David Klein
604.874.7171
info@kleinlyons.com

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:37:08 -0400
> Subject: To Hell with the KILLER COP Gilles Moreau What say you NOW
> Bernadine Chapman??
> To: Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, phil.giles@statcan.ca,
> maritme_malaise@yahoo.ca, Jennifer.Nixon@ps-sp.gc.ca,
> bartman.heidi@psic-ispc.gc.ca, Yves.J.Marineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> david.paradiso@erc-cee.gc.ca, desaulniea@smtp.gc.ca,
> denise.brennan@tbs-sct.gc.ca, anne.murtha@vac-acc.gc.ca, webo
> <webo@xplornet.com>, julie.dickson@osfi-bsif.gc.ca,
> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, toewsv1
> <toewsv1@parl.gc.ca>, "Nycole.Turmel"<Nycole.Turmel@parl.gc.ca>,
> Clemet1 <Clemet1@parl.gc.ca>, maritime_malaise
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, oig <oig@sec.gov>, whistleblower
> <whistleblower@finra.org>, whistle <whistle@fsa.gov.uk>, david
> <david@fairwhistleblower.ca>
> Cc: j.kroes@interpol.int, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
> bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "justin.trudeau.a1"
> <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "Juanita.Peddle"
> <Juanita.Peddle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "Wayne.Lang"<Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Robert.Trevors"
> <Robert.Trevors@gnb.ca>, "ian.fahie"<ian.fahie@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>
> http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nb/news-nouvelles/media-medias-eng.htm
>
> http://nb.rcmpvet.ca/Newsletters/VetsReview/nlnov06.pdf
>
>
> From: Gilles Moreau <Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:03:22 -0500
> Subject: Re: Lets ee if the really nasty Newfy Lawyer Danny Boy
> Millions will explain this email to you or your boss Vic Toews EH
> Constable Peddle???
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Please cease and desist from using my name in your emails.
>
> Gilles Moreau, Chief Superintendent, CHRP and ACC
> Director General
> HR Transformation
> 73 Leikin Drive, M5-2-502
> Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2
>
> Tel 613-843-6039
> Cel 613-818-6947
>
> Gilles Moreau, surintendant principal, CRHA et ACC
> Directeur général de la Transformation des ressources humaines
> 73 Leikin, pièce M5-2-502
> Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2
>
> tél 613-843-6039
> cel 613-818-6947
> gilles.moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 2012-11-21 00:01 >>>
>
> Could ya tell I am investigating your pension plan bigtime? Its
> because no member of the RCMP I have ever encountered has earned it
> yet
>
> Obviously I am the guy the USDOJ and the SEC would not name who is the
> link to Madoff and Putnam Investments
>
> Here is why
>
> http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-a465-72722b47e7f2
>
> Notice the transcripts and webcasts of the hearing of the US Senate
> Banking Commitee are still missing? Mr Emory should at least notice
> Eliot Spitzer and the Dates around November 20th, 2003 in the
> following file
>
> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
>
> NONE of you should have assisted in the cover up of MURDER CORRECT???
>
>
> http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2011/2011-06-22/html/sor-dors122-eng.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> To: <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>; <Rob.Renaud@cbc.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:45 PM
> Subject: Question # 1 who the hell is Rob Renaus and di Robert Jone
> and Jaques Poitra and Alan white etc forward you my latest emails
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Edith Cody-Rice <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:53:07 -0500
> Subject: Calls and E-mails to CBC
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Cc: Rob Renaud <Rob.Renaud@cbc.ca>
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> CBC personnel have contacted me concerning your calls and e-mails to
> them. As you are threatening legal action, would you kindly direct any
> further calls or correspondence to me. Other CBC personnel will not
> respond further to your correspondence or calls.
>
>
> Edith Cody-Rice
> Senior Legal Counsel
> Premier Conseiller juridique
> CBC/Radio-Canada
> 181 Queen Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1K9
> Postal Address: P.O. Box 3220, Station C, Ottawa K1Y 1E4
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Kat Lanteigne Executive Director BloodWatch
2140A Queen Street East,
PO Box 51523
Toronto, ON M4E 3V7
Email: info@bloodwatch.org
Phone: 647.272.7381

"Kat Lanteigne, the executive director and co-founder of BloodWatch,
wants New Brunswick to ban compensation for plasma donors"

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/canadian-blood-services-paid-plasma-1.3655065

Government won't ban paid-plasma clinics in N.B.
Critics say there's no way to tell where finished plasma products will end up
By Karissa Donkin, Tori Weldon, CBC News Posted: Jun 28, 2016 7:00 AM AT

RCMP under fire for lack of mental health help for officers

By Holly Moore, CBC News Posted: Nov 06, 2013 4:00 AM CT

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rcmp-under-fire-for-lack-of-mental-health-help-for-officers-1.2416083

"Perchaluk said her husband attempted suicide twice in the years
following his exposure to hepatitis C-tainted blood. The RCMP knew how
sick he was, but they wouldn’t intervene, she added."

"RCMP Assistant Commissioner Gilles Moreau says the police force is
looking at strengthening existing programs. There is a strong
leadership commitment to addressing mental health issues, he added."

Monday 15 February 1999

RCMP probes tainted blood with the FBI
Variety of matters discussed about prison-plasma imports
Mark Kennedy
The Ottawa Citizen

The RCMP and FBI have held discussions about how contaminated plasma from
American prisons was shipped to Canada in the 1980s, says a spokesman for
Canadian tainted-blood victims.

Erma Chapman, president of the Canadian Hemophilia Society, said she was given
this information last month by a member of a special task force of Mounties
conducting a criminal investigation into the tainted-blood scandal.

Ms. Chapman said she was informed by the task force's "victim liaison officer"
that Mounties had travelled to the United States and met with representatives
of the FBI.

She says she was told they discussed a variety of matters, including how plasma
was collected from inmates in Arkansas and Louisiana prisons in the early '80s
and sold to a blood broker in Montreal.

"My understanding is they went to discuss this with the FBI,"said Ms. Chapman.
"I think it was more to provide the FBI with information than the other way
around."

There's no evidence to indicate the FBI has begun its own criminal probe, but
Ms. Chapman said it's encouraging to learn that at least the U.S. police force
has been made aware of the prison-plasma fiasco.

Next week, Canadian tainted-blood victims will travel to Washington to hold a
news conference. They will demand a special investigation by the U.S. Justice
Department into how they got bad blood from American prisons.

RCMP Cpl. Gilles Moreau confirmed that the Mounties have, as part of their
year-old probe, met with the FBI. But he could not elaborate because to do so
might "jeopardize"the investigation.

"We don't get into specifics. What we can say is, yes, we have gone to the
States, and when we go there, we do talk to the authorities there because we
have to notify them that we are talking to people in their jurisdictions."

Mr. Moreau said the Mounties, as a matter of policy, can't even specify which
aspects of the tainted-blood tragedy they are examining, beyond saying "we are
looking at all aspects of the blood distribution system."

The prison-plasma story is one of the many "aspects" in the contamination of
the Canadian blood supply with HIV and hepatitis C. It has attracted new
interest among victims and the U.S. media since the Citizen began a series of
investigative reports last September.

The Citizen revealed that the firm that collected the plasma from inmates in
the Arkansas prison had links to U.S. President Bill Clinton, who was governor
of the state in the 1980s.

The RCMP criminal probe, established in the wake of the Krever report on the
tainted-blood tragedy, has been comprehensive. The task force has mushroomed to
24 full-time staff.

