"In New Brunswick, however, the Poll Tracker accurately gave the Liberals a sizeable lead in the popular vote over the PCs, but just a 14 per cent chance that the PCs would emerge with the most seats. The PCs ended September's provincial election with 22 seats — one more than the Liberals. The unexpected can happen.'
David Amos
@Stephen David Methinks they don't tell us everything N'esy Pas?
"Trudeau never ben held in comtempt of pariliment for example."
Remarkable what a kangaroo court can do to a minority government, isn't it.
I'm no Harper / Sheer fan, but that repeated claim is absurd. Especially once you know what it was all about.
David Amos
@Susan South "Please look beyond 2015 when posting"
Methinks folks forget a lot on purpose N'esy Pas?
bryan cassidy
The Liberals have taken a hit throughout the country. Canadians have taken the biggest hit having to deal with a government in chaos. A bigger hit to the wallet with massive new debt and continuing deficit budgeting. There is no responsible governance here. Trudeau doesn't know what that is.
@Robert Jarvis So how will you decide? Will you listen to the political debates? Will you read each party's platform? There has hardly ever been a time of such important where Canadian voters must do their very best to get that "X" in the right spot. p.s. I have little use for polls as well.
@R.Gabrielle Berry has Agree. I will look at the platform. I will also look at the team within. I seek integrity in depth. Also looking for in-depth leadership potential as I think all current Party Leadership requires replacement.
How to follow the polls in a tumultuous election year
The CBC's Poll Tracker gives the Conservatives a narrow lead in the polls
Éric Grenier· CBC News·
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will be watching the polls closely during this election year. (Canadian Press)
With little more than seven months to go before the October election, Justin Trudeau's Liberals are trailing Andrew Scheer's Conservatives in the polls. Their chances of winning re-election are no better than a coin-flip.
But a month ago, the Liberals were in a strong position to secure a second term in office. Things can change quickly in public opinion, particularly when a controversy like the SNC-Lavalin affair blows up in an election year. Between now and Oct. 21, when Canadians are scheduled to go to the polls, voting intentions are likely to change again. And again.
The CBC's Canada Poll Tracker will follow the ups and downs of public opinion straight through to election day. The Poll Tracker is an aggregation of all publicly available polls which weights each survey by date, sample size and pollster track record. (Full methodology here.)
Over 150 national polls were published in the run-up to the 2015 federal election. The Poll Tracker boils those different surveys down into one set of numbers that can be tracked over time, providing a consensus view of all the data out there.
That consensus currently gives the Conservatives the lead — their first lead in the polls since the prime minister's disastrous trip to India over a year ago.
The Conservatives have made a modest gain at the expense of the Liberals, as have the New Democrats under Jagmeet Singh. But Scheer's Conservatives haven't yet reaped significant rewards from the Liberal Party's struggles. Their lead is primarily due to a drop in Liberal support, rather than a surge for the Conservatives.
For the NDP, its polling increase still leaves the party in a precarious position; indeed, it's only now recovering from what was a new floor in its support.
But the national numbers only tell part of the story.
Liberals lead in Quebec and Atlantic, Conservatives everywhere else
The Poll Tracker takes all of the regional data in national polling — as well as polls conducted in only one part of the country — to estimate where each party has its strength and weaknesses.
The Liberals have taken a hit throughout the country. They still lead in Quebec and Atlantic Canada — though their margins over the Conservatives have shrunk in both regions. They've lost their edge in both Ontario and British Columbia.
The Bloc Québécois and Conservatives have made progress in Quebec, while the New Democrats remain in danger of losing all of the seats they won in that province in 2015.
The Poll Tracker's seat projection model makes it possible to draw reasonable conclusions about what current support levels in the polls would produce in seats. These estimates are made by shifting previous election results in each of Canada's 338 ridings by changes in regional voting intentions.
With a narrow lead nationwide, the Conservatives are in the best position to win the most seats. But the Conservatives' seat advantage over the Liberals looks narrow due to the regional breakdown of that support; both parties are in minority government territory. The New Democrats (who could lose nearly half of their seats) and to a lesser extent the Bloc could hold the balance of power in such a minority legislature.
In fact, the Poll Tracker currently considers a minority government of one stripe or another the most likely outcome. On the question of which party would win the most seats in an election held today, the Poll Tracker sees a virtual toss-up between the Conservatives and the Liberals. It all depends on how the votes are distributed at the riding level — and how accurate the polls turn out to be.
Expecting the unexpected
One of the benefits of aggregating polls is that it reduces the odds of drawing misleading conclusions from individual surveys that are subject to multiple potential sources of error. In previous provincial and federal elections, the Poll Tracker aggregate has out-performed most individual polls.
Normal sampling error makes it inevitable that some polls will be closer to the mark than others, even if they're done correctly and are drawn from representative samples. But it's impossible to know for certain which of these polls will hit the bull's-eye beforehand — and which ones will prove to be outliers.
The Poll Tracker tries to emphasize this degree of uncertainty. The polling aggregates and seat projections are expressed with 'confidence ranges' to indicate that a number of outcomes are possible based on the information available. The probability of each party winning is calculated in order to show which outcomes are more likely than others.
Of course, the fact that a particular outcome is unlikely doesn't mean it won't happen. The Ontario Poll Tracker gave Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives a 94 per cent chance of winning the most seats in June's provincial election, as turned out to be the case.
In New Brunswick, however, the Poll Tracker accurately gave the Liberals a sizeable lead in the popular vote over the PCs, but just a 14 per cent chance that the PCs would emerge with the most seats. The PCs ended September's provincial election with 22 seats — one more than the Liberals. The unexpected can happen.
Polls are an inescapable part of modern election campaigns. There are lots of them out there and they can contradict each other. The Poll Tracker is designed to help cut through the noise and make some sense of the numbers in order to understand where Canadians stand — and why political parties do what they do.
It's the kind of information parties use to draw up their electoral strategies. The Canada Poll Tracker tries to even the playing field in what could be a tumultuous election year.
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@Alex Norris Methinks folk should ask me why this news does not surprise me Nesy Pas?
Klaus Offermann @Alex Norris
Hmmm.. Someone seems to be having a lot of good fortune here:
-The ethics watchdog takes 'prolonged' medical leave. -Seven of 8 accused SNC employees have their cases tossed out of court by judges due to "delays" etc. -Not one SNC-Lavalin charged executice, has been convicted, since 2012. -Witnesses are not called and recalled by the Liberal Majority Justice Committee members. -The new justice minister is from Montreal.
Like never this century. The USA and NSTO has destroyed a half dozen Muslim nation’s of late, from Afghanistan to Iraq to Libya and Syria. WE CAUSED THE REFUGEE CRISIS when the war mongers who supported our invasions, bombings and overthrows are now screaming about the very people whose lives they ruined and who are fleeing. And they are the ones still alive.
David Amos
@Richard Sharp Methinks you should quit flogging that poor old horse N'esy Pas?
Tom Abbott
Ethics watchdog probing SNC-Lavalin affair. What is the point? If found guilty ....there are no repercussions for JT at all. Just another ethics violation under his belt.
Richard Sharp
@Tom Abbott
So far they have all been extremely petty. Who knew the Aga Khan wasn’t a family friend until Dawson made new “judge made” rules. And a helicopter ride instead of a boat? Give me a break.
@Richard Sharp Methinks I should share the letter I got from Dawson about that strange vacation even though I never complained about it N'esy Pas?
Steve Richards
What kind of 'medical reasons'? Mental? Physical? Both? Right in the middle of the biggest file of his career? Canadians deserve some kind of explanation for his leaving his job for who knows how long.
How sickening. Dion is taking medical leave and it is obviously very serious. You question his motives?
Philip Nicholson
@Richard Sharp Given the shenanigans of the PMO of late? Most certainly.
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "You question his motives?"
YUP
Mitchell Gant
Gotta love how the sitting PM does everything in his power to make people beleive that the ethics commissoner of the day is "non-partisan" and "objective". This country is bloody joke and the entire world is waking up to that fact.
@Bill Wilson The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada only came into effect in July 2007, meaning it’s only operated under two prime ministers: Trudeau and Stephen Harper. The Harper govt. should not be held as the standard to live up to on ethics. The Harper cabinet-government was found in contempt of Parliament. He wouldn't answer to the people of Canada through their elected MP'. Paul Calandra, parliamentary secretary to Harper, had to give apology for abuse of the democratic process - giving absurd, mocking answers in QP. Conservative MP Brad Butt had to apologize for outright lying in HoC. Harper took the unprecedented step of alleging inappropriate conduct by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the SCC, because his govt couldn't write legislation that would hold up in court 8 losses in the SCC. Conservatives actually wrote a handbook on obstructing Committees and used the tactics like barring witnesses, closure, time limitations, and in camera sessions to stop them from doing their work. He muzzled MP's, civil servants, and scientists. Andy is taking a page out of Harper's play book, just 3 months ago, Dec 04, 2018, the federal ethics watchdog said he was concerned that Scheer's office encouraged a Tory MP Kusie to violate the conflict-of-interest code for members of the House of Commons - posting the an ethics complaint on facebook before filing it. Dion says he's imposing no sanction on Kusie because she posted her ethics complaint on the advice of the Opposition Leader's Office
Ethics watchdog probing SNC-Lavalin affair taking 'prolonged' medical leave
Mario Dion 'will resume his duties as soon as he is able,' says his office
Catharine Tunney· CBC News·
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion is taking a leave from his duties for medical reasons, according to his office. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion, the man looking into potential violations of federal ethics rules in the SNC-Lavalin affair, is stepping away temporarily from his duties for health reasons.
A statement issued by his office today says Dion will be away for a "prolonged period for medical reasons."
"Commissioner Dion will resume his duties as soon as he is able to do so," says the release. "We hope you will join employees of the Office in expressing our best wishes for Commissioner Dion's health.
We would request continued respect for the privacy of Commissioner Dion and his family at this time."
Dion's office said it will continue to gather information on ongoing investigations and offer MPs and other public office holders advice.
"Despite these exceptional circumstances, the work of the Office will continue," says the statement.
Last month, Dion announced he'd investigate claims that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.
The NDP asked the ethics watchdog to look into the matter after a Globe and Mail report alleged the PMO wanted Wilson-Raybould to direct federal prosecutors to draft a "deferred prosecution agreement" (DPA) to avoid taking SNC-Lavalin to trial on bribery and fraud charges.
Dion said there was sufficient cause to investigate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a possible contravention of Section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act. That section prohibits any official responsible for high level decision-making in government from seeking to influence the decision of another person to "improperly further another person's private interests."
A spokesperson for Dion's office said the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Privy Council Office have been told of Dion's absence.
Methinks its strange that CBC feels free to quote such bullshit said by a LIEbrano/lawyer/leader but block my comments when I call Parliament a Circus N'esy Pas?
Opposition is a caricature, and Scheer is a humid performer: Neil Macdonald
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David Amos
"Publicly, former Liberal leader John Turner used to say that "the job of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is to oppose." Privately, though, he had a better term for Question Period and other televised political venues: "******** Theatre."
Methinks its strange that CBC feels free to quote such things said by a liberal leader but block my comments when I call Parliament a Circus N'esy Pas?
Opposition is a caricature, and Scheer is a humid performer: Neil Macdonald
Trudeau is corrupt, sinister, subversive, rotten? One suspects Andrew Scheer doesn't actually believe that
Neil Macdonald· CBC News·
If Scheer ever does achieve power, it's a safe bet he'll exercise the same sort of top down control every other prime minister does. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Back in December, NDP MP Charlie Angus approvingly retweeted a Christmas wish on Twitter calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire then-Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould.
"The Justice file has been completely bungled" quoted Angus, who accused Wilson-Raybould of all sorts of malevolence.
But of course that was then. To hear Angus tell it now, Wilson-Raybould is a person of great integrity who put her job on the line over principle and has suffered the consequences of her courage. At a guess, Angus's amended position is that Wilson-Raybould's demotion in January was a bloody travesty.
Conservative MP Lisa Raitt, in 2016, accused Wilson-Raybould of "spewing lies" in the House of Commons. Now, though, she dotingly believes every word Wilson-Raybould utters. After Wilson-Raybould rose in the Commons to say she wanted to speak "her truth," Opposition members erupted in a standing ovation. Wilson-Raybould, says Raitt, wisely warned us all that we must "speak truth to power." (Yes, a former minister in Stephen Harper's government actually said that).
Oh, and that new provision allowing negotiated settlements rather than prosecutions of companies like SNC-Lavalin? The one opposition MPs accuse the government of sneakily burying in last year's budget so they could help their corporate pals? It was examined, and approved unanimously by the Commons Justice committee Unanimously. Meaning all parties. Conservative MP Rob Nicholson declared, on behalf of his party, "We're completely supportive of it."
But most of this flippity-floppity stuff goes largely unreported. The respect and admiration of opposition MPs for Wilson-Raybould, and their deep suspicion of the underhanded government decision to let big companies escape rule of law is the new "narrative," to use that awful, hackneyed word.
Why? Because, well, they're opposition MPs, and inconsistency is their parliamentary privilege. They operate in an expectation-free zone. There is no supposition that they will show temperance, nuance, forbearance or shame. They can yell whatever they like and reporters will report it, because democracy, etc.
Angus's opinion of Wilson-Raybould has obviously changed since December, writes Neil Macdonald. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Publicly, former Liberal leader John Turner used to say that "the job of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is to oppose." Privately, though, he had a better term for Question Period and other televised political venues: "Bullshit Theatre."
He always got a laugh, but it was more than a joke. Turner was acknowledging that the opposition, with its constant, unstinting indignation about everything the government says or does, is a caricature.
For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is their struggle for a share of ink and airtime in the news media, opposition politicians behave like a pack of scent hounds. They have no shame because they know the system is unkind to anyone who does. Their rhetoric is both predictable and extreme; they believe it must be so, in order to make headlines, and they may be right. Still, anyone else who talked the way they do would be regarded as a crank.
Right now, the most humid performance is that of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer.
Appeal to the RCMP
In Scheer's estimation, the prime minister is "disgraced," up to "something sinister," running a coverup, and corrupt in the manner of a Third World despot. Trudeau, Scheer tells us, pressures, harasses, subverts the law and gags elected MPs. And he should be investigated for what are clearly crimes, something Scheer has written to the RCMP demanding.
Now, Trudeau might not be a particularly inspiring, or even articulate fellow. His gurgly moralizing is aggravating. But a sinister, disgraced, subversive, corrupt criminal? Because he tried to get his justice minister to change her decision about a prosecution, to persuade her to use a new law the Conservatives supported, then eventually accepted her decision, and then moved her to Veterans Affairs, an assignment she herself, truth-teller that she is, said at the time was not a demotion? (Not only did Wilson-Raybould declare that reassigning cabinet ministers is the absolute prerogative of the prime minister, she added: "I would say that I can think of no world in which I would consider working for our veterans in Canada as a demotion.")
One suspects Andrew Scheer doesn't actually believe that, but he's the opposition leader, and doesn't have to.
In Scheer's estimation, the prime minister is "disgraced" and up to "something sinister." (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
With Scheer heading the opposition, we are supposed to forget that the government his party formed under Stephen Harper happily imposed its will on Canada's judiciary, using minimum-sentencing legislation to interfere with judicial discretion.
Or that Harper's Conservatives, having denounced Belinda Stronach for crossing the floor to join the Liberal government in 2005 (a betrayal of her constituents, we were told) happily received Liberal David Emerson, who crossed to join Harper's government in 2006, and then booted Conservative MP Garth Turner from the caucus after he protested (speaking truth to power, really) that Emerson should seek a new mandate from his constituents, the way the party had argued Stronach should have.
To be clear, Trudeau's mob is no different. They went from screeching that the Mike Duffy affair was proof of utterly corrupt government, and declaring that the Canadian people demand transparency and answers from Harper, to running an administration at least as opaque and secretive, once in power.
("The Canadian people," incidentally, is probably the most-quoted entity in the opposition benches. The opposition by definition was rejected by voters, yet Scheer apparently consults them every day, and knows their heart intimately).
Top-down control
If Scheer ever does achieve power, it's a safe bet he'll exercise the same sort of top down control every other prime minister does. Does anyone believe he won't? That he wouldn't, perhaps, order Tory MPs on the Justice committee to abruptly adjourn rather than take more political damage? I humbly suggest he would.
But back to Bullshit Theatre.
It's tempting to think that things have gone downhill, that there was once a gravitas and comity that has disappeared.
Says David Moscrop, a political scientist at the University of Ottawa who has just authored the beautifully-titled book Too Dumb For Democracy: "If you were to put Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, and Jagmeet Singh beside Bob Stanfield, Pierre Trudeau and … Ed Broadbent, I know what team I'd pay attention to."
But, says Moscrop, it's never really been much better.
"There's no golden age. The introduction of television cameras has amplified the nonsense, and caused politicians to lean into the theatrics. And social media has exacerbated it further."
Only technique has changed, he says. Now, whenever the opposition (or the governing party) has a fit of outrage, they do two things:
"They immediately send out a fundraising request expressing the outrage and asking for five dollars, and they create a data-mining site."
Example: LetHerSpeak.Ca, the website set up by the Conservatives (although you have to go right to the end of the page, and examine the shaded fine print, to find out who's behind it, which is sort of a tacit acknowledgement of opposition credibility).
The nominal purpose of the site is to help The Canadian People demand that Trudeau un-gag Wilson-Raybould, because, you know, she really hasn't had a chance to speak much. Coincidentally, the site gives voters a chance to disclose their names, email addresses and postal codes. If they haven't read the shaded fine print at the bottom, and don't know they're supplying data to Conservative election campaign managers, well, they should buy reading glasses.
"It's the new frontier of bullshit," says Moscrop.
And we journalists are all just theatre critics.
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'Coverup!': Opposition erupts as Liberals shut down emergency meeting on SNC-Lavalin affair
Opposition MPs wanted to press Liberals to call Jody Wilson-Raybould back to testify
Kathleen Harris· CBC News·
Opposition MPs want Jody Wilson-Raybould to return to the Commons justice committee. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Opposition MPs hurled angry claims of a "coverup" today after Liberals used their majority to shut down an emergency meeting of the committee probing the SNC-Lavalin affair.
The meeting was requested by Conservative and NDP members to press the Liberals to recall Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify again, even though the Liberals already had defeated a similar motion. But less than 30 minutes after the meeting began, the Liberals voted to adjourn.
"I have never been so disgusted by the conduct of my Liberal colleagues," said Conservative MP Michael Cooper after the committee broke. "They have done the bidding of the PMO."
Opposition MPs were making another bid to bring the former attorney general back to testify before the committee today, warning that Canadians would see any attempt by the Liberals to block them as evidence of a "coverup."
While casting their votes, opposition MPs shouted at their Liberal counterparts, calling their actions "despicable" and "disgusting."
"I'm strongly voting opposed and I'm shocked at the behaviour of my colleagues," said NDP MP Tracey Ramsey.
The committee is scheduled to meet next on Mar. 19 — a closed session that coincides with the tabling of the federal budget.
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Justice Committee vote raises calls of cover up
Opposition members of the Justice Committee cry foul after a Liberal motion to adjourn until next week is adopted by the Liberal majority on the committee. 1:14
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of ordering Liberal committee members to shut down the hearing so "Canadians will never know the truth." He said Tuesday's meeting is "secret" and that the Liberal majority can shut it down whenever it wants.
"Justin Trudeau is transforming the justice committee into the Justin committee," he said.
Liberal MP Francis Drouin, who put forward the motion to adjourn, insisted it was a matter of procedure since next week's meeting to deal with potential witnesses had been scheduled already.
"It's as simple as that," he told reporters, as most other Liberal members dodged the microphone and made quick exits.
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Poilievre renames Justice Committee the 'Justin Committee'
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre calls out PM Justin Trudeau for ordering Liberals members of the Justice Committee to shut down a request for Jody Wilson-Raybould to return for further testimony. 1:02
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer tweeted about the committee developments, calling them "shocking."
Poilievre had told CBC News it's crucial for the committee to hear from Wilson-Raybould again, given major discrepancies between her version of events and last week's testimony from Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's close friend and former principal secretary. He said Trudeau also must fully waive cabinet confidence and client-solicitor privilege so that she can give a complete account of what happened.
"She says material events happened after she was removed as attorney general but before she resigned from cabinet. She said she wants to tell Canadians what happened," Poilievre said.
"The prime minister has the legal authority to allow her to do so. If he doesn't, he's got something to hide."
Prior to her Feb. 27 appearance before the committee, Wilson-Raybould had obtained a broad waiver from the Prime Minister's Office that allowed her to disclose details of her conversations with government officials about the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, a Montreal-based global engineering and construction company.
