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Trust that I informed Mr Higgs and David Wilkins the former Yankee Ambassador to Canada that I began shaking a lot of trees in Washington as soon as I read this article this morning


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/higgs-willing-to-change-forestry-plan.html





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-premier-open-change-forest-policies-1.5018536



Higgs willing to change forestry plan to end U.S. tariffs



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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks all our former Finance Minister would have to do is ask about Twin Rivers Filing for
Judicial Review of SEC Rule 30e-3 then ask where is the transcript and webcast for the hearing in 2003 about the Mutual Fund Industry N'esy Pas?

https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry

November 20, 2003

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.”

Witnesses

Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission

Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers

Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York









David Amos
David Amos
I know for a fact that if Mr Higgs had the sand to print this document and took it to Washington many Yankees would figure out where New Brunswick is in a heartbeat

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right










David Amos
David Amos
Trust that I informed Mr Higgs and David Wilkins the former Yankee Ambassador to Canada that I began shaking a lot of trees in Washington as soon as I read this article this morning


Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@David Amos They wouldn't have a clue who you are.

David Amos
David Amos
@Lou Bell How do you explain our conversations on the phone?


David Amos
David Amos
Lou Bell "They wouldn't have a clue who you are."

Clearly you don't

This document is 15 years old but its giving Higgs, Trudeau, the RCMP, Trump and the FBI headaches today

https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER








Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
Why did the CONs sign these asinine woodland agreements in the first place? And Higgs was part of that asinine government.


David Amos
David Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks the SANB knows what the Irving Clan wants the Irving Clan gets N'esy Pas?







Harold Benson 
Harold Benson
Where ya gonna get the wood? They flattened er when they heard about the last election, thanks to our ex Natural Resources minister.


David Amos
David Amos
@Harold Benson Private woodlots







Ronald Parker 
Ronald Parker
End the 40,000 per month please.


David Amos
David Amos
@Ronald Parker I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir









Ronald Parker 
Freddy Rose
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when tariffs are paid by Canadian companies, don't they end up going to the US government? If yes, then the solution would be to raise the price of crown land stumpage fees so the US drops the tariffs. Sounds like win-win to me. Our government gets more money, the forest companies get access to the US market again.

But, wait. Oh, right. The "Royal Family of NB" would have to pay more and send less $$$ to Bermuda.


David Peters
David Peters
@Freddy Rose

The idea is to break the monopoly so that the entire worldwide lumber market won't continue to be distorted...not to mention the damage it does to our local economy.

David Amos
David Amos
@David Peters Methinks everybody knows that the Yankee Governors won't care about what Mr Higgs has to say about softwood or anything else. Most Americans think of New Brunswick as a town in New Jersey N'esy Pas?









Ronald Parker 
Lou Bell
Where were the SANB / Liberals on this problem ? Oh, forgot , not a priority !


Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@Lou Bell
The problem started with Alward when he gave Irving what he wanted. More access to crownland with cheap lumber. Higgs kept his mouth shut then and will probably do something that will cost NBers more while letting Irving keep his gains on access to crownlands.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Lou Bell

I didn't know the Liberals where in power ? Your idol Higgs cant handles this alone ?

David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks the SANB, Mr Higgs and the Irving Clan all know why I ran in Fundy against Northrup N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/irving-natural-resources-crown-land-forestry-marketing-boards-1.4474896









Ronald Parker 
Lou Bell
The Americans are going to charge a tariff as long as American Lumber Association has their politicians in their pockets, like the NRA , the coal industry, the steel industry, and other big business . It's all about filling their pockets and the pockets of the politicians and will never change ! It has nothing to do will supply . The tariffs help drive up the price American lumber companies can charge the consumer , nothing else ! Can call it collusion or whatever you want .


David Amos
David Amos
@Lou Bell I call it GREED









Claude DeRoche 
Claude DeRoche
Once a Irving boy, always a Irving boy.


Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Claude DeRoche Wants to correct what the last government FAILED TO DO !! Their sole priority was to one fringe group , nothing else .

Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@Lou Bell
Irving IS a fringe group by itself. The last government hired a lobbyist to try and negate the mess Alward's made.

David Amos
David Amos
@Claude DeRoche YUP









Matt Steele 
Matt Steele
The Province , under various Premiers , has been giving away the wood from Crown Lands for years , and it will probably never change . When Frank McKenna was Premier ; he ordered that all Crown Land Leases be taken away from small individual lease holders , and given to the big forestry companies . The little guys tried to keep their Crown Leases , but McKenna rolled right over them like they were dirt . Even now , the stumpage rates are so low for Crown Land wood , that it has driven the small woodlot owners out of business as it costs more to cut their wood than what they can sell it for . It is understandable why the U.S. is upset over all the free wood that govt. is giving to the big forestry companies .


Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Matt Steele Actually , if Irving is getting a deal at 9.9 % , the small guy is out of business , then WHO is paying the huge tariff at 20.8 % ?????? Please verify !

David Peters
David Peters
@Matt Steele

It sure pays to have a media monopoly here in NB, eh? The corruption and other damage caused by monopolizing NB's resources can hide in plain sight.

David Peters
David Peters
@Lou Bell

From my understanding, the only sawmills left in NB are monopoly owned.

David Amos
David Amos
@Matt Steele Methinks you should ask yourself why the SNB and thier Green Party buddies barred me from debating Bruce Northrup about this topic as I ran against him in the last election N'esy Pas?









Ronald Parker 
Paul Bourgoin
Can New Brunswick Forest, Crown land, Freehold land, and Private Woodlots sustain Blaine Higgs ambitious move? Will the Wood exported be Tree length Lumber? Or board wood? Pulp Wood? Who will be the benefactors Industry with freehold wood? New Brunswick with crownland wood? The New Brunswick Private Woodlot owners with their wood? The Province has harvested approx. 80% of the protected areas, wildlife habitat also the Buffer zones reducing more than 70 % of all our wildlife populations habitat. An observation is that the time it takes a tree to grow to maturity the public’s use of the forest generates more revenue to the Province than a clear-cut forest Harvest. Management of our FISH, WILDLIFE AND HABITAT IS A MUST FOR NEW BRUNSWICK’s ECONOMY!


David Amos
David Amos
@Paul Bourgoin Methinks we get the governments we deserve when apathy rules the day N'esy Pas?










Ronald Parker 
Marc Martin
We all knew the Irving's where going ot be a priority for Higgs.


Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Marc Martin Actually , those paying 20.8 % are the big concern. Time to correct what the last guys couldn't do !!

Harold Benson
Harold Benson
@Lou Bell Any relation to mar?

David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks the SANB knows that the liberals have the same priority N'esy Pas?










Ronald Parker 
daryl doucette
Charge the Irvings and other forestry companies exactly what the tariff amount is, instead of giving away OUR crown wood to them for free. We may as well keep the money here in NB tax coffers instead of into the USA's .


Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@daryl doucette

Its already charged to the companies.

L C
L C
@daryl doucette Irving and all lumber companies are already charged and paying the Duties. Changing Forest practices will never accommodate the US Lumber Coalition - they will always cry subsidization. Softwood should have been included in NAFTA so the US Lobby Group - US Lumber Coalition would no longer be able to file these false claims against Canada and have final Veto power over any decision

Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@L C
The solution is simple just raise stumpage fees to that of market prices and the US won't see it has a subsidy anymore.

Paul Bourgoin
Paul Bourgoin
@L C
How do you know they were false claims?

David Amos
David Amos
@L C "Softwood should have been included in NAFTA"

Methinks we should ask all of our liberal MPs why it was not N'esy Pas?

David Amos
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David Amos
@daryl doucette Methinks Mr Higgs must have read this in the Irving news rag as I ran against his buddy Rob Moore in 2004 N'esy Pas?

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.

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@David Amos Continued

"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 ***** in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"

David Amos
David Amos
@David Amos Continued

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."








 Ronald Parker 
Rosco holt
It's simple, revoke the Alward crownland give away. Force mills to buy from private woodlot owners at market prices like it was in before big players in forestry decided to control the industry with government help.


Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Rosco holt

Exactly, this is exactly what is the problem they get the wood from the crown land for a fraction of the cost and then they impose the same rate to the private wood owners.

David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Its not rocket science




Higgs willing to change forestry plan to end U.S. tariffs

High tariffs charged on New Brunswick's softwood exports to the U.S. can't continue, says Higgs


Premier Blaine Higgs said he's open to changing New Brunswick’s forest policies if needed. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Premier Blaine Higgs has signalled he's open to changing New Brunswick's forest policies ahead of a trip to Washington later this month, where he hopes to bend the ears of key U.S. policy-makers.

The Progressive Conservative premier will use a trip to the National Governors' Association meetings to advance his goal of restoring the province's traditional exemption from softwood lumber duties.

"If we don't have a fair marketplace, we will fix it," Higgs told reporters this week.





He says he's even willing to meet with the powerful coalition of U.S. lumber companies that is responsible for the punishing tariffs.

"I'll meet with anybody and talk to anybody about anything," he said. "This is an issue that is very significant to us."

Waiting for review


The government is awaiting a review that will examine whether two reports by two New Brunswick auditors general, in 2008 and 2015, were correct in their criticisms of provincial forestry policy.


Higgs will travel to Washington, where he hopes to advance his goal of restoring the province’s traditional exemption from softwood lumber duties. Those reports were used by the American industry as ammunition in their push to take away the province's tariff exemption.
Higgs says if the review finds that the audits' conclusions were justified, he'll change policy accordingly.
"I want to know what we need to do to make this right," he said. "So if it comes back and says 'this is an issue,' we will deal with it."

And if that means changes to the previous Progressive Conservative government's 2014 forestry plan — with its long-term, legally binding contracts with major forest companies — Higgs says he'll be willing to go there, too.

He said the high tariffs now charged on New Brunswick softwood exports to the U.S.— 20.8 percent for most companies, and 9.9 percent for J.D. Irving Ltd.— can't continue.

'We must fix it'


"The justification to do something differently is pretty, pretty strong," he said. "We have the situation over here that's not working, and if we find a way to fix it, we must fix it."


The government is awaiting a review of reports by two New Brunswick auditors general, in 2008 and 2015, that will assess whether they were correct in their criticisms of provincial forestry policy. (Glen Kugelstadt/CBC) 
In 2017, Washington imposed new duties on Canadian lumber. Atlantic Canada had been exempt from those measures in the past because softwood was deemed to be not subsidized at a high level.
But New Brunswick lost that exemption after the U.S. lumber coalition argued that wood from provincial Crown land, which it considers subsidized, was becoming a larger share of the provincial market.

The coalition also predicted that the 2014 PC forestry plan would result in "an even higher share" of New Brunswick wood from Crown land in the future.

The U.S. Commerce Department said in its 2017 ruling that "private woodlot owners accounted for a much smaller share of the New Brunswick stumpage market than the government," and that amounted to a distortion of the market.

Tariffs challenged


The federal government has challenged the new tariffs under both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization.

New Brunswick producers are now in the midst of two different reviews of the U.S. findings and the tariff levels.
The 2017 finding by the Department of Commerce pointed to the 2008 audit by Auditor General Mike Ferguson, which found the New Brunswick market was "not truly an open market" because the small number of mills dominating the market suppressed the prices paid to private woodlots.

Ferguson's successor, Kim MacPherson, found in a 2015 audit that the province wasn't properly monitoring the share of Crown wood relative to private wood in the market — the "proportional supply" requirement that she said had not been respected since 2002.

No distortion in the market


MacPherson's most recent report last month said 13 of her 19 recommendations on forestry have been implemented.


Mike Legere, executive director of Forest NB, said the auditors generals' reports are inaccurate. (Rachel Cave/CBC) 
Mike Legere, the executive director of the industry group Forest NB, has called the audits inaccurate.
"If there's irrefutable evidence of distortion of the market, it has to be corrected," he said. "[But] we're quite confident there isn't distortion in the market."

Legere said his organization estimates the tariffs have cost provincial mills $130 million since 2017.

He said most mills were able to weather the higher cost of exporting to the U.S. "fairly well" in 2018 because lumber prices were high, peaking in June.

Mills face uncertainty


But some of them came close to closing before Christmas as prices dropped. A recent bottoming-out of prices is all that saved those mills from shutting down, he said.

"It's a very nervous, uncertain time to be operating a sawmill in New Brunswick," he said. "We're really at the mercy of elements that are beyond our control."


Most mills in the province have been able to weather the higher cost of exporting to the U.S. 'fairly well' in 2018 because lumber prices were high, Legere said. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) 
Legere said he wasn't sure whether a meeting between Higgs and the U.S. industry coalition would yield any results.
"I'm sure Mr. Higgs wants the coalition to be aware the iron is still hot in the fire. I'm not sure what new information he could bring them."

Higgs said he will also meet with former U.S. ambassador to Canada David Wilkins, an influential former Republican politician hired by the previous Liberal government to lobby the Trump administration and members of Congress.

Wilkins has been earning $40,000 a month, a figure the Gallant Liberals justified by pointing to the meetings he was able to arrange with key power brokers in Washington.
In Opposition, the PCs said it was a large expense with few results. Higgs said he'll meet with Wilkins to decide whether to keep him on retainer.

"I want to see what the plan is: what's been accomplished, what's the goal, and what is he doing right now?" he said.

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Province pulls off narrow surplus for 2018-19

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"It’s going to be a difficult budget,' says finance minister"

Surprise Surprise Surprise

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/province-pulls-off-narrow-surplus-for.html




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-government-projects-narrow-budget-surplus-1.5019718


Province pulls off narrow surplus for 2018-19

'It’s going to be a difficult budget,' says finance minister


Finance Minister Ernie Steeves says he's still looking for new ways to reduce spending for his first provincial budget next month. (CBC)
 he New Brunswick government will have a razor-thin $4.5 million budget surplus this year, Progressive Conservative Finance Minister Ernie Steeves has announced.
The dramatic improvement over the $188.7-million deficit projected in the Liberal government's last budget is attributed mostly to higher than expected revenues, including personal and corporate income taxes and federal transfer payments.

The new projection is from the government's third-quarter financial results for 2018-19.


Premier Blaine Higgs let the cat out of the bag two weeks ago when he said the province would have a balanced budget this year.
But Steeves warned that the surplus is on a "thin edge" and the province's debt continues to grow. That means his first provincial budget next month will look for new ways to reduce spending, he said.

"It's going to be a difficult budget. We need to explore new ways to do things in a more efficient manner."

Steeves said he's looking at all programs "from beginning to end" to find savings.

Figures released by Steeves's department project corporate income tax revenue will be $130.9 million higher than expected when the 2018-19 year ends on March 31. Personal income tax is forecast to be $101 million higher than expected.


Premier Blaine Higgs announced during his first state of the province speech that New Brunswick would have a balanced budget this year. (Stephen MacGillivray/Canadian Press)
Federal transfers for health and social services are also up because Statistics Canada has updated its 2016 census figures to reflect a higher New Brunswick population.

Spending is also higher than in the budget, including $21.7 million the province must spend to pay off contractors who were ordered in December to stop their work on various projects.

That's when Steeves cut planned infrastructure spending by more than $200 million, cancelling several large projects started under the Gallant Liberals.
That included a replacement New Brunswick Museum in Saint John and a new courthouse in Fredericton.

In its throne speech last fall, the Higgs government promised two tax cuts whenever the province had a balanced budget.

One was the elimination of the small business tax and the other was an end to property taxes on secondary properties.

Steeves said the government hasn't decided whether to make those cuts in its upcoming budget.
The minister will introduce his first full budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year when the legislature resumes March 19.

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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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David Amos
David Amos
"It’s going to be a difficult budget,' says finance minister"

Surprise Surprise Surprise







Lou Bell
Lou Bell
Meanwhile , Robert Gauvin was at a meeting of the Franco Phonie Games . Hopefully he clarified that New Brunswick is a province of only 750,000 people and NOT a country ! And that many of the participating countries are not even Francophone countries of any kind .


David Amos
David Amos 
@Lou Bell Methinks you forgot the best part Everybody knows the Quebecois lawyer Melanie Joly had shown no leadership when she was the Heritage Minister so she was shuffled away to oversee Canada's Francophonie issues Now Joly slams her home province for being cheap just like the Acadian lawyerDominic Leblanc did Too Too Funny N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/robert-gauvin-paris-2021-francophonie-games-1.5019904

"Earlier this week, after a special meeting of council Monday night, the City of Sherbrooke decided to pursue the games.

The city competed against Moncton-Dieppe during the original bidding process, presenting a budget of $52 million.

But the revised budget came up to $84 million, and with the province of Quebec putting the cap at $17 million for its contribution, Sherbrooke also found itself coming up short.

Quebec asked the federal government Wednesday whether it would contribute more than 50 per cent of the bill.

Canada's Francophonie minister, Melanie Joly, said Quebec would need to show more leadership and up its contribution if it was serious about the games.

Meeting chair Annie Laflamme of Canada said there were no offers on the table to host the 2021 Francohonie Games. (Radio-Canada)"






Lou Bell 
Lou Bell
The whiners sure seem to dislike helping the small business people !


David Amos
David Amos
@Lou Bell True but nobody knows who you are so why would your opinion count?










Lou Bell 
Lou Bell
Ah , nice to get a good nights rest knowing the " boogeyman " ( or should I say drunken sailor ) will no longer be bangin' on the door wantin' his money !


David Amos
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David Amos
@Lou Bell Then why are you up so late commenting in CBC?









Lou Bell 
Jim Cyr
It's very simple: the Conservatives prefer to have a surplus, even if it's a small one. The Libs and Greens are fine with a deficit, even if it's a big one.
Full stop.


David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Cyr "Full stop"

Too late you already put your foot in your mouth









Lou Bell 
eddy watts
The last time Higgs was part of government (Alward 2010-14) spending was indeed lower, but CUTS in essential services (health, education) were debilitating , as well as the increase in taxes. "Lest we Forget 2010-14" Job creation (minus 2%) Number of new businesses (minus 5%) new taxes (plus 5%)....University grad exodus (plus 6%)....Nova Scotia grad exodus minus 1%...other grads moved into N.S. The only group to benefit during 2010-14 Conservative tenure ?Big Business.


David Amos
David Amos
@eddy watts YUP









Pierre Cyr 
Pierre Cyr
Hardly makes sense. Revenue is up over 240 million and the feds added an extra 180 million which alone would wipe the deficit of about 188 million but we are barely treading water? Theres a 200+ million $ hole in that budget.


David Amos
David Amos
@Pierre Cyr It appears so








Lou Bell 
eddy watts
Ha not too difficult to do: CUT CUT CUT. No plans to increase revenue, typical Conservative innovative planning i..e. Less services in Health...Education.....environment....ohhhh no cuts in tax however, unless your name starts with I and ends in G.


Jim Cyr
Jim Cyr
@eddy watts Eddy, this may surprise you, but having a robust economy actually increases revenue to the state.

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@eddy watts So you've already seen the budget ! Hmmm !

David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Cyr Thats common knowledge even the Greens and the NDP know that









Harold Benson 
Harold Benson
Where is the litigator when you need him?


David Amos
David Amos
@Harold Benson I have been here all along










Lou Bell 
Aaron Lagendyk
Can we invest that money into a green energy grid?


David Amos
David Amos
@Aaron Lagendyk Methinks we are already producing more that enough electricity Its High Time to take care of the old folks in the hospitals who can't find a bed N'esy Pas?









Lou Bell 
Doug Leblanc
He should put it all on our funded debt in Gallant's name.

Gallant added over 3 billion and could have paved the highways with that.

Where he spent 3 billion is a good question that francophones should ask him.


David Amos
David Amos
@Doug Leblanc Methinks Gallant's fair weather francophonie friends have already deleted his number form their smart phones that we no doubt paid for N'esy Pas?









Lou Bell 
Richard Dunn
Keep up the great work Mr. Steeves. It will not be easy but we have the right team on the job.

It has been refreshing to see lots of positive changes now that we have adults looking after the chequebook.


David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Dunn Dream on








Lou Bell 
Jody Melsom
Let's see how excited we are when the highways are undriveable because they cut all road repair funding. How many more people get to die on Route 11 because he stopped the twinning of the highway??


Jim Cyr
Jim Cyr
@Jody Melsom That twinning was the most farcical project ever. Total "make work".

David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Cyr YUP










Harold Benson 
Harold Benson
Razor thin, in other words you don't have to tell us what you are going to do with it.


David Amos
David Amos
@Harold Benson Mais Ouis










Lou Bell

Shawn McShane
Everybody wants the surplus to go somewhere. the biggest hands at the table are the banks wanting interest on the debt. 1974 Pierre Trudeau should not have taken the country off the Bank of Canada.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rocco-galati-challenges-bank-of-canada-to-offer-interest-free-loans-1.3065650
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/04/17/Liberate-Bank-of-Canada/

David Amos
David Amos
@Shawn McShane FYI I have spoken personally with Rocco Galati Have you?










Matt Steele 
Matt Steele
This is certainly good news , but with a 14 BILLION PLUS prov. debt hanging over the taxpayers heads , a lot more needs to be done . The Prov. is spending nearly 2 MILLION per day just in interest payments . It is time to streamline govt. services ; and start getting rid of the govt. fat . Govt. should be providing ESSENTIAL SERVICES , and stop being a make work project for people who know someone in govt . Get rid of the Off Road Vehicle Unit as the Conservation Officers can do that job ; get rid of the Cigarette Police as the RCMP can do that job ; get rid of all the people in the Education dept. like Teacher Leads , Education Directors , etc. who are not actually teaching a classroom.....and so on . It would be so EASY to reduce govt. spending if the political will was there .


Eugene Peabody
Eugene Peabody
@Matt Steele It is always so easy for a Con to cut government costs,just eliminate jobs and services that I do not want. And that thinking is why there is a perfect Bell Curve on charts that show GDP and Conservative government reigns.We can see that right here in NB very easy.

Matt Steele
Matt Steele
@Eugene Peabody .... The prov. debt DOUBLED in the last 10 years....14.2 BILLION debt and nearly 2 MILLION per day just in interest payments . This for a province of around 750,000 people , with one of the oldest populations in Canada , and a rapidly declining birth rate....quite the bell curve .

Aaron Lagendyk
Aaron Lagendyk
@Matt Steele It's a lot simpler than just cutting some programs. Just lower taxes. Revenue doesn't come from personal income tax. It comes from capital gains and small business. It also doesn't help that a handful of companies have an absolute monopoly in the province either.

tldr; You give people more money and they're apt to spend it.

David Amos
FDavid Amos
@Matt Steele Methinks Mr Higgs knows that what I have been pounding on for years about how to get us out of debt I explained again during the last election in a debate in Fundy with Bruce Northrup et al and on Rogers TV as well. Nobody has disputed it yet.









Lou Bell 
Fred Sanford
I for one would love to see them cancel the stupid free tuition that the Liberals brought in and return to the previous student loan rebate for graduates who stay and work in the province. It's cheaper and creates incentives for our youth to at least try to make a life here instead of educating our young people for the benefit of other provinces.


Dan Armitage
Dan Armitage
@Fred Sanford Fred nurses tuition went up over 2000 dollars after the liberals started paying tuition In turn costing us all. The rebate on the student loan is a good program and we need to go even a little farther like you say in helping keep our kids here.
More work at keeping our youth In the province instead of worrying about immigration is first then immigration is second to that.

David Amos
David Amos
@Fred Sanford Me Too










Lou Bell 
michael levesque
you could even have a larger surplus if you would go after the 600 plus people collecting pension check they do not qualify for like rodeny weston and dana glendenning. just as domonic cardy he knows about it.


David Amos
David Amos
@michael levesque Methinks now that Cardy is a cabinet minister he has forgotten everything questionable conservatives and liberals have done in the past N'esy Pas?










Lou Bell 
kelly sherrard
There absolutely should not be cuts to healthcare and education. They have cut and slashed these 2 areas for so long and then they blame the workers when the resulting gaping holes become evident. This budget and the following ones during the Conservatives term could mean another 1 term gov't and you can't blame the voters for it.......


Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@kelly sherrard

*There absolutely should not be cuts to healthcare and education*

Where do you think he will replace the small business taxe revenues and the property taxe revenue ? It has to come from somewhere. Higgs was a finance minster for 4 years, for 4 years the Cons ran a deficit. There is only one way to replace these taxe, either he cuts OR he up taxe on the revenue.

Fred Brewer
Fred Brewer
@Marc Martin
All he has to do is start making big industry pay its fair share of taxes.

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@kelly sherrard Not sure where you get the cuts to Education , or even healthcare for that matter in the past few years ! But spin if you must !

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Marc Martin Just needs to rid the province of the spending " like a drunken sailor " of the party he just defeated !

Colin Seeley
Colin Seeley
@Fred Brewer

They just said that in NYC to Amazon.

They are leaving for somewhere else.

SNC were denied. They may fold and 8000 jobs lost to PQ.

Can’t be a serious comment.

Jake Devries
Jake Devries
@kelly sherrard he can save a bundle by combining the 2 health admins and the 2 Educations ones too..So much waste in duplicating...I hope PA really push the PC's into doing that

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Jake Devries

education is not an option its mandate by the Federal government in every province.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Fred Brewer

He has just mentioned he will lower the taxe for business and remove the proprety taxe...all that taxe money where will he take it from ?

Fred Brewer
Fred Brewer
@Colin Seeley
"They just said that in NYC to Amazon. "

Yup, and it was an easy decision for Amazon to leave as they had not started construction. But not so easy to move a refinery or a pulp mill. Get my drift?

eddy watts
eddy watts
@kelly sherrard you've got it...There was no (real) planning under Alward to reduce the debt besides CUTTING EDUCATION and HEALTH, as well as other services. Higgs was part of that government.

David Amos
David Amos
@Fred Brewer "All he has to do is start making big industry pay its fair share of taxes."

YUP










Lou Bell 
Marc Martin
*One was the elimination of the small business tax and the other was an end to property taxes on secondary properties. *

Totally a Cons move give more to the rich and remove from the poor. These taxes he will removes are millions he will need to get back somewhere.


Fred Brewer
Fred Brewer
@Marc Martin
That's a simplistic view of things. Reducing or eliminating taxes can spur the economy and generate additional tax revenue from HST and other existing taxes.

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Marc Martin So , NO CUTS to small business tax or second properties ! I imagine VERY FEW of these , if any , are " the rich " that you refer to !

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Fred Brewer

Did it work when Harper was in charge of Canada ? The billions the industry saved was not reinvested into the economy with jobs.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Lou Bell

Well they are richer then me. I don't own a second home do you ?

Stephen Long
Stephen Long
@Marc Martin It's not just second homes. Try to make a bit more money by renting a room in your house or the basement and you'll pay for it with higher property tax.

Eugene Peabody
Eugene Peabody
@Lou Bell No not all are but there are lots of people who are doing good.The cuts WILL help those who do not need it and not make much difference to the rest and will do nothing to improve the economy.All you have to do is look at the corporate tax cuts under Graham .That cut government revenue by approximately $400 million and did nothing to bring in new companies and did not improve the GDP despite being told over and over again that it would .

Eugene Peabody
Eugene Peabody
@Stephen Long So what is wrong with that? Improve your property and your assessment will go up because it is valued more if you want to sell it.

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Stephen Long 2nd properties ! All your SANB buddies have cottages out Shediac way ! That's where they hold their " caucus " meetings !

David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Cry me a river











Lou Bell 
Colin Seeley
Revenue increases were the results of increased personal and business taxes and transfer payments from Ottawa . Hardly a good thing.

Liberal Project Expenses were trimmed by $200 million.

A very good thing.

We stilll don’t have non - Govt job growth

Stay tuned. Higgs. Will fix the illLiberal messes.


Robert Brannen
Robert Brannen
@Colin Seeley

Was that a $200 million dollar trimming, or only $178.3 million due to the $21.7 million the province must spend as a result of the trimming?

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Colin Seeley

Oh will he ? Where do you think he will get the revenue taxes he is going to remove from the riches ? Do you think small business will hire more ? No. Do you think the rent and houses will go down ? NO.

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Robert Brannen Better to spend a little to save a lot than to spend a lot and save nothing .

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Marc Martin So , you're against small business or even helping them ! Perhaps we just need to help keep them from going out of business ! If you read the newspapers from around the province you would have seen where quite a few closed their doors in January all around the province !!

David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Brannen Methinks we should wait and see the budget N'esy Pas?











Lou Bell 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Excellent news! Now PLEASE use the excess cash to start fixing the massive potholes on New Brunswick roadways before someone gets seriously injured or killed trying to avoid them!


Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Emery Hyslop-Margison

Extra cash ? You people are not too good at math, he will need more cash to replace the 2 taxes he intend to remove and lower.

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Marc Martin Don't worry ! Them Liberal potholes will get fixed !

David Amos
David Amos
@Emery Hyslop-Margison Good Point











Lou Bell 
Dan Armitage
In its throne speech last fall, the Higgs government promised two tax cuts whenever the province had a balanced budget.

One was the elimination of the small business tax and the other was an end to property taxes on secondary properties.

keep this promise and your numbers will go no were but up


Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@Dan Armitage
Which numbers?
The provincial debt.... Is that the one?

Lou Bell
Lou Bell
@Rosco holt Getting the cost of the debt in control will do great things in the end ! Don't worry , he''l prove you wrong !

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Lou Bell

You mean like he did when he was minister of finance for 4 years running the worst deficit in years ?

David Amos
David Amos
@Dan Armitage Methinks its rather unusual for you to expect a politician to keep a promise particularly when it comes to elimination of taxation N'esy Pas?





Province eyes plan to tackle homelessness, social development minister says

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Methinks political people should their homework before they make fun of another man's troubles N'esy Pas?


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/province-eyes-plan-to-tackle.html





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-political-panel-homelessness-1.5019252



Province eyes plan to tackle homelessness, social development minister says



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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks I have every right to say BS because these people didn't care about the reasons behind the fact that I was homeless since 2005 merely because I ran against their political parties and did not beg the government for assistance N'esy Pas?


Trevis L. Kingston
Trevis L. Kingston
@David Amos Sorry...How could "merely running against political parties make
you homeless" since 2005?
Are you still homeless?
And are the same persons in office now that failed you...as in 2005?
Perhaps the problem lies within...not without.
I wish you better times in the future and the power to accept the things that you cannot change.

David Amos
David Amos
@Trevis L. Kingston Methinks political people should their homework before they make fun of another man's troubles N'esy Pas?



Trevis L. Kingston
Trevis L. Kingston
@David Amos ...I am neither political...nor...have I made any fun of anothers troubles...
I asked for clarification of your remarks only.
How you take my inquiries...is totally upon yourself.
Methinks...N'esy Pas?

Roger Richard
Roger Richard
@Trevis L. Kingston Mr. Amos is a whistleblower. Whistleblowers are not protected in our society. Mighty powers easily put them in the ground because we just do not care.




Province eyes plan to tackle homelessness, social development minister says

CBC New Brunwswick's political panel debates the provincial government's role in addressing homelessness


This week's political panel discussed the provincial government's responsibility to deal with homelessness. (CBC)


The Progressive Conservative government is working on a plan to help homeless people after Fredericton's temporary winter shelter closes, Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard said Thursday.

An overnight shelter in the city's downtown opened last fall because of a lack of beds at other shelters in the city, but it will close March 31.



Shephard said she was surprised by a letter Fredericton city council wrote to her this week, asking the province to step up and help with homelessness.
"We have the community partners all working together now," Shephard said on the CBC New Brunswick Political Panel podcast.

She didn't expand on provincial plans to help the people who face sleeping outdoors again when the shelter closes.

A housing plan will be shared with the public soon, she said.

The city's letter to Shephard said the city doesn't have the mandate, expertise or resources to provide social programs and temporary shelter services.


Minister of Social Development Dorothy Shephard said the government is trying to tackle homelessness as best it can. (CBC)
Shephard said there's no easy solution to the problem of homelessness.

"It's been around for quite some time, and government after government tries to deal with it the best way they can."

Liberal MLA Lisa Harris, the former minister for seniors and long-term care, said she's not sure the provincial government will be able to follow through with its plan.

"March 31 isn't going to be a warm [and] sunny day probably, and yes, the problem of homelessness has been around for a very long time, but it certainly has escalated just in this past year," Harris said.


Lisa Harris said she's worried the provincial government won't be able to follow through on helping homeless people. (CBC)
 "We have many different community groups doing the best that they can, but obviously they don't have the money that allows them to be able to help these people."

Harris said this is a "time-sensitive issue," and she's afraid people are going to be on the streets again in April.

"It's not just the City of Fredericton's issue. It's a New Brunswick issue."
Green Party Leader David Coon said there are things the minister can do within her department to help with homelessness.


Green Party Leader David Coon said there are things Shephard can do within her department to make it easier to get housing. (CBC)
"There are people in shelters who can't get into subsidized housing because … they were in subsidized housing some years ago and maybe they owe $650 or something, and they can't get back into subsidized housing," Coon said.

"Those kind of issues need to be addressed, so that we can reduce the number of people who are in shelters who can be housed more easily."

People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said municipalities should look after "these types of social issues."

"The public sector managing this ship of trying to build an economy and trying to look after our homeless and everything else it tries to do is just not realistic," he said.



Did SNC-Lavalin play a role in the last cabinet shuffle? 'Wide range of factors' did, Trudeau says

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https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/httpstwitter.html





 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/snc-lavalin-trudeau-kanata-1.5020896



Did SNC-Lavalin play a role in the last cabinet shuffle? 'Wide range of factors' did, Trudeau says



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Jay Schuster
Munroe Kelly
Justin, we don't believe you.


 
Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Stanley Baird

Trudeau was asked a question and answered the obvious, that the SNC-Lavelin case was one of many factors and files that needed to be dealt with by the Justice Minister whomever s/he was. The Meng extradition request is another. Trudeau has expressed full confidence in JWR, as she has done a superb job as Justice Minister, checking off almost all items in her mandate letter. But there is nothing precluding the PM from bringing in another MP who he believes can do even better in future assignments. It’s what CEOs do

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Richard Sharp I was wondering when your press release was coming out , thanks for clearing that up for us Richard, now we know.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Munroe Kelly One of the versions has to have some semblance of truth to it, maybe.

Ed Riley
Ed Riley
@Richard Sharp ..thanks Richard , I needed a good chuckle. You posts are always entertaining. I enjoy reading fiction.

les misner
les misner
@Richard Sharp Richard, you should have been a stand up comic.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "Trudeau was asked a question and answered the obvious, that the SNC-Lavelin case was one of many factors..."

I for one have heard about enough of this. How 'bout the rest of you?

Tom Barry
Tom Barry
@Richard Sharp

" But there is nothing precluding the PM from bringing in another MP who he believes can do even better in future assignments."

By playing ball and covering Trudeau's heinie.

She had to go, her integrity was getting in the way.

Jay Schuster
Jay Schuster
@Richard Sharp
I have yet to see him answer a question.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
Trudeau is spreading crafted information to try deceive Canadians. Richard in complicit. He a proven purveyor of misinformation.

David Amos
David Amos
@Munroe Kelly Try Googling the following to sort out the truth from fiction for yourself

"jody wilson-raybould T-1557-15"

David Amos
David Amos 
 @Richard Sharp "Trudeau was asked a question and answered the obvious"

Yea Right

Trust that Mr Scheer and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me bigtime when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?

Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" N'esy Pas?





Robert Green
 Leslie Kirby
Pretty easy to throw someone under the bus when they can’t speak. He is shameful.


Robert Green
Robert Green
@Leslie Kirby He's not throwing anyone under the bus he stating the way he saw this event go down.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Robert Green

"He's not throwing anyone under the bus he stating the way he saw this event go down."

He is stating that she proposed violating the independence of the judiciary. Really?

Aaron Morris
Aaron Morris
@Robert Green

You missed the part about Justin effectively gagging any rebuttal?

Allen Hurst
Allen Hurst
@Robert Green which story is the factual one, he has given no less than 4 different statements which contradict each other.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Jack O Hill "He is stating that she proposed violating the independence of the judiciary. Really?"

No where did Trudeau state that
The Justice Minister has the ability to direct prosecution, that is law and legal.

Arthur Gill
Arthur Gill
@Robert Green
You have to be kidding.

Arthur Gill
Arthur Gill
@Troy Mann
Not exactly true.
The Justice Minister does NOT direct the Office of the Prosecutor but can intervene in very special cases and only under certain circumstances.

Leslie Kirby
Leslie Kirby
@Robert Green spoken like a true Liberal

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Robert Green

"he stating the way he saw this event go down."

Sort of like the different perceptions of reality that occurred in Creston?

Frank Cow
Frank Cow
@Leslie Kirby
SHE chooses not to speak so that it can sink the PMO. This is orchestrated by her and her cronies.

Aaron Morris
Aaron Morris
@Frank Cow

I'd believe you if the PMO released a letter stating that she was released from privilege as it relates to this specific issue.

The fact that JT won't do such a thing is all I need to know. It would be the same if Trump were to plead the fifth on anything.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Leslie Kirby

I believe JWR was offered Philpott’s previous, prestigious portfolio in Indigenous affairs and refused it. She accepted Veterans Affairs and a defence department role too. When anonymous sources reported she was feeling pressured and she clammed up, the feds responded that no improper pressure had been applied. In fact, Trudeau confirmed with her their disccussion last September that the decision on SNC-Lavelin was hers to make. Obviously, that only applied while she was still AG and Trudeau of course had the perfect right to replace her.

Don Cameron
Don Cameron
@Richard Sharp said,
"I believe JWR was offered Philpott’s previous, prestigious portfolio in Indig. affairs..."

You've made this claim many times and have been asked on several occasions to back it up. Seeing as you continue to refuse to cite any reliable source for this information, I have to conclude you are simply making it up.

Scotty Davidson
Scotty Davidson
@Richard Sharp Remember how offended and outraged you were when Harper was passing 300 page omnibus budgets, changing our laws with no debate? Trudeau's are 500+ pages where he is allowing corporations to pay a fine instead of being prosecuted for breaking our laws. Please think about what you are defending here...

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "I believe JWR was offered Philpott’s previous, prestigious portfolio "

I believe you're full of it.

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "The Justice Minister has the ability to direct prosecution, that is law and legal."

Methinks you should have checked the docket in Federal Court in Fredericton by now N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Trudeau confirmed with her their disccussion last September"

Methinks you should confirm our discussion on the phone about your beloved liberal party N'esy Pas?








  

Rob Frost
Rob Frost

Trudeau sure is putting a lot of words in Jody Wilson-Raybould's mouth. He may come to regret talking so much when she finally does speak. However, I am not convinced Trudeau is smart enough to stop doing what he has been doing the past week. I hope Canadians bury him in the deep hole he has put himself in, in October.


Bert van
Bert van
@Rob Frost So far he hasn’t put any words in her mouth, that’s just pure con zzzz

Brad Calbick
Brad Calbick
@Bert van you did read the article right? The very first sentence is him spouting about what she said to him...since she cannot speak on her own I would say that is the definition of "putting words in her mouth"

Rob Frost
Rob Frost
@Bert van

"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould asked him if he was going to offer direction on the SNC-Lavalin prosecution case."

Example of him putting words in her mouth. Only Trudeau's version of events. You don't sound any more intelligent than your idol Trudeau.

Bert van
Bert van
@Rob Frost It also states his answer.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Rob Frost I see it everyday - some people don’t know when saying less is the better option. The PM lack of any real job before becoming PM is glaring obvious every time he makes offhand comments. Canadians will not make this bad choice of a PM again

Robert Green
Robert Green
@Rob Frost Cherry picken at it's finest.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Rob Frost

Trudeau was obviously way off when he spoke of his relationship with her and her presence in cabinet at the start of the week. Yet he's been speaking for her pretty much every day since which she remains gagged. It's not right.

Robert Green
Robert Green
@Jamie Gillis He has not been speaking for her he's stating the conversations they had and I highly doubt he would not tell it exactly like it was.Why would he?He knows the implications for mis speak in parliament and the reproductions that would come with it from the reformacons.As much as the reformacons try to paint Trudeau with the stupid brush it just never turns out the way they would like.He's always one step ahead of them.

Robert Green
Robert Green
@Robert Green repercussions.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Robert Green

I'll rephrase: he's been making statement that directly involve her without her having the ability to confirm or deny his version of events.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Robert Green

Additionally, he's been very careful to limit his statements to interactions between her and him alone. Never any mention of anyone else in the PMO. Interesting given that the Liberals on the Justice Committee just voted down to add said members to the witness list, don't you think?

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Robert Green

"He has not been speaking for her he's stating the conversations they had and I highly doubt he would not tell it exactly like it was"

He is stating that she inquired as to whether she should violate the law by breaching the independence of the judiciary?

Really?

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Rob Frost

...and I hope Canadians are smart enough to see through this engineered crisis, after years of manufactured crisis spilling out of the US onto our doorstep...since there are other crisis’s already happening, but I don’t see Scheer or Singh pivoting to those, since this one seems to have legs...which should tell you all you need to know about how much they truly care...

...I hope Canadians are smart enough to see through this shameless vote grab...but I fear they aren’t.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Matt Thuaii

Conservatives on here are all over the place with their bumper sticker slogans but lack of any substance.

Remember Harper and Sheer both support Deferred prosecution agreements. Harper directed his Ministers in a regular basis...

Conservatives are so full of faux outrage it is funny to watch. Look at them down in the US all shrugging off every single Trump gaffle which is what they did here when Harper was PM

Murray Joah
Murray Joah
@Troy Mann
And another deflection!!!

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Troy Mann

"Harper directed his Ministers in a regular basis... "

Harper directed his ministers to use a change in law that came into effect in June of 2018?

How do you come up with this stuff?

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@Troy Mann look around you.there about 3 people on this board that believe trudeau.Do you think 99.9% of the people are wrong?Open your eyes.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Jim Clark " look around you.there about 3 people on this board that believe trudeau.Do you think 99.9% of the people are wrong?Open your eyes"

Hilarious but the important thing to remember is the CBC is the only safe place to "debate" for the JT glee club and although the "team" thinks their lies influence others, they are merely deluding themselves.

Derek Golota
Derek Golota
@Rob Frost ...JT should have stayed at home and continue teaching drama p/t at posh private schools.

steve wilson
steve wilson
@Derek Golota ... yeah and ask Andy to grab my cheque when he has a moment...

David Amos
David Amos
@Rob Frost "However, I am not convinced Trudeau is smart enough to stop doing what he has been doing the past week. "

Methinks somebody's Mother used to say Stupid is as Stupid does N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Remember Harper and Sheer both support Deferred prosecution agreements. Harper directed his Ministers in a regular basis... "

Methinks truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No." in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Mr Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice and Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015

Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?










steve wilson
Jerome Smith
Love how liberals defend corruption! It’s hilarious


Munroe Kelly
Munroe Kelly
@Jerome Smith
It's not hilarious, it's tradition.

Jay Bertsch
Jay Bertsch
@Jerome Smith that's not true, some Liberals maybe, not all. Most Canadians just want answers, regardless of political stripe.

Cameron Kernick
Cameron Kernick
@Jerome Smith The Quebec Premier is saying that the feds should go easy on SNC-Lavalin because jobs and all. My response to that is there is no social license for Quebec's dirty corporations in the rest of Canada.

Stephen Hui
Stephen Hui
@Cameron Kernick Don't forget Quebec makes up 22% of all voters in Canada. It's why they're generally able to get what they want. Ontario's the only other province that is bigger and we're somewhat use to Quebec being like this at times.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Jerome Smith

The only corruption is fabricated corruption from cons who lust for power yet have zero policies.

John Chow
John Chow
@Troy Mann

Yet This story began with a breaking story by one of our major national newspapers, not the opposition.

Richard Ade
Richard Ade
@Jay Bertsch "that's not true, some Liberals maybe, not all. "

I agree with you but it seems it's usually the influential ones at the top that are usually involved in these corrupt practices, leaving the honest lower ranking liberal helpless.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@John Chow I don't think Troy liked that fact, hence your 1 down vote. :)

Stacey Bindman
Stacey Bindman
@Jerome Smith
En Francais, SVP
J'aime comment les libéraux défendent la corruption! C'est pas hilarant!

David Amos
David Amos
@Jerome Smith "Love how liberals defend corruption! It’s hilarious"

Welcome to the circus

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "The only corruption is fabricated corruption from cons who lust for power yet have zero policies."

Too Too Funny









  

Cory Park
Cory Park
We are so lucky it's an election year


Cory Park
Cory Park
@Jerome Smith banana republic if that happens

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Cory Park

The Libs are ahead in the polls and with Singh and Scheer as opposition leaders, they will win again.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp So you say


  








Cory Park
Chuck Martens
Empty words .... Let her speak !!


steve wilson
steve wilson
@Chuck Martens ... she is CHOOSING not to speak!

David Amos
David Amos
@steve wilson Methinks WHY is the question N'esy Pas?


  





Simon Kung
Simon Kung
Why don't I believe you, Mr. Trudeau?


Aaron Morris
Aaron Morris
@Simon Kung

What, you find that silencing critics doesn't bode well for credibility?
Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "Trudeau has never been caught in a lie."

Yes he has. The budget and electoral reform are two of them.

David Amos
David Amos
@Aaron Morris Methinks I am walking talking proof of that fact N'esy Pas?

Go Figure

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276











Reid Fleming
 Reid Fleming
“If Scott Brison had not stepped down suddenly there would not have been a cabinet shuffle and Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.”

Yes, Trudeau just said that on camera.


Tish Lapierre
Tish Lapierre
@Reid Fleming
stepped down because of another sorid liberal affair....Norman

Archie Levesque
Archie Levesque
@Tish Lapierre And to spend more time with his family in NS while working at his new job in Toronto

Szilvánusz Gorgiás
Szilvánusz Gorgiás
@Reid Fleming : He doesn't dare say in in the HoC because misleading Parliament is big non-no in an election year..

steve wilson
steve wilson
@Reid Fleming ... what are you implying?

steve wilson
steve wilson
@Reid Fleming ...yeah, so? Cabinet shuffles are triggered by many things. No shuffle? She would still be in her old position. Please explain what you are trying to imply in this.

David Amos
David Amos
@Reid Fleming Methinks that had a lot to do with the prosecution of Admiral Norman N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-cabinet-leak-trial-prosecution-1.5021156









Steve Timmins 
Steve Timmins
Gerald butts is receiving lots of protection. Why?


Bradan Feasa
Bradan Feasa
@Steve Timmins
I imagine it was Butts who did the pressuring.
All this doesn't make sense to me. Trudeau states JWR asked if she was being directed or going to be directed and he's now perplexed as to why JWR resigned. Now Trudeau is blaming the victim, stating she should have come to him if she felt she was being pressured.
My mind is made up on this matter. I think Trudeau is lying through his teeth.

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Steve Timmins

The fear the liberals have of the monumental amount of skeletons in his closet.

He has proven himself to be dangerous to Canadians.

John Adams
John Adams
@Steve Timmins Because he knows where the bodies are buried and will dig them up if challenged. The PM figures the public can be duped but is scared of what Butts has on him.
Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@Steve Timmins He knows the truth and it isnt the Brison excuse.

Gary Walker
Gary Walker
@Steve Timmins because he's above the law, at least in this governments eyes.

Jane Beagle
Jane Beagle
@Steve Timmins

Ole Ger has been relatively out of the spotlight ever since day one. You know, the day he bilked taxpayers out of $127,000 to move 450kms up the 401.

Niles MacDonald
Niles MacDonald
@Steve Timmins
Because Gerald Butts is the real PM. He runs the country and Trudeau is his lapdog. Or at least his nurse.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Bradan Feasa even if you believe Trudeau WR was demoted and replaced with a liberal hack from Quebec shortly after the SNC decision. I think he plans to reverse it. Those facts alone are concerning for a PM that likes to talk about rule of law, reconciliation, feminism, and transparency.

David Amos
David Amos
@Steve Timmins "Gerald butts is receiving lots of protection. Why?"

Methinks because if need be he will take the fall for his buddy just like Harper's pal did in the Duffy Affair N'esy Pas?










Stanley Baird 
Munroe Kelly
Is it me or did Justin just break Cabinet Confidentiality?

He's made so many irregular statements he doesn't know regular from irregular.


Chuck Martens
Chuck Martens
@Munroe Kelly

Has the same problem at the border

Art Champagne
Art Champagne
@Munroe Kelly
I believe he has waived his client privileges as well, so does a few top law professors as seem on PNP

David Amos
David Amos
@Munroe Kelly Methinks Trudeau The Younger ain't the savvy dude his Daddy was N'esy Pas?





Did SNC-Lavalin play a role in the last cabinet shuffle? 'Wide range of factors' did, Trudeau says

PM was asked if the SNC-Lavalin affair played a role in shuffling Wilson-Raybould out of justice


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, continues to be dogged by questions about the cabinet move and subsequent resignation of former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould. (Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened the door to more questions this morning about his conversations with former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould regarding the SNC-Lavalin fraud case and his reasons for shuffling her out of that role.

Wilson-Raybould resigned as Veterans Affairs minister earlier this week — just days after a Globe and Mail report alleged that when she was at the Department of Justice, she was pressured to tell the director of public prosecutions to draft a "deferred prosecution agreement" to avoid taking SNC-Lavalin to trial on bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya.

Wilson-Raybould was moved from the Department of Justice to Veterans Affairs in January's cabinet shuffle.


Trudeau defended that shakeup, arguing it was triggered by former Treasury Board president Scott Brison's decision to not run again and to step down from cabinet.

"If Scott Brison had not stepped down from cabinet, Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be minister of justice and attorney general," Trudeau told reporters during a BlackBerry funding announcement in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata.

When pressed to say whether the SNC-Lavalin affair played a role in reassigning Wilson-Raybould, Trudeau said there were a "wide range of factors" to consider.

"Any time one makes a decision to shift members of cabinet, there always a wide range of factors that go into making that decision," he said.
NDP MP Nathan Cullen said the lack of a firm "no" in response to that question was troubling.

"Let me be clear. If he is given a specific question — was she fired because she didn't do what you wanted her to do and obstruct justice? — and his answer is anything other than 'no', definitively, we have a problem," he said.

"We have a huge problem. Because that is obstruction of justice. That is going to the very heart of what corruption looks like.

"I am stunned by the prime minister's answer to this because it was as close to a confirmation that you're probably going to get from this guy as to what really happened here."

PM says Wilson-Raybould asked if he would be directing her 


Since the first SNC-Lavalin story broke in the Globe and Mail late last week, Trudeau has denied that his aides pressured Wilson-Raybould to intercede on the company's behalf.

On Friday he said that Wilson-Raybould did ask him if he was going to offer her direction following the "many discussions" his government was having about the Quebec engineering firm's fraud and bribery case — including discussions with Quebec premiers, MPs and the company's representatives.

"There were many discussions going on, which is why Jody Wilson-Raybould asked me if I was directing her or going to direct her to take a particular decision," Trudeau said. "And I of course said no, that it was her decision to make and I expected her to make it.

"Obviously, as a government, we take very seriously our responsibility of standing up for jobs, of protecting jobs, of growing the economy, of making sure that there are good jobs right across the country, as there are with SNC-Lavalin. But as we do that we always need to make sure we're standing up for the rule of law and protecting the independence of our justice system."
Cullen said Friday's press conference was a litany of excuses.

​"It looked desperate. I mean, blaming this whole thing on the departure of one of his cabinet ministers is insulting the intelligence of Canadians. I don't understand how the Liberals think this is going to work," he said.

"I truly believe this thing is unraveling in front of our eyes. I don't know why the prime minister thinks he is winning the day and sounding at all believable."

When asked if Wilson-Raybould might have interpreted his comments as pressure, Trudeau insisted again that it was her responsibility to raise those concerns.

"If the minister or anyone else felt undue pressure or felt that we were not living up to our own high standards of defence of the rule of law and our judicial system and judicial independence, it was their responsibility to come forward."

He also wouldn't answer questions about what Wilson-Raybould told him when she tendered her resignation, saying only that he accepted her decision even if he didn't understand it.

When asked for her side of the story, Wilson-Raybould has cited solicitor-client privilege.
In her resignation letter, she said she has retained the services of lawyer Thomas Cromwell, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, to advise her on "topics that I am legally permitted to discuss on this matter.

SNC-Lavalin faces charges of fraud and corruption in connection with nearly $48 million in payments made to Libyan government officials between 2001 and 2011.

The company has pleaded not guilty.

If convicted, the company could be blocked from competing for federal government contracts for a decade.

The case is still at the preliminary hearing stage.

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The 9 faces at the centre of the Jody Wilson-Raybould, PMO affair


Former minister of Justice and attorney general of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould, is the first witness opposition MPs on the House of Commons Justice Committee want to hear from. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)



This week, the House of Commons justice and human rights committee held an emergency meeting to probe allegations that the Prime Minister's Office applied pressure to the minister of justice to help the Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution in a bribery case.

During that meeting, Liberal, Conservative and NDP MPs sparred over which witnesses would appear before the committee. Nine key names came up in that debate; some are high-profile political figures, while others are more obscure to anyone outside the Ottawa bubble.

Here's a who's-who list for the upcoming committee hearings.


Jody Wilson-Raybould


Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister sent to Veterans Affairs in the recent cabinet shuffle, resigned from cabinet days after the Globe and Mail quoted anonymous sources saying members of the Prime Minister's Office tried to get her to help Quebec construction giant SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution on bribery and fraud charges through a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), sometimes referred to as a remediation agreement.

SNC-Lavalin is before a court in Montreal, charged with fraud and corruption in connection with payments of nearly $48 million to public officials in Libya under Moammar Gadhafi's government and allegations it defrauded Libyan organizations of an estimated $130 million.

During the political firestorm that followed the report, Wilson-Raybould refused to comment on the case, saying she was still bound by solicitor-client privilege. She has since retained former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell as counsel to advise her on what she is allowed to say publicly.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has publicly stated that the allegations in the Globe and Mail report are false.

Gerry Butts, Trudeau's principal secretary

 


Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gerry Butts. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Gerry Butts, Trudeau's most senior adviser, did — according to the lobby registry — meet with officials from SNC-Lavalin early in 2017. Both the NDP and the Conservatives want Butts to appear at committee. The Liberal majority on the committee, however, voted down a motion that would have made this possible.

Cameron Ahmad, a spokesman for Trudeau, told the Globe and Mail that Butts had spoken to Wilson-Raybould about the SNC-Lavalin case. Ahmad went on to say that Butts told Wilson-Raybould to take the issue up with Canada's top civil servant, Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick.

Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General Nathalie Drouin


Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, Nathalie Drouin. (facebook.com/JusticeCanada)
Drouin was appointed in June 23, 2017, and worked under Wilson-Raybould. She was one of three names put on the witness list by the Liberal members of the committee. The New Democrats also want Drouin to appear but the Conservatives have left her off their witness list. Drouin has not been lobbied by SCN-Lavalin on issues related to justice since the time the Liberals came to office.

Justice Minister David Lametti


New Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
He's Wilson-Raybould's immediate successor as both justice minister and attorney general of Canada. In the Trudeau government, he served first as parliamentary secretary to the minister of international trade. He was moved to the position of parliamentary secretary to the minister of innovation, science and economic development in January of 2017, a position he held until his promotion to minister in the Jan. 14, 2019 cabinet shuffle.

Lametti has stated many times that neither he nor his office were directed to take any specific actions by the Prime Minister's Office. All three parties want Lametti to appear as a witness before the Justice committee.

Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council of Canada

 


Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council. (Julie Ireton/CBC)
Wernick is Canada's most senior public servant and an adviser to the prime minister. All three parties on the justice committee want him to appear as a witness. According to sources that spoke to the Globe and Mail, Wernick reprimanded Wilson-Raybould for a series of critical remarks she made in speeches about the Liberal government's reconciliation efforts last fall.

In a Nov. 29 speech in to the provincial cabinet and Indigenous leaders, Wilson-Raybould said:
"Thinking that good intentions, tinkering around the edges of the Indian Act, or that making increased financial investments — however significant and unprecedented — will in themselves close the gaps, is naive. Transformative change and new directions are required."

Wilson-Raybould's chief of staff, Jessica Prince

 


Chief of staff to former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. (twitter.com/jesshwprince)
As the former justice minister's chief of staff and policy adviser, Prince would have worked closely with Wilson-Raybould. Prince was put on a list of desired witnesses by the Conservative Party, but not by the Liberals or NDP. She may be able to shed light on what, if anything, Wilson-Raybould was told by the PMO.

Public Prosecutions Director Kathleen Roussel


Public Prosecutions Director Kathleen Roussel. (ppsc-sppc.gc.ca)
Roussel was appointed to her position in June of 2017. As the director of public prosecutions she is responsible for the management of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. The Conservative members of the justice committee have requested that she appear and give testimony; the NDP and Liberals have, so far, not requested her presence.


Roussel is the official who informed SNC-Lavalin that the company was not going to be invited to negotiate a remediation agreement. Less than two weeks later, the company filed for a judicial review of that decision.

According to sources that spoke to the Globe and Mail, Roussel's decision provoked a debate at senior levels of government over how to proceed.

Senior adviser to Trudeau on Quebec issues Mathieu Bouchard


Senior adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Quebec issues. (twitter.com/mbouchardmtl)
According to the federal government's lobby registry, Bouchard met with officials from SCN-Lavalin more than a dozen times between early 2016 and late 2018.

Both the NDP and the Conservatives want to speak to Bouchard. The PMO has not said whether Bouchard spoke to Wilson-Raybould about the SNC-Lavalin case..

Senior policy adviser to Trudeau Elder Marques

 


Elder Marques, senior adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (LinkedIn)
Marques was moved from his position as chief of staff to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains in the fall of 2017 to take up his role in the PMO as a senior adviser. Marques was lobbied by SNC-Lavalin at least a half dozen times in his position as chief of staff to Bains and in his PMO role.

The Conservatives have asked for Marques to appear before the Justice committee. So far, the PMO has not said whether Marques has spoken to Wilson-Raybould about the SNC-Lavalin prosecution.

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Methinks the RCMP know I would love to tell the folks a lot about them hence my next lawsuit N'esy Pas?

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David Amos
David Amos
I must say that Scott Reid has a lot of nerve to offer an opinion in light othe f fact that everybody knows he has been well aware of the file below since he worked for Paul Martin

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right







Tim Mann
David Chambers
Risk? The brand is already severely damaged. That's what incompetence, arrogance and corruption will do.

Tim Mann
Tim Ma
@David Chambers

The brand hasn't changed since 1867.


Thomas Young
Thomas Young
@Tim Mann wrong. the Liberals have gradually swung to the right like everything else.

Moira Wilkinson
Moira Wilkinson
@David Chambers
That’s what the cons hope for.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@David Chambers

Quick vote for Conservatives. That’s what this is really about, right?

Bastions of morality, competence and humility that they are.

Karen O'malley
Karen O'malley
@Matt Thuaii Both the Libs and the Cons must be dumped. They no longer listen to the people they are supposed to represent.

steve wilson
steve wilson
@David Chambers .... severely? Well in the eyes of the right it was always severely damaged so they don't hold much sway with a bias of that magnitude.