So far, investigators have interviewed about 600 people and travelled to
countries such as the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands. Of those interviews,
100 have been tape-recorded so the evidence can be compared with other
interviews and documents.

The team has amassed more than 30,000 documents and is using a special
computer system to zero in on key information. The Mounties are still
calling on people who have not yet come forward to call a toll-free
tips line: 1-888-530-1111.

Mr. Moreau said the RCMP will conduct a timely but thorough investigation. "Of
course, we can't charge people for crimes that occurred in the States because
our jurisdiction is in Canada."

That is exactly why victims want the FBI involved.

Ms. Chapman said she hopes the Feb. 24 news conference in Washington will spark
a "groundswell demand for information. It's going to hinge on the extent to
which the American public perceives this as a problem.

"There are so many questions to be asked. People have tried very much to not
look at that seamier side of the blood business."

Copyright 1998 Ottawa Citizen

OFFICE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN, P.C
759 Victoria Square, suite 300
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2J7
T: (514) 982-3912
paulmartin@paulmartin.ca

"What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few."

http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/2005/09/sussex-gold-found-and-bernard-lords.html

---- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "McKnight, Gisele"McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.com
> > > > To: lcampenella@ledger.com
> > > > Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: David Amos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Lisa,
> > > > > David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he
> > became
> > > an
> > > > > independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our
> > > > federal
> > > > > election that was held June 28.
> > > > >
> > > > > He was a candidate in our constituency of Fundy (now called
> > > Fundy-Royal).
> > > > I
> > > > > wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
> > > story
> > > > > appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
> > by
> > > > one
> > > > > of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
> the
> > > > > candidates' debate held June 18.
> > > > >
> > > > > As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
> > The
> > > > > winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
> > taken
> > > by
> > > > > reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
> > that
> > > > > ran, but this one is very similar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gisele McKnight
> > > > > editor A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate
2.JPG
> > > > > Kings County Record
> > > > > Sussex, New Brunswick
> > > > > Canada
> > > > > 506-433-1070
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd

By Erin Hatfield

"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."

The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.

The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.

The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.

Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."

Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.

The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."

The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.

Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You’re out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.

As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.

Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.

McKnight/KCR

The Unconventional Candidate

David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….

By Gisele McKnight

FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."

Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.

The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.

One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.

When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.

Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.

"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."

The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.

"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."

So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.

"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."

For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.

Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.

He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."

Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.

"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"

Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.

"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."

And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.

"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."

What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.

"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.

NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.

"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."

Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.

"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"