But she told the committee that the waiver allowed her to speak only about her time as attorney general, leaving her constrained on what she could say about her time in the Veterans Affairs portfolio after she was replaced as justice minister and attorney general by David Lametti.
She said she endured intense, sustained political pressure and veiled threats from officials in the PMO, the Privy Council Office and the finance minister's office to overturn a decision by the director of the Public Prosecution Service to proceed with a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin instead of inviting the company to negotiate a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).
A DPA is a legal tool that allows a company to avoid a criminal trial by admitting wrongdoing, paying fines, giving up any money it earned in the commission of a crime and agreeing to be monitored for a period of time.
Denying 'inappropriate' pressure
Wilson-Raybould also testified that she told Trudeau she believed she was moved out of the justice portfolio because of the SNC-Lavalin matter.
In his testimony before the committee on Mar. 6, Butts denied there was any inappropriate pressure imposed on Wilson-Raybould and said internal discussions on the SNC-Lavalin file were all above-board and part of normal government operations.
Poilievre rejected repeated claims from the government that the issue boils down to a difference of "perspectives."
Watch the Power Panel discuss the Liberals shutting down Tuesday's committee meeting
Power and Politics
Opposition cries foul at committee | Power Panel
Marcella Munro, Jen Gerson, Amanda Alvaro, and Tim Powers discuss the Liberals using their majority to shut down an emergency meeting of the committee probing the SNC-Lavalin affair. 11:29
"Either she's lying or Trudeau's lying, and I believe her," he said.
Parliament is not sitting this week, but the SNC-Lavalin controversy is still raging. On Monday, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the international body that oversees a global anti-bribery convention, issued a statement saying it is monitoring the political situation unfolding in Canada and it is "concerned" by claims the prime minister and his staff exerted pressure on the attorney general to defer criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
'Black eye' for Canada
Poilievre said the fact the OECD and renowned international news organizations are raising these concerns now is "a terrible black eye for Canada's reputation."
It's not clear if any of the Liberal committee members have changed their minds about whether Wilson-Raybould should be recalled to testify again, but they hold the committee majority and control its agenda.
Ramsey said Canadians are following the committee proceedings very closely. She also warned that any attempt to block efforts to hear further testimony from Wilson-Raybould could backfire on the Liberals.
"I think the Liberals controlling what's happening at the justice committee just underscores the need for an independent public inquiry to get down to the bottom of what is really happening," she told CBC News. "I believe that Canadians are watching the justice committee and are disappointed in a government that ran on transparency and openness and accountability, and at every turn is doing the opposite."
NDP demands inquiry
The NDP has been pressing for a public inquiry, while the Conservatives have been demanding an RCMP investigation and Trudeau's resignation.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion also launched an investigation into potential violations of federal ethics rules in the SNC-Lavalin affair. On Tuesday, his office announced Dion is stepping away for a prolonged period for medical reasons, but insisted the work of his office will continue in his absence.
Poilievre told CBC that if the Liberals use their majority to "shut down accountability," the opposition will use every tool in the parliamentary toolkit to force the government to "end the coverup."
"There are a lot of things that become very difficult in all of the committees of Parliament, and in the House of Commons itself, if the opposition is united in a singular focus to get to the truth," he said. "I also think there will be enormous public pressure if Trudeau decides that he's just going to cover this whole thing up."
Wilson-Raybould issued a statement last week saying she's willing give additional testimony, answer further questions and provide more clarity.
"I will note, as I indicated at the time, my statement to the committee was not a complete account but only a detailed summary," she said.
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Kevin Vickers, retired sergeant-at-arms, seeks Liberal leadership
'You go where your duty calls you,' former Mountie says at his campaign launch Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Mar 15, 2019 12:19 PM AT
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David R. Amos Methinks Mr Vickers and his lawyer should read my lawsuit and all the documents in the docket of Federal Court ASAP Everybody knows why he is mentioned many times N'esy Pas?
Darryl Gregorash: Reply to @David R. Amos: Well, I tried to google that, and came up empty. Maybe you can give us the file number on the case; they should have given you one when you filed with the court's registrar.
"N'esy pas", rofl, even in Alberta, they taught us to speak French better than that.
David R. Amos Reply to @Darryl Gregorash: "Maybe you can give us the file number on the case" Federal Court file No T-1557-15
David R. Amos Reply to @Darryl Gregorash: "N'esy pas", rofl, even in Alberta, they taught us to speak French better than that."
Methinks you have not been down to the Bay of Fundy and debated French dudes with their Chiac lingo Perhaps you may enjoy Googling "Fundy Royal Debate" N'esy Pas?
Dustin Carey Reply to @David R. Amos: I'm failing to see a reason why they'd care.
David R. Amos: Reply to @Dustin Carey: Why is it that I am not surprised?
Kevin Vickers, retired sergeant-at-arms, seeks Liberal leadership
'You go where your duty calls you,' former Mountie says at his campaign launch
Jacques Poitras· CBC News·
Kevin Vickers announced Friday in Miramichi that he is running for the New Brunswick Liberal leadership. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
Kevin Vickers has made it official: he's running for the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal Party.
Vickers made the announcement to a crowd of about 125 party supporters from around the province at a noon launch in his hometown of Miramichi.
"If you're a Mountie, you go where your duty calls you," said the former RCMP officer. "New Brunswick has been good to me. It's now time for me to give back."
Ten sitting Liberal MLAs, several former party MLAs and ministers, former premier Camille Thériault and federal MP Pat Finnigan attended the campaign launch.
With no sitting or former MLAs in the race so far, Vickers's name recognition and support vaults him into the front-runner position.
"He is the front-runner," Thériault said. "I expect in the end he will be the leader, and I think right now he is probably the Tories' worst nightmare."
The former RCMP officer and sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons became famous in 2014 for his role in stopping and killing a gunman who attacked Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Vickers is a former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms and RCMP officer, as well as the former Canadian ambassador to Ireland. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The 62-year-old Vickers was also credited with bringing calm to the Burnt Church fishing crisis in 1999-2000.
"I bring people together," he said. "That is what I do. That is who I am."
He was appointed Canada's ambassador to Ireland in the wake of the Ottawa shooting and retired from that position earlier this year.
Vickers is a political neophyte who told CBC News earlier this month that his ideological views are "all over the map," overlapping with those of several political parties.
He said he is a fiscal conservative who also embraces progressive values, and said on environmental issues he is "more green than the Greens."
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Kevin Vickers announced that he's running for the Liberal Party leadership
It's official. The retired sergeant-at-arms is running for the Liberal Party leadership. 1:00
He has never held elective office, and as if to rebut concerns about his inexperience, he laid out what he calls "five critical areas" of provincial policy that he said will be his focus.
They are economic development and population growth; fiscal responsibility; education; health care, and what he called "fact-based, environmentally sound decision-making."
He also sketched some specific proposals, such as trying to lure immigrants equal to one percent of New Brunswick's population each year.
And he criticized Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs for cancelling planned upgrades to Route 11 between Shediac and Miramichi. Higgs has denounced the project as unnecessary.
"When it comes to safety, to jobs and to a strong province, a Liberal Party led by me will deal with the facts and the needs and not personal opinions and whims," Vickers said.
Rookie Caraquet MLA Isabelle Thériault said she wasn't concerned about Vickers's lack of experience.
Vickers has never held elective office but listed five critical areas of provincial policy that will be his focus. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
"I'm new too," she said. "Politics is made up of real people who have real life experience. He has a life experience, he understands people and he listens to people."
Speaking to reporters, Vickers pledged to work at helping New Brunswickers bridge their divisions, including over language.
In a recent Facebook post, he denounced populist extremism worldwide, though he said Friday that he didn't see any examples of political parties in New Brunswick practising it.
Vickers is running to replace former premier Brian Gallant, who resigned as Liberal leader last year after failing to win his party a second majority.
One other New Brunswicker has said he plans to run for the leadership: Moncton shelter director René Ephestion.
Charlo-area businessman Gaétan Pelletier, who had announced he was running, attended Vickers's launch and said he was endorsing him rather than running himself.
Vickers pledged to work at helping New Brunswickers bridge their divisions, including over language. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Pelletier said Vickers will be "hard to beat" but said that wasn't why he backed out of running.
"I'm a busy man and I'm glad he has similar values that I do. That's why I'm supporting him."
The Liberal Party said that as of Friday morning, no candidate had filed official paperwork to run. Party members elect their new leader June 22.
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Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 47 others Methinks whereas Jean-Yves Duclos and Diane Lebouthillier have decided to attack the old folks again I should remind them that I am paying attention N'esy Pas?
Another costly federal IT glitch gets resolved — 10 years later
About $66 million in CPP debt owed to Ottawa has gone uncollected because of a technical bug
Dean Beeby· CBC News·
The federal government has finally fixed a 10-year-old computer glitch and is again chasing down people who owe $66 million in Canada Pension Plan overpayments. (CBC)
A computer glitch dating back to 2009 has been fixed at last, allowing the federal government to resume chasing down thousands of Canadians who owe the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) about $66 million due to erroneous overpayments.
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) reinstated the collection of these old debts last November, going after 15,000 individuals or their estates after almost a decade of inaction.
"[T]he collection of debts on inactive accounts receivable stopped due to systems-related issues following the implementation of a new IT platform in 2009, which prevented an accurate determination of amounts owing," says an Oct. 4 memo for Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos.
Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. (Samantha Craggs/CBC)
"ESDC has resolved these issues and will reinstate the collection of debts …"
A parallel technical glitch is also preventing the collection of Old Age Security (OAS) overpayments on inactive accounts, something which the department is still working to resolve.
Dormant debt debacle
CBC News obtained the memo and other information about the dormant debt problem through the Access to Information Act.
ESDC currently claws back CPP and OAS overpayments for individuals who are still receiving their monthly benefits. In 2016, for example, the department recovered about $134 million of the $233 million in outstanding overpayments.
But since 2005, the department has left to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) the job of collecting overpayments that were made to people who are no longer receiving any benefit cheques — the so-called "inactive" accounts.
Once all of the system issues have been resolved, collection will begin ...- ESDC spokesperson, on plans to resume collections of Old Age Security overpayments after technical glitches prevented any activity
Some of these people improperly received CPP disability benefits or children's benefits under the program — and some estates continued to cash cheques even after the intended recipients had died. After 2009, the CRA was unable to collect anything — and could no longer accurately calculate the amounts owed — because the department had migrated its CPP system to a new IT platform.
Most of the 15,000 people who still owe the government CPP money received a notice in the mail over the last two years about their debt, but there's been no active collection — until now.
ESDC estimates that 95 per cent of the individuals owe less than $25,000 each, and most owe less than $5,000.
Magali Picard, National Executive Vice-President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, leads a protest on the three-year anniversary of the launch of the Phoenix pay system on Laurier Avenue in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
The department says it has an "undue hardship" policy to deal with people in financial difficulty, and can arrange to spread out payments over a longer term.
The newly resumed collections, which are being phased in, will ensure "equity" with other Canadians who paid back government benefits they weren't supposed to get, says the memo.
A spokesperson for the department, Josh Bueckert, said the first wave of fresh collection notices has reached 1,730 people since November, and 266 of those notices resulted in repayments worth just over half a million dollars.
No date provided
Bueckert did not offer a date for the resumption of debt collection for OAS overpayments in inactive accounts.
"Once all of the system issues have been resolved, collection will begin in a similar way [to how] CPP inactive accounts are being collected," he said in an email.
The long-unresolved IT glitch is one of many that have dogged the federal government for years. The Phoenix payroll system fiasco, which started in 2016, continues to leave thousands of public servants overpaid, underpaid or not paid at all.
CBC News recently reported on internal government documents indicating it may take a decade to achieve "overall stability" for the Phoenix system.
Magali Picard Regional Executive Vice-President 5800, rue Saint-Denis, suite 1104 Montréal, Québec H2S 3L5 514-875-2690 or 514-875-7100 # 314 vper-que@psac-afpc.com
Colleen Hodder Regional Executive Vice-President Park West Centre, Suite 301 287 Lacewood Drive Halifax, NS B3M 3Y7 (902) 445-0925 revp-atl@psac-afpc.com
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Susan Sydney If the government can write off billions of dollars in loans to the automobile industry that they never paid back they can do the same for pensioners. Especially since it is the government’s fault to begin with and they need to own their mistake.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Susan Sydney: These are the same people who canceled my SIN for no reason I will ever understand but I don't mind because now I do not have to pay income taxes
Ogallalaknowhow Good lord. Just leave people the money and write it off as a cost of government incompetence.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Ogallalaknowhow: "Just leave people the money and write it off as a cost of government incompetence. "
Nice thought but methinks the Taxman would never do such a thing N'esy Pas?
Kathy La Hay Funny how they can get the money out of the elderly but can't get money from the deadbeat rich people who have their money in off shore accounts that don't pay their taxes. Get your priorities straight. Court cases get thrown out when it's not done timely, this should be too.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Kathy La Hay: "Funny how they can get the money out of the elderly but can't get money from the deadbeat rich people who have their money in off shore accounts that don't pay their taxes."
This is funny too
Google the following David Amos Taxman KPMG
Mike Hilton You can commit a major crime and if your trial does not start in a reasonable time, they drop the charges. But if you are a retired elderly person, dead or alive, and you did nothing wrong, you are hounded until you give it back no matter how long it takes. This should be challenged in court.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Mike Hilton: "This should be challenged in court."
I agree
Ken Paul Canada spends about $5.5B per year in foreign aid; the cost of illegal border crossers to exceed $1B and this government is worried about extracting ever penny it can from on of the most vulnerable sectors in Canada; for something these people had no control over. Good on you Liberals, now go take candy from babies.
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David R. Amos Reply to @colin smith: 'it cost more to collect it than gets is my guess."
Methinks everybody knows that the Taxman don't care as long as he gets paid N'esy Pas?
Mike Hilton I have no doubt they will spend a lot more than 66 million over the next few years trying to chase these overpayments down. Make work project for civil servants.
David R. Amos Reply to @Mike Hilton: "Make work project for civil servants."
BINGO
Harry Hibbs Nobody should be asked to pay money for this. If the glitch caused the feds to lose $66 Millions, the money should be drawn from the hundreds of millions we give to foreign aid.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Harry Hibbs: Good point
Mark Passario 5000 dollars is alot for a poor person to pay.
David R. Amos Reply to @Mark Passario: YUP
Ashley Kelly This is the Canadian government, they will spend more money chasing these payment than they will bring in. I don't like tax dollars going to waste but I can't imagine going after a senior ten years later?
Humphrey Wednesday @Ashley Kelly It's easier to collect low hanging fruit. The low hanging fruit can't afford a gaggle of lawyers.
David R. Amos Reply to @Humphrey Wednesday: Oh So True
stephen blunston wow they want to go after people 10 yrs later that are on cpp , it was the governments fault . why not leave the little people alone and actually go after those millionaire billionaires hiding funds and not paying their fair share . so done with this government that has no idea how hard it is for 95% of this country just to squeak by every month'
David R. Amos Reply to @stephen blunston: I had to battle these same people in order get my CPP and old age pension because the CRA had deleted my SIN
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Perhaps I will run into somebody ethical some day but I bet the Yankees know that they won't work for any government. N'esy Pas George J Russell and Mikey Cohen?
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Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes, and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning, tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system, and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and $2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams, increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at promoters of abusive tax schemes.
On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the Panama Papers leaks.
These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal investigations where warranted, and better communication with taxpayers.
To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is increasing notifications and warnings through its communications products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants, and community groups so that they can become informed observers who can educate their clients.
The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution, court fines, and jail time.
Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total, the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million and 734 months of jail time.
When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming, and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts owed are considered.
More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these structures.
To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA employees involved in the case.
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All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward for tips received.
The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on information the CRA received through the OTIP.
With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income. For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of $10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800 taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60 audits.
In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre (JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong relationships with the international community, which will help it refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts. Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
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Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2017/03/ statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.
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So many of my fellow Canadians were enjoying the circus in the CBC comment section I did not bother to try to add my 2 bits worth. Instead I picked up the phone and reminded a lot of evil Yankee lawyers that I was still alive and paying attention as to how truly stupid they are. Then I sent a few emails too. Only one lawyer answered me in an ethical and timely fashion. Go Figure who it was.