David Amos
David Amos
@Karen O'malley "Both the Libs and the Cons must be dumped. They no longer listen to the people they are supposed to represent."

I Wholeheartedly Agree

James Holden
James Holden
@David Chambers

Their brand is not nearly as tarnished as the Conservatives.
4 years later and their damage to Canada is still evident.

david kirby
david kirby
@James Holden
I know here is a good idea---Lets re-elect Trudeau because of Harper four years ago

mo bennett
mo bennett
@David Amos hey! where's yer signature phrase? did the comment police make ya give it up?


Lee Hall
Lee Hall
@James Holden Their brand is not nearly as tarnished as the Conservatives.
4 years later and their damage to Canada is still evident.
_________________________________________________________________

Premier Ford's government for the wealthy and corporations is successfully turning off most in Canada's most populous province, that his government alone will greatly boost the Liberals re-election chances.

This is all in real time. No need for memories of Harper.

Art Rowe
Art Rowe
@Karen O'malley
And then the NDP? OMG as if we were not in enough trouble already.
Look at their history and other than Jack Layton have not and will not have a leader who can be called that.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Karen O'malley

The Liberals do their best to represent all Canadians, but end up not pleasing everyone...the Conservatives represent corporate interests and foreign powers who want our resources (opps...I mean “old stock Canadians”)...and the NDP represent...hope and change? Maybe?

I’ll take the Liberals over the current alternatives every time.

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@David Chambers
Now that is different, my response gets cut while showing like it is up. ICUC is just full of new deceptions.

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@David Chambers
Harpercrites will beat on their desks for a few more weeks and then some sort of review will be conducted followed by them demanding said person in charge of the review to speak publicly only to express, if the PM had asked me if he should shuffle her position before doing so, I "probably" would have advised against it. Just like with Mary and the whole blown out of all proportion island visit.

Ed Marcetic
Ed Marcetic
@David Chambers

Absolutely... Voted Liberal all my life this coming go around nosiree ! Trudeau has been an utter disaster and huge disappoint to the middle class

James Holden
James Holden
@david kirby

Harper still controls the Conservative Party.
He controls their wallet.
His policies are still in place.
He holds Andy's strings.

William Ben
William Ben
@James Holden keeping the liberal brand alive?

James Holden
James Holden
@Ed Marcetic

Your posts indicate that you are a Trump fan.
It is highly doubtful that you are a lifelong Liberal voter.
Just more disinformation.

James Holden
James Holden
@William Ben

I don't have to.
It is still far stronger than the ReformaCon brand.

David Amos
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David Amos
@mo bennett "hey! where's yer signature phrase? did the comment police make ya give it up?"

YO MO Nope just but tis all Methinks I should be Happy Happy Happy that you noticed N'esy Pas?

Glen robert
Glen robert
@David Chambers
You do know there is no difference between a conservative and a Liberal.
We just tend to forget

Chris Harris
Chris Harris
@David Chambers

The silver lining for the Liberals is that this catastrophe has nearly made us forget about the Liberals inept strained relations with China and India, short end of the stick trade agreement with the USA, the fact that hypocrite Bill Morneau used low tax business dollars to buy a French villa, instead of high tax personal dollars like you or I would have to do, and the fact that key Liberal fundraiser and Trudeau buddy Steve Bronfman' loaned himself' millions of dollars in the Caymans, to make a stock market windfall, paid back the principal, and currently uses the proceeds of that windfall to invest and funnel tax free money back to Canada (all of which is ok by Trudeua and Morneau, who have their boot heels on the throats of small business owners). A real distraction.

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YUP and NOPE


Annabelle Murphy
Annabelle Murphy
@David Chambers There is no way to explain you way out of this debacle, and the more Trudeau speaks the deeper the hole becomes. Attempting to supress the truth by limiting who can be questioned is the fast track to a loss in the upcoming election.



David Amos
David Amos
@John Dirlik “Follow the money” remains a time-tested maxim.

Methinks that is just another one of those things I do that nobody seems to appreciate N'esy Pas?



David Amos
David Amos
@André Carrel The problem is not in the risk, it is in the concept of "Brand".

I must say that Scott Reid has a lot of nerve to offer an opinion in light of the fact that everybody knows he has been well aware of the file below since he worked for Paul Martin

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right



Dee Ray Ng
Dee Ray Ng
@Lee Hall

"Premier Ford's government for the wealthy and corporations is successfully turning off most in Canada's most populous province, that his government alone will greatly boost the Liberals re-election chances."

As I've said elsewhere, out of the frying pan and into the fire isn't a solution.

It's them vs us. Certainly most have figured that out by now.

Dee Ray Ng
Dee Ray Ng
@Art Rowe

"And then the NDP? OMG as if we were not in enough trouble already.
Look at their history and other than Jack Layton have not and will not have a leader who can be called that."

Ummm...miss Nathan Cullen's shining example of late?

Dee Ray Ng
Dee Ray Ng
@david mccaig

The Russians thank you for giving them more power than they even knew they had.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

I really think Trudeau is plain dumb, either that or he's clever beyond my ability to comprehend him. I say this because here he is not over morally offending the right of Venezuelans to sort out their own political problems by towing the line supporting the Americans , who have overthrown 60 governments since the end of WW2, and who have no regard for democracy anywhere in the world and only care what each targeted country can do for Americas billionaires that run their economy, BUT HERE WE HAVE Justin Trudeau who it seems is blindly supporting the US coup d'tat in Venezuela to get access to one of the worlds largest deposits of oil. GOOD LUCK to Alberta, because their tar sands will sure be dead after this brilliant piece of foreign strategy.

Carson Brook
Carson Brook
@David Chambers

yeah - and this thread well managed at source.... comments contrary to this sort of attack.... are just disappearing as fast as they are posted. Is anyone thinking we still have a democracy? I don't think it's the Russians - I think this tsunami of swarming faker headline news is all generated in the newsrooms and 'opposition''war rooms' getting to redefine what home grown means - slander attack fear destroy... it's why they call it a 'war room'.

David Amos
David Amos
@Carson Brook Methinks you should Google your name and mine in the same search line N'esy Pas?











Buford Wilson 
Buford Wilson
Justin needs to step aside.

For the good of the country.


Gerard Groenewegen
Gerard Groenewegen
@Buford Wilson No, Buford. I want him to stay in to be defeated at the polls. He has been too smug and condescending for too long. That'll bring him down a notch or two.

Stephen David
Stephen David
@Buford Wilson
I think many Canadians agree.....a resignation is in order.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Buford Wilson

He legalized marijuana in Canada, made Trump look like a fool and buried the separatism in Quebec that started under his dad.

Trudeau is the greatest Prime Minister in Canadian history.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Stephen David

What you think and reality are two different things.

Unlike the details of this “scandal”, that we know for certain.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Buford Wilson

But Gerald would never let him. Justin has the name and image that Gerald desperately needed to carry out his agenda because he knows nobody would follow him. And Justin, likely unaware that he's being exploited by Gerald, just saw this as a chance to try look like his dad. A walk with his children along the great wall, a trip to India...he won't give that up.

David Amos
David Amos
@Matt Thuaii "Unlike the details of this “scandal”, that we know for certain."

Methinks that is only because you refuse to read anything I have been telling you N'esy Pas?

James Holden
James Holden
@Buford Wilson

So says the American Ork.

James Holden
James Holden
@Stephen David

Conservatives don't need any actual evidence to convict Liberals.

John Dirlik
John Dirlik
@Buford Wilson

Trudeau is disappointing but prime minister Scheer? Scheerly you jest.

Tom Barry
Tom Barry
@Matt Thuaii

"He legalized marijuana in Canada, made Trump look like a fool and buried the separatism in Quebec that started under his dad.

Trudeau is the greatest Prime Minister in Canadian history."

'Don't bogart that joint my friend' :)

Lee Hall
Lee Hall
@Buford Wilson <--- a="" an="" and="" br="" cor="" corporate="" country.="" have="" leader.="" leading="" ndp="" our="" parties="" party="" rupt="" two="" unelectable="" useless="" virtually="" we="" with="">
We will have another Liberal Government, no matter how co rupt they are, mostly because the majority of Ontario has already had a preview of the 'do as we say' Government for the wealthy and corporations under Doug Ford.--->

John Dirlik
John Dirlik
@Lee Hall

Very true. I can only wishfully dream about what Jack Layton could have accomplished if still alive.

Lee Hall
Lee Hall
@John Dirlik <---- a="" aid="" alienating="" alone="" be="" br="" effectively="" federal="" ford="" government="" greatest="" his="" is="" john="" liberals="" majority="" of="" ontarians="" ourside="" perhaps="" premier="" re-election.="" s="" so="" that="" the="" to="" will="">
I absolutely want to see the Liberals held accountable. But the Conservatives are even more dangerous for average Canadians.---->

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@John Dirlik

At this point I’ll take Liberal mediocrity over Conservative willingness to pander to the lowest common denominator...or their own brand of scandals...or their wooden, unlikeable leader...or their lack of a coherent platform (aside from “Socks!”)...tendancey to pander to American whims...corporate whims...repeated betrayals of the military...farmers...fishing industry...selling out half their party and their history for a power grab...

...other than those things the Conservative are pretty great though.


Lee Hall
Lee Hall
@Matt Thuaii <--- accept="" and="" any="" br="" conservatives="" consistently="" corporations.="" corporations="" donations="" far="" from="" fundamentally="" greater="" large="" matt="" other="" party.="" represent="" than="" the="" they="" very="" wealthy="">
It is absolutely impossible for a political party to have it both ways, work for the filthy rich, and look out for average Canadians as well.

It's another reason why Canadians have abhorrent choices politically.--->

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@David Amos

As usual, you seem confused. My thinking is based on the fact that I know each party is dirty, each one will pander to their base for power, and each one will dig into any “scandal” and stoke it forever over making good policy if it gets them one extra vote...

...I just happen to not mind Liberal dirt as much, I like their base more, and find their scandals far less offensive.

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Buford Wilson
This actually looks like democracy, yet you want to go back to the dark decade??? Doesn't seeing Pierre Poliveau feign contempt remind you of those unhappy days??

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Tom Barry

Why would I do that? It’s legal now, and there’s plenty to go around...well, aside from the odd shortage here and there...

...but come harvest season that shouldn’t be a problem.

William Ben
William Ben
@Arlond Lynds come on only Trudeau has ever earned 5 ethics violations - 5 more than any other sitting PM

Tom Barry
Tom Barry
@William Ben

He walks on water.



David Amos
David Amos
@david mccaig "Sadly we've learned onecthing for sure Justin isn't his dad."

Who cares Papa Pierre was no better

harry richard
harry richard
@David Amos ... pet lite

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Buford Wilson I would also like him to stay and get defeated. Other options include firing his closet advisors in the PMO if they put any kind of pressure on WR, publicly acknowledge the wrong doing, apologize to WR, get the judicial committee members to vote for a real investigation, and offer WR her old job back at justice. Somehow I do r think he will do this but their is a chance. In any case the judicial committee needs to its job and investigate. I see a liberal caucus revolt coming

David Amos
David Amos
@harry richard YUP

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Buford Wilson
Harper fans talking about the good of the country? PM Trudeau winning the election and finally freeing us of the completely undemocratic Harper Government™ was for the good of the country.

Scotty Davidson
Scotty Davidson
@Arlond Lynds Harper was deemed undemocratic for passing omnibus budgets changing our laws. Trudeau's are 200 pages longer that Harper's. With more benefits for corporations to break our laws without being prosecuted.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Matt Thuaii "As usual, you seem confused."

I am far from confused I am the guy suing the Crown (Federal Court File No T-1557-15) and you are the dude whining in a public forum


Dee Ray Ng
Dee Ray Ng
@David Amos

"Who cares Papa Pierre was no better"

I cares seeing he was way better.

Carson Brook
Carson Brook
@Buford Wilson

weird eh? where are the voices for Jody Wilson-Raybould to step forward and be clear about her truth to power? nowhere - because she has powerful control over uncontrolled headlines attacking Justin Trudeau and our government in her name... without her actually putting her name to anything - except letting her name become a weapon in her silence.

david kirby
david kirby
@Dee Ray Ng
At least he was smart

David Amos
David Amos
@david kirby What good are smarts if you are not ethical?

David Amos
David Amos
@Matt Thuaii "As usual, you seem confused."

Nope I am the guy who ran for public office six times thus far and sued the Crown in Federal Court and you are the dude whining about politicians on a webpage supported by taxation Correct?







Anthony Montana
Denis Dalore
I know I have lost all confidence in Trudeau and won't be voting for him again. He's definitely coming across as dishonest with his shifting stories at this point.


Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Denis Dalore Ya, Andrew Scheenernonsense will solve all your unrealistic problems.

harry richard
harry richard
@Anthony Montana ... Miss May, Miss May, Miss May

Christopher Johnston
Christopher Johnston
@Denis Dalore You never voted for him. Somebody supporting Scheer didn't vote for Trudeau.

John Sollows
John Sollows
@Denis Dalore

All the adoration for Trudeau after the last election was over the top. He is a fellow imperfect human, who did some good things and made some mistakes even during his first month.

I do have confidence in a lot of his cabinet; he had better listen to them.

Jerry jordan
Jerry jordan
@John Sollows the cabinet does not act on their own .....they are like clapping seals in a lot of cases. i would agree with you if the cabinet would disagree with their prime minister more . this goes for any political party.

steve wilson
steve wilson
@Denis Dalore unlike many inhere I try to research a bit and the history of Denis makes it clear that he is passing himself off as a former liberal but his posting history show only a tirade of attacks on the Liberals. Hard to believe that after a long read through that history anyone would believe your ridiculous claim that you EVER voted liberal and certainly not in the last election.

Too bad people feel so emboldened as to completely fabricate things rather than making a cogent argument to support their views. Spreading falsehoods and division must be easier than the truth.

David Amos
David Amos
@Denis Dalore "I know I have lost all confidence in Trudeau and won't be voting for him again"

Methinks you are not alone but trust that many would agree that the Greens, the NDP, the Bloc, Harper 2.0 and Maxime are no better Nesy Pas?

James Holden
James Holden
@Denis Dalore

Your posts paint you as a fervent Conservative.

Conservatives seek to hobble the government and let the rich run things through their corporations.
Harper has Trump's back.
Harper controls the Conservative Party's money.
Harper controls Scheer.

Read Paul Wells informative articles on Harper in Maclean's.

Lee Hall
Lee Hall
@James Holden <--- above="" absolutely="" all="" are="" br="" correct="" immediately="" in="" james="" mine.="" of="" post="" statements="" with="" you="" your="">
A story like this one will attract Conservative supporters as they just pile on.

You can read 100s of Conservative posts, and not find one that outlines what, if anything, a Conservative government offers working Canadians.
They are the official party of corporate Canada and global neo-cons.

They have disdain for working Canadians, more than any party.--->

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Denis Dalore
So you are going to vote Scheer? Ninty percent of what he told Atlantic Canadians during his last visit was untrue, Energy East is dead, because there is no business case for it with Keystone approved and it never was going to lessen East Coast reliance on foreign oil under any circumstance. Unless you want the tax payer to upgrade the Irving refinery for them, that is the only way it would ever happen. They won't even pay property taxes on the ship yard we built them.

William Joseph Westcott Sr.
William Joseph Westcott Sr.
@Jerry jordan you are so right...and that’s why Jody’s resignation was mind numbing for JT. She gave up 200+ k in salary plus perks etc. Not many seals would throw away susceptible tasty morsels...

Jennifer McIsaac
Jennifer McIsaac
@Denis Dalore

I am unclear how his explanation has shifted. He has maintained all along that neither he nor the PMO pressured JWR.

He has given more details over time but it is all consistent with his first statements.

Jennifer McIsaac
Jennifer McIsaac
@James Holden

Yes, indeed, A Scheer government would be many times worse given a complete lack of constructive ideas from the Conservatives, nearly everything he says is either factually challenged or completely ill informed.

They exist to be wannabe paparazzi and National Enquirer reporters who slither about trying to find slime to throw.

Jennifer McIsaac
Jennifer McIsaac
@Arlond Lynds

The other issue is that Quebec will be just as difficult for this pipeline as BC is over TMX.

It is also very true that the Saint John refinery cannot handle heavy oil as a feed-stock so it will not stop light oil imports.

Scheer lives in some sort of dreamland.


david mccaig
david mccaig
@Denis Dalore

If Trudeau is guilty and has damaged the liberal party at such a crucial time just before an election, he should be figuratively hung drawn and quartered politically.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

And i voted for the guy.

David Amos
David Amos
@david mccaig "And i voted for the guy."

Cry me a river

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Denis Dalore
Yeah sure, like you voted for him last time. Sure didn't take your new entity long to get up to speed on all the talking points.










Rick Guthrie 
Rick Guthrie
So in Canada it's ok to allow a crime to occur as long as it saves jobs. I'll not allow that in my country. Will you? I don't care how many jobs are at stake.


Elma Fayerrly
Elma Fayerrly
@Rick Guthrie They use the same in the USA and UK. This is not unusual.

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Rick Guthrie hmmm...what crime?

Tom Smith
Tom Smith
@Rick Guthrie too late, the DPA assumes that there is a reasonable prospect of conviction among other requirements. And since the DPA is/was being considered, it would suggest that jobs, at least jobs in Quebec, outweigh criminal behaviour.

Rick Guthrie
Rick Guthrie
@Elma Fayerrly
So, it's still wrong. Why can only large corporations take advantage of 'prosecution agreements'. I can't, you can't.

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Rick Guthrie Cause, money talks, bs walks...

Rick Guthrie
Rick Guthrie
@Anthony Montana
Bribery to start with. Don't follow the news much, Ah.

Denis Dalore
Denis Dalore
@Anthony Montana Obstruction of justice.

harry richard
harry richard
@Rick Guthrie ... let the mighty fall and hard

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Rick Guthrie SNC yes for sure , sorry I wrongly interpreted your original statement. Government has done nothing criminal though.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Rick Guthrie

Actually in the UK and USA too...and anywhere that large companies operate...because DPAs are now standard when dealing with crimes SNC Lavalin is accused of...Scheer knew that when he met with them too...which all makes it seem strange the prosecution was so dead set against using one...oh well...

Go Conservatives!

David Amos
David Amos
@Matt Thuaii Dream on


William Ben
William Ben
@Rick Guthrie Only if its in a tactical riding that keeps this level of deceit in power apparently - Alberta would not stand a chance

Richard Donald
Richard Donald
@Rick Guthrie There would be very very few jobs at stake. The talented people at SNC -- the engineers and workers would not miss a pay check when they started to work for Stantec or whatever other company would take on the SNC contracts.

There would be huge loss of investment in Quebec pension plans because they choose to invest in an obviously corrupt company,

Michael Gall
Michael Gall
@Rick Guthrie
The point is the people who are going to lose job did nothing wrong but they will suffer if the company goes down. Is that fair ?
I believe let the company survive but charge the ones who committed the crime is better way to deal with the case.


david mccaig
david mccaig
@Rick Guthrie

"So in Canada it's ok to allow a crime to occur as long as it saves jobs."
How do know that, nothings been proven yet. This could be the RUSSIANS messing with our elections.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Rick Guthrie

One thing past liberal governments have known and respected , no one is above our system of government and the welfare of Canada.

John Chow
John Chow
@david mccaig

Do you think the 'Russians' infiltrated the Globe and Mail to set this in motion?

David Amos
David Amos
@david mccaig "How do know that, nothings been proven yet. This could be the RUSSIANS messing with our elections."

Yea Right Methinks desperate politcal pundits post desperate things N'esy Pas?

Lawrence Vickers
Lawrence Vickers
@Elma Fayerrly That doesn't make it right Elma!

Eric Meinert
Eric Meinert
@David Amos Those pesky Russians!

Felicia Kinzburg
Felicia Kinzburg
@Rick Guthrie Not so many jobs would be lost. Somebody needs to fulfill the building projects. So, many other contractors (not only Lavalin) will get the bids for those projects, will create healthy competition, and will hire engineers and workers with experience to get the job done.

Derek Gorman
Derek Gorman
@david mccaig I would think the Russians would WANT Trudeau in power. He is the perfect puppet. Destroying our oil economy, destroying our armed forces, dividing our regions..... Its not the Russians, it is our damn fool PM.

Derek Gorman
Derek Gorman
@david mccaig The Russians would WANT Trudeau in power. The perfect puppet who is destroying our oil economy, destroying our armed forces, dividing our country.



Felicia Kinzburg
Felicia Kinzburg
@Rick Guthrie Not so many jobs would be lost. Somebody needs to fulfill the building projects. So, many other contractors (not only Lavalin) will get the bids for those projects, will create healthy competition, and will hire engineers and workers with experience to get the job done.

Derek Gorman
Derek Gorman
@david mccaig I would think the Russians would WANT Trudeau in power. He is the perfect puppet. Destroying our oil economy, destroying our armed forces, dividing our regions..... Its not the Russians, it is our damn fool PM.

Derek Gorman
Derek Gorman
@david mccaig The Russians would WANT Trudeau in power. The perfect puppet who is destroying our oil economy, destroying our armed forces, dividing our country.

David Amos
David Amos
@Derek Gorman Its not the Russians, it is our damn fool PM"

Relax everybody knows the Russians are laughing at the nonsense.









Michael Gall 
Ron Wilson
Bottom line guy here... Trudeau has not answered one single question straight up. And, now, if the PMO is limited the people whom the inquiry people can speak to, that proves they are hiding something.

Simple as that.


harry richard
harry richard
@Ron Wilson .... woah woah woah Ron commonsense doesn't work here

Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson
@harry richard

You're right, I guess I kinda got carried away...

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Ron Wilson He answered, no reason for time wasting inquiries. This issue is a factless based political election stunt by the conservatives as they are trailing in the polls and will continue to do so...

Jerry Eldridge
Jerry Eldridge
@Anthony Montana
Well there will not be a majority either with the 2 main ones, and the other possibly looking for a new leader. What's left?

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Ron Wilson

Bottom line...Canadian jobs were saved and the marijuana industry is booming...

...and that’s all true conservatives really care about.

David Amos
David Amos
@Matt Thuaii Yea Right

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Anthony Montana

Um...all those downvotes mean you’re wrong. Unless of course they’re made up...

...just like most of the details of this story so far.

david kirby
david kirby
@Anthony Montana
Well Trudeau is certainly doing his best to give the Cons a leg-up



david mccaig
david mccaig
@Ron Wilson

Its a great day for the usual culprits who come here and everyday spout Trudeau is bad, blah , blah.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Ron Wilson

If the conservatives had any integrity and truly cared about Canada , they would see this a blow to our system of government and not use it as tool to just regain power, but of course, i would think thats asking too much from this breed of right wingers.

David Amos
David Amos
@david mccaig "If the conservatives had any integrity and truly cared about Canada , they would see this a blow to our system of government "

Methinks you should scroll up and down check my work and take it up with the NDP N'esy Pas?










Jim Gurtle
Jim Gurtle
It’s no longer a risk, it is an issue, as his brand is already irreparably damaged. Between Creston and SNC, he can no longer claim feminism, aboriginal reconciliation, transparency or integrity.


Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Jim Gurtle Save the whales and Polar bears...Climate change is real and its coming to kick our butts.

Matthias Fiene
Matthias Fiene
 
@Anthony Montana , you on the wrong page , buddy

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Matthias Fiene Anyone with a "axe the carbon tax" sign, is on mother nature's "naughty" list and will be butt kicked by her...soon enough!

James Holden
James Holden
@Jim Gurtle

Conservatives love to blow things out of all proportion when then perceive a political advantage can be had.

Doug McComber
Doug McComber
@James Holden replace “Conservatives” with “partisans” and you’d have a more accurate statement. That is the nature of politics.

David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Gurtle "he can no longer claim feminism, aboriginal reconciliation, transparency or integrity."

Methinks even the Conservatives should agree that no political party had the right to employ the word integrity since I ran in the election of the the 38th Parliament N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@David Amos Go figure why this file can be in the public records of courts on both sides of the 49th parallel

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right










Bort Smith
Bort Smith
I wouldn't call it brand damage so much as the mask has slipped and we see the Liberals's true face.

Nothing has REALLY changed since the sponsorship scandal.

This party believes that it has a God given right to do what ever it wants because little things like right versus wrong and basic principles don't matter.

Pierre Filion
Pierre Filion
@Bort Smith
When someone as been convicted of being Unethical. What would you expect.

Bort Smith
Bort Smith
@Pierre Filion

Well, I go even further.

I don't think the fault is just the PM's, I think the problem is in the whole of the Liberal party. The PM is just the head of the cyst.

Hamish lawrence
Hamish lawrence
@Bort Smith

Trudeau himself is only a pawn of the liberal power brokers.

Jim conor
Jim conor
@Bort Smith They have yet to try and bribe a sitting senator. Have also not had people including MP's sent to jail for election fraud. And they have not threatened bird watching clubs with tax audits. I could go on.........

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
hmmm...Stephen Harper is gone dude!

Bart Browning
Bart Browning
@Anthony Montana So why bring him up?

Bort Smith
Bort Smith
@Anthony Montana

What?

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Bort Smith You mentioned being unethical..so I thought you were talking about Harper. First and only PM to be convicted of influence peddling in parliament.

Bort Smith
Bort Smith
@Anthony Montana
Really can you provide an RCMP report on the matter?

David Amos
David Amos
@Bort Smith Methinks the RCMP know I would love to tell the folks a lot about them hence my next lawsuit Then you can read a report N'esy Pas?



Freddie Philpott
Freddie Philpott
@Anthony Montana
JT, first and only PM to be found guilty of 4 ethics violations.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Bort Smith Hollywood and the liberal party both need a “me too” awaking. They both talk up feminism but in the end their actions speak louder

David Amos
David Amos
@Hamish lawrence "Trudeau himself is only a pawn of the liberal power brokers."

Methinks even a pawn should be clever enough to quit yapping after he Googles the following N'esy Pas?

Jody Wilson-Raybould Federal Court file no T-1557-15

David Amos
David Amos
@Anthony Montana "Stephen Harper is gone dude!"

Nope that dude hangs his hat at the Denton's law firm right beside Jean Chretien's








david kirby
Leslie Rowe
"Liberals risk 'brand damage' over Wilson-Raybould controversy, says former Martin government official"

All on Justin Trudeau's watch. Who didn't see this coming? Unfortunately, with this incompetent, in 2015 Canadians chose fashion and pop culture over brains and common sense.

Heave Ho In-com-pe-tent Tru-deau 2019


Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson
@Leslie Rowe

Yep, and we got tons of "selfies" and "he's SO hot" from all the 20 year old females.

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Ron Wilson yes true but I guess you are more into Scheernonsense Pillsbury dough-boy looks...hey, to each his/hers own!

Leslie Rowe
Leslie Rowe
@Ron Wilson

Oh, and let's not forget pot. Because of him, youth now have more access to pot than ever before. They got "their guy" plus the Trudeau-endorsed "legal" supply chain.

Anthony Montana
Anthony Montana
@Leslie Rowe Ya mon, herb is life! Thank you Justin!

Karen O'malley
Karen O'malley
@Leslie Rowe Trudeau wasn't voted *for*, he was voted in because there were no viable alternatives and promised electoral reform. It was a vote against this type of politics, rather than a vote for him.

David Amos
David Amos
@Karen O'malley Methinks many would agree he got more votes over the promise to legalize dope so he made certain that he kept that promise N'esy Pas?










Charles Smith 
Rod Poirier
The damage alreafy started in 2015.


David Amos
David Amos
@Rod Poirier Methinks many would agree that it started with Trudeau the Elder in 1968 N'esy Pas?









Charles Smith
Charles Smith
Harper was not well known for transparency but even he immediately waived attorney client privilege during the Duffy affair. The PM may be totally innocent in this but he is sure making himself look guilty.


Robert Swanson
Robert Swanson
@Charles Smith
Former P.M. Harper also agreed to waive privilege in the Adm. Norman affair with ties to P.M.O. and Privy Council interference... jus' sayin'...

David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Swanson Methiinks thats saying a lot N'esy Pas?


Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@David Amos Methinks? Jar Jar Binks..? is that you?

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Phil Mein Nope I am who I say I am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE


David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein Google Fundy Royal Debate

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@David Amos You bring up soe very well thought out points, not once did you say "Methinks" though! Unfortunately , even though I think you would have been a fine choice in the election, you had no chance due to your appearance , as shallow as it is, the long hair and beard probably didn't help.

David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein You forgot my lawsuit

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@David Amos Lawsuit ?

David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein Federal Court File no T-1557-15

David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein Google David Amos wiretap

David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein Still think I am shallow?

David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein Google RCMP Sussex David Amos



Liberals risk 'brand damage' over Wilson-Raybould controversy, says former Martin government official

Scott Reid: Government 'knew it was headed for trouble' with comments about former attorney general


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould during a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2015 in Ottawa. She resigned from cabinet earlier this week. (CP/Adrian Wyld)


In the week since the SNC-Lavalin story broke, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has changed his talking points several times.

After the story first hit, Trudeau insisted that the allegation in the Globe and Mail story — that Jody Wilson-Raybould had been pressured by the Prime Minister's Office while serving as minister of justice to help the Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution in a bribery case — was false.

He said Wilson-Raybould's continued presence in cabinet, as minister for Veterans Affairs, spoke for itself.









Then she quit — and the message changed. Wilson-Raybould, Trudeau said, had never raised with him the suggestion that the PMO was pressuring her to go easy on SNC-Lavalin, and he made it clear to her that any decisions on the file were hers alone to make.
The shifting nature of Trudeau's explanations suggests a recognition that the government's messaging has gotten out of hand and a correction was needed to contain some of the blowback, said one member of former prime minister Paul Martin's inner circle.

Scott Reid, who served as the director of communications to Martin during the sponsorship scandal that led to a public inquiry, said that if enough voters conclude that Wilson-Raybould was thrown under the bus, it could leave a stain on the Liberals that would be hard to shed in an election year.

"If a conclusion was reached that that suggests that the only way to defend the actions and the integrity of the government is to put the boots to a former cabinet minister — who is a woman, who is Indigenous, who is from British Columbia, who's very sympathetic — then I think that would have brand damage," he told host Chris Hall on CBC Radio's The House.

"And I think that's why you've seen the government shift its tone over the course of the week, because I think it knew it was headed for trouble on that front."

Wilson-Raybould has yet to speak publicly on the matter. Reid said the story is so murky at this point that it might be worth calling in a former Supreme Court justice to do a month-long investigation and release its conclusion publicly.

The Globe and Mail reported last week that officials in Trudeau's office pressured Wilson-Raybould to tell the director of public prosecutions to draft a 'deferred prosecution agreement' that would allow SNC-Lavalin to avoid trial on bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya.

Treasury Board President Jane Philpott took to Twitter after news of the resignation emerged to express her support for Wilson-Raybould.

Liberal government insiders have said in the past that Wilson-Raybould was difficult to work with.

Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough told The House she didn't share that point of view, but also said she believed the prime minister's explanation of the SNC-Lavalin affair.


The National
SNC-Lavalin affair timeline key to claims of PMO pressure on Jody Wilson-Raybould

 In the SNC-Lavalin affair, one of the key questions remaining is who exactly said what to then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, and did it amount to pressure to treat the company lightly. 3:26

Qualtrough said she's never felt any pressure from the PMO in her portfolio — a file which touches on the administration side of corporate wrongdoing — adding that if she felt any of her fellow ministers were being pushed one way or another, she'd report it to Trudeau herself.

Trudeau said Friday that Wilson-Raybould at one point asked him if he was going to encourage her to make a particular decision on the SNC-Lavalin file.

"There were many discussions going on, which is why Jody Wilson-Raybould asked me if I was directing her or going to direct her to take a particular decision," Trudeau said. "And I of course said no, that it was her decision to make and I expected her to make it."

Qualtrough said she wouldn't speculate on why Wilson-Raybould and Trudeau spoke about the matter or what was discussed, but said it's not unusual to have talks about a massive company like SNC-Lavalin, or a new legal tool like the deferred prosecution agreements.

A comms strategy


Reid said that if he were advising Trudeau now, he'd tell him to stanch the bleeding by answering media questions as clearly as possible and to find a way to wrap the controversy up quickly.

He admitted, however, that it's not as easy as it sounds.

"If you work in the Prime Minister's Office, you'd prefer it to not have to peel the onion completely," Reid said. "Sausage-making is ugly."



The National
How is the SNC-Lavalin affair impacting the Liberal Party brand ahead of the election? | At Issue

 The SNC-Lavalin affair has sparked two government-related probes and led to the resignation of a cabinet minister. What’s been the impact on the Liberal Party brand? Our At Issue panel is here to discuss. 11:46


On Wednesday, an emergency meeting of the House of Commons justice committee was called to discuss a proposal from the Conservatives and New Democrats to hear from nine witnesses — including PMO officials and Jody Wilson-Raybould herself.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Liberals tabled their own motion that severely limited the witness list, leaving only three names. Attempts to amend the motion failed.
Reid admitted it doesn't look good when a government shuts down lines of inquiry, but he argued that, due to solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidence issues, it's almost impossible to have those conversations in committee without the dialogue descending into a "political gong show."




PCO lawyer asked prosecutor if there was a way to 'engineer issues' in Norman case, court hears

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The PCO lawyer Paul Shuttle and his latest boss knows the ball started rolling between the RCMP, the PMO and the PCO and I in 1982 when Trudeau The Elder was the Prime Minister


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/pco-lawyer-asked-prosecutor-if-there.html





https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-cabinet-leak-trial-prosecution-1.5021156



PCO lawyer asked prosecutor if there was a way to 'engineer issues' in Norman case, court hears



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Henri Bianchi
Henri Bianchi
Exactly how does one "engineer" the legal issues in judicial proceedings?

Unless there is a proper explanation this stinks.


David Amos
David Amos
@Henri Bianchi Methinks everybody knows that my documents filed in the docket of the Federal Court of Canada easily prove that the PCO lawyer Paul Shuttle has been engineering the legal issues in judicial proceedings against me for years The strange part is that Admiral Norman's lawyers know it as well N'esy Pas?









Don Cameron
Don Cameron
If the top lawyer at the Privy Council Office asked federal prosecutors if it was possible to "engineer the issues at stake" in the criminal case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, that seems like the very definition of 'political interference'.

What on earth is wrong with this Prime Minister's PCO and PMO?
The buck stops with Trudeau.


John Nelson
John Nelson
@Don Cameron Arrogance is the main problem. Plus the prime minister actually believes his own nonsense. Well, actually I'm not sure the PM knows or believes anything. He's just a talking (empty) head for his handlers.


David Amos
David Amos
@Don Cameron "The buck stops with Trudeau."

That is true but the PCO lawyer Paul Shuttle and his latest boss knows the ball started rolling between the RCMP, the PMO and the PCO and I in 1982 when Trudeau The Elder was the Prime Minister




---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>


Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:36:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15 and my many calls and emails about 

my concerns about the lack of Integrity of the RCMP, Justin Trudeau, Ralph Goodale, 
Frank McKenna, Michael.Wernick Paul Shuttle, Daniel Jean, Malcolm Brown and legions 
of others
To: "Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/pco-lawyer-asked-prosecutor-if-there.html



https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-cabinet-leak-trial-prosecution-1.5021156

"As he spoke, Justice Perkins-McVey flipped through the censored
version of the meeting notes and asked, "What about comments from Paul
Shuttle, like, 'Is there a way to engineer the issues at stake?'"

The Crown did file an uncensored version with the courts on Friday.

MacFarlane insisted the meetings were meant to identify a potential
witness who could speak to the issue of cabinet confidences. Norman is
accused of leaking cabinet secrets related to a $668 million
shipbuilding deal to lease a supply ship for the navy in 2015.

The judge seemed skeptical of that explanation."


Henri Bianchi
Exactly how does one "engineer" the legal issues in judicial proceedings?

Unless there is a proper explanation this stinks.


David Amos
@Henri Bianchi Methinks everybody knows that my documents filed in the
docket of the Federal Court of Canada easily prove that the PCO lawyer
Paul Shuttle has been engineering the legal issues in judicial
proceedings against me for years The strange part is that Admiral
Norman's lawyers know it as well N'esy Pas?





Don Cameron
If the top lawyer at the Privy Council Office asked federal
prosecutors if it was possible to "engineer the issues at stake" in
the criminal case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, that seems like
the very definition of 'political interference'.

What on earth is wrong with this Prime Minister's PCO and PMO?
The buck stops with Trudeau.

John Nelson
@Don Cameron Arrogance is the main problem. Plus the prime minister
actually believes his own nonsense. Well, actually I'm not sure the PM
knows or believes anything. He's just a talking (empty) head for his
handlers.

David Amos
@Don Cameron "The buck stops with Trudeau."

That is true but the PCO lawyer Paul Shuttle and his latest boss knows
the ball started rolling between the RCMP, the PMO and the PCO and I
in 1982 when Trudeau The Elder was the Prime Minister


---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:53:29 -0400
Subject: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15 and my many calls and
emails about my concerns about the lack of Integrity of the RCMP,
Justin Trudeau, Ralph Goodale, Frank McKenna, Michael.Wernick Paul
Shuttle, Daniel Jean, Malcolm Brown and legions of others
To: "Michael.Wernick"<Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>,
Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Daniel.Jean@pco-bcp.gc.ca, "Malcolm.Brown"
<Malcolm.Brown@ps-sp.gc.ca>, scott.bardsley@canada.ca,
bbusson@telus.net, info@pic.alberta.ca, Gina.Wilson@cfc-swc.gc.ca,
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WPS-PIO@winnipeg.ca, manuelle.oudar@cnesst.gouv.qc.ca,
"hon.ralph.goodale"<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Frank.McKenna"
<Frank.McKenna@td.com>, jkee <jkee@google.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Norman.Sabourin"
<Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca>, "marc.giroux"
<marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
"bill.pentney"<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "brian.hodgson"
<brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca>, danielle.antoniuk@assembly.ab.ca,
postur <postur@for.is>, "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"Gilles.Moreau"<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>

Daniel  Jean
National Security and Intelligence
Advisor to the Prime Minister
59 Sparks St, Ottawa, Ontario
Telephone Number  613-957-5056
Daniel.Jean@pco-bcp.gc.ca,

Malcolm Brown
Deputy Minister for Public Safety Canada.
269 Laurier Avenue West
Telephone Number 613-991-2895
Email  Malcolm.Brown@ps-sp.gc.ca

Beverley Busson.
RCMP Commissioner (retired).
Phone: 250-320-8984.
Email: bbusson@telus.net

Marianne Ryan
Public Interest Commissioner
9925 – 109 Street, Suite 700
Edmonton, AB T5K 2J8
Phone: 780-641-8659
info@pic.alberta.ca

https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Announcements/NewsReleases/2017/NewsRelease_OmbudsmanPICSwearingIn_July2017.pdf

Danielle Antoniuk, Communications Officer
Legislative Assembly Office
Mobile: 780.886.5637
Office: 780.643.2252
Email:  danielle.antoniuk@assembly.ab.ca


Gina Wilson
Deputy Minister for Status of Women Canada.
269 Laurier Avenue West
Telephone Number  819-420-6801
Email  Gina.Wilson@cfc-swc.gc.ca



http://llrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/LLRIB-Phone-Directory-updated-April-28-2017.pdf

Tammy Cook-Searson
Chief, Lac La Ronge First Nation Indian Band
Telephone Numbers 306 425 1132 ext 225
306 425-8144
Emails tcooksearson@llrib.ca
tammy@tansi.ca

http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/institute/organization/organigram/board

Contact us 514 288-1551  communications@irsst.qc.ca

Madame Manuelle OUDAR
Chef de la direction
Québec (Québec) G1K 7E2
524, rue Bourdages, 2e étage
Téléphone :(418) 266-4637
Courriel : manuelle.oudar@cnesst.gouv.qc.ca


Devon Clunis as close as I could get to him was here

Kelly Dehn, Manager of Public Affairs
Office: 204-986-3061
E-mail: WPS-PIO@winnipeg.ca

Barbara Byers as close as I could get to her was here

http://canadianlabour.ca/about-clc/contact-us

Atlantic Region
1718 Argyle Street, Suite 420
Halifax, NS  B3J 3N6
Telephone: 902-455-2965
Fax: 902-455-9130
Email: atlantic@clc-ctc.ca

Representatives:
Serge Landry (NB & PEI)
slandry@clc-ctc.ca

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/to-be-perfectly-frank-everybody-and-his.html

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
To be Perfectly Frank Everybody and His Dog Knows That Its a
Monumental LIEbrano Joke On Us All to have the Bankster Franky Boy
McKenna And Corrupt Ex Cops Pick The Next Boss of the RCMP

http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-committee-members-involved-in-the-selection-of-new-rcmp-commissioner-659069513.html

Government of Canada announces committee members involved in the
selection of new RCMP Commissioner

News provided by
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Nov 21, 2017, 09:40 ET

OTTAWA, Nov. 20, 2017 /CNW/ - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
is a vital component of both our public safety and our national
security. Moreover, it is an institution that embodies the best of
what Canada and Canadians aspire to be – upstanding, loyal and
committed to the pursuit of justice.

This past summer, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public
Safety and Emergency Preparedness, named Mr. Frank McKenna as Chair of
the Selection Committee to select a new RCMP Commissioner. The
Committee is an independent, non-partisan body whose mandate it is to
develop and recommend a list of highly qualified candidates for the
Minister's consideration, based upon which he will make his
recommendation to the Prime Minister.

Today, Minister Goodale announced the remaining members of the
Selection Committee:

    Daniel Jean – National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the
Prime Minister, Privy Council Office
    Malcolm Brown – Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada
    Gina Wilson – Deputy Minister, Status of Women Canada
    Beverley Busson – former Interim Commissioner, RCMP
    Marianne Ryan – former Deputy Commissioner, RCMP
    Tammy Cook-Searson – Chief, Lac La Ronge First Nation Indian Band
    Devon Clunis – former Chief, Winnipeg Police Service
    Barbara Byers –  former Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress
    Manuelle Oudar – Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer, Board of Workplace Standards, Equity, Health and
Safety (CNESST)

The Minister announced that the search firm Boyden Ottawa has been
engaged to support the Committee and also made public the Selection
Committee's Terms of Reference which were reviewed by Committee
members.

Applications are being reviewed and highly qualified applicants who
best meet the selection criteria will be invited to an interview and
further assessments.

Quote
"I look forward to receiving the list of outstanding individuals the
Selection Committee will propose for the position of RCMP
Commissioner. This is an essential position in helping ensure public
safety and national security, and the Prime Minister and I are
determined to move deliberately to fill it."

-  The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and
Emergency Preparedness

Facts

    On February 25, 2016, the Government of Canada announced a new,
more rigorous approach to Governor in Council appointments, which
supports open, transparent and merit-based selection processes that
are open to all Canadians.
    To this end, selection committees are established to assess and
recommend candidates for appointment to various Governor in Council
positions.
    Selection committee membership is based on two considerations: who
is responsible for making the appointment recommendation, and who can
bring a perspective on the needs of the organization.

Related Product

    Terms of Reference: Selection Committee for the Position of
Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Associated Links

    An update on the process for selecting the new Commissioner of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    Governor in Council appointments
    Current Opportunity: Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Appointment Opportunity


SOURCE Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
For further information: Scott Bardsley, Office of the Minister of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 613-998-5681; Media
Relations, Public Safety Canada, 613-991-0657,
media@ps-sp.gc.ca




---------- Original message ----------
From: Scott.Bardsley@parl.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:30:38 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re The CBC and Federal Court File no T-1557-15
FYI I just called Steven Webb in Saint John and he denied the fact
that CBC is supposed to be non paristan
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Please resend your message to scott.bardsley@canada.ca as my primary
work account has changed.

Scott

***

SVP envoyer votre message ? scott.bardsley@canada.ca
Mon compte de bureau a chang?.

Scott


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:19:55 -0400
Subject: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15 Need I say that Bob Kerr
was not wise to call me and make LIAR out of himself???
To: jean.mongeau@radio-canada.ca, sandra.hammond@cbc.ca,
"hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, andrea.laton@cbc.ca,
julie.bruk@cbc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore
<nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "jeremy.keefe"<jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>,
jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>

Jean Mongeau
General Manager & Chief Revenue Officer
Email: jean.mongeau@radio-canada.ca
Phone: (514) 597-4281

Sandra Hammond
Senior Director, Revenue Optimization & Strategic Operations
Email: sandra.hammond@cbc.ca
Phone: (416) 205-7215

Andrea Laton
Director, Strategic Operations
Email: andrea.laton@cbc.ca
Phone: (416) 205-3957
Fax: (416) 205-2497

Julie Bruk
Director of Finance
Email: julie.bruk@cbc.ca
Phone: (416) 205-7298
Fax: 416-205-2126

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Cohen mcohen@trumporg.com
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
directed to 646-853-0114.
________________________________
This communication is from The Trump Organization or an affiliate
thereof and is not sent on behalf of any other individual or entity.
This email may contain information that is confidential and/or
proprietary. Such information may not be read, disclosed, used,
copied, distributed or disseminated except (1) for use by the intended
recipient or (2) as expressly authorized by the sender. If you have
received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and
promptly notify the sender. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed
to be received, secure or error-free as emails could be intercepted,
corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late, incomplete, contain viruses
or otherwise. The Trump Organization and its affiliates do not
guarantee that all emails will be read and do not accept liability for
any errors or omissions in emails. Any views or opinions presented in
any email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of The Trump Organization or any of its
affiliates.Nothing in this communication is intended to operate as an
electronic signature under applicable law.




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo"<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400
Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier
Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we
confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017.  In my absence,
Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at  (613) 843-6394.

Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017.  En mon absence,
Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394.

Thank you / Merci
Liliana


Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0R2
Tel: (613) 843-4451
Fax: (613) 825-7489
liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Sandra Lofaro
Executive Assistant /
Adjointe exécutive
(613)843-3540
sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Patrick Bouchard <patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:44:18 -0400
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you,
Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of
the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister
Goodale? (AOL)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be AOL until July 6th 2017.

I will not have access to Groupwise.

I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com
depending on data coverage.

*********************************************************

Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017.

Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise.

Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel
thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre.

Cpl.Patrick Bouchard
RSC 5 RCMP-GRC
Sunny-Corner Detachment
English/Français
Off: 506-836-6015
Cell : 506-424-0071

-----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.


>
> ---------- 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: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:35 AM
> Subject: 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.Hansen@justice.gc.ca, "peter.mackay"
> <peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>,
> "peacock.kurt"<peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com>, "mclaughlin.heather"<
> mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com>, "david.akin"
> <david.akin@sunmedia.ca>,
> "robert.frater"<robert.frater@justice.gc.ca>, paul.riley@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca,
> greg@gregdelbigio.com, joyce.dewitt-vanoosten@gov.bc.ca,
> joan.barrett@ontario.ca, jean-vincent.lacroix@gouv.qc.ca,
> peter.rogers@mcinnescooper.com, mfeder@mccarthy.ca, mjamal@osler.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>,
> Whistleblower <Whistleblower@ctv.ca>
>
>
> https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14439/index.do
>
> http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/WebDocuments-DocumentsWeb/35072/FM030_Respondent_Attorney-General-of-Canada-on-Behalf-of-the-United-States-of-America.pdf
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html
>
> I repeat what the Hell do I do with the Yankee wiretapes taps sell
> them on Ebay or listen to them and argue them with you dudes in
> Feferal Court?
>
> Petey Baby loses all parliamentary privelges in less than a month but
> he still supposed to be an ethical officer of the Court CORRECT?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:10:14 -0400
> Subject: Yo Mr Bauer say hey to your client Obama and his buddies in
> the USDOJ for me will ya?
> To: RBauer <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, sshimshak@paulweiss.com,
> cspada@lswlaw.com, msmith <msmith@svlaw.com>, bginsberg
> <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>, "gregory.craig"
> <gregory.craig@skadden.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.rae"
> <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, leader
> <leader@greenparty.ca>
> Cc: alevine@cooley.com, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
> michael.rothfeld@wsj.com, remery@ecbalaw.com
>
> QSLS Politics
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> Visit Number 29,419
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
>
>
> 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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:36:04 -0400
> Subject: This is a brief as I can make my concerns Randy
> To: randyedmunds <randyedmunds@gov.nl.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> In a nutshell my concerns about the actions of the Investment Industry
> affect the interests of every person in every district of every
> country not just the USA and Canada. I was offering to help you with
> Emera because my work with them and Danny Williams is well known and
> some of it is over eight years old and in the PUBLIC Record.
>
> All you have to do is stand in the Legislature and ask the MInister of
> Justice why I have been invited to sue Newfoundland by the
> Conservatives
>
>
> 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
>
> http://occupywallst.org/users/DavidRaymondAmos/
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Hansen, David"<David.Hansen@justice.gc.ca>
> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:28:44 +0000
> Subject: RE: I just called again Mr Hansen
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Hello Mr. Amos,
>
> I manage the Justice Canada civil litigation section in the Atlantic
> region.  We are only responsible for litigating existing civil
> litigation files in which the Attorney General of Canada is a named
> defendant or plaintiff.  If you are a plaintiff or defendant in an
> existing civil litigation matter in the Atlantic region in which
> Attorney General of Canada is a named defendant or plaintiff please
> provide the court file number, the names of the parties in the action
> and your question.  I am not the appropriate contact for other
> matters.
>
> Thanks
>
> David A. Hansen
> Regional Director | Directeur régional
> General Counsel |Avocat général
> Civil Litigation and Advisory | Contentieux des affaires civiles et
> services de consultation
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>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:23:24 -0300
>> Subject: ATTN FBI Special Agent Richard Deslauriers Have you talked to
>> your buddies Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly about the wiretap tapes YET?
>> To: boston@ic.fbi.gov, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, "bob.paulson"
>> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Kevin.leahy"
>> <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov,
>> us.marshals@usdoj.gov, Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney
>> <jcarney@carneybassil.com>, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, birgittaj
>> <birgittaj@althingi.is>, shmurphy@globe.com, Red Ice Creations
>> <redicecreations@gmail.com>
>>
>> FBI Boston
>> One Center Plaza
>> Suite 600
>> Boston, MA 02108
>> Phone: (617) 742-5533
>> Fax: (617) 223-6327
>> E-mail: Boston@ic.fbi.gov
>>
>> Hours
>> Although we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our normal
>> "walk-in" business hours are from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
>> through Friday. If you need to speak with a FBI representative at any
>> time other than during normal business hours, please telephone our
>> office at (617) 742-5533.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:20:20 -0300
>> Subject: Yo Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly your buddy Whitey's trial is
>> finally underway now correct? What the hell do I do with the wiretap
>> tapes Sell them on Ebay?
>> To: Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov,
>> Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney <jcarney@carneybassil.com>,
>> bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, michael wolfheart
>> <wolfheartlodge@live.com>, jonathan.albano@bingham.com,
>> shmurphy@globe.com, mvalencia@globe.com
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, oldmaison
>> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov, rounappletree@aol.com
>>
>> http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/05/james-whitey-bulger-jury-selection-process-enters-second-day/KjS80ofyMMM5IkByK74bkK/story.html
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>
>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must ask
>> them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>
>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>> cards?
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006
>>
>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>
>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>> Senator Arlen Specter
>> United States Senate
>> Committee on the Judiciary
>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>> Washington, DC 20510
>>
>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>
>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>> raised in the attached letter.
>>
>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes.
>>
>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>
>> Very truly yours,
>> Barry A. Bachrach
>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> To: "Rob Talach"<rtalach@ledroitbeckett.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: Attn Robert Talach and I should talk ASAP about my suing
>> the Catholic Church Trust that Bastarache knows why
>>
>> The date stamp on about page 134 of this old file of mine should mean
>> a lot to you
>>
>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2619437-CROSS-BORDER-txt-.pdf
>>
>> ---------- 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
>>






PCO lawyer asked prosecutor if there was a way to 'engineer issues' in Norman case, court hears

Judge hearing breach of trust case reads out redacted comments from prosecution notes during pre-trial hearing


Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and his lawyer Christine Mainville leave court following a hearing on access to documents in Ottawa Friday, November 23, 2018. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

The top lawyer at the Privy Council Office apparently asked federal prosecutors if it was possible to "engineer the issues at stake" in the criminal case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.

The remarks — made on Sept. 14, 2018 and attributed to PCO lawyer Paul Shuttle — were contained in prosecution notes entered into evidence at a pretrial hearing involving the former vice-chief of the defence staff, who faces one count of breach of trust.

Justice Heather Perkins-McVey made reference to them on Friday as the Crown attempted to explain why it redacted notes being sought by Norman's defence team.





The judge acknowledged there is a lot background missing from the reference.

"You wonder what that is about," said Perkins-McVey. "We don't know the context, what they were speaking about."

Defence attorney Christine Mainville agreed and suggested she wasn't prepared to jump to conclusions either, saying a lot of references in both the censored and uncensored versions of the notes "remain ambiguous."

But she also noted during Friday's pretrial hearing that notes of meetings between the Crown and officials at the Privy Council Office, which supports the Prime Minister's Office and cabinet, will be important to the defence when it moves at the end of March to have the charges against Norman dismissed.
Whether the 'engineering' reference will help the defence remains to be seen.

Earlier this week, the lead Crown lawyer, Barbara Mercier, stated in an email to the defence that the notes were redacted for "litigation privilege" because they involve discussions of "trial strategy." That prompted defence lawyers to allege political interference on Monday.

The director of the prosecution service denied the claim of interference in a written statement this week. That point was reinforced by Crown lawyer John MacFarlane in court Friday.

"There no direction from the Privy Council Office to PPSC on how to direct the case," he said. "There was no direction or input from the Prime Minister's Office to our office on how to direct the case."

Judge asks about comments


As he spoke, Justice Perkins-McVey flipped through the censored version of the meeting notes and asked, "What about comments from Paul Shuttle, like, 'Is there a way to engineer the issues at stake?'"

The Crown did file an uncensored version with the courts on Friday.

MacFarlane insisted the meetings were meant to identify a potential witness who could speak to the issue of cabinet confidences. Norman is accused of leaking cabinet secrets related to a $668 million shipbuilding deal to lease a supply ship for the navy in 2015.

The judge seemed skeptical of that explanation.

"There was certainly a discussion of evidence," said Perkins-McVey, referring to the notes but not quoting further from them. "There was discussion of the evidence-gathering process. Obviously this was done well before."

Norman does not go to trial until August. His lawyers have been arguing in court for months over access to federal government documents, including secret cabinet memos and notes related to the prosecution.

The Crown has fought most of the requests, claiming they are not relevant to the charge that the former commander of the navy leaked sensitive cabinet information both to executives at both the Davie shipyard in Levis, Que., and to CBC journalist James Cudmore.

The case will be back in court Feb. 22.

About the Author

 


Murray Brewster
Defence and security
Murray Brewster is senior defence writer for CBC News, based in Ottawa. He has covered the Canadian military and foreign policy from Parliament Hill for over a decade. Among other assignments, he spent a total of 15 months on the ground covering the Afghan war for The Canadian Press. Prior to that, he covered defence issues and politics for CP in Nova Scotia for 11 years and was bureau chief for Standard Broadcast News in Ottawa.

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Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 12:32:17 +0000
Subject: RE: YO Minister Holland RE Matter 430 - NB Power 2019-2020
General Rate Application On Feb 6th I tried to remind Mr Gorman QC of
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:25:40 -0400
Subject: Re: Matter 430 - NB Power 2019-2020 General Rate Application
On Feb 6th I tried to remind Mr Gorman QC of the EUB of this email but
he just played dumb as usual correct?
To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, mike.holland@gnb.ca,
David.Coon@gnb.ca, kris.austin@gnb.ca, Robert.Jones@cbc.ca,
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oldmaison@yahoo.comsteve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
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robert.mckee@gnb.ca, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca,
Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca,
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michelle.conroy@gnb.ca
Cc: General@nbeub.ca, motomaniac333@gmail.com, david.sollows@gnb.ca,
Paul.Volpe@enbridge.com, dave.lavigne@enbridge.com,
Gilles.volpe@enbridge.com, jeffery.callaghan@mcinnescooper.com,
gerald@kissnb.com, cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com,
hanrahan.dion@jdirving.comlcozzarini@nbpower.com,
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wharrison@nbpower.com, bcrawford@nbpower.com, John.Lawton@nbeub.ca,
ecdesmond@nbeub.ca, Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca,
Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca, Dave.Young@nbeub.ca, heather.black@gnb.ca,
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New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
Commission de L’Energie et des Services Publics N.-B.

Matter 430

    IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation
for approval of the schedules of the rates for the fiscal year
commencing April 1, 2019, and other relief as outlined in NB Power’s
application

    Held at the Delta Hotel, Saint John, N.B., on February 6, 2019.


Page 7

    So having said that, we have a number of notices of intervention.
And the intervener requests were from David Amos, Enbridge Gas New
Brunswick, Gerald Bourque, J.D. Irving, Limited, Roger Richard and the
Utilities Municipal.  Our rules provide that any objection to a
request for intervener status must be filed with the Board no later
than the day prior to the pre-hearing.  And the Board has received an
objection from NB Power with respect to the participation of David
Amos.  So I will set that aside for just a moment.  With respect to
the other five interveners who have requested status, the Board has
not received any objection.  I just stop here for a second because,
you know, it is possible we missed something.  But, Mr. Furey, is that
correct, there is no other objections?

  MR. FUREY:  That’s correct, Mr. Chair.

  CHAIRMAN:  All right.  So we have reviewed the requests for
intervener status by Enbridge Gas New Brunswick, Gerald Bourque, J.D.
Irving. Limited, Roger Richard and the Utilities Municipal.  And all
of those parties will be granted intervener status in this proceeding.
Mr. Costello thinks I might have missed Enbridge Gas New Brunswick
when I said that.  I thought I said them but in any event, the -- I
will repeat it just to be sure.  So we are granting intervener status
to Enbridge Gas New Brunswick, Gerald Bourque, J.D. Irving, Limited,
Roger Richard and Utilities Municipal.
    So I think before we get down to -- well maybe there is one other
one we can deal with fairly quickly.  The confidentiality undertaking
form that has been provided has been reviewed and it appears to
follow, if not, identically, very closely to the form that was used
last year.  Are there any parties that have any objection or any
reason that they believe that that should not -- there is something in
there that shouldn’t be there?  All right.  Hearing no objection, then
the Board will approve the confidentiality undertaking form that has
been proposed by NB Power.
    So I think the next order of business would be to deal with the
one remaining request for intervener status, that being the request by
David Amos.  And the Board did receive a notice requesting that the
Board disallow -- there was an objection filed by NB Power under our
rule 3.2.7 and this objection was to Mr. Amos’ application for
intervention.
    So, Mr. Furey, you filed that objection, so do you have anything
to say about that?