>> 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 n
>>
>> 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 and the
>> US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment 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
>>
>> charles leblanc oldmaison@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>> Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll
>> sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get
>> all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>> To: 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
>> Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net;
>> oldmaison@yahoo.com; 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
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM
>> Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I
>> would try to make him famous
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=davidraymondamos&search=Search
>>
>> A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers,
>> politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas
>>
>> http://actionlyme.org/FBI_WIRETAPE_TAPES.htm
>>
>> FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006
>>
>> Senator Arlen Specter
>> United States Senate
>> Committee on the Judiciary
>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>> Washington, DC 20510
>>
>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>
>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
>> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in
>> contact with you about this previously.
>>
>> Very truly yours,
>> Barry A. Bachrach
>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>
>>
>>
>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/.
>>
>> Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit
>> and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time.
>>
>> Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl.
>> RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
>>
>>
>>
>> http://gypsy-blog.blogspot.com/2008/03/media-restrains-itself-inexplicably.html
>>
>> 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.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 14:18:27 -0400
> Subject: Well at least the computers of Diane Lebouthillier and Victor
> Boudreau (Who is quite likely hung over in Beantown about now) are
> ethical like your was in 2004 before the Speech from the Throne N'esy
> Pas Stevey Boy Harper?
> To: mmeredith@kpmglaw.ca, samtyler@kpmglaw.ca, "Andrew.Treusch"
> <Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca>, denislacroix@kpmglaw.ca,
> dojaar@kpmglaw.ca, harvey.cashore@cbc.ca, Terry.Milewski@cbc.ca,
> "ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>, investigations@cbc.ca,
> ElenaChurikova@ifac.org, office@cga-ns.org, info@cpacanada.ca,
> chait@bcsc.bc.ca, lara.gaede@asc.ca, cmcinnis@osc.gov.on.ca,
> anctil-bavas@lautorite.qc.ca, Communications@ifac.org, info@cairp.ca,
> gmoore@icans.ns.ca, tlambie@cpacanada.ca, tobin.lambie@cica.ca,
> kevin.dancey@cica.ca, heather.whyte@cica.ca, Hwhyte@cpacanada.ca,
> Kdancey@cpacanada.ca, John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca,
> Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca, irussell@iiac.ca, bamsden@iiac.ca,
> ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca, public.integrity@oag.state.ny.us,
> dmills@cra.ca, dfrancis@nationalpost.com, dsimon@stu.ca,
> rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca,
> ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca, victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, ibruce@petersco.com,
> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, jlisson@fasken.co.uk, labe@fasken.com,
> george.greer@cica.ca, Rachel.degrace@payroll.ca,
> atip-aiprp@cra-arc.gc.ca, atip-aiprp@bankofcanada.ca,
> jbutler@cppib.com, mmcdaid@cppib.com, "roger.l.brown"
> <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, pm
> <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>,
> Philippe.Brideau@cra-arc.gc.ca, Madonna.Gardiner@cra-arc.gc.ca,
> Bill.Blair@cra-arc.gc.ca, "Doug.Gaetz"<Doug.Gaetz@cra-arc.gc.ca>,
> Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca, shayes@stewartmckelvey.com,
> tobrien@cpapei.ca, tmccarthy@fmlaw.ca, Diane.Lebouthillier@parl.gc.ca,
> "stephen.harper.a1"<stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "Paul.Collister"
> <Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, office@taxfairness.ca,
> dmilot@milotlaw.ca, jonathan@garbutt-taxlaw.com,
> Ted.Gallivan@cra-arc.gc.ca, "Robert.Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
> "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "Peter.Edge"
> <Peter.Edge@dhs.gov>, "dean.buzza"<dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> radical <radical@radicalpress.com>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, bbachrach
> <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "rick.doucet"
> <rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, ago@state.ma.us,
> timothy.cruz@massmail.state.ma.us, "Lon.Povich"
> <Lon.Povich@state.ma.us>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
> "Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, "brian.t.macdonald"
> <brian.t.macdonald@gnb.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Diane.Lebouthillier@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:28:30 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: The CRA covering for KPMG is merely matters
> of money but the Murders on the Highway of Tears are far more serious
> in nature So Here is a little Deja Vu for Stevey Boy Harper and Boby
> Paulson of the RCMP
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Diane Lebouthillier, députée de
> Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Votre courriel recevra toute
> l'attention voulue.
>
> Thank you for writing to the Hon. Diane Lebouthillier, Member of
> Parliament for Gaspésie - îles-de-la-Madeleine. Please be assured that
> your correspondence will receive every consideration.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Boudreau, Hon. Victor (DH/MS)"<Victor.Boudreau@gnb.ca>
> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:28:02 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: The CRA covering for KPMG is merely matters
> of money but the Murders on the Highway of Tears are far more serious
> in nature So Here is a little Deja Vu for Stevey Boy Harper and Boby
> Paulson of the RCMP
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I am away until Monday, March 14th and will not have my blackberry
> with me. For an emergency, please call my assistant Véronique Léger at
> 862-9564. Thanks!
>
> Je suis absent jusqu'au lundi 14 mars et je n'aurai pas mon blackberry
> avec moi. Pour une urgence, svp communiquer avec mon adjointe
> Véronique Léger au 862-9564. Merci!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harper, Stephen - M.P.
> To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:29 AM
> Subject: RE: They read this stuff Monday
>
> Thank you for your e-mail message to Stephen Harper, Leader of the
> Opposition. Your views and suggestions are important to us. Once
> they have been carefully considered, you may receive a further reply.
>
> *Remember to include your mailing address if you would like a response.
>
> If you prefer to send your thoughts by regular mail, please address them
> to:
>
> Stephen Harper, M.P.
> Leader of the Opposition
> House of Commons
> Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
>
> Mail may be sent postage free to any Member of Parliament.
>
> You can also reach Mr. Harper by fax at: (613) 947-0310
>
>
> Merci d’avoir écrit à Stephen Harper, le chef de l’opposition
> officielle. Votre opinion est importante pour nous. Lorsque nous
> l’aurons étudiée avec soin, nous pourrons vous faire parvenir une
> réponse.
>
> *N’oubliez pas d’inclure votre adresse postale si vous voulez recevoir
> une réponse.
>
> Si vous préférez nous écrire en utilisant les services postaux
> régulièrs, veuillez le faire au :
>
> Stephen Harper, député
> Chef de l’opposition officielle
> Chambre des communes
> Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0A6
>
> Vous pouvez écrire sans affranchissement à tous les députés fédéraux.
>
> Vous pouvez également joindre M. Harper par fax au (613) 947-0310.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: pcavalluzzo@cavalluzzo.com
> Cc: vverma@cavalluzzo.com ; Martin.P@parl.gc.ca ;
> Broadbent.E@parl.gc.ca ; dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca ; Moore.R@parl.gc.ca ;
> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca ; McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:17 AM
> Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: pierrebl@apex.gc.ca
> Cc: florence.ievers@swc-cfc.gc.ca ; mskinner@cmhc-schl.gc.ca ;
> donna.achimov@sdc-dsc.gc.ca ; line.lacombe-laurin@ccra-adrc.gc.ca ;
> marie-josee.martel@ccra-adrc.gc.ca ; brian.keirstead@gnb.ca
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:11 AM
> Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: katherine.baird@csps-efpc.gc.ca
> Cc: flapoint@ncc-ccn.ca ; ctherriault@pco-bcp.gc.ca ;
> edouard.verrault@pwgsc.gc.ca ; pmcdowel@cmhc-schl.gc.ca ;
> huqm@tc.gc.ca ; serge.rainville@sdc-dsc.gc.ca ;
> daniel.lavoie@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca ; Byron Prior
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:00 AM
> Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
>
> Everybody knows that politicians come and go It is wicked people
> like Margaret Bloodworth and Eva Plunkett that hang around and run the
> show. Say hey to them for me. Will ya?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: brisos@parl.gc.ca
> Cc: MacKay.P@parl.gc.ca ; info@fed.ndp.ca ; ndpadmin@fed.ndp.ca
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:40 AM
> Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
>
> Scott say hey for me to Bloodworth and all the malicious public
> servants yapping it up a APEX next month. Will Ya?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca
> Cc: premier@gov.nl.ca ; tedcardwell@mail.gov.nf.ca
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:31 AM
> Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: rarespade@nfld.net
> Cc: Byron Prior
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:28 AM
> Subject: They read this stuff Monday
>
> September 15th, 2004
>
> Liliana Longo Senior General Counsel
> C/o Assistant Commissioner Gerry Lynch
> RCMP B Division Headquarters
> 100 East Hills Rd
> PO Box 9700
> St. Johns NF A1A 3T5
> RE: Corruption
>
> Hey,
>
> Please find enclosed an exact copy of all material served upon
> Lieutenant Governor Roberts by my friend Byron Prior. The copy of
> wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as law
> enforcement authorities in order that it may be properly investigated.
> I have also enclosed a copy of the correspondence between the RCMP
> External Review Committee and I. As you review the same material they
> got, you can see the folks in BC were contacted almost one year ago.
> Apparently the dumb bastards don’t know how to read. If these are the
> best lawyers Anne McLellan has got to send against me, the government
> is about to be embarrassed big time by a simple Maritimer.
>
> Whereas I have now received my answer from the Lieutenant
> Governor of New Brunswick and the RCMP External Review Committee, I am
> about to file my own complaints. I have given up on my native land
> protecting my dumb ass. If you have any questions may I suggest that
> you take my matter up with Anne McLellan or Jack Hooper.
>
> With respect to my friend Byron Prior’s sad complaint, let me
> be the first layman to congratulate the RCMP in the fine job they did
> covering up his matters for the benefit many corrupt politicians for
> some many years. It is too bad that the RCMP weren’t so diligent in
> upholding the law. Lets see if I can have any luck tearing the mask of
> virtue off of the RCMP and the likes of T. Alex Hickman for the
> benefit of all the simple folk like Byron and I.
>
> Shame on all of you. Say hey to the cop in the picture that was
> guarding Harper on June 19th will ya? I need to know his name and
> summons him to court to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
> but the truth. He can bring his god along to help if he thinks it
> necessary but I would rather he bring his conscience. What say you? If
> I don’t get an answer from you by Oct3rd. I will be due to sue you
> too. What do you think should I complain of the RCMP in a court
> Newfoundland or New Brunswick?
>
> I already know Byron’s answer.
>
> Cya’ll in Court :)
>
>
> David R. Amos