On 7/16/18, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: > It tried to be fair with Mr. Lighthizer but as i told his help > "Trevor" whereas his boss was a partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, > Meagher & Flom LLP (Skadden) and buddy Stephen Vaughn worked there as > well they certainly should have known who I am for many years. The kid > Janowitz is a dark horse o me because he never even got out of law > scholl untill 2006. When asked to speak to a lawyer and was directed > to some young lady named Amy who would do nothing. So I went about > trying to figure out which lawyers to contact and decided to email > several because as we all know bureaucratic lawyers come and go the > politcal tide. > > https://ustr.gov/about-us/biographies-key-officials/general-counsel-stephen-p-vaughn > > Brian Samuel Janovitz > Bar Number: 32909 > 1301 M St NW Apt 122 > Washington, DC 20005-4205 > United States > Office: 202-395-3150 > Fax: 202-395-3639 > Email: bjanovitz@ustr.eop.gov > > https://www.lexsage.com/about-cyndee-todgham-cherniak > > Cyndee Todgham Cherniak > Phone: 647-290-4249 > Email: cyndee@lexsage.com > > Need I say I found this interesting as well? > > https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/intellectual_property_law/advocacy/Letter_NAFTA_renegotiations.authcheckdam.pdf > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/us-tariffs-wto-1.4748459 > > U.S. launches tariff challenge at WTO against Canada, Mexico, Turkey, > China and EU > American trade rep says original tariffs were justified, but > retaliatory tariffs are not > Pete Evans · CBC News · Posted: Jul 16, 2018 10:42 AM ET | Last > Updated: 2 hours ago > Trade representative Robert Lighthizer calls retaliatory tariffs > against the United States unfair. 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Bernstein/Reuters) > > The United States has launched five separate complaints at the World > Trade Organization against Canada, China, the European Union, Mexico > and Turkey in response to retaliatory tariffs those countries and > groups have launched against the United States. > > U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement Monday > that recent tariffs implemented by the U.S. on foreign steel and > aluminum are "justified under international agreements," but > retaliatory measures from other countries in response are not. > > Canada launches trade dispute with U.S. through World Trade > Organization > > Former NAFTA negotiator calls Trump's 'bluster' on trade deals > offensive > > "Instead of working with us to address a common problem, some of our > trading partners have elected to respond with retaliatory tariffs > designed to punish American workers, farmers and companies," > Lighthizer said. > > The United States earlier this year put a tariff of 10 per cent on > imported aluminum, and 25 per cent on steel, in addition to other > targeted measures on foreign-made goods. Other nations hit by those > tariffs have launched counter-measures of their own, which so far > target $24 billion US worth of American-made goods, but are soon set > to increase exponentially. > > Last week, the U.S. proposed a new round of tariffs on $200 billion US > worth of Chinese goods, and China is disputing those tariffs in a WTO > complaint of its own, also announced Monday. > > Trump says he wants a bilateral trade deal with Japan over TPP > > The WTO is an international body that adjudicates trade disagreements > between member nations. Member nations usually adhere to any rulings > the WTO finds, but the process can be so slow and cumbersome that many > disputes ended up being remedied elsewhere at some point anyway. > > Cyndee Cherniak, an international trade lawyer at LexSage in Toronto, > says it's interesting that the U.S. is choosing to go the WTO route in > this case, since the country has been dragging its foot on updates > that would enhance the agency's power to mediate trade squabbles. > > Trump revs up Harley-Davidson fight into second day > > The U.S. has stopped appointing people to the appellate body of the > WTO that would allow it to handle more cases, more quickly, she said. > > "The U.S. is making it impossible for there to be a final decision on > the five cases they just brought." > > The reason for that, she suggested, is a more sinister motive at play. > > "Without a functioning court, they can do whatever they want, because > there's no one there to tell them they can't do it." > > "We are caught in a litigation limbo," said Cherniak. > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:04:21 -0400 > Subject: Fwd: I bet Rotten Ralphy Goodale and Caroline Mulroney know why I > will contact Doug Ford's Attorney General as soon as I know who it is N'esy > Pas? > To: marc.maillet@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kevin Leahy <kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 07:37:19 -0400 > Subject: Re: Fwd: I bet Rotten Ralphy Goodale and Caroline Mulroney know why > I > will contact Doug Ford's Attorney General as soon as I know who it is N'esy > Pas? > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > Please be advised that I will be on leave from June 29th to July 16th. > I will not be monitoring my emails, or available by phone, during my > absence. S/Sgt Marc Maillet ( Marc.Maillet@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ) will be > the acting EMRO during my absence, he can be reached on Groupwise. > Feel free to resend your email after the 16th of July at which time I > will be happy to respond. Should an urgency require you to get in > touch with me during this period S/Sgt Maillet will be happy to relay > a message. Enjoy the start of summer! > > Veuillez noter que je serai en congé du 29 juin au 14 juillet compris. > Je ne surveillerai pas mes courriels et je ne serai pas disponible par > téléphone pendant mon absence. Le s.é.-m. Marc Maillet > (marc.maillet@rcmp-grc.gc.ca) sera l’OREE intérimaire pendant mon > absence. N’hésitez pas à me renvoyer votre courriel après le 16 > juillet et je serai heureux de vous répondre à mon retour. Au cas > d’urgence, le s.é.-m. Maillet sera dans la capacité de me transmettre > un message. Profitez bien du début de l’été! > > > Kevin F. Leahy B.B.A. > Superintendent/Surintendant > HQ Divison DG > Employee Management Relations Officer/Officier responsable des > Relations employeur-employés > 613-843-4725 > > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: "Fitch, Leanne"<leanne.fitch@fredericton.ca> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:50:50 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: Somebody say Hey to the former Attorney General > Greggy Baby Byrne for me will ya He don't call he dn't write since he, your > pal > Woodside and YOU made the big Faux Pas in 2004 N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > Annual leave/Vacances annuelle June/juin 27-July/juillet 9, 2018 > > > Due to a very high volume of incoming email to this account there is > an unusual backlog of pending responses. Your message may not be > responded to in a timely fashion. If you require a formal response > please send your query in writing to my attention c/o Fredericton > Police Force, 311 Queen St, Fredericton, NB E3B 1B1 or phone (506) > 460-2300. If this is an emergency related to public safety please call > 911. > > En raison du grand nombre de courriels que reçoit cette messagerie, il > se peut qu’une réponse tarde un peu à venir. Si vous avez besoin d'une > réponse officielle, veuillez envoyer votre demande par écrit à mon > attention aux soins (a/s) de la Force policière de Fredericton 311, > rue Queen, Fredericton, NB E3B 1B1, ou composer le 506 460-2300. > S'il s'agit d'une urgence de sécurité publique, faites le 911. > > > This e-mail communication (including any or all attachments) is > intended only for the use of the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If > you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, any use, review, > retransmission, distribution, dissemination, copying, printing, or > other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this e-mail, is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > contact the sender and delete the original and any copy of this e-mail > and any printout thereof, immediately. Your co-operation is > appreciated. > > Any correspondence with elected officials, employees, or other agents > of the City of Fredericton may be subject to disclosure under the > provisions of the Province of New Brunswick Right to Information and > Protection of Privacy Act. > > Le présent courriel (y compris toute pièce jointe) s'adresse > uniquement à son destinataire, qu'il soit une personne ou un > organisme, et pourrait comporter des renseignements privilégiés ou > confidentiels. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire du courriel, il est > interdit d'utiliser, de revoir, de retransmettre, de distribuer, de > disséminer, de copier ou d'imprimer ce courriel, d'agir en vous y > fiant ou de vous en servir de toute autre façon. Si vous avez reçu le > présent courriel par erreur, prière de communiquer avec l'expéditeur > et d'éliminer l'original du courriel, ainsi que toute copie > électronique ou imprimée de celui-ci, immédiatement. Nous sommes > reconnaissants de votre collaboration. > > Toute correspondance entre ou avec les employés ou les élus de la > Ville de Fredericton pourrait être divulguée conformément aux > dispositions de la Loi sur le droit à l’information et la protection > de la vie privée. > > GOV-OP-073 > > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario > <Premier@ontario.ca> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:25:48 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: I bet Rotten Ralphy Goodale and Caroline Mulroney > know why I will contact Doug Ford's Attorney General as soon as I know who > it is N'esy Pas? > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly > valued. > > You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read, > reviewed and taken into consideration. > > There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the > need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your > correspondence to the appropriate government official. Accordingly, a > response may take several business days. > > Thanks again for your email. > ______ > > Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de > nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations. > > Nous tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en > considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons. > > Dans certains cas, nous transmettrons votre message au ministère > responsable afin que les questions soulevées puissent être traitées de > la manière la plus efficace possible. En conséquence, plusieurs jours > ouvrables pourraient s’écouler avant que nous puissions vous répondre. > > Merci encore pour votre courriel. > > > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: Caroline Mulroney <caroline@carolinemulroney.ca> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 04:25:48 -0700 > Subject: Thank you for your message! Re: I bet Rotten Ralphy Goodale and > Caroline Mulroney know why I will contact Doug Ford's Attorney General as > soon as I know who it is N'esy Pas? > To: motomaniac333@gmail.com > > Thank you for your email. A member of our team will get back to you as > soon as possible. > > Warm regards, > > Team Caroline > > > -- > > Caroline Mulroney Campaign > 905-960-1457 > www.CarolineMulroney.ca > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolinemulroneyPC/ > Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Mulroney > > > > http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html > > Sunday, 19 November 2017 > > Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes > It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before > The Supreme Court > > https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do > > > Federal Court of Appeal Decisions > > Amos v. Canada > Court (s) Database > > Federal Court of Appeal Decisions > Date > > 2017-10-30 > Neutral citation > > 2017 FCA 213 > File numbers > > A-48-16 > Date: 20171030 > > Docket: A-48-16 > Citation: 2017 FCA 213 > CORAM: > > WEBB J.A. > NEAR J.A. > GLEASON J.A. > > > BETWEEN: > > DAVID RAYMOND AMOS > Respondent on the cross-appeal > (and formally Appellant) > > and > > HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN > Appellant on the cross-appeal > (and formerly Respondent) > Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017. > Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017. > REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: > > THE COURT > > Date: 20171030 > > Docket: A-48-16 > Citation: 2017 FCA 213 > CORAM: > > WEBB J.A. > NEAR J.A. > GLEASON J.A. > > > BETWEEN: > DAVID RAYMOND AMOS > Respondent on the cross-appeal > (and formally Appellant) > and > HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN > Appellant on the cross-appeal > (and formerly Respondent) > REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT > > I. Introduction > > [1] On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos) > filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court > against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million > in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial > Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary > properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety > that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian > Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan > (Claim at para. 96). > > >> ---------- 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@justice.gc.ca >> peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com, mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com, >> david.akin@sunmedia.ca, 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.raymond.amos@gmail.com, gopublic@cbc.ca, >> 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@perkinscoie.com, sshimshak@paulweiss.com, >> cspada@lswlaw.com, msmith@svlaw.com, bginsberg@pattonboggs.com, >> gregory.craig@skadden.com, pm@pm.gc.ca, bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >> bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca >> Cc: alevine@cooley.com, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, >> michael.rothfeld@wsj.com, remery@ecbalaw.com >> >> QSLS Politics >> By Location Visit Detail >> Visit 29,419 >> Domain Name usdoj.gov ? (U.S. Government) >> IP Address 149.101.1.# (US Dept of Justice) >> ISP US Dept of Justice >> Location Continent : North America >> Country : United States (Facts) >> State : District of Columbia >> City : Washington >> Lat/Long : 38.9097, -77.0231 (Map) >> Language English (U.S.) en-us >> Operating System Microsoft WinXP >> Browser Internet Explorer 8.0 >> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET >> CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2; >> DI60SP1001) >> Javascript version 1.3 >> Monitor Resolution : 1024 x 768 >> Color Depth : 32 bits >> Time of Visit Nov 17 2012 6:33:08 pm >> Last Page View Nov 17 2012 6:33:08 pm >> Visit Length 0 seconds >> Page Views 1 >> Referring URL http://www.google.co...wwWJrm94lCEqRmovPXJg >> Search Engine google.com >> Search Words david amos bernie madoff >> Visit Entry Page http://qslspolitics....-wendy-olsen-on.html >> Visit Exit Page http://qslspolitics....-wendy-olsen-on.html >> Out Click >> Time Zone UTC-5:00 >> Visitor's Time Nov 17 2012 12:33:08 pm >> 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@gov.nl.ca >> Cc: 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 >> Halifax, Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nouvelle- Écosse >> 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 >> privilege. Unauthorized distribution or disclosure is prohibited. If >> you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us and delete >> this entire e-mail. >> Before printing think about the Environment >> Thinking Green, please do not print this e-mail unless necessary. >> Pensez vert, svp imprimez que si nécessaire. >> >> >>> >>> ---------- 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@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>> Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov, Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, >>> jcarney@carneybassil.com, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net >>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, birgittaj@althingi.is, >>> shmurphy@globe.com, 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@carneybassil.com, >>> bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, wolfheartlodge@live.com, shmurphy@globe.com, >>> >> jonathan.albano@bingham.com, mvalencia@globe.com >>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, 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@xplornet.com, julie.dickson@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, >>> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, toewsv1@parl.gc.ca, >>> Nycole.Turmel@parl.gc.ca,Clemet1@parl.gc.ca, maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca, >>> >> oig@sec.gov, whistleblower@finra.org, whistle@fsa.gov.uk, >>> david@fairwhistleblower.ca >>> Cc: j.kroes@interpol.int, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, >>> bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, >>> Juanita.Peddle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, >>> Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Robert.Trevors@gnb.ca, >>> ian.fahie@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >>> >>> http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nb/news-nouvelles/media-medias-eng.htm >>> >>> http://nb.rcmpvet.ca/Newsletters/VetsReview/nlnov06.pdf >>> >>> From: Gilles Moreau Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:03:22 -0500 >>> Subject: Re: Lets ee if the really nasty Newfy Lawyer Danny Boy >>> Millions will explain this email to you or your boss Vic Toews EH >>> Constable Peddle??? >>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com >>> >>> Please cease and desist from using my name in your emails. >>> >>> Gilles Moreau, Chief Superintendent, CHRP and ACC >>> Director General >>> HR Transformation >>> 73 Leikin Drive, M5-2-502 >>> Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2 >>> >>> Tel 613-843-6039 >>> Cel 613-818-6947 >>> >>> Gilles Moreau, surintendant principal, CRHA et ACC >>> Directeur général de la Transformation des ressources humaines >>> 73 Leikin, pièce M5-2-502 >>> Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2 >>> >>> tél 613-843-6039 >>> cel 613-818-6947 >>> gilles.moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> >
David Coon suggests nursing home workers not fear essential-service designation
Being deemed essential won't hurt union's bargaining power, Green leader says Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Mar 15, 2019 7:00 AM AT
"People's Alliance MLA Rick DeSaulniers said it's "hard not to say" nursing home workers are essential, but he believes the issue can be resolved with the proper communication. He said the province dropped the ball by not being involved in the discussions from the beginning.
"If they don't offer [arbitration] and then they end up getting a court ruling that says these workers are essential, that just turns a collective bargaining process into collective begging," DeSaulniers said"
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David Coon suggests nursing home workers not fear essential-service designation
Being deemed essential won't hurt union's bargaining power, Green leader says
Hadeel Ibrahim· CBC News·
The Progressive Conservative government declined to participate in this week's political panel, citing negotiations with nursing home workers. (CBC)
Listen to the full CBC New Brunswick Political Panel podcast by downloading from the CBC Podcast page or subscribing to the podcast in iTunes.
March 14: Should nursing home workers have the right to strike?
The province's 4,100 nursing home workers are in the embroiled in a contract dispute with the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes. The union and the provincial government are also fighting over whether the nursing home workers can go on strike. Liberal MLA Jean-Claude D'Amours, Green Party Leader David Coon and People's Alliance MLA Rick DeSaulniers discussed the dispute. The Progressive Conservatives did not send a representative to the panel. Download March 14: Should nursing home workers have the right to strike? [mp3 file: runs 00:33:04]
Green Party Leader and MLA David Coon says he believes the province wants to deem nursing home workers an essential service because that may limit their ability to strike — a "strong bargaining chip" but one of last resort.
But even if the workers are deemed an essential service, he said, they should be able to have an arbitration process similar to police and firefighters. Or, if they do want to strike, there could be a middle ground.
"The issue around essential services, of course, is not black and white, because you can have the right to strike while ensuring a certain level of staffing continues," Coon said on the New Brunswick Political Panel.
"And that's the definition of essential services, so what are the number of staff that need to remain on the job while the rest go out on strike?"
The panel discussion on Information Morning Fredericton came after contract negotiations between nursing home workers and the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes broke down in advance of a court hearing Friday.
A court will hear applications Friday that could decide if thousands of New Brunswick nursing home workers can strike. (CBC)
Nursing Home workers wanted to strike, but they were stopped by a Court of Queen's Bench ruling on March 9. Justice David Smith ruled that workers couldn't strike for 10 days.
The judge's ruling came after the province asked for a stay of a December 2018 provincial labour board ruling that a law declaring nursing home workers essential service workers violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The province is appealing that ruling and asked for the 10-day stay to keep workers on the job until the appeal can be heard and the issue of whether the workers are essential can be settled.
Information Morning - Fredericton
Nursing home labour dispute continues
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The Higgs government got a 10 day stay, postponing strike action by nursing home workers. Sharon Teare, president of the NB Council of Nursing Home Unions, says "nobody's listening" and asks Minister of Social Development Dorothy Shephard to come to the table. 13:53
People's Alliance MLA Rick DeSaulniers said it's "hard not to say" nursing home workers are essential, but he believes the issue can be resolved with the proper communication. He said the province dropped the ball by not being involved in the discussions from the beginning.
"If they don't offer [arbitration] and then they end up getting a court ruling that says these workers are essential, that just turns a collective bargaining process into collective begging," DeSaulniers said.
The government declined to participate in Thursday's political panel discussions, citing the negotiations.
Nursing home workers, province head to court Friday
Judge's ruling could decide whether thousands of workers can go on strike
Shane Magee· CBC News·
Protests and contract talks continued for a third day Wednesday while the New Brunswick Council of Nursing Home Unions and the province prepared to have their applications heard in court Friday. (CBC)
A dispute between New Brunswick nursing homes and thousands of workers heads to court Friday. Separate applications by the New Brunswick Council of Nursing Home Unions and the provincial government are set to be heard by a Court of Queen's Bench judge in Fredericton. The outcome could affect whether 4,100 workers at 46 nursing homes could walk off the job during a strike. The province is seeking an order for a long-term stay of a 2018 labour board ruling. The province was granted an interim stay Saturday, a move the union decried. The union's application calls for the judge to rescind that interim stay.
Dave MacLean, a spokesman for the Department of Social Development, declined to comment ahead of the court hearing.
The New Brunswick Council of Nursing Home Unions doesn't believe the short-term stay was proper, spokesman Patrick Roy said
"The process was flawed, there was no need for it," Roy said.
Meanwhile, contract talks between the union, province and New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes continued for a third day on Wednesday. The sides have agreed to a media blackout on details of the discussions.
The union also held protests in St. Stephen, Edmundston, Saint John and Rogersville.
Hundreds of nursing home workers and supporters have held protests this week in various locations around the province, including Moncton on Tuesday. (CBC)
The legal wrangling comes after the union rejected a tentative agreement last year. Last week, union members voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate. Strike notice was given early Saturday, but the province was then granted the interim 10-day stay.
The workers include licensed practical nurses, resident attendants and support service workers.
Board called law unconstitutional
The December 2018 labour board ruling looked at whether the province's Essential Services in Nursing Homes Act is constitutional. The law would keep most workers on the job in the event of a strike. The board decision says the law violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Dorothy Shephard, the minister of social development, announced the government would seek a judicial review of the labour board decision. A stay effectively puts the decision's effect on hold until the judicial review is complete.
Justice David Smith granted a request for an interim 10-day stay on March 9. Smith also ordered the court hear the province's long-term stay request within 10 days. That is one of the applications that will be considered Friday.
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FEEL FREE TO SCROLL DOWN PAST MY LATEST FILING TO REVIEW THE REST OF THE EMAIL THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY AT LEAST ONE LIEBRANO BOSS THIS MORNING N'ESY PAS NORMY BOY SABOURIN AND HARVEY BABY CASHORE????
---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 09:18:47 -0400 Subject: ATTN Hon Joseph T Robertson I just called and left a voicemail I truly hope that you get back to me ASAP To: Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca, jrw , nbrooks@osgoode.yorku.ca, "mark.vespucci", "Diane.Lebouthillier" Cc: David Amos
Hon Joseph T Robertson Jurist-in-Residence Law, Faculty of 1 506 451 6919 Ludlow Hall, 105 UNB Fredericton Campus Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca
Need I say that I found it interesting that you were appointed on polling day for the Election of the 42nd Parliament? I wonder if you recall my name on the ballot in Fredericton in 2006 when Harper won his first mandate?
http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/19/title/
University of New Brunswick appoints retired Court of Appeal Justice Joseph Robertson to law faculty
---------- Original message ---------- From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 11:53:02 +0000 Subject: RE: Norman Sabourin, executive director of the Canadian Judicial Council launches 'Potential misconduct' probe but only after his associates in the Crown Corp CBC exposes hiis pals??? To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be assured that your email will be reviewed.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné.
Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, C/o Norman Sabourin General Counsel and Andrew Grant and Renée Maria Tremblay Canadian Judicial Council 150 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0W8
Shirley Heafey Chair of Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP P.O. Box 3423 Station "D" Ottawa, ON K1P 6L4
RE: Rampant Public Corruption
Hey,
Pursuant to my recent phone calls to Norman Sabourin and various underlings of Shirley Heafey within the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP over the years plus my many faxes and emails please find enclosed exactly the same material received by every Attorney General in Canada over the past year. The CD which is a copy of a police surveillance wiretap tape # 139 is served upon you as officers of the court in order that it may be properly investigated. As you can see I have enclosed a copy of a letter sent to the latest Attorney General Mr. Wally Opal in BC. Perhaps he should take a little trip to Surrey and ask your office some hard questions. Perhaps the ghost of my fellow Independent politician, Chuck Cadman may wish to answer few questions now as well. Hard telling not knowing.
I will not bother you with the details of what I am sending to you byway of the certified US Mail because I will be serving identical material to many other Canadian Authorities in hand and tell them I gave this stuff to you first and enclose a copy of this letter. All that is important to me right now is that I secure proof that this mail was sent before I make my way back home to the Maritimes. However I will say I am also enclosing a great deal more material than what Allan Rock had received in the UN. Some of it is in fact the same material the two maritime lawyers, Rob Moore and Franky Boy McKenna in particular received, while I was up home running for Parliament last year. Things have changed greatly in the past year so I have also included a few recent items to spice thing up for you. I am tired of trying to convince people employed in law enforcement to uphold the law. So all I will say for now is deal will your own conscience and be careful how you respond to this letter. If you do not respond. Rest assured I will do my best to sue you some day. Ignorance is no excuse to the law or me.
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"Heafey, Shirley" HeafeyS@cpc-cpp.gc.ca wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: "Heafey, Shirley"HeafeyS@cpc-cpp.gc.ca Sent: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:10:00 -0400 To: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Just so you know
Just so you know, there was no message attached to the e-mail sent to me. SO, in fact, I don't know what you think I should now know. Try again. SH
Yo Norman Sabourin Need I say that the no-name assistant of your buddy Chief Justice David D. Smith just pissed of the wrong Maritimer today?
---------- Original message ---------- From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 16:02:29 +0000 Subject: RE: Yo Norman Sabourin Need I say that the no-name assistant of your buddy Chief Justice David D. Smith just pissed of the wrong Maritimer today? To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be assured that your email will be reviewed.
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Justice Paulette Garnett chastised for 'very late' decisions
Canadian Judicial Council says Justice Paulette Garnett will not face discliplinary action
Robert Jones· CBC News·
New Brunswick judge, who routinely kept parties waiting months, sometimes years, for decisions, has been mildly chastised by the Canadian Judicial Council for her conduct, 15 years after the lengthy delays first surfaced.
Justice Paulette Garnett will face no disciplinary action for bogging down the judicial system with delayed decisions. (CBC)
Court of Queen's Bench Justice Paulette Garnett was the subject of a complaint by an unknown person to the judicial council last spring, a year after CBC News reported on several of her overdue decisions.
But she will face no disciplinary action for bogging down the judicial system, according to a decision released on Tuesday.
"The judge had been very late in issuing reasons in a number of cases," the council said in a press release.
"Undue delays in rendering decisions can lessen public confidence in our justice system. ... The judge has acknowledged that she needs to do better in future, She is working to ensure that this situation does not happen again."
Garnett was appointed in 1998 and almost immediately began violating judicial council guidelines, which call for delivering judgments within six months of the conclusion of a hearing. One of her first cases, a claim for back rent at the Bathurst Supermall made in August of 1998 wasn't decided on for nearly 13 months.