  MR. FUREY:  Thank you, Mr. Chair.  I do have a few additional comments.
    Our argument with respect to this has not changed substantially
from the argument that we presented in Matter 375 in October of 2017.
I would start by saying that this is not a position that NB Power
enjoys taking.  We are reluctant to ask the Board not to grant an
intervener status.  However, it is our view that Mr. Amos’ pattern of
confrontational behaviour has continued since that time.  And NB Power
remains of the view that Mr. Amos is not capable of an intervention in
a responsible, respectful manner.
    There are four instances that I am aware of that Mr. Amos has
either appeared before the Board or had communication with the Board.
There may be others but the four that I am aware of are the hearing of
the -- or an attempt to re-hear a motion in Matter 357.  There was the
hearing of the objection to intervener status in Matter 375 on October
31st of 2017.  There is the Public Session held by the Board in Matter
375 in February of last year.  And then there is the intervention
request that has been put forward on February 1st of this year by Mr.
Amos.
    And to some extent the Board has already dealt with some of these
issues.  In Matter 357, the transcript of that particular motion is
attached to attachment 1 of the documents we have filed today at
appendix I.  I am not going to go there.  The Board has reviewed that
in the past.  And the Board has already reviewed on that and I -- or
ruled on that.  I am going to go to that.  At attachment 2 of the
objection that we filed at page 84 of that transcript -- I am simply
going to read a little bit of the Board’s decision on that matter.
    In giving the decision the Chairman said, NB Power objects to his
intervention claiming his conduct during the hearing of a motion in
Matter 357 was confrontational and that his arguments lacked any
connection to the issues before the Board.  The Board agrees with that
assessment.
    So when I say the Board has already dealt with the 357 issue that
is what I mean, the Board has already ruled on that.
    In Matter 375 and the hearing of that original objection to
status, again at page 84 of the transcript that appears at attachment
2 of our documents, the Board goes on to address that and says, in the
present matter, Mr. Amos was given ample opportunity to put forward a
case that would support a respectful and responsible intervention.  He
failed to do so, rolling forward issues raised in Matter 357 and not
addressing the issue before us today.
    And that was the Board’s assessment of Mr. Amos’ arguments on that
day.  But it is useful to sort of revisit, because I think we forget
these things.
    If we go back to page 81 of that transcript, after Mr. Amos had
addressed what can only be described as extraneous issues for some
time, the Chairman interjects and says, Mr. Amos, please hear me out.
We have listened to you for 20 minutes or so, still haven’t heard your
response to how you can participate in this proceeding in a respectful
manner and stick to the issues.  And at the end of that sentence the
Chair says, everything else you have talked about is off topic.  To
which Mr. Amos responds, you just interrupted me, sir.  And that
carries on for a while.  On page 83, the Chairman indicates, Mr. Amos,
one last time I am going to give you an opportunity to address the
issue of how you can participate in a respectful and responsible
manner.  If you don’t want to talk about that topic, we will take an
adjournment and we will consider the request that Mr. Furey has made.
And that goes on a little bit.  And eventually the Board does recess
and give its decision.  So that was Matter 375 at that hearing.
    The next interaction that I am aware of is the Public Session in
Matter 375 that took place on February 7th of 2018.  And the
transcript of that public session, at least the part that Mr. Amos
presents at, is attached as attachment 3 to our notice of objection.
    And again for a period of time -- I should say at the outset, the
Vice-Chairman indicated to Mr. Amos that he would have 21 minutes,
more than the 15 minutes allotted because another presenter had been
-- had gone over time.  So after some period of time again of
extraneous discussion, at page 36 of that transcript the Vice-Chairman
interjects and says, so, Mr. Amos, I hate interrupting.  To which Mr.
Amos says, you are interrupting me, sir.  And that goes on for a few
minutes -- few moments, to the top of page 37 where there is a
discussion about whether Mr. Amos is being shut down by the
Vice-Chairman to which Mr. Amos then replies, do you want me to sue
you, sir, then turn off your mic.  And then the Vice-Chair it appears
to me -- I am characterizing this a little bit.  But it appears to me
that the Vice-Chair then allows Mr. Amos to proceed until his time
limit.  And on page 43 the Vice-Chairman again interjects saying, Mr.
Amos, I will intervene now.  It is 7:06 so you have had your 21
minutes.  Mr. Amos’ response, all right.  I will see you in another
court.  And continues, that’s fine.  I am suing you.  It’s him I am
concerned about.  He might be dead before me.
    And finally, the fourth interaction.  It is not an appearance but
the intervener request that Mr. Amos has filed in this matter.  And he
appears to have a specific issue that he wants to bring forward.  He
indicates that -- he is referring back to his appearance at the open
session on February 7th.  And he indicates that he explained to the
EUB in no uncertain terms that he is a whistle blower against NB
Power’s auditor KPMG.  And the attachments to his intervention appear
to me -- I am going to characterize them as allegations of conflict of
interest against KPMG with respect to individual taxpayer’s matters
before the Canada Revenue Agency.  All of which is extraneous to this
hearing.
    So in our submission, the evidentiary basis for this objection is
stronger this time than it was in Matter 375.  The pattern of
confrontational behaviour in which Mr. Amos is focused on allegations
of conflict of interest, unethical behaviour, lawlessness against
lawmakers, judges, lawyers, members of this Board continues with no
sign of abatement.  And so in that circumstance, again while
emphasizing that this is not a typical position that NB Power would
take, in this circumstance we feel compelled to ask the Board to deny
Mr. Amos’ request for intervener status.

  CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Mr. Furey.  Mr. Amos?

  MR. AMOS:  Good morning, Mr. Herron.  Remember me?  Yes or no?  You
must have recognized some of the documents that NB Power has filed in
this matter, haven’t you?
  CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos, do you have a presentation to make?

  MR. AMOS:  Yes, I do.  First off --

  CHAIRMAN:  Please make it.

  MR. AMOS:  First off, I made the Board aware that I got no notice of
this until my friend Roger notified me of it.  NB Power didn’t email
me.  They knew my email address.  They knew my new one.  Sent it to my
old one.  My friend Roger notified me.  I contacted the Board.
Notified NB Power of my indignation.  That said, after I read the
documents served upon me yesterday, let’s look at Mr. Furey’s letter
with respect to the timing of the hearing of the notice of objection
to the intervener request, Mr. Amos, NB Power is prepared to argue
this issue at the pre-hearing conference or at an alternate time set
by the Board.
    Now fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.  Now
Halloween of 2017, I had no notice.  I had to buy this thing to get
internet after that.  He files exactly the same document filed by
Wanda Harrison, October 30th.  I have every right to have the same
courtesy extended to me that was extended to Peter Hyslop.  And Mr.
Furey’s convenient memory, when I intervened and he was seeking to be
paid by this Board, I filed those documents then after I was invited
by Mr. Fury and his associates to a secret meeting in the law office
of Stewart McKelvey.  Then after Mr. Hyslop decides to withdraw, this
Board decides to oblige Mr. Russell and stop the 357 hearing until
after the election.  When the 357 matter began again, I was surprised
to see you, Mr. Gorman.  I thought you were retired.  But apparently
you had been re-appointed by the former Liberal government.
    On October 12th, when we encountered each other, nobody minding me
sitting there then.  At the time, Mr. Gallant during the election,
which Roger and I and Gerald all ran against in, during the election
Premier Gallant said that he was going to block rate increases of NB
Power for four years.  On October 12th he was still Premier.  You guys
didn’t know what to do.  You were going to get in a consultant or
something.  My friend Roger asked about this rate increase hearing as
soon as Mr. Higgs becomes Premier.  I said why waste our precious
time?  It’s not about smart meters.  His issue is about smart meters.
He said I am scared they are going to slip it in.  I said, no, they
are not, Roger.  It’s a rate increase hearing.
    We had decided not to intervene until he got spooked on Friday.
He relies on me to help him.  He intervened, I intervened.  This
matter is about rate increases based on the opinion of KPMG and Mr.
Gaetan and probably Mr Murphy but I can’t read the signature.  As far
as I know, NB Power has never, I repeat never been audited, ever.  I
don’t care about the opinion of KPMG.  I caused hearings at the senate
banking committee in Washington about them in November of 2003 before
I ran against Mr. Herron for his seat in parliament.  I served many of
those documents upon Mr. Herron and his lawyer David Lutz, who is
mentioned in these documents filed by Mr. Furey.  That said, I have
every right as a taxpayer and a citizen of this province and I just
bought real estate in New Brunswick and need power to intervene
because the Public Intervener can’t speak for anyone.  My friend
speaks for business.  I speak for the ordinary ratepayer.  The only
person that doesn’t pay an NB Power bill in this room is Mr. Stoll and
his new partner is a former Minister of Public Safety who had me
arrested.  All this is well known to Mr. Herron since 2004.  Now you
don’t want me to address him but if he is going to stand judgment on
me, I see a huge conflict of interest.  You are a lawyer, sir.  You
should have understood these documents I filed in the 357 Matter.  You
should have not allowed Mr. Furey to edit them.  Now I have the right
to respond --

  CHAIRMAN:  Excuse me, what editing are you talking about?

  MR. AMOS:  The documents he edited.  I told you in the last time.
That said, I have the right to respond in writing to Ms. Harrison.
She details many things.  If any lawyer in this room had saw what she
said about them and for EUB to publish those statements so the world
could see, that is what is called libel.  Five years in jail, section
300.  He just libelled me some more.  He just said just now on the
record things I did not say.  I asked Henneberry for a tape of the
hearing.  Ms. Desmond says not my job.  Henneberry won’t return my
calls.  I did not say dead Bernie.  I said Derrick Bernie.  And I
threaten no one.  And then talks about -- about somebody being dead
before me.  And I said no such thing.  I asked the lady for a copy of
the tape.  She says copyright.  I said how can you copyright my words.
And you shouldn’t twist my words.  I said no such thing.
    Now his memory is convenient.  If he recalls when I first
introduced myself, it was a pre-conference hearing, 357 Matter.  He
got in a big argument with Mr. Hyslop.  There was documents back and
forth.  The Board and I got along just fine.  He invited me to a
confidential hearing or meeting with Mr. Todd.  Everything was just
fine until the Board decides to accommodate Mr. Russell.  I have every
right to cross examine Mr. Russell.  Mr. Stoll flies in, wants to
cross examine him.  They make a deal so I can’t cross examine him
because Mr. Stoll is happy.  No way.  That wasn’t even a motion day.
I asked you if I could make a motion.  You wouldn’t answer.  I made a
motion.  And then you put me on the telephone.  How come I don’t get
the same courtesy he does?  All that said, yes, this is a matter for
another court.
    As you notice in the email I sent you, I contacted the RCMP just
as soon as I looked at his latest filing.  I consider it libel,
period.  That said, I will answer Ms. Harrison in writing to every one
of her accusations and then the Board should set a time, probably a
couple of days, so we can argue every paragraph.  You would do the
same for Mr. Hyslop, I am entitled to the same courtesy, period.

  CHAIRMAN:  Do you have anything further?

  MR. AMOS:  Mr. Herron, I suggest you dig up everything that has been
filed in this Matter.  You were served these documents in 2004.  I
never got an answer from you or your lawyer.

  CHAIRMAN:  So, Mr. Amos, I just have a couple of questions on your
-- your submission.  At the beginning you talked about collaborating
with Mr. Richard about whether you would intervene or not.  So I take
it that the two of you work together on the presentations that you
make here at the Board?

  MR. AMOS:  With your blessings.

  CHAIRMAN:  And I am not sure how this is relevant.  You talked about
buying real estate and you will need power.  Are you telling me you
are not a ratepayer now for NB Power?

  MR. AMOS:  Ever since I run against Mr. Herron I have been homeless.
People have kept me and they paid my power bill.  Now I bought my own
real estate and NB Power wants a deposit from me before I hook up
power.  I would like to see somebody ask for a deposit before they
sell me the first cup of coffee.  Furthermore, NB Power has never been
audited.  I do not care about the opinion of KPMG.  I am a whistle
blower against KPMG.  KPMG is also a law firm.  Everybody knows how
many lawyers I have sued.  KPMG audited the US Treasury Department
when I caused the hearings at the senate banking committee in
Washington about Putnam Investments, ringing any bells, Mr. Herron?

  CHAIRMAN:  So, Mr. Amos, if I can go back to the question.  Are you
telling me that currently you are not a ratepayer?

  MR. AMOS:  I am telling you I am David Amos and about to get a power
bill and I have been kept since 2005 by other ratepayers and I earned
it.

  CHAIRMAN:  No, I understand that.  But are you currently a ratepayer?
  MR. AMOS:  Are you splitting hairs?

  CHAIRMAN:  No, I am simply asking a question.

  MR. AMOS:  Today I am not a ratepayer.  I am the man that’s paying your wages.

  CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  You have brought up in your notice of intervention
this issue that you are talking about KPMG.  And how is that -- and
then towards the end of this you said it’s an issue -- that’s a matter
for another court.  So --

  MR. AMOS:  KPMG is well aware of murder, as is Mr. Herron.

  CHAIRMAN:  No.  So --

  MR. AMOS:  Mr. Herron has had a copy of a wiretap tape of the mob
since 2004.  Would you like to discuss murder, sir?

  CHAIRMAN:  So, Mr. Amos, are you suggesting these are matters that
this Board --

  MR. AMOS:  I am suggesting there is a huge conflict of interest --

  CHAIRMAN:  Excuse me.

  MR. AMOS:  -- and you are trying to save your butt.

  CHAIRMAN:  Are you suggesting this is a matter that -- that this
Board would --

  MR. AMOS:  It’s a matter for federal court.  Just because of what he
said now.  I didn’t threaten to kill anyone, period.

  CHAIRMAN:  Are you suggesting that this Board has the jurisdiction
to deal with these issues --

  MR. AMOS:  This is not a court.

  CHAIRMAN:  Or this Board.  I know it’s a Board.

  MR. AMOS:  You are overseen by a Minister of Energy, Mr. Holland.

  CHAIRMAN:  So you are suggesting that this Board has that jurisdiction?

  MR. AMOS:  You have no jurisdiction.  None.  You have no
jurisdiction over me.  I have jurisdiction over you.  You work for me.
I am the taxpayer here.  And just because I don’t have a power bill
today, I don’t care.  I don’t care.  I pay your wages.

  CHAIRMAN:  So, Mr. Amos, just maybe one last question and that is
really about your purpose for intervening, because your application
seems to emphasize this issue that you are talking about with respect
to KPMG.  Is that what -- why you are intervening?  Is that the issue
you want to --

  MR. AMOS:  Let’s -- let’s go back.  My friend Roger, when they come
out with the rate increase after Mr. Gallant was no longer premier, he
was asking me about intervening because he is concerned about smart
meters.  That’s his biggest concern, smart meters.  I said, Roger,
don’t worry about smart meters.  Listen to the news.  Mr. Thomas has
to hustle people because you people denied him having smart meters.
357 is about that issue.  I made sure he intervened much to the
chagrin of Mr. Furey.  Mr. Furey did not want Roger to intervene in
the hearing.  Now in my intervention, I provide an email that was
acknowledged by the Board on April 3rd.  Now by April 3rd of last
year, his issues of smart meter had gone by the wayside.  So there was
no longer -- it had been all heard.  You guys didn’t recognize the
professor from McGill as an expert.  Mr. Furey didn’t ask him the
first question.  He addressed all its concerns as best he could about
smart meters.  A month or so went by.
    April 3rd  -- it come out in late March that NB Power had reached
a settlement of the lawsuit.  However, I see no sign of any money
going into NB Power’s books this time.  So they must have slipped it
in after April 1st last year.  But they apparently received the
settlement in March.  Wanted to keep it a secret.  I told him it’s
important we go to the hearing.  You folks were somewhat surprised to
see my friend at the hearing.  I was sitting at his side.  I listened
very closely to the hearing.  When I heard Mr. Stewart mention the
Canada Revenue Service three times, I sent you an email.  Bingo.  His
client, the Irvings, use KPMG all the time as a law firm.  That said,
I sent you all the email.  It was acknowledged, right.  I sent it to
the Minister, sent it to the RCMP.  Then you asked my friend Roger
what he thought.  In the email I sent you this morning, which is a
transcript of April 3rd -- did you look at the email I sent you this
morning?

  CHAIRMAN:  We have a copy of that transcript, yes.

  MR. AMOS:  I beg your pardon?

  CHAIRMAN:  We have a copy of that transcript.

  MR. AMOS:  Yeah.  After Mr. Stewart did his big spiel about Revenue
Canada, et cetera, you asked my friend Roger what he thought.  Roger
voiced his opinion about freezing price rates months before Gallant
dreamed it up.  And then he said if he ran his business like NB Power
runs it, his would be flat lined.  That’s what Roger said.  Roger
voiced his opinion fairly articulately.  He asked, since they had this
big settlement and were looking to decrease their price rate, perhaps
you should adjourn the hearing and start 357 again.  That’s what he
said.  It’s in the transcript.  It’s in the email I sent you.  I also
published it on the internet.  I also sent it to the RCMP.  That said,
it is what it is.  I heard that.  I sent the email.  You responded.
The second part of my intervention that he considers nothing is even a
letter from the Ombudsman of KPMG not long after I ran against Mr.
Herron.  If the Ombudsman of KPMG is trying to make a deal with me and
I was introduced to him by the RCMP, you don’t think that has any
gravity?

  CHAIRMAN:  So, Mr. Amos, again I am going to go back to your
intervener request.  And when you talk about your interest in the
proceeding it says, David Raymond Amos, on the evening of February 7th
2018, explained to the EUB in no uncertain terms that he is a whistle
blower against NB Power’s auditor KPMG and that he has every right to
question their actions in support of NB Power or anyone else, for that
matter.
    And it goes on to talk about having made NB Power aware of many
communications, et cetera.  And then there are a number of pages that
have emails in some way or another relating to that topic.
    So is that the purpose that you are looking to intervene is to
deal with that issue?

  MR. Amos:  Mr. Gorman, if you recall before we had the hearing on
the phone about whether or not to cancel the 357 -- or adjourn the 357
Matter, I sent you emails going, do you remember me now, Mr. Gorman?
Because as soon as you were appointed, I sent you emails before the
economy collapsed.  I forwarded those emails to you.  Those would be
some of the filings I will file when I respond to his submission.  I
have every right to respond to Ms. Harrison’s documentation in
writing.

  CHAIRMAN:  So, Mr. Amos, you haven’t answered my question, however.
Is that your purpose for the intervention request?

  MR. AMOS:  I most definitely want to grill Mr. Murphy about his
opinions about the purported accounting of NB Power because I don’t
think NB Power has ever been audited ever.
    I don’t care about opinions.  I want to see an audit.  It’s my
money and yours.  I know that Hydro-Quebec is audited by the Auditor
General of Quebec.  Nobody audits NB Power.  The Auditor General of
New Brunswick was telling everybody in a report for the government to
stay out of NB Power’s business.  And yet they had a big committee
hearing yesterday inspired by David Coon.  Just who is -- the fox is
guarding the hen house.  NB Power, nobody oversees them, even you
don’t.  Nobody audits NB Power.  I don’t -- and then KPMG, you think I
am going to trust one word of KPMG when they have covered up murder.

  CHAIRMAN:  So, Mr. Amos, then you are not recognizing the audited
financial statements that --

  MR. AMOS:  They are not audited.  Number 1 it is signed KPMG.  I
know when I was in business and I had an auditor and I reported to the
taxman, he had to sign that on pains and penalties of perjury with the
CRA and lose his license.  I had an auditor.  I was in business.
Apparently I was more successful percentage-wise than NB Power ever
dreamed of.  I would love to have the nature of their business and not
-- and they don’t make any money.  I don’t believe it.  The -- the --
the Quebecers were willing to pay nearly $5 billion and then Mr.
Graham resolved the deal to 3.2 billion without the transmission
lines.  Well the Quebecers don’t pay $5 billion for debt.  There is no
need to raise rates.  They are way over 20 percent equity.  I don’t
care what KPMG purportedly claims.  I want to see an audit.  And in
order to see an audit, it must be audited.


CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Thank you, Mr. Amos.  I appreciate that this is a
matter primarily between Mr. Amos, who has applied to be an
intervener, and NB Power, who has objected.  Our rules call for a copy
of that objection to be served on all of the parties.  I am not sure I
can -- why we have put that in the rules, but the fact that we have
done it, one might think -- look at it that parties might have an
opportunity to comment on this because of that requirement.  So on
that basis, I am going to see if anybody has any comments on this
issue.  So I will start with Enbridge Gas New Brunswick.  Mr.
Callaghan, do you have any comments on this matter?

  MR. CALLAGHAN:  No, comments, Mr. Chair.

  CHAIRMAN:  Thank you.  Mr. Stewart?

  MR. STEWART:  No comment, Mr. Chair.

  CHAIRMAN:  Yes.  Mr. Richard?

  DR. RICHARD:  Yes, if you permit.  Mr. Amos is a very knowledgeable
person.  Mr. Amos only speaks the truth.  But he has difficulty to
verbalize it in a way we can understand.  If we let him speak, let him
enough time, we will all learn something.  I can assure you that it
will be worth the while.  Of all the citizens of New Brunswick, we are
only three independent interveners.  You accepted four Americans in
our Board of Directors last year.  And you are considering eliminating
a New Brunswicker as an intervener.  New Brunswickers come in various
forms.  Please get accustomed to varieties and accept them as they
come.  Mr. President, I know your ability to manage various groups of
people.  You are able to accommodate Mr. Amos’ mode of communication.
With the right attitude, we can all learn to understand the way Mr.
Amos communicates.  His message is very important for our province.
Because we are in financial and environmental difficulty, very, very
important.  His concern with KPMG is genuine.  We want to argue that
NB Power needs to be audited by our general auditor.  It is essential
that Mr. Amos be an intervener for our province, unless NBEUB is a
private club.  And thank you, Mr. President.

  CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Mr. Richard.  Mr. Stoll?

  MR. STOLL:  Thank you, Mr. Chair.  We don’t see that Mr. Amos’
participation is going to be helpful to an efficient hearing.  So we
are supporting the NB Power motion.

  CHAIRMAN:  Thank you.  Ms. Black?

  MS. BLACK:  No comment, Mr. Chair.


  CHAIRMAN:  Ms. Desmond, any comment?
  MS. DESMOND:  No comment.

  CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Thank you.  We are going to take a short
adjournment and when we come back -- I think before we actually get to
the schedule -- and I know that NB Power has produced and filed a
suggested schedule and I am not sure if others -- you know, if there
has been any discussion about that at all.  But I think before we can
really get into a scheduling discussion, I think we also need to talk
about the redactions of the confidential information.
  MR. FUREY:  Certainly, Mr. Chair.  If I could make one additional
comment that might be helpful.  It is not directed to Mr. Amos’
status.  But I think it’s important for Dr. Richard to understand, and
I am putting it on the record now, that NB Power is not seeking
approval of AMI capital expenditures in this hearing.  This is a rate
hearing.  And I want him to understand that AMI is not on the table in
this hearing.

  CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Thank you.  So we will take a brief adjournment.
    (Recess)

  CHAIRMAN:  All right.  So we will deal with the notice of objection
relating to Mr. Amos’ intervener request in this Matter.
    And first of all, I want to make a comment about the intervener
request.  It does not seem to, on the face of it, deal with the
matters that are going to be in issue in Matter 430.  I made some
general comments at the opening of the session today that the Board
intends to keep people on topic this year.  And this applies to
everybody.  I wouldn’t just be referring to Mr. Amos here.  That if
there are issues that are not pertinent to the rate application, then
this is not going to be the forum to air those issues.
    Me. Amos, in making his argument this morning, suggested two
things that the Board is going to take into consideration.  One is
that he got a fairly late notice yesterday with respect to the notice
of objection.  It is my understanding that he has changed his email
address and that the new one and the old one are somewhat similar.  I
understand, Mr. Amos, that somebody from our office did provide you
with a copy of the notice of objection but it would have been later on
in the day, I expect.
    And secondly, Mr. Amos says that he needs a little bit of time to
provide a written response to the written objection.  And our rules
don’t speak to that.  They simply say that we will set a time to deal
with the objection, which is this morning.
    The Board believes that Mr. Amos, in the circumstances of this
case, can be given an opportunity to provide written remarks.  And we
will give you one week.  So a week from today by noon, if we have your
comments, written comments with respect to this issue -- and I would
ask you to confine your remarks to the issue that we have today which
is whether or not you will be granted intervener status.  And the
Board will then issue a written decision on this matter just as
quickly as we can.
    So having said that, your intervener request is not granted today.
We haven’t declined it.  But it has not been granted today.  So for
purposes of today’s proceedings, you are not an intervener but we
will, before we determine for the hearing whether or not you will be
an intervener, we will consider your written remarks.  They are to be
filed no later than noon, one week from today.

    Mr. Furey, do you see any reason why you would need time or an
opportunity even to respond to any written comments from Mr. Amos?

  MR. FUREY:  I don’t anticipate at this time that we would require a
response.  It probably wouldn’t be unreasonable to say 24 hours later,
if the Board was inclined to give us that opportunity, it would be a
very short time frame.  I would think 24 hours would be more than
sufficient.

  CHAIRMAN:  All right.  Then we will provide you with a 24 hour
opportunity to respond to any remarks that Mr. Amos may provide to us.
So that would be Thursday of next week at noon.  And if we haven’t
received anything from NB Power -- if we have got Mr. Amos’ remarks
and we don’t have anything from you, then we will proceed to
deliberate on this matter and issue a written decision.  This is not a
decision that will take -- I don’t believe it will take a long time.
I would expect that we will have it out either at the end of next week
or the beginning of the following week.  Mr. Amos, did you have a
question?

  MR. AMOS:  Thank you for the time.  You are a Queen’s Counsel, it is
my understanding.  Do you understand the documents that Mr. Furey
filed of mine in this Matter and the documents I filed in the 357
Matter?

  CHAIRMAN:  Mr. Amos, rather than you putting questions to me, you
have made your argument this morning as to why you should be granted
intervener status.  I am giving you an opportunity to provide the
written response that you requested.  And any comments of that nature
-- anything about the nature of these documents or why they are or are
not relevant, why we should consider them, you can put those in your
remarks.

  MR. AMOS:  You are a lawyer.

  CHAIRMAN:  Sir, we are talking now about procedure.  And the
procedure that we have provided is we are giving you one week to
provide a written response.  Do you have any questions on what we have
decided?

  MR. AMOS:  Why won’t you answer me?

  CHAIRMAN:  Sir, do you have any questions on the decision that we
have made with respect to your request today?

  MR. AMOS:  No, I don’t.

  CHAIRMAN:  Okay.  Thank you.  All right.  So the other issues that
we have before us today is we have to obviously look at the hearing
dates and the schedule.

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 07:58:42 -0400
Subject: Yo Mr Hyslop need I say HELL NO
To: rgorman@nbeub.ca, Jack.Keir@gnb.ca, sstoll@airdberlis.com,
David.Coon@gnb.ca, rick.doucet@gnb.ca, gphlaw@nb.aibn.com,
jfurey@nbpower.com, Dave.Young@nbeub.ca, John.Lawton@nbeub.ca,
Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca, cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com,
wharrison@nbpower.com, ecdesmond@nbeub.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca,
denis.landry2@gnb.ca, heather.black@mcinnescooper.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com,
briangallant10@gmail.com, brian.gallant@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca,
Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, kelly@lamrockslaw.com


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Hyslop <gphlaw@nb.aibn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 08:29:26 -0300
Subject: RE: Perhaps Mr Gorman QC of the EUB and the other lawyers
will remember me now EH Ricky Doucet?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Please remove gphlaw@nb.aibn.com and gphlaw2@nb.aibn.com from your mailing list.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:42:48 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Perhaps Mr Gorman QC of the EUB and the
other lawyers will remember me now EH Ricky Doucet?
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: "Lawton, John"<John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:44:32 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Perhaps Mr Gorman QC of the EUB and the
other lawyers will remember me now EH Ricky Doucet?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I am out of the office, returning on October 10th. Should you require
assistance please call 506-658-2504.

Cheers!!



---------- Original message ----------
From: rrichard@nb.aibn.com
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:57:01 -0300
Subject: Re: Perhaps Mr Gorman QC of the EUB and the other lawyers
will remember me now EH Ricky Doucet?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Hi Dave,

I cannot go to the cbc news article for some reasons.

If I understand right they are going ahead with the smart meters?

Thanks for your work,

Roger.


Le 29 sept. 2017 à 20:42, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> a écrit :


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Harrison, Wanda"<WHarrison@nbpower.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:42:49 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: EXT -  Perhaps Mr Gorman QC of the EUB and
the other lawyers will remember me now EH Ricky Doucet?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until Monday, October 2nd . I will be
periodically checking emails.

Thank you

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:42:42 -0400
Subject: Perhaps Mr Gorman QC of the EUB and the other lawyers will
remember me now EH Ricky Doucet?
To: rgorman@nbeub.ca, Jack.Keir@gnb.ca, sstoll@airdberlis.com,
David.Coon@gnb.ca, rick.doucet@gnb.ca, gphlaw@nb.aibn.com,
jfurey@nbpower.com, Dave.Young@nbeub.ca, John.Lawton@nbeub.ca,
Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca, cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com,
wharrison@nbpower.com, ecdesmond@nbeub.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca,
denis.landry2@gnb.ca, heather.black@mcinnescooper.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com,
briangallant10@gmail.com, brian.gallant@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca,
Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, kelly@lamrockslaw.com

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685

EUB punts rate hearing as NB Power studies $122M smart meter plan

EUB agrees to suspend hearing so it can deal first with NB Power's
proposed $122M purchase of smart meters
By Robert Jones, Posted: Sep 26, 2017 6:00 AM AT

"The Board finds that the AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure)
application should precede the rate design hearing and therefore it is
in the public interest to grant an adjournment," ruled EUB chairman
Raymond Gorman in a brief hearing last week."

---------- Forwarded 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




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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 11:21 AM
To: rgorman@nbeub.ca ; tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com ;
info@jackkeir.ca ; cjohnston@nbeub.ca ; edward.mclean@gmail.com ;
wmcgraw@nbeub.ca ; dbarnett@nbeub.ca ; stoner@nbeub.ca ;
radford1@nbnet.nb.ca ; cmorrison@nbeub.ca ; mcke2020@rogers.com
Cc: board@gov.ns.ca ; dhilloks@gov.ns.ca ; uarb.board@gov.ns.ca ;
mrodgerson@irac.pe.ca ; jbroderick@irac.pe.ca ; bmckenna@irac.pe.ca ;
robert.keating@state.ma.us ; paul.hibbard@state.ma.us ;
tim.woolf@state.ma.us ; laura.olton@state.ma.us
Subject: I heard Tom Young yipping about the price gas on the radio
this afternoon ask the Yankee why I died laughing

Have a look at the email he got last week then you tell me whose side
is he on EH Jacky Boy Keir?


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Subject: The NDP in the "Place to Be" still has nothing to say or
write to me again during this election EH Pat Yvon?
To: dave_j_hackett@hotmail.com, alicefinnamore@ndp.ca,
cmckendy@nbnet.nb.ca, andrewgraham@ndp.ca, robmoir@ndp.ca,
jondcl@nbnet.nb.ca, jcbourqu@nbnet.nb.ca, gagnonjn@rogers.com,
ddavey@isn.net, b.pollard@islandtelecom.com, gladgardens@eastlink.ca,
louiselorefice@ndp.ca, mahon.austen@ns.sympatico.ca
Cc: pnphanratty@hotmail.com, yvongodin@ndp.ca



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Subject: I heard Ms. Klein was going to talk to Andrew Kyrstal on the
radio today perhaps somebody should study this email ASAP EH?
To: keisenstein@apbspeakers.com, debra@naomiklein.org,
andrew.krystal@atlanticradio.rogers.com, Dan Fitzgerald
<danf@danf.net>, georgebarron@ndp.ca, gladgardens@eastlink.ca,
mahon.austen@ns.sympatico.ca
Cc: webo@xplornet.com, "thibault. r"<thibault.r@parl.gc.ca>, "savage.
m"<savage.m@parl.gc.ca>

Before you doubt my integrity or opt to make fun of me as Andrew
Kyrstal did the last time I ran for a seat in Parliament perhaps you
should at least look at this webpage or download some of my documents.

http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/04/david-amos-nb-nwo-whistleblower-part-3.html

If you truly care about the war in Iraq perhaps you should read these
files first. then the email I sent to Harper last night

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3024834/FBI

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2619608/Upper-Canadians

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

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3870294/senators-obama-and-mccain-and-others

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3870274/politicians

September 25, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Atlantic Festival Theatre
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

September 26, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Ondaatje Hall, Scotiabank Auditorium
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Dalhousie University


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Subject: Fwd: For the record Mr Harper I use the proof of the RCMP
Commissioner's efforts to play dumb to prove that the rest of your
cohorts get my emails.
To: michel.lalande@bell.ca, agostino.russo@bell.ca,
mirko.bibic@bell.ca, Diane.Valade@bell.ca


From: <martine.turcotte@bell.ca>
Date: 2008/9/11
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: For the record Mr Harper I use the
proof of the RCMP Commissioner's efforts to play dumb to prove that
the rest of your cohorts get my emails.
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com


Please note that I will be on holidays until October 6, 2008.
Veuillez noter que je serai  en vacances jusqu'au 6 octobre 2008.

In my absence you may contact the following people for help.  En mon
absence vous pouvez contacter les personnes suivantes:

Michel Lalande (michel.lalande@bell.ca; 514-391-8386)
Ago Russo (agostino.russo@bell.ca; 416-353-4138)
Mirko Bibic (mirko.bibic@bell.ca; 613-785-0615)
Diane Valade, my assistant (514-870-4638)



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:45:44 -0300
Subject: For the record Mr Harper I use the proof of the RCMP
Commissioner's efforts to play dumb to prove that the rest of your
cohorts get my emails.
To: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, ted.tax@justice.gc.ca, moore.r@parl.gc.ca,
dions1@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, ndpnpd@nbnet.nb.ca,
Casey.B@parl.gc.ca, checkup@cbc.ca, zed.p@parl.gc.ca,
layton.j@parl.gc.ca, duffy@ctv.ca, w-five@ctv.ca, acampbell@ctv.ca,
tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com, kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca,
thompson.g@parl.gc.ca, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca"<t.j.burke@gnb.ca>,
"wally.stiles@gnb.ca"<wally.stiles@gnb.ca>, MLA@carlurquhart.com,
ben.clements@massmail.state.ma.us, pcellucci@mccarter.com
Cc: webo@xplornet.com, danf@danf.net, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, day.s@parl.gc.ca,
danny.copp@fredericton.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, zorroboy@live.com,
william.corbett@elections.ca, william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
claude.richer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, martine.turcotte@bell.ca,
Daniel.Conley@massmail.state.ma.us, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca,
McDonough.A@parl.gc.ca, Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca, smurphy@ctv.ca,
shawn.graham@gnb.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca,
bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, ATTYSIMS@aol.com, rosent@math.toronto.edu,
jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, newsonline@bbc.co.uk, Robert.Creedon@state.ma.us,
Brian.A.Joyce@state.ma.us, National@cbc.ca, porcupine007@gmail.com,
orakwa@paulcomm.ca, mary.chaput@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca

Well Mr. Harper I waited all day while that French loser Dion was in the
"Place to Be" to see if he wanted to make deal and help me impeach you. It
appears that merely saying my name is too much for Dion to do. As usual I
was ignored by the liberals but as you well know some ordinary folks whom
you seek another mandate from got back to me and found a chuckle or two in
the nonsense of it all. I will lay odds I can make more people laugh than
you can. People wanna see a circus so ya give them a circus. Maybe with a
little luck somebody who laughs too much will say my name at the wrong place
and time. I bet even nasty Mike Duffy and Rex Murphy had a chuckle or two
today in spite of themselves. i heard Jacky Boy Layton yapping alot today
about his stuff on Youtube while the  CBC tortured him about Dizzy Lizzy
May. so I figured I might as well point to my own too and the recent one
made about me so you can all have a good laugh at my expense. Paul zed and
the Irvings ain't laughing too hard though EH?


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Now it is time to play another card or two before I take the Crown's lawyers
and gamble bigtime in Federal Court. I am kinda curious to see what the
crooked lawyer, Ted Tax looks like. Do ya think he will show up personally
or hire somebody like David Lutz to take me on |in the "Place to BE"? The
Crown has recognized emails as evidence and I am certain the Commissioner of
Elections Canada and the RCMP agree so what better time than between two
federal mandates of government to raise the stakes between you and I EH Mr.
Harper. The buck does stop with you for a little while longer to say the
very least. .

You Mr. Harper and an drunken Irish Catholic Democrat who is currently the
malevolent District Attorney in Suffolk County Massachusetts should prepare
to argue every word of this email in particular and a great deal more words
and evidence as well. Look closely some of the words are yours. Never forget
all the Yankee police surveilance wiretap tapes were found within his
jurisdiction and Whitey Bulger did bury some of his victims in Canada.
Murder is a capital crime and that offence certainly crossed the border. Why
you allowed Danny boy conley to falsely imprison me is something I will
never forget but I expected that you would whereas you are such agood buddy
of Derek Burney Brian Mulroney and of course George W. Bush and his little
lawyer buddies Paul Cellucci and David Wilkins.

Some of the following words are the are the Crown's, (Which is us Correct)
others are mine some are yours and there is even a few of the Yankee
Conley's just for shits and giggles.

First things first the Governor Geneal (She is now your buddy according to
your speech to Yankees in Montreal long ago) The Governor General speaks for
Her Majesty the Queen In Right of Canada (Which means she speaks for we the
common people who gave you your mandate to run a minority government) She
ignored the law that you had created and dropped the writ under your orders
without asking the puportedly duly elected opposition if they could run the
government until your fixed election date EH? HMMM Methinks  should feel
more offended that the big talking Professor Mendes of the University of
Ottawa. What say you. Oh ya you don't say shit to us common folk
particularly Maritimers CORRECT?
Anyway you must admit at least this. This is kinda like me sending me a
letter.


"*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"*


These are laws that the Crown assented to CORRECT? Looks like I have to do
your job for your EH Mr. Prime Minister?

*Criminal Code PART IV OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW AND
JUSTICE *
*Corruption and Disobedience* *126.* (
1) Every one who, without lawful excuse, contravenes an Act of Parliament by
wilfully doing anything that it forbids or by wilfully omitting to do
anything that it requires to be done is, unless a punishment is expressly
provided by law, guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding two years.
(2) Any proceedings in respect of a contravention of or conspiracy to
contravene an Act mentioned in subsection (1), other than this Act, may be
instituted at the instance of the Government of Canada and conducted by or
on behalf of that Government.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 126; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 185(F).


*PART VIII OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND REPUTATION *

**Defamatory Libel *315.*

No person shall be deemed to publish a defamatory libel by reason only that
he publishes defamatory matter in good faith for the purpose of seeking
remedy or redress for a private or public wrong or grievance from a person
who has, or who on reasonable grounds he believes has, the right or is under
an obligation to remedy or redress the wrong or grievance, if

*(a)  *he believes that the defamatory matter is true;

*(b)  *the defamatory matter is relevant to the remedy or redress that is
sought; and

*(c)  *the defamatory matter does not in any respect exceed what is
reasonably sufficient in the circumstances. R.S., c. C-34, s. 279

R.S., c. C-34, s. 319.*Criminal Code PART IV *
*OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW AND JUSTICE *
*Misleading Justice* *139.*

(2) Every one who wilfully attempts in any manner other than a manner
described in subsection (1) to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of
justice is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding ten years.

*Criminal Code PART XIII *
*ATTEMPTS--CONSPIRACIES—ACCESSORIES463.*
Except where otherwise expressly provided by law, the following provisions
apply in respect of persons who attempt to commit or are accessories after
the fact to the commission of offences:
(*a*) every one who attempts to commit or is an accessory after the fact to
the commission of an indictable offence for which, on conviction, an accused
is liable to be sentenced to imprisonment for life is guilty of an
indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
fourteen years;
(*b*) every one who attempts to commit or is an accessory after the fact to
the commission of an indictable offence for which, on conviction, an accused
is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years or less is guilty of an
indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term that is one-half of
the longest term to which a person who is guilty of that offence is liable;
(*c*) every one who attempts to commit or is an accessory after the fact to
the commission of an offence punishable on summary conviction is guilty of
an offence punishable on summary conviction; and
(*d*) every one who attempts to commit or is an accessory after the fact to
the commission of an offence for which the offender may be prosecuted by
indictment or for which he is punishable on summary conviction
  (i) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding a term that is one-half of the longest term to which a
person who is guilty of that offence is liable, or
  (ii) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 463; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 59; 1998, c.
35, s. 120.

*Crown Liability and Proceedings Act*

Status of Canadian Forces and R.C.M.P.

*36. *For the purposes of determining liability in any proceedings by or
against the Crown, a person who was at any time a member of the Canadian
Forces or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shall be deemed to have been
at that time a servant of the Crown.

R.S., 1985, c. C-50, s. 36; 1990, c. 8, s. 32.



This came to me from the former Depupty Prime Minister and Minister of
Public Safety of Canada Correct?

*
"Jan 3rd, 2004*

*Mr. David R. Amos*

*143 Alvin Avenue*

*Milton, MA 02186*

*U.S.A.*

* *

*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"*


What you Mr. Harper and the RCMP should be greatly concerned about today is
the malevolent Youtube I spoke of earlier making fun my Clan's troubles in
the USA yesterday. It evaporated within the day like the other ridiculous
Youtubes the RCMP did about me last year but as you can see I was not long
making it reappear. The reasons why the RCMP would choose to support a
corrupt Judge Michel Livingstone (who has been removed from the bench) are
incredible but nevertheless true. For the record it was a crooked lawyer
Angela K. Troccoli involved in this matter and an elected clerk Mr McCarthy
who created a fraudulent Notice of Appearance  bearing my signature (I am a
Canadian Citiizen not an Amercan one thus I am your problem not the Yankees)
and then had me falsely imprisoned based on false allegations in order to
sell our homes without opposition. As the malicious Youtube attests I
explained the wrongs very clearly in court the year before I came home to
Canada and ran in the election of the 38th Parlaiment. Ask your cohort Rob
Moore what we talked about BEFORE the writ was dropped in 2004 when he
thought I was gonna run against the sneaky liberal Paul Zed. the little
lawyer Rob Moore just like David Lutz wanted to know everthing then but they
both clammed up bigtime when he saw my name on the ballot in Fundy. Remember
me, Mr. Harper? We looked into each other's eyes on June 19th, 2004 in
Sussex new Brunswick (The Place to BE) just before you had did a little
politickig in the town where the ice cream cone was invented. Don't deny it
you had your silly grin and I have my photographs. Remember? Would you like
to see them in youtube as well?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XviogrVL9E

However it seems that you must debate Dizzy Lizzy May so it begs the obvious
question I wonder if she has seen this Youtube yett.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga2phTOe9es

Your cochairs of your reelection and Mr. Emerson in particular should be
able to affirm to you that the Department of Foreign Affairs visited me in
that American jail in Beantown before the Speech From the Throne in
2004. Canada was made well aware of the reasons of my false imprisonment
under the charges of "OTHHER" so that the Americans could illegally sell our
homes and bankrupt my family merely because I was trying diligently to make
the crossborder public corruption well known to all before your friend
George W, Bush and Paul Martin were reelected. Now four years later the RCMP
and their cohorts make fun of me being homeless? Let just say that is not
the straw that broke the camel's back it was when the RCMP attempted to have
me certified insane with their false allegations in support of your Minister
Greg Thompson and his associate the MLA Carl Urquhart with the support of
many liberals in "The Place to BE". Remember?


*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVg5vwndSE*<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XviogrVL9E>


As I prepare to finally file my long delayed complaints (To the chagrin of
of your underling Porcupine Prique) in Federal Court as the Governor General
suggested years ago there is no need to send the RCMP around to harass me
anymore EH Mr. Harper? I proved to all that they got my material in person
BEFORE I sue them and I have not called a soul in weeks except my friend
Werner Bock. there is quite simply no way anyone can falsely claim that I
harassed them since well before the writ was dropped. Everything I have down
has been in writing and properly recorded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVg5vwndSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkdNTrHjpk8

I would not even speak to the RCMP about their own wrongs. Anyone can check
Youtube to see what I say is true. Nearly six hundred have done so thus far
and I have no doubt whatsoever many of the were members of the RCMP and
members of your politcal party as well. Clearly  served the RCMP another
copy of a Yankee police surveilance wiretap tape in a CD form just as I said
I would in an earlier Youtube. Don't ya think somebody under your purview
should have responded to my emails BEFORE you visted the Governor
General last Sunday morning? Methinks you really should have responded
before the writ was dropped. Now anyone can pick up the ball and run with it
you ain't reelected yet and there are lots of folks running for public heres
hoping they are not all crooks EH? Furthermore there is no need to have
anymore of my friend Werner Bock's Youtubes deleted. As you well know I can
upload them again many times. Enough is enough OK?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMGvoUJDrCU

The RCMP are servants of Her Majesty the Queen and so are you Mr. Harper for
another month or so at least. The RCMP should certainly know how to respond
to a citizen's and a decent hard working  immigrant's concerns about public
corruption particularly when I give them evidence of murder. How long
must we wait? Until Jack Layton becomes Prime Minister or when the cows come
home to Werner's barn tonight and he goes to the Town meeting in Petitcodiac
and mentions my name once again?

Between the honourable farmer Werner Bock and I, we have the motherload of
proof that the RCMP are absolutely corrupt and everybody and his dog knows
it. We have proven that fact countless times.

What Stephane Dion and everybody else should be concerned about is why are
the RCMP supporting you Mr. Harper  during the time of an election. I
thought the RCMP were supposed to be non partisan like your appointee the
latest Commissioner of Elections Canada? Interesting that William Corbett
accepts my emails EH? Maybe he will turn into the honest man I am looking
for for so long once I file a a two looney (pun) complaint against Elections
Canada in Federal Court like he suggested to me on the phone in the fall of
2006. whereas the Treasury Board is stll studying my work perhaps the other
Commissioner/lawyer named Willy should quit trying to ignore me and contact
me today EH?


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As the Premier of "The Place to Be" bumps bellies with Dion in Saint John
today Shawn Grahm's buddies the Irvings know right where to go to check my
work N'est Pas? Methinks I will send this email to bloggers just after
quiting time in "The Place to BE" Heres your chance to scoop your buddies
the Irvings once again EH Chucky Leblanc? But because you block my comments
I must post this email in three honest bloggers from the Maritimes first.
They believe in Free Speech.Thus you won't have the scoop on them. Nobody
but the Irvings and your pal Scotty Baby Agnew and his nasty lawyer/wife Ms.
Menard pay attention to me anyway N'est Pas? (Wheras you will quite likely
not even read this Chucky methinks it is good spot to tell that your
Ironhorse of a lawyer he ain't that smart. He should have paid attention to
my doings with Cpl Paulett Delaney-Smith BEFORE you got yourself arrested
and banished from the Leg in June of 2006. More importantly he should have
looked up the legal argument between John Foran and the Police Commission
years ago when he was just a corupt incompetent cop Over North. Then you
would laugh as hard as I did when I read your blog nast night and then heard
your Youtube today.)


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For the record there was another September 11th that should be of concern to
Canadians concerned our government's purported accountibliy. It was just
before George W. Bush got himself reelected in another very questionable
election in 2004 and just before I was falsely imprisoned in the USA under
the charges of "OTHER" for his benefit. Did you not complain about the lack
of accountiblity of governements back then Mr. Harper?

Last year when you Mr. Harper began your latest spit and chew about money
and the oil industrywith the wealthy Newfy Danny Boy Millions and the rest
of us so called poor defeatist Maritimers, you suggested that if there was a
problem with you to take you to court CORRECT?

Well as you well know Mr. Harper four years ago today the Governor General
of Canada sent me that  rather interesting letter right after I received two
responses from two of her Maritime  Lt .Governors. Within days I took on the
General Counsel of the RCMP byway of the Depupty Commissioner of the RCMP in
Newfoundland.and I sent you the proof Byron Prior knows that is true and has
had the evidence of it long before the liberal MP Billy Mattews sued him for
slander in the Newfoundland Supreme Court.

Obviously the Governor General advised me to take the Crown to court then EH
Mr. Harper? Howcome you did not stand with me then if you were an honest man
that is? You cannot deny that I ran against your Current Parliamentry
Secretary for the Minister of Justice way back then. Furthermore before the
38th Parliament sat your ethical computer acknowledged my concerns about the
severe lack of integrity of the RCMP. CORRECT? I must ask you the obvious
question once again. Did you and your Yankee educated Neo Cons use my work
to make the soon to be gone Humpty Dumpty aka Paul Martin alter the Throne
Speech in October of 2004 in order to purportedly support the Yankees and
their missile defence plans? You should know better than to trust the words
of a lawyer. Hell you even made jokes about that fact in the past. Correct?
Plus you did use the malice of the lawyer Peter MacKay by having him ignore
his lies in writing to David Orchard in order to merge your two nasty
political parties N'esy Pas?

For the record anyone can find a true copy of the following letters from the
Governor General and Canada's first Miinister of Public Safety posted within
my documents on this fella's website and several other places as well. (I
seen some of ya peeking)

http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/04/david-amos-nb-nwo-whistleblower-part-3.html

The liberals and Mr. Dion in particular should enjoy the answer I got from
Bernie Lord and his former Attorney General and brand new judge in the
"Place to BE". As I said earlier Mr. Dion, perhaps it is high time you said
my name EH? What better time to do so than early in the election while you
are within the borders of "The Place to BE" Bernie Lord's old stomping
grounds? You can't owe him any favours.N'est Pas? Rest assured I won't mind
if you call

As you know I told this concerned citizen that I would back him up as he
notified you Mr. Harper months ago of his concerns so I will post this email
within the comments of his blog and within a couple of others as well as a
doublecheck in case it is deleted.

http://censurergeneral.blogspot.com/2008/07/dan-f-pleads-with-harper-no-new.html

Its near the midnight hour. I am done for now. No need to proof read. I
quite simply don't care.

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos

Here are the text of the notices I get about the wise willy elliot however
he did receive 25 emaild from me as soon he was sworn in as Commisioner just
befor emy birthday last year. remember. I saved the proof a month or so
later you appointed that evil lawyer Ward Elcock to be your National
Security advisor after what he tried to do with me byway of the RCMP when he
was Depupty Minister of Defence in 2006?. You make me sick Stevey Boy.
Nobody is that dumb. you are pure evil and I saw it in your pale blue eyes
four god damned years ago. After this BULLSHIT (Elliott got he is just
pretending) comes your email to me about the RCMP.


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Mr. Harper and his Minister David Emerson should be able to dig up these old
emails

----- Original Message -----
*From:* David Amos
*To:* cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
*Cc:* Marlys ; Byron Prior
*Sent:* Saturday, September 18, 2004 6:29 AM
*Subject:* I am a man of my word Round 1

Attn Mr. Ronald A. Irwin
   This the proof of what I said in what you will receive in the mail
Monday. I couldn't get to your office in person. The Boston trafic didn't
allow it after my wife got out of the hospital. I won't bother telling you
who else got this this. That would spoil my fun.  Good luck explaining
yourself to my fellow laymen.
                           Dave

----- 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 8:17 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:* Harper, Stephen - M.P.
*To:* motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
*Sent:* Saturday, September 18, 2004 6:29 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:* 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

Here is our latest RCMP Commissioner trying hard to play dumb

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The very nasty Irish Catholic Democrat in Beantown should recall this email
exchange I don't think he liked me suing the long Cardinal Law and his buddy
the Attorney General Tommy Baby Reilly  EH Danny Boy Conley?

Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:44:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Fuck you Danny Boy Conley You are the very Yankee bastard that
falsely imprisoned me
To: "Conley, Daniel (SUF)"<Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us>

You illegally summoned me across an international border while I was running
for a seat in Parlaiment and imprisoned me without Bail, or arresting me or
even reading me my rights. You held me under the charges of "other" asshole.


*"Conley, Daniel (SUF)"<Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us>* wrote:

Are you sure you have the right Dan Conley? I'm the DA in Boston, MA and I
don't recognize your name at all. If our office did have a case against you,
when was it, what court was it prosecuted in, and what was the charge?

Dan Conley



-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
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McDonough.A@parl.gc.ca ; Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca ; smurphy@ctv.ca ;
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Sent: Sun Jun 11 17:20:09 2006
Subject: Fuck you Danny Boy Conley You are the very Yankee bastard that
falsely imprisoned me



"Conley, Daniel (SUF)" wrote:

Mr. Amos,

Would you be so kind as to remove me from your distribution list.

Thank you.

Dan Conley



-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
To: asmith@herald.ca ; murrayj@mobility.blackberry.net ;
BBACHRACH@bowditch.com ; gatzunis, Tom (red) ; lcampenella@ledger.com ;
lynchstowing@attglobal.net ; Kandalaw@mindspring.com ; wcummings@ibc.ca ;
wickedwanda3@adelphia.net ; Conley, Daniel (DAA) ; bbixby@burnslev.com ;
drosenblatt@burnslev.com ; smacdonald@elite.bm ; jmurray@ibc.ca
CC: kmdickson@comcast.net ; ruby@ruby-edwardh.com ; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca ;
McDonough.A@parl.gc.ca ; Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca ; smurphy@ctv.ca ;
martine.turcotte@bell.ca ; premier@gov.ns.ca ; jdewolfe@ns.sympatico.ca ;
morse.mla@ns.sympatico.ca ; parentma@gov.ns.ca ; rodneym@ns.sympatico.ca ;
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ronchisholmmla@auracom.com ; bill.langille@ns.sympatico.ca ;
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sarah.mann@rci.rogers.com ; tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com ;
dwatch@web.net ; info@afterdowningstreet.org ; trvl@hotmail.com ;
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patrick.fitzgerald@usdoj.gov ; Russell_Feingold@feingold.senate.gov ;
stephen.cutler@wilmerhale.com ; robert.bagnall@wilmerhale.com ;
governorlynch@nh.gov ; mayor@ci.boston.ma.us ;
publicrelations@cubanmission.com ; rusun@un.int ; france-presse@un.int ;
uk@un.int ; contact@germany-un.org ; belanger.jean-daniel@psio-bifp.gc.ca ;
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Sent: Sun Jun 11 17:09:22 2006
Subject: Deja Vu anyone?



"Bachrach, Barry A." wrote:

From: "Bachrach, Barry A."
To: 'David Amos'
Subject: RE: Fwd: Fw: Re:Mr Scott's second.
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:47:40 -0500

i see you are on the attack. good.

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From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com]
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Bachrach, Barry A.
Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: Re:Mr Scott's second.

Conflict? That is the understatement of the year. I am ethical and you are
not. You just proved to me you are not worthy of your license to practice
law. Watch me prove it to the world and then add you name to my complaints.
As an officer of the court your are obliged to uphohold the Public Trust or
stand guilty in assisting in the crimes practiced against Byron and I. Thus
I can only assume that you must support Diddlers and Serial Killers if it
means that Securities Fraud, Bank Fraud and Tax Fraud are exposed.


Cya'll in Court Asshole. Say hey to Johnny Crosbie and T. Alex Hickman for
me will for me will ya? Better yet I just did. Didn't I?

wmyles@bensonmyles.com wrote:

Dear Sir:

We have a conflict of interest. So, please remove us from your mail list.

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The 9 faces at the centre of the Jody Wilson-Raybould, PMO affair


Former minister of Justice and attorney general of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould, is the first witness opposition MPs on the House of Commons Justice Committee want to hear from. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)


This week, the House of Commons justice and human rights committee held an emergency meeting to probe allegations that the Prime Minister's Office applied pressure to the minister of justice to help the Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution in a bribery case.

During that meeting, Liberal, Conservative and NDP MPs sparred over which witnesses would appear before the committee. Nine key names came up in that debate; some are high-profile political figures, while others are more obscure to anyone outside the Ottawa bubble.

Here's a who's-who list for the upcoming committee hearings.









Jody Wilson-Raybould


Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister sent to Veterans Affairs in the recent cabinet shuffle, resigned from cabinet days after the Globe and Mail quoted anonymous sources saying members of the Prime Minister's Office tried to get her to help Quebec construction giant SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution on bribery and fraud charges through a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), sometimes referred to as a remediation agreement.

SNC-Lavalin is before a court in Montreal, charged with fraud and corruption in connection with payments of nearly $48 million to public officials in Libya under Moammar Gadhafi's government and allegations it defrauded Libyan organizations of an estimated $130 million.

During the political firestorm that followed the report, Wilson-Raybould refused to comment on the case, saying she was still bound by solicitor-client privilege. She has since retained former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell as counsel to advise her on what she is allowed to say publicly.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has publicly stated that the allegations in the Globe and Mail report are false.

Gerry Butts, Trudeau's principal secretary

 

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gerry Butts. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Gerry Butts, Trudeau's most senior adviser, did — according to the lobby registry — meet with officials from SNC-Lavalin early in 2017. Both the NDP and the Conservatives want Butts to appear at committee. The Liberal majority on the committee, however, voted down a motion that would have made this possible.

Cameron Ahmad, a spokesman for Trudeau, told the Globe and Mail that Butts had spoken to Wilson-Raybould about the SNC-Lavalin case. Ahmad went on to say that Butts told Wilson-Raybould to take the issue up with Canada's top civil servant, Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick.

Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General Nathalie Drouin



Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, Nathalie Drouin. (facebook.com/JusticeCanada)

Drouin was appointed in June 23, 2017, and worked under Wilson-Raybould. She was one of three names put on the witness list by the Liberal members of the committee. The New Democrats also want Drouin to appear but the Conservatives have left her off their witness list. Drouin has not been lobbied by SCN-Lavalin on issues related to justice since the time the Liberals came to office.

Justice Minister David Lametti


New Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

He's Wilson-Raybould's immediate successor as both justice minister and attorney general of Canada. In the Trudeau government, he served first as parliamentary secretary to the minister of international trade. He was moved to the position of parliamentary secretary to the minister of innovation, science and economic development in January of 2017, a position he held until his promotion to minister in the Jan. 14, 2019 cabinet shuffle.

Lametti has stated many times that neither he nor his office were directed to take any specific actions by the Prime Minister's Office. All three parties want Lametti to appear as a witness before the Justice committee.

Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council of Canada


Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council. (Julie Ireton/CBC)

Wernick is Canada's most senior public servant and an adviser to the prime minister. All three parties on the justice committee want him to appear as a witness. According to sources that spoke to the Globe and Mail, Wernick reprimanded Wilson-Raybould for a series of critical remarks she made in speeches about the Liberal government's reconciliation efforts last fall.

In a Nov. 29 speech in to the provincial cabinet and Indigenous leaders, Wilson-Raybould said:
"Thinking that good intentions, tinkering around the edges of the Indian Act, or that making increased financial investments — however significant and unprecedented — will in themselves close the gaps, is naive. Transformative change and new directions are required."

Wilson-Raybould's chief of staff, Jessica Prince


Chief of staff to former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. (twitter.com/jesshwprince)

As the former justice minister's chief of staff and policy adviser, Prince would have worked closely with Wilson-Raybould. Prince was put on a list of desired witnesses by the Conservative Party, but not by the Liberals or NDP. She may be able to shed light on what, if anything, Wilson-Raybould was told by the PMO.