>
> 153 Alvin Ave.
>
> Milton, MA. 02186
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Byron Prior
> To: David Amos
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Hey Mr . Irwin why not do the right thing and take your mail?
>
> Good stuff David, keep the pot boiling & I'll be adding to it very
> soon. They want a circus that's what they're about to get.
> Byron
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: Byron Prior
> Cc: Bachrach, Barry A. ;
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:36 PM
> Subject: Fw: Hey Mr . Irwin why not do the right thing and take your mail?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos
> To: cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:05 PM
> Subject: Hey Mr . Irwin why not do the right thing and take your mail?
>
> It seems that CSIS is messing with my mail
>
> Sent by last Thursday by Canada Post to RCMP General Counsel Liliana Longo
> c/o Ast. Commissioner Gerry Lynch in NFLD. I have now called NFLD and
> gave Gerry the tracking number and told him if he wants to read his
> mail he should send someone to find it. after all he is one of the
> second in Command of the RCMP and Longo is his lawyer.Canada Post
> won't say dick to me about it.
>
> To track and confirm delivery of your item, enter the Item number,
> Reference number, or Delivery Notification Card number in the
> corresponding field provided below, then click the Submit button.
>
> No records found for specified search criteria: 46227406901
>
> Sent US Mail Saturday in Beantown all it had to do was go about a half
> a mile to the Canadin Consulate. Obviously I informed them but the
> thing is they don't know who else I told. Kinda of a double check one
> by phone and one by email.
>
> Track & Confirm
>
> Shipment Details
>
> You entered 0302 1790 0001 6045 5717
>
> Your item was forwarded to a different address at 2:22 pm on September
> 21, 2004 in BOSTON, MA 02108. This was because of forwarding
> instructions or because the address or ZIP Code on the label was
> incorrect. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please
> check again later.
>
> Here is what happened earlier:
> ACCEPTANCE, September 17, 2004, 10:30 pm, BOSTON, MA 02205
>
> Anyway it ain't no matter to me now Their mail is filed in court
> for the public to view. If they want to piss and moan about it they
> can argue me later in court. They are public servants they should read
> their god damned mail. The Postal Service has
> a little explaining to do anyway over the Attorney General Robb Quinan
> and his Mail fraud anyway. I will just and this shit to it.
>
> I knew old man Ronald Irwin would duck and run but arguing Longo should be
> fun,
>
> What I did in Norfolk Probate Court today was way beyond fun it went
> way better than I dreamed it could. October 1st should prove to be
> quite a hoot after meeting Angie in court today. I wonder if Longo is
> a pretty as she is. She looks good in her picture anyway I am certain
> that she is a damn sight smarter than Angie. Angie is so stupid I
> almost feel ashamed for making her show me her ass. (Not really I am
> an ass man)
>
> Now it appears all the Canadian Boobs have shown me their ass a
> well. Time to talk to the right Yankees just before the November
> Election and then head out as planned. i finally got the tape from the
> New Brunswick Police Commission and I will send a copy of it your way
> someday Byron. I made sure I mentioned you several times and showed
> them the documents but I didn't speak of what it was about but
> everybody will know they got something really kinda big.
>
> I did to protect ya buddy. I also mentioned Barry once. I hope Barry
> called you today. I know the FEDS are likely listening and reading our
> emails so I recorded it here to protect the both of you and Collen
> Rowley as well. I cannot afford the time
> to wait for her to retire she is more valuable to me as an honest
> lawyer within the FBI before the Yankee federal election, not
> afterwards.
>
> I also hear Jean and Joyse on the tape so it should protect
> their butts as well. I will order a copy of the Probate Court tape as
> soon as we can afford it. But it will likely be edited anyway.
>
> Yo Ricky Baby Doucet you do still value my opinion correct? So while
> you and Premier Gallant and the Boyz were in Beantown having fun with
> the Governor Charlie Baker perhaps they should have said hey to his
> lawyers such Loni Povich for Mean Old Me. After all I did I did call
> your office before the Boyz in Red Coats landed in Beantown to party
> with Davey Boy Alward EH Loni?
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)"<Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000
> Subject: RE: Final Docs
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Will get right on this.
> Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
> R
>
> Hon.Rick Doucet
> Legislative member for Charlotte-the isles
> 28 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
> St.George, N.B. E5C 3K4
>
> Phone / Téléphone : 506-755-4200
> Fax / Télécopieur : 506-755-4207
> E-mail / Courriel : rick.doucet@gnb.ca
>
> This message is intended for the person to whom it is addressed and is
> to be treated as confidential or private communications. It must not
> be forwarded unless permission has been received from the originator.
> If you have received this message inadvertently, please notify the
> sender and delete the message. Then delete your response. Thank you
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> doit demeurer confidentiel. Il ne doit pas être réacheminé sans la
> permission de l’expéditeur. Si ce message vous a été envoyé par
> erreur, veuillez aviser l’expéditeur et effacer le message. Effacez
> ensuite votre réponse. Merci de votre collaboration.
>
>
> https://twitter.com/briangallantnb
>
> Brian Gallant ‏@BrianGallantNB Mar 7
>
> Happy to be leading w/ @Rick_Doucet a delegation of NB companies to
> participate in North America’s largest seafood show in Boston
> #SENA2016
>
>
> http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2016.03.0162.html
>
> Premier meets with Massachusetts governor
> 08 March 2016
>
> Media Contact(s)
>
> Sheila Lagacé, corporate communications, Executive Council Office,
> 506-444-4088.
>
> BOSTON (GNB) – Premier Brian Gallant met with Massachusetts Governor
> Charlie Baker to discuss areas of common interest such as investment
> opportunities and the need for more collaboration. This was the
> premier’s second meeting with Baker.
>
> “We discussed the need for Massachusetts and New Brunswick to
> collaborate even more in the technology sector,” said Gallant. “We
> also discussed how increased infrastructure could help the natural gas
> prices in the New England and Maritime energy market. Massachusetts
> and New Brunswick have a long standing historic, geographic and
> economic relationship that we must continue to build upon.”
>
> While in Boston, Gallant also participated in the Canadian
> Entrepreneurs in New England Roundtable. The Canadian Entrepreneurs in
> New England is composed of accomplished Canadian executives,
> entrepreneurs and investors. Charter Members help to advance Canadian
> entrepreneurship by mentoring promising companies and guiding them
> towards resources and partnerships in the industry.
>
> “We discussed how we can further support New Brunswick businesses
> looking to access the New England market,” said Gallant. “As our
> province is the most export-driven economy in Canada, this is
> important for job growth in New Brunswick.”
>
> Gallant also addressed members of the business community and industry
> from throughout New England when he participated in the New England
> Council Roundtable Breakfast.
>
> The New England Council, the country’s oldest regional business
> organization, is an alliance of businesses, academic and health
> institutions, and public and private organizations throughout New
> England formed to promote economic growth and a high quality of life
> in New England. It represents more than 500 companies and
> organizations throughout the region.
>
> “This was a great chance to showcase New Brunswick’s world-class
> technology sector and energy opportunities with the business community
> of New England,” said Gallant.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:37:46 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: Perhap Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker should talk to
> this Yankee Deputy Sheriff before tonight's debate EH?
> To: "lon.povich"<Lon.Povich@state.ma.us>, ago@state.ma.us, David Amos
> <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "steven.blaney"<steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 3:54 PM
> Subject: Perhap Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker should talk to this Yankee
> Deputy Sheriff before tonight's debate EH?
> To: office <office@marthacoakley.com>, info <info@charliebaker2014.com>,
> "roger.l.brown"<roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "danny.copp"<
> danny.copp@fredericton.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "martin.gaudet"<martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>, "Robert. Jones"<
> Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, COCMoncton <
> COCMoncton@gmail.com>, "ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, RBauer <
> RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, bginsberg <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/28/14, magicJack <voicemail@notify.magicjack.com> wrote:
>
>> From: magicJack <voicemail@notify.magicjack.com>
>> Subject: New VM (2) - 0:21 minutes in your magicJack mailbox from
> 6177046800
>> To: "DAVID AMOS"> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 7:43 AM
>> Dear magicJack User:
>>
>> You received a new 0:21 minutes voicemail message, on
>> Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 09:43:42 AM in mailbox
>> 9028000369 from 6177046800.
>>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 11:05:19 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: Attn Bobby VERY important
> To: Lon.Povich@state.ma.us, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:35 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Attn Bobby VERY important
> To: ago@state.ma.us, timothy.cruz@massmail.state.ma.us, David Amos <
> motomaniac333@gmail.com>, jessica.healey@massmail.state.ma.us,
> NoEthics1@aol.com, press.intern@state.ma.us, info@terrymcauliffe.com,
> "gilles.moreau"<gilles.moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles. Blinn"<
> Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>
> Baker picks former Weld lawyer as chief legal counsel
>
>
> <http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/12/08/baker-picks-former-weld-lawyer-chief-legal-counsel/Ytx3rI1n1sXR6ph9m55sWK/story.html#comments>
> [image:
> Governor-elect Charlie Baker, who will be sworn in as governor next month,
> campaigned on bipartisanship.]
>
> Charles Krupa/AP/File
>
> Governor-elect Charlie Baker, who will be sworn in as governor next month,
> campaigned on bipartisanship.
> *By David Scharfenberg* Globe Staff December 08, 2014
>
> Governor-elect Charlie Baker has chosen Lon Povich, who served in the
> administration of former governor William Weld and is currently general
> counsel for warehouse retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club, as his top lawyer.
>
> The selection of Povich, the latest in a string of Democrats to take top
> posts in the Republican administration, won widespread praise in legal
> circles Monday.
>
> “It’s a home-run appointment for the governor,” said Martin W. Healy, chief
> legal counsel and chief operating officer for the Massachusetts Bar
> Association. “He’s one of the brightest intellects in the legal community.”
>
> The influence of the chief legal counsel varies from administration to
> administration, but the position can be among the most powerful in the
> executive branch.
>
> William “Mo” Cowan rose from Governor Deval Patrick’s top lawyer to chief
> of staff, before Patrick appointed him as an interim US senator when John
> Kerry left the chamber to serve as US Secretary of State.
>
> The chief legal counsel’s duties typically include shaping the legal
> response to major lawsuits against the state, vetting legislation, and
> overseeing judicial nominations.
>
> Povich, 55, is familiar with the office. As deputy chief legal counsel for
> Weld, a Republican, he worked on a reorganization of the governor’s
> Cabinet, helped negotiate a pact with the Wampanoag tribe for a
> Southeastern Massachusetts casino that was never built, and developed a