That became a familiar pattern to lawyers and parties in her courtroom for years to come. In 2005, she presided over a one-day hearing between Fredericton's old Elm City Chrysler dealership, its owners and their bank to resolve questionable transactions. She delivered a decision two years and two months later.
In 2012, she took so long to decide whether employees of Fredericton's Jones Masonry had properly unionized, Gordon Petrie, the company's lawyer, eventually died.
Garnett's decision approving the union was eventually made a month after Petrie's funeral and 15 months after the original hearing, by which time the workers who had voted for the union had all left the company.
David Smith, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, put Justice Paulette Garnett on restricted courtroom duty in 2013. (Court of Queen's Bench)
New Brunswick Chief Justice David Smith finally intervened early in 2013, restricting cases going to Garnett until she brought outstanding decisions up to date.
One of those cases involved an attempt by former University of New Brunswick women's hockey players to challenge the cancellation of their varsity team in 2008.
It landed in Garnett`s courtroom in the summer of 2011 and she took nearly two years to decide part of the case could continue.
The decision took so long it became an issue at the next hearing when the university unsuccessfully tried to use it to argue former players were now too old to get a team back.
But even after the chief justice's interventions and publicity surrounding delays in her courtroom, Garnett continued to deliver slow rulings.
In August 2013, the dispute over who should win an NB Liquor agency store in Hanwell landed in front of her, a case she took more than seven months to rule on. That case apparently triggered the complaint which the judicial council finally acted on.
Garnett will work 'very diligently' to get decisions done
Robert Pidgeon, the senior associate chief justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, dealt with the complaint about Garnett's tardiness and a second complaint by Fredericton resident Andre Murray about Garnett's "attitude and demeanour" during his time in her court.
Norman Sabourin, the judicial council`s executive director, said Garnett had satisfied Pidgeon that she has improved and noted she had apologized to Murray for being "abrupt" with Murray.
We shouldn't have to wait for a citizen to make a complaint before inquiring into the conduct of a judge.- Norman Sabourin, Canadian Judicial Council
"There was an undertaking by the judge to get some coaching and to work very diligently to get her decisions done," said Sabourin.
"The judge acknowledged that her conduct had been at issue. She made an undertaking it would not happen again. Chief Justice Pidgeon decided it was not a case that needed to go further."
Natalie LeBlanc, the registrar of New Brunswick's Court of Queen's Bench, said neither Garnett nor Smith would speak about the council's decision.
"I am advised that no further comment will be offered," LeBlanc told CBC News in an email.
Garnett`s extreme tardiness has been a sore spot in New Brunswick legal circles for 15 years and Sabourin says the case shows the need for the judicial council to respond to problem judges more quickly than it has in the past.
"We shouldn't have to wait for a citizen to make a complaint before inquiring into the conduct of a judge," said Sabourin.
"We think there should be the ability of a council member or the executive director to say, 'There's a concern here, there seems to be something happening and we`re going to initiate a review of that judge's conduct."
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Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.
Michael Wernick to step down as clerk of Privy Council, cites lack of 'mutual trust' with opposition
Wernick writes: 'The clerk (must) be seen by all political parties as an impartial arbiter'
Catharine Tunney· CBC News·
Michael Wernick attends a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday, March 1, 2019. He announced plans to step down as clerk of the Privy Council less than a month later. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick is leaving his post as Canada's top bureaucrat, saying there is "no path" for him to have a "relationship of mutual trust and respect" with opposition party leaders.
The longtime public servant was thrust into the spotlight following allegations he and members of the Prime Minister's Office tried to pressure former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to sign a remediation agreement and avoid sending the Quebec engineering firm SNC-Lavalin to trial.
Wernick has denied making "veiled threats" to pressure Wilson-Raybould.
In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his retirement, Wernick wrote that "recent events have led me to conclude that I cannot serve as clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to cabinet during the upcoming election campaign."
Wernick's first appearance in front of the justice committee over SNC-Lavalin — during which he both defended his role in the affair and bemoaned the state of political discourse in Canada — was widely criticized by Opposition MPs and pundits as a partisan display.
"I worry about the rising tide of incitements to violence when people use terms like 'treason' and 'traitor' in open discourse," he told the committee. "Those are words that lead to assassination. I'm worried that somebody is going to be shot in this country this year during the political campaign."
Role needs to be seen as non-partisan: Wernick
His statement prompted NDP MP Charlie Angus to call for his resignation.
"Mr. Wernick has overstepped his role," Angus wrote in an open letter to Trudeau earlier this month. "He is now a central figure in a serious political controversy."
Wernick said working with Opposition parties would be difficult going forward.
"One of the key roles of the Privy Council Office is to be ready to assist whichever government Canadians elect in October," he wrote.
"It is now apparent that there is no path for me to have a relationship of mutual trust and respect with the leaders of the Opposition parties ... Therefore, I wish to relinquish these roles before the election. It is essential that Canadians continue to see their world-leading public service as non-partisan and there to provide excellent services to Canadians and the governments they elect."
Trudeau didn't ask for resignation: PMO
As clerk, Wernick also served on the new "critical election incident public protocol" team.
As part of that team, Wernick — along with the national security and intelligence adviser and the deputy ministers of justice, public safety and foreign affairs — was supposed to alert the public of any election interference during the campaign period, also known as the writ period.
"It is essential that during the writ period the clerk be seen by all political parties as an impartial arbiter of whether serious foreign interference has occurred," he wrote in his retirement letter.
On Monday, the Prime Minister's Office announced that Ian Shugart, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, will take over as clerk. Shugart has served in multiple posts since the late 1970s and worked as a Conservative political staffer during the Brian Mulroney years.
It's not clear exactly when Wernick, who was named clerk in 2016 and has worked in the public service for nearly 38 years, is leaving the post.
"The timing of my retirement is something we should discuss, as your government will have a busy cabinet agenda until the end of the parliamentary session, and you will want to seek advice on how best to address succession," says his letter.
Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick, right, and Justice Department deputy minister Nathalie Drouin appear before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding the SNC Lavalin affair, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 6, 2019. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
Wernick also hinted that he "will have more to say later."
A spokesman for the prime minister said Trudeau did not ask for Wernick's resignation.
In a statement, Trudeau thanked Wernick for his many years of service to Canada.
"He has distinguished himself as a dedicated public servant, focused on building a modern, agile and world-class Public Service that places the needs of Canadians at the forefront of its work," he wrote.
"I also thank him for his support over the last few years as we worked to implement an ambitious agenda to build a better future for the people and communities at the heart of this country."
New adviser role
Wernick's sudden departure quickly erupted in question period in the House of Commons on Monday — the first after a two-week break.
So did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement that former Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan will serve as a special adviser on the dual role of justice ministers and attorneys general in cabinet.
Both topics likely will be raised when the justice committee meets again tomorrow — this time behind closed doors.
Last month, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion announced he'd investigate claims that the Prime Minister's Office tried to influence Wilson-Raybould on the SNC-Lavalin file.
Dion has stepped aside temporarily for health reasons. His office says it will continue to gather information on ongoing investigations in his absence.
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https://bit.ly/2XY8AT6 Keean Bexte of The Rebel.media reports on the officially "non-partisan" Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick's family ties to a Liberal MP behind the Trudeau government's SNC-Lavalin cover-up.
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Dave Dawkins LOL what a train wreck!
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David R. Amos Reply to @Dave Dawkins: "LOL what a train wreck!"
Nope its circus
Methinks folks should study my lawsuit ASAP if only to affirm that Anne McLellan is named out of the gate and Trudeau in in statement 83 N'esy Pas?
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The education minister tried to pass off regular student funding dollars as an autism-specific boost
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With this Ontario government, you should always check your change. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)
Doug Ford's government is a government of grifters.
It claims to be a truck-stop government: "For The People," and other nonsense. That's while holding $1,600-per-plate fundraisers— known as "cash-for-access" fundraisers back when the Liberals were doing it — after gutting the law that the previous administration put in place to stop wealthy stakeholders from purchasing access to provincial lawmakers. (After the Liberals had their fill, it should be noted.)
The Ford government lured supporters with frivolous promises of cheap beer, though its buck-a-beer program barely lasted a few months. And it pegged itself a careful steward of taxpayer dollars, while wasting resources on a vanity "news" channel, an unnecessary audit duplicating the work of the auditor general, and on a show trial of Liberal MPPs, for whom Ontario voters had already delivered a verdict through last June's election.
It's the political equivalent of a carnival-hand cajoling you to a ring toss, though none of the rings actually fit over the pegs and someone will steal your wallet out of your pocket on your last throw.
Of all of this government's swindles, however — and I should point out, the above is a non-exhaustive list — it offered perhaps the grimiest of grifts earlier this week.
'Additional funding'
Standing before reporters Monday, Education Minister Lisa Thompson announced what she referred to as "additional funding for our school boards" to accommodate students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There were some small nuggets: the expansion of after-school development programs, additional resources for teacher training, and so forth.
But leading them all was the "announcement" that boards will be eligible for an average of $12,300 for every new student with autism enrolled in school.
"This funding will allow school boards to make sure there are proper supports available during the transition from therapy to school," she said.
Sounds great, doesn't it? And coincidentally timed, too: A few days after parents rallied outside of Queen's Park to protest the government's changes on the autism file. Also right as teachers began expressing concern that cutbacks to therapy would mean students would be sent school unprepared, leaving teachers to somehow make up the gap.
So there was Thompson, standing by the carnival lights, announcing $12,300 per student to help ease the transition.
But here's the thing: This was not new money.
The $12,300 figure was projected back in August as the average per-pupil funding available for the 2018-2019 school year. This is up only slightly from the previous year, when the per-pupil figure was $12,100. But the increase had already happened — Thompson's "announcement" was an announcement of the status quo. The same funds.
And here's the other thing: This funding is not specific to students with autism. It is not even specific to students with special needs. The province offers school boards in Ontario $12,300 for any student newly enrolled in school.
That figure has nothing to do with autism services.
There are other grants under the umbrella of Special Purpose Grants that are intended for accommodating and supporting students with special needs. But Thomson only cited the $12,300 figure — the one that applies to every pupil.
The overall special education budget, meanwhile, remains around $3 billion.
Thompson's announcement was really a reiteration of existing funds that apply to all students — presented as a significant funding boost for children with ASD. A shiny trinket to mislead and distract angry parents.
Granted, if you read the fine print, you will notice one small change: School boards can apply for that $12,300 in the last few months of the school year if students with ASD enrol after April 1. Previously, boards would have had to wait until the next designated headcount date, which is Oct. 31.
That's it. That's the $12,300 announcement. A procedural change, sold as additional funds for students with autism. The government coupled it with a few small, but legitimate, resource boosts, and hoped no one noticed.
That was Monday.
Having sold casual onlookers on "additional" autism funding, the Ford grift packed up and moved along, repackaging a previously announced federal infrastructure program as a $30-billion initiative launched by Ontario. It then placated parents with a ban on cellphones in classrooms, which sounded like action — until you realized that the government left enforcement to schools, rendering it another impotent policy and spectacular distraction.
And there you have a small sample of the Ford government greasiness, reminding you that with this administration, you always check your change.
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David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 47 others Methinks I should not be surprised that Madame Simard has snubbed me just like the Mulroney lawyers always do but it was dumb to do after I called and emailed her cohorts and called the lady twice N'esy Pas?
Brian Mulroney defends daughter, calls another MPP a 'little girl'
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Stan Vincent How can anyone take Brian Mulroney seriously? He stuffed his safety deposit box with untraceable cash stuffed envelopes for Karl Heinz Schreiber while at the same time suing Canada for several million because the RCMP had mentioned that they were investigating Mulroney in relation to possible bribes/kickbacks. The man should be serving hard time...
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David R. Amos Reply to @David R. Amos: "Methinks that whereas Amanda Simard now sits as an Independent perhaps she will speak to me N'esy Pas?"
Well I emailed Simard and her cohorts and called the lady twice Plus I talked to several others about my emails. However Simard has snubbed me just like the Mulroney lawyers always do Methinks I should not be surprised N'esy Pas?
Neil Gregory Brian Mulroney, the guy who received $300,000 in a brown paper envelope and "forgot" to include it on his income tax form.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Neil Gregory: "Brian Mulroney, the guy who received $300,000 in a brown paper envelope"
Methinks Ms Simard and her cohorts should have enjoyed my document from the Oliphant Commission N'esy Pas?
Kristian Kennedy Mulroney should really just avoid commenting on any matter concerning his daughter in public life. She is a big girl who can take care of herself but one thing does stand out and that is since this government was sworn in last June, the woman has pretty much been missing in action. What achievements can Brian Mulroney point to so far that lend any credence to Caroline being such a great defender of francophone rights in Ontario?
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David R. Amos Reply to @Kristian Kennedy: Methinks his far more clever daughter should teach Brian Mulroney when to clam up N'esy Pas?
Neil Gregory Brian Mulroney, a filthy-rich corporate executive who used his wealth to buy the leadership of the old Progressive Conservative Party and the office of Prime Minister.
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James Holden: Reply to @Neil Gregory: He wasn't that rich before he became PC leader. He sure was rich by the time he was out of office buying a multi million dollar home in Westmount on Forden Crescent. (Now sold for around $5.6 m)
David R. Amos Reply to @James Holden: True but Mulroney was very well connected when he was selected to become to PC leader
Neil Gregory Brian Mulroney, the guy who sold out Canadian workers with his "Free Trade Agreement"
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Archie Brown Reply to @Neil Gregory: and yet Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin said they would get rid of NAFTA and the GST, Trudeau Jr. had 3.5 years to do something about free trade and caved to Trump costing more for the “Canadian Workers”. Is your critics really valid nearly 30 years after Mulroney.
David R. Amos Reply to @Neil Gregory: "Brian Mulroney, the guy who sold out Canadian workers with his "Free Trade Agreement"
Methinks folks should not forget the fact that Trudeau The Younger just made matters even worse N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Reply to @Archie Brown: Oh So True Sir
Danny Tanker What a shock that a Conservative, a disgraced one at that, comes up with an insult to a current professional woman, Ms. Simard . She has every right to be angry and Mulroney has every right to display his sloppy opinion, thankfully, it is an opinion most Canadians can agree is egregious.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Danny Tanker: "Mulroney has every right to display his sloppy opinion, thankfully, it is an opinion most Canadians can agree is egregious."
I Wholeheartedly Agree
Teddy Sellers Too bad Mulroney wasn't 'the little boy who resigned' when he was Prime Minister. Would of done all Canadians a great favor.
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David R. Amos Reply to @Teddy Sellers: Oh So True
Jason DeBack: He said with a smooth baritone....as smooth as taking a brown paper bag filled with money
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David R. Amos Reply to @Jason DeBack: Welcome to the Circus
Steve Timmins How Brian Mulroney ever avoided jail is beyond me.
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Jim LaPalmier Reply to @Steve Timmins: "How Brian Mulroney ever avoided jail is beyond me"
Literally and figuratively; the rich play with a different 'justice system' than you and me. Sad.
David R. Amos Reply to @Jim LaPalmier: Very Very True
James Spencer III Caroline should distance herself from her father if she has any political aspirations.
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David R. Amos Reply to @James Spencer III: "Caroline should distance herself from her father if she has any political aspirations."
Methinks many folks would agree that it was her Fat Daddy's name that got her elected in the first place. Otherwise Caroline is just another lawyer who married well N'esy Pas?
Brian Mulroney defends daughter, calls another MPP a 'little girl'
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Speaking on Radio-Canada, former prime minister Brian Mulroney touted his daughter Caroline Mulroney as the best advocate for francophones in Ontario. (Radio Canada)
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has spoken out in defence of his daughter, Ontario's Francophone Affairs Minister Caroline Mulroney, while dismissing another MPP as a "little girl."
The former prime minister made the comments Sunday on Radio-Canada's Tout le monde en parle.
"Caroline is always there to defend the interests of francophones in Ontario," he said in French. "[She's] the best voice that francophones in Ontario could ever have."
Caroline Mulroney was handed the job amid backlash over the government's plan to axe the provincial language commissioner's office. She is also the province's attorney general. The Progressive Conservatives relented somewhat, promising to create a new language commissioner position in the office of the provincial ombudsman.
The former prime minister told Tout le monde en parle that these decisions were not made by his daughter but she was tapped to mend relations with the francophone community.
"She's busy working with her colleagues to fix the damage," he said in French.
MPP Amanda Simard tweeted that Brian Mulroney's words describing her 'have no place in a respectful and egalitarian society.' (Denis Babin/CBC)
M. Mulroney a tenté de défendre sa fille Caroline qui a complètement laissé tomber les Franco-Ontariens. Il a fait de grandes choses pour le Canada, mais ses propos appartiennent à une autre époque et n’ont pas leur place dans une société respectueuse et égalitaire. #cdnpoli
"Mr. Mulroney attempted to defend his daughter Caroline, who completely dropped Franco-Ontarians.
He has done great things for Canada, but his words belong to another time and have no place in a respectful and egalitarian society," Simard tweeted in French.
Simard said she's waiting for the outcome of the Ontario Liberal leadership race before deciding whether to join that party.
Caroline Mulroney was named Ontario's minister of francophone affairs in November. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)
Carol Jolin, president of L'Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario, said he is "on the same wave length as Mr. Mulroney" in terms of Caroline Mulroney.
"Mr. Mulroney spoke like a proud parent," Jolin said. "Decisions were taken at a higher level than the Ministry of Francophone Affairs, and now she has to fix what's been done."
But Jolin was critical of Brian Mulroney's characterization of Simard.
"I think it was a bad choice of words," he said. "Simard is a proud Franco-Ontarian … I am really proud of what she's done."
On Monday Mulroney issued a statement apologizing for his comments.
"While appearing on the program Tout le monde en parle, which aired on Radio-Canada last night, I used the expression p'tite fille (translated as little girl) while speaking about the MNA for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell. Instead, I should have used the expression young woman. I had no intention of insulting anyone with this poor choice of words and would like to offer my sincere apologies," he said in the statement.
David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 47 others Methinks Michelle Rempel were ethical she would have answered her email and returned my calls instead blocking me in Twitter or sticking her head in the dirt while showing the world her political arse N'esy Pas?
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David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 47 others Methinks I should remind the sneaky YouTuber Michelle Rempel who blocks me in Twitter and the evil LIEbrano Landslide Annie McLellan that I blog about Trudeau The Younger's Circus on a daily basis N'esy Pas?
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'Nobody was safe from it': Edmonton blogger charged with rare hate crime targeted individuals across Canada
Police say Barry Winters, 62, made derogatory remarks about race, gender, politics
Roberta Bell· CBC News·
Edmonton police Sgt. Gary Willits of the hate crimes unit said the investigation into blog posts targeting numerous individuals took more than a year. (Scott Neufeld/CBC)
Blogs that led to a rare charge of promoting hatred were more extreme than anything he's ever seen before, says an Edmonton police investigator.
"I've never seen such extreme hatred from an individual," said Edmonton police Sgt. Gary Willits. "He just kept spewing and nobody was safe from it.
"He literally in some of these blogs was saying to kill people."
After an investigation of more than a year, Edmonton police confirmed Wednesday a CBC News report a day earlier that revealed Barry Winters, 62, was charged with wilful promotion of hatred on a blog called The Baconfat Papers and other blogs between 2014 and 2016. But police say there's reason to believe the posts date back at least two years earlier.
Copies of the blog submitted for evidence by one of many complainants in the case show the blogger repeatedly made derogatory comments about numerous individuals across the country, including a number of well-known politicians and LGBTQ advocates in Edmonton.
The remarks don't exclusively target one particular group, but focus on various factors, including race, gender, sexual orientation and culture. Others attack individual politicians in various levels of government.
Willits said it's possible some people still don't know they were targeted in the blog posts.
Complainants hurt, scared
Glenn Canning, based in Toronto, said there were dozens of posts on Winters' blog between 2014 and 2016 about his daughter, Rehtaeh Parsons. She committed suicide after she was sexually abused by a group of teenage boys at a party in Halifax in 2013.
Canning said he discovered his daughter and his family were the subject of the blog posts after someone contacted him and told him about them.
It just broke my bloody heart in half to read that.- Rehtaeh Parsons 's father Glen Canning
The blogs that focused on Rehtaeh were "just disgusting and sick," Canning said.
"It just broke my bloody heart in half to read that. It was cruel and it is even crueller to know that the guy did it for no other reason than he enjoyed hurting somebody."
Canning said he was in touch with police over the past year after they opened the investigation. He's glad police have finally laid a charge.