Public Prosecutions Director Kathleen Roussel


Public Prosecutions Director Kathleen Roussel. (ppsc-sppc.gc.ca)

Roussel was appointed to her position in June of 2017. As the director of public prosecutions she is responsible for the management of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. The Conservative members of the justice committee have requested that she appear and give testimony; the NDP and Liberals have, so far, not requested her presence.


Roussel is the official who informed SNC-Lavalin that the company was not going to be invited to negotiate a remediation agreement. Less than two weeks later, the company filed for a judicial review of that decision.

According to sources that spoke to the Globe and Mail, Roussel's decision provoked a debate at senior levels of government over how to proceed.

Senior adviser to Trudeau on Quebec issues Mathieu Bouchard


Senior adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Quebec issues. (twitter.com/mbouchardmtl)

According to the federal government's lobby registry, Bouchard met with officials from SCN-Lavalin more than a dozen times between early 2016 and late 2018.

Both the NDP and the Conservatives want to speak to Bouchard. The PMO has not said whether Bouchard spoke to Wilson-Raybould about the SNC-Lavalin case..

Senior policy adviser to Trudeau Elder Marques


Elder Marques, senior adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (LinkedIn)

Marques was moved from his position as chief of staff to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains in the fall of 2017 to take up his role in the PMO as a senior adviser. Marques was lobbied by SNC-Lavalin at least a half dozen times in his position as chief of staff to Bains and in his PMO role.

The Conservatives have asked for Marques to appear before the Justice committee. So far, the PMO has not said whether Marques has spoken to Wilson-Raybould about the SNC-Lavalin prosecution.


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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:36:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15 and my many calls and emails about my 

concerns about the lack of Integrity of the RCMP, Justin Trudeau, Ralph Goodale, Frank McKenna, Michael.Wernick Paul Shuttle, Daniel Jean, Malcolm Brown and legions of others
To: Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca,
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca,
Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, info@ndp.ca,
Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, cmainville@hhllp.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>,
Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca,
clare.barry@justice.gc.ca, bmercier@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca, john.macfarlane@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca, kathleen.roussel@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/pco-lawyer-asked-prosecutor-if-there.html



https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-cabinet-leak-trial-prosecution-1.5021156

"As he spoke, Justice Perkins-McVey flipped through the censored
version of the meeting notes and asked, "What about comments from Paul
Shuttle, like, 'Is there a way to engineer the issues at stake?'"

The Crown did file an uncensored version with the courts on Friday.

MacFarlane insisted the meetings were meant to identify a potential
witness who could speak to the issue of cabinet confidences. Norman is
accused of leaking cabinet secrets related to a $668 million
shipbuilding deal to lease a supply ship for the navy in 2015.

The judge seemed skeptical of that explanation."


Henri Bianchi
Exactly how does one "engineer" the legal issues in judicial proceedings?

Unless there is a proper explanation this stinks.


David Amos
@Henri Bianchi Methinks everybody knows that my documents filed in the
docket of the Federal Court of Canada easily prove that the PCO lawyer
Paul Shuttle has been engineering the legal issues in judicial
proceedings against me for years The strange part is that Admiral
Norman's lawyers know it as well N'esy Pas?





Don Cameron
If the top lawyer at the Privy Council Office asked federal
prosecutors if it was possible to "engineer the issues at stake" in
the criminal case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, that seems like
the very definition of 'political interference'.

What on earth is wrong with this Prime Minister's PCO and PMO?
The buck stops with Trudeau.

John Nelson
@Don Cameron Arrogance is the main problem. Plus the prime minister
actually believes his own nonsense. Well, actually I'm not sure the PM
knows or believes anything. He's just a talking (empty) head for his
handlers.

David Amos
@Don Cameron "The buck stops with Trudeau."

That is true but the PCO lawyer Paul Shuttle and his latest boss knows
the ball started rolling between the RCMP, the PMO and the PCO and I
in 1982 when Trudeau The Elder was the Prime Minister


---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:53:29 -0400
Subject: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15 and my many calls and
emails about my concerns about the lack of Integrity of the RCMP,
Justin Trudeau, Ralph Goodale, Frank McKenna, Michael.Wernick Paul
Shuttle, Daniel Jean, Malcolm Brown and legions of others
To: "Michael.Wernick"<Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>,
Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Daniel.Jean@pco-bcp.gc.ca, "Malcolm.Brown"
<Malcolm.Brown@ps-sp.gc.ca>, scott.bardsley@canada.ca,
bbusson@telus.net, info@pic.alberta.ca, Gina.Wilson@cfc-swc.gc.ca,
tcooksearson@llrib.ca, tammy@tansi.ca, slandry@clc-ctc.ca,
WPS-PIO@winnipeg.ca, manuelle.oudar@cnesst.gouv.qc.ca,
"hon.ralph.goodale"<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Frank.McKenna"
<Frank.McKenna@td.com>, jkee <jkee@google.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Norman.Sabourin"
<Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca>, "marc.giroux"
<marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
"bill.pentney"<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "brian.hodgson"
<brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca>, danielle.antoniuk@assembly.ab.ca,
postur <postur@for.is>, "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"Gilles.Moreau"<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>

Daniel  Jean
National Security and Intelligence
Advisor to the Prime Minister
59 Sparks St, Ottawa, Ontario
Telephone Number  613-957-5056
Daniel.Jean@pco-bcp.gc.ca,

Malcolm Brown
Deputy Minister for Public Safety Canada.
269 Laurier Avenue West
Telephone Number 613-991-2895
Email  Malcolm.Brown@ps-sp.gc.ca

Beverley Busson.
RCMP Commissioner (retired).
Phone: 250-320-8984.
Email: bbusson@telus.net

Marianne Ryan
Public Interest Commissioner
9925 – 109 Street, Suite 700
Edmonton, AB T5K 2J8
Phone: 780-641-8659
info@pic.alberta.ca

https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Announcements/NewsReleases/2017/NewsRelease_OmbudsmanPICSwearingIn_July2017.pdf

Danielle Antoniuk, Communications Officer
Legislative Assembly Office
Mobile: 780.886.5637
Office: 780.643.2252
Email:  danielle.antoniuk@assembly.ab.ca


Gina Wilson
Deputy Minister for Status of Women Canada.
269 Laurier Avenue West
Telephone Number  819-420-6801
Email  Gina.Wilson@cfc-swc.gc.ca



http://llrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/LLRIB-Phone-Directory-updated-April-28-2017.pdf

Tammy Cook-Searson
Chief, Lac La Ronge First Nation Indian Band
Telephone Numbers 306 425 1132 ext 225
306 425-8144
Emails tcooksearson@llrib.ca
tammy@tansi.ca

http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/institute/organization/organigram/board

Contact us 514 288-1551  communications@irsst.qc.ca

Madame Manuelle OUDAR
Chef de la direction
Québec (Québec) G1K 7E2
524, rue Bourdages, 2e étage
Téléphone :(418) 266-4637
Courriel : manuelle.oudar@cnesst.gouv.qc.ca


Devon Clunis as close as I could get to him was here

Kelly Dehn, Manager of Public Affairs
Office: 204-986-3061
E-mail: WPS-PIO@winnipeg.ca

Barbara Byers as close as I could get to her was here

http://canadianlabour.ca/about-clc/contact-us

Atlantic Region
1718 Argyle Street, Suite 420
Halifax, NS  B3J 3N6
Telephone: 902-455-2965
Fax: 902-455-9130
Email: atlantic@clc-ctc.ca

Representatives:
Serge Landry (NB & PEI)
slandry@clc-ctc.ca

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/to-be-perfectly-frank-everybody-and-his.html

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
To be Perfectly Frank Everybody and His Dog Knows That Its a
Monumental LIEbrano Joke On Us All to have the Bankster Franky Boy
McKenna And Corrupt Ex Cops Pick The Next Boss of the RCMP

http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-committee-members-involved-in-the-selection-of-new-rcmp-commissioner-659069513.html

Government of Canada announces committee members involved in the
selection of new RCMP Commissioner

News provided by
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Nov 21, 2017, 09:40 ET

OTTAWA, Nov. 20, 2017 /CNW/ - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
is a vital component of both our public safety and our national
security. Moreover, it is an institution that embodies the best of
what Canada and Canadians aspire to be – upstanding, loyal and
committed to the pursuit of justice.

This past summer, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public
Safety and Emergency Preparedness, named Mr. Frank McKenna as Chair of
the Selection Committee to select a new RCMP Commissioner. The
Committee is an independent, non-partisan body whose mandate it is to
develop and recommend a list of highly qualified candidates for the
Minister's consideration, based upon which he will make his
recommendation to the Prime Minister.

Today, Minister Goodale announced the remaining members of the
Selection Committee:

    Daniel Jean – National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the
Prime Minister, Privy Council Office
    Malcolm Brown – Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada
    Gina Wilson – Deputy Minister, Status of Women Canada
    Beverley Busson – former Interim Commissioner, RCMP
    Marianne Ryan – former Deputy Commissioner, RCMP
    Tammy Cook-Searson – Chief, Lac La Ronge First Nation Indian Band
    Devon Clunis – former Chief, Winnipeg Police Service
    Barbara Byers –  former Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress
    Manuelle Oudar – Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer, Board of Workplace Standards, Equity, Health and
Safety (CNESST)

The Minister announced that the search firm Boyden Ottawa has been
engaged to support the Committee and also made public the Selection
Committee's Terms of Reference which were reviewed by Committee
members.

Applications are being reviewed and highly qualified applicants who
best meet the selection criteria will be invited to an interview and
further assessments.

Quote
"I look forward to receiving the list of outstanding individuals the
Selection Committee will propose for the position of RCMP
Commissioner. This is an essential position in helping ensure public
safety and national security, and the Prime Minister and I are
determined to move deliberately to fill it."

-  The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and
Emergency Preparedness

Facts

    On February 25, 2016, the Government of Canada announced a new,
more rigorous approach to Governor in Council appointments, which
supports open, transparent and merit-based selection processes that
are open to all Canadians.
    To this end, selection committees are established to assess and
recommend candidates for appointment to various Governor in Council
positions.
    Selection committee membership is based on two considerations: who
is responsible for making the appointment recommendation, and who can
bring a perspective on the needs of the organization.

Related Product

    Terms of Reference: Selection Committee for the Position of
Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Associated Links

    An update on the process for selecting the new Commissioner of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    Governor in Council appointments
    Current Opportunity: Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Appointment Opportunity


SOURCE Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
For further information: Scott Bardsley, Office of the Minister of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 613-998-5681; Media
Relations, Public Safety Canada, 613-991-0657,
media@ps-sp.gc.ca




---------- Original message ----------
From: Scott.Bardsley@parl.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:30:38 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re The CBC and Federal Court File no T-1557-15
FYI I just called Steven Webb in Saint John and he denied the fact
that CBC is supposed to be non paristan
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Please resend your message to scott.bardsley@canada.ca as my primary
work account has changed.

Scott

***

SVP envoyer votre message ? scott.bardsley@canada.ca
Mon compte de bureau a chang?.

Scott


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:19:55 -0400
Subject: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15 Need I say that Bob Kerr
was not wise to call me and make LIAR out of himself???
To: jean.mongeau@radio-canada.ca, sandra.hammond@cbc.ca,
"hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, andrea.laton@cbc.ca,
julie.bruk@cbc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore
<nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "jeremy.keefe"<jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>,
jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>

Jean Mongeau
General Manager & Chief Revenue Officer
Email: jean.mongeau@radio-canada.ca
Phone: (514) 597-4281

Sandra Hammond
Senior Director, Revenue Optimization & Strategic Operations
Email: sandra.hammond@cbc.ca
Phone: (416) 205-7215

Andrea Laton
Director, Strategic Operations
Email: andrea.laton@cbc.ca
Phone: (416) 205-3957
Fax: (416) 205-2497

Julie Bruk
Director of Finance
Email: julie.bruk@cbc.ca
Phone: (416) 205-7298
Fax: 416-205-2126

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Cohen mcohen@trumporg.com
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
directed to 646-853-0114.
________________________________
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thereof and is not sent on behalf of any other individual or entity.
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affiliates.Nothing in this communication is intended to operate as an
electronic signature under applicable law.




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo"<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400
Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier
Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we
confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017.  In my absence,
Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at  (613) 843-6394.

Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017.  En mon absence,
Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394.

Thank you / Merci
Liliana


Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0R2
Tel: (613) 843-4451
Fax: (613) 825-7489
liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Sandra Lofaro
Executive Assistant /
Adjointe exécutive
(613)843-3540
sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Patrick Bouchard <patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:44:18 -0400
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you,
Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of
the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister
Goodale? (AOL)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be AOL until July 6th 2017.

I will not have access to Groupwise.

I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com
depending on data coverage.

*********************************************************

Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017.

Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise.

Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel
thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre.

Cpl.Patrick Bouchard
RSC 5 RCMP-GRC
Sunny-Corner Detachment
English/Français
Off: 506-836-6015
Cell : 506-424-0071

-----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.


>
> ---------- 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: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:35 AM
> Subject: 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.Hansen@justice.gc.ca, "peter.mackay"
> <peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>,
> "peacock.kurt"<peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com>, "mclaughlin.heather"<
> mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com>, "david.akin"
> <david.akin@sunmedia.ca>,
> "robert.frater"<robert.frater@justice.gc.ca>, paul.riley@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca,
> greg@gregdelbigio.com, joyce.dewitt-vanoosten@gov.bc.ca,
> joan.barrett@ontario.ca, jean-vincent.lacroix@gouv.qc.ca,
> peter.rogers@mcinnescooper.com, mfeder@mccarthy.ca, mjamal@osler.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>,
> Whistleblower <Whistleblower@ctv.ca>
>
>
> https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14439/index.do
>
> http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/WebDocuments-DocumentsWeb/35072/FM030_Respondent_Attorney-General-of-Canada-on-Behalf-of-the-United-States-of-America.pdf
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html
>
> I repeat what the Hell do I do with the Yankee wiretapes taps sell
> them on Ebay or listen to them and argue them with you dudes in
> Feferal Court?
>
> Petey Baby loses all parliamentary privelges in less than a month but
> he still supposed to be an ethical officer of the Court CORRECT?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:10:14 -0400
> Subject: Yo Mr Bauer say hey to your client Obama and his buddies in
> the USDOJ for me will ya?
> To: RBauer <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, sshimshak@paulweiss.com,
> cspada@lswlaw.com, msmith <msmith@svlaw.com>, bginsberg
> <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>, "gregory.craig"
> <gregory.craig@skadden.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.rae"
> <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, leader
> <leader@greenparty.ca>
> Cc: alevine@cooley.com, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
> michael.rothfeld@wsj.com, remery@ecbalaw.com
>
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>
>
> 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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:36:04 -0400
> Subject: This is a brief as I can make my concerns Randy
> To: randyedmunds <randyedmunds@gov.nl.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> In a nutshell my concerns about the actions of the Investment Industry
> affect the interests of every person in every district of every
> country not just the USA and Canada. I was offering to help you with
> Emera because my work with them and Danny Williams is well known and
> some of it is over eight years old and in the PUBLIC Record.
>
> All you have to do is stand in the Legislature and ask the MInister of
> Justice why I have been invited to sue Newfoundland by the
> Conservatives
>
>
> 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
>
> http://occupywallst.org/users/DavidRaymondAmos/
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Hansen, David"<David.Hansen@justice.gc.ca>
> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:28:44 +0000
> Subject: RE: I just called again Mr Hansen
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Hello Mr. Amos,
>
> I manage the Justice Canada civil litigation section in the Atlantic
> region.  We are only responsible for litigating existing civil
> litigation files in which the Attorney General of Canada is a named
> defendant or plaintiff.  If you are a plaintiff or defendant in an
> existing civil litigation matter in the Atlantic region in which
> Attorney General of Canada is a named defendant or plaintiff please
> provide the court file number, the names of the parties in the action
> and your question.  I am not the appropriate contact for other
> matters.
>
> Thanks
>
> David A. Hansen
> Regional Director | Directeur régional
> General Counsel |Avocat général
> Civil Litigation and Advisory | Contentieux des affaires civiles et
> services de consultation
> Department of Justice | Ministère de la Justice
> Suite 1400 – Duke Tower | Pièce 1400 – Tour Duke
> 5251 Duke Street | 5251 rue Duke
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> B3J 1P3
> david.hansen@justice.gc.ca
> Telephone | Téléphone (902) 426-3261 / Facsimile | Télécopieur (902)
> 426-2329
> This e-mail is confidential and may be protected by solicitor-client
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> Thinking Green, please do not print this e-mail unless necessary.
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>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:23:24 -0300
>> Subject: ATTN FBI Special Agent Richard Deslauriers Have you talked to
>> your buddies Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly about the wiretap tapes YET?
>> To: boston@ic.fbi.gov, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, "bob.paulson"
>> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Kevin.leahy"
>> <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov,
>> us.marshals@usdoj.gov, Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney
>> <jcarney@carneybassil.com>, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, birgittaj
>> <birgittaj@althingi.is>, shmurphy@globe.com, Red Ice Creations
>> <redicecreations@gmail.com>
>>
>> FBI Boston
>> One Center Plaza
>> Suite 600
>> Boston, MA 02108
>> Phone: (617) 742-5533
>> Fax: (617) 223-6327
>> E-mail: Boston@ic.fbi.gov
>>
>> Hours
>> Although we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our normal
>> "walk-in" business hours are from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
>> through Friday. If you need to speak with a FBI representative at any
>> time other than during normal business hours, please telephone our
>> office at (617) 742-5533.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:20:20 -0300
>> Subject: Yo Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly your buddy Whitey's trial is
>> finally underway now correct? What the hell do I do with the wiretap
>> tapes Sell them on Ebay?
>> To: Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov,
>> Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney <jcarney@carneybassil.com>,
>> bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, michael wolfheart
>> <wolfheartlodge@live.com>, jonathan.albano@bingham.com,
>> shmurphy@globe.com, mvalencia@globe.com
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, oldmaison
>> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov, rounappletree@aol.com
>>
>> http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/05/james-whitey-bulger-jury-selection-process-enters-second-day/KjS80ofyMMM5IkByK74bkK/story.html
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>
>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must ask
>> them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>
>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>> cards?
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006
>>
>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>
>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>> Senator Arlen Specter
>> United States Senate
>> Committee on the Judiciary
>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>> Washington, DC 20510
>>
>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>
>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>> raised in the attached letter.
>>
>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes.
>>
>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>
>> Very truly yours,
>> Barry A. Bachrach
>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> To: "Rob Talach"<rtalach@ledroitbeckett.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: Attn Robert Talach and I should talk ASAP about my suing
>> the Catholic Church Trust that Bastarache knows why
>>
>> The date stamp on about page 134 of this old file of mine should mean
>> a lot to you
>>
>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2619437-CROSS-BORDER-txt-.pdf
>>
>> ---------- 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
>>





















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 Tyler Ward 
Ric Smith
At some point we're going to run out of money to borrow and have to decide if we are going to have an economy or not. It can't go on like this with nothing getting done.


Jim Redmond
Jim Redmond
@Ric Smith Capital has essentially vacated Canada since October 2015, so the game is already done. The Liberals have stopped the engine of Canada's economy.

Guillermo Maletero
Guillermo Maletero
@Jim Redmond

High and i am Justin and this is my friend Bill the finance Minister and we proudly put up the sign CANADA IS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS

Andrew Thorne
Andrew Thorne
@Ric Smith What are you talking about? The numbers don't lie. The economy is the best it's been in decades, or perhaps ever.

Dan Reid
Dan Reid
@Andrew Thorne sick the economy is

Scotty Davidson
Scotty Davidson
@Ric Smith Selling our resources for pennies while importing oil for full price will not fix our economy. We need refineries not pipelines. We need jobs making products from our resources not imports of refined goods.

Charly Vaughan
Charly Vaughan
@Ric Smith let’s hope it never gets built.....

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Did you miss this?"

Methinks its in reaction to what Trump said and not anything the liberals did N'esy Pas?

"North American markets increased by as much as 1.7 per cent on continuing optimism about a trade deal with China after U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters he might extend the March 2 deadline for the imposition of tariffs, said Small."


Brett Blaikie
Brett Blaikie
@Guillermo Maletero oh they're open for business: can run a second set of books to keep debt off the public record using Canada infrastructure Bank and pay billionaire buddies triple the interest rates. And Quebec mafia, always plenty of time to entertain their lobbyists.

 Chris Maurier
Chris Maurier
@Ric Smith ( we are going to have an economy or not.) Who is this "we".. as far as I know Canada isn't a dictatorship yet despite Scheers ramblings.













 Mike Wynnyk 
Mike Wynnyk
If BC is really concerned about sea traffic’s effect on killer whales, ban cruise ships. Strangely, Victoria is working to attract more cruise ships.


Colin Sikora
Colin Sikora
@Mike Wynnyk ......another fact the govt of BC does not want the rest of Canada to think or hear about. Much like their sewage dump or exponential dirty coal shipments.

Guillermo Maletero
Guillermo Maletero
@Mike Wynnyk
Agreed , part time seasonal no benefit minimum wage job should not be a career aspiration

Steve Nevison
Steve Nevison
@Colin Sikora

Dirty coal shipments?

Al Millar
Al Millar
@Mike Wynnyk Hopefully the Cruise Ship Tourist industry will continue , as it provides $ Millions to the folks that work in it's network . Maybe just slowing the ships down once the enter the strait will protect the whales .

Guillermo Maletero
Guillermo Maletero
@Steve Nevison
Coal is king in BC....all going to Japan , S korea and China
200,000 DWT ships the standard

Al Millar
Al Millar
@Guillermo Maletero ; Part time jobs ? Sounds like the Tar Sand employees .

Guillermo Maletero
Guillermo Maletero
@Al Millar

How about a region odf 100,000 people not using the Ocean as a toilet with un treated human waste

Colin Sikora
Colin Sikora
@Mike Wynnyk ....and how much pollution do those Cruise Ships give off?.....it's staggering actually. And like you said, Victoria is in development of a port that will be bringing in 2-3 times the amount of Cruise Ships than they do now. The government said, they want to be the Cruise capital of North America. All those big ships, “bumping” into the whales is supposedly ok......lol
And the world can survive without Cruise Ships, the world cannot survive without Fossil fuels.........
But we do have Horgan at the helm so to speak........

Al Millar
Al Millar
@Colin Sikora ; Ban coal shipment fine , the USA and Alberta would be crying , but we here in BC are familiar with Alberta crying , so nothing new .

Guillermo Maletero
Guillermo Maletero
@Colin Sikora

a couple of dead ones show up on the bows of these ships every year

Colin Sikora
Colin Sikora
@Al Millar .....oh, good intelligent and insightful comeback!
Much like our provincial BC govt' here........you make a good team!

Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@Steve Nevison Yes. BC mines and ships coal to China. Some BC residents dont know that

Steve Nevison
Steve Nevison
@Guillermo Maletero

Mostly coal for the steel industry, not heating and I know all about the coal shipments. The trains go past my house every 30 to 45 minutes, 24 hours a day. You?

Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@Al Millar Cruise ships are a small part of the huge numbers of ships now. Tankers will make a very small difference.

Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@Al Millar Well Bob/Ralph/Al the tar sands provide thousands of union FT jobs at very healthy wages and benefits. Do you dislike unions?

Steve Nevison
Steve Nevison
@Douglas Fowler

Every one here knows it.

Steve Nevison
Steve Nevison
@Douglas Fowler

Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@Steve Nevison Good to hear. How do BC Greens and NDP support that?

Al Millar
Al Millar
@Guillermo Maletero New treatment plant on line soon . Just remember that first stage screening has been in effect since 1960's . Fish , whales , birds and other species also use the ocean .
Natural I would say , but improving the human aspect would be beneficial I think , I will that to the scientists . I could take anyone by boat to the end of the sewage pipeline using GPS and they will not be able to see any effluent .

Al Millar
Al Millar
@Douglas Fowler ; Please remind your Alberta friends that Alberta coal also gets exported from BC ports .

Al Millar
Al Millar
@Douglas Fowler ; WOW , Union jobs is now your reason to try and force a Diluted Bitumen Pipeline to Burnaby .
I am very pro-Union but what the heck does that have to do with getting CONSENT from the Real Landowners of BC .
Thousands of BC coastal livelihoods depend on a NON- Diluted Bitumen coastline .
Your Union people can continue to be employed by shipping your goo to the USA .
Even want to employ more good union jobs in Alberta , try refining your Bitumen into something all Canadians can use . ADD VALUE .

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Mike Wynnyk

Each cruise ship emissions equals about 1 million cars.

Victoria had 245 cruise ships in 2018.
Vancouver had 241 cruise ships in 2018.

That’s the equivalent of 286,000,000 cars.

More than all of the cars registered in North America.

Facts BC would rather not discuss.

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Bert Law

Oh boy. Sorry.

Obviously 486 million cars.

John Branscombe
John Branscombe
@Colin Sikora @Mike Wynnyk

Yes. Few people are aware that much of the coal shipped from the Tsawwassen coal terminal comes from Wyoming. Why? Because the states of Washington and Oregon refuse to build coal terminals there. They don't want the associated pollution and ecological costs. Some environmentalists there think that not building facilities there will stop the coal from going to China. Maybe we, in Canada, should impose a 25% import tax on US coal at least as long as there are tariffs on our steel and aluminum?

The reason the environmentalists in BC are so selectively against certain industries like oil and oil pipelines is that is what the mostly American funders of the opposition to them want them to focus on. There is not the same big money support fighting the dumping of raw sewage into the same water that the endangered killer whales swim in. Oil tanker traffic from BC with Alberta oil on board is "unacceptable", yet far more oil from Alaska bound for the Peugeot Sound area moving through the same waters is quite tolerable. A ban on a pipeline to the coasts from Alberta simply forces more use of railways to move the same oil. A larger pipeline terminal in Burnaby is not welcome, but it seems more rail cars full of oil and the associated inevitable derailments are fine.

God forbid the cruise lines to have a crimp in their plans to move their floating cities around at will!

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
@Colin Sikora
Sewage treatment plant a building and thermal coal is Not burnt, its used in steel manufacture.

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
@Al Millar
And that is already being done, on both sides of the border.

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
@Guillermo Maletero
That’s only happened once in BC.

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
@Al Millar
That effluent is 99.7% pure water out of the 200 ft diffusers, 200 feet deep, one mile out into JDF Strait.
No backwash, always out to sea.

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
@Bert Law
Show us your credible sources for those outrageous numbers.

David Amos
David Amos
@Al Millar Methinks you will have your wish if Jody Wilson-Raybould quits the Liberal caucus and starts caring more about the whales N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-raybould-racist-sexist-pmo-snc-lavalin-1.5015585









 

 Tyler Ward 
Ed Sager
The Liberal cabinet would be falling all over itself to approve the pipeline if it was in Quebec and having anything to do with SNC-Lavalin.


Myke Lee
Myke Lee
@Ed Sager oh yea

Bart Roberts
Bart Roberts
@Ed Sager doesn't know SNC-Lavalin operates in Alberta and BC, too?

Of course they're falling all over themselves, and of course SNC-Lavalin is involved.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Ed Sager

This isn’t a Quebec thing, except to those who seek to divide us. The feds help GM workers in Oshawa, steel and aluminum and oil and gas workers wherever they are.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "This isn’t a Quebec thing, except to those who seek to divide us. The feds help GM workers in Oshawa, steel and aluminum and oil and gas workers wherever they are"

Yea Right Methinks you should tell it to the folks who are coming to the circus near you in the morning N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-traffic-delays-truckers-convoy-1.5020166


Brett Blaikie
Brett Blaikie
@Richard Sharp last I checked Quebec is seeking to divide us, taking our tax dollars while shutting down our projects. do you know their sales of hydroelectricity is excluded from the "have/have not" formula?

 Chris Maurier
Chris Maurier
@Bart Roberts ..SNC. Lavalin has been at this longer than Trudeau.,Harper, Mulroney and Chretian.










 Tyler Ward 
Tyler Ward
Soooo as i predicted. No new movement on the pipeline. Trudeau sits and twiddles as usual.


Robert Morris
Robert Morris
@Tyler Ward
The liberals are following a path that was set-out by the Court. There are no short-cuts and all political parties know this.

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Tyler Ward
So you don't want him pressuring the courts, now you want him pressuring the courts, make up your mind.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Robert Morris

I voted for you post. Not a single other CBC reader did until me. Says volumes about the readership these days, doesn’t it. It’s not so much who’s on this site. It’s whose left in disgust.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp I read both of your comments and did not vote up or down so what does the say of me?


Brett Blaikie
Brett Blaikie
@Robert Morris they are deliberately delaying the project, they could use both the notwithstanding clause and the national interest provision - and should have, the court decision was biased and arbitrary, if we could fire a judge that would be a good place to start

 Chris Maurier
Chris Maurier
@Tyler Ward Do you have the slightest idea on limits of the PM.or what the SCoC stands for?










Tyler Ward 
Bob Barino
I lost all respect for Trudeau when he rose in the house of commons and called CO2 pollution.
Something that every living thing needs to survive and grow. We humans are 16-19% carbon. We all exhale CO2. Trudeau can call himself a pollution ex-haler but he does not speak for me.


Mel Barrett
Mel Barrett
@Bob Barino
He probably should go back to University and take some Science courses. If he could pass any of them that is.

David Amos
David Amos
@Bob Barino "he does not speak for me"

Methinks he only speaks for peoplekind whoever they are N'esy Pas?


Brett Blaikie
Brett Blaikie
@David Amos Sir Umalot speaks for the Laurentian elites - when they tell him and what they tell him












 Tyler Ward 
Ric Smith
The present government will just keep putting off this pipeline project for as long as they can in order to harm AB and SK because they elect Conservative MPs. That's the "sunny ways" of the Trudeau family. I hope this country never has to put up with a third generation of this outfit.


Graham Greene
Graham Greene
@Ric Smith

Silly and useless to the discussion at hand . . . . . .

John Oaktree
John Oaktree
@Ric Smith

Sure - why not rush it and have the courts order them to do it again...

Oh wait - that's how we got here in the first place.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@John Oaktree

Conservatives want to subvert the courts for Alberta but are outraged when it is a Quebec company.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Ric Smith

Trudeau and the Lib Cabinet have met, consulted and otherwise been out west and in Alberta hundreds and hundreds of time. They’ve bought a whole pipeline and are moving with diligence to get oil resources to tidewater and elsewhere. They’ve not interrupted additional use of the dangerous oil tanker cars, stepped up in emergencies, extended EI protections and on and on.

Your claim is simply unfounded. My response is not.

Andrew Thorne
Andrew Thorne
@Ric Smith The government spent billions of dollars of everyone else's money catering to AB and SK, and is risking all sorts of votes across the rest of the country with no real hope of gaining any there. But do the rest of us hear a "thank you" for the billions we've spent helping out? No... just complaints and sob stories.

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
@Andrew Thorne
Typical of their Alberta First attitudes !

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Ric Smith

It's a conspiracy, isn't it?

The leftest bought off all the judges?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Conservatives want to subvert the courts for Alberta but are outraged when it is a Quebec company."

Surprise Surprise Surprise

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos 
@Richard Sharp "Trudeau and the Lib Cabinet have met, consulted and otherwise been out west and in Alberta hundreds and hundreds of time. They’ve bought a whole pipeline and are moving with diligence to get oil resources to tidewater and elsewhere. "

True

However methinks those facts don't amount to much to folks in Quebec and elsewhere as they consider the questionable actions of Trudeau and the Lib Cabinet that have now become common knowledge N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/snc-lavalin-trudeau-bribery-fraud-wilson-raybould-1.5020498

"In February 2018, Morneau would deliver the budget item that SNC Lavalin wanted. The budget implementation bill contained changes to the Criminal Code that would bring DPAs to Canada.

It was a justice reform provision baked into a 500-page omnibus budget bill. The measures were discussed at the House finance committee without ever appearing on the justice committee's agenda.

In May 2018, Conservative finance critic Pierre Polievre asked Morneau why his budget bill included "a provision that would allow accused white collar criminals charged with bribery, fraud, insider trading and other offences to have all charges dropped."


David Amos
David Amos
@Ric Smith Methinks it was too bad that my reply to Mr Sharp was not permitted N'esy Pas?









 Tyler Ward 
Bob Barino
People think they are getting rid of oil. Realize you are only getting rid of Canada.

Here is the PLANETARY war on GLOBAL CO2 by attacking oil

annual OIL consumption
Dec. 31, 2017 98.19M
Dec. 31, 2016 96.49M
Dec. 31, 2015 94.84M
Dec. 31, 2014 92.99M
Dec. 31, 2013 92.09M
Dec. 31, 2012 90.51M
Dec. 31, 2011 89.56M
Dec. 31, 2010 88.53M
Dec. 31, 2009 85.59M
Dec. 31, 2008 86.52M
Dec. 31, 2007 87.10M
Dec. 31, 2006 85.63M
Dec. 31, 2005 84.47M
Dec. 31, 2004 83.16M
Dec. 31, 2003 80.31M
Dec. 31, 2002 78.57M
Dec. 31, 2001 77.68M
Dec. 31, 2000 76.80M
We are saved. Thank you Justin!
FYI last month (Nov 2018) world consumption broke for the first time 100million barrels,


jim miller
jim miller
@Bob Barino all we need to control it is more recessions.
That's the only time they went down.

Bob Barino
Bob Barino
@jim miller
Why I wrote the first line.

David Amos
David Amos
@Bob Barino Good Point









 Tyler Ward 
William James
So another five months without a plan? It's starting to look like the Trudeau government is deliberately trying to undermine the economy of Western Canada.


John Smith
John Smith
@William James Starting to! PET bestowed upon JT the same values, strangle western canada, placate the east and stay in power my son.

Jim Redmond
Jim Redmond
@William James Starting to --- it has been obvious from day one.

Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams
@William James
They bought this thing simply to stall it out indefinitely.
An absolutely inept government at every level.

John Gallant
John Gallant
@William James

So the economy of all of Western Canada depends upon a pipeline being expanded an extra 590,000 barrels per day? That is a current ($55 per barrel WTI price) of $11.8 billion total per year. How much of that does the Alberta government get? How much does the oil and gas industry get?

The economy of Western Canada depends upon this? Things are far worse than I thought.

Robert Morris
Robert Morris
@William James
Did you even bother to read the court decision.......if you had read it, then you would know the plan.....

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@William James
Alberta is way ahead on that score, one market to a customer who prefers to pay next to nothing. Way to go cons.

Dayton Funk
Dayton Funk
@William James ," it's starting to look like the Trudeau government is deliberately trying to undermine the economy of Western Canada?" Sorry he's already done it.

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@William James

Another conspiracy theorist.

Was it the man in the grassy knoll?

David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Lee Was it the man in the grassy knoll?

FYI James Earl Files aka James Sutton confessed he was the guy years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Files

Speaking of Yankee conspiracies, methinks a lot of ghosts are wondering why Robert Lee deliberately lost the war at Gettysburg N'esy Pas?


Brett Blaikie
Brett Blaikie
@William James they absolutely are, the differential has shrunk back to historical levels but that is mostly because the American syndicate has messed up their supply of heavy crude from Venezuela and Missus Notley imposed some curtailment (Americans using their influence at various large oil companies and pundits to try and get the curtailment lifted since things are a little sour down Caracas way these days










 Bert Law 
Bert Law
There are approximately 263,000 kms of coastline in the world.

Only one place has a domestic tanker ban and it is Less than 1000 kms. In northern BC.

Maybe The trudeau liberals have an agenda.

Ahh, Ya think.....face palm.


Tony Belmore
Tony Belmore
@Bert Law Do you know why we have the ban, and want that ban?
Let alone why its a great idea?

Tony Belmore
Tony Belmore
@Bert Law And no, its not the world coast lines, that's not even Canada's coast line, 263,000 kms. Canada has 202, 000 kms alone!

Catherine Brown
Catherine Brown
@Tony Belmore "The Lax Kw’alaams Indian Band says it filed a civil claim in the Supreme Court of British Columbia Thursday against the federal and provincial governments. It seeks to declare Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tanker ban “an unjustified infringement on the plaintiffs’ aboriginal rights and title.” 30 other First Nations that support the Eagle Spirit oil pipeline and energy corridor, which requires tankers to transport Alberta oil to Asia, are expected to file similar lawsuits.

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Tony Belmore

Correct.

There are 620,000 kms of coastline in the world.

Which makes the liberal ban sound even more ridiculous.

Bart Roberts
Bart Roberts
@Bert Law has tried sailing into Russian waters lately? Chinese waters?

Maritime bans are commonplace, for a variety of reasons.

You're spouting not just gibberish, but Fossil Falsehood Firehose-level gibberish.

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Bart Roberts

" has tried sailing " ... speaking of gibberish. anyway.

Well then, feel free to tell us all where else in the world there are tanker bans such as this one trudeau implemented...

Google search comes up empty - ( well other than Canada ).

Enjoy.

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Bert Law

Weak.

How do you explain the pipeline failures when Harper & Co. was in business?

Twist that truth around.

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Robert Lee "Twist that truth around"

Methinks this is an irrefutable document that has been made fun of for way past too long so that the truth could be twisted N'esy Pas?

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

David Amos
David Amos
@Catherine Brown The plot thickens


David Amos
David Amos
@Robert Lee "Twist that truth around"

The evidence of that fact is within the reply to you that was blocked









Tyler Ward 
Arthur Gill 
Why does McKenna's approach to climate change focus on Canada instead of the globe?
McKenna bleats that climate recognizes no provincial borders but ignores it also recognizes no global borders.
Why does McKenna falsely bleat that those who oppose HER carbon tax want pollution to be "free"?
Why does McKenna bleat that those who oppose HER are climate change deniers?
Why does McKenna bleat that only SHE has the solution to climate change?
Why does McKenna suggest HER carbon tax will end floods, snow storms, tornados and other climate events that have been occurring for thousands of years?
Why doesn't McKenna and her liberal friends CONSULT with Canadians on solutions rather than imposing them?


Zbiginew Zalewski
Zbiginew Zalewski
@Arthur Gill
Human caused climate change skeptics/deniers are the same people that.
Denied lead in gasoline is bad for you
Denied Asbestus is bad for you
Denied PCB’s are bad for you
Denied Ozone depletion is not caused by humans
Denied Teflon is bad for you
Denied cigarettes cause lung cancer
Denied DTT caused any problems
Denied acid rain is harmful
Denied the benefits vaccines
- The list is endless

Skeptics/deniers would say all of the science that found these problems is suspect, unproven, unfounded.

Bart Roberts
Bart Roberts
@Arthur Gill must know Canada has gone from 1.6% of global emissions to 2.6% in just five years.

That's from 12th largest emitter to 8th -- we cracked the top ten of climate villains -- in the same five years, moving up the list at record speed for any country, ever.

It's from 6th per capita to 3rd per capita in half a decade.

Why does Canada have to stop doing wrong what Canada is doing wrong?

Because 197 other countries are doing that better than us.

Because 190 other countries aren't as bad as us.

Because we can do better than any of them, and our economy will improve if we do, and isn't it a shame to sink to the bottom while hurting yourself and others, like bitumen in sea water?

Arthur Gill
Arthur Gill
@Bart Roberts
"must know Canada has gone from 1.6% of global emissions to 2.6% in just five years. "

Please provide a link to that claim.
And you never disputed anything I wrote.

Arthur Gill
Arthur Gill
@Zbiginew Zalewski
"Human caused climate change skeptics/deniers are the same people that. "

Very nice but what does that have to do with my post as NONE of the political parties in Canada are climate change "deniers" and neither am I.

My concern is solutions and I am far from sold on Trudeau's agenda.

Mel Barrett
Mel Barrett
@Arthur Gill
Because she did not study Science at University?

Phil K'Mee
Phil K'Mee
@Arthur Gill

Arthur, Arthur, Arthur......facts and logic only confuse Liberals. Sunny ways glasses will fix everything for you.

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Arthur Gill

I give up, why?

David Amos
David Amos
@Arthur Gill Methinks you should another McKenna those question Everybody knows he is Ralph Goodale's buddy Frank N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/frank-mckenna-rcmp-commissioner-1.4164911

 
David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Arthur Gill "Please provide a link to that claim. "

Go Figure

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right




Brett Blaikie
Brett Blaikie
@Arthur Gill the lack of depth in this cabinet is showing pretty bad these days: Sir Umalot and Uncle Bill have been unable to impose their agenda with respect to SNC Lavalin, Bombardier and Canada Infrastructure Bank





Decision on Trans Mountain pipeline's fate might not come until summer

Cabinet won't decide pipeline's fate until new round of consultations with Indigenous communities is complete


Cabinet likely won't decide the fate of the Trans Mountain pipeline until closer to the start of the next federal election. (CBC)


Canada's energy regulator will tell the federal government this week whether it still thinks the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded but cabinet's final say on the project's future is still several months away.

The National Energy Board is reconsidering the project's impact on marine life, including highly endangered southern resident killer whales, after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled last year that the NEB's 2016 approval failed to properly take into account how the whales would be affected by having additional oil tankers in their waters.

The report's delivery will start the clock on a 90-day deadline for cabinet to decide whether the controversial project will proceed, a deadline officials are already signalling could be pushed back.



In addition to the NEB review, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi has ordered a new round of consultations with Indigenous communities to satisfy the court.

A team of 60 people has been assigned to consultation teams that have met with 70 communities since October, but that leaves more than 60 affected communities still waiting for a meeting.

There is no deadline for those consultations to wrap up but officials in Sohi's office have told The Canadian Press a final decision on whether the pipeline proceeds won't be made until they are complete.

Meantime, cabinet is under immense pressure to decide the fate of the pipeline before the federal election in the fall.

There is also pressure to get the expansion built because Ottawa bought the existing pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion last August, after political opposition to the expansion left the company's shareholders reluctant to proceed.

Impact on killer whales key to discussion


The impact of the expansion on the southern resident killer whales — of which only 74 survive — is key to the discussion. Conservationists say the pipeline will make their recovery nearly impossible.

"The decision really comes down to: Will the federal government say that the economic interests associated with the pipeline outweigh the presence of having southern resident killer whales on the landscape," said Misty MacDuffee, a biologist with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

The whales started the year on a high note with the birth of a new calf, and two more females in the population are pregnant. But the happy news comes with a major caveat: no southern resident baby has survived more than a year since 2015.

The whales are being harmed by everything from boat noise and the decline in chinook salmon to contaminants in the water from sewage. The National Energy Board in 2016 did conclude the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would "further impede" the recovery of the whales, but still gave the project the go-ahead because it said its mandate was to consider the impacts of the pipeline itself, not from project-related marine shipping.


Southern resident killer whales are pictured off the coast of B.C. (C. Emmons/NOAA Fisheries)

Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said he won't prejudge what the National Energy Board will say, but he is confident the government has put in place enough new protections for whales and other marine life to mitigate the impact of the pipeline.

"No government has ever taken these kind of steps to try to address a critical species like the southern resident killer whale," he said.

The Oceans Protection Plan, a $1.5 billion federal policy unveiled in 2016, includes new protected areas for the whales; attempts to recover their main food source, Chinook salmon; new research on water contaminants; and plans to reduce noise from the thousands of boats that travel near the whales each year.

The plan was not in place when the National Energy Board first reviewed the project, and Wilkinson notes the court didn't take it into account either.

MacDuffee said there is nothing that can currently be done to reduce the effects of boat noise on the whales. She adds that while the government says only six more tankers a week will be added, those six tankers will mean the whales will go from being in the presence of boats about 85 per cent of the time, to more than 95 per cent of the time.

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

Gerald Butts resigns as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's principal secretary

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David Mountain "Maybe RCMP is involved."

David Amos"Content disabled" I doubt it Methinks many would agree that Butts is just being the fall guy for the PM just like Wright was in the Duffy Affair N'esy Pas?


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/gerald-butts-resigns-as-prime-minister.html




https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gerald-butts-resigns-pmo-1.5023675



Gerald Butts resigns as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's principal secretary




7769 Comments





Donald Lancaster 
Donald Lancaster
The best family day ever ever


Greg Lang
Greg Lang
@Donald Lancaster it is a good start. There are many others.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Donald Lancaster

Actually, it’s a shame. Trudeau and Gerald Butts have instilled so much integrity among Ministers, MPs, the PMO and party officials. It’s a disgrace how the witch-hunting opposition parties and the corporate media wolf pack that trumpets their smears and lies have taken such a toll. Butts served this country with great competence and honour.

All this over still unsubstantiated, anonymous claims of undue PMO interference, denied by the PM and Butts, and a relatively minor Cabinet shuffle which is the PM’s right, including to move the Justice Minister. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe JWR was offered the prestigious Indigenous Affairs portfolio, which would have been another historic first. But she refused and got all that was left, Veterans Affairs.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Donald Lancaster

You can say that again! What a great day for Canada!

Larry Eason
Larry Eason
@Louisa Walker Sounds like you are another Trudeau groupie. Geez, you could have picked someone like Chris De Burg or Justin Beiber but no, the smarm has won you over.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Larry Eason

If someone in the PMO resigning makes it the best family day ever for you, you need to review your life and all aspects of it

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Louisa Walker "Sounds like you don’t have much of a life."
@Troy Mann "If someone in the PMO resigning makes it the best family day ever for you, you need to review your life and all aspects of it"

Sunny Ways, eh gang? Where's that Trudeau-brand positivity!? Ha!

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Donald Lancaster

If Scott Brison didn’t resign, Gerry would still have his job! LOL!

Jack Slate
Jack Slate
Finally the identity politic king is gone. Now we just need to wait for his marionette to follow suit..

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "Trudeau and Gerald Butts have instilled so much integrity among Ministers, MPs, the PMO and party officials."

Amazing how you're still hanging on, when everything you're been "defending" them against is proving to be true before our very eyes. But this has nothing to do with the opposition parties. NOTHING! This is a mess created by and worsened by Liberals all on their own. Man that must sting.

Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
@Jamie Gillis

Oh he did the same with Dion, with Ignatieff etc etc

Stephen David
Stephen David
@Donald Lancaster

Sure is!!

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Donald Lancaster

Only a subversive or anarchists would find joy in watching a country as old as Canada suffer these losses

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@david mccaig "Only a subversive or anarchists would find joy in watching a country as old as Canada suffer these losses"

Trudeau's loss is Canada's gain.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Donald Lancaster

We have people here that are nothing but rabble rousers

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Donald Lancaster

Political agitors should be ashamed of themselves for the sake of Canada

David Amos
David Amos
@david mccaig Surprise Surprise Surprise

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Actually, it’s a shame. Trudeau and Gerald Butts have instilled so much integrity among Ministers, MPs, the PMO and party officials."

Cry me a river

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Donald Lancaster

For the well being of Canada , a democracy needs more than one party with a Doug Ford agenda of taking apart our healthcare

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Donald Lancaster

The Russian's want conservative governments in power , which doesnt say much for the integrity of their ideology.

Art Rowe
Art Rowe
@Donald Lancaster
Taking one for the team and the Boss.

Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
@Art Rowe

Its public record that Gerald B was in all of of those SNC meetings. If there's substance to the allegations, hes in it up to his neck.

Carter Hayes
Carter Hayes
@david mccaig Why wouldn't they want conservatives in power? It's the left that wants a war with Russia. No one wants that.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Art Rowe

I doubt very much that this is going to take any heat of Trudeau or his brand. But if THIS is what they decided was the best option for the Liberals now, imagine how bad they thought it would be if he stayed.

Stephen David
Stephen David
@david mccaig

So now it's the Russians fault?...lol.


Ed Riley
Ed Riley
@Donald Lancaster ....
Trudeau's next press conference....
"Harper made me do it.....no no wait it was the Russians......no no I'm wrong it was Trump...no no I got it , it was those damn Albertans, yes that's it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it."

Sally Ride
Sally Ride
@Richard Sharp Yes, obviously a big misunderstanding. Come back Gerald et al.

Sally Ride
Sally Ride
@Troy Mann My day was pretty crappy until I heard the news, I agree with Donald Lancaster.

Dee Ray Ng
Dee Ray Ng
@david mccaig

When all you have left is to blame the Russians, you know you've lost the argument (and any hope).

Sally Ride
Sally Ride
@david mccaig Canada stopped being Canada under Trudeau. Challenge that statement.

Brian Waite
Brian Waite
@Donald Lancaster Cassius: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene III, L. 140-141).


David Amos
David Amos
@Brian Waite Methinks the liberal pundits doth protest too much N'esy Pas?




Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Donald Lancaster

I believe Trudeau when, in response to a media question, he stated he advised JWR in September that the decision on SNC-Lavelin was hers to make. I believe him when he stated that he reconfirmed that discussion directly with JWR just a week ago. That wasn’t throwing her under a bus, he was simply being truthful.

I also believe Butts when he states it was JWR who raised SNC-Lavelin with him, not the other way around, when he states that he advised her to talk to the Clerk of the Privy Council a,d when he says no one in the PMO put undue pressure on JWR. Again, no bus, just the truth in response to media enquires and opposition accusations.

This is an astounding series of events, all based on anonymous and unsubstantiated smears.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

Being fervently partisan whether not its right, just or good for the country, is what has destroyed Americas politics and perhaps forever made it ungovernable.
Anthony Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy
@Richard Sharp

Geez I was worried that you jumped off a bridge by now or something.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Donald Lancaster It's like Christmas in February.

Munroe Kelly
Munroe Kelly
@Anthony Kennedy
He's waiting for his Liberal expense cheque

Tina Falco
Tina Falco
@Anthony Kennedy

lol!

@Richard Sharp

No offense, but that WAS funny!

David Amos
David Amos
@Munroe Kelly I wonder how much it will cost us to move him out of Dodge

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pmo-relocation-expenses-chagger-1.3774553

les misner
les misner
@Richard Sharp did you believe in santa

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Donald Lancaster

WHERE'S the NDP when you need them.









Donald Lancaster 
John Davis
If you are perfectly innocent, why resign?


Graham Greene
Graham Greene
@John Davis

Some people do that when they consider the position more important than their person . . .
.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@John Davis

Read his resignation letter.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Tom Sawyer

The truth as per an anonymous source

Jay Henryk
Jay Henryk
@John Davis Maybe he just got tired of it all. I don't know how any of them last as long as they do. Life is too short to be involved in anything to do with politics.

Vinit Khosla
Vinit Khosla
@Richard Sharp Yes, most of us have read his resignation letter, and it does not add up. If he has done nothing wrong, why should he step away in the best interests of the office? Maybe you, with your keen insights into the working of the Liberal government, can educate us as to his reason for quitting.

Jay Henryk
Jay Henryk
@Vinit Khosla Maybe he wanted to go sit on a beach somewhere and watch the waves. If I had this guy's money, that is what I would be doing.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Jay Henryk

You couldn't pay me enough to be in politics and I make more than most of them already

Jay Henryk
Jay Henryk
@Troy Mann No kidding. I have no idea why they do it.

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "I make more than most of them already"

Tell me something I don't know

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

This proves nothing but our PM may be as petulant under stress and has infuriated some inne staff, so be it.

David Mountain
David Mountain
@John Davis Maybe RCMP is involved.

Karen King
Karen King
@John Davis

so guilty until proven innocent??

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann That's fine , I doubt you'd stand a chance getting elected even WITH all your resources.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Thought of the return of another Stephen Harper conservative clone to the PM's office is enough to make physically sick.

todd reaker
todd reaker
@david mccaig

I have a bag if you need it

David Amos
David Amos
@todd reaker Lol

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

If Trudeau is found guilty of this he should be politically hung drawn and quartered for destroying the dreams of tens of millions of Canadians .

David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein "I doubt you'd stand a chance getting elected even WITH all your resources."

Oh So True

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

If the conservatives didn't of having such a bunch or incoherent climate science denying , American militarists in their party , this wouldn't be so tragic for Canada.

David Amos
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David Amos
@David Mountain "Maybe RCMP is involved."

I doubt it Methinks many would agree that Butts is just being the fall guy for the PM just like Wright was in the Duffy Affair N'esy Pas?

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

The Governor General should CANCEL ELECTIONS in 2019 for the sake of Canada.

Dee Ray Ng
Dee Ray Ng
@david mccaig

Cancel elections? We couldn't have a BETTER time to have an election!

We have more than one party you know?

And...NO MORE MAJORITY GOVERNMENTS!

Vinit Khosla
Vinit Khosla
@Karen King A non-sequitur. The question is why he resigned if he did nothing wrong.

Glen robert
Glen robert
@Dee Ray Ng
Again there is no difference between a Liberal and a Conservative.
Remember Nigel Wright.



david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Any thought of another 4 or more years living the oppressive backward ideology of Stephen Harper conservatives, is truly depressing.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Good thing Trudeau has millions , because after this no one would hire him in Canada.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@John Davis I think Trudeau has not been listening to his advisor/handler (Butts) starting with the decision to demote WR. It has been distarous and Butts is now leaving a sinking ship.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Stephen Harper can't wait to fly down to FOX NEWS and berate and embarrass Canada like he did before.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Corporate media owned by self serving billionaires will crucify Trudeau on this.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Obviously takes more than a pretty face to run Canada.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Prime Minister Trudeau STEP DOWN so Canada can get on with its affairs.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

WHAT A MESS

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@david mccaig

You are basing everything on zero proof and an anonymous source

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Gerald Butts was Justin Trudeau's BEST MAN at his wedding ,for him to resign like this, speaks volumes.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

For the Liberal Party of Canada, it'll be '"I am hurt, but I am not slain; I'll lay me down and bleed a while and get up and fight again'

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Mr Trudeau this aself inflicted wound.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Davis

Mr Trudeau for the good of CANADA and the Liberal Party STEP DOWN NOW.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

Actually I'll amend the statement i voted for Trudeau, i actually voted for was the Liberal Party of Canada and against the Stephen Harper administration.

David Amos
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David Amos
@david mccaig @Troy Mann "You are basing everything on zero proof and an anonymous source"

Methinks you two should get a room N'esy Pas?












Samuel Spade
Samuel Spade
There appears to be panic in the PMO.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Samuel Spade

No panic. An honourable resignation despite having done nothing wrong.

John Chow
John Chow
@Richard Sharp

That does not make sense.

Dayton Funk
Dayton Funk
@Richard Sharp , seriously? That's what almost everyone in prison says. He was framed by the one armed man...

Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson
@Richard Sharp Sure Richard. Nothing to see here. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" as the wizard, in the Wizard of Oz said.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Dayton Funk

Funny you picked a movie where the guy was framed by a one armed man and I agree, every innocent person in prison said they did nothing wrong

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@John Chow

Those with honour understand.

Dave Hall
Dave Hall
@Richard Sharp resigning when you haven't done anything wrong, and have not been accused of doing anything wrong by anyone willing to go on the record is not honourable, it is bizarre. There wouldn't be a soul left in politics if that was the test.

No, I suspect there is more information to come that they know but we do not know. Only that would make this resignation reasonable.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Samuel Spade Full panic mode.

John Chow
John Chow
@Richard Sharp

I think my honour is just fine, thank you.

Samuel Spade
Samuel Spade
@John Chow
The innocent fall on their swords; the guilty remain?

Richard Harding
Richard Harding
@Richard Sharp

Will His, or Her, Honour understand?

David Allen Coe
David Allen Coe
@Richard Sharp

when you suspend reality....you can make statements like yours.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

Your party is a dumpster fire. There's no honour among thieves.

Samuel Spade
Samuel Spade
@Jamie Gillis
Black smoke from the PMO. No new pope yet.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Richard Sharp Those with honour understand

So now disagreeing with you is a character flaw?

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Those with honour understand."

Methinks you have that backwards as usual N'esy Pas?

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Samuel Spade

Most of these agitators who are getting great delight in the struggles of our government will live to regret it if the conservatives gain power again.

Tom Barry
Tom Barry
@Richard Sharp

"No panic. An honourable resignation despite having done nothing wrong."

How do you know that Richard?

David Amos
David Amos
@david mccaig Methinks a lot of folks appear to be Happy Happy Happy Its not nice to try to spoil their day off N'esy Pas?

Joe Rosco
Joe Rosco
@Richard Sharp --- Why would someone resign if they did nothing wrong? I would think that your repuration would suffer.

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Richard Sharp

Yeah sure GB is honourable. Wow, yes most Canadians do understand your statement is upside down.

First thing he did was submit moving expenses from TO to Ottawa of 127,000 dollars....A short 4.5 hour drive. He needs to pay that all back.

But first he took part in making Ontario the most indebted non nation in the world.

Yeah, he's a real gem.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Samuel Spade

Scheer of course using the plight of sincere Canadians who were losing their oil sector jobs as election props , will take great delight in millions of Canadians's suffering

William Ben
William Ben
@Richard Sharp comedy at its finest on a great afternoon



david mccaig
david mccaig
@Samuel Spade

This is a self inflicted coup dtat for the linberals unless Trudeau steps down.

Bill Hill
Bill Hill
@Richard Sharp

You don't resign because you have done nothing wrong.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Samuel Spade will Katie Telford also resign? They need to clean house at the PMO

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Samuel Spade

Internationally this is a body blow for liberals everywhere.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Samuel Spade

For Canadians and the world who thought Canada would lead by example on climate change just had their hope dashed at tbe tbought of conservatives returning to power.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Samuel Spade

The hourable Prime Minister Trudeau Elliot Trudeau in his after life must be terribly disappointed .

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@david mccaig

Dude, speaking on behalf of a dead person is sick and disgusting

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Why?

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@David Amos

Because the dead cant defend themselves

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks you ain't met the ghosts I speak for N'esy Pas?



Lawrence Vickers
Lawrence Vickers
@Richard Sharp Who's next Richard?

Jim LaPalmier
Jim LaPalmier
@Samuel Spade

"There appears to be panic in the PMO"

Giving Trump and his gang a 'run for their money' ?
Sad.

Louis Pelt
Louis Pelt
@Samuel Spade

Liberals are upset that their leader is a walking ethics violation.

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks you just figured out who my Forefathers are N'esy Pas?



 







Donald Lancaster 
Daryl McBride
Hopefully Trudeau does the same.


Douglas Henry
Douglas Henry
@Daryl McBride
Why would anyone want that?
Back in 1993 I felt cheated because Mulroney resigned and I couldn’t vote against him. I don’t want to feel cheated again.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Daryl McBride

He likely will in June 2023 as Prime Minister

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks many would agree that he may do so in October of this year N'esy Pas?

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Daryl McBride

No doubt the Liberal Party of Canada needs a leadeship review.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Daryl McBride

The Governor General should refuse an election this year, until the liberal party mortally wounded can offer Canadians a choice in the elections.

Kay McLeod
Kay McLeod
@david mccaig I'm wondering if that's the way this is going. Trudeau was chosen to get the Liberals elected and he couldn't function without people like Gerald Butts. They want to win most of all. Might they be leading up to throwing Trudeau out and getting Judy WR in fast, hoping to win again? It's a stretch, but they don't care who their leader is as long as they win.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Daryl McBride

Sending Canadians to the polls with one of Canada's oldest party's under a dark cloud such as this and only two what have now become fringe party's in the Greens and NDP , WILL NOT BE AN EXERCISE IN DEMOCRACY.