> reputation as a lawyer at once formidable and approachable.
>
> “Lon has a marvelous disposition,” said Brackett B. Denniston III, who was
> chief legal counsel for Weld and is now general counsel at General
> Electric. “He’s able to give tough-minded advice, but always in a way that
> is graceful.”
>
> From time to time, friends say, Weld tapped Povich to write comic verse for
> public appearances.
>
> “He’s a very gregarious person, very friendly,” said Michael Teteur, a
> long-time friend who is national chairman of the litigation department for
> law firm Foley & Lardner. “At Harvard Law School, Lon knew every one of the
> 550 people in our class. And people knew him.”
>
> Povich, who was not available for an interview Monday, grew up in Bath,
> Maine, a small town north of Portland known for shipbuilding and a handsome
> downtown. His grandfather opened a clothing shop there in 1910 that his
> father ran into the mid-1990s. Twenty years later, the sign is still on the
> building, now home to an antiques shop.
>
> Povich graduated from Dartmouth College before attending Harvard Law, where
> he met his future wife, Ilissa. He began his career as a law clerk for the
> Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s Chief Justice Vincent L. McKusick,
> oscillating between the public and private sectors in the decades that
> followed.
>
> As an assistant United States attorney, he prosecuted white-collar crime
> during the savings and loan crisis before joining the Weld Administration.
> It was there that he got to know Baker, who served as health and human
> services secretary and, later, budget chief.
>
> For a decade, Povich worked as vice president and general counsel at Boston
> Consulting Group and then moved to BJ’s Wholesale, eager to work for a
> publicly traded company, according to friends. A few years later, the
> company was taken private.
>
> Povich has served on the board of the Greater Boston Food Bank and recently
> won the Good Apple Award for “demonstrated dedication to public service,
> fairness, and social justice” from the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for
> Law and Justice. He has two children, a daughter who teaches special
> education and a son who is at Dartmouth.
>
> Baker, who has moved between government and the private sector, is forming
> a Cabinet in his own mold.
>
> He tapped Republican state Representative Matthew Beaton, co-owner of a
> construction firm that promotes green building techniques, as his energy
> and environmental affairs secretary. Steven Kadish, his incoming chief of
> staff, worked at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and in the state’s health and
> human services bureaucracy, just like the governor-elect.
>
> Kadish, like Povich, incoming secretary of housing and economic development
> Jay Ash, and incoming chief secretary Carlo Basile, is a Democrat.
>
> “Assembling a team of experienced professionals committed to making
> Massachusetts great is our top priority and Lon joins a bipartisan team
> ready to hit the ground running in January,” said Baker, in a statement
> announcing the Povich appointment.
>
> Povich, in a statement, called Baker “a dedicated public servant with the
> imagination and drive needed to make Massachusetts a better place to live.”
>
> Observers say Baker’s approach to criminal justice issues will help
> determine the contours of Povich’s job.
>
> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants has
> called for an end to mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug
> offenders. And many in the legal community are pressing for better pay for
> assistant district attorneys, public defenders, and private attorneys
> appointed to defend the indigent.
>
> “We’ll be there early on congratulating Lon on his appointment,” said Healy
> of the Massachusetts Bar Association, “but also trying to lobby him to do
> the right things and to make the right recommendations to the governor.”
>
> *David Scharfenberg can be reached at david.scharfenberg @globe.com
> <david.scharfenberg@globe.com>. Follow him on Twitter @dscharfGlobe
> <http://twitter.com/dscharfGlobe>*
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:00 AM
> Subject: Attn Bobby VERY important
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> http://wareham-ma.villagesoup.com/p/discuss-scams-with-plymouth-county-assistant-district-attorney-jessica-healy/204904
>
> http://www.mass.gov/daplymouth/pdfs/pressreleases/2015%20press%20releases/4715pressstatement.pdf
>
>
> These are pages 151 and 152 of this file
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2619437/CROSS-BORDER
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Terry McAuliffe <info@terrymcauliffe.com>
> Date: Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:16 PM
> Subject: TOMORROW:
> To: David Amos <David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>
>
>
> David,
>
> Big news: Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will be hearing three cases in order
> to determine whether states should be allowed to ban same sex marriage and
> not recognize same sex marriages from other states.
>
> *Let’s make our collective voice heard before the Supreme Court reaches a
> decision: Sign your name to stand up for marriage equality nationwide!*
> <http://action.terrymcauliffe.com/page/m/6a1a6b1d/3258af88/69c6cf33/46f4284b/1951400798/VEsH/>
>
> Here in Virginia, it’s been an uphill battle to secure marriage equality
> for our LGBT friends, family, and neighbors. In October, we finally won
> that battle. But there are still *over a dozen states* that refuse to allow
> same sex couples to marry and receive the same benefits as other couples.
>
> I’ve always said that every single Virginian should have the same
> opportunity to succeed, no matter their background or whom they love. We
> can’t stand idly by while states continue to violate the rights of their
> citizens by refusing marriage privileges to certain populations.
>
> *Add your name to voice your support for marriage equality and show that
> the American people want equal treatment for all under the law. >>*
> <http://action.terrymcauliffe.com/page/m/6a1a6b1d/3258af88/69c6cf33/46f4284b/1951400798/VEsE/>
>
> Thanks for standing with me,
>
> Terry
>
>
>
> On 3/9/16, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 13:26:21 -0400
>> Subject: The CRA covering for KPMG is merely matters of money but the
>> Murders on the Highway of Tears are far more serious in nature So Here
>> is a little Deja Vu for Stevey Boy Harper and Boby Paulson of the RCMP
>> To: office@taxfairness.ca, dmilot@milotlaw.ca,
>> jonathan@garbutt-taxlaw.com, Ted.Gallivan@cra-arc.gc.ca, "Robert.
>> Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
>> "Peter.Edge"<Peter.Edge@dhs.gov>, "dean.buzza"
>> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, radical <radical@radicalpress.com>
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "stephen.harper.a1"
>> <stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "Paul.Collister"
>> <Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
>> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>
>> I did post this email within Andre Murray's blog months before I went
>> out west to look into things for myself Correct?
>>
>> Tuesday, 4 March 2014
>> Fwd: Yo Bobby boy Paulson Whereas many people watched the very ethical
>> Lonnie Landrud testify under oath before a judge WHY hasn't the CROWN
>> or the at least sneaky lawyer Ian McPhail finally investigated your
>> buddy Paul Collister You smiling bastards must still have his back
>> EH???
>>
>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/03/fwd-yo-bobby-boy-paulson-whereas-many.html
>>
>>
>> Furthermore I did mention the Lonnie Landrud matter within my lawsuit
>> now before the Federal Court and the Judges Bell and Soutcott
>> admitted that they read it CORRECT?
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>
>> 84. The Plaintiff states that the RCMP is well aware that he went to
>> western Canada in 2104 at the invitation of a fellow Maritimer in
>> order to assist in his attempt to investigate the murders of many
>> people in Northern BC. The Plaintiff has good reasons to doubt his
>> fellow Maritimer’s motives. The fact that he did not tell the
>> Plaintiff until he had arrived in BC that he had invited a Neo Nazi he
>> knew the Plaintiff strongly disliked to the same protest that he was
>> staging in front of the court house in Prince George on August 21,
>> 2014. The Plaintiff was looking forward to meeting Lonnie Landrud so
>> he ignored the Neo Nazi. Several months after their one and only
>> meeting, Lonnie Landrud contacted the Plaintiff and asked him to
>> publish a statement of his on the Internet and to forward it to anyone
>> he wished. The Plaintiff obliged Landrud and did an investigation of
>> his own as well. He has informed the RCMP of his opinion of their
>> actions and has done nothing further except monitor the criminal
>> proceedings the Crown has placed against the Neo Nazi in BC and save
>> his videos and webpages and that of his associates. The words the
>> Plaintiff stated in public in Prince George BC on August 21, 2014 were
>> recorded by the Neo Nazi and published on the Internet and the RCMP
>> knows the Plaintiff stands by every word. For the public record the
>> Plaintiff truly believes what Lonnie Landrud told him despite the fact
>> that he does not trust his Neo Nazi associates. Therefore the
>> Plaintiff had no ethical dilemma whatsoever in publishing the
>> statement Lonnie Landrud mailed to him in a sincere effort to assist
>> Lonnie Landrud’s pursuit of justice. The Crown is well aware that
>> Plaintiff’s former lawyer, Barry Bachrach once had a leader of the
>> American Indian Movement for a client and that is why he ran against
>> the former Minister of Indian Affairs for his seat in the 39th
>> Parliament.
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>> P.S. For the public record this is who got my email yesterday before I
>> contacted many others about the talk of the CRA and KPMG on CBC.
>> Trust that they will get this email next.
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
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>> Diane.Lebouthillier@parl.gc.ca
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>> Commissioners Office
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>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-revenue-kpmg-secret-amnesty-1.3479594
>>
>> CBC Investigates
>> Canada Revenue offered amnesty to wealthy KPMG clients in offshore tax
>> 'sham'
>> Federal authorities demanded secrecy in no-penalty, no-prosecution
>> deal to high net worth Canadians
>>
>> By Harvey Cashore, Dave Seglins, Frederic Zalac, Kimberly Ivany, CBC
>> News Posted: Mar 08, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 08, 2016 6:34
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>>
>
>
>
> On 3/16/16, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> CBC yaps abut you wannabe PC leaders in the liberla "Place to Be" all
>> the time yet still denies that I ran for public office FIVE times to
>> this very day.
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
>>
>> Go figure why I gonna have fun with you sneaky PC dudes
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/blaine-higgs-pc-leadership-1.3493356
>>
>> Blaine Higgs set to run for Progressive Conservative leader
>> Former PC finance minister to enter race with announcement in
>> Quispamsis on Thursday
>>
>> CBC News Posted: Mar 16, 2016 7:45 AM AT Last Updated: Mar 16, 2016 7:45
>> AM
>> AT
>>
>> Former Progressive Conservative finance minister Blaine Higgs will
>> officially enter the party's leadership race on Thursday.
>>
>> Higgs is scheduled to make the announcement Thursday in his riding of
>> Quispamsis.
>>
>> Blaine Higgs, Mike Allen ponder Tory leadership bids
>> Brian Macdonald launches Progressive Conservative leadership bid
>>
>> Higgs was first elected in 2010 and served as finance minister in
>> David Alward's government, establishing a reputation for straight talk
>> and desire to cut government spending.
>>
>> When the Alward government was defeated in 2014, Higgs retained his
>> seat as the MLA for Quispamsis.
>>
>> Prior to entering politics, Higgs was an executive with Irving Oil
>> Ltd. in Saint John.
>>
>> The party's leadership opened up when Alward resigned following the
>> 2014 election loss and was later named Canada's consul general in
>> Boston.
>>
>> The party's leadership convention is scheduled for Oct. 22 in
>> Fredericton.