"I've cried over this," Canning said. "When it happens to you over a very personal thing, it affects you pretty badly."
Marni Panas speaks to reporters about how she felt when she discovered blog posts targeting her. (Scott Neufeld/CBC)
Marni Panas, an Edmonton-based LGBTQ advocate, said she was appalled when she stumbled across posts on a blog suggesting she move to a country where transgender women, like herself, are persecuted.
You don't know who's on the other end of these keyboards.- Marni Panas
"You don't know who's on the other end of these keyboards.You don't know what they're capable of and that instills a real fear," said Panas, who notified police in 2016.
Panas said she has experienced online hateful comments before, but said it stood out that the blogger in this instance was from the same city.
She said she'd never met the the blogger, to her knowledge, but wondered what would happen if she did.
Exhausting investigation
Willits said police began the investigation in early 2016, after they received complaints about the blog posts. Collecting the evidence was time-consuming and complicated, he said, because patterns of hatred, threats and harm had to be documented meticulously.
Willits said stating an opinion, a personal dislike, of something or someone, is not the same as "intruding on others" and "uttering threats."
The charge Winters faces is rare. Alberta Justice said in an email that province-wide, that type of charge has only been laid on three other occasions since 2011.
Edmonton police had to seek approval from the attorney general to charge the blogger, who police say had a growing following numbering into the thousands.
The posts were filled with derogatory words and "dehumanized scorn" toward people and identifiable groups, Willits said.
Professor hopeful hate-crime charge will deter others, despite death of accused
'Of course, it’s tragic when anyone passes away and very said, I think, in this case,' LGBTQ advocate says
CBC News·
Professor and LBGTQ advocate, Kris Wells, filed a complaint with Edmonton police after seeing blog posts he says targeted him with hateful and hurtful language. (CBC)
A rare hate-crimes court case in Edmonton is over but the complainants may not have the kind of closure they were hoping for.
The man charged with wilful promotion of hatred for offensive language he used on his blog, The Baconfat Papers, died of a stroke July 4, one of the complainants confirmed Wednesday.
The Edmonton police hate crimes unit charged Barry Winters this spring after receiving complaints about his blog from LGBTQ advocates, including Kris Wells, the faculty director of the University of Alberta's Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services.
"Of course, it's tragic when anyone passes away and very sad, I think, in this case," Wells told CBC News.
"I don't think there's any resolution," Wells said. "This person hasn't been held accountable; only in the sense of karma, perhaps, if you believe in that — the universe taking care of things on its own terms."
Even though there will be no court hearing or decision, Wells is hopeful the nature of the charge will act as a deterrent to others using racist, homophobic or sexist language.
"When you cross that line from free speech to hate speech, there will be consequences. That's probably the most important message out of these charges."
Wells said he was shocked at the "hateful and horrific nature of the comments," when he read Winters's blog over two years ago. Wells was one of several people targeted with violent threats.
"I'm used to lots of issues being directed my way because of the work that I do and in the LGBTQ community, but this really was beyond any bounds of acceptability."
Wells acknowledged that the threshold is high for police to lay hate-crime charges, but he's hoping more people will report to police if they suspect someone's behaviour falls under that part of the Criminal Code.
Wells said only one in 10 hate crimes is reported in Canada.
Statistics Canada datashow the rate of hate crimes in Alberta rose 39 per cent in 2015, compared to a five-per-cent rise nationally.
The Alberta Justice and Solicitor General office said the charge against Winters will be stayed before Aug. 4, which was to be Winters's next court appearance.
Professor hopeful hate-crime charge will deter others, despite death of accused
'Of course, it’s tragic when anyone passes away and very said, I think, in this case,' LGBTQ advocate says
CBC News·
Professor and LBGTQ advocate, Kris Wells, filed a complaint with Edmonton police after seeing blog posts he says targeted him with hateful and hurtful language. (CBC)
A rare hate-crimes court case in Edmonton is over but the complainants may not have the kind of closure they were hoping for.
The man charged with wilful promotion of hatred for offensive language he used on his blog, The Baconfat Papers, died of a stroke July 4, one of the complainants confirmed Wednesday.
The Edmonton police hate crimes unit charged Barry Winters this spring after receiving complaints about his blog from LGBTQ advocates, including Kris Wells, the faculty director of the University of Alberta's Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services.
"Of course, it's tragic when anyone passes away and very sad, I think, in this case," Wells told CBC News.
"I don't think there's any resolution," Wells said. "This person hasn't been held accountable; only in the sense of karma, perhaps, if you believe in that — the universe taking care of things on its own terms." Even though there will be no court hearing or decision, Wells is hopeful the nature of the charge will act as a deterrent to others using racist, homophobic or sexist language.
"When you cross that line from free speech to hate speech, there will be consequences. That's probably the most important message out of these charges."
Wells said he was shocked at the "hateful and horrific nature of the comments," when he read Winters's blog over two years ago. Wells was one of several people targeted with violent threats. "I'm used to lots of issues being directed my way because of the work that I do and in the LGBTQ community, but this really was beyond any bounds of acceptability."
Wells acknowledged that the threshold is high for police to lay hate-crime charges, but he's hoping more people will report to police if they suspect someone's behaviour falls under that part of the Criminal Code.
Wells said only one in 10 hate crimes is reported in Canada.
Statistics Canada datashow the rate of hate crimes in Alberta rose 39 per cent in 2015, compared to a five-per-cent rise nationally.
The Alberta Justice and Solicitor General office said the charge against Winters will be stayed before Aug. 4, which was to be Winters's next court appearance.
This should prove interesting to see if Mack Lamoureux can convince anyone to publish anything he writes about Mr Baconfat's evil blog. Clearly Patty Baby Doran aka "Yhe Mad Shangi ain't a fan of your friend Mack out of the gate EH Omar ?
Preface In the spirit of fairness and honesty, I must state, before all this, that Mr. Lamoureux was polite, professional, personable, and fun to talk to, despite my misgivings then, and now.
Today I was accosted by e mail, asking for an interview by Mack Lamoureux, a freelance writer / journalist here in Edmonton. A request I reluctantly agreed to. The young man was pleasant but devious, or he attempted to be. He request was sort of twisted, “just for my notes you are declining my request for an interview?” I thought well, I write whatever I want, and so will Mr. Lamoureux.
It became quickly apparent Mr. Lamoureux was only interested in my background and the Rehetaeh Parsons posts. I told Mr. Lamoureux that there must be a very special place in hell for “people,” or “killer parents” like Glenford Canning , and Leah Parsons . Mr. Lamoureux was wondered if “I felt any remorse for the pain I caused the Parsons / Canning family,” by my “vicious” comments. He had seemed taken aback by my emphatic negative answer. I tried to explain to our “intrepid reporter” that there were millions of not hundreds of millions of blogs in the cyber-space “universe”. Glenford Canning and his ex-wife would have had to search numerous cyber-space galaxies to find my humble blog, and proceed to be outraged, “pained” and vexed by my comments. In fact someone told them about the blog.
After the so-called and never charged “rape” of the decedent Rehtaeh Parsons, parents of the boys involved and their supporters placed handbills throughout Halifax on poles urging people not to rush to judgement. And to wait for the police investigation. Glenford Canning and Leah Parsons were outraged, and egregiously offended that someone, anyone would exercise their rights to expression, with a contrary opinion to their own. A vitriolic, venomous Leah Parsons screamed, cried, and lied to the media, that she felt “bullied, insulted and abused,” that someone would be audacious enough to express an opinion contrary to her, and her sycophants “party line.” Their right to expression was the only one that counted. There are big big bucks in the “victim industry!”
Mack Lamoureux’s interest now in the posts concerning the antics of Leah Parsons and Glenford Canning seem to be a reprise of that censorship, all in the name of a dead and less than virtuous “teen angel.” In the intervening years Glenford Canning has impersonated Patrick Doran, myself and scores of others in the cyber-space “universe,” opened fraudulent Face Book accounts in my name, and threatened me with “guys from CFB Edmonton looking for me. That I had pissed off the wrong people.” Glenford Canning also harassed my wife at her place of employment, but alas Mack Lamoureux was solely interested in my blog’s less than salubrious effect on the poor family, after so many years.
A year or a little less Patrick Doran and myself had a on-line interview about Mr. Canning and Rehtaeh Parsons. Mr. Canning is a self-described “journalist” and he wrote us how he was doing an “epic rewrite of our comments,” and he did. He deliberately fabricated, and re posted a conversation betwixt Patrick and myself to suit his perverse imagination. I wonder, and am concerned if our Mr. Lamoureux is the same sort of “journalist,” as our “friend” Glenford Canning. Mr. Lamoureux was polite, attentive and pleasant in every way. We shall find out if he’s “journalist” or shill. As an “Alberta boy” I suspect he is the former rather than the latter, at least I hope so! (God I hope I got the expression correct)
In the end, I care not a whit. Mr. Lamoureux will write whatever pleases him, and his employers or contractors will post whatever they chose, and a few may actually read it. I will write again, and again, because I have every right to do so and it pleases me.
If anyone should dislike this humble blog. I would suggest that there are literally hundreds of millions of blogs to read in the cyber-space “universe,” find another blog to read!
An addendum from my friend, who feels the need to comment. Addendum from The Mad Shangi:
Mr. Lamoureux; instead of going after softball targets, like my friend Barry Winters, you should perhaps look into the mirror to see who the real villain in all of this is. The insatiable media that lionized parasites like Glen Canning, who wilfully and gleefully, exploits his own daughter’s tragic suicide to make a name for himself as some sort of crusading feminist/ amateur pornographer. Seriously, fuck Glen Canning. That stupid ass motherfucker never gave a shit about that poor little girl, who needed some real guidance. Not this aloof, deadbeat dad who was far more interested in photographing chubby Native jail bait, instead of paying attention to his own wayward daughter that was into sex parties and doping. It is you the media, that distorts the truth, spreads lies, and makes false martyrs and idols out of sinners and whores. You fucking people make me sick. Why don’t you do some real investigative journalism and do what Christie Blatchford did… actually talk to the investigators. Instead you give bottom-feeders like Glen “The Arsehole” Canning and outlet for his fake social justice warrior faggotry. Why don’t you ask Glen Canning if he feels remorse for tweeting a man’s private parts without his consent. Maybe you should ask Glen Canning, if he feels remorse for harassing women at their place of employment, or impersonating others on social media. Maybe then, we should take your so-called “investigative journalism” seriously, and I might give a rat’s ass about how that butt-hurt asshole Glen Canning feels today. Or maybe not… ASSHOLE!
I was replying to all since that was the way Amos sent his unwanted email to me. I was not aware your email was on the list, as I quickly responded to Amos, and really you are acting as if I did not already condemn you to what you wickedly feign you have against me.
I will let you get away with your ugly email messages Barry. You are not even in my legal league you pathetic sac of misleading emotion. Yes I will make certain I do not make the mistake of emailing your fallaciously insulting ass. I am done with you and Amos, at this time neither of you exist, even if you illegally attempt to email me again.
----- Original Message ----- From: "BARRY WINTERS"<sunrayzulu@shaw.ca> To: "Shawn Cullen"<shawncullen@telus.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:31:39 PM Subject: Re: Yo Mayor Don Iveson and Attorney General Jonathan Denis thanks for bouncing this email back in its entirety and finally admitting that you and your nasty cops and lawyers have been receiving my emails since 2007
Mr. Cullen.
You obviously have the mental capacity of a gnat. Indeed part of the word "unwanted," or "cease" and "desist" do YOU not understand?
Send your e mail communications to David Amos alone, and do not reply to myself or the other unfortunates on his correspondence.
Fuck yourself and the horse you rode in on. Do you have the mental capacity to understand that? Do NOT e mail me back in a vain and stupid attempt to "have the last word!"
Shawn Cullen, Crazy David Amos, Child Abuser Glenford Canning, And Brain Damaged Eddie Achtem!
What kind of girl- child at fourteen years-old goes to drug and alcohol fueled sex parties, regularly? The answer to that is, is an abused child! What kind of fourteen year-old girl-child takes the penises of two boys out of their pants and sucks and fucks their brains out, vomits, comes back from the washroom, and says lets keep going!” Rehtaeh Parsons does, or did. Predictably she is dead. Like in the Jerry Jeff Walker song Up Against the Wall You Red Neck Mother…”His Mother made him what he is!” Teen-age slut and drug abuser Rehtaeh Parson was “made” what she was by her disinterested, abusive “killer parents” Leah Parsons and Glenford Canning. In their zeal to turn “fifteen minutes of dubious fame,” into “freedom fifty-five” Glenford Canning and Leah Parsons are now well on the road to being run out of Halifax on a rail or being “tarred and feathered.”
Eddie Achtem is by all accounts a “horrible article.” An entirely uneducated, brain damaged, “little man” whose ex wive’s justifiably want their offspring to have absolutely nothing to do with their “Father.” For Eddie Achtem a frontal lobotomy would be a vast improvement on his currant mental, and intellectual status quo. He used to e mail me with the same frequency of David Amos for awhile there but mercifully he has forgotten me. Thank goodness little Eddie has the attention span of a gnat.
David Amos and Eddie Achtem have the same unfettered passion for recreational litigation, or talking about it. Whereas David Amos has never actually sued anyone in his life. It appears little Eddie Achtem has indeed spent a losing legal career representing himself in Family Court. Little Eddie Achtem indeed reminds me of the old saw. “The man that represents himself in court, has a fool for a client. David Amos has threatened litigation, upon The Crown, Lt. Col Errington, Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Mark Carney, myself, and a very large host of others. “C’yall in court” is David Amos retarded clarion cry! But alas, convicted pedophile David Amos is just another two bit maritime kanadian without a pot to piss in, with his or her hand out for government largess.
That brings us to Shawn Cullen, or as David Amos refers to him as “Shawny Boy Cullen.” But then again, David Amos is completely dyslexic and calls everyone, “Patty Boy, Barry Boy, Stevie Boy, or “Baby,” because David Amos is intellectually and emotionally deficient. Shawn Cullen appears to have taken up the vocation of e mailing me the last day or so. That begs the question: Who the fuck is Shawn Cullen. David Amos claims Mr. Cullen is my “butt buddy,” but alas I’ve never heard of him. Unless Mr. Cullen is a lifelong Saskatchewan Rough Rider fan, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, and or is a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enthusiast… I’m not sure I really require to know who he is, no disrespect intended “Shawny Boy” or Shawny Baby!”
Perhaps Mr. Cullen has some insight, or understanding of the twisted and singularly functionally illiterate mind of David Amos, and could “enlighten” what these poorly spelled and rambling phrases written by David Amos actually mean.
“Tuesday, 4 June 2013 Wrong again Mr Baconfat i was using YOUR evil words and honest machines tp prove that politicians cops, lawyers and even officers such Lt Col John Errington are crooked as hell.”
or
We all know blogs by Glen Canning’s, Patrick Doran Andre Murray and others should concern the DND greatly about YOUR malevolent actions N’esy Pas? (does anyone know what that even means?)
or MR BACONFAT ALSO FOR THE RECORD I MANAGED TO SPEAK WITH JOSH AND HIS FORMER ASSOCIATES IN LAC LA BICHE TRUST THAT WE DISCUSSED YOU AND YOUR VERY MALEVOLENT BLOGS
BTW MR BACONFAT AS YOU WELL KNOW YOU HAVE SENT ME MORE EMAILS TEASING ME ABOUT YOUR LATEST BLOGS I WILL DEAL WITH YOUR OLD BLOGGING BUTT BUDDY CHUCKY LEBLANC, MY BROTHER IN LAWS AND YOU WITHIN AN EMAIL FOLLOWING THIS ONE..
AS FAR AS YOUR OTHER BLOGS GOES ABOUT YOUR BUS RIDES OR SHOPPING OR THE YANKEE MARGARET WENTE’S VIEW OF THE WORLD TRUST THAT JUST LIKE THE NEWFY PETER JACKSON I COULD GIVE A GOOD GOD DAMN THAT IS IF I HAD A GOD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
or
This is Scotty Baby bragging bigtime in his neighbourhood correct? >>>> >>>> http://fortsaskonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15489%3Arotary-club-hear-from-the-canadian-tax-payer-federation&Itemid=33 >>>> >>>> What Scotty Baby don’t know about Mean Old Me versus Mikey Duffy and >>>> the Senate etc could fill a book EH Cpl Horton? >>>> >>>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/11/fw-methinks-harper-his-lawyer-hamilton.html >>>> >>>> For the Public Record anyone with two clues between their ears can see >>>> that despite what your tax free organization names imply The Canadian >>>> Taxpayers Federation and The National Citizens Coalition you are just >>>> overpaid far right wing spindoctors who either work for politicians or >>>> have worked for them as you try to become politicians yourselves >>>> >>>> I bet by now you not so clever neo con punks have at least finally >>>> figured out that threats from politcal wannabes and their corrupt >>>> lawyers and cops pals don’t scare Mean Old Me not even a little bit. >>>> >>>> Imagine if the neo con punks had figured out what has been going on >>>> been the Feds and I since 1982. The Libranos and the RCMP would not >>>> have their way with Canada for so long EH Assistant Commisioner Gilles >>>> Moreau?
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As you can see Mr. Cullen, I receive this special blend of shite and abject insanity at least ten times per day. So just what are you, or who are you, and why have you taken upon yourself to waste my time as he does?
“Anywho” I wish that the “fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits,” and an undiagnosed dose of the clap upon all of you .
Look David your emails are unwanted. I could define the nature of any thing you say so well that I could crush you like a bug and have you appear mad while the whole world watch's, and so piss off and stop bothering me, I am busy....Perhaps later I will make an example out of you, but for now f-off. I hope I do not need to fill in the term with the omitted consonants and vowel.
It appears that all it took was for your very strange client Shawny Baby Cullen to pepper you for a day or so with a bunch of his mindless bullshit about being an Orca etc. Geez I wish he had approached me in 2009 when his evil buddy Eddy Atchem first did and their very very evil butt buddy Mr Baconfat created his first so called "Baconfateport" within GOOGLE'S domain called "Blogspot" EH Davey Baby Drummond?
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Shawn Cullen <scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>> wrote:
David I never said I was fat. There you go assuming again. Do I need to define for you what your cussing nature means. I never said I am tough David. I said I fear none David and that is from reasons far greater than physicality reasons. You need to prove you are worth getting to know yet all you do is attempt to win. You must assume you can lose David. It is a very diverse world we live in. You also speak to me as if I am a little fish, yet I am the Orca in the water. Even the Great Whites want nothing to do with me. And why are you bothering all these people that you cc'd. I imagine they are far too busy to waste their time with what you email that you except their minds to attend.
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7scullen has sent you a message: Whether you believe it or not I was actually hope we may get to be friends because that is the sort of man I am. Yet you have to show respect to get respect and you cannot handle the most elementary stress tests in the beginnings of communicating. And I will be honest David, I have been messed with from a lot of psycho people and I simply am no longer letting that continue.
Shawn
If you feel you are misunderstood then please help me get to know you better. Your style thus far has been unfruitful. And by the way I know Eddy can be offensive because I have found that myself. He just does not seem to know how to show his a faithful sort of person to know. If you keep cursing, cussing and threatening me that is going to get us no-where. If you cannot show you are intelligent, then this is just simply not worth my while.