Munroe Kelly
Munroe Kelly
@david mccaig
Yes it will


leonard g MacAulay
leonard g MacAulay
@david mccaig
And the CPC as well.

Vinit Khosla
Vinit Khosla
@david mccaig Didn’t you just demand that Trudeau resign? It sounds like you’re going through the various stages of grief.

Guy Stone
Guy Stone
@Daryl McBride Trudeau never thinks he does anything wrong and cannot comprehend himself not being perfect... the female reporter - did exactly the opposite of his lecturing... CO2 production - does exactly the opposite of his lecturing. Scandals and corruption (Aga Khan, Trudeau foundation, Political gatherings for money) - does exactly the opposite of his lecturing... he can never understand himself not being perfect

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Daryl McBride

For liberals with ulcers this isn't good.

David Amos
David Amos
@Guy Stone Methinks you forgot what buddies Harper and Aga Khan are but I will lay odd Mr Butts has not N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/aga-khan-centre-global-pluralism-1.3948686









Donald Lancaster 
Jo Drake
I wish Harper was back. He was boring and stiff but had some statesmanship and a brain.


Zoe Mitchell
Zoe Mitchell
@Jo Drake He's too busy making covert trips to the WH - be careful what you wish for oh lawd.

Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams
@Zoe Mitchell
At least he's welcomed by foreign leaders.

Ross Johnson
Ross Johnson
@Jo Drake You wish Harper was back? Good for you. Most people certainly do not. If he was ever any good he would never have been beaten by a guy who 'just wasn't ready' would he?

Mike Fisto
Mike Fisto
@Jo Drake Remind us of what exactly Harper and his place-holder before Scheer scared them into electing him leader contributed to the New Nafta, after carefully getting themselves some press by claiming to be "helping". Results? Nil.

Jennifer McIsaac
Jennifer McIsaac
@Jo Drake

And abysmal policies let alone an aversion for democratic processes.

Jason Tremblay (JasonDiggy)
Jason Tremblay (JasonDiggy)
@Jo Drake

A brain??? LOL

Ross Johnson
Ross Johnson
@Mike Fisto They helped a lot actually. Scheer helped Trump by slew-footing our NAFTA negotiating team as he ridiculed them after first publically promising Canadians that the CPC would present a united front with the Liberals to Trump's negotiators. How could Freeland and Co tell Uncle Sam that the Americans could never win that NAFTA battle because Canadians were solidly behind Canada when all Trump had to do was point to the division propagated by Scheer? The CONs will have that to answer for in October.

M Kevin Bishop
M Kevin Bishop
@Jo Drake

Yes, because nothing says good government like a bunch of tongue-talking Dominionist Christian fundamentalists running things....

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Jo Drake "I wish Harper was back."

Lol... so you kiss the decade of tough economic times and recessions...

Conservatives on here have a short term memory problem, the list of scandals under Harper was massive and never ending, not once was an anonymous source used as legitimate evidence... let's not forget the 2015 recession where Canada was lead into by poor economic policy by Harper and the only G20 nation in recession that year...

Harpers legacy is the worst economic growth of any PM since WWII and you miss that?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks you picked a bad day to flog a dead horse N'esy Pas?

Ross Johnson
Ross Johnson
@David Amos For Pete's sake David....it's 'N'EST PAS'. Get it right or 'methinks' you might want to quit using it.

André Carrel
André Carrel
@Ross Johnson
Actually, it's n'est-ce pas. Shouldn't ignore the little dash thing.

Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson
@Ross Johnson " Most people certainly do not". So you are sure of that? I am not and I think that many who voted for Trudeau wish they could take back that vote. Canada has been messed up royally since 2015. Canadians who pay attention have noticed. Pretty bad when a PM can't even stay popular while spending the country into financial oblivion.

Greg Ustina
Greg Ustina
@Jo Drake,

Harper blew too much of our money fighting agianst us in the supremacy court, wouldn’t take questions from reporters, and that closet thing ?!? He was done. I am plenty disappointed with a lot of what JT has done, but not this, the SNC - Lavalin thing. An anonymous accusation does not a scandal make, and I don’t see why Canadian workers should suffer just because you need to pay bribes to do business in Lydia anyways. How many of us agree? Plenty.

Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson
@Ross Johnson Great imagination. Light on facts. No facts.

Greg Ustina
Greg Ustina
@Jo Drake,

Cons do not have leaders, just followers, followers of the oil industry, and that industry is in decline. In 10 years from now most new cars will be electric. We are better off with someone who realizes that and plans for it then we are with someone who resists this inevitable change and moves us into the past.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann He was handed a global economic meltdown , I'm sure back then, when Harper was praised for steering us through this you pointed to Liberal policies as the reason we faired better than any other country in the world during the 2008 collapse. The 2008 crash itself has nothing to do with Harper, his actions are easy to criticize in hindsight but your statement is disingenuous without taking into account all the facts. How's that self balancing budget by 2019 coming along, do we need to extend it past 2040 yet or are we on track to achieving this 21 years later than Trudeau's 2019 "promise"

Greg Ustina
Greg Ustina
@Phil Mein,

Paul Marten. His policies protected Canada from the meltdown, and being a lawyer with business experience prolly the best PM we never got a chance to have. JT, Sheer, Harper, none of those guys look too bright beside Marten.


David Amos
David Amos
@Ross Johnson "Get it right or 'methinks' you might want to quit using it."

NOPE


Kevin Delaney
Kevin Delaney
@Jo Drake
Not sure why St Petersburg would want that nor American pretenders either.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Phil Mein

Harper lead us into the 2015 recession which if ignored as Harper wanted we would be crippled economically right now instead of the lowest unemployment rate in decades and strong growth record.

Harper did nothing to steer us through the 98 recession. In fact he spoiled a 16 billion surplus before it arrived and then got lucky when oil hit $100 a barrel. Once the oil boom busted he was out of options other than selling off assets at below market value.

Worst PM in history and his economic record prove that fact.

Walter Mitton
Walter Mitton
@Jo Drake

Ah, I guess you slept through the decade of darkness?

He did have some political savvy, but zero sense of statesmanship and an appallingly warped sense of values.

Just as one example: permanently destroying years of scientific research purely based on political ideology.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jo Drake

Liberals everywhere its time to jump the sinking Trudeau Ship.

James Holden
James Holden
@Jo Drake

Why do you hate Canada?

Anthony Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy
@James Holden

Remember this: Ford will be wasting Provincial money campaigning for Scheer.

Ford will not be needed now..
.
david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jo Drake

The euphoric Cinderfella story , the son of one of our longest serving and admired Prime Ministers ,becoming prime minister, Canada's Camelot is crashing.

David Amos
David Amos
@david mccaig Cry me a river

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jo Drake

yup if it smells bad , something is definitely rotten.



david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jo Drake

yup if it smells bad , something is definitely rotten.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann The surplus you speak of came from the 32 BILLION Marten took from EI, over looking that is ,again disingenuous, that's why I doubt every word you say, you're so hyper partisan you can't rationally look at anything political.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Phil Mein

That had been proven false, Harper sued to continue the accounting adjustment Chretien brought in. Creating a false narrative is, again disingenuous...

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann You are right, I was mistaken, they took 54 billion. Though deemed not illegal, it's morally bankrupt and something both Liberals and Conservatives seem to now do. But My point is the surplus WAS from EI , it's out there for all to see,( do you not know Google exists?!) so enough with your nothing arguments.

Jack Black
Jack Black
@Troy Mann

Libs took the money.

Cons kept it.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Phil Mein

Stop the re-writing of history Phil... if there was a lump sum taken from EI it would have been a single year accounting move and since Chretien and Martin had multiple years of surplus budgets the idea they took 54 billion a year is simplistic and false.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
"@Jo Drake "I wish Harper was back."  

This sums up the faux outrage here on CBC, a bunch of Harper apologist who haven't stopped missing Harper since he was fired so they create faux outrage over a witch hunt based on an anonymous source and not one single piece of evidence. These same people all supported Harper when scandal after scandal occurred, they supported Harper when Wright resigned in shame, and they supported Harper as he led us into a recession in 2015

Vaino Lund
Vaino Lund
@Jo Drake Not yet I don't. Ten years with him as Prime Minister was a torture for me, I was in uniform for half of them, and it wasn't very cool. No thank you to the CONS. I am voting Liberal, warts and all.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann You see there you go yet again , claiming that somehow you KNOW what others support . I voted for Harper, but at least have enough moral integrity to admit I didn't agree with everything he did. How many ethics violations are you willing to endure before you question Trudeau's integrity?

Leslie Rowe
Leslie Rowe
@Ross Johnson

It's funny, that it bugs you so N'esy Pas?.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Phil Mein

I don't care about the Aga Khan vacation, no one does but hardcore conservatives... 

He did nothing wrong on this, I fully support deferred prosecution agreements and cant understand why conservatives aren't supporting them. 

As for having a discussion with his Minister of justice about what the government of Canada prefers as a route for prosecution that is a no brainer, he is obligated to tell the Minister of justice that. 

Anyway, back to all you funny people missing Harper and supporting him even with his scandals, his contempt of parliament and subversion of justice and here you all are "outraged" for no reason what so ever

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "I don't care about the Aga Khan vacation, no one does but hardcore conservatives"

I am no Conservative but I certainly do in fact I bet you do too because of the Harper connection .













Donald Lancaster 
Rick March
Trudeau’s resignation to follow? Well, in less than a year he’ll be voted out anyway.


Agnes Dorey
Agnes Dorey
@Rick March

By who?

Rick March
Rick March
@Agnes Dorey Smart Canadians.

Agnes Dorey
Agnes Dorey
@Rick March

No (sigh) - who will win? Scheer or Bernier?

Michael MacNeil
Michael MacNeil
@Agnes Dorey Anyone but Trudeau. Face the facts. Time's up for Justin the Incompetent.

Agnes Dorey
Agnes Dorey
@Michael MacNeil

So even Singh?

Btw - I don't care - being Progressive Conservative I've not had a party to vote for federally since the 90s.

But seriously? Who?

Michael MacKenzie
Michael MacKenzie
@Rick March Not with opponents like Scheer & Singh!

Karen King
Karen King
@Rick March

huh guilty until proven innocent??

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Rick March pleas stay around as opposition leader Justin

Peter Boone
Peter Boone
@Rick March It's a same that the ventriloquist didn't take his dummy with him.

David Amos
David Amos
@Rick March "Well, in less than a year he’ll be voted out anyway."

Methinks it would not be wise bet the farm on your opinion N'esy Pas?



Kevin Delaney
Kevin Delaney
@Rick March
Scheer & his team must table something of merit or JT will form a minority.

mia stalling
mia stalling
@Kevin Delaney
Scheers group smell blood and are wallowing in it in glee to table any thing of merit. They can only wallow in doom and gloom, they have no plan, no new ideas beyond 1950. Hopefully JWR will confirm the bully has resigned thing will get better now

Richard McDonell
Richard McDonell
@Kevin Delaney
Amazing on this forum. A comment that is common sense as opposed to partisan drivel.

David Amos
David Amos
@Kevin Delaney "Scheer & his team must table something of merit or JT will form a minority."

I agree













Donald Lancaster 
Jack Black
JTs best buddy... better keep a lid on that scandal... wouldnt want Canadians to learn the truth.


Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
@Jack Black

Not only best buddy, but is known to have been at all of those SNC meetings & so far is protected / blocked by the Liberal party from being forced to testify. Now that he's resigned, he can't be forced to give testimony at the committee at all

David Amos
David Amos
@Jeff Smith "Now that he's resigned, he can't be forced to give testimony at the committee at all"

I am not so sure about that



david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jack Black

This ISN'T Americas Royal Presidency, this our democracy. Americas refusal to hold past presidents accountable for their past crimes, UNDERMINED the whole democratic system, that's why politically America is a basket-case.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jack Black

Being the head of a countries government in a democracy doesn't give you permission to commit crimes IF a crimes been committed .

Lawrence Vickers
Lawrence Vickers
@Jeff Smith Time for the RCMP to get him to talk!

David Amos
David Amos
@Lawrence Vickers Good luck with that












Stephen David
Stephen David
Well, well would you looky there....the liberals are self destructing right in front of our eyes. Must grab another bag of popcorn.


Dennis Regan
Dennis Regan
@Stephen David
Guess you can give a breakdown? More Libs will quit? Something big you know and we need to know? Or simply one guy looking for a new job?

Dennis Regan
Dennis Regan
@Stephen David
Those who immediately know the results are the ones who refuse to study and think about what's going on or "may" be going on. For now, I'm sitting on the fence, thinking and thinking.

Jim Cohoon
Jim Cohoon
@Dennis Regan : You are a strange oddity in this hyper-partisan age.

David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Cohoon Tut Tut Tut I resemble that remark



Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson
@Jim Cohoon You need to be partisan to be sitting on the fence about this. There is definitely a stink emanating from the PMO. We all smell it. Can't you?

harry richard
harry richard
@Dennis Regan ... new job yeah, building the fence between himself and the pm

harry richard
harry richard
@Dennis Regan ... no time for sitting it's flight time.

David Amos
David Amos
@harry richard "new job yeah, building the fence between himself and the pm"

Exactly











Donald Lancaster 
Steve Kirby
The party is over for Trudeau.


David Amos
David Amos
@Steve Kirby YUP



Jonny Elleven
Jonny Elleven
@Steve Kirby

The citizens are over corrupt politicians in all parties. Our whole system of government is set up to cater only to the wealthy. They have bought our politicians and they will control everything until we get PR and very strict campaign funding rules. Even when we get a corrupt bunch out, the new government still says they only want to look forward, and the previous corruption is given a free pass. There are never any consequences.










Donald Lancaster 
chris bowdler
Ok Gerald..lets hear U deny all this under oath....


David Amos
David Amos
@chris bowdler LMAO









Jane Beagle
Evan Guest
Pay your own moving expenses on your way out


Jane Beagle
Jane Beagle
@Evan Guest
Expect another 6 figure bilking.

David Amos
David Amos
@Jane Beagle YUP



Gerald Butts resigns as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's principal secretary

Denies allegations he or anyone in PMO pressured Wilson-Raybould on SNC-Lavalin


Gerald Butts has resigned from his position as senior political adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

In a major shakeup to the highest ranks of the Prime Minister's Office, Gerald Butts resigned Monday as Justin Trudeau's principal secretary.

The bombshell departure — Butts, along with chief of staff Katie Telford, are the two most senior staffers in Trudeau's inner circle — comes amid allegations that senior members of the PMO pressured former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec-based multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution on bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya.

In a statement to reporters, Butts said he categorically denies allegations that he or anyone else in the PMO put this sort of pressure on Wilson-Raybould. He said the accusation is "simply not true."





"At all times, I and those around me acted with integrity and a singular focus on the best interests of all Canadians," Butts said Monday.

"Canadians are rightly proud of their public institutions. They should be, because they work. But the fact is that this accusation exists. It cannot and should not take one moment away from the vital work the prime minister and his office is doing for all Canadians.

"My reputation is my responsibility and that is for me to defend. It is in the best interests of the office and its important work for me to step away," he said.

It was not immediately clear who would replace Butts.
Wilson-Raybould announced last week she was quitting the Liberal cabinet just days after a Globe and Mail report claimed she was pressured to direct the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to sign a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) — a legal tool resembling a plea deal — with SNC-Lavalin.

The prime minister has denied any wrongdoing.

The House of Commons justice committee has agreed to study the matter. Opposition members of that body have insisted that Butts should be among the witnesses called to testify about what exactly went on inside the PMO on the SNC-Lavalin matter. Last week, Liberal members defeated an NDP motion that would have compelled Butts and Wilson-Raybould to appear.

Wilson-Raybould has taken the highly unusual step of retaining Thomas Cromwell, a recently retired Supreme Court justice, as her legal counsel as the scandal enters a new phase.

Trudeau loses long-time political ally


In a tweet, Trudeau said Butts served Canada with "integrity, sage advice and devotion."

In addition to the political partnership, the prime minister is close friends with Butts — a relationship that dates back to their time as students at McGill University in Montreal where they were members of the campus debating club.

Born in Glace Bay, N.S., a coal-mining town on Cape Breton Island, Butts worked on public policy in Ontario before becoming a senior staffer under former Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty at Queen's Park.

While in provincial politics, Butts crafted policies designed to bolster the party's progressive credentials. Among the actions, the government phased out coal-fired power
plants, implemented full-day kindergarten and increased Ontario's minimum wage.

After working as a campaigner at the World Wildlife Fund, Butts then made the leap to federal politics and helped chart Trudeau's political future as leader of the Liberal Party and later prime minister.
The prime minister thanked Butts and Telford by name after clinching power in the 2015 federal election.

"Katie and Gerry are two of the smartest, toughest, hardest-working people you will find anywhere," Trudeau said at his Montreal-area victory party on the night the Liberals captured a majority government.

"They share with me the conviction that politics doesn't have to be negative and personal to be successful."


Trudeau chats with Butts after the Liberal leadership debate in Mississauga, Ont., on Feb. 16, 2013. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

Praised by his allies as a brilliant mind, and vilified by Liberal foes as the political puppet master behind the prime minister, Butts said Monday he is proud of his time as Trudeau's right-hand man.

"While it is fashionable sometimes in some quarters to denigrate politicians and public servants, my experience is that the women and men who serve Canadians in elected office and the professional public service are honest, decent, hard-working people who put service of country beyond self every day," he said.

A well-known policy wonk, Butts has been a vocal defender of the government's Canada Child Benefit and an advocate for carbon pricing as a solution to climate change.

He was also intimately involved in the NAFTA renegotiation efforts— working closely with U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in particular — that produced a new tripartite trade agreement last fall.

In his resignation letter, Butts said he hoped fighting global warming "becomes the collective, non-partisan, urgent effort that science clearly says is required. I hope that happens soon."

Butts'past comments on the energy industry— said before he made the leap to Trudeau's political team — have provoked the ire of oilpatch boosters.

About the Author


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John Paul (J.P.) Tasker is a reporter in the CBC's Parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. He can be reached at john.tasker@cbc.ca.

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I have no doubt whatsoever that the NEB, the Irving Clan and all the other greasy gassy oily guys recall my intervention in the Emera Pipeline Project in 2006


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David Amos
David Amos
I'm Back Surprise Surprise Surprise


Roger Richard
Roger Richard
@David Amos Me too.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@David Amos

Where did you both go?


David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks you must have figured out that we were busy partying hardy over the resignation of your hero Gerald Butts N'esy Pas?

If not need I say we are still Happy Happy Happy?



David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks the SANB should check my work within the "Most Liked" threads before they all evaporate N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gerald-butts-resigns-pmo-1.5023675


Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@David Amos

Methinks the Anglo Society should try harder to get more fans...You currently have 3 followers... :)

 
David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks you know as well as I that the PANB and the Anglo Society don't like the Chief of the Amos Clan and that mon ami Roger Richard is a Very Proud Acadian who ran against your beloved former President of the SANB in the last election N'esy Pas?







David Amos
David Amos
I have no doubt whatsoever that the NEB, Trans Canada, Enbridge, the Irving Clan and all the other greasy gassy oily guys recall my intervention in the Emera Pipeline Project in 2006 while I ran against Ed Doherty in Saint John Harbour. Methinks PUBLIC Records cannot be easily denied N'esy Pas?








Roger Richard
Marc Martin
They want the USA market the maritimes are worthless to them, let see how the CoRservative leader handles this.


David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin They sold to the Yankees for decades My home in Beantown is the irrefutable proof of that simple fact.

Methinks you SANB dudes need to do your homework before you spout off N'esy Pas?


Paul Bourgoin
Paul Bourgoin
@Marc Martin
Like he was instructed to do.

David Amos
David Amos
@Paul Bourgoin YUP

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@David Amos

Methinks you Anglo Society dudes need to do your own homework before you spout off N'esy Pas? Energy East is not currently in NB.

David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks Emera certainly is N'esy Pas?



James Reed
James Reed
@Marc Martin

This is before the National Energy Board








 Harold Benson
Harold Benson
Enbridge has been a disaster for NBers. They don't need to have any more slack cut after promising cheap energy. Fool me once......


David Amos
David Amos
@Harold Benson Methinks Sam was fooled as well N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Harold Benson

Exactly but the thing is your idol the CoRservative leader and the purple leader are both for gas...










Marc Martin
Paul Bourgoin
Where, who and how will Joe Public benefit from such a Deal?


David Amos
David Amos
@Paul Bourgoin Perhaps lower gas prices as promised but I doubt it

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Paul Bourgoin

They wont, this is a sale opportunity to get to sell their gas to this part of the USA.










Marc Martin 
Roger Richard
In recent years, I defended my home against shale gas, fluoridated water and smart meters. Guess what? They are all coming back!


David Amos
David Amos
@Roger Richard Methinks what comes around goes around and around and around like a merry go round until the "Powers That Be" who oversee the circus Get what they want N'esy Pas Mon Ami?

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Roger Richard

Some other things keep coming back also....







Marc Martin 
Marc Bourque
Cheap and energy dont mix,we all know that! So dont use that line to build a pipeline and yes we need one for the economy but dont ever say we will benefit directly from this...


David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Bourque Methinks the pipelines that already exist are what they intend to use all they need is the EUB and the NEB blessings along with that of the US State Department and perhaps Trump won't agree with their scheme N'esy Pas?





TransCanada asks to use existing pipelines to ship gas east

Enbridge, Irving support TransCanada's proposal, which awaits National Energy Board approval


TransCanada’s corporate head office at 450 1st St. SW in downtown Calgary. (David Bell/CBC)



The company that once hoped to ship Alberta crude oil to New Brunswick is now pitching itself as one of the province's best hopes for a stable, inexpensive supply of natural gas.

TransCanada Corp. is asking federal regulators for permission to sign new long-term supply contracts to ship gas from Western Canada through existing pipelines to eastern markets, including Atlantic Canada.

The two main natural gas retailers in New Brunswick, Enbridge Gas New Brunswick and Irving Oil, are supporting the application.



The western gas would provide them with a new source of supply to replace Nova Scotia's offshore gas, which shut down last year.


TransCanada proposed five pump stations for the Energy East pipeline in New Brunswick, including Saint-Léonard, Plaster Rock, Stanley, Cumberland Bay and Hampton. It has since abandoned the project. (CBC)
Enbridge general manager Gilles Volpé says if the plan is approved, "it gives access to more capacity, and more access to the Alberta-based natural gas. That natural gas is plentiful, of course, but it's also very stable from a price point of view."

It's possible the commodity price portion of residential natural gas bills could be reduced 30 to 40 percent, he said.

Not Energy East


In 2017, TransCanada abandoned plans to build the Energy East pipeline to carry heavy oil from Alberta to an export terminal in Saint John. The company cited new emissions standards in the regulatory review of the project.

With no pipeline link between the rest of Canada and the Maritimes, the natural gas would move on TransCanada's Canadian mainline as far as Quebec, then cross the border to travel through U.S. lines in New England.

It would then travel back into Canada via the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline that links this region to the United States.


Stefan Baranski, TransCanada’s director of commercial markets in Eastern Canada, says the plan may mean savings for New Brunswickers. (CBC )
"Eastern Canadian markets will be served by western Canadian gas, which is pretty exciting from our perspective," said Stefan Baranski, TransCanada's director of commercial markets in Eastern Canada,
Volpé says TransCanada already ships some gas to Atlantic Canada on the route, but "this provides more capacity to bring more gas this way."

'Critical' application


TransCanada and interveners are now filing documents with the National Energy Board, which must approve the proposal. Enbridge's application to intervene says the plan is "critical" to its New Brunswick operations.

"EGNB does not have access to local supply, nor local natural gas storage facilities to meet its franchise needs at this time and considers [gas from the west] as a valuable asset in meeting the needs of Atlantic Canada long term."


Irving Oil is supporting TransCanada's bid to use existing pipelines to ship natural gas east. (CBC)
Enbridge has signed a 20.5-year contract for the gas starting in 2021.


Irving Oil's contract would start Nov. 1 of this year. The company says in its filing it is "strongly supportive" of the plan and getting the new supply in place this fall is "extremely important to Irving Oil in meeting its needs for secure and reliable natural gas supplies for its operations in Atlantic Canada."
Enbridge says in its filing that New England and Atlantic Canada have the highest natural gas prices and are the most volatile market for gas.

"By having access to long-term supply with generally low volatility, EGNB is better able to provide valued service to our franchise area and provide an economical energy source which helps reduce the carbon footprint of this region in Canada," the filing says.


Enbridge New Brunswick general manager Gilles Volpé says he supports TransCanada's proposal to supply New Brunswick with western gas. (Radio-Canada)
TransCanada's Energy East proposal would have seen the company convert one of its existing natural gas lines from the Alberta-Saskatchewan border to near the Ontario-Quebec border, then build a new line the rest of the way to Saint John.

One of TransCanada's motives for Energy East was that its cross-Canada gas lines were losing money because they were operating below full capacity.

Ironically, the proposed long-term gas contracts would fill some of the unused space that would have been turned over to Energy East.


The right-of-way of TransCanada's Canadian mainline in North Bay, Ontario. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Baranski said the excess capacity allowed TransCanada to offer Atlantic Canadian distributors a discounted price that is competitive with closer supplies of gas in the U.S.

Enbridge says more stable pricing would also allow it to attract more customers — a prospect that has proven a challenge for the company since it began gas operations 20 years ago.

Last year, Calgary-based Enbridge announced it was selling its New Brunswick operations to Algonquin Power and Utilities, but the sale is still going through its own regulatory process.

In its filings with the National Energy Board, TransCanada says 17 companies have signed contracts ranging from 10 to 20½ years.

It is hoping for the board's approval by late summer.

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"Gerry Butts is now roadkill"

Oh My My Methinks Mr Macdonald is a man of many opinions N'esy Pas?


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Richard Sharp
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Richard Sharp
You want real interference in prosecutions? Real obstruction? Look what Trump and his kind are doing down south every day. It’s literally ho hum stuff. It makes the so called “scandal” up here based on ZERO proof, a total joke.


Ryder Pures
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Ryder Pures
@Richard Sharp
What about ... ?

Malcolm F. Brown
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Malcolm F. Brown
@Richard Sharp And that why almost every judicial ruling is in favour of those that have made suing the Trump administration on an almost daily occurrence. If your determined to go of topic at least try to get your facts right.

debi mcdonald
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debi mcdonald
@Richard Sharp I could not care less as far as the US, however am very concerned with the here and now in my great country Canada ! Time will tell just how much the scandal will be. A joke maybe maybe not.......

Kevin Delaney
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Kevin Delaney
@Richard Sharp
Yes there is truth in ones perspective. America is 300+ million & Canada is 30+ million. There is a 10 fold magnifier to all things re an American - Canada comparison. Now that does not offer up any excuse for a failed Canadian PMO that offered poor advice & set up a PM who was not capable of saying to his backroom... gee guys we have a conflict here that is very tricky and possibly quite damaging. 

A PM who failed to see the risks in compromising his female Justice Minister and a PMO who equally failed to see that risk as well. Further both failed to put right before wrong. Odd how that plays out in Party Politics... regardless of political stripes.

Richard Sharp
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Richard Sharp
@debi mcdonald

The comparison is glaring. The corporate media in the USA have largely come to accept President Trump despite his racism, sexism, xenophobia, lies, smears, dangerous appointments and policies etc.

The corporate media up here have not and will not accept the Trudeau Libs, despite their almost squeaky clean record, a few minor ethics breaches notwithstanding. The most inclusive Cabinet in history is systematically accomplishing almost all of their remarkable 354 campaign promises and they are being derailed by this single Cabinet shuffle with zero evidence of wrongdoing?

William Weston
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William Weston
@Richard Sharp
Will we need to keep changing the comparative country to make Canada look better?
We have enough to keep us occupied with Canadian politics, the direction it has taken, the direction Canadians think it should take and the best path to get us on it.
United States should not distract Canadians from the problems in our own house.

Jim McAlpine
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Jim McAlpine
@Richard Sharp - whataboutism solves nothing. Focus on this issue. An investigation is needed in order to get to the truth. The optics alone are enough to topple the government (we've seen it before), so it's in everyone's best interest to get to the truth and put speculation to rest.

Richard Sharp
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Richard Sharp
@Jim McAlpine

No whataboutism. The Libs have welcomed the ethics investigation and even allowed a concurrent investigation by the justice committee, despite issues of Cabinet confidentiality, solicitor-client privilège and the ongoing investigation.

Gordon Kent
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Gordon Kent
@Richard Sharp I’ve noticed that some people treat politics like a team sport. They have their favourite team, wear their jersey on game day, get really upset when their team loses, and get outraged when the referee makes a call against their team. No Canadian government in history has been as squeaky clean and virtuous as you believe the current one to be. It’s how the game is played, and the current champs are just as much beneficiaries of this as any other team has been.

Richard Sharp
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Richard Sharp
@Gordon Kent

They are relatively very clean in terms of ethics, respect for others, inclusiveness, openness, trust and other character traits. They are not clean in terms of policy, such as their blind loyalty to the USA, NATO and Israel, “free”trade deals that still give way too much sovereignty to corporations, etc.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Richard Sharp Methinks this opinion piece is about your liberal heroes not their nemesis Mr Trump N'esy Pas?

William Ben
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William Ben
@Richard Sharp its not about Trump - he America bad man. Trudeau he Canada bad man.

Dave Davidson
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Dave Davidson
@Richard Sharp

Where there is smoke,..........

I see a lot of smoke, now let’s go in and put out the fire.

I’m against just standing back and watching it all burn to the ground.

Dave Davidson
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Dave Davidson
@Richard Sharp

So your Liberal government is transparent about allowing a proper investigation, but your not?

Ok then

David Amos
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David Amos
@Dave Davidson "So your Liberal government is transparent about allowing a proper investigation, but your not?"

Methinks you should ask Mr Sharp about a story he told me of an encounter he had with a Mountie in a stairwell on the night Trudeau The Elder won the liberal leadership when we were young N'esy Pas?












Tom Abbott 
Tom Abbott
I am more concerned about the honesty of our PM than the dishonesty of SNC Lavalin. Transparency in government was an election promise that was NEVER kept. We deserve an independent inquiry into the potential unethical and illegal dealings that might have occurred under Justin's watch.


Dee Thompsan
Dee Thompsan
@Tom Abbott transparency in liberal is code for "Woo whooo bring on the bags of cash!"

drew Currah
drew Currah
@Tom Abbott
Well put, I feel the same way.

Jim McAlpine
Jim McAlpine
@Dee Thompsan - your statement is applicable to any political party in general (expect brown envelopes work just fine too).

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Tom Abbott

The Trudeau Libs record on transparency and accountability is unquestionably positive. They disclose, track and report progress on Ministerial mandate letters for the first time ever, have unmuzzled government scientists and other bureaucrats, hold maybe ten times more press conferences without concern for who is asking what questions, deal properly through the PCO rather than the PMO, have empowered Parliamentary committees and MPs like never before, do not launch personal attacks against Supreme Court justices, officers of Parliament or senior bureaucrats who disagree with them and on and on. In time, Canadians will surely see through this witch-hunt.

Ron Brady
Ron Brady
@Richard Sharp Demonstrably untrue.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "The Trudeau Libs record on transparency and accountability is unquestionably positive."

Yea Right

Methinks like you your hero Neil Macdonald is a man of many opinions N'esy Pas?

Jemma Mallard
Jemma Mallard
@Richard Sharp That’s true, so what changed?

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Kevin Lacroix

Why not counter my assertions instead of attacking me? Prove me wrong.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jim Clark

Instead of insulting me, disprove any of many factual claims about the Libs. One will do.

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@Richard Sharp he won’t allow jwr to speak freely.he can allow it.she wants to,the Canadian public want her to but Justin says no.theres your proof Richard.in one sentence.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jim Clark

Not so. She’s seeking legal advice as are the Libs. There are these little things like Cabinet confidentiality, solicitor-client privilege and an ongoing investigation to work through.

Austin Nisbett
Austin Nisbett
@Jim Clark wrong. No part of the pact is legally binding. It is clearly stated multiple times in the pact, I suggest reading it before reacting

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

You think you make a good argument...but you don't. Cabinet Minister mandate letters? Whoopy! Can't say I noticed a flood of scientific information that was allegedly bottled up by the previous government. PRESS CONFERENCE!? That's one of my favourites: of course they don't worry about who or what the question is!! Trudeau goes before the media with memorized lines for the questions his team expect. Sometimes he forgets and needs time to think of them (we've seen this a few times, including last week). If he doesn't have a script that matches the question, he gives whatever he thinks is the closest, even when it's not related at all (re. Regina town hall question about his comments on construction workers, or last week when asked if JWR could have "experienced things differently" - Trudeau started talking about creating jobs).

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@Richard Sharp they are stalling and you know it.she is muzzled by trudeaus powers.The advice has been given.

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@Austin Nisbett why would a leader of any country sign any pact that takes away free speech.It being a legal document or not.Tell me that.If it’s not legal,why sign it.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

That's interesting that you lump those things together, because it appears Trudeau and the PMO are using cabinet confidentiality and solicitor-client privilege to hamper an investigation.

John Sollows
John Sollows
@Tom Abbott

Agreed. That should apply to any government when something questionable happens.

But, but Harper! Sorry, that shoe also fits. Stevo would have squelched this real fast. That doesn't necessarily serve the common good better.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jamie Gillis

Mandate letters tied to campaign promises, publicly disclosed, tracked, explained and reported on PCO’s website for the first time in Canadian history and thus providing full transparency and accountability on those promises, and the best you do is “Whoopy?”

Speaks volumes.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

The fact that you bring in the Privy Council Office's "Mandate Tracker," essentially a self-graded report card, is what speaks volumes. I don't need mandate letters to know what the party promised to do. It's all there in their platform. I also don't need a mandate tracker to know if they actually did it or not. The media covers all this thoroughly. I have not seen one reputable journalist or pundit call open mandate letters a game changer in transparency. Most likely because it's not.

I agree that it was something new, and perhaps has tones of openness, but a fundamental shift "for the first time in history"? I think not.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Tom Abbott

If you read the article it clearly states exactly what I have been saying, nothing unethical or illegal was done...

And 4 chief of staffs? Wow...

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Speaks volumes."

Methinks all I hear is crickets coming to me from your neck of the woods I bet you are concerned that I am in your town within the convoy of other upset Maritimers N'esy Pas?

Bill Hill
Bill Hill
@Tom Abbott

It would be far faster to dwell on promises he kept. The list if much shorter than the promises he did not keep.


Bill Hill
Bill Hill
@Richard Sharp

The fact that Butts resigned truly speaks volumes.

Steven Arsenault
Steven Arsenault
@Richard Sharp

Their Omnibus bills they promised would be a think of the past. Support for coups in the Ukraine, Venezuela. Israel and calling the BDS movement immoral is despicable. Pandering to the rich. Talk but no concrete action on climate change that could have happened years ago (ex. federal rebates on EV's like the USA).

If you disagree with the level of immigration you are anti-Canadian. If you think people should be hired on merit over gender or culture you are disparaged.

Sorry Richard I could go on but clearly Trudeau in many ways is his own worst enemy.

Harper was cold and uncompromising and his supporters loved him for it.

Tom Abbott
Tom Abbott
@John Sollows
I am talking about the current government and its leader....Not past governments. Please stop trying to deflect the attention away from Trudeau and his cronies.

Tom Abbott
Tom Abbott
@Troy Mann
Try again Troy...the only person saying that nothing unethical or illegal happened was Trudeau....I personally do not take anyone at their word...Look south of the border to see a perfect example.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Tom Abbott

Trudeau’s electoral reforms as promised include: undoing Harper’s voter suppression measures, such as unnecessary ID requirements hurting seniors, students and FN people and restoring voting rights to dual citizens/expats, reempowering Elections Canada/commissioner of Elections to promote voting and investigation electoral fraud, setting up an independent body to oversee debates, restricting political and third party spending between and during elections, requiring companies like FB to report whose advertising on their platforms, and more.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Richard Sharp

I'd have more respect for Trudeau if he'd finish his sentences in a timely manner:

During the election:
"This will be the last election in Canada with FPTP......"

After the non-partisan committee reported their findings:
".......Unless Canadians reject my preferred option the one that overwhelmingly favours the Liberal party."

From the last election (and still on the Liberal party website today):
"Stephen Harper has also used omnibus bills to prevent Parliament from properly... 

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Neil Turv

FPTP would be gone today if Cullen and the rest of the pigheaded NDP had accepted the Libs’ choice, ranked voting. The NDP, btw, would have done exceedingly well with ranked voting when led by the likes of Jack Layton.

As for the allegation of the Libs’ abuse of omnibus bills, the length of a budget document is not the telling factor; on the matter of DPAs, for example, there was a two month public consultation on them in the fall before the budget. Nothing sneaky about it when they were brought in.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "FPTP would be gone today if Cullen and the rest of the pigheaded NDP had accepted the Libs’ choice, ranked voting."

This is categorically false. The actual events leading to Trudeau turning his back on this promise are clear and don't support this narrative. The 2015 Liberal platform placed no conditions on their promise and everything was being followed to the letter and progressing until Trudeau stepped in and shut it down. The events are well documented.

Sally Ride
Sally Ride
@Richard Sharp Nothing is ever their fault is it Richard? How about door-to-door mail delivery? Didn't they blow that one?

Moira Wilkinson
Moira Wilkinson
@Tom Abbott
No transparency? See who? Theconservatives? You must be kidding..ytudeaus problem is he stands and holds press briefings and answers questions as long as they are asked. Unlike The last government who ruled that no more than 5 questions could be asked but each question must be about a different topic.

Don Cameron
Don Cameron
@Jamie Gillis said,
"This is categorically false."

Indeed.
Richard has been repeating this fantasy for a couple of years now. Those of us who were following this promise with some anticipation of what it might have yielded, remember exactly how Trudeau threw out the recommendations of the all party committee, and shut down the whole process.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Richard Sharp

The NDP choosing to go with the findings of the council and the will of the Canadian public is not a negative behavior.

I'll state it again, at no time did Trudeau say "electoral reform ONLY if you decide on ranked ballots". He said they would reform the system and would consult Canada on the new method.

Your defense of their actions on that file are as flimsy and cynical as their actions themselves.

Party's are beholden to the taxpayer not the current party in power.

Moira Wilkinson
Moira Wilkinson
@Richard Sharp
But , according to the conservatives- among others, the sky is falling, the
Government is in chaos. The conservatives are your only chance of saving Canada . Crisis time. - looks more like the cons are creating a lot more ‘ manufacturing ‘ jobs

Moira Wilkinson
Moira Wilkinson
@Jamie Gillis
As opposed to Harper. His favourite audience was never Canadians, it was the Republican think tanks down south. Starting with his 1997 Montreal speech.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jamie Gillis

Nope. FPTP would be gone right now if the pigheaded NDP had realized it was a rump third party and couldn’t demand anything. Ranked voting, where the NDP would do very well with the likes of Jack Layton, was there for the taking, no referendum required. The NDP refused and so it got nothing. Cullen was the worst representative because he was the most pigheaded of all.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Sally Ride

All I was doing was proving that, while the Libs failed to get rid of the FPTP (thanks to the pigheaded NDP, which the Cons played like a fiddle), the Libs otherwise brought in other transformative electoral reforms. Read my list.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Tom Abbott "I am more concerned about the honesty of our PM than the dishonesty of SNC Lavalin."
People are experiencing things differently.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Bill Hill "It would be far faster to dwell on promises he kept. The list if much shorter than the promises he did not keep."
It's at 40% tops which isn't something to be proud of.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

You don't know what would have happened if the NDP decided to give up a key platform promise and support the Liberals instead (frankly I find it extremely pigheaded of you to say they should have and smear Cullen for not doing so).

After the fact Trudeau said in question period that there was (suddenly!?) no consensus among Canadians as to how or even if they wanted (yeah, he actually said that) electoral reform. Are you saying he wasn't being honest? Let me guess: if the NDP had changed their mind, suddenly Trudeau would have heard Canadians loud and clear? Come on!

Bottom line is the process was going forward. The committee had their recommendation! Just like the Liberal platform planned! The next step was to act on it and TRUDEAU SHUT IT DOWN!
Not Cullen, not the NDP, TRUDEAU. Irrefutable.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jamie Gillis

You still stalking me? Take a break.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "You still stalking me? Take a break."

Wow what a whimpy reply

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "You want real interference in prosecutions? Real obstruction? Look what Trump and his kind are doing down south every day. It’s literally ho hum stuff. It makes the so called “scandal” up here based on ZERO proof, a total joke."

Methinks it was no joke when "Poof" you were gone N'esy Pas?


David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "The comparison is glaring. The corporate media in the USA have largely come to accept President Trump despite his racism, sexism, xenophobia, lies, smears, dangerous appointments and policies etc.

The corporate media up here have not and will not accept the Trudeau Libs, despite their almost squeaky clean record, a few minor ethics breaches notwithstanding. The most inclusive Cabinet in history is systematically accomplishing almost all of their remarkable 354 campaign promises and they are being derailed by this single Cabinet shuffle with zero evidence of wrongdoing?"

Yea Right

David Amos
David Amos 
 @Richard Sharp "No whataboutism. The Libs have welcomed the ethics investigation and even allowed a concurrent investigation by the justice committee, despite issues of Cabinet confidentiality, solicitor-client privilège and the ongoing investigation.

They are relatively very clean in terms of ethics, respect for others, inclusiveness, openness, trust and other character traits. They are not clean in terms of policy, such as their blind loyalty to the USA, NATO and Israel, “free”trade deals that still give way too much sovereignty to corporations, etc."

Methinks this opinion piece is about your liberal heroes not their nemesis Mr Trump N'esy Pas?










Bill Hill 
mo bennett
" the vital work the PM is doing for all Canadians"? witch planet you bin hidin' on there, gerry?


Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@mo bennett

This planet: Transformational reforms of child benefits, helping out 9 families out of ten and pulling 300,000 children out of poverty; of the Senate, no constitutional crisis required; of Supreme Court and other senior level government appointments; of elections, including undoing Harper’s voter suppression measures, empowering Elections Canada, restricting third party spending and placing debates under an independent body; help for FNs, the unemployed, the elderly and students; a climate action plan that is working and balances sustainable development; three trade deals.....

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Eric Biallas

I don’t need your help. The bullies on this site do though.

Eric Biallas
Eric Biallas
@Richard Sharp Not trying to put the lights out at the party. But for you to continue your support for unethical behaviour by the Liberals? There is NO logic in it. Trudeau has ethics violations against him.The only PM in history! And you still defend this? Makes your judgement biased at the least.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Eric Biallas

Trudeau’s ethics violations were minor. Who knew the commissioner would make “new law” in finding that the Aga Khan was not a personal friend? Trudeau had spent several Xmas vacations with him as a kid. A helicopter ride instead of a boat? Big friggin’ deal.

Now Harper was the first PM in the history of the Commonwealth to be found in contempt of Parliament. That’s a scandal.

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you were up early too N'esy Pas?


David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Richard Sharp Methinks everybody knows that I am far from done with dealing with Mr Harper and his buddy the Aga Khan N'esy Pas?

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@Richard Sharp Trudeau’s ethics violations were minor.Sure they were.if you say so.I find them illegal and disgusting and so does the Canadian public.Canada deserves and wants much better.

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennettYO MO Methinks its strange that I am no permitted to confer with you N'esy Pas?


Keith Laughton
Keith Laughton
@Richard Sharp

That would be the Harper Climate action plan and the trade deals Mr Trudeau opposed while the leader of the third party?

His own record includes 2015 as the last election using FPTP, if Canadians had only accepted that Mr Trudeau's chosen view was perfect, even if not presented for debate.

A record including 25 years of deficits although the campaign promised a return to balance in 4.

The purchase of 35 year old jets in place of the immediate open competition.

I do agree that in some of his foreign affairs decisions he has got it correct. Especially the ongoing support for NATO in the Baltics and for Ukraine in face of Russian aggression.

He even limited the damage that could have been done to the Canadian Armed forces by limiting the Mali mission to a single year. A better decision would have been to continue breaking his promise of UN "Peacekeeping" missions in an area without a peace to keep.

Regards,

Keith Laughton
Keith Laughton
@Richard Sharp

You continue to miss that Mr Trudeau and his staff arrogantly didn't bother to actually read the law past his hoped for "Get Out Of Jail Free Card" to the section where he had to ask permission before accepting the free helicopter flight.

You also miss that if the Aga Khan was truly a friend then Mr Trudeau would have broken the act when he attended meetings between government officials and the Aga Khan's representatives.

As an aside, I wonder why Mr Trudeau has such a low view of teachers and MPs. After all, he claimed he couldn't act on that "lifelong friendship" until he was the leader of a federal party and later PM with the ability to direct policy for a government, including continuing government funding to an applicant like the Aga Khan's group.

Lastly, can you explain why the Liberal Party is no longer interested in what led to the political theatre of the Contempt charge? After all, we are still waiting for the numbers associated with the various attempted jet purchases for Mr Trudeau's "capability Gap" that did not actually come from the military.

Regards ,

Bill Hill
Bill Hill
@Richard Sharp

If the Aga Khan was a personal friend, why didn't Trudeau recuse himself from consultations regarding Canadian donations to the Aga Khan Foundation?

Bill Hill
Bill Hill
@Richard Sharp

A helicopter ride? How about taking several friends including the President of the Liberal Party of Canada on a taxpayer funded junket. How about the Prime Ministers wife taking her friends on a taxpayer funded trip, without the Prime Minister (didn't know spouses were entitled to MP benefits.) How about the not so secret meeting with American Liberal John Kerry while on the Aga Khans island, conducting Liberal Party business on the taxpayers dime.

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Richard Sharp

Just wondering why any and all liberals have been saying that 300,000 were lifted out of poverty for over a year now.

Shouldn’t it be like 300,001 by now.

Unless maybe it’s not a real number....

Don Cameron
Don Cameron
@Bert Law said,
"Shouldn’t it be like 300,001 by now. "

Great post Bert.

Richard likes using Liberal propaganda as fact. When he says, over and over, "pulling 300,000 children out of poverty", he's merely regurgitating what the Liberals hoped would be the outcome.
He quotes it as 'fact', even though there has never been proof that they actually accomplished this.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Don Cameron

Actually, it’s more like 400,000 and, as usual, I can back it up, while you simply hurl insults.

http://behindthenumbers.ca/2016/07/20/3-positive-steps-toward-ending-poverty-in-canada/

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Don Cameron

Anyone interested should do a search for the Canadian Press'"Baloney Meter" on the Liberals 300,000 claim. In summary "This one earns a rating of "a lot of baloney" because while there is a hint of truth in the statement -- child poverty is on the decline, and the CCB may help -- it takes a bit of a leap to connect the CCB alone to 300,000."

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jamie Gillis

This from the OAG’s website:

“The Canada Child Benefit (CCB) which, starting in July 2016, replaced the Canada Child Tax Benefit, National Child Benefit Supplement, and the Universal Child Care Benefit with a single monthly tax-free payment for families with children under the age of 18. The Canada Child Benefit is simpler, more generous, and better targeted so that about nine out of ten families are better off than under the former suite of child benefits. It is estimated that, as a result of the introduction of the CCB, about 300,000 fewer children are living in poverty in 2017, which represents a reduction of about 40% in child poverty in Canada.”

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Richard Sharp

Borrowing more money to throw once again at some liberal based idea of socialism where everyone should work for the government is unsustainable.

300,000 x 600 = 180,000,00 million a month.

CCB increased nearly 600% and now costs taxpayers over 2.2 billon a year, all of which is borrowed money and contributes over 20% to the 10 + billion deficits.

Not something to be bragging about.

Bert Law
Bert Law
@Bert Law

oops. 180 million a month... face palm.

Don Cameron
Don Cameron
@Richard Sharp said,
"I can back it up,"

No, you can't.
This is a guesstimate on the part of the leftwing Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. I give them as much credence as you do the Frasier Inst.
In the article they acknowledge their numbers are not definitive.

"Now, I may be getting ahead of myself since poverty rates are calculated annually."

A load of propaganda as bad as anything the Liberals are putting out.

BTW, have you come up with a source for your disinformation about JWR being offered Philpott's prestigious cabinet position? You've been asked for a source 5 times, and keep ignoring the request.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Don Cameron

First time I was asked for a source that I saw, I provided it. Now I see you ask for it and my response is look it up yourself.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@mo bennett Canadians would like to know what this vital work is. Word salad is not vital work.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Bert Law "Just wondering why any and all liberals have been saying that 300,000 were lifted out of poverty for over a year now."
Poverty has increased since 2015, it's an easy number to find.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "my response is look it up yourself"

Methinks while you are at it why not Google your name and mine N'esy Pas?



David Amos
David Amos
@Bill Hill "If the Aga Khan was a personal friend, why didn't Trudeau recuse himself from consultations regarding Canadian donations to the Aga Khan Foundation?"

Methinks you should ask Mr Sharp about a story he told me of an encounter he had with a Mountie in a stairwell on the night Trudeau The Elder won the liberal leadership when we were young N'esy Pas?










Bill Hill 
Sulehan Callahan
The beginning of the end for Trudeau identity politics which only seeks to fuel prejudice and bigotry


Roch Quesnel
Roch Quesnel
@Sulehan Callahan Cut the guy some slack..it's not easy being better than everybody else..

Evan Mulligan
Evan Mulligan
@Sulehan Callahan

Identity politics didn't start with Trudeau.

And the right and far-right have become masters of identity politics. It's just that they tend to focus on gun ownership and religiosity.

Like it or not - and I can assure you, I personally don't like it one bit - identity politics will outlast Trudeau.

Sulehan Callahan
Sulehan Callahan
@Evan Mulligan
Fake news alert

Evan Mulligan
Evan Mulligan
@Sulehan Callahan

Which bit, specifically, is fake? Be precise.

Guy Trembley
Guy Trembley
@Sulehan Callahan

Yeah. The Old Stock will fix that, right?

Sally Ride
Sally Ride
@Evan Mulligan Trudy elevated it to an art.

Evan Mulligan
Evan Mulligan
@Sally Ride

JT is an also-ran when it comes to leftist identity politics. Its real foundation rests in universities, specifically some - not all - of the humanities. Gender studies and sociology are rife with it.

The right and far-right took note and seen how divisive it can be, so they've co-opted it and use it in their own politics. "If you're not with us, you're against us" is a standard right-wing trope now, which is pure identity politics.

It's going to be with us for a long time to come.

Freeman Cowan
Freeman Cowan
@Evan Mulligan It is not my right wing stance.

David Amos
David Amos
@Sulehan Callahan YUP

David Amos
David Amos
@Roch Quesnel Oh So True



John Chow
John Chow
@Evan Mulligan

Identity politics, from the right or the left, are not desirable.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Sulehan Callahan

There has never been a more inclusive, respectful government than the Trudeau government. From the diversity of Cabinet amd senior government appointments to immigration and refugees to UN and free trade deals, this government lives and breathes respect for all and human dignity.

It would the Cons who play on fear of foreigners, anger and hate to gain political advantage.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Sulehan Callahan If you disagree with his vision, you are un-Canadian.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@John Chow I'd agree with that, the interest of all Canadians should be forefront.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp Methinks you should explain to me why Jody appointed her Deputy to the bench in Federal Court real slow sometime soon N'esy Pas?










Bill Hill 
William Burnham
My complements to the author, well nuanced. Justin cares mostly in the mode of his mentor Narcissus


David Amos
David Amos
@William Burnham Methinks I should kinda sorta agree for obvious reasons to anyone who has read my lawsuit N'esy Pas?











Bill Hill 
Jim Donald
Trudeau has a long lists of broken promises and a habit of questionable ethical behavior. It is difficult to believe anything that he says. And what he has said so far on this affair rings false. So yes, you can manipulate facts to support what ever theory you want like Neil has done. But that is hardly a answer.


David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Donald I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jim Donald

The Trudeau Libs have kept 80% of their remarkable 354 campaign promises in whole or in part, another 16% are not yet rated. Just 4% (16) have been deemed broken according to independent analysis (Laval U):

https://www.poltext.org/en/trudeau-polimeter

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

That's not exactly what the information on their site says. 50.6% kept. 37.9% kept in part *or in the works*. That's a key distinction, because according to their own methodology: "Promises classified as “kept in part or in the works” at the end of a regular parliamentary cycle are reassessed. For example, when a new election is called and a bill dies on the order paper as a result, the corresponding promise is reclassified from " in the works " to " broken ". Other promises remain “kept in part or in the works” as long as the government action related to the promise has produced concrete results, even though these actions fail to entirely fulfill the promise."

A significant portion of that 37.9% could end up in the broken pile, along with all the "not yet rated" and already "borken" promises. In fact, when they did the same thing with Harper, only 7.1% remained "kept in part." If this case is similar, I think we can expect around 40% promises broken in the end.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp Yea Right



Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "What of “in whole or in part” don’t you understand? Why are you stalking me, anyway?"

I haven't misunderstood anything. You're lumping two categories from their website together which is false and misleading because you're leaving out the phrase "in the works" and what that means. Their website is very clear about this and I believe I was too.

You should look up "stalking." That's something done stealthily. I'm happy to challenge your spin out in the open and as often as I like, seeing as it's omnipresent on this site.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jamie Gillis

What part of “in whole or in part” don’t you understand?

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

See above.

Jim Donald
Jim Donald
@Richard Sharp Some people will actually do research on claims people make. And you tried to spin a statistic. Even funnier, Laval in their superior to us wisdom added promises that were not part of the liberal platform. That skews the over all statistics badly.
For instance, the promise to launch an immediate open process to acquire new jet fighters. I do not accept used obsolete jets as in part completed. So, get your facts either straight or dry with no spin.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jim Donald

Typical shoot the messenger response from a typical Con fan.

Jim Donald
Jim Donald
@Jamie Gillis Well Jamie, as usual a liberal supporters proclamation of "kept 80% of their remarkable 354 campaign promises" statement is not defendable. They didn't actually make 354 promises and the 80% is out in left field. So the name calling starts.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Jim Donald

He doesn't take well to being persistently challenged, does he? The reason I call him out more than others is because he says the same misleading things over and over again. I've pointed out to him the methodology used by Laval. I know that he knows, but he says it anyhow. And tomorrow, he'll say it again regardless.

David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Donald "Some people will actually do research on claims people make."

Trust that Gerald Butts, Andrew Scheer and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me big time when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?

Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos 
@Jim Donald More

Methinks truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No." in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Mr Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice and Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015

Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?









Bill Hill 
mo bennett
messin' around with the justice minister was really bad form gerry.


Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@mo bennett

I believe Butts when he sstates that it was JWR that approached him, not the other way around, and that he rightly told her to deal with the Clerk of the Privy Council. Do you have any proof otherwise? If not, you should cool off.

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you already know that I obviously agree with you and not Mr Sharp N'esy Pas?

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@Richard Sharp I’m sure you would believe that.proof?

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jim Clark

I don’t need to. Ever heard of the presumption of innuence or due process?

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp

Trudeau, the PMO, and the Liberals on the Justice Committee have a funny view of "due process." A party that preaches from on high about openness and transparency, doing politics differently and sunny ways should welcome the most thorough of investigation and examination when questions arise. That has undeniably NOT happened so far.

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@Richard Sharp sort of like all the anonymous sources the media always uses for Justin.

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO It appears that I must my last comment back Methinks its now rather obvious that I can only reveal certain things to you N'esy Pas?








Kevin Lacroix
 Kevin Lacroix
Transparency, ethics, fairness, middle class...……. ya right. Need I continue?


David Amos
David Amos
@Kevin Lacroix Nope Methinks a little Deja Vu will do N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276









Bill Hill
 Sally Ride
You know they are in the soup when even the CBC is piling on.

David Amos
David Amos
@Sally Ride Oh So True







 Bill Hill 
Ron Brady
"Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."

The equal and opposite reaction to the damaging identity politics forced upon Canadians is now taking place.


Roch Quesnel
Roch Quesnel
@Ron Brady +1 You can't change minds by laws and force..

David Amos
David Amos
@Roch Quesnel I disagree Trudeau the Younger made smoking dope legal didn't he?










Roch Quesnel 
Jay Jackson
Vote up If you'll be voting for anyone other than J. Trudeau and the Libs this October.


Chris commishavich
Chris commishavich
@Jay Jackson
That's an easy vote. I have never & will never vote Liberal.

Joe Rosco
Joe Rosco
@Jay Jackson ---That's too easy for up votes, but I will give it to you anyway.

Rob Roy
Rob Roy
@Chris commishavich

I have and would again...but not these Liberals.

Marcus Aetuis
Marcus Aetuis
@Jay Jackson
But....but....the polls?

David Amos
David Amos
@Marcus Aetuis Methinks nobody should care about a poll on a straw man N'esy Pas?






Buford Wilson
 Buford Wilson
This is the most secretive and unethical government in Canadian history.

We can do better.


Mark O'Connell
Mark O'Connell
@Buford Wilson oh please the last guy was much worse. You needed a special invite to attend a rally.

David Conway
David Conway
@Buford Wilson
When did you get elected ?

James fisher
James fisher
@David Conway
lol liberals scrambling to undermine Canada, not surprised.

David Amos
David Amos
@Buford Wilson "We can do better" 


Who Is We?.
David Amos
David Amos
@Mark O'Connell I remember a dude with the same name as you in 2004








 Bill Hill 
Chuck Darwin
Liberal days are painful days for Canadians

Bring back integrity in the October election


Guy Trembley
Guy Trembley
@Chuck Darwin

And the party you recommend is?

Amy J Parr
Amy J Parr
@Chuck Darwin Integrity in the previous government? How short are conservative memories.

Dawn MacNeill
Dawn MacNeill
@Chuck Darwin What, the integrity of the last party. You don't remember Del Maestro in chains? You don't remember the Phoenix debacle we are still left with thanks to Steve and Rona? Seriously?

John Smith
John Smith
@Guy Trembley

The province of Quebec and SNC

Brad Evans
Brad Evans
@Guy Trembley The Social Darwinist Party of course.

David Amos
David Amos
@Chuck Darwin Dream on











Kevin Delaney
Kevin Delaney
Well this is what happens when there is a clash of oh what. ???, Sensitivities?? All Things to All Interests.
Failed. It failed big time. One cannot be the champion of Women and empower them and then sell out an empowered Female Champion because there was a more important Corporate entity that needed supporting. One meets one's downfall that way. So down fell a Spin Master who turned out to be not so Masterful at Spinning. Now would the Spin Master have fallen if his boss had the good sense to point out to the Spin Master that there was danger in a path that was being taken?? Sad when there was no one capable of deeper critical thinking. So here they are trying to run away from a rather large mistake. Good Luck.


David Amos
David Amos
@Kevin Delaney "So down fell a Spin Master who turned out to be not so Masterful at Spinning"

True






Bill Hill 
George Shears
Liberals as a whole will face a backlash at the polls over this debacle.
I am not a fan of Andrew Scheer or Jagmeet Singh, neither are visionaries, but each will have an unprecedented opportunity to capitalize prior to the next federal election.
I thought perhaps Trudeau would bring a refreshing approach to the town that fun forgot, but this is pretty much same old same old.
Vailed democracies are weighing us down!