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'Living beyond our means': Auditor general troubled by debt growth

Kim MacPherson says New Brunswick's net debt has reached $13.9B, while
funded debt hits $17B
Elizabeth Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Jan 16, 2019 12:04 PM AT

134 Comments
Commenting is now closed for this story.

Marguerite Deschamps
Je pense qu'il nous faut les jeux de la francophonie afin de nous
faire oublier tous ces tracas. Ha! Ha!

Marc Martin
@Marguerite Deschamps

cheryl wright
I think we need an overhaul of all of our crown corporations. nb
power, nb liquor, nb cannabis and their ceo salaries. we also need a
way to increase revenue NOT spending, at least not without a good
return. whenever we get a new person in charge they don't need to get
new paint and furniture in their rooms. we don't need to change names
of of committees and organizations every 3 months - it is a waste of
money

Marc Martin
@cheryl wright

*nb liquor, nb cannabis *

These are the only 2 that actually makes money provide good jobs with
good benefits and you want to sell them to private ? Why ? So you can
save money on booze and pot ?

cheryl wright
@Marc Martin never once said to sell or privatize but rather take a
look at the bonuses and salaries of the ceos

Marc Martin
@cheryl wright

Maybe of NB Power, but I doubt the people from nb liquor,and nb
cannabis earn the same thing..

Kevin Perley
@Marc Martin Considering the recent layoffs are Cannabis NB, and the
fact that article said some of those folk were making $23 an hour to
work in retail, yes. My wife is a level 2 dental assistant and she
doesn't make that much money.

Fred Brewer
@Marc Martin
Whoa, slow down there Marc. NB Cannabis has not been in operation for
a full year yet, so how can you claim they make money? They recently
had a massive layoff. I think 60 NB Cannabis employees got laid off.

Gil Murray
@Fred Brewer I don't think M. Martin ever lets facts get in the way of
his opinions.

Marc Martin
@Kevin Perley

*and the fact that article said some of those folk were making $23 an
hour to work in retail, yes. My wife is a level 2 dental assistant and
she doesn't make that much money.*

So because your jealous you want them to sell the corporation to
private so they can create minimum salary jobs....I am glad your not
the finance minister...

Marc Martin
@Fred Brewer

Well firs they are always sold out....Seems to be the business is
doing good, and those massif lay off are because they don't have
enough stuff to sell to keep the employees.

Gil Murray
@Marc Martin
Really?
Poor inventory planning due to lack of wholesale supply?
Poor cash flow planning to ensure JiT inventory demands can be met?
Revenue projections exceed actual income before non-cash adjustments?
How many more do you want?

Marc Martin
@Gil Murray

*Poor inventory planning due to lack of wholesale supply? *

Who says that you ? Like I will believe you.....

*Poor cash flow planning to ensure JiT inventory demands can be met? *

I have no idea where you get your info from, you have access to these
documents ?