On 2/15/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:57:41 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: Yo Chief Rod Knecht you Chief Hanson and the RCMP must > admit you have some VERY sick clients in Alberta EH? All Cullen wanted > to inform me of was just how fat he was like that is supposed to scare > Mean Old Me? Yea Right. > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> > > Send the Chief my best! > > > https://baconfatreport.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/david-amos-calls-this-slander-against-the-cops-lol-lol/> > February 12, 2015 > > David Amos calls this Slander! Against the Cops! lol lol > > Little David Amos is today at his computer drooling as he feverishly > pounds upon the keyboard, and phoning poor schumcks all across the > country. > > What a cunt! > > > Thursday, May 24, 2012 > Cops Kill Evelyn Greene and Charles Leblanc..we can only hope > > One has to wonder about the sixty some year old ersatz “journalist” > Evelyn Greene and her “publicist” who runs Justice Dirt Cheap. These > two whack jobs claim, that on May 13 2011, “four members of the > Fredericton Police Force without probable cause beat Evelyn Greene.” > > Is that to suggest that police constables CAN beat and kill folks if > they have “probable cause?” Our “journalist” Evelyn Greene then > whines that Denis Boyd committed an act of “grievous non-support” when > he ignored her whining and did not “take her blood pressure” but did > arrange for 911 and her “medical evacuation.” > > Evelyn Greene a self-described “investigative journalist” claims that > four members of the Fredericton Police force and a Fredericton > Para-Medic committed “attempted homicide” against her. Yet this 62 > year old woman and former mental patient is still alive. It seems to > me if four cops wanted Evelyn Greene dead…she would be dead. > > Another Fredericton resident and friend of Evelyn Greene one Charles > Leblanc…also accuses the Fredericton Police Force of not only his > attempted murder but also the murder of other homeless “people”. > > Evelyn Greene’s friend Charles Leblanc has also accused the Liberal > Party of New Brunswick of attempting violence on his person. > > Both Charles Leblanc and Evelyn Greene are or were former mental > patients. Charles Leblanc has ADHD and is constantly on powerful > medications to remain emotionally “stable”. > > Even the Fredericton newspaper The Daily Gleaner questions Charles > Leblanc sanity and grasp on reality. > > It certainly makes one hope if the Fredericton Police Force wanted > Charles Leblanc and Evelyn Greene dead…they would indeed be more > competent about it > Posted by Seren at 3:12 PM 0 comments > > Hey little David… the truth is a complete defense! > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:05:42 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: Well Chief Rod Knecht the plot just thickened bigtime > Perhaps we should all call Big Bad Billy's cohort S/Sgt Dale Johnson > (780-920-9456) you can bet that I just did EH Mr Baconfat? > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> > > Give the Chief my warmest wishes > > > https://baconfatreport.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/eps-killer-police-force/> > January 22, 2015 > > > EPS… “Killer Police Force!” > > Some longtime observers opine the Edmonton Police Service is a > cesspool. Constable Vice Pillay is back on the streets when he ought > to be in another line of work. > > > City force disciplines guilty cop > EDMONTON – An Edmonton police officer was ordered to forfeit 40 hours > of accumulated overtime after he pleaded guilty to discreditable > conduct for hitting an abusive man who called him a “pussy.” > By The Edmonton Journal January 12, 2006 > > EDMONTON – An Edmonton police officer was ordered to forfeit 40 hours > of accumulated overtime after he pleaded guilty to discreditable > conduct for hitting an abusive man who called him a “pussy.” > > Const. Vince Pillay, 42, was previously convicted of a criminal > charge, common assault, stemming from the same confrontation with NAIT > student Kris Bona. > > The judge in the criminal case gave Pillay an absolute discharge and > suggested he should not lose his job for exercising bad judgment in > dealing with Bona, who he said had baited the police officer. > > According to an agreed statement of facts entered at an internal > disciplinary hearing on Wednesday, Pillay and his partner, Const. Tim > Ryan, were searching for a truck thief on a Jan. 4, 2003, when they > spotted Bona in the area of the stolen truck. > > When Ryan asked Bona if he had seen anyone run by, Bona told the > officer to “f— off.” The officers then received a description of the > thief’s clothing over the police radio, which was similar to Bona’s > clothing. When Ryan tried to detain Bona as a possible suspect, the > two men fell to the ground. > > Shortly after, the officers were told the truck thief had been caught. > Bona was released, but he continued to swear at the officers. Ryan and > Pillay returned to the cruiser, but when Bona called Pillay a “pussy,” > the constable walked over to Bona and asked him to repeat what he had > just said. When he did, Pillay struck him in the head with either a > closed fist or a slap. > > The officers then drove away and immediately reported the incident to > their sergeant. > > During the hearing, Pillay’s police association representative, Staff > Sgt. Peter Ratcliff, argued that Pillay was defending himself because > he thought Bona was going to either spit on him or headbutt him. > > But presenting officer Insp. Brad Ward told presiding officer Supt. > Tom Marshall that Pillay could have walked away from Bona, as his > partner Ryan had. > > Ward recommended Pillay be suspended without pay for 30 hours. > > Ratcliff told the hearing that Pillay has a handicapped son and such a > penalty would pose a hardship for his family. > > In February 2004, a judge acquitted Pillay of assault when she ruled > he was protecting himself when he repeatedly hit a drunken prisoner in > a West Edmonton Mall holding cell. > > In acquitting Pillay, the judge ruled he had not used excessive force > despite the testimony of five security guards who said he hit the man > without provocation. > > The judge accepted Pillay’s explanation that he told the security > guards to shut off the video camera in the cell before he entered > because there was a female guard present and he intended to > strip-search the prisoner. > > The judge also saw no significance in Pillay telling the guards after > the altercation that they had not seen anything. > > Pillay remains on duty, working on the front desk at police headquarters. > > crusnell@thejournal.canwest.comcrusnell@thejournal.canwest.com> > > > > END QUOTE > > Edmonton has LONG had a problem with it’s police service. > Matt Gurney: Edmonton’s police owe the public far better than this > > > Edmonton Police. > > Greg Southam / Edmonton JournalEdmonton Police. > > Two months ago, an Edmonton Police Services constable, Jack Redlick, > was handed a one-year demotion (effectively a $15,000 penalty) for > beating a suspect, George Petropolous, he had arrested. Petropolous, a > middle-aged man, had been accused of striking his mother during a > dispute about money. Redlick and his partner arrested him, and while > heading to the police station, pulled off into a high school parking > lot. Redlick took Petropolous out of the cruiser, walked him to an > isolated part of the schoolground, out of sight of the cruiser, and > beat him. During the assault, Petropolous claims that Redlick boasted > that this wasn’t the first time he’d administered a little street > justice on his own initiative. The charges against Petropolous were > later stayed. > > None of the above is disputed. Redlick and his partner at first denied > the whole thing, but Redlick later recanted and pleaded guilty to > discreditable conduct under the Police Act. That included his > admission to this conduct in an agreed statement of facts. (His > partner is now facing discipline for the attempted coverup.) When > handing down the sentence of the one-year demotion, the presiding > officer noted that the incident was “extremely serious,” but that > there were also several mitigating factors, including the fact that > Redlick was suffering from depression (relating to a suspect he shot > and killed, but more on that later) and that he had an exemplary > service record. > > He may have indeed. But new information obtained by the CBC suggests > that he shouldn’t have. The fact that he did raises troubling > questions not only about the shooting incident that Redlick was > involved in, but also the credibility of the Edmonton Police Service > as an institution. > > Because according to the CBC’s source, Redlick’s assault on > Petropolous was not the first time Redlick had gotten physical with a > man in his custody. And their source isn’t another person Redlick is > alleged to have beaten. It’s a 10-year veteran of the Edmonton police. > > Derek Huff, 37, also had an exemplary service record. In 2010, he > claims that he and his partner were responding to a call when they > found that three officers, in plainclothes, had subdued a suspect on > the ground, but kept beating him. Huff says that the officer leading > the assault was none other than Jack Redlick. The suspect, Kasimierz > Kozina, had been arrested during a drug sting, and ultimately required > reconstructive surgery on his face due to the beating he received. > Huff says that he and his partner approached their sergeant and > reported what he’d seen. Fearful of being deemed rats, they met with > their sergeant quietly, and didn’t file a written report. The sergeant > later told them that based on the reports that he’d read of the > incident, the use of force was appropriate. And that was that. > > At least as far as any investigation into Redlick’s alleged behaviour > went. Huff reports that he and his partner were indeed branded rats. > They were mocked and shunned, and according to Huff, would not receive > backup if they called for it out on the streets (this is not only a > shocking violation of police procedure, but of any notion of > fraternity among officers). After speaking to other senior officers > and getting nowhere, Huff filed an official written complaint > regarding the incident with the deputy chief of police and the Alberta > Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which investigates alleged > misconduct by police officers. He then quit. No conclusion has yet > been released by the ASIRT (and all the involved officers, including > Huff’s former partner, are unable to comment due to that ongoing > effort). > > The Edmonton police chief, who came on two years ago, says that he’s > determined to get to the bottom of this. “Obviously if the good cop > goes and the bad cop stays, that’s not a good thing,” Chief Rod Knecht > told the CBC. Huff himself says he’s hopeful that the truth will come > out and he’ll be able to return to work as a police officer, a job he > loved and misses. We can all hope for that happy outcome. > > But the troubling issues remain. As noted above, in between the > beating incidents that Huff and Petropolous reported, Redlick shot and > killed a man. The shooting was ruled justified, based on the testimony > of other officers. We already know for a fact that at least one fellow > officer has lied to protect Redlick — Redlick himself has confirmed > that. How many others have? > > What happened to Huff after he spoke out about police brutality is > enough to give the public cause for concern. But if a police officer > murdered a man, and then had it covered up by fellow officers, or even > if that possibility seems plausible, the Edmonton Police will have an > absolute crisis of credibility on their hands. Unfortunately, they’ll > only have themselves to blame. A force where the good cops go while > the bad cops stay deserves no better. > > National Post > > > END QUOTE > > The more things change here in Edmonchuck, the more they stay the same > > > On 2/15/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> wrote: >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Shawn Cullen <scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>> >> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:50:33 -0700 (MST) >> Subject: Re: Out of Office: Well well Mr Baconfat I did answer the >> phone and all its was your pal Shawny Baby Cullen with more BULLSHIT >> If your buddy :Pat" has a number what is it? >> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com<mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >> Cc: To <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>>, scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>, eachtem >> <eachtem@hotmail.comeachtem@hotmail.com>>, deanr0032 <deanr0032@hotmail.comdeanr0032@hotmail.com>>,"dean.buzza" >> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>,"rod.knecht" >> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>>, Rhansen <Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca>>, >> Glen Canning <grcanning@gmail.comgrcanning@gmail.com>>,"scott.macrae" >> <scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>, bourdap <bourdap@halifax.cabourdap@halifax.ca>>, pol7163 >> <pol7163@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>>,"bill.clark" >> <bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca>>, eps <eps@edmontonpolice.caeps@edmontonpolice.ca>>, police >> <police@fredericton.capolice@fredericton.ca>>,"danny.copp"<danny.copp@fredericton.ca<mailto:danny.copp@fredericton.ca>>, >> DDrummond <DDrummond@google.comDDrummond@google.com>>,"Jonathan.Denis" >> <Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca<mailto:Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca>> >> >> I hate spelling errors and so am sending this again. >> >> David Amos, Why you look like you are just about ready to burst. I >> certainly never suggested you are a child rapist. Eddy just said you >> are a dangerous man and to avoid you. I thought I would give you the >> benefit of the doubt because I believe in the presumption of >> innocence, and well I am not the sort of guy that is afraid of any >> one. And you shouldn't refer to me as a character. Now, I finally know >> who Mr. Bacon fat is. Eddy would not tell me who that referred to for >> some strange reason. You threatened me over the phone based on your >> failure to control your self. You ought to expect people to threaten >> you back when you do that. It is quite natural. >> >> You appear to have a lot of issues. Are you going to get over them or >> do you need others to help you with that >> >> Shawn >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Bill Clark"<Bill.Clark@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:Bill.Clark@edmontonpolice.ca>> >> To: "Shawn Cullen"<scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>> >> Sent: Sunday, 15 February, 2015 2:42:31 PM >> Subject: Out of Office: Well well Mr Baconfat I did answer the phone >> and all its was your pal Shawny Baby Cullen with more BULLSHIT If your >> buddy :Pat" has a number what is it? >> >> >> >> I will be away from the office on holidays. For any immediate concerns >> or assistance please contact T/A S/Sgt. Dale Johnson at 780-920-9456 >> or dale.johnson@edmontonpolice.cadale.johnson@edmontonpolice.ca> >> >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION: >> This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity >> to which it has been addressed and may contain information that is >> privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, or >> the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the >> intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >> distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. >> If this communication has been received in error, respond immediately >> via telephone or return e-mail, and delete all copies of this >> material. >>
>>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "David Amos"<motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>> To: "sunrayzulu"<sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>>, scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>,"eachtem" >>>> <eachtem@hotmail.comeachtem@hotmail.com>>,"deanr0032"<deanr0032@hotmail.comdeanr0032@hotmail.com>>, >>>> "dean.buzza" >>>> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>,"rod.knecht" >>>> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>>, >>>> "Rhansen"<Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca>>,"Glen Canning" >>>> <grcanning@gmail.comgrcanning@gmail.com>>, >>>> "scott.macrae"<scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>,"bourdap" >>>> <bourdap@halifax.cabourdap@halifax.ca>>,"pol7163"<pol7163@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>>, >>>> "bill.clark" >>>> <bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca>>,"eps"<eps@edmontonpolice.caeps@edmontonpolice.ca>>,"police" >>>> <police@fredericton.capolice@fredericton.ca>>,"danny.copp"<danny.copp@fredericton.ca<mailto:danny.copp@fredericton.ca>>, >>>> "DDrummond"<DDrummond@google.comDDrummond@google.com>>,"Jonathan.Denis" >>>> <Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca<mailto:Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca>> >>>> Cc: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com<mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, 15 February, 2015 2:32:08 PM >>>> Subject: Well well Mr Baconfat I did answer the phone and all its was >>>> your >>>> pal Shawny Baby Cullen with more BULLSHIT If your buddy :Pat" has a >>>> number >>>> what is it? >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> >>>> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:21:38 -0700 (MST) >>>> Subject: Hey numbnuts answer the phone! >>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>> >>>> Hey cunt boy...you've complained for years I won't talk to you, and >>>> now you are too fucking stupid to answer the phone. Too bad! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/15/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> The RCMP and all the other cops are well aware of your sicko rapist >>>>> and pedophile BULLSHIT about me on the Internet >>>>> >>>>> For the record I never even heard of this Cullen character until his >>>>> strange message through YouTube last night >>>>> >>>>> http://thecullenreport.blogspot.ca/>>>>> >>>>> http://www.slideshare.net/ShawnCullen1>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> >>>>> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:06:03 -0700 (MST) >>>>> Subject: hey cunt boy >>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>>> >>>>> You are invited to Pats radio show...we are talking about you! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: YouTube <noreply@youtube.comnoreply@youtube.com>> >>>>> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:36:42 +0000 >>>>> Subject: 7scullen sent you a message >>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>>> >>>>> 7scullen has sent you a message: >>>>> Who are you and why is it that Eddy Acthem cowardly won't talk >>>>> about you, and warns my to avoid you like the plague. He is muted and >>>>> I don't trust any body that does not have the guts to speak. I don't >>>>> fear any one on the internet. And I don't conclude people are wicked >>>>> until I have spent some time getting to know them. Eddy acts like a >>>>> spineless worm that won't come out of a hole. He gives me the >>>>> impression that you are a predator and yet Eddy won't let me test him. >>>>> I could be mistaken but I heard you speak once in a video and you >>>>> sounded human. So what's up. Shawn >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You can reply to this message by visiting your inbox: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/messages>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- On Sun, 2/15/15, magicJack <voicemail@notify.magicjack.comvoicemail@notify.magicjack.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> From: magicJack <voicemail@notify.magicjack.comvoicemail@notify.magicjack.com>> >>>>>> Subject: New VM (3) - 0:21 minutes in your magicJack mailbox from >>>>>> "CULLEN >>>>>> S"<7804293697 tel:7804293697="">> >>>>>> To: "DAVID AMOS"> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2015, 1:03 PM >>>>>> Dear magicJack User: >>>>>> >>>>>> You received a new 0:21 minutes voicemail message, on >>>>>> Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 03:03:19 PM in mailbox >>>>>> 9028000369 from "CULLEN S"<7804293697>. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > Reply · David Amos 1 second ago
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On 2/15/15, Shawn Cullen <scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net7804293697>7804293697>>> wrote: > Whether you believe it or not I have no idea who you are, and was actually > hoping we may get to be friends because that is the sort of man I am. Yet > you David have to show respect to get respect and you cannot handle the most > elementary stress tests in the beginnings of communicating. And I will be > honest David, I have been messed with from a lot of psycho people and I > simply am no longer letting that continue. > > Shawn > > Your style thus far has been unfruitful. And by the way I know Eddy can be > offensive because I have found that myself. He just does not seem to know > how to show he is a faithful sort of person to know. If you keep cursing, > cussing and threatening me that is going to get us no-where. If you cannot > show you are intelligent, then this is just simply not worth my while. > > I am not one for accusing police based on flaky evidence and hearsay. I do > not operate that way. I prove things perfectly or not at all. You should not > put a y on the end of name. You do not know who I am. Why would you do that. > Each letter of my name is made of super iron, friend. Sounds like you got a > lot of enemies David. You should not be trying to make more, especially with > me. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Amos"<motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> > To: "Shawn Cullen"<shawncullen@telus.netshawncullen@telus.net>>, "dale.johnson@edmontonpolice.cadale.johnson@edmontonpolice.ca> > \"rod.knecht\""<rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>>, "geoff.crowe" > <geoff.crowe@edmontonpolice.cageoff.crowe@edmontonpolice.ca>>, "greg.preston" > <greg.preston@edmontonpolice.cagreg.preston@edmontonpolice.ca>>, "don.iveson"<don.iveson@edmonton.ca<mailto:don.iveson@edmonton.ca>>, > "scott.mckeen"<scott.mckeen@edmonton.ca<mailto:scott.mckeen@edmonton.ca>>, "dave.loken" > <dave.loken@edmonton.ca<mailto:dave.loken@edmonton.ca>>, "danny.copp"<danny.copp@fredericton.ca<mailto:danny.copp@fredericton.ca>>, > "lgunter"<lgunter@shaw.calgunter@shaw.ca>> > Cc: "sunrayzulu"<sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>>, "Leanne.Fitch" > <Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca<mailto:Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>>, "oldmaison"<oldmaison@yahoo.comoldmaison@yahoo.com>>, "andre" > <andre@jafaust.comandre@jafaust.com>>, "martin.gaudet"<martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca<mailto:martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>>, > "Stephen.Horsman"<Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca<mailto:Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>>, "patrick_doran1" > <patrick_doran1@hotmail.com<mailto:patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>>, "eachtem"<eachtem@hotmail.comeachtem@hotmail.com>>, "deanr0032" > <deanr0032@hotmail.comdeanr0032@hotmail.com>>, "dean.buzza"<dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>, "Rhansen" > <Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca>>, "Glen Canning"<grcanning@gmail.comgrcanning@gmail.com>>, > "scott.macrae"<scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>, "bourdap" > <bourdap@halifax.cabourdap@halifax.ca>>, "pol7163"<pol7163@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>>, "bill.clark" > <bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca>>, "eps"<eps@edmontonpolice.caeps@edmontonpolice.ca>>, "police" > <police@fredericton.capolice@fredericton.ca>>, "DDrummond"<DDrummond@google.comDDrummond@google.com>>, > "Jonathan.Denis"<Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca<mailto:Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca>>, "David Amos" > <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com<mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>>, scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net> > Sent: Sunday, 15 February, 2015 3:10:01 PM > Subject: Consider it already done Mr Baconfat Methinks the Chief of Fat Fred > City's Finest will consider this your best piece of work lately N'esy Pas > Chucky Leblanc? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:57:41 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: Yo Chief Rod Knecht you Chief Hanson and the RCMP must > admit you have some VERY sick clients in Alberta EH? All Cullen wanted > to inform me of was just how fat he was like that is supposed to scare > Mean Old Me? Yea Right. > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> > > Send the Chief my best! > > > https://baconfatreport.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/david-amos-calls-this-slander-against-the-cops-lol-lol/ > > February 12, 2015 > > David Amos calls this Slander! Against the Cops! lol lol > > Little David Amos is today at his computer drooling as he feverishly > pounds upon the keyboard, and phoning poor schumcks all across the > country. > > What a cunt! > > > Thursday, May 24, 2012 > Cops Kill Evelyn Greene and Charles Leblanc..we can only hope > > One has to wonder about the sixty some year old ersatz “journalist” > Evelyn Greene and her “publicist” who runs Justice Dirt Cheap. These > two whack jobs claim, that on May 13 2011, “four members of the > Fredericton Police Force without probable cause beat Evelyn Greene.” > > Is that to suggest that police constables CAN beat and kill folks if > they have “probable cause?” Our “journalist” Evelyn Greene then > whines that Denis Boyd committed an act of “grievous non-support” when > he ignored her whining and did not “take her blood pressure” but did > arrange for 911 and her “medical evacuation.” > > Evelyn Greene a self-described “investigative journalist” claims that > four members of the Fredericton Police force and a Fredericton > Para-Medic committed “attempted homicide” against her. Yet this 62 > year old woman and former mental patient is still alive. It seems to > me if four cops wanted Evelyn Greene dead…she would be dead. > > Another Fredericton resident and friend of Evelyn Greene one Charles > Leblanc…also accuses the Fredericton Police Force of not only his > attempted murder but also the murder of other homeless “people”. > > Evelyn Greene’s friend Charles Leblanc has also accused the Liberal > Party of New Brunswick of attempting violence on his person. > > Both Charles Leblanc and Evelyn Greene are or were former mental > patients. Charles Leblanc has ADHD and is constantly on powerful > medications to remain emotionally “stable”. > > Even the Fredericton newspaper The Daily Gleaner questions Charles > Leblanc sanity and grasp on reality. > > It certainly makes one hope if the Fredericton Police Force wanted > Charles Leblanc and Evelyn Greene dead…they would indeed be more > competent about it > Posted by Seren at 3:12 PM 0 comments > > Hey little David… the truth is a complete defense! > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:05:42 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: Well Chief Rod Knecht the plot just thickened bigtime > Perhaps we should all call Big Bad Billy's cohort S/Sgt Dale Johnson > (780-920-9456) you can bet that I just did EH Mr Baconfat? > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> > > Give the Chief my warmest wishes > > > https://baconfatreport.