Michael MacKenzie
Michael MacKenzie
@George Shears Scheer and Singh are both duds. As an alternative to the traditional parties, consider the Green Party.


David Amos
David Amos
@George Shears I agree


David Amos
David Amos
@Michael MacKenzie Now that is truly funny

Mick Fontana
Mick Fontana
@Michael MacKenzie I'll vote PPC instead for a more realistic platform.










Bill Hill 
Irv Millar
Excellent article Neil. You nary mentioned the right wing party of Canada. Who espouse no plank, platform or policy to date. You are correct, there isn't a distraction anymore. Time for Mr. Scheer to step up or step off the bus.


Richard Jay
Richard Jay
@Irv Millar

"Excellent article Neil"

Sure sure, yes excellent. Just what the left wants to hear.

"Gerry Butts has been done in, at least partly, by the ethos of identity politics and virtue signaling he himself helped create around our prime minister."

Had this been anyone on the right CBC would be pointing out how this confirms his guilt. But for anyone on the left it's because of "the ethos of identity politics". You see only the right are guilty when they step down after being accused of something.

Walter Lantz
Walter Lantz
@Irv Millar
"You nary mentioned the right wing party of Canada. Who espouse no plank, platform or policy to date"

Exactly - and if the Cons are smart they won't give the Liberals a chance to change the channel which they so desperately want to do.

The Liberals have messed up everything they've touched and now managed to cap it off with a scandal - possibly two - whenever the Admiral Norman mess gets sorted.
The Liberal trail of tears can and should occupy the spotlight between now and the election.

David Amos
David Amos
@Irv Millar "Excellent article Neil. You nary mentioned the right wing party of Canada"

Methinks it is merely an opinion that our taxes fund N'esy Pas?










Mick Fontana
mo bennett
C'mon, Neil! you bin around this crap longer than most, and even novice political hacks know he's hidin' somethin'!


Jim McAlpine
Jim McAlpine
@mo bennett - whether he is or not, Neil at least has the journalistic integrity to only comment on what he knows for sure. It's mostly opinion, but with Neil it's never fake news.

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett Mais Oui









Bill Hill
Lesley Durham-McPhee
This is a stinky mess, no doubt. I just hope the 'loyal opposition' doesn't somehow find a way to look good in all of this. The only thing they would have done differently is to have a Minister of Justice that would have gone along with the corporate agenda instead of even considering prosecution.


David Amos
David Amos
@Lesley Durham-McPhee "I just hope the 'loyal opposition' doesn't somehow find a way to look good in all of this."

Me Too

William Weston
William Weston 
@Lesley Durham-McPhee
There is also the option to put candidates on ballots whose names haven’t been worked into the national vernacular. It requires engaged constituents working together locally to take control from parties and their national political celebrities.
We can continue to see ourselves as the victims of the politicians chosen by others to be elected by us, or build a little enthusiasm, spend a little time – no money required – and send the best representative for the constituents to parliament without party affiliation or interference. If we work within the community, rather than paying so much attention to national media and marketing we could build the representation Canadians deserve.
We need to stop complaining about politicians and start sending the ones we believe will do the job properly. We are only victims of politicians as much as we elect to be.





Gerald Butts was done in, at least partially, by the ethos of identity politics: Neil Macdonald

It's the same ethos that he himself helped create around our prime minister


The power of this story, of this 'narrative arc,' to use a term Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fond of, is the snatching away of Trudeau’s feminist/Indigenous advocate mantle by an Indigenous feminist — Trudeau being hoisted by his own moralizing petard. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)


A good headline, like Varsol, cuts through the grease and varnish applied to any story by political or corporate message-crafters.

So, my suggestion for the big political headline of the day:

"Nothing Happened, So I'm Quitting"— Gerald Butts





Now, Gerry Butts — until Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's principal secretary — is a smart fellow. No denying that. He can be eloquent in person, and loves being the guy who commandeers the discussion with an original take.
But he's going out with a message track so hackneyed and wheezing that it could've been written by the superannuated PR hacks who used to hang around the Press Club bar, when Ottawa still had a Press Club.

'Simply not true'


In a published statement, he indignantly scolded anonymous sources for saying he or Trudeau had pressured the former justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to intervene in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. As though anonymous sources are necessarily dodgy and wrong (they're not).

"I categorically deny the accusation," said Butts. He'd acted only with integrity, he declared, always honouring Wilson-Raybould's office. "I have served the public interest."

The accusation that he or his staff pressured the attorney general "is simply not true."
So, naturally, he has no choice but to resign.

Why? Because "this accusation exists." Its very existence, untrue as it is, is forcing out this good public servant.

Then Butts continued: "It cannot and should not take one moment away from the vital work the prime minister and his office is doing for all Canadians."

Therefore, "It is in the best interests of the office and its important work for me to step away."
In other words, Butts went for the old "distraction" ploy.

Well, at least he has lots of company. A few other recent examples:

A year ago, Trudeau's minister of sports and persons with disabilities, Kent Hehr, said he was not leaving cabinet because he had been accused of sexual harassment, but because he'd "become a distraction." (Trudeau accepted, saying "harassment of any kind is unacceptable.")

'He didn't want to be a distraction,' said U.S. President Donald Trump of Scott Pruitt's resignation as chief of the Environmental Protection Agency. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)
Remember Scott Pruitt, U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-climate change chief of the Environmental Protection Agency? The guy who travelled first class on questionable trips, used official staff for personal errands and skived money from lobbyists?

He quit last July, but not because of ethics concerns.

"He didn't want to be a distraction," said Trump, accepting the resignation.

Ditto Ryan Zinke, the interior secretary accused of using his position for personal gain. Vicious political attacks, he declared, had "created an unfortunate distraction" from the president's important work.

Maria Miller, British culture secretary in former prime minister David Cameron's Conservative government, didn't quit in 2014 because she'd padded expenses, but because "this has become an enormous distraction, and it's not right that I'm detracting from the incredible achievements of this government."

And so on, and so on.

Now, none of this is to say Butts is a sleaze. I don't know anyone who thinks he is. He's not terribly popular among MPs, but that goes with the job. Trudeau, in accepting his resignation, basically declared his friend a great Canadian.
So why did he have to go?
Butts hasn't confided in me — he prefers to talk about wine and literature over the dinner table — but I'll take a stab at it anyway.

Gerry Butts has been done in, at least partly, by the ethos of identity politics and virtue signaling he himself helped create around our prime minister.

A clear-eyed look at the Raybould-Wilson controversy cannot conclude it is a matter of "rule of law," as opposition critics claim.

Had Wilson-Raybould wished, she could have decreed a deferred prosecution agreement and fines for SNC-Lavalin as punishment for charges of bribing foreign officials. The law itself allows it.

If Trudeau, through Butts, indicated that was his preferred legal outcome, so what? Is the prime minister not allowed to weigh in on a question that affects thousands of Canadian jobs? By suggesting an outcome allowed under the law? That constitutes "pressure"?  And define "pressure," please.

In any case, if there was pressure, it failed. Wilson-Raybould decided not to issue such a decree, which was her prerogative as attorney general.

Legally, the system worked.

Wilson-Raybould's demotion 


The sin for which Butts and the prime minister are actually paying is the subsequent demotion of Wilson-Raybould to veterans affairs minister last month.

Wilson-Raybould, by all accounts, was a competent justice minister. She was obviously angry about the demotion, but she's hardly the first competent minister to be demoted, or to be upset about it.

After the Lavalin story broke, Trudeau loyalists put it about that Wilson-Raybould is not a team player, that she is hard to work with, that she berates colleagues, and that she went through four chiefs of staff for a reason. A Liberal staffer I know, a fellow who doesn't shy from discussing the PM's own shortcomings, describes her as "mean."

Again, nothing new there. Plenty of competent ministers, Liberal and Conservative, have been unpleasant people. I can name a few dozen. That's politics. A cabinet minister serves at the pleasure of the prime minister and can be demoted for any reason, or no reason at all.

But she is also the first Indigenous woman to hold the post of attorney general. More to the point, she was elevated by a prime minister who holds himself out not just as Canada's most prominent feminist, but as a tattooed champion of Indigenous rights and determined advocate of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples after centuries of oppression.

Set yourself up like that, and happily take bragging rights for trailblazing appointments like Wilson-Raybould's, and you narrow your options down the road. The characterizations of Wilson-Raybould quickly blew back on the PMO, which wound up proclaiming its agreement that such language is racist and sexist.


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Justin Trudeau insists Jody Wilson-Raybould wasn't pressured to go easy on SNC-Lavalin

 Justin Trudeau insists Jody Wilson-Raybould was not pressured to steer the corruption and fraud case against SNC-Lavalin away from a courtroom. 2:10
The power of this story, of this "narrative arc," to use a term Trudeau himself is fond of, is the snatching away of Trudeau's feminist/Indigenous advocate mantle by an Indigenous feminist — Trudeau being hoisted by his own moralizing petard.

It's actually a bit like those pious Christian conservative leaders and politicians in the U.S. who get caught soliciting gay sex in a bathroom or smoking meth with a prostitute. The irony is what makes journalists lick their chops.

Wilson-Raybould has handled it beautifully and methodically. She has taken her revenge without saying a public word about the Lavalin affair. Criticism of her leadership skills, however valid such criticism might be, is not on. Were it another minister, or a different prime minister, it would probably be a different calculation. But it's not.

Wilson-Raybould no doubt has an end game, and we'll see it eventually. Maybe she crosses the floor, maybe she decides to become the most influential Indigenous leader in Canadian history. Maybe she'll make history. She has options. And Gerry Butts is now roadkill.

But at least he isn't a distraction anymore.

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Neil Macdonald is an opinion columnist for CBC News, based in Ottawa. Prior to that he was the CBC's Washington correspondent for 12 years, and before that he spent five years reporting from the Middle East. He also had a previous career in newspapers, and speaks English and French fluently, and some Arabic.











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 David Amos
David Amos
'They're just not listening to us,' Glen Carritt says of federal government"

Methinks these people should have listened to me BEFORE they landed in Ottawa N'esy Pas?



Rod Hebner
Rod Hebner
@David Amos .....Did anyone listen to First Nations when they walked to Ottawa ? For some, it takes more to see where they are going and others have to arrive to see what they get even though they might protest on the way back as I'm sure somebody will listen when they arrive back in Alberta.

Peter Bota
Peter Bota
@David Amos do you always refer to yourself in third person in every post you make? Methinks you have serious mental issues.

David Amos
David Amos
@Peter Bota Methinks people who do not know how to argue and do not know enough to clam up always resort to ad hominem nonsense N'esy Pas?

David Amos
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David Amos
@Rod Hebner Methinks you should ask yourself why I ran against the Minister of Indian Affairs for his seat in the 39th Parliament N'esy Pas?

 
David Amos
David Amos
@Rod Hebner Methinks you should ask Leonard Peltier or AIM or the ghost of Andy Scott why I ran against him in the election of the 39th Parliament N'esy Pas?









 Gordon Ashacker 
Gordon Ashacker
Albertans are so inspiring! "We demand more tar settling ponds! We demand more strip mines! We demand more CO2 emissions! We demand more mercury and lead spewed into our environment!" AND "We demand that nobody affected by the expansion of our industry have any say in what we do! We demand no input from Environmentalists! We demand that the First Nations have no say! We demand that the other provincial governments be ignored! We demand that municipalities not be listened to!" AND " We demand massive subsidies of corporate welfare!: We demand the government spend billions on buying pipelines! and buying railcars and locomotives! and upgraders and refineries! and more billions on building the infrastructure to facilitate our money losing industry!!!!!!!!" No wonder the rest of Canada loves Alberta so much........


Leon Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz
@Gordon Ashacker Right?! Trudeau doesn't control the price of oil. Leave that nasty stuff in the ground where it belongs.

Chad Falkenberg
Chad Falkenberg
@Gordon Ashacker are you aware that Alberta's oil industry has some of the highest environmental regulations in the world? Are you aware the First Nations in Alberta actually own and are heavily invested in the oil industry? Are you aware the the First Nations along the pipeline routes in BC actually support the pipeline? Clearly not.

Paul Tingley
Paul Tingley
@Chad Falkenberg He's not aware and doesn't want to be..just spews nonsense.

David Amos
David Amos
@Gordon Ashacker "No wonder the rest of Canada loves Alberta so much"

Methinks you should learn to speak for yourself N'esy Pas?










Paul Tingley
James Fitzgibbon
The uninformed and obsolete, protesting the inevitable. Very sad.

Warren Gildemeister
Warren Gildemeister
@James Fitzgibbon
I agree 100%. If they want to protest, they should be protesting the big oil companies that used to employ them. Those big-pay low-skill jobs were lost to automation and low oil prices, not government.

Chad Falkenberg
Chad Falkenberg
@James Fitzgibbon yeah, because if they aren't protesting for what you believe they are "uninformed". What's "very sad" is that you have chosen not to hear what they have to say. Oil demand is increasing around the world yet somehow Canadians think that it would be better for countries with inferior environmental regulations to take advantage of that demand. We are better off buying oil from outside of Canada rather than use our own. Who needs tax dollars to pay for hospitals and schools anyway... right? Sad indeed.

James Fitzgibbon
James Fitzgibbon
@Chad Falkenberg

Umm... no. They are protesting carbon pricing, for one thing, which is utterly idiotic. A price on carbon is the cheapest alternative for reducing emissions so it is pointless to protest this. The price of oil has plummeted, which has nothing to do with our governments, federally or provincially. And are you suggesting we should reduce our environmental regulations regarding oil? Seriously?

Paul Tingley
Paul Tingley
@James Fitzgibbon The hypocritical typing on his oil based keyboard, driving his petroleum fueled car, using his smartphone, wrapping his food in cling wrap, taking vacations on jets...... I could go on but I made my point.

James Fitzgibbon
James Fitzgibbon
@Paul Tingley

Uh... so your thinking is that carbon sequestered in plastic is also floating around in the atmosphere?

Huh. So you don't even understand the most basic concepts around how fossil fuels are impacting our atmosphere, then. Way to go.

So no, you didn't make a point. You blubbered.

David Amos
David Amos
@James Fitzgibbon Methinks he made is point and you are still blubbering N'esy Pas?

As pro-pipeline convoy reaches Ottawa, leader says protest was years in the making

'They're just not listening to us,' Glen Carritt says of federal government


The sun rises on members of the United We Roll convoy in Arnprior, Ont., just west of Ottawa, on Tuesday. (David Richard/CBC)


As a convoy of pro-pipeline protesters arrives in Ottawa, its organizer says the reason for their protest "didn't just happen overnight."

"This has been going on for four years, with the complete disconnect of what's going on with Mr. Trudeau," said Glen Carritt, lead organizer of the protests and owner of an oilfield fire and safety company in Innisfail, Alta.

"We've been having rallies out in Alberta for four months, and they're just not listening to us over here," he told The Current's Anna Maria Tremonti.

The United We Roll convoy started its journey in Red Deer, Alta., five days ago with stops and rallies along the route. It arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday morning, and was expected to hold a rally on Parliament Hill.

Carritt said protesters want the Liberal government to scrap the carbon tax, as well as Bill C-69, which would overhaul how Canada does environmental assessments of energy projects, and Bill C-48, which bans oil tankers from loading or unloading at ports on the northern coast of B.C.

Participants of the convoy have also raised concerns about Canada signing on to a non-binding UN compact on global migration.

Carritt originally referred to his group as the "yellow vest convoy," but renamed it after criticism of extremist elements that support anti-immigrant rhetoric.

He told Tremonti that as long as would-be protesters were non-violent, peaceful, and respectful, they were welcome to join the convoy and "have our voices heard on Parliament Hill."


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Ride along with a trucker protesting Ottawa’s oil policy in pro-pipeline convoy

 This pro-pipeline truck driver just started a four day journey to Ottawa to protest its handling of the oil downturn. He is joining the around 160 others in the convoy. 1:39


Carritt said he organized the convoy to show the government that the country is united and supported the group's cause.

"You couldn't believe the support that we got, all the way. Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, B.C. We've got trucks coming out from the east," he said.
"This is a united country."


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Mike Hawke
Mike Hawke
As a partisan hack who has never voted liberal, this train wreck has been hard to watch even for me. OMG, how inept is this government?


David Amos
David Amos
@Mike Hawke Welcome to the Circus


David Amos
David Amos
@Mike Hawke Trust that Gerald Butts, Andrew Scheer and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me big time when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?

Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos @Mike Hawke Methinks truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No." in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Mr Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice and Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015

Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?







Mike Hawke 
john Johnson
In the courts of public opinion Trudeau have already been found guilty......deservingly so.


Steven Scott
Steven Scott
@john Johnson
conservative public opinions courts are just what they are, a waste of breath ......

Terry McClinchey
Terry McClinchey
@Steven Scott and something like the ethics committee and the justice committee and no partisanship there...lol

David Amos
David Amos
@john Johnson YUP










Maxim Verite
Maxim Verite
Don't get your hopes up, people. She won't be able to say very much.

Then again, she doesn't really have to. Actions always speak louder than words, and the fact Trudeau has had two cabinet ministers and his closest aide resign this month says plenty.


David Amos
David Amos
@Maxim Verite Methinks the lady lawyer is playing a wicked game and everybody knows it N'esy Pas?

harry richard
harry richard
@David Amos ... oui








john Johnson
john Johnson
Heavy suppression on this site now......need we guess why?......LOL

Arien Packnoski
Arien Packnoski
@john Johnson

As a public broadcaster, they should be required to post all words that trigger administration approval to be considered free speech.

sam cooper
sam cooper
@john Johnson if you insult people they should

Glen Roberts
Glen Roberts
@Arien Packnoski yes.

I sent a email for such a list......no response, except that they received it

David Amos
David Amos
@john Johnson "Heavy suppression on this site now......need we guess why?"

Methinks you should take 3 guesses but the first 2 won't count N'esy Pas?

harry richard
harry richard
@john Johnson ... scared of Canadians opinions













Mike Hawke
Bill Harrison
Turned on CBC News Channel to find out what was going on. All I got was fifteen minutes of an interview with Liberal apologist MacEachern who gave viewers a full court press for the Liberals. So much for fact, and too much fiction!


David Amos
David Amos
@Bill Harrison Methinks its the same old MO N'esy Pas?










 Mike Hawke 
Nico De Jong
Finally we might, just might - be able to learn the truth.
On the other hand, we are dealing with the Trudeau Liberals here.


David Amos
David Amos
@Nico De Jong Do you know the truth of the Duffy Affair?



Wilson-Raybould to testify in parliamentary probe of SNC-Lavalin scandal

Former justice minister, bound by client-solicitor privilege, says she is still consulting with lawyer


Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould will be called to testify at the House of Commons justice committee examining the SNC-Lavalin scandal. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)


Former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will be called to testify at a parliamentary committee probing the SNC-Lavalin scandal — but it's not yet clear how much she'll be able to reveal publicly because she's still bound by client-solicitor privilege.

Wilson-Raybould said today she is consulting with her lawyer about what she can and can't say, and his guidelines also will apply to her appearance before the Commons justice committee.

"I will appear, but as I said, I'm still in discussions with my counsel about the various privileges and confidences that I have," she said.



Wilson-Raybould resigned from the Liberal cabinet last week — but emerged from the cabinet room Tuesday afternoon after addressing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers. Standing at the centre of a scandal engulfing the government, she conceded the situation is complex.

"The rules and laws around privilege, around confidentiality, around my responsibility as a member of Parliament, my ethical and professional responsibilities as a lawyer are layered and incredibly complicated. So I'm still working with my lawyer," she said.
Minutes later, Liberal MP Iqra Khalid‏ tweeted that she had issued a notice of motion before the justice committee to invite Wilson-Raybould to appear before the committee looking into reports that the prime minister's office pressured her to direct the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to sign a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with SNC-Lavalin.

A DPA — a legal measure similar to a plea deal — would have allowed the Quebec-based multinational engineering firm to avoid prosecution on bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya.



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 Jody Wilson-Raybould leaves Question Period and is asked questions by the CBC's Chris Rands 2:39

Facing mounting pressure from opposition critics to waive client-solicitor privilege, Trudeau today would say only that he asked his new Justice Minister David Lametti to review the situation and provide him with advice.

Trudeau also said Wilson-Raybould made the request to address cabinet today, but would not divulge any details of what she said.

Wilson-Raybould was demoted to the Veterans Affairs portfolio earlier this month; she resigned cabinet last week, just days after the Globe and Mail reported that she was pressured to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin case.
Wilson-Raybould said today she remains a Liberal MP.

Trudeau has denied any wrongdoing, as has his former top aide Gerry Butts, who resigned Monday in a bombshell announcement.


I have given notice of motion at the justice committee to invite the Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould to appear before the committee.



Asked today if she was pressured by the Prime Minister's Office, Wilson-Raybould said she is "still working with my lawyer."

Wilson-Raybould has retained retired Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell and has maintained she is limited in what she can say due to solicitor-client privilege. As the former attorney-general, Wilson-Raybould acted as the government's top lawyer.




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Dayton Funk
Dayton Funk 
The only way to settle this is with a full blown Inquiry open to the public.


Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Dayton Funk
Scheer and co they have spent PM Trudeau's entire term to date crying wolf, their cries are seen for what they are, partisan ranting. Dumping Gerald is good, time to turn the page.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Dayton Funk what if WR decided not to talk at all? It looks like Butts may have left in a preemptive move expecting more bad news for the PM from WR. It is striking thay beyond the demotion and the resignation from cabinet we don’t know much but the PM has dug a big hole for himself because he himself has not been silence. Virtually all the damage to the PM has been unforced and self inflicted to thus point. Tough lesson for Trudeau who seem paranoid.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Arlond Lynds

Butts was toxic from day one. Now hopefully Canada can get back to business.

Good riddance.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Dayton Funk

Great idea. Chances are it will end the same way the Duffy affair did:

Four more years of Liberal government and a big, fat check for Butts.

William Joseph Westcott Sr.
William Joseph Westcott Sr.
@Dayton Funk and to completely overhaul our political system. I don’ t know about others but ever since Mulroney and successive governments since, I’m just plain fed up!

bill laplante
bill laplante
@Dayton Funk Let's not forget that this pass for Lavalin started way back last year in the back pages of Bill Morneau's budget, changing the law to benefit Lavalin. This conspiracy now includes the PMO, the Minister of Finance, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice and probably many more. We wonder if after all this lobbying by SNC how much money has transferred to all these parties to made this happen. A full investigation by an unrelated party is the only way to find out.

Smith John
Smith John
@Dayton Funk

B utt s should have to pay back moving expenses?
Why is this getting moderated?

Art Rowe
Art Rowe
@Dayton Funk
FIRST all the critics were crying that Trudeau was guilty of trying to influence, now when it looks like that wouldn't fly they are crying that "members" of his office were the guilty ones. If that doesn't stick to the walls, they will downgrade the culprits and keep at it until they can pin it on the cleaner who sweeps up the hall in her office.

Dayton Funk
Dayton Funk
@Dayton Funk , if there's nothing to hide the P.M. should welcome it you would think. Otherwise it's unnecessary prolonged noise which will lead us to one anyway.

Paul Doe
Paul Doe
@Dayton Funk
I would fully support an inquiry into this. There may be a plausible explanation to all of this but, if there is, we should be able to know it transparently. I can think of no reason for a Liberal supporter to not endorse this other than tribalism.

On the other hand, I think Conservative supporters should be very upset with their Party for not bringing this new law that was put in an omnibus bill to light when it was up for debate. The Conservatives obviously didn't read it, didn't understand it or didn't care. (I may be wrong on this...maybe they did raise it and I just didn't see that...I may stand corrected.) If I was a Conservative supporter, I'd want answers on this...unless I was a tribal member of the Party.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Dayton Funk

Conservatives refused to open am inquiry into hundreds of missing indigenous women but they are crying for one now...

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Paul Doe

There's a reason Trudeau Campaigned on not burying unrelated legislation into omnibus bills. It makes it extremely difficult to properly debate under our current system.

That was the Liberal's claim when Harper did it, so while in theory you are correct, and the Cons or NDP should have brought it up at the time it's not that straightforward.

I am curious as to why the Liberals quietly went back on a campaign promise with this specific piece of legislation.

Paul Doe
Paul Doe
@Neil Turv
I agree that omnibus bills are sleazy...when either side does them.

The fact that both sides complain about it when the other side does it but do it themselves shows the complete hypocrisy of both sides and the supporters of both sides. (I realize you criticize both sides so I don't think you are being hypocritical but most here don't.)

Whether it is sleazy or not is irrelevant that the Opposition has a duty to read, understand and criticize all Bills brought forward by the government. If they are not up to that job, they are certainly not up to forming a government.

As to your last statement: I think it is because of tribalism. Tribalism isn't about holding the other side up to the standards you hold for your self, it is about seeing EVERYTHING they do as evil while you doing the very same thing is also because they are evil.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Paul Doe

Yes, but my issue with it is, Harper and Co never said they would end the practice, and when they did break campaign promises it came with an explanation (i.e. income trusts).

I don't expect parties to be perfect, and I acknowledge that sometimes campaign promises are unworkable, or situations change and changes the priority. But own up to it, and admit it.

From the current Liberal Party website:
"Stephen Harper has also used omnibus bills to prevent Parliament from properly reviewing and debating his proposals. We will change the House of Commons Standing Orders to bring an end to this undemocratic practice."

https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/prorogation-and-omnibus-bills/

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Dayton Funk

THE CONSERVATIVES TRIGGER SNC MISTRIAL

They know this but continue in order to smear the PM.

Phil Kachanoski
Phil Kachanoski
@bill laplante

The law was changed to modernize our legal system to match similar “negotiation-plea deal” provisions on the books in the USA and several other western nations. Without these tools we are at a disadvantage when prosecuting corporations relative to many of our competitors.

Monique Trottier
Monique Trottier
@Dayton Funk

After the Gomery debacle costing millions for nothing, the Libs aren’t going to call another enquiry on themselves any time soon.

Kelly Nelson
Kelly Nelson
@Phil Kachanoski So all of our "friends" are jumping off the bridge, so we should too? Jeez, wheres your sense of justice and equality? If a private citizen were accused of fraud and bribery, they get no deal.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Phil Kachanoski

Sure, I get that, but why did they choose this specific legislation to (quietly) break their "no hiding unrelated legislation in omnibus bills " pledge?

If they want to use/endorse the same tactics Harper did, fine...But be upfront about it.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Kelly Nelson " If a private citizen were accused of fraud and bribery, they get no deal"

Plea bargain is common practice
A private citizen also doesnt employ 10000 people so little different
And if you want Canada to be competitive with our allies we need to adjust accordingly.

How is 10000 innocent people losing their jobs a good thing? How is convincing investors Canada is not a good place to invest a good thing?

Phil Kachanoski
Phil Kachanoski
@Neil Turv

Omnibusbill or not, the intent of the law was to ensure we remain competitive as to the jurisdiction where corporations pay taxes.

Phil Kachanoski
Phil Kachanoski
@Kelly Nelson

“My sense” of justice and equality?

I don’t believe I expressed an opinion regarding that.

Plea deals happen at all levels of the justice system, including individuals. The new law simply provides a vehicle to settle with corporations in a similar manner.

Jeannette Llody
Jeannette Llody
@Phil Kachanoski "Competition" may be the excuse for bringing in a "deferred prosecution agreement". In reality, the Canadian government saw the writing on the wall for SNC Lavalin and wanted to protect them. And of course they would. For decades governments of Liberals AND Conservatives have been handing contracts to SNC Lavalin. So much so that if found guilty at a criminal trial, the government would be hard pressed to deal with the fall out of interrupted services, unfulfilled contracts. They have fed so much business to SNC Lavalin, that alternate suppliers have been squeezed out.

That other countries are more interested in protecting their corporate partners than in the rule of law is a poor defense for Canada doing it too.

Stu Wozniak
Stu Wozniak
@Dayton Funk

A waste of time and money that would be. Bribery and fraud in business is normal in Libya. If there should be any debate, it should be on the ethics of conducting Canadian business in such places.
jimmy vee
jimmy vee
@Dayton Funk really, waste time and money not just time. Scheer just not smart enough

Marek Rudny
Marek Rudny
@Stu Wozniak Is bribery and fraud also normal in Montreal? 30 million for the Montreal General Hospital contract, bribes for the Cartier Bridge renovation contract. Do you know that SNC Lavalin European offices are also blacklisted by the World Bank. Is bribery and fraud also normal in EU?

Jon Van Lee
Jon Van Lee
@Arlond Lynds

But your LIBERAL PARTY had a solution during their election campaign..

“Our plan is a sweeping agenda for change. It is an agenda that will allow us to modernize how the Canadian government works, so that it better reflects the values and expectations of Canadians.

At its heart is a simple idea: transparent government is good government. If we want Canadians to trust their government, we need a government that trusts Canadians.”

What happened Arlond ?

bill laplante
bill laplante
@Matt Thuaii Don't worry he is still there in the back room

James Rielly
James Rielly
@William Joseph Westcott Sr. Agreed.

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "How is convincing investors Canada is not a good place to invest a good thing?"

Methinks investors would not be wise to invest in crooked companies overseen by corrupt governments N'esy Pas?











Paul Ethier 
Paul Ethier
Canadians, let's make Trudeau a drama teacher again.


Craig Sweeney
Craig Sweeney
@Paul Ethier
We can't do that to our kids!

george bath
george bath
@Paul Ethier
and McHarper a restaurant wine tester

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Paul Ethier

Sheer can go back to selling insurance door to door

Lawrence Vickers
Lawrence Vickers
@george bath George your Guy has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. There is nothing you or your faithful can say you have been shamed!

Lawrence Vickers
Lawrence Vickers
@Richard Sharp Sorry Richard polls are useless these days you will find out in October. Fake Feminist comes to mind it won't be good!

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Richard Sharp The latest Angus Reid (DEC 2018 before all this fun stuff) showed Canadians disapproval with Trudeau at 58%. Another predicts Liberal minority. I predict that as well, Liberal Minority which will last no more than 2.5 years .
What's really telling is that , with all his good looks, famous name, a majority government to do as he pleases, Justin has withered his support to within losing distance in just over 3 years.
I would not have been surprised if he was on his way to be the best PM Canada had ever known ( I know what you're thinking Richard , save it ) but instead he has shown to be an utterly disappointing , self serving arrogant PM who has done nothing much for Canada and sacked us with an impressively irresponsible deficit during a hardy economic times.
Sadly a disappointing result

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Paul Ethier

If you think his career in politics is over, you're sadly mistaken.
The next two weeks he will demonstrate his technical savvy in the political realm.
Scheer and the Cons will get blasted by the Canadian court system for being such blabbr mouths.

Karen King
Karen King
@Paul Ethier

duh, he never was a drama teacher, look at his credentials....

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Sheer can go back to selling insurance door to door"

Methinks at least its work Trudeau can just charge a lot for speeches like he used to do and he has his trust fund to rely on when folks have had enough of hs nonsense N'esy Pas?










Arlond Lynds
Leslie Kirby
The Vice Admiral Norman case is waiting in the wings to further sink this government.


Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Leslie Kirby
And I am guessing the Norman case will shine even more light on the disastrous Harper Irving ship building deal. The one Peter MacKay announced over, and over , and over while never managing to build so much as a row boat.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Leslie Kirby they seem to be doing that themselves

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Leslie Kirby

Norman is the guy who was arrested by the RCMP for illegally leaking top secret documents right.... And conservatives believe every word he says... lol

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Troy Mann

VAdm Norman was never placed under arrest. Also, "top secret" is a very specific classification, and a cabinet secret over a ship contract would never receive such a classification.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Leslie Kirby

Not before the Grewal fundraiser comes up again next month when more information will finally be released by law.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Jamie Gillis

He is on trial which means he was arrested for a crime

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Jamie Gillis

Remember when Troy says "Conservative" he includes the following groups: the NDP, Independent senators, left wing media outlets, reasonably unbiased media outlets, well, essentially every single person who doesn't subscribe to his personal interpretation of the narrative.

Don Smith
Don Smith
@Leslie Kirby

Liberals & Admiralty should have kept their traps shut & ordered another Asterix Refueler/Supply/Hospital ship for Humanitarian & Disaster Relief. Multiple Countries in the Caribbean & South Pacific close to Canada have been hit very hard by Hurricanes & Typhoons in the last couple of years could have really used help from something like the Asterix!

Davy Shipyard the only shipyard to build on time & budget in recent history!

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Norman is the guy who was arrested by the RCMP for illegally leaking top secret documents right"

Methinks the fat lady ain't sung on that yet N'esy Pas?

Ke Irwin
Ke Irwin
@Leslie Kirby That was a con issue...Hrpr the $ over spending on fake wars, fake lakes and fake tendering...oh that's right...there was not tendering! Wow..your trolls are wicked or sick that is shows!












Ke Irwin
Jim Henry
Maybe there was nothing improper about what happened between the PMO and JWR, but this becomes more difficult to believe when the Liberals on the justice committee refuse to actually investigate. What happened to the open and transparent government that we were promised? Very disappointing.


Jemma Mallard
Jemma Mallard
@Jim Henry I agree- the handling of the initial criticism has spiralled beyond belief and creates the impression that something is very wrong.

Clayton McCann
Clayton McCann
@Jemma Mallard Something IS very wrong. It's called corporate democracy: SNC-Lavalin gets out of jail free; Meng Wanzhou gets out of jail free, and now, it seems from behind the opaque screen that is the PMO, that Gerry Butts wants out of jail free.

Jemma Mallard
Jemma Mallard
@Clayton McCann So far you are speculating- none of this has happened - but it might so yes be wary.
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Douglas Fowler
  • Douglas Fowler
@Jemma Mallard Your attempts to defend the indefensible is rather strange.

george bath
george bath
@Jim Henry
at what point will Canadians realize the value of their vote Jim.
it has never had value.

Jemma Mallard
Jemma Mallard
@Douglas Fowler Are you even reading what I write? I am most certainly not defending anyone! I am advocating for informed criticism.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Clayton McCann

How does Meng grt out of jail?
What are you accusing the PM and SNC of?

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Jim Henry

I prefer Liberals over HARPER DAZE.

No shutting of labs, no tax cheating senators, no torture of child soldiers, no shutting of Parliament to avoid embarrassing questions...

and a whole laundry list of other unethical behavior.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Robert Lee

"No shutting of labs"

Valid criticism

"no tax cheating senators"

Plenty on both sides of the aisle

"no torture of child soldiers"

That was under Martin and Chretien. Both Liberals. Also, he did not meet the criteria of being a lawful combatant, so could not actually be a child soldier.

"no shutting of Parliament to avoid embarrassing questions"

Again, valid.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Jack O Hill

Do you have any proof of your accusation a senator appointed by Trudeau is stealing?

Harper was the one who ignored the child and allowed him to be tortured. If Harper had acted as was the law then we wouldn't have had to pay him out.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Troy Mann

"Do you have any proof of your accusation a senator appointed by Trudeau is stealing? "

Where did I say that it was a Trudeau appointee? However, you may want to look up Mac Harb.

"Harper was the one who ignored the child and allowed him to be tortured."

Incorrect. He was tortured while Chretien and Martin were in power. Harper was challenged in court for nor repatriating him.

Your research skills are very poor.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Jack O Hill Just his research skills ?

Jon Van Lee
Jon Van Lee
@Jim Henry

Yup.... THE LIBERAL PARTY HAD A SOLUTION ACCORDING TO THEIR CAMPAIGN PROPAGANDA...

“Our plan is a sweeping agenda for change. It is an agenda that will allow us to modernize how the Canadian government works, so that it better reflects the values and expectations of Canadians.

At its heart is a simple idea: transparent government is good government. If we want Canadians to trust their government, we need a government that trusts Canadians.”

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Do you have any proof of your accusation"

Google David Amos wiretap











Arlond Lynds
Rob Burr
Innocent people resign from their cushy jobs everyday, right?


Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Rob Burr
He clearly over stepped his position and the PM showed him the door. Proper thing.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Rob Burr

Nigel Wright did the same thing and conservatives all apologized for him

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann Ah yes, ALL conservatives apologized for him, it boggles the mind how you keep track of all the doings , musings and statements of ALL the conservatives in the entire country. You should work for CSIS.

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Rob Burr

He did it to free himself of the constraints of public office.

Watch this space in the next two weeks how he will shut down the calls for an inquiry.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Phil Mein

Did conservatives all call for Harper to resign? No
Did conservatives continue to support Harper in the next election? Yes

Pretty simple to add two and two

Karen King
Karen King
@Troy Mann

and did the country say they no longer wanted any Harper or Harper lite?? yes

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann Conservative voted Harper because , as per usual, the Liberals offered nothing ( and still do except in your mind of course) Your two plus two equals potato.

Jon Van Lee
Jon Van Lee
@Arlond Lynds

“Stephen Harper has "turned Ottawa into a partisan swamp" during his years in power, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Tuesday as he promised a more transparent government if he is elected in October.”

"We will make information more accessible by requiring transparency to be a fundamental principle across the federal government," Trudeau said in Montreal on Day 10 of the election campaign.

The Liberal leader accused the outgoing prime minister of leading the "most secretive, divisive and hyper-partisan government in Canada's history."

"We will clean up his mess."

What happened Arlond ?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Did conservatives all call for Harper to resign? No
Did conservatives continue to support Harper in the next election? Yes"

Methinks thats true but quite a few quit or did not run for him again N?esy Pas?













george bath
Tom Burridge
Meamwhile.....Justin refuses to allow Jody to speak............bravely he keeps her silent


george bath
george bath
@Tom Burridge
PMO privilege
a Harper tactic as well.

Mar Pell
Mar Pell
@Tom Burridge

The conservatives have no respect for an oath.

Tom Burridge
Tom Burridge
@george bath
Because its 2019

Tom Burridge
Tom Burridge
@Mar Pell
Trudeau has no respect for truth

Mar Pell
Mar Pell
@Tom Burridge

And your idol keeps hiding.

Once a person places his/her hand on the bible he/she is not allowed to break the oat, of course the conservatives have a much wider definition of secrecy.

Mike Cochat
Mike Cochat
@george bath

Harper waved confidentiality on the Duffy affair and has agreed to wave it for VA Norman. Trudeau is keeping everything quite on SNC and VA Norman.

Mar Pell
Mar Pell
@Mar Pell .. oath

Adam Mashinter
Adam Mashinter
@Tom Burridge - He's really a hero, so strong, clever and modest.

Chris Halford
Chris Halford
@Tom Burridge

There is every evidence that she intends to speak as soon as she establishes the legal bounds. It is she who is deciding to keep quiet, she has had opportunities to speak.

Mike Cochat
Mike Cochat
@Chris Halford

Why is she not on the list for the committee reviewing the incident? Why are the liberals keeping her off the witness list?

Chris Halford
Chris Halford
@Mike Cochat

Harper remained an MP during the Duffy trial in order to be able to claim Parliamentary Privilege if he were called to testify, he resigned his seat the moment Duffy was acquitted on all counts and the judge's statements were so thorough that there was no chance of appeal.

Chris Halford
Chris Halford
@Mike Cochat

Harper is not PM and in no position to waive Cabinet Confidentiality in the Norman case.

Chris Halford
Chris Halford
@Mike Cochat

She is claiming client-solicitor privilege for starters and has engaged Thomas Cromwell to advise her on what she can and cannot say. Governments have majorities on all Parliamentery Committees and routinely have the last word on who will speak. Since those committees are political shows, not courts of law, the witness list is chosen for political reasons. Naturally, the opposition want JWR to testify but that doesn't mean it will happen. If I were her, I wouldn't talk to ANYBODY until Justice Cromwell has provided his advice!

harry richard
harry richard
@Tom Burridge ... she will be quiet until she is sure that she will receive both her pensions.

harry richard
harry richard
@Chris Halford ... beware of the trickster

John Smith
John Smith
@george bath that's funny Harper waived attorney client privilege in the duffy scandal....

Robert Lee
Robert Lee
@Tom Burridge

NO WRONG!

The SNC case is before the courts and the Libs are keeping details out of media publication to avoid a MISTRIAL.

Karen King
Karen King
@Robert Lee

Big sigh, the cons here are crowing over what may well be nothing...certainly nothing that they did not ever do themselves. I am concerned about Jody, she is looking very vindictive, I wonder does she realize she has attacked the entire party and not just the PM?

David Amos
David Amos
@Tom Burridge Methinks many won't be shocked if the lady lawyer is playing her former liberal buddies like a fiddle N'esy Pas?











Karen King 
Ross Gravelle
October is coming the winds of change are already appearing


Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
@Ross Gravelle

Change to what?
Back to the right-wing, Conservative Party of Canada?
Didn't Harper's decade of darkness and deceit teach us anything about them?

Craig Macneil
Craig Macneil
@Ross Gravelle change would be NDP or greens.If we are going to elect the cons again there is no change just corruption and secrets once again.....no thanks

mo bennett
mo bennett
@Neil Gregory teach reeformacons anything? now that's hillaryous!!

mo bennett
mo bennett
@Ross Gravelle winds of change? only if ya happen to be sittin' down wind from the out house!

Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
@mo bennett

You can't teach the reformacons anything because they all have their little minds made up and don't want to be confused by the facts.

It is the Canadian voter that needs to learn some lessons about the two old-line, right-wing, parties that have shared power since before Confederation.

Charly Vaughan
Charly Vaughan
@Neil Gregory it’s lovely to watch as tar pond economics fails miserably and the trailer park homesteaders drives onto to the hill demanding a pipe that he failed to deliver

Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
@Charly Vaughan

Some of us never expected him to deliver on any of his promises, and are mildly surprised when he does.

Arlond Lynds
Arlond Lynds
@Ross Gravelle
Nope, Scheer is still Scheer and when I look at who is waiting to see who is with him I see the Harper Government™ puppets.

Jon Holmes
Jon Holmes
@Neil Gregory This degree of Hypocrisy this fast is still remarkable though.

Phil K'Mee
Phil K'Mee
@Neil Gregory

Yes, that compared to this group of bumblers they were stable geniuses. (or genii for the Latin scholars) Even if the Liberals are re-elected in October, there is a good chance we will have a new PM then.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Ross Gravelle

Dream on, one of the top liked discussions from yesterday was people missing Harper which tells all of Canada this is faux outrage and based on partisan political points and nothing to do with law and order

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann Actually one could argue that things are so bad with this government that they miss Harper, it depends what partisan way you look at things I suppose.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Phil Mein

So one would ignore all the scandals and issues that made us fire Harper in the first place to make your argument valid which would be impossible

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann Haha , not surprisingly you missed my point. ANYTHING Harper did does not absolve the train wreck that is Justin Trudeau. I know its difficult to see for you but most adults get my point.

Jon Van Lee
Jon Van Lee
@Neil Gregory

"We will make information more accessible by requiring transparency to be a fundamental principle across the federal government," Trudeau said in Montreal on Day 10 of the election campaign.

The Liberal leader accused the outgoing prime minister of leading the "most secretive, divisive and hyper-partisan government in Canada's history."

"We will clean up his mess."

What happened Neil ?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "So one would ignore all the scandals and issues that made us fire Harper in the first place to make your argument valid which would be impossible"

Methinks your argument fails bigtime Obviously this spit and chew is about Trudeau's wrongs not Harper's Just because Harper fooled a lot of people it does not follow that Trudeau can pull it off too N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Dream on, one of the top liked discussions from yesterday was people missing Harper which tells all of Canada this is faux outrage"

How many discussions went Poof and Why?











Eric Wirta
Tom Burridge
Seems like only yesterday at the G7.....Trump called out Trudeau " he is very dishonest and weak"....


Dean Noble
Dean Noble
@Tom Burridge He is a good judge of lack of character

Smith John
Smith John
@Tom Burridge

At least he doesn't look like howdy duty. And has nice hair, and cool socks.

Eric Wirta
Eric Wirta
@Tom Burridge
what a great slogan on a campaign poster

John Swift
John Swift
@Smith John Sadly, that, a trust fund and a name is all it took to become PM.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Tom Burridge

Conservatives have long supported Trump and the US over Canada so you supporting them now over Canada seems to be on par with your hatred for Canada

Karen King
Karen King
@Tom Burridge

Then that must mean the opposite, everything Trump says is a lie.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann You don't speak for conservatives although you try to suggest you do everyday . You'll be using Trump=conservatives until election day I'm sure,why wouldn't you , it's easy and saves scrounging around for a leg to stand on. But not unlike "troops in our streets, with guns, we're not making this up" voters once again do not fall so easily to such low brow simplistic propaganda.

Again, YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR CONSERVATIVES.

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Conservatives have long supported Trump and the US over Canada so you supporting them now over Canada seems to be on par with your hatred for Canada"

Methinks this an article is about your liberal heroes and Canada not their nemesis Mr Trump and the US of A N'esy Pas?













Jeff Smith
Craig Macneil
There is more to this than the Lavalin affair imo.


Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
@Craig Macneil

I'm sure a certain naval Admiral agrees.

Stanley Baird
Stanley Baird
@Craig Macneil I suspect that WR may have been offside on a range of issues from SNC, IR, the ships, the pipeline legal battles (she supports the project - not so sure about Trudeau). This is bigger than SNC.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Craig Macneil

In order to make allegations you need an anonymous source

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann "In order to make allegations you need an anonymous source"

I suppose an "anonymous source" is better than partisan fabrication though , right?!?

David Amos
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David Amos
@Troy Mann "In order to make allegations you need an anonymous source"

I am far from anonymous

Trust that Gerald Butts, Andrew Scheer and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me big time when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?

Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein I am far from anonymous and definitely non partisan Google me and ask your MP why I am suing the Crown











Jon Van Lee
Dan Shortt
"Allegations have been made against me. They are false. I've done nothing wrong. Therefore ... I resign!"


Chris Harris
Chris Harris
@Dan Shortt

The "I suddenly and unexpectedly resign because I want to spend more time with my family" excuse was already taken by Brison. (Marie Henein is still coming....)

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Chris Harris

Over a hundred Harper failed apologist used that excuse

Jon Van Lee
Jon Van Lee
@Troy Mann

"We will make information more accessible by requiring transparency to be a fundamental principle across the federal government," Trudeau said in Montreal on Day 10 of the election campaign.

The Liberal leader accused the outgoing prime minister of leading the "most secretive, divisive and hyper-partisan government in Canada's history."

"We will clean up his mess."

Let us know what happened Troy !

David Amos
David Amos 
@Troy Mann "Over a hundred Harper failed apologist used that excuse"

Methinks Trudeau is a failed Harper apologist as well.

Truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No." in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice, Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015

Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?









Dirk Kohler
Ralph Kramden
SNC followed by the Mark Norman gong show. Liberals are in big trouble.


Dirk Kohler
Dirk Kohler
@Ralph Kramden

Norman is the second barrel...... ; )

george bath
george bath
@Ralph Kramden
cmon ralph
harper sole sourced to davie shipyards
it's called bribing the voters of quebec

Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@george bath The .. ...but, but Harper crowd still has no defense for this
Liberal failure.

Jim Clark
Jim Clark
@george bath but Harper,Harper,Harper.Goodvtry.justin is done

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@george bath So with that logic, if I rob a bank I could use the defence "ya, but Ted Bundy was a nasty guy" and expect everything to be forgiven? Is that how things work in your world?






'Canadians deserve answers': Opposition pushes on SNC-Lavalin after Butts resigns

Andrew Scheer says there are now 'even more questions' about SNC-Lavalin


Trudeau chats with Butts after the Liberal leadership debate in Mississauga, Ont., on Feb. 16, 2013. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)



A day after the bombshell resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's closest adviser, the SNC-Lavalin controversy shows no sign of fading as opposition parties in the House of Commons unite to demand a public inquiry.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Tuesday the gravity of the core allegation — that there was undue political influence on the criminal prosecution process — demands a thorough study by an independent arbiter.

Watch the Power Panel discuss Wilson-Raybould's appearance at a cabinet meeting on Power & Politics





Power and Politics
Wilson-Raybould speaks to cabinet | Power Panel
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Francoise, Stockwell, Jen and Tim discuss JWR's appearance at cabinet and the next steps of the justice committee. 10:14
"We cannot claim to be a country under the rule of law when political agendas can dictate the course of justice," Scheer said. "And that's precisely what the prime minister and his office stand accused of."

The party's deputy leader, Lisa Raitt, said a public inquiry is the best way "to get to the bottom of something so crucial to the rule of law."

Amid the calls for an inquiry, the House of Commons justice committee will reconvene today to continue its study of a recent news report that senior members of the Prime Minister's Office pressured then-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec-based multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid prosecution on bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya.
Gerald Butts, Trudeau's principal secretary and right-hand man, resigned his position Monday, stating that neither he or anyone else in the PMO pressured Wilson-Raybould to direct the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to draft a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) — a legal tool resembling a plea deal — for SNC-Lavalin.


"At all times, I and those around me acted with integrity and a singular focus on the best interests of all Canadians," Butts said Monday.

Trudeau also has insisted there was no wrongdoing — that he told Wilson-Raybould last fall that any decisions on matters involving the director of public prosecutions were hers alone to make.

In a surprise move, Wilson-Raybould met with Trudeau and his cabinet Tuesday. Speaking to reporters before question period, Trudeau said she asked if she could address her former cabinet colleagues a week after her departure.

Wilson-Raybould spoke briefly with reporters after leaving that cabinet meeting. When asked if she was pressured over SNC-Lavalin, as the media report suggested, she said only that she is still "working with" her lawyer.


Jody Wilson-Raybould says she's still a member of the Liberal caucus
00:0000:43

Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould says she's still working with her lawyer to see what she can legally say, but that she remains a member of the Liberal caucus. 0:43
"As a member of Parliament, my ethical and professional responsibilities as a lawyer are layered and incredibly complicated," she said. She also confirmed that she is still a Liberal MP.

The Liberal government maintains that the federal ethics commissioner's ongoing examination of the still-unsubstantiated allegations is an independent probe therefore a public inquiry is an unnecessary measure. Conservatives say the ethics commissioner is essentially toothless.

Speaking in the Commons, Liberal MP Marc Miller, a parliamentary secretary and personal friend of the prime minister, said demands for an independent inquiry were "absolutely premature."

"Despite the many media reports, what we have so far is unsubstantiated allegations. Indeed, we have two high-profile resignations, but we don't know the substance of the allegations," Miller said. "There's very, very little substantiated fact ... I will readily concede that we don't know enough. The issue is whether we are publicly entitled to enough."



Scheer supports NDP motion to launch public inquiry into the PMO
00:0001:08

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer supports an NDP motion in the House of Commons today to launch a pubic inquiry into the Prime Minister's Office amid the SNC-Lavalin case, especially in the wake of the Prime Minister's principal secretary Gerry Butt's resignation from the PMO Monday. 1:08
Miller also said staging an inquiry at this time — while criminal matters related to SNC-Lavalin are still before the courts — would be ill-advised, since parliamentarians generally refrain from discussing matters under judicial review.

Scheer said Butts' departure "does not in any way settle this matter. In fact, it presents even more questions that must be answered."

"When the Justice Department said 'no' to SNC-Lavalin, the Prime Minister's Office wouldn't take 'no' for an answer," Scheer said. "Conservatives on the justice committee will continue to demand a thorough and public investigation, and all other options remain on the table.

Canadians deserve answers and I will continue to do everything in my power to get them."


Gerald Butts has resigned from his position as senior political adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
NDP MP Charlie Angus, the party's ethics critic, tabled an opposition motion Tuesday that formally demands an inquiry into the political interference allegations.

Angus said Butts' departure — he calls the former staffer the "architect of the Sunny Ways" Trudeau playbook — could provoke a "political revolution."
"For Gerry Butts to resign shows how much damage [the scandal] has done inside the Prime Minister's Office ... If Mr. Butts is willing to take a jump for the prime minister, at this point, it shows that they're in free fall and total damage control," Angus said in an interview with CBC News Network's Power & Politics.

"The best thing the prime minister could do to restore public confidence is come into the House and agree to an independent inquiry ... or else these questions are going to continue."

Commons committee to probe interference allegations


The Liberal and opposition members of the justice committee are expected to squabble today over who should be called to testify at the committee, and just how wide-reaching the parliamentary probe should be.

At the top of the opposition witness wish list is Butts himself and Wilson-Raybould, who resigned from cabinet last week after the Globe and Mail published its initial report.



Power and Politics
Path back to cabinet for Jody Wilson-Raybould?
00:0008:18



"It's potentially possible, but there's a lot of water to go under the bridge yet," says cabinet minister Ralph Goodale on Power & Politics. 8:18
Wilson-Raybould had been demoted from the high-profile justice portfolio to the Veterans Affairs ministry in January.

Wilson-Raybould has stayed silent on the allegations, claiming that solicitor-client privilege prevents her from speaking publicly; as attorney general, she was the government's top lawyer.

She has taken the highly unusual step of retaining Thomas Cromwell, a recently retired Supreme Court justice, as her legal counsel as the scandal enters a new phase.

While the Liberal-controlled justice committee has agreed to study the matter, Liberal MPs defeated an NDP motion last week that would have compelled Butts and Wilson-Raybould to appear.

Following normal parliamentary procedure with respect to committee planning, members will discuss which individuals they want to call before the committee and define the scope of its investigation in private. The opposition parties had demanded these proceedings be held in public, but Liberals successfully pushed for closed-door discussions.

The parliamentary probe itself is expected to be televised.

More to come?


Opposition members have pointed to one line of Butts' resignation statement in particular as indicating that there might be more developments to come.

"My reputation is my responsibility," Butts said, "and that is for me to defend. It is in the best interests of the office and its important work for me to step away."

Not satisfied with a committee study alone, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is also demanding that Trudeau waive solicitor-client privilege to allow Wilson-Raybould to speak freely at a public inquiry.

Trudeau has said the privilege question is complicated and he is awaiting advice from current Attorney General David Lametti on what he can say in public. He has also said some aspects of the government's handling of the case are protected by cabinet confidentiality.

Speaking to reporters in B.C. a week out from the Burnaby South byelection in which he is running, Singh said intransigence by Liberal members of the justice committee demands another forum for investigation.

"The scandal cuts to the heart of our democracy," Singh said. "Canadians deserve a government that works for them, not a powerful multinational corporation that has deep ties to the Liberal Party."

Trudeau thanks Butts for his service


​In a tweet Monday, Trudeau said Butts served Canada with "integrity, sage advice and devotion." He thanked the former staffer for his service and "continued friendship."

In addition to the political partnership, the prime minister is close friends with Butts — a relationship that dates back to their time as students at McGill University in Montreal, where they were members of the campus debating club.
Born in Glace Bay, N.S., a coal-mining town on Cape Breton Island, Butts worked on public policy in Ontario before becoming a senior staffer under former Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty at Queen's Park.

Butts then made the leap to federal politics and helped chart Trudeau's political future as leader of the Liberal Party and later prime minister.

Praised by his allies as a brilliant mind, and vilified by foes as the political puppet master behind the prime minister, Butts said Monday he is proud of his time as Trudeau's top adviser.

About the Author

 


John Paul Tasker
Parliamentary Bureau
John Paul (J.P.) Tasker is a reporter in the CBC's Parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. He can be reached at john.tasker@cbc.ca.




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David Allan
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Chris Spiers
I can imagine the conversation:

Hussein: She is Un-Canadian
McKenna: Da she has caused climate change with her hot air
Sajjan: You know I was once an AG and held my ground
Morneau: well she won't be staying at my Villa next Spring
ShameUs: You have a Villa?


liette lapointe
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liette lapointe
@Chris Spiers she wasnt allowed cause buuts was on the phone giving instructions maybe

David Allan
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David Allan
@liette lapointe

People who read the article know the facts. 
You should try.

Chris Spiers
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Chris Spiers
@David Allan

Facts? You want the Facts, you cant handle the facts!

But I'll give you some comedy from the Troop of Liberal jesters

Matt Thuaii
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Matt Thuaii
@Chris Spiers

...I see you will give us reheated cliches from old movies...fever dreams from rightwing fan fiction...I’m guessing even manufactured downvotes...

...but no...no facts.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Chris Spiers "I'll give you some comedy from the Troop of Liberal jesters"

Welcome to the Circus

Phil Mein
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Phil Mein
@Chris Spiers No profanity , on topic, and truthful,, thanks for the opportunity to be silenced on my own dime CBC

mo bennett
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mo bennett
@David Allan r u the pot or kettle today?

David Amos
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David Amos
@mo bennett Methinks its rather obvious that you are the crackpot trying to calling me a kettle N'esy Pas?

Ewan Cameron
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Ewan Cameron
@Phil Mein
$600M media slush fund buys a lot of censorship Phil.


Phil Mein
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Phil Mein
@Ewan Cameron $600 M was a top up!! But yes I agree.

Al Ricci
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Al Ricci
@Chris Spiers
LOL, I needed that laugh. Thank you Sir!

Wayne Underhill
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Wayne Underhill
@Chris Spiers Where are your facts. Name one I dare you!


Wayne Underhill
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Wayne Underhill
@Wayne Underhill I guess Chris is still researching!

Chris Spiers
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Chris Spiers
@Wayne Underhill

conveniently all my answers are sanitized by the LPC PR department

Chris Spiers
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Chris Spiers
@Wayne Underhill

Feel free to look up you Ministers and their faux pas

Lindsay Stephenson
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Lindsay Stephenson
@David Allan" People who read the article know the facts."

No. People who read the article know what CBC wants them to know.

Mark Twain once quipped “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”

David Amos
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David Amos
@Lindsay Stephenson Confucius said To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Google T-1557-15









earl dajar
William Knot
Must be quite a story if it took 'em two hours to get it straight!


earl dajar
earl dajar
@William Knot

must be a really hot cup of coffee and a big pizza slice

David Amos
David Amos
@William Knot Mais Oui

mo bennett
mo bennett
@William Knot nope! it just took 'em that long to figure out how to unlock the door.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@earl dajar I saw no mention that it took 2 hrs because they were having lunch, or were you trying to make a joke or....?

Wayne Underhill
Wayne Underhill
@mo bennett Harper must have run with the key.



David Amos
David Amos
@William Knot Confucius said To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Google T-1557-15










mo bennett
Randy Miles
Why won't you waive the solicitor-client privilege?

Trudeau: It is complicated. Um um um, ah ah ah.

He is the master of appearing to say a lot, but actually saying nothing.


Christian Jane
Christian Jane
@Randy Miles Not the master. Good at it, but not the master. There's a lot of competition.

David Amos
David Amos
@Christian Jane He is not even good at it

Nico De Jong
Nico De Jong
@Christian Jane
Like....the whole Liberal cabinet - the ALL do it. Talk a lot, but avoid answering the question.

Wayne Underhill
Wayne Underhill
@Nico De Jong I remember the Tories under Harper doing just that don't you?