*Revenue projections exceed actual income before non-cash adjustments? *

They do ? I haven't seen any documentation for that, have you ?

Ha ha

Harold Benson
@Marguerite Deschamps The litigant should appear anytime now.

Tim Raworth
@Marguerite Deschamps Ahh, No.

Marc Martin
They should have sold NB power instead of listening to the population
who didn't want too sell it to a province they hate because of their
language...

Rosco holt
@Marc Martin
Nope, the only thing wrong with NBPower is government meddling.
Sorry, but I prefer control over a basic necessity like electricity to
stay in the province.

Privatization has never delivered the savings that was promised. Just
look at our phone/ internet bills.

Paul Estey
@Marc Martin I would have to say that Shawn Graham not winning a
second term after announcing his decision to sell the Utility would
say that he didn't have the support of the majority of the Province.
Again it had nothing to do with Language as you constantly harp
about....its individuals like yourself that are dividing this province
on the 2 linguistic groups....you make everything a language issue....

Marc Martin
@Rosco holt

*Nope, the only thing wrong with NBPower is government meddling. *

eh we are losing 1 million a day each time Point Lepreau is closed, we
are going to have to pay over 4 billion to repaire or demolish
Mactaquac...What about the 4.5 billion we where going to get for the
sale and all the salaries we would have saved....

Marc Martin
@Paul Estey

*Shawn Graham not winning a second term after announcing his decision
to sell the Utility would say that he didn't have the support of the
majority of the Province.*

Id say ATCON had a bigger influence. The only reason why he didn't
sell was because he wanted to gain votes amongst the English
population, up north there was even petitions to sell NB Power.

*Again it had nothing to do with Language as you constantly harp about....I*

Actually it did, the backlash over this sale... » more

Marguerite Deschamps
@Marc Martin, they like to harp about the language issue all the time,
yet they accused us of doing it. Who started playing the language card
first one here as is most often the case?

Rosco holt
@Marc Martin
Nope again. Mainly the private sector wanted NBPower sold and Graham
dealings in the backroom, saying you'll know the details of the deal
after it signed rubbed me the wrong way, just has the extra mural deal
has.

When a copy of the agreement comes out most of it is heavily
edited(blacked out) out of the privacy and the protect of business
secrets.

Politicians can't be trusted.

Tim Raworth
@Marguerite Deschamps Is like was said before, the only reason Hydro
Que wanted NB Power was to block Muskrat falls. After the 10 year rate
freeze [ next year] our rate would go through the roof. Also
purchasing would have moved to Que so local business would be left
out. Its was simply a bad deal.

Marc Martin
@Tim Raworth

*After the 10 year rate freeze [ next year] our rate would go through the roof*

Your not too good at math are ya ? How much money would you have saved
in electricity bills ? a few thousand at least. To that you can remove
4.5 billion on our province depth we would have paid less taxes !!!
Another few thousand at least right ? How about all the salary we
would have saved and the million a day Point Lepreau cost us each time
its closed ??? Better yet no Mactaquac to refurbished at 4.5 billion
+...

*Also purchasing would have moved to Que so local business would be
left out. Its was simply a bad deal.*

And so ?« less

Marc Martin
@Rosco holt

* saying you'll know the details of the deal after it signed rubbed me
the wrong way*

The deal was out here was even a conference and news on this..They
where buying NB Power and all the effectives with it, Point Lepreau
was going to be their after it was completely renovated, Mactaquac was
going to be theirs. Millions over millions we have have saved...

Rosco holt
@Marc Martin
You really believe what politicians say?
I don't trust any of them especially when they hide to do their
dealings and no, we wouldn't have save anything, Quebec would have
made us pay.

They were only interested in transmission to block NFLD and would have
resold the rest.

Lou Bell
Well at least 10 % of the province is just below borderline bilingual
after 50 years . The other 90 % are not, no matter how much the
government tries to paint it ! All for votes !

Marc Martin
@Lou Bell

Stats say the opposite.

Jeff LeBlanc
Boy I can't wait for those Francophone Games! That'll distract us from
our debt problem real good!

Marguerite Deschamps

@Jeff LeBlanc, I knew it all along that you were looking forward to those games!

Tim Raworth
The National Post published a report done by the Frazer Institute in
2012. Its findings report that Ontario spends the most on bilingual
services, $600 million. New Brunswick, Canada’s only officially
bilingual province, spends the second most annually at $85 million.
Quebec rounds out the top three with an annual bilingual cost of $50
million. Its time to stop the bleeding.

Roland Godin
@Tim Raworth
The majority of members of parlement are and have been unilingual
English, we could throw the mismanagement of public finances at them
by thrumping the issue, eh! As for les langues officielles just 0,06%
of the debt, am I being short changed...et voilà.

Tim Raworth
@Roland Godin That was 2012 and I am sure is much more than that now.
And does not include things like Francophone games etc. How many
teachers, nurses etc. could we hire or retain with that money. Its
funny how when the English says something, the French reply back, its
all about language. But from where I sit, its you folks are the ones
that "its all about language, Yours" Nothing else matters.

Marc Martin
@Tim Raworth

*Frazer Institute in 2012*

You fail to mention the author of that editorial has been found
criticizing over and over the French language and none of the amount
have proof behind it , its all speculation.

Tim Raworth
@Marc Martin So say you.

Marc Martin
@Tim Raworth

Says what he wrote..you cant deny facts.

Roland Godin
@Tim Raworth
And effort spells the same in les deux langues officielles...EH!

Albert Wade
The province is bankropt. Time for third party management. When will
someone admit that bilingualism isn't sustainable?

Roland Godin
@Albert Wade
Agree with you, the English langue officielle is unbalancing the budget...eh!

Emilien Forest
@Roland Godin

Completely..

Dan Lee
@Roland Godin
Sigh......your right............

Marc Martin
@Albert Wade

Where do you see this is because of bilingualism in the article?

Rosco holt
@Albert Wade
Trickledown economy is unsustainable.

'Living beyond our means': Auditor general troubled by debt growth

Kim MacPherson says New Brunswick's net debt has reached $13.9B, while funded debt hits $17B

Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jan 16, 2019 12:04 PM AT

Auditor general Kim MacPherson presented her annual report on Wednesday. (CBC)

New Brunswick's auditor general went after the province's overall finances in her annual report Wednesday, saying the debt has reached a historic high.

Kim MacPherson said the net debt has reached $13.9 billion and the funded debt has ballooned to $17 billion, money the province is legally required to pay.

"If we were to pay today all of the bond issues that are outstanding, we have funded debt to $17 billion, so it is a higher number," she said at a news conference Wednesday.

The report also took a closer look at the education system and the impact of frequent change on student learning, at how quickly WorkSafeNB gets injured people back to work, and at whether politicians are meddling too much in the rate-setting process of NB Power.

Frequent school reforms hurt student performance, auditor general finds

This is MacPherson's eighth year producing an annual report and every time she has said the same thing: "The province is living beyond our means."

"Consecutive deficits, the pace of growth of our net debt is not sustainable for the long term."
If the province put $100 million toward the debt each year, it would take 170 years to pay it off — with an annual service cost of $667 million, she said.

At a news conference, Finance Minister Ernie Steeves said the government agrees with MacPherson's evaluation of a dire debt situation.

"We plan to do more to curb spending and return to balanced budgets by March 2020 or sooner," Eves said.