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/eps-killer-police-force/ > > January 22, 2015 > > > EPS… “Killer Police Force!” > > Some longtime observers opine the Edmonton Police Service is a > cesspool. Constable Vice Pillay is back on the streets when he ought > to be in another line of work. > > > City force disciplines guilty cop > EDMONTON – An Edmonton police officer was ordered to forfeit 40 hours > of accumulated overtime after he pleaded guilty to discreditable > conduct for hitting an abusive man who called him a “pussy.” > By The Edmonton Journal January 12, 2006 > > EDMONTON – An Edmonton police officer was ordered to forfeit 40 hours > of accumulated overtime after he pleaded guilty to discreditable > conduct for hitting an abusive man who called him a “pussy.” > > Const. Vince Pillay, 42, was previously convicted of a criminal > charge, common assault, stemming from the same confrontation with NAIT > student Kris Bona. > > The judge in the criminal case gave Pillay an absolute discharge and > suggested he should not lose his job for exercising bad judgment in > dealing with Bona, who he said had baited the police officer. > > According to an agreed statement of facts entered at an internal > disciplinary hearing on Wednesday, Pillay and his partner, Const. Tim > Ryan, were searching for a truck thief on a Jan. 4, 2003, when they > spotted Bona in the area of the stolen truck. > > When Ryan asked Bona if he had seen anyone run by, Bona told the > officer to “f— off.” The officers then received a description of the > thief’s clothing over the police radio, which was similar to Bona’s > clothing. When Ryan tried to detain Bona as a possible suspect, the > two men fell to the ground. > > Shortly after, the officers were told the truck thief had been caught. > Bona was released, but he continued to swear at the officers. Ryan and > Pillay returned to the cruiser, but when Bona called Pillay a “pussy,” > the constable walked over to Bona and asked him to repeat what he had > just said. When he did, Pillay struck him in the head with either a > closed fist or a slap. > > The officers then drove away and immediately reported the incident to > their sergeant. > > During the hearing, Pillay’s police association representative, Staff > Sgt. Peter Ratcliff, argued that Pillay was defending himself because > he thought Bona was going to either spit on him or headbutt him. > > But presenting officer Insp. Brad Ward told presiding officer Supt. > Tom Marshall that Pillay could have walked away from Bona, as his > partner Ryan had. > > Ward recommended Pillay be suspended without pay for 30 hours. > > Ratcliff told the hearing that Pillay has a handicapped son and such a > penalty would pose a hardship for his family. > > In February 2004, a judge acquitted Pillay of assault when she ruled > he was protecting himself when he repeatedly hit a drunken prisoner in > a West Edmonton Mall holding cell. > > In acquitting Pillay, the judge ruled he had not used excessive force > despite the testimony of five security guards who said he hit the man > without provocation. > > The judge accepted Pillay’s explanation that he told the security > guards to shut off the video camera in the cell before he entered > because there was a female guard present and he intended to > strip-search the prisoner. > > The judge also saw no significance in Pillay telling the guards after > the altercation that they had not seen anything. > > Pillay remains on duty, working on the front desk at police headquarters. > > crusnell@thejournal.canwest.comcrusnell@thejournal.canwest.com> > > > > END QUOTE > > Edmonton has LONG had a problem with it’s police service. > Matt Gurney: Edmonton’s police owe the public far better than this > > > Edmonton Police. > > Greg Southam / Edmonton JournalEdmonton Police. > > Two months ago, an Edmonton Police Services constable, Jack Redlick, > was handed a one-year demotion (effectively a $15,000 penalty) for > beating a suspect, George Petropolous, he had arrested. Petropolous, a > middle-aged man, had been accused of striking his mother during a > dispute about money. Redlick and his partner arrested him, and while > heading to the police station, pulled off into a high school parking > lot. Redlick took Petropolous out of the cruiser, walked him to an > isolated part of the schoolground, out of sight of the cruiser, and > beat him. During the assault, Petropolous claims that Redlick boasted > that this wasn’t the first time he’d administered a little street > justice on his own initiative. The charges against Petropolous were > later stayed. > > None of the above is disputed. Redlick and his partner at first denied > the whole thing, but Redlick later recanted and pleaded guilty to > discreditable conduct under the Police Act. That included his > admission to this conduct in an agreed statement of facts. (His > partner is now facing discipline for the attempted coverup.) When > handing down the sentence of the one-year demotion, the presiding > officer noted that the incident was “extremely serious,” but that > there were also several mitigating factors, including the fact that > Redlick was suffering from depression (relating to a suspect he shot > and killed, but more on that later) and that he had an exemplary > service record. > > He may have indeed. But new information obtained by the CBC suggests > that he shouldn’t have. The fact that he did raises troubling > questions not only about the shooting incident that Redlick was > involved in, but also the credibility of the Edmonton Police Service > as an institution. > > Because according to the CBC’s source, Redlick’s assault on > Petropolous was not the first time Redlick had gotten physical with a > man in his custody. And their source isn’t another person Redlick is > alleged to have beaten. It’s a 10-year veteran of the Edmonton police. > > Derek Huff, 37, also had an exemplary service record. In 2010, he > claims that he and his partner were responding to a call when they > found that three officers, in plainclothes, had subdued a suspect on > the ground, but kept beating him. Huff says that the officer leading > the assault was none other than Jack Redlick. The suspect, Kasimierz > Kozina, had been arrested during a drug sting, and ultimately required > reconstructive surgery on his face due to the beating he received. > Huff says that he and his partner approached their sergeant and > reported what he’d seen. Fearful of being deemed rats, they met with > their sergeant quietly, and didn’t file a written report. The sergeant > later told them that based on the reports that he’d read of the > incident, the use of force was appropriate. And that was that. > > At least as far as any investigation into Redlick’s alleged behaviour > went. Huff reports that he and his partner were indeed branded rats. > They were mocked and shunned, and according to Huff, would not receive > backup if they called for it out on the streets (this is not only a > shocking violation of police procedure, but of any notion of > fraternity among officers). After speaking to other senior officers > and getting nowhere, Huff filed an official written complaint > regarding the incident with the deputy chief of police and the Alberta > Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which investigates alleged > misconduct by police officers. He then quit. No conclusion has yet > been released by the ASIRT (and all the involved officers, including > Huff’s former partner, are unable to comment due to that ongoing > effort). > > The Edmonton police chief, who came on two years ago, says that he’s > determined to get to the bottom of this. “Obviously if the good cop > goes and the bad cop stays, that’s not a good thing,” Chief Rod Knecht > told the CBC. Huff himself says he’s hopeful that the truth will come > out and he’ll be able to return to work as a police officer, a job he > loved and misses. We can all hope for that happy outcome. > > But the troubling issues remain. As noted above, in between the > beating incidents that Huff and Petropolous reported, Redlick shot and > killed a man. The shooting was ruled justified, based on the testimony > of other officers. We already know for a fact that at least one fellow > officer has lied to protect Redlick — Redlick himself has confirmed > that. How many others have? > > What happened to Huff after he spoke out about police brutality is > enough to give the public cause for concern. But if a police officer > murdered a man, and then had it covered up by fellow officers, or even > if that possibility seems plausible, the Edmonton Police will have an > absolute crisis of credibility on their hands. Unfortunately, they’ll > only have themselves to blame. A force where the good cops go while > the bad cops stay deserves no better. > > National Post > > > END QUOTE > > The more things change here in Edmonchuck, the more they stay the same > > > On 2/15/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> wrote: >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Shawn Cullen <scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>> >> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:50:33 -0700 (MST) >> Subject: Re: Out of Office: Well well Mr Baconfat I did answer the >> phone and all its was your pal Shawny Baby Cullen with more BULLSHIT >> If your buddy :Pat" has a number what is it? >> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com<mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >> Cc: To <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>>, scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>, eachtem >> <eachtem@hotmail.comeachtem@hotmail.com>>, deanr0032 <deanr0032@hotmail.comdeanr0032@hotmail.com>>, "dean.buzza" >> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>, "rod.knecht" >> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>>, Rhansen <Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca>>, >> Glen Canning <grcanning@gmail.comgrcanning@gmail.com>>, "scott.macrae" >> <scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>, bourdap <bourdap@halifax.cabourdap@halifax.ca>>, pol7163 >> <pol7163@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>>, "bill.clark" >> <bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca>>, eps <eps@edmontonpolice.caeps@edmontonpolice.ca>>, police >> <police@fredericton.capolice@fredericton.ca>>, "danny.copp"<danny.copp@fredericton.ca<mailto:danny.copp@fredericton.ca>>, >> DDrummond <DDrummond@google.comDDrummond@google.com>>, "Jonathan.Denis" >> <Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca<mailto:Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca>> >> >> I hate spelling errors and so am sending this again. >> >> David Amos, Why you look like you are just about ready to burst. I >> certainly never suggested you are a child rapist. Eddy just said you >> are a dangerous man and to avoid you. I thought I would give you the >> benefit of the doubt because I believe in the presumption of >> innocence, and well I am not the sort of guy that is afraid of any >> one. And you shouldn't refer to me as a character. Now, I finally know >> who Mr. Bacon fat is. Eddy would not tell me who that referred to for >> some strange reason. You threatened me over the phone based on your >> failure to control your self. You ought to expect people to threaten >> you back when you do that. It is quite natural. >> >> You appear to have a lot of issues. Are you going to get over them or >> do you need others to help you with that >> >> Shawn >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Bill Clark"<Bill.Clark@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:Bill.Clark@edmontonpolice.ca>> >> To: "Shawn Cullen"<scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>> >> Sent: Sunday, 15 February, 2015 2:42:31 PM >> Subject: Out of Office: Well well Mr Baconfat I did answer the phone >> and all its was your pal Shawny Baby Cullen with more BULLSHIT If your >> buddy :Pat" has a number what is it? >> >> >> >> I will be away from the office on holidays. For any immediate concerns >> or assistance please contact T/A S/Sgt. Dale Johnson at 780-920-9456 >> or dale.johnson@edmontonpolice.cadale.johnson@edmontonpolice.ca> >> >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION: >> This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity >> to which it has been addressed and may contain information that is >> privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, or >> the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the >> intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >> distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. >> If this communication has been received in error, respond immediately >> via telephone or return e-mail, and delete all copies of this >> material. >> >> >> On 2/15/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> On 2/15/15, Shawn Cullen <scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>> wrote: >>>> Why you look like you are just about ready to burst. I certainly never >>>> suggested you are a child rapist. Eddy just said you are a dangerous >>>> man, and to avoid you. I thought I would give you the benefit of the doubt because I >>>> believe in the presumption of innocence, and well I am not the sort of guy >>>> that is afraid of any one. And you shouldn't refer to me as a character. Now >>>> I know who Mr. Bacon fat is. Eddy would not tell me who that referred to >>>> for some strange reason. You threatened me over the phone based on your >>>> failure to control your self. You ought to expect people to threaten you back >>>> when you do that. It is quite natural. >>>> >>>> You appear to have a lot of issues. Are you going to get over them or >>>> do you need others to help you with that >>>> >>>> Shawn >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "David Amos"<motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>> To: "sunrayzulu"<sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>>, scullen7@telus.netscullen7@telus.net>, "eachtem" >>>> <eachtem@hotmail.comeachtem@hotmail.com>>, "deanr0032"<deanr0032@hotmail.comdeanr0032@hotmail.com>>, >>>> "dean.buzza" >>>> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>, "rod.knecht" >>>> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>>, >>>> "Rhansen"<Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:Rhansen@calgarypolice.ca>>, "Glen Canning" >>>> <grcanning@gmail.comgrcanning@gmail.com>>, >>>> "scott.macrae"<scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<mailto:scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>>, "bourdap" >>>> <bourdap@halifax.cabourdap@halifax.ca>>, "pol7163"<pol7163@calgarypolice.ca<mailto:pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>>, >>>> "bill.clark" >>>> <bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca<mailto:bill.clark@edmontonpolice.ca>>, "eps"<eps@edmontonpolice.caeps@edmontonpolice.ca>>, "police" >>>> <police@fredericton.capolice@fredericton.ca>>, "danny.copp"<danny.copp@fredericton.ca<mailto:danny.copp@fredericton.ca>>, >>>> "DDrummond"<DDrummond@google.comDDrummond@google.com>>, "Jonathan.Denis" >>>> <Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca<mailto:Jonathan.Denis@gov.ab.ca>> >>>> Cc: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com<mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, 15 February, 2015 2:32:08 PM >>>> Subject: Well well Mr Baconfat I did answer the phone and all its was >>>> your >>>> pal Shawny Baby Cullen with more BULLSHIT If your buddy :Pat" has a >>>> number >>>> what is it? >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> >>>> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:21:38 -0700 (MST) >>>> Subject: Hey numbnuts answer the phone! >>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>> >>>> Hey cunt boy...you've complained for years I won't talk to you, and >>>> now you are too fucking stupid to answer the phone. Too bad! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/15/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> The RCMP and all the other cops are well aware of your sicko rapist >>>>> and pedophile BULLSHIT about me on the Internet >>>>> >>>>> For the record I never even heard of this Cullen character until his >>>>> strange message through YouTube last night >>>>> >>>>> http://thecullenreport.blogspot.ca/ >>>>> >>>>> http://www.slideshare.net/ShawnCullen1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.casunrayzulu@shaw.ca>> >>>>> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:06:03 -0700 (MST) >>>>> Subject: hey cunt boy >>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>>> >>>>> You are invited to Pats radio show...we are talking about you! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: YouTube <noreply@youtube.comnoreply@youtube.com>> >>>>> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:36:42 +0000 >>>>> Subject: 7scullen sent you a message >>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com<mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>
David I never said I was fat. There you go assuming again. Do I need to define for you what your cussing nature means. I never said I am tough David. I said I fear none David and that is from reasons far greater than physicality reasons.
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Methinks it should prove interesting to see if Ezzy Baby Levant or any of his Rebels have grown some cojones and dare to mention my name after all these years Nesy Pas?
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer draws a laugh as he reacts to the announcement in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister on March 18, 2019, that former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan has been appointed to provide "independent" recommendations regarding the role of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Trudeau appoints Anne McLellan to advise PMO on the role of justice minister, attorney general in cabinet
Former Liberal justice minister and AG tapped for recommendations as SNC-Lavalin scandal rolls on
Peter Zimonjic· CBC News·
Former deputy prime minister, justice minister and attorney general Anne McLellan has been tasked with examining the relationship between the Prime Minister's Office and the dual role of justice minister and attorney general. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed former Liberal cabinet minister and deputy prime minister Anne McLellan to examine the dual role of justice minister and attorney general in the federal cabinet — and whether the two roles ought to change.
"Significant issues have been raised recently about relations between the former attorney general and justice minister and government. And I am announcing today that Anne McLellan will be appointed to investigate independently," Trudeau told the House of Commons Monday. "As former justice minister and attorney general and deputy PM, she has a unique understanding of the role."
Trudeau said that McLellan will act as a special adviser, examining whether the cabinet roles of justice minister and attorney general — which are occupied by the same person in Canada — should be reformed in the wake of allegations of political interference in the SNC-Lavalin affair.
McLellan will report her findings to the prime minister and provide recommendations by June 30.
"She will also analyze the operating policies and practices across the cabinet, and the role of public servants and political staff in their interactions with the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada," Trudeau said in a statement.
The prime minister first said he intended to appoint someone to look into the dual role on March 7.
"I believe that it is timely and appropriate to examine these questions. I look forward to providing my advice to the prime minister," McLellan said in a statement.
Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister and attorney general of Canada, told a Commons committee last month that she felt she was improperly pressured by 11 officials in the Prime Minister's Office to allow Quebec-based engineering company SNC-Lavalin avoid bribery and corruption charges providing it met a number of conditions in a potential remediation agreement.
Wilson-Raybould did not allow the firm to enter into such an agreement, but the ensuing political controversy has raised questions about whether it's time to consider dividing her former role into two separate positions — to keep the attorney general free of political pressure.
'It's not that hard'
McLellan, who held the post of justice minister and attorney general from 1997 to 2002 under then-prime minister Jean Chrétien, told CBC earlier this month that she backs the idea of looking at splitting the current role. She also argued that when she served in the post, its dual nature made for better policy.
She said she was often pushed hard to lean toward certain decisions, but that she enjoyed those debates. She said it made for better legislation — but only because everyone knew where the "red lines" were.
"It sounds complex, but actually day in, day out, it's not that hard, as long as everybody knows what their roles are. PMO, clerk, colleagues, everybody knows what their role is."
While McLellan said she supports a study of the dual role, she added that it should wait until after the political tensions surrounding the SNC-Lavalin affair have died down.
The Conservatives were quick to criticize the appointment, noting that McLellan, despite her political experience in the role, is an active member of the Liberal Party who has engaged in party fundraising efforts.
According to the Liberal Party, McLellan, will now no longer host a planned March 31 fundraising event to help female Liberal candidates run federally.
"Well, there you have it, Mr. Speaker. Liberals will investigate Liberals to get to the bottom of this.
Former Liberal cabinet minister Anne Mclellan. Maybe Sheila Copps wasn't available," Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said in the Commons today.
Remaining connected
Last month she said that, even if the roles are split, future attorneys general would have to somehow remain plugged in to the political context of decision-making.
"I don't believe that the attorney general should be isolated from the concerns, the anxieties, the fears, the aspirations of their colleagues," she said. "And when I say colleagues, I mean ministerial, caucus colleagues and opposition colleagues.
"The attorney general cannot be divorced in making decisions around invoking sections of the anti-terrorism or other legislation, cannot be divorced by what is happening in various communities in our country, their fears, their aspirations, how they feel if a prosecution is commenced and a certain sentence is sought."
Here are 7 nuggets from the provincial budget to start your day
Budgets are big and there are plenty of details that may be overlooked
Colin McPhail· CBC News·
Finance Minister Ernie Steeves delivered the first budget of the PC minority government on March 19. (Maria Jose Burgos/CBC)
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Methinks since Mr Higgs made the PANB HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY in time for April Fools Day there will be no provincial election this year N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks the conversation about the budget that Kris Austin had with Fat Fred City's infamous blogger was a rather telling thing It is one of Chucky's latest blogs published just before his conversation with Mr Higgs N'esy Pas?
Here are 7 nuggets from the provincial budget to start your day
Budgets are big and there are plenty of details that may be overlooked
Colin McPhail· CBC News·
Finance Minister Ernie Steeves delivered the first budget of the PC minority government on March 19. (Maria Jose Burgos/CBC)
New Brunswick's debt was the main talking point from Tuesday's provincial budget announcement. The provincial government will pay down part of the accumulated debt for the first time in 13 years, Finance Minister Ernie Steeves said.
And the CBC News team was there to offer comprehensive coverage of the big news.
But budgets are big, and there are plenty of nuggets that may be overlooked. Here are seven items worth considering:
So long, front licence plate
The People's Alliance can check this one off its to-do list. The Tory government announced Tuesday it will be eliminating the front licence plate on motor vehicles. The decision comes into effect in April.
The Tories reached into the Alliance's playbook when making this campaign pledge in September.
"It's good to see the government is acting on this recommendation," said People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin in a statement Tuesday.
People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin said he was pleased to see the front licence plate will be eliminated. (CBC)
"However, we feel more can be done, including biannual vehicle inspections and a one-time vehicle registration for all personal motor vehicles."
Premier Blaine Higgs said during a September campaign stop that the party would allow for vehicle registration every two years, but that didn't appear in Tuesday's budget.
Women's Council budget cut
The budget revealed a massive cut to the New Brunswick Women's Council funding. The council, which furthers gender-equality in the province, saw last year's $821,000 budget reduced to $429,000 for the upcoming fiscal year.
Steeves said the council's 2018-19 budget was double what was typically allocated.
"It really didn't seem to be used as much as it should, and so we decided to move it back to where it was two years ago," said Steeves. The council spent $671,000 of the $821,000 budget.