Lindsay Stephenson
Lindsay Stephenson
@Randy Miles I'm sure it has to do with saving the environment while growing the economy, or perhaps working hard for the middle class. But, it does take time to pick the appropriate platitude. With any luck he'll take his shirt off while doing the Bagma to a Tragically Hip hit.

 
Piet Bloem
Piet Bloem
@Randy Miles
Actually it was "Um, ah um, ah, ah, um."
Not exactly masterful speech.




David Amos
David Amos @Lindsay Stephenson Methinks truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No." in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Mr Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice and Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015

Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?








Wayne Underhill 
Randy Miles
Would I vote for Trudeau or Trump, if the latter were Canadian? Trump of course. Trump is a bad dude, but he never pretends to be good. In contrast, our PM is a phony.


Pierre Latraverse
Pierre Latraverse
@Randy Miles Trudeau's phoniness is pretty much an image of Canada as a whole.

Al Kap
Al Kap
@Randy Miles
Hmmmm....Trudeau may be phony but is he dangerous and unpredictable?

em tae
em tae
@Al Kap

yes

Myke Lee
Myke Lee
@Al Kap absolutely

David Amos
David Amos
@Randy Miles Methinks I should be grateful that your logic escapes me N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Pierre Latraverse "Trudeau's phoniness is pretty much an image of Canada as a whole"

Methinks we have every right to not think much of you N'esy Pas?

Nico De Jong
Nico De Jong
@Randy Miles
As phony as they come - easily dupes the easily duped, though.



Karen King
Karen King
@Nico De Jong

talk about easily duped, Randy is doing just that...


David Amos
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@Nico De Jong Trust that Gerald Butts, Andrew Scheer and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me big time when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?

Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" N'esy Pas?







Chris Spiers
Robert Romano
This is surely not what Trudeau promised in the 2015 elections. He promised to run government better and run the government in a clear open transparent fashion. We are not seeing Trudeau keeping his promises from his recent actions. Trudeau the truth will come out sooner or later either way it will come to the light of day so Canadians can really see how you run your government!


Chris Spiers
Chris Spiers
@Robert Romano

This is not his first failed promise. Transparency went out the window days after he took office, Just ask Admiral Norman

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Robert Romano

Shame! Panic! Calamity!

Quick everyone, vote Conservative as fast as you can!

David Amos
David Amos
@Chris Spiers "Just ask Admiral Norman"

Google Admiral Norman David Amos

Methinks many people know that I contacted his lawyers long ago Too Bad So Sad they did not pay attention then N'esy Pas?

JimHelbig
JimHelbig
@Matt Thuaii Non sequitur.

mo bennett
mo bennett
@David Amos C'mon, dave, ya just know that ya gotta ask scottie that question, messy paws?

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett I did out of the gate











Glenn Coco 
Glenn Coco
Funny how we continue to address our politicians as "the honourable"


Christian Jane
Christian Jane
@Glenn Coco I've thought so for a long time, and I've stopped doing so (except for the few who've earned the title. Jody Wilson-Raybould is one.

Lori Cameron
Lori Cameron
@Glenn Coco
Funny isnt my word of choice, but alright!

Bill Lewis
Bill Lewis
@Christian Jane Oh really. What has she done to earn your unbridled respect ?

Nico De Jong
Nico De Jong
@Glenn Coco
We don't - they do.

David Amos
David Amos
@Glenn Coco "Funny how we continue to address our politicians as "the honourable"

Methinks many people know that I never found that funny at all N'esy Pas?

Google "Harper and Bankers" if you wish to read an old rant of mine


Ewan Cameron
Ewan Cameron
@David Amos
Who really cares David?

David Amos
David Amos
@Ewan Cameron Trudeau









Nico De Jong 
Nelson Potter
A true Liberal thru and thru … Party before country


Reid Fleming
Reid Fleming
@Nelson Potter And some members of the party before others...

David Amos
David Amos
@Nelson Potter Lawyers know nothing of loyalty









Mike Martin
Randy Miles
Compared with Trudeau, Trump is Mother Theresa.


Mike Martin
Mike Martin
@Randy Miles
Oh please!

em tae
em tae
@Randy Miles

the only difference is Trump is right on far more than given credit for. JT is wrong than far more than he is given credit for.

Chris Behnke
Chris Behnke
@em tae best comparison of the two I have ever seen.

David Amos
David Amos
@Randy Miles "Compared with Trudeau, Trump is Mother Theresa"

Methinks you are merely trying to pick a fight N'esy Pas?

Richard Donald
Richard Donald
@David Amos every post mark with N'esy Pas? is obviously and attempt to be irritating and merely pick a fight.... N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Donald Wrong Methinks you should ask your buddies why because they know I have explained the reason way too many times already N'esy Pas?

Molly Earl
Molly Earl
@Richard Donald totally agree, very annoying.

Wayne Underhill
Wayne Underhill
@Randy Miles Turns out that she wasn't a saint in reality.



David Amos
David Amos
@Molly Earl Cry me a river









Wayne Underhill 
Phil Mein
Open and transparent as cement , ethical? 4 violations so far ...Is this because it's 2019?


David Amos
David Amos
@Phil Mein Nope Admiral Norman knows its SNAFU


Scotty Davidson
Scotty Davidson
@Phil Mein Could be more but a related article says the new ethics watchdog stopped doing it's job in 2017...

David Amos
David Amos
@Scotty Davidson Two former Attorney Generals and many of the Judges in Federal Court are well aware that I crossed paths big time with the corrupt lawyer Dion in 2014 when he was the Commissioner of Public Sector Integrity Why he quit under Harper and then applied for his new job under Trudeau was astounding










Wayne Underhill 
Paul Aumuller
Closed doors is tranparency and Bribery saves jobs! New Liberal mantra.


David Allan
David Allan
@Paul Aumuller

It's a cabinet meeting. They need the ability to speak plainly and freely. They must bounce ideas around.

Why they discuss is irrelevant.
What they decide is what we already have the right to know.

It has been the way of every cabinet in every democracy in the world.

David Amos
David Amos
@David Allan Methinks everybody knows that all the real power resides within the secretive walls of the PCO N'esy Pas?

Wayne Underhill
Wayne Underhill
@David Amos Somebody told me the other day that Scheer said he knew eff nothing then he said "I know eff all!"


David Amos
David Amos
@Wayne Underhill He is member of the Privy Council so he definitely did More importantly he is one of the main reasons I sued the Crown in 2015











Daryl McBride 
Daryl McBride
Harper waived solicitor-client privilege, Trudeau is less transparent than Harper. Say's a lot Liberals.


Danny Tanker
Danny Tanker
@Daryl McBride

You just said that.

Kim Luciano
Kim Luciano
@Danny Tanker Worth repeating.

Danny Tanker
Danny Tanker
@Kim Luciano

To Alzheimer's patients.

will morgan
will morgan
@Daryl McBride

What was "Good to go from the PM"? Still waiting.
Kim Luciano
Kim Luciano
@Danny Tanker For your benefit then.

Danny Tanker
Danny Tanker
@Kim Luciano

Nasty and a low brow response that is typically right wing.

jim miller
jim miller
@Daryl McBride he didn't wave that.
Fake news.

John West
John West
@Daryl McBride harper knew he was not going to go to jail.

Kim Luciano
Kim Luciano
@Danny Tanker Yes and invoking a crippling and devastating disease is not. Time for a time out Danny.

Bert van
Bert van
@Daryl McBride Did he waive privilege to get his piano video posted?

Steve Davidson
Steve Davidson
@Daryl McBride So did Martin during Adscam.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Daryl McBride Methinks you should scroll up and review some of my comments before they evaporate again N'esy Pas?







Wilson-Raybould waited more than 2 hours for permission to attend Tuesday's cabinet meeting: sources

Ministers debated the optics of letting their former colleague address them after quitting cabinet


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, continues to be dogged by questions about the demotion and subsequent cabinet resignation of former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould. (Canadian Press)

Jody Wilson-Raybould spent more than two hours waiting outside the cabinet room on Tuesday while her former colleagues hotly debated her request to address them about the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Multiple sources tell CBC News that some cabinet ministers were concerned about the optics of her unprecedented request to attend a meeting of the inner circle just a week after she'd quit cabinet.

Wilson-Raybould has been at the centre of a burgeoning scandal over allegations that she felt pressured last fall by unnamed people inside the Prime Minister's Office to intervene in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.



The allegations, first reported by the Globe and Mail two weeks ago, have rocked the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and led Monday to the resignation of the prime minister's long-time friend and senior adviser, Gerald Butts — who continued to deny the claim that he or anyone else in his office pressured Wilson-Raybould over SNC-Lavalin.

Power and Politics
Feb. 19: Jody Wilson-Raybould speaks to cabinet

 One of Trudeau's cabinet ministers Ralph Goodale discusses his former colleague's surprise appearance today. Plus: Eric Grenier on the controversy's impact on the polls, and a pro-pipeline convoy arrives in Ottawa. 1:42:51

"But the fact is that this accusation exists," Butts wrote in his resignation letter. "My reputation is my responsibility and that is for me to defend."

The sources tell CBC that Wilson-Raybould contacted the prime minister the next morning, just before the cabinet meeting, asking to attend.

The prime minister took her request to cabinet, sparking a vigorous debate.

The sources say Labour Minister Patty Hajdu was among those arguing for giving Wilson-Raybould permission to speak to cabinet. The prime minister finally agreed.
What Wilson-Raybould told them during the hour or so she attended cabinet isn't clear — but sources say she was unapologetic.

It's the latest twist in a two-week long drama that's put Trudeau and his government on the defensive.

He's been subjected to an almost daily barrage of questions about what he knew and when, why Wilson-Raybould had resigned and whether he had pressured her personally in any way.

Trudeau's answers so far have done nothing to quell the controversy. He first declared the allegation was false but conceded a day later that there had been discussions in the fall with Wilson-Raybould about SNC-Lavalin's efforts to obtain a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) — which would allow the Montreal firm to pay a fine but avoid a criminal trial.

A week into the affair, the prime minister revealed that he had met with Wilson-Raybould on Sept 17 — almost two weeks after federal prosecutors told SNC-Lavalin it would not be invited to negotiate a DPA — and that she asked him if he was going to direct her to make a specific decision in the case.




The National

He's been called Trudeau's right hand man, so who really is Gerald Butts?
 In a major shakeup to the highest ranks of the Prime Minister's Office, Gerald Butts resigned as Justin Trudeau's principal secretary. Along with Katie Telford, the Prime Minister's chief of staff, the trio formed the centre of decision making of this government. So who is Trudeau's right hand man? 2:24

"There were many discussions going on, which is why Jody Wilson-Raybould asked me if I was directing her or going to direct her to take a particular decision," Trudeau said last Friday. "And I of course said no, that it was her decision to make and I expected her to make it."

Wilson-Raybould has declined repeatedly to speak publicly about the case, arguing she is still bound by solicitor-client privilege due to her former role as attorney general. She's hired former supreme court justice Thomas Cromwell to advise her on what she can say.

Trudeau also has asked David Lametti, Wilson-Raybould's successor as attorney general, for an opinion on whether he can waive the privilege without jeopardizing the ongoing court case.
Wilson-Raybould insists she remains a Liberal MP and on Wednesday attended the first weekly caucus meeting since the story broke.

She also has said she will appear as a witness before the Commons justice committee, which is looking into the allegations, but cautioned she will continue to cite solicitor-client privilege in answering questions.

About the Author

 


Chris Hall
National Affairs Editor
Chris Hall is the CBC's National Affairs Editor and host of The House on CBC Radio, based in the Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa. He began his reporting career with the Ottawa Citizen, before moving to CBC Radio in 1992, where he worked as a national radio reporter in Toronto, Halifax and St. John's. He returned to Ottawa and the Hill in 1998.

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David Amos 
David Amos
Confucius said To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Google T-1557-15


Joseph Daniels 
Joseph Daniels
China just sent a Thank You card to Justin. The message within, "Thanks for the laugh!"






Mark O'Connell  
Mark O'Connell
No surprise one of Mulroneys former henchmen is involved. We passed up a opportunity to uphold the law when the ex prime minister got caught taking bribe money. They still call him right honourable to this day. Should have been jailed and it likely was just the tip of the iceberg


David Amos
David Amos @Mark O'Connell Methinks truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No." in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Mr Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice and Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015

Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?





Ken G. Swanson 
Ken G. Swanson
Please bear with me; this IS on topic.....
I know several private Canadian citizens who broke the law by driving after having their license suspended for a misdemeanor. Because they could not work without having the use of a vehicle, and could not depend on anyone else to help them, they took a chance and drove without a license. Then they got caught, and ended up doing jail time because they had no money to pay the fine. Now it costs them so much money to get the license back, they cannot afford it, and one person has his 80 year old elderly father driving him and his tools around the country when work is found, so the son can try to get enough $ to pay for another driver's license. Too bad he didn't own a large corporation, so he could keep making money until he had enough to pay the fine. But he'll never own one, because he'll never have enough money to get ahead again, and no one is going to bend the law for HIM.


David Amos
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@Ken G. Swanson Tell your friend to checkout my documents and give me a call

Trust that Gerald Butts, Andrew Scheer and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me big time when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?

Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" N'esy Pas?


David Amos
David Amos
@Ken G. Swanson Perhaps I can help Tell your friend to Google my name to find my contact number at the bottom of my legal documents then call it and leave a message



What the SNC-Lavalin scandal reveals about corporate influence on Canadian democracy

The controversy is a glimpse into Canada's under-examined lobbying culture, says Paul Wells


The SNC-Lavalin headquarters is seen in Montreal on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to be raked over the coals this week as many wonder what conversations he had with former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould about SNC-Lavalin.

Last week, the Globe and Mail reported that Wilson-Raybould was pressured to speak with Canada's crown prosecutor about securing a deferred prosecution agreement for the company as it faces fraud charges for business dealings in Libya.

The deal would have meant the company paying fines, but avoiding a criminal trial.


SNC-Lavalin may not have gotten the deferred prosecution agreement it spent months lobbying for, but they got something else: changes to Canada's Criminal Code that allow for deferred prosecution agreements.
Maclean's senior writer Paul Wells says while SNC-Lavalin's lobbying efforts appear above board, the real story in this political scandal is corporate Canada's ability to influence legislation.

The resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal cabinet was a significant development in the SNC-Lavalin affair, a controversy that has now sparked two government-related probes and continues to dog Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Wells spoke with Day 6 host Brent Bambury about the ongoing controversy and what it means for Canadians. Here's part of that conversation:

You write that when it comes to what's really going on with our government, Canadians are largely distracted, that we're missing the real show. What's the real show?
There's at least a parallel show.

What spurred me to write that is that since the revelations about alleged pressure on [former Justice] Minister Wilson-Raybould, I've been reading about the process of getting written into the Criminal Code these changes that could have allowed SNC-Lavalin to avoid trial. And the first thing that struck me is [that] it's an all-star cast.

There are now two former Supreme Court justices involved as counsel for one side or other. There's a former clerk of the Privy Council, which doesn't mean much in the real Canada, but here in Ottawa, former clerk of the Privy Council are pretty fancy people.

[There are] high-priced lobbyists … getting meetings with absolutely all of the sort of key people who actually influence decisions in the Trudeau government.

And I hadn't heard any of it, and I like to think of myself as a fairly well-informed guy. And I was thinking this sort of stuff goes on all the time and we don't hear about it and the decisions that are made are not trivial.



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How is the SNC-Lavalin affair impacting the Liberal Party brand ahead of the election? | At Issue
 The SNC-Lavalin affair has sparked two government-related probes and led to the resignation of a cabinet minister. What’s been the impact on the Liberal Party brand? Our At Issue panel is here to discuss. 11:46



And this all-star cast, they get paid all-star bucks. So is there any way that you can categorize how deep the SNC-Lavalin lobbying efforts run? What did they represent in terms of the basic lobbying that happens all the time?

Some pretty impressive people have been involved. The main firm is a group called Prospectus Associates.

I always emphasize that as far as I can tell, everyone scrupulously followed the rules. None of this is illegal or even sort of technically improper.

The lead lobbyist at that firm for [SNC-Lavalin] were Bill Pristanski who was a senior staffer in the Mulroney government, lo these many years ago, and Bruce Hartley who was Jean Chretien's body man.

And they met with Justin Trudeau's Quebec desk guy. They met with the chief of staff to the Industry Minister. They met with the opposition leaders, both of them. They met with the Infrastructure Minister, and on and on and on.
I hope the CBC and the Globe [and Mail] are pointing to somebody junior and saying, 'Your life for the next year is to read the lobby monitor.'- Paul Wells, Macleans senior writer
What they were trying to do was to change Canada's Criminal Code so that a fraud trial involving tens of millions of dollars of improperly spent money — a trial that was certainly headed down the tracks right at SNC-Lavalin — would be averted.

You can argue the propriety of the legal change both ways. But I think Canadians would've been awfully interested to learn that this was what was being discussed.

But why is it that we don't know more about this? I mean you said that yourself you didn't understand that there was this level of depth to the lobbying efforts. If all of SNC-Lavalin's meetings with government officials are on the public record, they're out in the open, why isn't it more widely reported?

There might be five reporters in the city who spend a chunk of every week reading the lobby register to see who has been meeting with whom. Typically, the meetings are anodyne and who's got the time?

[There are] 300 people in the parliamentary press gallery, probably 200 of us spent most of the last year concentrating on NAFTA.

At no point did the prime minister get out and say, "You know, among our priorities for the next year is the fact that SNC-Lavalin is heading for a fraud trial, and we've got some of the highest price talent in Ottawa working hard to make sure that doesn't happen." That was not in any of his speeches.


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trudeau has insisted, that neither he, nor any of his staff, "directed" Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin case. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

But do you think that a powerful company, with ties to both the Quebec government and the Canadian government, lobbying at this level, with this degree of talent behind it, do you think that the Canadian people should be more wary of this than they are?

I do. So, it's an argument for diversity in journalism; diversity of subject matter. If I was the editor of a larger news organization than Maclean's — because you need a lot of bodies — but I hope the CBC and the Globe [and Mail] are pointing to somebody junior and saying, "Your life for the next year is to read the lobby monitor."

It's not a story of of skullduggery and wrongdoing. It's a story of what gets noticed and what doesn't. It's not as though SNC-Lavalin was hiding this either. This story has been hiding in plain sight.

But this is also a story though about what government is to the powerful as opposed to what government is to the rest of us. In this case you can make the argument that [SNC-Lavalin] was successful in their lobbying efforts in that the Criminal Code was changed and the deferred prosecution agreement was implemented, but they were not successful in having that ... applied to the case in point.  Does that suggest that maybe even an organization as powerful as [SNC-Lavalin] isn't as powerful as they seem?

Nobody has a guarantee, and that's that's one way you know that Canada is not — you hear terms like Banana Republic thrown around.

No, I mean, they weren't able to buy themselves out of court. Part of the reason was because there's a chief public prosecutor in this country and her conception of her role is that she prosecutes. Unless the case is irretrievably messed up procedurally, she prosecutes.
If the former regime at [SNC-Lavalin] pays large numbers of millions of dollars to Muammar Gaddafi's thugs and henchmen, then they have an option for avoiding a trial. - Paul Wells, Macleans senior writer
She figures let's let the courts figure it out rather than negotiating these kind of side deals. And nobody at Lavalin now or in the government reckoned with this public prosecutor — Kathleen Roussel is her name.

And it's the fact that she, in the first instance, decided to prosecute rather than seeking what would have been Canada's first deferred prosecution agreement that led to this whole uproar.


Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime leaves a courtroom in Montreal on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, after pleading guilty to a charge of helping a public servant commit breach of trust for his role in a bribe scandal around the construction of the $1.3-billion McGill University Health Centre. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)
But the prosecution going forward does expose [SNC-Lavalin] in a way that that is quite existentially damaging to them, and at the top of our story we heard SNC-Lavalin's CEO saying essentially, 'If you hurt us, you hurt a lot of innocent people.' Is that basically true? 

I believe that the disruption that an extended court trial would cost would inevitably lead to layoffs at SNC-Lavalin. It would lead to economic disruption.

And the question is, is that a reason not to hold companies to account? These deferred prosecution agreements are available only to corporations — not to individuals or to unions.

They're available only for fraud and bribery charges, not for other kinds of misdoing. So if I steal my neighbor's lawn mower, I'm headed to court.

If the former regime at [SNC-Lavalin] pays large numbers of millions of dollars to Muammar Gaddafi's thugs and henchmen, then they have an option for avoiding a trial. This does seem like a double standard.


This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. To hear the full interview with Paul Wells, download our podcast or click the 'Listen' button at the top of this page.





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Matt Parks
William Knot
I've got one fact: This thing smells to high heaven!


Jennifer McIsaac
Jennifer McIsaac
@William Knot

Maybe but smell is not important. What is important are facts - and we are very short of them.

I am very worried how this whole affair has been publicised. It is virtually gutter press.

Some one (Fife) makes allegations from an unnamed source.
No-one has any facts to support this claim

The Opposition Parties pile on with glee making all sorts of unsupported speculations

The media, never shy to grab sensational headlines, then piles on - again with no facts but lots of innuendo

The government, Liberal Party and Trudeau are vilified by all and sundry - again with no facts.
Social media goes wild with all the government and Trudeau haters in full force - just amplifying the affair - again with no facts.

So, is this how it is these days in Canada - you are assumed guilty with no facts? Your reputation is destroyed with no facts?

Are the media the new paparazzi and gutter press a la News of the Word (which was shut down) because they cannot report on the facts not on unsubstantiated allegations?

It seems so. Poor us.

Matt Parks
Matt Parks
Innocent until proven guilty! Right conservatives?

Frank Goodwood
Frank Goodwood
@Jennifer McIsaac - Are the resignations the fault of the press or just maybe there's something rotten going on?

Zahava Goldfinkel
Zahava Goldfinkel
@William Knot

Politics only smells as bad as we want it to.

When we don't want it to smell bad, it doesn't. When we do, it does.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@William Knot

This week on Unsolved Mysteries...

...the curious case of the moving goal posts. These inanimate objects appear to be moving all on their own near the Ottawa region of Ontario, Canada. Conspiracy theorists suspect the Conservative Party of Canada may somehow be involved.

Barry Fraser
Barry Fraser
@William Knot :

Oh ya, the Federal Government is taking this seriously ????????? You know to protect taxpayers ???????

" Export Development Canada issued SNC-Lavalin or its customers at least $2-billion in 19 loans since 2002, with at least $800-million coming after news broke of an RCMP investigation into alleged corruption. "

You see !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Jennifer McIsaac

Next week on Unsolved Mysteries...

Is the entire SNC Lavalin affair a false flag operation, engineered to gain sympathy and fresh support for the Liberal Party and their young Prime Minister? Conservative conspiracy theorists think so. Stay tuned...

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Matt Parks

People are allowed to be suspicious. It's what drives people to take a closer look at something that may be not on.

Richard Jay
Richard Jay
@William Knot

"I've got one fact: This thing smells to high heaven!"

CBC won't report those facts because they're a left leaning organization. You're only guilty without proof if you're on the right. The left cannot be found guilty at the CBC.
Not good practice to bit the hand that feeds.

Hopefully once we remove Trudeau from power we can stop funding the CBC and put our tax money to good use else where. This is very expensive propaganda.

Aaron Morris
Aaron Morris
@Jennifer McIsaac

Why did Butts resign? Why was Jody demoted? Why did Jody leave?

None of the answers from the PMO on any of those are plausible.

Paul Doe
Paul Doe
@Matt Parks
I'm not a Conservative supporter.

I agree...innocent until proven guilty. Absolutely.

In order to determine guilt we need disclosure/transparency, etc.

If you tell me that you would think "nothing to see here" if the exact situation was on the Conservatives instead of the Liberals, then I would doubt your veracity.

It has to be investigated without those involved trying to put up roadblocks. Then we can determine innocence or guilt.

Tom Barry
Tom Barry
@Jennifer McIsaac

"The government, Liberal Party and Trudeau are vilified by all and sundry - again with no facts."

I agree, let's not rush to judgement, and the benefit of assumption of innocence until proven guilty.

However, there are facts that show that the former A.G. resigned her position, and Trudeau will not allow her speak.

Another fact is that Butts has resigned because of this issue.

It's difficult to conclude there is nothing to this but gutter press and premature vilification of Trudeau and his party.

Art Rowe
Art Rowe
@Jennifer McIsaac
Canadian media and especially cbc's main TV rival are fast becoming a British Tabloid 'lookalike".

Art Rowe
Art Rowe
@William Knot
Politicians and baby diapers should be changed frequently, for the same reason.

Tom Barry
Tom Barry
@Matt Parks

"Innocent until proven guilty! Right conservatives?"

Trump is innocent until proven guilty! Right liberals? :)

david mccaig
david mccaig
@William Knot

I'm starting to thinking much of this may be nothing more than Trudeau discovering there is not much worse than the wrath of a women scorned.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@William Knot

"I've got one fact: This thing smells to high heaven!"

Out west here, the only thing we smell is the microscopic droplets of oil from air pollution coming from the tar sands, that makes the Tar Sands the number one source of air pollution in north America.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/oil-sands-found-to-be-a-leading-source-of-air-pollution-in-north-america/article30151841/

david mccaig
david mccaig
@William Knot

For the good of the country and the Liberal Party of Canada, Trudeau needs to appoint a Deputy Prime Minister , THEN STEP ASIDE till the investigations into SNC-Lavalin are complete and hopefully prove Trudeau did no wrong.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

"I've got one fact: This thing smells to high heaven!"

Out west here, the only thing we smell is the microscopic droplets of oil from air pollution coming from the tar sands.

Ted Nesbitt
Ted Nesbitt
@William Knot ....the amount of Greenhouse Gas coming off this stinking pile in Ottawa is way worse than anything anywhere else in Canada right now!

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@William Knot

Not so far. Not a single piece of evidence let along proof of wrongdoing, just hearsay, anonymous sources that JWR felt “pressured” to enter into a DPA with SNC-Lavelin. I’m sure she felt that in Cabinet as we know there were “vigorous” discussions, but that’s not undue. And Trudeau made it clear in September that the decision was JWR’s to make, which conversation she confirmed with JER just a week or so ago. So far, there is also ZERO evidence of improper PMO pressure as well, in fact, a clear denial by Butts and the PMO’s chief of staff and communications director

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jennifer McIsaac

Your concerns are being acted out here more than just about anywhere. Twenty pieces and blanket coverage on TV and radio without a shred of proof of any wrongdoing.

bill laplante
bill laplante
@William Knot The Liberal push back has begun following the cabinet meeting yesterday where the Ministers will come out one at a time and praise Butts and Trudeau and all statements will be highlighted by the CBC. I suspect Morneau will be one of the first to speak since he started it all by changing the law hidden on page 285 of his last budget.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Richard Sharp

censorship is heavy

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@david mccaig

You won’t believe my fact-based defense that CBC was refused to post for ten minutes now.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@William Knot

trouble with monitors is the bloggers are on the receiving end of subjective censorship not objective censorship

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Richard Sharp

starting to think some people aren't carrying out their assigned job in a fair and equable manner.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Paul Doe

" If the exact same thing happened to the Conservatives, would you feel the same way? "

Oh, come off it. You know the PMO won't let him say "yes" to that question!

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Tom Barry

Actually, after consulting with the new AG, JWR IS BEING ALLOWED to speak.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@bill laplante

Allowing DPAs wasn’t “hidden” in the slightest. There was a two month, public consultation in the preceding fall.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Actually, after consulting with the new AG, JWR IS BEING ALLOWED to speak."

"Can we count on Jody Wilson-Raybould to shed a little light?"

Methinks we can bet skinny Canadian loonies against fat Yankee petrodollars that he will N'esy Pas?

Dayton Funk
Dayton Funk
@Richard Sharp , Trudeau says he spoke to JWR about direction on Sept. 17th. regarding SNC why? The prosecutors already said the case was going to criminal trial on Sept. 4th. Was Trudeau obstructing justice at that point? Was she under pressure to give SNC Lavalin a pass? Was Butts involved?

Tom Barry
Tom Barry
@Richard Sharp

"Actually, after consulting with the new AG, JWR IS BEING ALLOWED to speak."

Not in public, and that's where the rubber hits the road Richard.

Canadians deserve full disclosure on this issue, not back room resolutions.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Richard Jay

Seems CBC is OK with being called left wing, as you done, but It is not OK with posts that suggest otherwise, as I could not do.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp Yea Right

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@William Knot "This thing smells to high heaven!"

Yes it does! But there's actually a whopping amount circumstantial facts surrounding this. That's not proof, I know, but in light of the allegations reported by the Globe (I trust them to report credible sources, even if we aren't told who they are), there's more than enough cause for a LOT of suspicion.

Some people are losing their minds, getting angry with the opposition, getting angry with the media, calling this a witch hunt. I have to assume those people feel that despite everything we know and what has happened, this matter should be dropped. Take Trudeau at his word, ignore everything. They're seriously, seriously out of touch with reality.

Peter Samson
Peter Samson
@Matt Parks "Innocent until proven guilty! Right conservatives?"

Absolutely. But that doesn't mean we're okay with obstructing the investigation. There are lots of unanswered questions and until Trudeau waives privilege we won't know the answers.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Peter Samson

What questions do you want answered?

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "Actually, after consulting with the new AG, JWR IS BEING ALLOWED to speak."

She may be allowed to show up, but as far as I know the new AG has not advised Trudeau to waive the solicitor-client privilege and allow her to answer all questions freely. Unless you have a credible media source to support that, your once again being misleading.

Peter Samson
Peter Samson
@Matt Thuaii "...the curious case of the moving goal posts"

I'm not sure what you're talking about. I think in this particular instance the goalposts have been pretty steady. Trudeau needs to waive privilege so we can hear from JWR. That's it. We just need to know what happened because it appears to have been at least unethical and at worst illegal.

Peter Samson
Peter Samson
@Aaron Morris Yeah, the more they talk about how wonderful Butts was the less sense his "I didn't want to be a distraction" defense makes. How was he a distraction? We have no details about the alleged event so him falling on his sword seems unusual.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Richard Sharp Fair enough Richard but how MUCH evidence would it REALLY take for you to openly admit "wrong doing" in the PMO? If we had video of Justin openly committing a crime you'd be sceptical

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann "What questions do you want answered?"

Ahahaha , oh please!

André Carrel
André Carrel
@William Knot
Some media (and some commentators) love stories offering few facts.
Such stories offer unlimited opportunities to speculate, to postulate, to surmise.
Waiting for facts takes the fun out of politics.

Matt Thuaii
Matt Thuaii
@Peter Samson

It appears there’s a large block of Canadians who suffer from willful blindness. They don’t see anything any Conservative, right winger does, but do see everything the Liberal right wingers do. They don’t know the difference between right or left wing, and they don’t know about anything that happened more than 3 and 1/2 year ago...it could be some kind of time vortex...to find out...

...tune in for another spine tingling episode of Unsolved Mysteries!

Jennie Adkins
Jennie Adkins
@William Knot

What is the very definition of a smear campaign? By politicians?

Being able to pose endless questions. By using endless totally unfounded innuendo and speculation. Based on NO facts at all.

With the aim of leaving the "pay little attention" voters with a vague impression that some "crime" was committed. When NONE was committed.

Canadians wake up to this complete Conservative charade.

Peter Samson
Peter Samson
@Troy Mann "What questions do you want answered?"

I'd like to know the discussions around shoving DPAs through. I'd like to know what discussions Trudeau had with JWR around SNC. I'd like to know what Mr Butts did that required his retirement. There are a lot of legitimate questions about this whole shady affair.

Peter Samson
Peter Samson
@Matt Thuaii Just to be clear Matt because I don't want to mischaracterize your argument, your saying there's no problem here because the Conservatives do it too? Am I getting that right? It's okay if Trudeau illegally pressured the AG to intervene in an active court case because "everybody does it"? The irony that you would make such a terrible argument and preface it with an accusation of political partisanship is an impressive lack of self awareness.



David Amos
David Amos
@Peter Samson Trust that Troy Mann knows that Gerald Butts, Andrew Scheer and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me big time when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?

Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos 
@Peter Samson Methinks Matt Thuaii knows that truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No." in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Mr Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice and Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015

Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?









Troy Mann
Ralph Kramden
We'll see how "independent" Trudeau's independent Senators are?


Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Ralph Kramden

The Senate is weak and Andy looking to them shows he is weak leader

David Amos
David Amos
@Ralph Kramden YUP

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Ralph Kramden

"We'll see how "independent" Trudeau's independent Senators are?"

Certainly more open than any part of Stephen Harper's 9 years in government.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Ralph Kramden

Everyday the CBC operates this blog site , almost all of the top comments are disproportionate attacks on our Prime Minister, even though a majority of Canadians put Justin Trudeau in power, how does this represent reality.

Karen King
Karen King
@Ralph Kramden
 
funny alias you got there, did you ask Ralph first?
 
david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

obviously it is offensive to question authority in cider space

david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

obviously it is offensive to question authority in cyberspace

david mccaig
david mccaig
@david mccaig

fully expect any criticisms of the cbc blog site seeing the light of day for a a brief moment , will like in the past suddenly disappear.

David Amos
David Amos
@Karen King "funny alias you got there, did you ask Ralph first?"

Mais Oui

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Troy Mann

Scheer is wandering around looking for more screaming headlines. He, Cullen and the rest have issued and re-issued literally thousands of still unsubstantiated smears, and the corporate media pile on.

It’s a disgrace and it exposes the media for what it is. In the 2011, for example 49 of the top English newspapers endorsed Harper. Almost as many in 2015, that time on their FRONT page. Freedom of the press for those who own them and there is no doubt who they back.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Richard Sharp

Terrifying for you when the world doesn't share 100% of your opinions isn't it?

Chretien had a similarly high level of endorsements from the Canadian media for his three terms, were you outraged then as well?

Your party and leader of choice is subject to just as much valid and sensational criticism as his predecessor, and the guy after Trudeau, no matter which party they belong to will suffer the same.

This will be hard for you to hear:
- There's no conspiracy by the Cons, NDP or media, sometimes their opinions or views are different than ouyrs or the Liberal party.
- What's happening to JT isn't unique or overblown,
- Your partisan attacks against Harper and Scheer are of the same tone and quality as many of the attacks on JT, and no, it's not different when you do it.
- Finally, you and your opinions are not infallible.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Neil Turv Can you hear Richard singing "La la la la la" ?

Jennie Adkins
Jennie Adkins
@Neil Turv

It's a smear campaign based on NO facts at all. Endless unfounded innuendo and empty speculation.

The "law and order", thus "innocent until guilty" Conservatives should be ashamed of themselves.

Jennie Adkins
Jennie Adkins
@Jennie Adkins

And unfortunately Harper allowed a US hedge fund to asset strip Canada's real journalism, so the story is NOT getting the rigour it needs to reveal the Conservative smear campaign.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Jennie Adkins

If you don't thionk anonymous sources have been important contributors to these types of scandals in the past I seriously wonder if this particular incident is the first time you've ever read a news story in your life.

Anonymous sources have been the cornerstone of whistleblowing since before Watergate.

I'm not saying Trudeau is guilty, you are correct in that there are very little facts available. Personally, the sequence of events and what we do know means I'd place my betting money on a particular side if it came down to that.

What I am saying is what is happening right now is not a unique scenario and every modern PM (and most POTUS's) I can think of went through a very similar situation at least once during their term.

It's not partisan smearing, it's not a Conservative conspiracy, it's a very reputable newspaper protecting a source, like any newspaper should do.

Peter Samson
Peter Samson
@Ralph Kramden "We'll see how "independent" Trudeau's independent Senators are?"

Narrator - "They are not at all independent"

David Amos
David Amos
@Peter Samson Methinks everybody knows why I always run for public office as an Independent (Six Times thus far) N'esy Pas?










Peter Samson
John Been
She met with Trudeau yesterday, and now it's announced she will be a witness.

I think she cut a deal. She won't say anything.


Maxim Verite
Maxim Verite
@John Been

There's no question of that. All the more reason we need an RCMP investigation, not a Liberal-lead house inquiry.
Charles Ward
Charles Ward
@Maxim Verite To meet that requirement requires a criminal action. And Andrew backed himself in the corner on this one.

A few weeks back people clamored for the PM to intervene in Huweii. Then a week later cried foul on rumors he may have made a request for SNC. 

And then you have Andrew meeting with SNC a year ago to try and avoid criminal action.

The enquiry here is not if the PM asked, as that is allowed. The judicial system does not need to comply but the ask although not favorable. Is not an ethics issue.

If the ask was for personal gain that is the issue, and what is under investigation. Its a fine line, that has now been muddied by a flip flipping Scheer.


John Been
John Been
@Charles Ward

Personal gain is not the issue.

Political interference in the justice system is the issue.

Artie Gibson
Artie Gibson
@John Been

Top 10, thanks Johnny, responses to questions by Liberal committee members posed to Miss Wilson-Raybould >>

1) My name is Jody Wilson-Raybould.

2) I don't recall that.

3) I refuse to answer that on the advice of my government paid, $5,000? an hour, lawyer.

4) The devil made me do it?

5) Gerald who?

6) I would never break the law.

7) I knnowww Nutthhing.

8) I was unaware that SNC-Lavalin was a corrupt organization.

9) No sir, I was not offered a seat on SNC-Lavalin's... 

mia stalling
mia stalling
@John Been
Ah the cons and their conspiracy theories..........more innuendoes and no proof........love it, the more they open their mouths the more we disbelieve them, keep it up harperites

Jack Cochrane
Jack Cochrane
@mia stalling go to the front page of the Buffalo Chronicle then. It’s all there.

James Holden
James Holden
@Jack Cochrane

There's a lot of nothing there at the Buffalo Chronicle
Other than a suggestion that the NDP are trying to recruit JWR to repplace Singh as leader.

Bill MacLean
Bill MacLean
@John Been My feeling?....JWR regretted quitting cabinet....wants to run again....and is making nice with the PM. At least, she thinks, she didn't say anything against him in public. This may just be a "lover's tiff" (she looked pretty smitten when he appointed her)

harry richard
harry richard
@John Been ... that would be a shame

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@John Been

Another day, another smear.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@John Been "
I think she cut a deal"

What kind of deal can they offer?

Nothing

These false accusations need to stop

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Richard Sharp

"Another day, another smear."

Richard Sharp, a short concise and accurate statement

David Amos
David Amos
@John Been "I think she cut a deal. She won't say anything."

Methinks it would not be wise to bet the farm on your opinion for rather obvious reasons N'esy Pas?

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann "These false accusations need to stop"

But I thought Harper turned you into a newt?







Troy Mann
Ian Anderson
The article is attempting to narrow the story and promote the Liberal defense strategy. There are enough facts out there to confirm that this is more than a "whiff" of scandal. The fact that Butts resigned is clear evidence of that. This is also a clear indicator that there are more facts to emerge.
Additional facts include the history of Liberal awards to SNC of major infrastructure projects in Quebec. Likewise the importance of Quebec to the Liberals in the next election given the Liberal problems in the West. Along with Liberal history (all facts) of the Sponsorship Scandal that dogged the Liberals in Quebec in their last period in power.


Jack Cochrane
Jack Cochrane
@Ian Anderson go to the front page of the Buffalo Chronicle, there’s a lot more facts there.

Richard Jay
Richard Jay
@Ian Anderson

"The article is attempting to narrow the story and promote the Liberal defense strategy. There are enough facts out there to confirm that this is more than a "whiff" of scandal. "

You are correct. If this was anyone on the right CBC would be reporting them as guilty. Like Brett Kavanaugh sexual misconduct allegations in the US that dated back to his high school and college years decades ago. That was enough proof for CBC (and most media outlets) to report him as guilty.

Perry Best
Perry Best
@Jack Cochrane "front page of the Buffalo Chronicle"

Wow! If these bits of info are correct, the election will be turned upside down!!

Guy Stone
Guy Stone
@Ian Anderson i predict CBC is negotiating now with the Liberals on this story versus their budget for 2020 if Trudeau can get reelected by CBC

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Ian Anderson " There are enough facts out there to confirm that this is more than a "whiff" of scandal"

Name one

David Amos
David Amos
@Ian Anderson "The article is attempting to narrow the story and promote the Liberal defense strategy."

YUP

Klaus Offermann
Klaus Offermann 
@Ian Anderson Exactly.

If the CBC were doing it's job, by now Canadians would have a visual outline of the history of all past and CURRENT SNC corruption/bribe crimes, the executives and corporations involved, in which countries and to the tune of how many millions.

It would also have produced a visual outline of the history and SNC characters involved in lobbying which PMO individuals, the PM, Cabinet Members and which politicians, for what purpose and when.

The CBC would have visually correlated any meetings of the PMO, Cabinet and the Attorney General that happened subsequent to any SNC lobbying above.

Further it would have produced a parallel visual outline of the history of the illegal donations to whom, how much, when, and explained why they were illegal. It would also outlined any legal donations by SNC to whom when etc.

The CBC would have linked the "fact" that during this period of SNC lobbying and donating, Canada's enforcement of it's anti corruption and bribery laws has declined so dramatically - from "moderate" to "limited", effectively almost useless - that it has been graphically highlighted in the 2018 report by >Transparency International<.

All of this likely would only have been the beginning of the kind of investigative journalism the CBC is capable of when it wants to. "Few Facts"? Give me a break










William Ben
William Ben
Why can’t the LPC just be open and transparent on this? Otherwise the Lock him up chant is going to last right up to his departure in October 2019


James Holden
James Holden
@William Ben

Conservatives have a habit of convicting without any actual facts.
Except when it's them in the spotlight. Then it's " let justice take it's course".

John Chow
John Chow
@William Ben

For a group of people who claim there is nothing to see here, there seems to be a rather blatant, and intentional, effort to keep the curtain down.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@James Holden

"Conservatives have a habit of convicting without any actual facts. "

Like the Liberals with Duffy?

David Amos
David Amos
@William Ben "Why can’t the LPC just be open and transparent on this?"

Methinks Its not rocket science but merely political science 101 N'esy Pas?










Buford Wilson
Buford Wilson
This matter cries out for an independent inquiry.

It makes the AdScam seem like a walk in the park.


Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
@Buford Wilson

Be careful what you wish for, Buford. An independent inquiry just might turn up a few financial connections that the right-wing Conservative Party of Canada would rather be keep a secret.

Ralph Kramden
Ralph Kramden
@Neil Gregory That's ok, this country needs to root out the rampant corruption that exists.

Jack Cochrane
Jack Cochrane
@Neil Gregory actually it’s the Liberal government complicit with the Bank of Montreal but nice try. It’s all going to come out eventually.

James Holden
James Holden
@Ralph Kramden

We did that in 2015.
Threw them out of office.

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Buford Wilson "This matter cries out for an independent inquiry. "

Methinks if your wish comes true Harper 2.0 would be Happy Happy Happy N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Neil Gregory YUP









Frank Goodwood
Frank Goodwood
Liberals are working overtime on a spin strategy.


Dawn MacNeill
Dawn MacNeill
@Frank Goodwood They need to because all that oil money behind the slagging is hard to come up against.

Ralph Kramden
Ralph Kramden
@Dawn MacNeill You can always send it back, we're tired of sending it east, so do send it back.

Dawn MacNeill
Dawn MacNeill
@Ralph Kramden What a laugh.

Dawn MacNeill
Dawn MacNeill
@Ralph Kramden By the way how's that 43 years of Con(oil) rule doing for Alberta. Any money in the bank? Oh yeah you've got lots of golf courses (thanks Ralph Klein) but he forgot to save the water.

Ralph Kramden
Ralph Kramden
@Dawn MacNeill It's still good enough that we have to send $20B of free money to Ottawa each year so zero's like Trudeau can buy votes in the east.

Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@Dawn MacNeill Is that oil money coming from Big Oil in NF and Labrador?

Douglas Fowler
Douglas Fowler
@Dawn MacNeill $18 billion in the Heritage Trust Fund!

David Amos
Content disabled.
David Amos
@Frank Goodwood "Liberals are working overtime on a spin strategy."

Methinks the comment threads prove that to be a fact N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Frank Goodwood YUP

Tony Walters
Tony Walters
@Frank Goodwood Actuallym, it looks like the Conservatives have hired many extras and are working overtime right here.

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Frank Goodwood One of JT's fans on here put in an 11 hour day yesterday !! Hysterical !












Phil Mein 
Gerry Gibson
The reality is Liberals see things that don't exist, fabricate it when they can't find it, and ignore it within their own ranks.


James Holden
James Holden
@Gerry Gibson

Conservative projection.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@James Holden

"The reality is Liberals see things that don't exist, fabricate it when they can't find it, and ignore it within their own ranks."

Unfortunately, that is true of almost all of our parties, federal and provincial.

David Amos
David Amos
@Jack O Hill Oh So True











Joseph Cluster
Joseph Cluster
When a ship starts sinking a few just know its time to jump off to save themselves. Damage control only works when there's a gaff (there has been a few). When something of this magnitude is brewing there's little they will be able to do to save it from sinking.


Elma Fayerrly
Elma Fayerrly
@Joseph Cluster Latest poll, Liberals 38% Cons. 32%. Where is the sinking ship?

John West
John West
@Elma Fayerrly Which poll are you looking at.

Wally Brassard
Wally Brassard
@Elma Fayerrly. you forgot the PPC potentially coming in @ 30%. zero support for NDP

Elma Fayerrly
Elma Fayerrly
@John West Nanos.

Elma Fayerrly
Elma Fayerrly
@Wally Brassard That would leave Andy at 2%.

Rob Burr
Rob Burr
@Elma Fayerrly Do you have a link to the Nanaos Poll as it is quite a bit different than the Ipsos poll conducted for Global News below:

https://globalnews.ca/news/4973581/trudeau-government-leaks-support-snc-lavalin-wilson-raybould-poll/

William Knot
William Knot
@Elma Fayerrly Fake news, Elma reference links below. Ouch!

James Holden
James Holden
@Joseph Cluster

Link to nothing

Jay michael
Jay michael
@Elma Fayerrly That's fine. With a minority they'll have little to no power.

mo bennett
mo bennett
@Joseph Cluster loose lips, sink ships.

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YUP











James Holden 
Richard Dekkar
Clearly something serious is happening. 3 senior party people don’t resign for no reason.

Only Trudeau can remove the gag. If the party has nothing to hide then he must. The only inescapable alternative is that this is just the tip of the iceberg.


Brett Hol
Brett Hol
@Richard Dekkar
Exactly. You don’t resign because you are doing an awesome job. Come on people wake up!

John Britt
John Britt
@Brett Hol You can, in fact, be doing an awesome job but be so incensed with the direction the organization you belong to is going in, you feel you have no other option, on a personal ethics basis, other than to resign.

John Britt
John Britt
@Brett Hol Actually, I believe I may have misread/misinterpreted your comment. I believe we may possibly be saying or suggesting the same thing,

David Amos
David Amos
@Brett Hol "You don’t resign because you are doing an awesome job. Come on people wake up!"

Methinks a lot of folks have N'esy Pas?




The SNC-Lavalin scandal so far: plenty of drama, few facts

Can we count on Jody Wilson-Raybould to shed a little light?


Jody Wilson-Raybould, former Canadian justice minister, walks on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., on Feb. 19, 2019. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)

In official Ottawa, some weeks feel longer than others. This one scarcely got started before the SNC-Lavalin affair exploded — again — leaving more questions than answers. And it's only Wednesday.

First, Gerry Butts stunned everyone Monday by abruptly resigning as the prime minister's top adviser — even as he insisted that neither he nor anyone else in Justin Trudeau's office sought to pressure former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to stop the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.

A day later, Wilson-Raybould sent jaws dropping everywhere when she emerged from a meeting of Trudeau's cabinet — the same inner circle she quit just last week. She was there for a few hours at her own request, the prime minister said.

Not even the din generated by a convoy of several hundred pro-pipeline supporters blaring truck horns on Parliament Hill yesterday could drown out the sound of reporters demanding to know why Wilson-Raybould met with the cabinet she'd just spurned, and what she said to her former colleagues.
And it's not over yet. Today, Wilson-Raybould is expected to attend the regular Liberal caucus meeting. Her reception there may not be as warm as she'd like, given her role in a consuming political drama that seems to be settling in for an extended run in the nation's capital.

Everybody wants answers


Her caucus colleagues no doubt will want to know what she told cabinet Tuesday. If she falls back on her statement that she's still bound by solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidentiality, Liberal MPs will still want to know whether she felt pressured, directed or nudged by anyone in the Prime Minister's Office to give SNC-Lavalin the option of paying a fine in lieu of going to trial on fraud and corruption charges.

Watch: SNC-Lavalin affair timeline key to claims of PMO pressure on Jody Wilson-Raybould


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SNC-Lavalin affair timeline key to claims of PMO pressure on Jody Wilson-Raybould
 In the SNC-Lavalin affair, one of the key questions remaining is who exactly said what to then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, and did it amount to pressure to treat the company lightly. 3:26
The MPs on the Commons justice committee would like to hear her answer that question as well. They voted Tuesday to add Wilson-Raybould to their witness list after the Liberals — who had refused to put her name forward last week — relented Tuesday.

Other MPs spent much of Tuesday in the Commons debating an NDP motion demanding two things: that Trudeau waive solicitor-client privilege to allow Wilson-Raybould to tell her side of the story publicly, and that he agree to an independent public inquiry similar to the one led by Justice John Gomery on the Quebec sponsorship scandal.

The first of those demands is probably the less important one. Just about everyone, in government and out, expects Wilson-Raybould to speak. It's why she hired a former Supreme Court justice for legal advice. It's why Butts abruptly departed, even as he denied the allegations again.
"My reputation is my responsibility and that is for me to defend," Butts wrote. "It is in the best interests of the office and its important work for me to step away."

Fair enough. That's not going to convince the opposition to abandon its demand for an independent accounting of conversations in government circles last fall — when SNC-Lavalin was lobbying just about everybody who's anybody for a 'deferred prosecution agreement', a new legal tool introduced by the Liberals in a budget bill approved last June.

Charlie Angus, who sponsored Tuesday's motion, said a public inquiry would provide the "transparency and accountability promised by the Liberals in the 2015 election campaign."

Perhaps anticipating the Liberals defeating his motion this afternoon, Angus offered his own, highly-partisan version of the events that make up the SNC-Lavalin affair — a theory to explain why the government might be eager to cut a deal with the Montreal-based construction giant.

'Corruption and cronyism'


"It was about the government and this prime minister's insider relationships," he said as he opened debate in the Commons. "There is nothing more negative for public life than corruption and cronyism."
The Conservatives are just as eager to convince Canadians there's a cover-up here.

"The way in which this story has unfolded, with almost daily changes to the prime minister's version of the events, with high-profile resignations, with anonymously-sourced smear campaigns … suggests this is not an ordinary political scandal," Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer told the Commons.

Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould leads a convoy of reporters away from the Parliament buildings after making a surprise appearance at a cabinet meeting Tuesday, February 19, 2019. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
"Something more sinister is at play here," Scheer added, alleging what he called a "deliberate attempt to obstruct justice" by unnamed people in the PMO.

Who are these people (allegedly)? It's a mystery. Who were the sources behind the leak that led to the original Globe and Mail report nearly two weeks ago? Also a mystery.

But this is an election year, and this story carries the whiff of scandal from the highest reaches of the Trudeau government. So the opposition is taking it all as gospel — no matter how the allegation first came to light, no matter who the source or sources might be, no matter what their motivation was for leaking to the media.

The prime minister looked almost weary as he rose to his feet in the Commons Tuesday to take even more questions. But after days of offering vague answers that only spawned more questions, Trudeau offered no new information yesterday on why Butts resigned.

There was no big reveal about why he agreed to let Wilson-Raybould appear before cabinet as a former minister. No suggestion that he would agree to waive solicitor-client privilege before he gets a legal opinion from the man who replaced her as attorney general. No answers. Not yet.

And it's only Wednesday. Brace yourselves.

Watch: Wilson Raybould speaks to CBC News at she leaves Question Period


Politics News
Wilson Raybould speaks to CBC News at she leaves Question Period
 Jody Wilson-Raybould leaves Question Period and is asked questions by the CBC's Chris Rands 2:39

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Chris Hall
National Affairs Editor
Chris Hall is the CBC's National Affairs Editor and host of The House on CBC Radio, based in the Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa. He began his reporting career with the Ottawa Citizen, before moving to CBC Radio in 1992, where he worked as a national radio reporter in Toronto, Halifax and St. John's. He returned to Ottawa and the Hill in 1998.















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"Some of us NEVER had any faith in the Trudeau Liberal government. for several reasons."

Methinks the Conservatives et al should finally Google "T-1557-15" N'esy Pas?


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-polls-snclavalin-1.5026798



First post-SNC-Lavalin polls look bad for Trudeau Liberals



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Garry Horsnell
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Garry Horsnell
There many reasons Canadian voters are losing faith in PM Trudeau and his Liberals.

It's not just because of the SNC Lavain issue.


Garry Horsnell
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Garry Horsnell
@Garry Horsnell

Sorry, that should be SNC Lavalin

Fern Dignard
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Fern Dignard
@Garry Horsnell
Many? I only know of this one. And that's enough for me.

JOHN CHUCKMAN
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JOHN CHUCKMAN
@Garry Horsnell

Yes, indeed, especially where it comes to confidence in Trudeau.

He has pretty much steadily deteriorated in two years.

Legalizing pot was hardly a weighty policy, but it's his one clear achievement.

Anyway, since he's been leader, I think we 've all seen there just ain't that much there. He's not even a particularly effective speaker.

A sense of weakness comes through for me, which an event like this just magnifies.

We saw the weakness in India. We saw it in his dropping election reform, after strongly promising it. We see it in the pipeline matters. We see it in relations with the US and China.

And for me - who once shook hands with his father and admired his independence and strength and who much admired Liberal leaders like Pearson, Chretien, and Paul Martin - his weakness most shows in the ugliness of Venezuela and "the Lima Group," pure nauseating Tony-Blair-in-Iraq stuff.

But to whom do we have to turn? My God, if we only had a Jack Layton. Or even an honest Joe Clark. No, we have smiling insurance salesman, whom I would count on for little, and the man at the NDP, who at first seemed an interesting choice, but who has had no impact, not even holding a seat.

Our national politics seem almost as barren as those godawful days of Harper and Ignatieff. That was truly "the pits," as they say, but this is like an unwelcome echo.


Neil Gregory
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Neil Gregory
@Garry Horsnell

Some of us NEVER had any faith in the Trudeau Liberal government. for several reasons.

First, the Liberals have a VERY poor track record when it comes to keeping their election promises, and Trudeau has followed that pattern. After three and a half years in power he has kept fewer than half of his promises.

Second, the Liberals have a long track record of scandal after scandal, and Trudeau's crowd are certainly following that pattern.

Third, this political party picked as its leader someone form it back benches with very little experience in Parliament and no proven leadership abilities excapt a famous name from a past era.

James Holden
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James Holden
@Garry Horsnell

The alternative Conservatives had many of their number convicted in court while running down the country and making life harder for Working Canadians.
They hobbled their own and future governments with terrible long term deals.
The only ones who benefit from Conservative governments are the already rich.

Robert Green
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Robert Green
@Garry Horsnell Still better than Harper and the reformacons were.

Sally Ride
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Sally Ride
@James Holden for example?

Kevin Delaney
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Kevin Delaney
@Garry Horsnell
Like the Conservatives before a list of mistakes has been made by JT. There is enough of a mass to have them go critical. It can be corrected if there is an admission of error by JT particularly re his behavior towards JWR. However, I do not think JT is capable of such an admission.

Matt Bryson
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Matt Bryson
@Garry Horsnell
venezuela, china, and beyond

David Amos
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David Amos
@Neil Gregory "Some of us NEVER had any faith in the Trudeau Liberal government. for several reasons."

Methinks the Conservatives et al should finally Google "T-1557-15" N'esy Pas?

Jack Cochrane
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Jack Cochrane
@James Holden do you have ANY names to back up this completely false claim? And, please, the Liberals are nothing more than corporate shills making the rich richer.

Jesse Patrick
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Jesse Patrick
@Garry Horsnell
For me it's the crony capitalism that got them into the Lavscam mess in the first place. Flipping back to the Cons again would just be more of the same. Time to end ALL Corporate Welfare. PPC 2019!


David Amos
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David Amos
@Garry Horsnell :"Sorry, that should be SNC Lavalin"

Methinks a crooked company spelled in any fashion by mistake still stinks N'esy Pas?


Jim LaPalmier
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Jim LaPalmier
@Garry Horsnell

Just 'talking the talk' doesn't cut it in the long run; a case of Live by 'the Image', Die by 'the Image' for JT ?


Peter Boone
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Peter Boone
@Garry Horsnell It is hard to believe that anyone could still support a government that circumvents the law to benefit criminal friends.

Nadine Mardini
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Nadine Mardini
@JOHN CHUCKMAN Thank you for a very thoughtful comment.

Jim LaPalmier
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Jim LaPalmier 
@JOHN CHUCKMAN
"..... But to whom do we have to turn? ..... ".

The 'illusion' of choice in Canadian politics; no wonder Canadian voters are so jaded.
Sad.
How about this: if you hold an election, and the 'partys' and their candidates cannot lite enough of a fire under the electorate's butt to generate a legitimate 75% voter turnout, the election is declared 'null & void' and the whole thing has to be redone with new candidates for each party until the 75% threshold is achieved ?
[I know, I know, we'll probably NEVER end up with with an elected Government that way. ].











gene Dautry
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 gene Dautry
scandal after scandal with this government


Al Kap
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Al Kap
@gene Dautry
And the last government. What’s your point? It’s always the same.

Charly Vaughan
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Charly Vaughan
@gene Dautry if Duffy wins his appeal....the odour of Harper should ensure another 4 years of sunny ways

mo bennett
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mo bennett
@gene Dautry politicians always look bad, regardless of flavor, it's genetic.

Jamie Gillis
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Jamie Gillis
@gene Dautry

And things are just getting started. This one is nowhere close to finished. Next month Grewal's fundraiser information comes out. The VAdm Norman trial starts this summer and so far it hasn't reflected well on the PMO.

Jamie Gillis
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Jamie Gillis
@gene Dautry

Also, this latest headline from the Globe this morning likely isn't a good sign (for Trudeau): "Wilson-Raybould told cabinet SNC-Lavalin pressure was improper"

Robert Green
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@Jamie Gillis Ooooooh the pressure.Compared to the Harper government and it's shenanigans the liberals look like angels.

Ryan Tasker
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Ryan Tasker
@gene Dautry
The sad part is that these "scandals" are mostly small potatoes vs EVERYTHING Harper perpetuated against the Canadian people.

Jack Cochrane
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Jack Cochrane
@Ryan Tasker oh yes, that shocking $90,000 that Mike Duffy spent, just atrocious. Or that $16 glass of OJ. Such an affront to democracy they were. Oh, wait a minute, that's right, after the RCMP investigation and the court trial all charges were dropped. Seems quaint now compared to this mafia of a government we have currently.

David Amos
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David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Why do you spell like a Yankee?


David Amos
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David Amos
@Jack Cochrane "Seems quaint now compared to this mafia of a government we have currently."