CBC News

'The system needs to stabilize'

Auditor-General Kim MacPherson said there have been five different provincial education plans in the past 15 years. 1:03

Too much spending

MacPherson said one of the main drivers of New Brunswick's growth and net debt is capital spending, a problem worsened by the maintenance that has been put off.

"With 750,000 people in New Brunswick that have to pay for it," she said "We have a huge issue with deferred maintenance of the infrastructure that we already have."

MacPherson said she did find it encouraging that the province recorded a small annual surplus of $67 million in 2018, collecting higher tax revenues and transfers from the federal government, while underspending its budgeted expenses for the year.

But MacPherson said she is more concerned about a long-term financial picture aggravated by a growing net debt.

Compared with other provinces, she said, New Brunswick has the highest net debt per capita — $18,300 per person.

She again called on the provincial government to set targets for controlling and reducing debt.

Education lacks stability

Taking a closer look at education, the annual report found the school system lacks stability and said frequent changes have caused disruption for students and affected their performance.

MacPherson said there have been five different provincial education plans in the past 15 years.
Although she recognized 10 years is a long time, MacPherson recommended the Department of Education maintain its current 10-year education plan until it expires in 2026.

With only one year to implement, the labour market could not meet demand.-Kim MacPherson, auditor general

"You need stability," she said.

Steeves promised the government will keep its hands off the existing education plan but did not promise to completely stop making changes.

"We will not interfere with the implementation of the 10-year education plan, but we will look for ways to improve on it."

Steeves said he agreed there has been too much political interference in the education program.

French immersion changed

She also pointed to three major changes in the French immersion program in the past 10 years, including a reversion in 2017 to Grade 1 as the early entry point to the program instead of Grade 3.

The former Liberal government of Shawn Graham changed the entry point from Grade 1 to Grade 3 in 2008.

The recent change forced school districts to hire teachers who did not meet the language requirement, MacPherson said.

"With only one year to implement, the labour market could not meet demand," she said.

In the November throne speech, the Blaine Higgs government said it would stop "throwing out programs only because another party introduced them," promising to work within the existing 10-year education plan brought in by the previous Liberal government.

Politicians told not to interfere with NB Power

In her report, MacPherson also slams previous governments for the capping or freezing of NB Power rates, which she said violates the utility's independent rate setting role.

She said it also hurts NB Power's ability to work as a business, which could later hurt the province's long-term financial statements.

During the 2018 provincial election, then-premier Brian Gallant said the Liberals would introduce legislation to freeze rates for some customers over the next four years and force NB Power to cut jobs and spending if re-elected.

"History of past governments imposing rate caps or freezes impacts NB Power's authority to carry on as a business and self-sustain operations," MacPherson's report said.

NB Power is supposed to be an independent company, so its assets, liabilities and debt are not on the province's books. (CBC)

MacPherson asked elected officials to respect the independent rate-setting regulatory process, or else there could be a significant impact on the province's consolidated financial statements in the future.

NB Power is supposed to be an independent company, she said, and its assets, liabilities and debt are not on the province's books.

"Each time you see the government sort of intervene in the rate-setting process, it causes you to reflect on whether or not NB Power is, in fact, an independent company and whether or not it is self-sustaining," she told reporters.

She said the utility is intended to generate profits year after year, but lately "the profits haven't been that great."

Steeves said this government will leave decisions about rate increases up to the regulators, the Energy and Utilities Board.

"[The premier] wants to respect that process," he said.

Things slow at WorkSafeNB

MacPherson also released her second performance audit on WorkSafeNB, saying the Crown corporation's claims management system is "reasonable" and consistent with best practice, but had not done a good job of helping injured workers return to work in a timely fashion.

Her office discovered WorkSafeNB did not properly track the medical progress of injured workers or refer them for specialized treatment fast enough. And there's no tracking of medical or recovery progress for injured workers.

MacPherson's report says claims costs have risen more than $300 million. (Canadian Press)

"There is a lot WorkSafe can do that's going to reduce the time the injured worker is off work by ingraining in their processes this focus on return to work, that will in turn reduce the duration of the claim, which should also eventually reduce the claim cost," she said.

Claims costs have risen more than $300 million in the past five years, the report said.

New Brunswick employers were hit with another increase to their WorkSafeNB premiums this year to cover benefits for injured workers.

Starting Jan.1, they are paying $2.65 for every hundred dollars of payroll — almost double what they were paying two years earlier.

Steeves said the government will be starting a WorkSafe task force that will try to reduce rates.

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National hero Kevin Vickers an 'unknown political quantity' in home province

National hero Kevin Vickers an 'unknown political quantity' in home province

Pundits say Kevin Vickers is largely considered an outsider as he ponders a run for Liberal leadership

Historic figure

New Brunswick roots

Absence from province may help

Political outsider

Potential election

Advanced care paramedic program growing in New Brunswick

Pilot program has expanded, staff nearly doubled

Immediate difference

Serving urban areas

Horizon chair says she was pushed out by health minister

Grace Losier says she was told she could quit or be fired

Well wishes

Leaving a 'committed' board

« Robert Gauvin ressemble beaucoup à son père », selon un ancien organisateur politique

Un nationaliste

Tel père, tel fils?

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Higgs: Francophone MLA 'on side' despite Acadian warning

Quispamsis and Rothesay growth rate catching up to Saint John

Kennebecasis Valley communities close in on rate of growth in assessment base

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Saint John needs municipal reform in 2019: mayor

Report with recommendations expected this month

Ex-RCMP boss Wayne Gallant named new chief of Kennebecasis Regional Police Force

Gallant, who was in charge of criminal operations for New Brunswick RCMP, will replace retiring Steve Palmer

'Life-long learner'

Officer probe continues

Will pursue partnerships

Kennebecasis officer committed 81 breaches of Police Act, independent report finds

Insp. Jeff Porter to face arbitration hearing Nov. 21 on allegations involving female civilian employee

Investigator's findings

No criminal charges

Range of possible sanctions

Felt threatened, intimidated

Scathing report on former chief

New police chief

'No intention of resigning'

Province dropped ball on preventing overcrowded ERs, advocate says

Province dropped ball on preventing overcrowded ERs, advocate says

Government has had years to prepare for ER wait times exacerbated by aging population

77 recommendations

Leader needed

Integrity commissioner forces province's hand with historic use of appeal power

Integrity commissioner forces province's hand with historic use of appeal power

Appeal filed two months before Alexandre Deschênes retired from post on Dec. 31

'Sometimes it's a question of intimidation'

Province won't change approach

Liberal government refused to release report

Mother says she was forced to falsify records to get help for disabled son

In rural St. Martins, no home care is available at the official rate of $14 an hour

Can't move to city

Department took over care

Afraid son will be put in group home

Shortage of workers a 'crisis'

Trying to make job attractive

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Sussex candidates split on work opportunities in N.B.

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Language commissioner wins right to intervene in paramedic hiring case

Judicial review coming up of arbitrator's recommendation not to require bilingual hires in some areas

The McEvoy ruling

Hours in classroom not the problem with school system, teachers rep says

Hours in classroom not the problem with school system, teachers rep says

Minister wrong to say New Brunswick lags behind other provinces in instruction hours, George Daley says

Calls for flexibility

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Amid cuts, PCs opt to keep major child-care program

Amid cuts, PCs opt to keep major child-care program

Province will continue $12.2M program started by previous government

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'Less partisanship'

Animal protection in New Brunswick needs more teeth, minister says

Animal protection in New Brunswick needs more teeth, minister says

Jeff Carr says rules can be strengthened to protect pet population

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