Methinks that was an interesting spin Perhaps you should Google "David Amos wiretap" sometime N'esy Pas?









 Rachael Saunders
 Harvey keck
I have to admit I was wrong. I have said in the past that Pierre Trudeau was the worst PM ever. That was wrong. Justin has outdone him ten fold.

Rachael Saunders
Rachael Saunders
@Harvey keck My dad used to cringe when you mentioned Pierre Trudeau's name. I do the same when anyone mentions Justin.

Mar Pell
Mar Pell
@Rachael Saunders

Suspect that he is still tatooed blue since the era of Diefenbaker or Mulroney.

Steven Saunders
Steven Saunders
@Rachael Saunders that makes two of us.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Harvey keck Methinks Louis Riel , Trudeau the Elder and many other ghosts would agree that Sir John Alexander Macdonald will forever be the champ of corrupt Canadian Prime Ministers N'esy Pas?



Alex Matheson
Alex Matheson
@Rachael Saunders
Yes indeed. Just like most Canadians cringe when they hear Harpers name. Some people just bring out the worst in others.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Harvey keck

"I have to admit I was wrong. I have said in the past that Pierre Trudeau was the worst PM ever"

Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau was ELECTED to 15 years in office by the Canadian voters making his the longest serving PM in recent history, that makes you wrong asserting he was the 'worst PM ever'

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Harvey keck

"Pierre Trudeau was the worst PM ever"

December 1969 - John Lennon loved by hundreds of million of followers added comment about Pirre Trudeau : "We spent about 50 minutes together, which was longer than he had spent with any head of state. If all politicians were like Mr Trudeau there would be world peace."

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Harvey keck

The worst FEAR of most Canadians is the country being run by the conservative mechanism that put Doug Ford in POWER.

Smith John
Smith John
@david mccaig

It's funny that right now the Liberal's have a chance to be open and honest.

The fact that they moved too far left is why the are going to lose next election.

James Fitzgibbon
James Fitzgibbon
@Harvey keck

Why is it the far right is only capable of speaking in hyperbole?

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Harvey keck

I think the nonsense posted here by the right wing is giving me ulcers .

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Harvey keck

Could you imagine a conservative Doug Ford type on the world stage representing Canada and all the questions the world would ask including is this REALLY the mindset of Canadians.

Terry Robinson
Terry Robinson
@Harvey keck

You might want to look at Harper's record for some good information, including using massive omnibus bills to hide his destroying all protection of our environment so that foreign corporations could ravage it with impunity. That's not to mention his god- awful mismanagement of our finances.

Terry Robinson
Terry Robinson
@david mccaig

This is Harper's CBC.

David Amos
David Amos
@Terry Robinson This is OUR CBC










Steven Saunders 
Jason Martin
I hate to admit it, but Harper was right, Trudeau was and still isn't ready to lead Canada.


 
 
James Timberly
James Timberly
@Jason Martin "I hate to admit it, but Harper was right, Trudeau was and still isn't ready to lead Canada."

Why would a purely partisan commentor "hate to admit" such a purely partisan thing? This article discusses how the Lib polling numbers have taken a hit recently and this is true. Yet they still poll higher than the Cons. This - despite that thing that you "hate to admit". Is it because admitting that says more about whatshisname? than it does about Trudeau? I mean, if it's true that everyone thinks Trudeau "isn't ready" (lol), why do they still want him as PM over whatshisname?
Now the hard thing that conservatives need to admit to themselves so that they can contend for real is in fact, the same as the answer to my last question above - Identity politics. Admit that hard to admit thing, and move on from it, and you might actually see the polling results flip one day.

Jason Martin
Jason Martin
@James Timberly

I hate to admit it because I voted for Trudeau and really hoped he wouldn't be the stereotypical politician.

Simple as that.

Ed Riley
Ed Riley
@Jason Martin ......where is Richard Sharp????
I need his totally unbiased analysis of these polls to fully understand why Trudeau and the Liberals are tanking.
I'm sure Richard has a reasonable explanation that we can all agree with.

Joe Rosco
Joe Rosco
@Ed Riley ---- Usually he is around to support Trudeau, you know that Trudeau is in trouble when Richard stays silent.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Charles Beale

"Let's not quote the PM of the Dark Decade, please"

That refers to the time under PET. I agree.
david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jason Martin

THESE POLLS were conducted at the height of uninformed HYSTERIA, brought on by the theatre of mostly billionaire owned entertainment outlets that call themselves NEWS

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jason Martin

TRUTHFULLY does anyone really believe corporate pollsters don't have political leanings and are instead in the business to sway voters.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Jason Martin

I BELIEVE polling corporations are set up by the establishment to MANUFACTURE CONSENSUS and CONSENT, kinda a biased CHEAT SHEET for low information Canadians.

Mark stanford
Mark stanford
@Charles Beale I don’t understand what was so bad about Harper , he ran a balanced budget, economy did alright while the Americans economy was very bad, you must be from the east and probably work for the government or you don’t work and like all the freebies The Liberals give out.

Mark stanford
Mark stanford
@david mccaig you must not pay taxes, anyone with half a brain and a job should never vote liberal, they always steal tax payers money and waist it, plus there always scamming to fill there own pockets.

David Amos
David Amos
@Ed Riley "I'm sure Richard has a reasonable explanation that we can all agree with."

Methinks thou doth Jest too much N'esy Pas?











Steven Saunders 
Tom Burridge
Justin can easily turn this around....all he has to do is....
Build 3 pipelines......
Secure the border...
Cancel bill C 69...
Balance the budget..
Cancel the carbon tax...


 
 
david mccaig
david mccaig
@Tom Burridge

Securing OUR BORDERS to keep Americans from entering Canada and spreading their brand of right wing corporate for profit poison, Im all for that .

Gary McCaig
Gary McCaig
@Harry Hibbs
A lot could be achieved by simply gagging Trudeau so he can't invite the world to come to Canada.


David Amos
David Amos
@Tom Burridge Good Luck with your pipe dream coming true











Steven Saunders 
Rachael Saunders
Trudeau and the Liberals have veered too far left for most Canadians. The Conservatives are the only hope for a return to some common sense in Canada.












Steven Saunders 
Jim Smith
Justin Trudeau is the classic spoiled rich kid who never had to work for any thing in his life. He was given the liberal leadership and the PM job because of his name. He had no qualifications for the job and he believed his own foolishness about how Canada should be as a country. He thought he was untouchable and that everybody loved him like some kind of cult leader. It took him 3.5 years to ruin everything for the liberals and he is well on his way to ruining this once great country.


 
 
Philip Nicholson
Philip Nicholson
@david mccaig
Ooooo Davie. I take it you do'on't like conservatives (three in a row not related to the article.) I don't buy the born into wealth bit. The Labels and Tag business was split four ways with Doug as a junior partner with 20%. I don't know how many sticky labels and tags that gets you put where not really talking a hi profit margin business. Charles Emile Trudeau was extremely wealthy but I get the sense much of the family has been frittered away.

Jim Smith
Jim Smith
@david mccaig You seen upset. Please take three deep breaths, and then choke on the third one.

David Amos
David Amos
@Jim Smith Well put










Steven Saunders 
John Smith
I see the die hard Liberal supporters are very scared. lol


Theo Nugent
Theo Nugent
@John Smith

Yep they post about 10 x each

Catherine Haigh
Catherine Haigh
@John Smith The die hard Conservative supporters should be just as scared.

Both parties "play politics" so much so that their real duties and responsibilities get pushed so far back onto the back burner that facts and information are impossible to find. One party mimics the other to fine tune the communication strategies. Every word gets crafted to put image over substance while people complain that the government just won't listen.

Wendy Travis
Wendy Travis
@John Smith

We are indeed. We are not too partisan to be bothered by this, and yet who is there left to vote for in October. If JT is not fit to govern, it does not make Sheer any less terrible.

Robert Green
Robert Green
@John Smith Why would anyone be scared when no one knows the the story yet.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Smith

"I see the die hard Liberal supporters are very scared. lol"

And i see is the conservatives DESPERATELY trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill

david mccaig
david mccaig
@John Smith

Can you imagine back to the days of conservatives back in power and spending tens of millions in our courts fighting our VETERANS, LIKE BEFORE.

David Magner (YYC)
David Magner (YYC)
@John Smith

I see the die hard right wingers suddenly do believe the polls. Didn't believe them a month ago did you.

David Amos
David Amos
@John Smith Methinks many would agree most of their spin doctors aren't clever enough to be even nervous N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Theo Nugent Mr Mccaig takes the cake









Buford Wilson 
Buford Wilson
Obstruction of justice in the first degree.

Justin needs to do the right thing and resign.


Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
@Buford Wilson What obstruction?

James Conner
James Conner
@Valentina Tereshkova lol, how about firing the AG when she wouldn't override the Director of Public Prosecutions so they could put their own lackey in there to do there bidding.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Buford Wilson

You know WHATS WORSE for Canadians than the perhaps Trudeau political indiscretions , the FEAR of a return of the Stephen Harper conservatives.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Buford Wilson

Buford welcome back to Canada, hows life at your home in America?

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Buford Wilson

Nothing worse than Russians interferring in Canada's politics , than trans border Americans trying to tell us we should vote conservative like them .

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Buford Wilson

THE RUSSIANS prefer conservatives in power in western democracies, Trump has shown us they're easier to manipulate.


David Magner (YYC)
David Magner (YYC)
@Buford Wilson

You know Scheer met with SNC-Lavalin to talk about deferring prosecution too, right? It's in his own public records.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@David Magner (YYC)

Do you understand the difference between meeting with lobbyists and meeting with the Auditor General?

The highly educated left strike again.

David Magner (YYC)
David Magner (YYC)
@Jack O Hill

I don't play hockey so I'm not a left winger, nor a goalie or anything else.

Sure I know the difference. I see no difference between one party leader currying favour with a giant employer in a province he want to win seats in and another party leader currying favour with the same giant employer because he wants to keep the seats he already has in that province. Both parties are corrupt as h e double hockey sticks and the giant company pulls both their strings.

Thanks for playing though. The jump to conclusions right strikes again.

David Amos
David Amos
@Buford Wilson "Obstruction of justice in the first degree"

YUP

David Amos
David Amos
@James Conner I concur











Steven Saunders 
Emile Nelligan
Chantal Hébert, The Star Columnist this morning on French CBC.
"How can he crisis management when he has difficulties managing himself".
"Trudeau is disarticulating himself as he goes on!"
"In meeting with his MP, if the idea isn't his, he's dismissive, harsh in tone"
"In a Press conference, when he gave lengthy one, he was evasive, confused and left more questions unanswered then answered"

Ouch !


Don Cameron
Don Cameron
@Emile Nelligan said,
"Ouch !"

That's our boy JT.

Tony Trowel
Tony Trowel
@Emile Nelligan
Interesting, she's a liberal as they get.

Leszek Hoszko
Leszek Hoszko
@Emile Nelligan From a Quebecer! Ouch indeed

Tim Mason
Tim Mason
@Emile Nelligan JT totally owned by a hardcore Quebec Liberal! I’m lovin’ it!

george bath
george bath
@Tony Trowel
How does one know this about Chantal?
another conservative confabulation

Norbert Harrison
Norbert Harrison
@Emile Nelligan
Chantal Hébert is a good reporter.

Emile Nelligan
Emile Nelligan
@Norbert Harrison Analysis are razor sharp!

Brian Allen
Brian Allen
@Emile Nelligan

Sounds like he’s very difficult to work with, mildly abusive to staff, not a good “team player,” and prone to hissy fits. N’est pas?

Emile Nelligan
Emile Nelligan
@Brian Allen Don't know but that information of his style in closed meetings tells me that his MPs are starting to get impatient and annoyed with his style of leadership and are starting to speak to the press about it.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Emile Nelligan

If as Trump BRAGGED he could shoot someone in the street and still get elected, then any political forepaws by Justin Trudeau almost GUARANTEE HIS RE-ELECTION.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Emile Nelligan

Trumps showing us what you get when you vote conservatives into ultimate POWER.

David Amos
David Amos
@Norbert Harrison "Chantal Hébert is a good reporter"

I disagree

David Amos
David Amos
@Brian Allen Methinks I should agree with you N'esy Pas?










Steven Saunders 
Normy Crow
Liberals are suffering from a lot more than a single issue hit. Trudeau`s performance across the board has been dismal.No matter how hard CBC tries to gloss it over.


george bath
george bath
@Normy Crow
Increased child care benefits
increased Veterans benefits best ever
the conservatives are suffering from a lack of knowledge about what the government has done.

Tim Joseph
Tim Joseph
@Normy Crow *caw* *caw* oooo something shiny

Normy Crow
Normy Crow
@george bath
Done your taxes? How much you up?
Ask a vet.
Liberals are wearing rose coloured glasses.

Normy Crow
Normy Crow
@Tim Joseph Brilliant,for a Liberal.

drew Currah
drew Currah
@george bath
And a generation killing deficit which is strangling our economy and will impoverish our children for a generation.
Not a good trade.

David Amos
David Amos
@Normy Crow "Trudeau`s performance across the board has been dismal.No matter how hard CBC tries to gloss it over."

Oh So True

David Amos
David Amos
@george bath Whereas you have faith in the system perhaps you should Google T-1557-15 then scroll down to statement 83 of the claim












Steven Saunders 
Anthony Kennedy
Justin has lost a ton of credibility and you don't get that back. He is finished.


george bath
george bath
@Anthony Kennedy
fake news

Mike Wazowski
Mike Wazowski
@george bath I wasn't aware Trudeau used George Bath as a pseudonym

Alison Harms
Alison Harms
@Anthony Kennedy We can hope. He will, of course, try to buy back his credibility with our money.

Verne Gerchin
Verne Gerchin
@Anthony Kennedy

"Justin has lost a ton of credibility"

When did he have ANY???

David Amos
David Amos
@Anthony Kennedy" Justin has lost a ton of credibility"

Methinks he never had a ton of it in the first place N'esy Pas?



Steven Saunders


First post-SNC-Lavalin polls look bad for Trudeau Liberals

Conservatives gaining, Liberals sliding in first polls published since SNC-Lavalin affair erupted


Justin Trudeau's Liberals have suffered a drop in support in polls conducted since the Globe and Mail reported allegations of political interference on the part of the prime minister's office in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin on bribery-related charges. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)


The fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair is only beginning to rain down on Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government but it seems to be having an impact — one that could put the Liberals on track to defeat in this fall's federal election.

The controversy surrounding allegations about political interference in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, a major Quebec-based engineering firm, and the subsequent demotion and resignation from cabinet of former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould (followed by the resignation of the prime minister's principal secretary, Gerry Butts), is evolving on a daily basis.

The first polls published since the Globe and Mail initially reported the allegations on Feb. 7 suggest that the Liberals have taken a significant hit in public support.



The CBC's Poll Tracker, an aggregation of all publicly available polls, puts the Liberals and Conservatives neck-and-neck in voting intentions and virtually tied in the number of seats each party would be likely to win if an election were held today.

Right now, there's no clear indication of which party would emerge with the most seats in a general election — a significant shift from where things stood at the end of 2018, when the Poll Tracker gave the Liberals a better than 90 per cent chance of winning an election.

For the Liberals, the trend line might only get worse.

Three polls that were conducted entirely after the initial Globe reports emerged have been published in recent days — from Campaign Research (Feb. 7-11), Ipsos/Global News (Feb. 14-18) and Léger/Canadian Press (Feb. 15-19). The last two surveys were conducted after Wilson-Raybould's resignation from caucus and include some data gathered since Butts stepped down on Monday.

Campaign Research showed the Conservatives ahead with 37 per cent to 32 per cent for the Liberals, while both Ipsos and Léger put the margin at 36 to 34 per cent in the Conservatives' favour. Since December, when both polling firms were last in the field, the Liberals have lost one point in Campaign Research's polling and four percentage points in the Ipsos poll, while the party is down five points since November in the Léger poll.

The Conservatives have gained two to three points over that time.

The only shift that appears statistically significant is the five-point Liberal slide recorded by Léger — but the fact that all three polling firms are picking up similar trends suggests that the swing between the Conservatives and Liberals is real.

SNC-Lavalin wearing on Trudeau


Campaign Research also picked up a drop of four points in Trudeau's own approval rating (to 35 per cent), while Ipsos found the number of respondents saying the Liberals deserve to be re-elected has plummeted eight points since December to 38 per cent.

Léger reports satisfaction with the government is down nine points and Trudeau's own score on Canadians' preference for prime minister is down seven points to 26 per cent. That this drop did not result in any sizeable gain for any of his opponents suggests it's more about Trudeau himself than it is about the performance of any other party leader.

The Léger/Canadian Press poll provides some indications of the impact of the SNC-Lavalin affair in particular. The poll finds that Canadians are paying attention, with 67 per cent reporting some awareness of the story.

Of those with some knowledge of the controversy, 41 per cent agreed with this statement: "Yes, the prime minister did something wrong." Only 12 per cent said that the prime minister "did not do anything wrong."

Another 41 per cent said that they were "not sure either way," suggesting that many Canadians are still waiting to learn more before coming down on one side or the other. That might be the silver lining here for the Liberals: most Canadians polled either believe the prime minister or are still giving him the benefit of the doubt.

But it also means that if the story generates more negative headlines for the government (and there are few indications so far that it won't), there aren't very many Canadians predisposed to believe the Liberals' side of the story.

Liberals hurting in Quebec, but mostly Ontario


While the impact of the affair has sapped the Liberals in every part of the country, there is a difference between what the polls are saying in the two largest provinces that inevitably will decide the next federal election.

Across the three surveys, the Conservatives made gains in both Ontario and Quebec while the Liberals lost support. (The NDP also is down consistently in Quebec and the Bloc Québécois up, but that was a pre-existing trend that probably has little to do with the SNC-Lavalin affair.)

The swing was more pronounced in Ontario than it was in Quebec, where concerns about the impact of the affair on SNC-Lavalin's future have been more prevalent. The Conservatives gained between three and six points in Ontario in the three surveys, averaging a gain of just under five points. The Liberals lost between three and seven points, for an average loss of just over five points.

Both Ipsos and Léger recorded slides for the Liberals in Ontario sizeable enough to be statistically significant.


Andrew Scheer's Conservative Party has made gains in the polls in Quebec and particularly in Ontario in recent weeks. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
In Quebec, however, the Conservative gain was only three to four points, with the Liberals dropping two to four — all within what would be the margin of error for probabilistic samples of the sizes surveyed in the province.

The trend is pointing in one direction, which is notable. But so far, the impact in Quebec seems less pronounced. Both Léger and Ipsos still give the Liberals a double-digit lead in Quebec, while the race is now either tied or leaning Conservative in Ontario.

That could have some important electoral implications if the trends hold. As it stands now, the Liberals are still projected to gain seats in Quebec — perhaps about a dozen — but are also on track to lose as many as 30 in Ontario. Even if the Liberal slide in support halts, that alone would make it nearly impossible for Trudeau to secure another majority government in the fall.

Of course, October's federal election is a long way off. The SNC-Lavalin story and the polling trends might change (and change again, and again) between now and then. But based on where the story and the trends are heading now, the Liberals have to hope for a swing back in their direction.

About the Author

 


Éric Grenier
Politics and polls
Éric Grenier is a senior writer and the CBC's polls analyst. He was the founder of ThreeHundredEight.com and has written for The Globe and Mail, Huffington Post Canada, The Hill Times, Le Devoir, and L’actualité.
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Methinks this was quite a telling thing N'esy Pas?

"Many also urged their colleagues not to speak to the media, warning that it could undermine the government."


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Wilson-Raybould tells Commons she wants to 'speak my truth' on SNC-Lavalin, tells Liberals she's still on-side



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Troy Mann
Norm Dixon
When did we start asking the accused if there needs to be an investigation?

Isn't that the definition of government corruption?


Daryl McBride
Daryl McBride
@Norm Dixon Post of the day.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Norm Dixon

Wow, another day, another thousand smears

Simon Kung
Simon Kung
@Richard Sharp Yes, you're very good at them.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Norm Dixon

I look forward to seeing if Liberal MPs like Wayne Long support this NDP motion or not. For that matter, assuming she'll be there, I wonder how JWR will vote. A whipped vote on this would go directly against how Trudeau said he would run his party.

Ted Nesbitt
Ted Nesbitt
@Norm Dixon ....I'll have to remember this tactic should I ever wind up in Court; "Trust me your Honour, I did nothing wrong, you have to believe me".......I mean, if it works for the PMO, it should work for all of us right?

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Norm Dixon These are not the droids you're looking for, move along.

bill laplante
bill laplante
@Norm Dixon They are simply hiding the facts

Jacob Hobart
Jacob Hobart
@Norm Dixon I'll use this line when CRA comes for my taxes...

William Weston
William Weston
@Norm Dixon “Isn't that the definition of government corruption?”
And the greatest reason yet to vote out both old parties?
Why are we waiting for those benefiting from this system to change it? Why would they? That’s our job and this is an election year. What an opportunity to elect good local representation and skip the expensive party marketing and four more years of grumbling.

Doug James
Doug James
@Norm Dixon

All controversy could be stopped and the Liberal party vindicated if Raybould was allowed testify. Let's get some of that Trudeau promised government transparency going. After all the Liberals have nothing to hide.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@William Weston

"And the greatest reason yet to vote out both old parties? "

You make it sound like the Greens or NDP were viable alternatives. lol.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "Wow, another day, another thousand smears"

Speaking of smears, look at Trudeau admitting and finally apologizing for not immediately speaking out when members of his party were making anonymous smears about JWR, even though you've been insisting he has for days. Care to admit you were wrong too?

Lindsay Stephenson
Lindsay Stephenson
@Richard Sharp Your blind partisanship is why politicians can get away with what they do. It's healthy to question and hold to account your leadership, especially when they preach higher values, and fail to live up to them.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jamie Gillis

Trudeau immediately called out the personal attacks against JWR as “sexist and racist” last week. And many of not most of them predated her quitting Cabinet by the way.


William Weston
William Weston
@Jack O Hill
Nope.
Local independents - with no party affiliation - are the best way to have representation for constituents in parliament. They answer to no one but the riding. There is no interference at all. That would allow for better decisions, not quicker poor ones.

Sally Ride
Sally Ride
@Richard Sharp Yes, of course Richard.

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "Trudeau immediately called out the personal attacks against JWR"

READ THE ARTICLE!

"I wasn't quick enough to condemn, in unequivocal terms, the comments and commentary and cartoons about her last week," he said. "They were absolutely unacceptable and I should have done it sooner."

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Lindsay Stephenson

Trudeau and Butts have not been found to have committed a single wrongdoing in all this. Not a single one. And no other Liberal either. Who knows who the unsubstantiated, anonymous sources are but even they are limited a a single allegation, that JWR felt pressure to settle with SNC-Labelin. Not even improper pressure. Just pressure.

James Fitzgibbon
James Fitzgibbon
@Norm Dixon

Yawn. The same Tory supporters who defended similar actions by Harper now want blood.

Personally, I'll wait and see if this turns out to be anything at all.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Richard Sharp

Looking for your defense of the anonymous sources that have brought things to light against Trump, or Harper, or the Late Rob Ford or... well any number of scandals in the last 5 or 6 decades.

Anonymous sources are a cornerstone of a healthy journalistic society, you don't get to condemn them only when it is against someone you personally support.

Either defend all those who's scandals have been brought to light by anonymous sources or give it up.

Stephen David
Stephen David
@Richard Sharp

Yes that is why Butts resigned....he did nothing wrong. ...lol. good lord.

Jennie Adkins
Jennie Adkins
@Norm Dixon

Since when in a country of law and order. Of innocent until there is even real evidence to begin thinking about the "accused " and such, did politicians go on and on and on and on and on . . . endlessly asking questions, endlessly using baseless innuendo about much ado about basically NOTHING ?

This is just a baseless smear campaign.

Jennie Adkins
Jennie Adkins
@Neil Turv

Depends on the extent and relevancy of the "source". And the overall set of FACTS, or lack thereof. Trump? Facts are BIGLY. Damning.

This Canadian case? Much ado about essentially nothing. A made up "crime". From made up from endless innuendo and speculation.

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Jennie Adkins

What I read from that statement is "When it's against people I don't support it is ok, when it is against people I do support it is a Right wing driven conspiracy/smear campaign."

Like most cases where an anonymous source starts something, facts will come after, without journalism there would be no investigation into any perceived wrongdoing.

I'm not trying to be mean, and I am not stating Trudeau is guilty, I'm saying that the unwavering defense and attempt to portray this as a partisan and unique scenario by some is laughable. This is proceeding exactly the same as any other case of alleged corruption or ethics conflicts that I can think of.

If there was no anonymous source, the questions may never have been asked, that is why the NDP and the Cons want an independent investigation to see if there is truth.

As I said to Richard, until you defend all instances of the media protecting their sources I view your outrage as hyper partisan drivel, and frankly, a very trumpy way to act, how many times has he criticized others for acts he himself has been caught doing?

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Jennie Adkins

Um, no Jennie. The sources cited by the Globe didn't provide innuendo. They were quite clear. Is it possible that three reputable journalists from a reputable newspaper could have risked their reputations/careers over less than credible sources? I suppose. But does that seem likely, especially when the claims made fit perfectly with everything we do know at this point? Probably not.

Gordon Kent
Gordon Kent
@Lindsay Stephenson Well said. Some people need to be reminded that Canada will not cease to exist if our favourite party is not in power.

Gordon Kent
Gordon Kent
@Gordon Kent their favourite party

Ron Brady
Ron Brady
@Richard Sharp That's because the liberals are stonewalling.

Lawrence Vickers
Lawrence Vickers
@Richard Sharp then why did he quit Richard. Too scared to man up and answer questions truthfully under oath!

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Lawrence Vickers

Butts showed Canada what honour is all about, resigning so as not to be a distraction to the Lib government. He has been the subject of a constant smear campaign from the Cons for over five years. No wrongdoing had been found in all of that time. His innocence will again be proven in due course, but it will NEVER stop the Con smear machine. It’s the only thing they know.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Neil Turv

If you haven’t noticed, Trudeau, Butts and company have been found guilty in the media and on this site of lying, obstruction of justice, covering, throwing JWR under the bus, changing their stories, etc., ALL ON THE BASIS OF ANONYMOUS AND UNSUBSTANTIATED THIRD PARTY SOURCES. No presumption of innocence, no due process. No offence but, to me, false equivalents are simple minded.

Murray Joah
Murray Joah
@Richard Sharp
I believe the incompetent remarks came from her own party, starting the day this all broke out!!!

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Jamie Gillis "Is it possible that three reputable journalists from a reputable newspaper could have risked their reputations/careers over less than credible sources?"
If it was false, I'm sure lawyers would have been all over this.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Murray Joah

Name one. Trudeau has spoken truthfully about telling JWR in September it was her decision to make and she confirmed with him just a week ago that was the case. Butts has denied any wrongdoing by himself or the PMO. These statements have not been disproven so what’s with the two weeks of smears?

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Chris Harris

I am totally unconnected with the Liberal party, Zero communications of any sort, except for its requests for contributions,

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Richard Sharp "I am totally unconnected with the Liberal party, Zero communications of any sort, except for its requests for contributions"

I recall you stating on here that you travelled to Halifax to participate in the policy convention. "On business" you referred to it as. You talk about your interactions with Trudeau at Liberal get togethers. I'd call that connected.

Carson Brook
Carson Brook
@Richard Sharp
no doubt - but you know this story is not about truth, facts, evidence. law, or ethics - just read the most easily posted comments - and listen to a bit of the primetime news - fabrication, smear, fomenting over imagination - in a perfect world the identity of the single secret allegation maker will be revealed.... that may be more interesting at this point than the minutiae of Ms Wilson-Raybould's discussions with anyone other than that one person - and therein may lie an even more interesting discussion about confidentiality and rules for Attorneys General

Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis
@Darren MacDonald "If it was false, I'm sure lawyers would have been all over this."

That's a good point.

Frank Goodwood
Frank Goodwood
@Norm Dixon - You nailed it. Corruption disguised as enlightenment.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Carson Brook

If this was during the Harper era the media and conservatives would only be talking about the illegal leaking of confidential information. There would be a RCMP investigation into who the illegal leaker of confidentiality information was. A court challenge against the reporter who knows who the illegal leaker of confidentiality information was.

If conservatives actually governed like they preach in opposition they would have some credibility
.
Chris Harris
Chris Harris
@Richard Sharp

You are a tireless defender of the Liberals. Certainly not an easy job.

Chris Harris
Chris Harris
@Troy Mann

HaHa, yes, exactly like what is happening with the Mark Norman case!

Chris Harris
Chris Harris
@Richard Sharp
"I am totally unconnected with the Liberal party, Zero communications of any sort, except for its requests for contributions,"

They don't need to ask for contributions anymore. They are putting an additional mandatory tax on driving your car and heating your home.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Norm Dixon

Trudeau is more honest, respectful, personable, smart and CARING than Harper or Scheer by ten country miles.

mo bennett
mo bennett
@Norm Dixon as soon as a politician was involved.

Charly Vaughan
Charly Vaughan
@Norm Dixon when will SNC L just shut down like GM and give their share of the 407 to sunny ways for political theatre

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks this was was quite a telling thing N'esy Pas?

"Many also urged their colleagues not to speak to the media, warning that it could undermine the government."










Troy Mann
Al Marsden
This story gets funnier by the day.
The Trudeau gang is circling the drain.


Sam Uekel
Sam Uekel
@david mccaig

That's quite a story you've got there Dave.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Sam Uekel

Prove him wrong

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Al Marsden

No proof of wrongdoing by anyone to this day. No evidence other than unsubstantiated, anonymous sources about what JWR felt, I.e. even that is hearsay.

The scandal here is that the opposition parties are getting away with this witch hunt and the corporate media are their megaphone.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Al Marsden Which story, it's up to six versions.

Jennie Adkins
Jennie Adkins
@Richard Sharp

"Corporate media" as allowed for and sold out by Harper to US right wing hedge fund interest. Who just happens to be the same hedge fund that has ownership in the National Enquirer.

That US hedge fund has "asset: stripped Canada's journalism. Our dailies and Sun newspapers.

So our "journalism" seems rather yellow these days. Made up of politicians (and their talking heads) asking questions endlessly. Innuendo and such. Shame.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@david mccaig Everybody that disagrees with the Libs are called certain names and are paid, lol

Gary Parks
Gary Parks
@Richard Sharp
You didnt seem to mind the media chasing Duffy around during an election year did you.?

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Jennie Adkins

Yep. Conrad Black was a big player in turning our big city and community newspapers into one big right wing megaphone. 49 of the top English nezwspapers endorses Harper in 2011, and almost as many in 2015, pnmy that time they were so desperate, they endorsed him on their FRONT PAGE. For newspapers, editorial freedom was destroyed a long time ago

Carson Brook
Carson Brook
@Richard Sharp
not sure that editorial freedom was destroyed as much as individual integrity of political media gave way to partisan politics over accuracy. In Canada. Where we have nothing like PBS, Washington Post, BBC, New York Times - where accuracy, and depth matter. Not here anymore -

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Carson Brook I believe Bob Fife.

Brian Waite
Brian Waite
@Darren MacDonald Bob Fife carried the media's water for CSIS and RCMP "evidence" against three innocent Canadians who were renditioned and tortured, finally proven innocent and received about $10 million each in compensation.

Carson Brook
Carson Brook
@Darren MacDonald wrote "@Carson Brook I believe Bob Fife."

wow - close to home now we know in our own backyard how the flow of social media works so well for Donald Trump

Bob Fife has not one bit of information or fact, has one anonymous 'source' [pleasegod it's no one close to JWR because that might be a criminal offence, eh - the rules of office etc] and there's still been not one single fact - all smear and slander. But look: believers.

Sam Uekel
Sam Uekel
@Troy Mann

I'm just going to let you sit and think about that for awhile

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Sam Uekel

Because you have zero proof you out the onus on me

David Amos
David Amos
@Al Marsden Welcome to the Circus










Richard Dekkar
JWR remains gagged.

Trudeau's Justice Committee has handpicked witnesses who have nothing to do with his scandal.

And now no inquiry. This is NOT going away.


david mccaig
david mccaig
@Richard Dekkar

I agree Trudeau should appoint a Deputy Prime Minister until these accusations have thoroughly investigated.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@david mccaig

Should we set a precedent for all future PM's to step down based on anonymous source?
Phil K'Mee
Phil K'Mee
@david mccaig

I just fell out of my chair.

Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
@Richard Dekkar

Smear. The AG and the ex-AG are on the list. So is the most senior bureaucrat in the land, the Vlerk of the Privacy Council.

Phil K'Mee
Phil K'Mee
@Troy Mann

Wow, where were you when Patrick Brown needed you.
Richard Sharp
Richard Sharp
Clerk of the Privy Council. I hate auto correct.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Richard Dekkar The political pundits on TV are having fun with the Justice Committee.

Darren MacDonald
Darren MacDonald
@Troy Mann No, just let people involved in this matter talk at committee.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Phil K'Mee " where were you when Patrick Brown needed you."

Though I am from Alberta I do travel a fair bit around Canada and to the great province of Ontario (They are all great imho). I did support Brown in knowing who the accuser was before he was kicked out. I do believe he was found innocent in the end and is now a mayor??

I dont follow Ontario politics too closely

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Darren MacDonald " No, just let people involved in this matter talk at committee"

Make a case for all the people being requested to speak.

Current Attorney General is testifying
Former Attorney General is testifying
Was Trudeau asked and if does is set a precedent for future PM'S to testify?

Reality is the useful information will come from JWR. If she says the anonymous source is faulty and she never was pressured then pretty much end of story. No?

If she claims Butts did something illegal then she should have made that claim then to the RCMP.

All this is based on is the Prime Minister putting pressure on to the Minister of justice to make a decision the government desired. That all being based on an anonymous source but no one has brought information of anything else, not even hearsay evidence forward of another crime, if we are to believe pressuring your own Minister of justice is a crime, not even considering she made her decision which went against the governments desire.

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "Smear. The AG and the ex-AG are on the list. So is the most senior bureaucrat in the land, the Vlerk of the Privacy Council."

Methinks you and Mr Butts know why I have been chasing the lawyer Paul Shuttle and his bosses within the PCO since 2003 N'esyPas?









Troy Mann 
Pete Lindsay
How anyone could vote Liberal under Trudeau now is beyond comprehension. The Cabinet and elected MP's need to do a rethink of their leadership


Dan Chanos
Dan Chanos
@Pete Lindsay
But putting my trust in someone like Scheer is not the answer

sam cooper
sam cooper
@Pete Lindsay ABC

jim miller
jim miller
@Pete Lindsay I understand how.
All governments we've ever had are ethically challenged.
If you base your vote on ethics they are all equals.

Chance Johnstone
Chance Johnstone
@Dan Chanos
Please explain how someone like JT who grew up in a bubble understands the average Canadian better than someone like A.S. who is an average Canadian.

Tim Joseph
Tim Joseph
@Pete Lindsay Ha U R funny. 'beyond comprehension' a weak statement that weak Andy would use.

James Holden
James Holden
@Pete Lindsay

Where's any evidence
Con Hypocrisy

Peter Williams
Peter Williams
@Pete Lindsay

They'll likely elect a new leader, which could level set things - not saying it should, just likely what they'll do. I'm thinking similar to the McGuinty - Wynne flip which led them to re-election.

James Fitzgibbon
James Fitzgibbon
@Pete Lindsay

I would have zero problem voting Liberal. There is only one critical, existential issue facing humankind today: what are we going to do about climate change. The Liberals have a plan. It could be better. So what does the opposition offer?

Nothing.

Liberals it is.

Jaime Gonzalez
Jaime Gonzalez
@James Fitzgibbon

There is no 'plan' if they can't sell it to the citizens, which they haven't. Furthermore, the plan won't achieve it's objective. It can't. The way to do this is with cheaper, cleaner energy, not subsidized. Market forces are most powerful. That's how change will happen.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@James Fitzgibbon

"what are we going to do about climate change. The Liberals have a plan. It could be better. "

Really?

The have a plan that actually addresses the issue? Which plan is that? The carbon tax that will top out at 10% of what economists say would actually be required to motivate change? Where the total carbon tax will be less than half of the other taxes already in place, which did NOTHING to reduce consumption? The one where the proceeds are used to transfer wealth, rather than to drive change?

It would be hard to come up with a WORSE one.

Bort Smith
Bort Smith
@Pete Lindsay

They should force his resignation.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Pete Lindsay

If I had a dollar for everytime I heard someone say exactly that it change Liberal to Conservative and Trudeau to Harper and yet still see conservatives support Harper I'd be more concerned with politics in the Bahamas from my chalet...

mo bennett
mo bennett
@Pete Lindsay how anyone could vote for the ambulance chaser( aka steve ll) is beyond comprehension. vote green, sleep at night.

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann "If I had a dollar for everytime I heard someone say exactly that it change Liberal to Conservative and Trudeau to Harper and yet still see conservatives support Harper I'd be more concerned with politics in the Bahamas from my chalet"

Methinks you should review all my replies to you because as an Independent who has run for public office 6 times thus far while all the wealthy dudes in New Brunswick laughed at me I just may get the last laugh during the election of the 43rd Parliament N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett "how anyone could vote for the ambulance chaser( aka steve ll) is beyond comprehension. vote green, sleep at night."

YO MO Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?










Troy Mann 
Tish Lapierre
It didn't look good for JWR to have a private closed door meeting with cabinet yesterday. Then she emerges and they put her on the list of witnesses on the committee investigating SNC-L issue.
From an outside perspective, it looks like the fix is in, and we aren't ever going to hear the truth.
Liberals always protect the party above all else.


Rick Guthrie
Rick Guthrie
@Tish Lapierre
It's the Liberals. Of course the fix is in. I completely agree with you.

James Holden
James Holden
@Tish Lapierre

Cabinet always meet behind closed doors.

Tish Lapierre
Tish Lapierre
@James Holden
she's not a part of cabinet anymore, she resigned.

Carol Becker
Carol Becker
@James Holden, Not with a person that is no longer in the cabinet. I was a life long Liberal supporter but no longer.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Tish Lapierre " we aren't ever going to hear the truth"

No evidence of wrong doing
All this is based on an anonymous source
Conservatives have been crying since day one "the fix is in" because they know nothing was done wrong so they create an illusion of corruption so no matter the outcome they are right...

Sheers slogan for 2019 is guilty till proven innocent and you dont get to know your accuser as they remain anonymous

Phil Mein
Phil Mein
@Troy Mann Hey everybody , it seems Troy has inside info and assures us there is nothing more to this story , we can all go home now. Thanks Troy!

Neil Turv
Neil Turv
@Phil Mein

Also, even though this story is about an NDP motion to investigate, according to Troy it's only Conservatives who are asking questions.

William Weston
William Weston
@Tish Lapierre
Parties always protect the party above all else. Independents don't have such luxury, they have to answer to the constituents every time on every question or find more suitable employment. They have no party to hide behind.

Peter Boone
Peter Boone
@Richard Sharp So you can put an asterix swear in and it gets to stand. The last time I did that I was banned for several days. Are you part of the CBC or PMO staff?

Keith Laughton
Keith Laughton
@Richard Sharp

Can you please explain your comment about fighter jets.

After all, Mr Trudeau has comprehensively broken his 2015 promise on the subject.

First Mr Trudeau said Canada will not buy the F-35 but we are still paying millions towards the project.

Next, he said Canada will open an immediate competition. In fact, he has delayed it for five years as his government attempts various sole source procurements for an interim fleet.

By the way, I am sure that you know that the Capability Gap requiring the interim purchase was not a product of military advice. As well the Auditor General found that the Department advised that the Superhornet idea would create an actual gap.

Good thing for Mr Trudeau that Boeing threatened the Bombardier corporate bonuses allowing him to buy 35 year-old planes, which are being replaced by F-35s, instead.

As an aside you periodically deflect from Mr Trudeau's proven ethical lapses (according to the Ethics Commissioner) by mentioning the political theatre of Contempt of Parliament.

Why do you think that the Liberal Party in no longer interested in providing the costs of jets (and other projects) to Parliament - the basis for the Contempt vote?

Regards,

John Atkins
John Atkins
@Carol Becker Your posts suggest otherwise.

Derek Golota
Derek Golota
@Tish Lapierre ... JWR is a lawyer by trade, she knows what she's doing.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Neil Turv

The NDP are irrelevant

No evidence of wrong doing and all based on an anonymous source.

Two factual statements

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Keith Laughton "First Mr Trudeau said Canada will not buy the F-35 but we are still paying millions towards the project. "

I believe what Trudeau was saying that the government would not honour the no bid contract Harper was signing up for and there would be an open bid with all costs with in to allow competition to bring down the costs. What jets we buy will be up to the experts and with in our budget rather than what looks cool for a photo op in a fake plane.

David Amos
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David Amos
@Keith Laughton "@Richard Sharp Can you please explain your comment about fighter jets."

Methinks you must have scared him off N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Keith Laughton Good luck getting an answer

David Amos
David Amos
@Derek Golota JWR is a lawyer by trade, she knows what she's doing."

YUP Methinks a lot of folks would enjoy Googling her name and mine about now N'esy Pas?












Richard Smith
Richard Smith
Conservative, NDP: Sometimes they make mistakes.
Green, Bloc, Bernier's People's Party: They'd make mistakes too if elected in larger numbers.
Liberal: ALWAYS the scandal and corruption party, much more than the others. Why?


Mark Sobkow
Mark Sobkow
@Richard Smith Because they pander to their base in Quebec above all other things.

david mccaig
david mccaig
@Mark Sobkow

Baloney

John Chow
John Chow
@david mccaig

Smoked brisket.

James Holden
James Holden
@Richard Smith

Conservatives are unmatched in their level of corruption.
It's not even close.

Cameron Kernick
Cameron Kernick
@James Holden Ummm no, the Liberals are demonstratively the kings mostly because of their Quebec base of support. It's not even close when you look at actual evidence.

Munroe Kelly
Munroe Kelly
@Richard Smith
Why? Tradition mostly.

William Weston
William Weston
@Richard Smith
Because they are in power more often and therefore get caught more often.
Parties focus the power of parliament on just a couple of politicians, that's a lot of power and power corrupts.
338 independent MPs would disperse power out to the ridings, where the politicians would have to answer directly to the electorate. Corrupting that lot would be like herding cats. By electing the best choice from the riding they could work together to solve problems, not create and hide them.

James Fitzgibbon
James Fitzgibbon
@Richard Smith

I don't see any evidence the Liberals are any worse than the others. They get into power more often, though. Certainly the actions of Harper were extremely similar to Trudeau's when it comes to these sorts of cover ups.

Derek Golota
Derek Golota
@Richard Smith ..lol, I don't know. I've seen NDP in BC fail so many times that I've lost count. Now at Fed level we have Jag from Toronto running out of....Burnaby BC because he's a leader with no seat and Burnaby is almost "sure bet" ....just poor leadership at all levels.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Richard Smith "Conservative, NDP: Sometimes they make mistakes"

The funniest statement I've ever read.

Seriously you should write for SNL

Robyn Fisher
Robyn Fisher
@Richard Smith

It's just who they are...
.
David Amos
David Amos 
@Richard Smith Methinks after suing the Crown as well as running as a Independent against all the political parties 6 times thus far I have every right to not believe in the Integrity of any of them N'esy Pas?

Go Figure why these articles would upset any politician if they were in my boots

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/programs/informationmorningsaintjohn/rob-moore-fundy-royal-conservative-1.3243345

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276











Troy Mann 
Richard Dekkar
Yesterday's Leger poll has Trudeau's personal popularity at a record low 26% - and falling further.


Frank Goodwood
Frank Goodwood
@Richard Dekkar - Worst PM ever.

Jack O Hill
Jack O Hill
@Frank Goodwood

"Worst PM ever."

Still a toss-up between him and his father

John Chow
John Chow
@Richard Dekkar

Regardless of how much information emerges, the damage to 'brand Trudeau' has been done.

Derek Golota
Derek Golota
@Richard Dekkar ..CBC needs to make some nice graph and compare JT to Bitcoin slide, a lot of movement correlation and no end in sight.

Michael West
Michael West
@Frank Goodwood

"Worst PM ever."

I say it's a steeplechase right now between JT and Brian Mulroney at this point.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Michael West

Harper by far based on economy and job growth

Important things to some

David Amos
David Amos
@Richard Dekkar Methinks that revelation made a lot of folks Happy Happy Happy N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Michael West "I say it's a steeplechase right now between JT and Brian Mulroney at this point."

Sir John A MacDonald is the champ











Troy Mann 
Evan Mulligan
And the Federal Libs still have the unmitigated gall to have this on their opening web page:

"Openness. Transparency. Fairness.
Making government work for Canadians."

Oh, really?


jim miller
jim miller
@Evan Mulligan can comments be made on that page?

Evan Mulligan
Evan Mulligan
@jim miller

Not that I'm aware of.

If you have a beef, send it in writing to your MP. Don't use email; they get thousands of emails per day. Use pen and paper (or printer) and spell our your concerns clearly, concisely, without ideology or hyperbole. Don't insult or call people names. That will just get your letter discarded.

You don't even need a stamp.

James Fitzgibbon
James Fitzgibbon
@Evan Mulligan

Ya, the Tories said much the same thing when Harper was elected. How'd that work out again?

Gary Parks
Gary Parks
@James Fitzgibbon
Who's the acting government again?

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Gary Parks

A government that is vastly more transparent, open and fair that the previous one

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks that is not saying much but it is a typical reply that would be brought forth by a strawman N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Evan Mulligan Methinks the self-described "Natural Ruling Party Of Canada" are pretty funny sometimes N'esy Pas?












Hugh MacDonald
Hugh MacDonald
Citizens in some countries use weapons and violence to overthrow their bad leaders.
To overthrow Trudeau, our weapon will be the voting process at the upcoming election.


David Scott
David Scott
@Hugh MacDonald
For what scheermadness?

Hugh MacDonald
Hugh MacDonald
@David Scott
There's a saying:
"If you're not sure who to vote for, vote for the person who will do the least damage". Scheer would do less damage than Trudeau has or would.

David Scott
David Scott
@Hugh MacDonald
You actually believe that? Wow the education system is failing.

Hugh MacDonald
Hugh MacDonald
@David Scott
"Education system is failing"? Trudeau's education failed us.

Harry Henderson
Harry Henderson
@Hugh MacDonald

Trudeau's education? Now that is comical. What education? He was having a difficult time teaching math to 6 year olds. Very Very Very under-qualified to PM our country.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Harry Henderson

Trudeau has a BA in Literature from McGill with a BEd from UBC

Sheer has a BA in history from UoR

Comparing educations it would be apparent that Trudeau has a higher education than Sheer.

If one wanted to look at facts, as a conservative supporter you can always play the anonymous source card and claim Sheer has even more education than he has admitted to and we can review then.

David Amos
David Amos
@Hugh MacDonald "Citizens in some countries use weapons and violence to overthrow their bad leaders."

Methinks the word is mightier than the sword particularly if it is ethically employed and properly published long before polling day N'esy Pas?












Troy Mann 
Ben Robinson
Wow, this is getting comical.

Worst PM/government EVER.


Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@Ben Robinson

How so? Elaborate

Tom Abbott
Tom Abbott
@Tom McLean ....just read the news.

Ben Robinson
Ben Robinson
@Tom McLean ... "Elaborate"? Good grief.

Fletch Peterson
Fletch Peterson
@Tom McLean 4 ethics Violations.... Most of any PM in history?

Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@Ben Robinson

Right... spell out some facts

RUSSELL CLARK
RUSSELL CLARK
@Tom McLean
Ok you can come out from under whatever rock you have been hiding in for the past three years.

Fletch Peterson
Fletch Peterson
@Tom McLean 4 ethics violations... The most of an PM in Canadian history

Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@Fletch Peterson

None attributed to the PM as facts..., butts was fired btw

Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@RUSSELL CLARK

I have been paying attention to a robust economy and a healthy system of communication to make it better

Fletch Peterson
Fletch Peterson
@Tom McLean 1.2 percent GDP growth is "Robust"????

Chris Spring
Chris Spring
@Tom McLean Robust? Does robust mean sputtering?

Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@Fletch Peterson

Its growth... ahead of the rest of the world tooo. Geez

Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@Chris Spring

The rest of the world is swirling down the toilet, you live in the kingdom and youre complaining???? Its crazy to listen to people talk

Darren Gerrior
Darren Gerrior
@Tom McLean Thanks to the orange guy down south.

David Seibel
David Seibel
@Ben Robinson Short memory! Harper government had the worst job creation record including that of RB Bennet. Left office having created a 15 billion dollar debt. All kinds of ethics inquiries into Conservative activities. Lets look into the Tony Clement and his G7 expenditures.

Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@Darren Gerrior

What does that even mean?????

David Seibel
David Seibel
@Fletch Peterson Care to report on the GDP growth under Harper?

Tom McLean
Tom McLean
@Derek Smith

Right... auote the news system... already not listening

Derek Smith
Derek Smith
@Tom McLean oh no, I get it. I'm not on board with just the MSM. However, this was an investigation by HIS ethics commissioner who determined HE was guilty of ethics violations.

When the Liberal CBC has to admit that JT was found guilty of ethics violations, then I have to think, may he actually was.

This doesn't mean I am Pro-conservative, Pro-liberal, Pro-NDP or Pro-any other master of my life. It simply means that one Prime Minister was actually found guilty of ethics violations. I am sure all others just got away with it.

David Seibel
David Seibel
@Fletch Peterson Where did you get your info. Check out the Google report,

Joe Sinicrope
Joe Sinicrope
@Tom McLean Robust economy where? In Canada? You should look at the facts instead of believing this Liberal fairytale. Foreign and Canadian investment has left the country. Canadian firms have $650 billion sitting overseas. This has happened because of Justin’s refusal to cut the corporate tax rate when the US did it. Historically, every previous Canadian government, whether Liberal or Conservative, has cut the corporate tax rate when the US has done it except for Justin’s government. This has also led to real problems in job creation in Canada as the private sector is no longer creating good paying full-time jobs in this country. Throughout 2018, Canada was losing full-time jobs by the truckload and replacing them with part-time jobs and low-paying service jobs. For example, in July we lost 29,000 full-time jobs. In August, we lost 51,000 jobs. In September, 80,000 part-time jobs were created, but we lost 17,000 full-time jobs for a net gain of 63,000 jobs. In December, we lost something like 9000 full-time jobs. You see, the low unemployment rate does not take into account the fact that people are having to take part-time jobs because they have lost their full-time jobs. We are seeing the repercussions of this with polls showing that Canadians do not have a great deal of confidence in the economy. Sales are down throughout the economy including home sales. This is always a clue that the economy is not doing well. The fact is how can Canadians have confidence in the economy if they are losing their full-time jobs and replacing them with part-time jobs.

Joe Sinicrope
Joe Sinicrope
@David Seibel Harper had to deal with the global financial meltdown. What is Justin’s excuse for all of the good paying full-time jobs we are losing and the creation of part-time jobs and low-paying service jobs when the US economy is on fire? In terms of Harpers deficits, again, this was due to the global financial meltdown and the fact that he was in a minority government situation. Yet, Canada’s economy was the best of the then G8 countries throughout that period of time. In fact, Harper had a surplus in his last fiscal year in office. Justin promised small deficits of $10 billion per year and that he would get out of deficit by 2019. Instead, Justin has produced deficits of almost $30 billion annually, and that Canada will not get out of deficit as long as Justin and his ilk are in office until something like 2045. In terms of ethics, Justin has breached the ethics guidelines 4 times, and he is the only PM to have ever done that. In terms of Tony Clement, the spending in his riding is what ministers do for their ridings. There simply no comparison between this and the massive deficits that Justin has run.

Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Joe Sinicrope

So tired of the Harper apologist

115,000 private sector jobs created last month and you are complaining wow

David Amos
David Amos
@Ben Robinson "Wow, this is getting comical."

Methinks everybody knows how much I love a circus N'esy Pas?

David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann So tired of the Harper apologist "

Methinks the same could be said of a Trudeau apologist N'esy Pas?






Wilson-Raybould tells Commons she wants to 'speak my truth' on SNC-Lavalin, tells Liberals she's still on-side

Former justice minister says solicitor-client privilege is not hers "to waive"


Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould will testify at the justice committee examining reports that the former justice minister was pressured to help Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)


Jody Wilson-Raybould told the House of Commons today she wants to tell her side of the SNC-Lavalin scandal now consuming official Ottawa, but she can't "waive" solicitor-client privilege on her own.

The former justice minister and attorney general rose to explain why she was abstaining from a vote on an NDP motion to hold a public inquiry into alleged political interference in the criminal prosecution of the Quebec-based global engineering firm. Wilson-Raybould said she would refrain from voting because she was personally involved in the matter.

"I understand fully that Canadians want to know the truth and want transparency," she said. "Privilege and confidentiality are not mine to waive, and I hope that I have the opportunity to speak my truth."




Wilson-Raybould has stayed silent on the allegation — first reported by the Globe and Mail — that she was pressured by figures in the PMO to direct the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to draft a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) (a legal tool resembling a plea deal) for SNC-Lavalin.

That would have allowed the global engineering firm to avoid criminal prosecution on bribery and fraud charges related to contracts in Libya. Wilson-Raybould has said she remains bound by client-solicitor privilege and cannot comment; as the former attorney general, she served as the government's top lawyer.

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"I hope that I have the opportunity to speak my truth," Jody Wilson-Raybould tells the House of Commons this afternoon. Read more here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-raybould-snc-lavalin-trudeau-1.5025885 




Wilson-Raybould quit Trudeau's cabinet last week — just a week after Trudeau demoted her to the Veterans Affairs portfolio and just days after the Globe and Mail report.

Wilson-Raybould's surprise abstention from the vote on the NDP motion came just hours after she reassured the Liberal caucus that she was fully on the team.

Multiple caucus sources told CBC News that when Wilson-Raybould spoke in a caucus meeting today, she said she fully supported the Liberal agenda — especially on Indigenous issues. She did not discuss the specific allegation that she was pressured to intervene in SNC-Lavalin's case, but repeated her line that she was seeking legal advice on what she's permitted to say.

Several MPs told CBC News that her presence at the caucus meeting and the team-focused message she delivered there was taken by Liberals as a good sign — though they expressed concern about their inability to predict what Wilson-Raybould might do or say next.

Liberals urged to avoid media


Multiple MPs told CBC News the theme of the caucus meeting was largely a call for unity after a very rough few weeks for the Trudeau government. They said dozens of MPs went to the microphone to say that they are a team and need to pull together.

Many also urged their colleagues not to speak to the media, warning that it could undermine the government.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conceded to his MPs at the caucus meeting that he has not handled this controversy as well as he could have, and apologized for the fact that they've been left in the dark by the fast-moving controversy, according to Liberal MPs who spoke to CBC News on condition they not be named.

Those MPs said that caucus chair Francis Scarpaleggia asked all staff — even those from the Prime Minister's Office — to exit the meeting, leaving only MPs in the room.

The NDP's motion would have launched a public inquiry into the allegations and called on the government to waive client-solicitor privilege in the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Conservatives supported the motion. It was defeated by the Liberal majority in a 134-160 vote. Two Liberal MPs, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and Wayne Long, broke ranks and voted with the opposition.

Trudeau has asked Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti to review the matter of solicitor-client privilege in this case. Wilson-Raybould has retained retired Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell to advise her on what she can and can't say.
Earlier today, Trudeau apologized to Wilson-Raybould today for what he called "absolutely unacceptable" comments and cartoons about the former justice minister linked to the swelling scandal.

"I wasn't quick enough to condemn, in unequivocal terms, the comments and commentary and cartoons about her last week," Trudeau told reporters before facing another bruising round of questions about SNC-Lavalin in the Commons. "They were absolutely unacceptable and I should have done it sooner."



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Trudeau said he apologized to Jody Wilson-Raybould in caucus: "I wasn't quick enough to condemn in unequivocal terms the comments and commentary and cartoons made about her last week, they were absolutely unacceptable and I should have done it sooner."



Trudeau didn't specify which comments inspired his apology. Recently, the Canadian Press ran a story quoting anonymous sources who described Wilson-Raybould as someone who had "become a thorn in the side of the cabinet" before she was shuffled to Veterans Affairs last month. She was also described as "someone ... [who] was difficult to get along with, known to berate fellow cabinet ministers openly at the table, and who others felt they had trouble trusting."

Several political cartoonists taking off on the SNC-Lavalin scandal portrayed Wilson-Raybould bound, gagged and beaten — a reference to Wilson-Raybould refusing to comment on the scandal publicly because of solicitor-client privilege.
Earlier today, Trudeau suggested a public inquiry isn't necessary to get to the bottom of the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Heading into the caucus meeting, he did not rule out an inquiry but said the Commons justice committee is "seized" with the issue and noted the ethics commissioner also has launched an investigation.

"We'll be hearing from (Wilson-Raybould), we'll be hearing from experts, we'll be hearing from a range of people. (The committee) will make the determination as to who it needs to hear from," he said. "It is important that there be an airing on this situation at the same time as we continue to work on a broad range of big issues that matter."
Scarpaleggia said he has "a lot of faith" in the justice committee process and doesn't think a public inquiry is necessary.

"Personally, I don't see a need for one," he said.

MPs left the caucus meeting with little to say publicly about the mood in the room. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the investigations by the justice committee and the ethics commissioner will unfold in a "careful, logical and orderly fashion."

After a two-hour closed door meeting Tuesday, members of the justice committee emerged with a list of witnesses that includes a handful of academics and Lametti, in addition to Wilson-Raybould.

The hearings were tentatively scheduled to begin this afternoon, but were delayed due to scheduling issues with potential witnesses. On Thursday, Lametti is scheduled to testify, as is Nathalie Drouin, deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general, and Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the cabinet.

Wilson-Raybould is not expected to appear before the committee until next week.

Today, she said she respects the committee process. She also acknowledged that the question of whether her appearance will be meaningful — given the potential limitations on what she can say — is "an appropriate one."

"I want to be able to ensure that I'm confident in what I can and can't say," she said on her way in to the weekly Liberal caucus meeting.

"I know this is frustrating for many people. I'm committed to ensuring that I know what I can and cannot say as I'm getting legal advice around privilege."

Key players not invited to committee


Conservatives and New Democrats have accused the Liberals of blocking key players from appearing before the justice committee — among them Gerry Butts, who suddenly resigned Monday from his position as Trudeau's top adviser.

Wilson-Raybould surprised many Tuesday when she emerged from the cabinet room in the afternoon after addressing Trudeau and his ministers.

Today, Trudeau said she had asked to address her former cabinet colleagues.

"I think it's extremely important that everyone have an opportunity to hear the different perspectives in this situation," he said.

After Wilson-Raybould abstained from today's vote, the Conservatives and NDP said Trudeau and Lametti also should have abstained because they are directly involved in the matter.

House Speaker Geoff Regan did not immediately rule on the matter, instead taking time to review precedent.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said it was not improper for Trudeau to vote, noting that in the Westminster parliamentary system the "client" is the government, not the individual prime minister.
















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