"But certainly we value all the work of the Women's Council," he added.
Higgs's 2011 budget, when he was finance minister, eliminated the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women. In 2013, the Tories introduced the Voices of New Brunswick Women Consensus-Building Forum, which was criticized for being a shell of the former arm's-length agency.
The Liberal government passed legislation in 2016 to create the stronger, more independent Women's Council.
Beth Lyons, executive director of the New Brunswick Women's Council, is wondering if the province performed a gender-based analysis on the provincial budget. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Beth Lyons, the council's executive director, declined to comment on the budget cut until being able to speak with council members.
Lyons said she has many questions for the government on other issues, including whether the budget underwent a gender-based analysis and, if so, was it used to inform decision-making.
The council also wants to find out the status of funding for the implementation of a new sexual violence framework. In August 2018, the Liberals announced $1.425 million over two years (and $1.6 million in 2020-21) in funding for the framework to examine prevention and response strategies.
Climate change fund
New Brunswick's ill-fated carbon pricing plan proposed redirecting 2.3 cents of the existing 15.5-cent-per-litre gas tax revenue into a fund for climate change projects. The plan, which was geared to avoid passing the cost to consumers, was ultimately rejected by Ottawa and the federal backstop was imposed.
Since April 1, 2018, gas revenue of $37.4 million was directed into the provincial climate change fund. But that's going to stop. According to the 2019-20 provincial budget, no more revenue will be allocated to the fund.
The fund was roundly criticized for being no more than an accounting exercise. The vast majority of the fund was not going to be spent on new climate programs.
Nurse practitioner pilot
The pilot nurse practitioner clinic in the Moncton area could serve as a model for other regions where patients don't have primary caregivers, the finance minister said. (Julie Tremblay/Radio-Canada)
The provincial government is creating a new primary health-care clinic in the Moncton area staffed mainly by nurse practitioners.
The clinic, which will fall under the Horizon Health Network, will be a pilot project for service delivery in a province where thousands of New Brunswickers don't have access to family doctors or nurse practitioners.
"Hopefully, this will be a model going forward," said Steeves, who could not provide a firm cost or timeline for the project on Tuesday.
The clinic will have the capacity to take on up to 6,000 patients once fully operational, he said. If successful, the province will open more of the centres.
Wage increases
Minimum-wage workers, early-childhood educators and home-support workers are in line for a pay bump in the upcoming fiscal year.
The provincial budget earmarked $16.1 million to increase wages for home-support workers, and $1 million for trained early-childhood educators.
The New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity said the money for educators isn't enough to achieve pay equity and a far cry from the $28 million over four years pledged by the previous Liberal government.
"It is clear that at this rate, early childhood educators will not achieve pay equity for decades," said coalition president Frances LeBlanc in a statement.
"Social and community services are the social infrastructure on which rely families and the broader New Brunswick economy. These services are critical to support women and men's full and equal participation in the labour market."
And on April 1, the minimum wage will increase 25 cents to $11.50 per hour. That would place New Brunswick ninth out of the 13 provinces and territories, according to the Retail Council of Canada.
By April 1, only Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will have a lower minimum wage. Nova Scotia's minimum wage for inexperienced workers will be $11.05, while experienced workers will receive $11.55.
Flood funding rises
In 2018-19, the Liberal government budgeted $12 million for the security and emergency division of the Department of Public Safety. Within that division is the emergency measures organization and the provincial disaster financial assistance program.
By the end of the year, that figure was overshot by $74.6 million.
The reason: the historic spring flood that devastated communities and displaced hundreds of New Brunswickers.
Flood levels in New Brunswick reached historic levels last spring. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
The security and emergency division budget increased nearly four times in the 2019-20 budget to $44.2 million. Steeves said it's not for remaining damage claims but simply "planning ahead."
"We hope for a good season, but there's a lot of snow up north and it's just starting to melt," he said. The province launched its River Watch program last week, and the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization is advising people to be careful around waterways because the ice is weakening.
Minimal civil service cuts
The civil service will remain relatively intact for the next fiscal year.
Steeves announced there would be about 100 civil servant jobs lost as a result of the new budget — mostly through attrition.
The Tories discussed reducing the size of the civil service on the election campaign trail, and Blaine Higgs committed in 2012, as finance minister, to reducing the number of civil servants.
The civil service, including education and health-care workers, dipped slightly in the subsequent years to 45,453 in 2016. By the end of 2017, the figure jumped to 46,508.
David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to@DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631and 47 others Methinks David Pugliese, the FEDS and the Irving Shipbuilding dudes should contact me and ask about the spit and chew I had with Richard Southcott in Federal Court on January 11th, 2016 N'esy Pas?
A reporter asked the government about a Navy ship — then got a call from an Irving president
'I asked the federal government for comment. Irving isn't part of the federal government': David Pugliese
CBC Radio·
Shipyard workers attend the naming ceremony for Canada's lead Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, in Halifax on Oct. 5, 2018. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
Ninety minutes after Postmedia reporter David Pugliese submitted questions to two government departments about a possible issue on a navy ship, he received a phone call from the president of Irving Shipbuilding.
Pugliese was following up on a tip about potential problems with the welding on the new Arctic patrol ships that Irving is building for the Royal Canadian Navy. He submitted his questions to the Department of National Defense and Public Services and Procurement Canada.
But instead of receiving a response from the federal government, he received a phone call from Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin McCoy, followed by an email from the company threatening to sue.
The defence department has confirmed it contacted Irving and informed them of Pugliese's identity, and says it is investigating whether this violates the Privacy Act.
"Regardless of that outcome," the department said in an emailed statement, "this is a matter we are taking extremely seriously and we have already issued interim direction to anonymize media requests pending further information."
Irving Shipbuilding did not respond to a request for comment.
Pugliese, who wrote about the ordeal for the National Post, spoke with As it Happens guest host Helen Mann. Here is part of their conversation.
You have had a few days to absorb what happened — what is top of your mind about all of this today?
Well, I guess the question that I've got — and it still hasn't been answered — is what's the level of co-ordination between this company, Irving, and the federal government?
And one of the questions I've asked Procurement Canada is whether they're part of this lawsuit, or threat of lawsuit.
What were you asking about when you sent your questions to both DND and Public Services and Procurement Canada?
I was given some information that there were problems with welds on the Arctic offshore patrol ships. So those are being built at Irving Shipyards. The project's worth $3.5 billion.
At 11:16 ET on March 6 I asked DND and ... Procurement Canada, as it's called, to comment.
At 12:48 I get an email from Shawn Lewis of Irving Shipbuilding saying my inquiry has been brought to his attention and can we talk.
At 1:23 we do talk, with Kevin McCoy, president of Irving Shipbuilding.
And essentially 67 seconds into the conversation, he says I'm going to get, you know, a letter from their lawyer, which they followed up about an hour later.
I said to Mr. McCoy, "How did you get my name? And how did you get my questions?"
And he said that they were informed by their "client," which is the federal government.
So I started thinking, what's going on here? I've covered the military for DND for 30 years, and I have never seen anything like this before.
What is wrong about the information that was shared about you with Irving?
First of all, I asked the federal government for comment. Irving isn't part of the federal government. It's a completely private corporation, an outside entity. And it raises questions about the level of co-ordination between this company and the federal government.
You keep saying your questions are now about the co-ordination of information between the government and Irving. What do you mean by that?
This is the third time it's happened where my information has been shared — the second time with Irving.
In October 2016, a similar thing happened. I complained to Procurement Canada about that as well. Last year a similar thing happened with DND with another defence company — I complained about that as well.
I did receive a response that time from DND saying that this would never happen again.
And yet, it has.
And yet it has.
Is this something that's unique to you and to Postmedia as far as you know?
I would suggest, maybe, that departments have an unhealthy interest in me. I've been on the defence beat for 30 years now and so I know some of the inside stuff to ask and some of the questions, so they they watch me closely.
So now there is an investigation into a possible breach of the Privacy Act. You've been told again that journalists won't be named going forward. What else are you looking for at this point?
On a personal level, I'm going to file some access to information requests. I'd like to find out the extent of the information about me that was passed along. All I have is what the department is telling me.
I'd like to see how they did this inside and what their thinking was because, quite frankly, I don't trust a lot of the answers that I'm getting since this whole thing became public.
What is the company saying?
The only time the company did respond, besides the brief interview with Mr. McCoy, was with their legal letter, which said that if I printed a story about issues with the welds forcing the ships out of water and such, that they would sue me personally and every single publication that carried that story.
Now DND has confirmed that there were issues with the welds, but they say that they're minor. And if I had gotten that response earlier, I wouldn't have, well, there was no story.
But that's what journalists do. We ask questions.
Written by Alison Broverman. Interview produced by Richard Raycraft. Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.
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David R. Amos At least Irving Shipbuilding and a couple of journalists know that I called them before they receive an email from me about this article
David R. Amos Methinks David Pugliese, the FEDS and the Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin McCoy should contact me and ask about the spit and chew I had with Irving Shipbuilding's former General Counsel Richard Southcott in Federal Court on January 11th, 2016 N'esy Pas?
A reporter asked the government about a Navy ship — then got a call from an Irving president
'I asked the federal government for comment. Irving isn't part of the federal government': David Pugliese CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 18, 2019 6:25 PM ET
"Ninety minutes after Postmedia reporter David Pugliese submitted questions to two government departments about a possible issue on a navy ship, he received a phone call from the president of Irving Shipbuilding.
Pugliese was following up on a tip about potential problems with the welding on the new Arctic patrol ships that Irving is building for the Royal Canadian Navy. He submitted his questions to the Department of National Defense and Public Services and Procurement Canada.
But instead of receiving a response from the federal government, he received a phone call from Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin McCoy, followed by an email from the company threatening to sue.
The defence department has confirmed it contacted Irving and informed them of Pugliese's identity, and says it is investigating whether this violates the Privacy Act.
"Regardless of that outcome," the department said in an emailed statement, "this is a matter we are taking extremely seriously and we have already issued interim direction to anonymize media requests pending further information."
Irving Shipbuilding did not respond to a request for comment."
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David R.Amos Methinks David Pugliese, the FEDS and the Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin McCoy should contact me and ask about the spit and chew I had with Irving Shipbuilding's former General Counsel Richard Southcott in Federal Court on January 11th, 2016 N'esy Pas?
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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@carneybassil.com, >>>> bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, wolfheartlodge@live.com, >> shmurphy@globe.com, >> jonathan.albano@bingham.com, mvalencia@globe.com >>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, 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 Wh>> >>>> 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@xplornet.com, julie.dickson@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, >>>> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, toewsv1@parl.gc.ca, >>>> Nycole.Turmel@parl.gc.ca,Clemet1@parl.gc.ca, >> maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca, >> oig@sec.gov, whistleblower@finra.org, >> whistle@fsa.gov.uk, >>>> david@fairwhistleblower.ca >>>> Cc: j.kroes@interpol.int, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, >>>> bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, >>>> Juanita.Peddle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, >>>> Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Robert.Trevors@gnb.ca, >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> First things first have a Look at the 3 documents hereto attached (Not >>> a big read) >>> >>> Listen to these old voicemails from interesting FEDS at about the >>> same point in time (Won't take long) >>> >>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc >>> >>> then ask youselves or the lawyers Senator Shelby or Spizter or Cutler >>> or Bernie madoff's old buddy Robert Glauber where the webcast and >>> transcript went for a very important hearing held in late 2003 by the >>> United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. >>> >>> >> http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2 >>> >>> Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the >>> Mutual Fund Industry >>> >>> November 20, 2003 02:00 PM >>> The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a >>> series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and >>> Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.” >>> >>> Archived Webcast >>> >>> Witness Panel 1 >>> >>> Mr. Stephen M. Cutler >>> Director - Division of Enforcement >>> Securities and Exchange Commission >>> cutler.pdf (175.5 KBs) >>> >>> Mr. Robert Glauber >>> Chairman and CEO >>> National Association of Securities Dealers >>> glauber.pdf (171.1 KBs) >>> >>> Eliot Spitzer >>> Attorney General >>> State of New York >>> spitzer.pdf (68.2 KBs) >>> >>> Permalink: >>> >> http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2003/11/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry >>> >>> >>> Trust that the evil women and men that PM Trudeau "The Younger" >>> appointed to to his cabinet will continue to play dumb because of >>> their oath to The Privy Council. However it does not follow that >>> everybody who works for them are dumb and they have no such oath to >>> uphold N'esy Pas?. >>> >>> Veritas Vincit >>> David Raymond Amos >>> 902 800 0369 >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Lisa Porteous <lporteous@kleinlyons.com> >>> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:46:22 +0000 >>> Subject: RCMP >>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> >>> David, >>> >>> Thank you for your email inquiring about our class action against the >>> RCMP. As you may know, the Notice of Claim was filed in the Brit> brought >>> by former RCMP constable Janet Merlo on behalf of female RCMP >>> members. Unfortunately, we cannot assist you with your claim. >>> >>> We recommend that you contact Mr. Barry Carter of Mair Jensen Blair >>> LLP to discuss any claim you may have against the RCMP for harassment. >>> His contact information is as follows: >>> >>> Mr. Barry Carter >>> Mair Jensen Blair LLP >>> 1380-885 W. 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>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: DECPR@forces.gc.ca >> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:55:01 -0400 >> Subject: RE: Attn Corey Joyce how about an answer in WRITING just like I >> demanded on the phone Just now >> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >> >> Your e-mail has been forwarded for action/response by another >> directorate. >> >> This e-mail constitutes all the response you will get from this office and >> I >> respectfully advise you not to contact me again. Your tone and language >> were insulting and I will not converse with you when you speak to me with >> a >> complete lack of respect and with vulgar language. >> >> >>>Corey W. Joyce
Possible leak related to new fleet might have sparked admiral’s removal By Bruce Campion-SmithOttawa Bureau Wed., Jan. 18, 2017
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also refused to provide any insights into the decision.
“The chief of defence staff took a decision and this government supports Gen. Vance in the decision that he took and I have nothing further to say on this at this time,” Trudeau told reporters during a stop in Fredericton, N.B."
"Still, Norman’s abrupt removal has sent seismic waves through the Defence Department and the allegation of leaked classified information has only added to the shock.
“It’s bred into us from the day we join the military. The rules and regulations, we’re reminded of it every because of the material we deal with,” one former officer said Tuesday.
“Everything is classified, even things that are unclassified. That’s still a classification,” he told the Star.
“Mishandling of classified information, that’s an extremely serious situation and it gets more serious with the rank that is associated with it,” he said."
83. The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over five years after he began his bragging:
January 13, 2015 This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
December 8, 2014 Why Canada Stood Tall!
Friday, October 3, 2014 Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And Stupid Justin Trudeau
Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute” Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind. The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic, professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway campaign of 2006.
What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent, support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war. That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state” Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control, and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,” or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.
One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits are not.
Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy” David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”
In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing, marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.
My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.
Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security, and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.
Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now
From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400 Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
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I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is interesting though
Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.
"But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command, including a Canadian general.
That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff, who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000 U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."
"I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends" demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying into the US policy.
At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there were deployed WMD.
Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.
There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the George W Bush administration was onerous
American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which ....not necessarily in that order. "
You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John Adams? of the CSE within the DND?
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
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CLEARLY THE RCMP/GRC AND THE KPMG PALS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO READ LET ALONE COUNT BEANS EH?
Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
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 <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:32:30 -0400 Subject: Andre meet Biil Csapo of Occupy Wall St He is a decent fellow who can be reached at (516) 708-4777 Perhaps you two should talk ASAP To: wcsapo <wcsapo@gmail.com> Cc: occupyfredericton <occupyfredericton@gmail.com>
FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006 Senator Arlen Specter United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Specter:
I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
Very truly yours, Barry A. Bachrach Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
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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
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
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Thanks
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David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to@DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631and 47 others Methinks Gerry Lowe withdrew his private member's bill because he made a backroom deal. He should have tabled it and had the spit and chew on traditions properly recorded in two official languages N'esy Pas?
Liberal MLA's bill to amend property tax assessment pulled over procedural issue
Legislature tradition dictates bills dealing with taxation have to originate with government
Robert Jones· CBC News·
Liberal MLA Gerry Lowe said the issue with the bill was procedural and he is still pursuing his plan. (Brian Chisholm, CBC)
Saint John Harbour Liberal MLA Gerry Lowe withdrew a private member's bill Wednesday that was proposing to greatly expand the scope of property tax on business in New Brunswick, but he's still pursuing the plan.
"After I did it, we found out I wasn't supposed to do it." said Lowe of his Bill 9, an act to amend the Assessment Act, which he introduced last December.
Lowe said he was informed by the clerk of the Legislature that tradition dictates bills dealing with taxation have to originate with government. His proposed law was to have property taxes in the province expanded to cover the value of machinery and equipment used by business, but it was facing a dead end as presented.
In withdrawing the bill, Lowe also moved a motion to send the issue to the Legislature's law amendments committee for study and hearings, which he believes will show the change is widely supported by municipalities.
"From then, hopefully, we can get something the [Higgs] government could then put into law," said Lowe. "They would kind of be forced if the three opposition parties feel it should be done."
Some provinces assess the value of machinery and equipment owned by business and subject it to property tax of some kind. Others, including New Brunswick, only assess and tax buildings that house equipment and the land it all sits on.
That keeps property taxes on large manufacturing operations such as the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John much lower than they would be otherwise since the facility is mostly a large outdoor collection of machinery and equipment.
If the bill is passed, the Irving Oil refinery would be taxed for the value of its machinery and equipment, as well as land and buildings. (Joseph Tunney/CBC)
In Alberta, where machinery and equipment are subject to property tax, the 135,000 barrel per day Suncor refinery in Sherwood Park is assessed to be worth $1.69 billion – most of that being machinery and equipment – and pays annual property tax to the municipality of $15.4 million.
In Saint John, the much larger 320,000 barrel per day Irving Oil refinery is assessed for taxes at $102.3 million on land and buildings, and pays $5.0 million in property tax with 45 per cent of that taken by the province.
Despite hosting some of the province's largest industries, Saint John struggles with a shortage of tax revenue and is the largest recipient of equalization funding from the province to pay its bills.
Lowe is a former Saint John city councillor and ran for provincial office specifically to fight for the property tax change, but there is opposition.
Halifax commercial real estate consulting firm Turner Drake and Partners warned Lowe's plan could hurt small businesses too. (Brian Chisholm/CBC)
In January, a commercial real estate consulting firm warned Lowe's plan could see small businesses forced to pay property taxes on cash registers and storage racks.
Turner Drake and Partners, based in Halifax, raised the alarm in an 'Action Alert' sent to company clients.
"Consider the value of your equipment, storage racking, display coolers, and other installations and recalculate your tax bill assuming the value of these items will be included in your assessment," the letter stated.
"What's in store is a major shift in the tax burden toward businesses who already share more than their fair share!"
The letter said businesses affected could include convenience stores, bakeries and hospitals.
Lowe disputes those concerns, but says everyone will get their say if his motion to have the issue investigated by a legislature committee is approved.
Debate on his motion is scheduled for next Thursday.
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Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.
David R. Amos Methinks Gerry Lowe withdrew his private member's bill because he made a backroom deal. In a nutshell a Legislature tradition is not a rule or a law. Hence he should have tabled his bill and argued purported "traditions" in the House and have the spit and chew properly recorded in two official languages N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to@DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631and 47 others Methinks NB Power's mandate is to provide us with enough electricity to meet our needs rather than venture into questionable business schemes dreamt up by their overpaid Yankee VP Brett Plummer N'esy Pas?
Reactor developers propose a manufacturing hub — and a small nuclear plant
Moltex Energy and ARC Nuclear each claim thousands of new jobs possible in New Brunswick
Connell Smith· CBC News·
The ARC 100 reactor being developed by ARC Nuclear Canada. The company hopes to build its first reactor at Point Lepreau. (ARC Nuclear)
NB Power and the New Brunswick government are looking at the potential for a second reactor at Point Lepreau as part of a bid to create a manufacturing industry in the province for mini reactors.
If the plan is successful, the small modular reactors, also known as SMRs, would be exported around the world while creating "thousands of jobs" in New Brunswick, proponents say.
They say SMRs can be manufactured in a controlled, factory-type setting and shipped to power sites for installation at a lower per-unit cost than traditional nuclear plants, but the technology and economic models for it are not well-established.
"It has not been decided yet whether we're building another reactor here at Point Lepreau," said Brett Plummer, NB Power's vice-president for nuclear operations. "That decision has not been made.
"There is the potential that a decision could be made."
Plummer is touring the province speaking to small groups about what he calls the "tremendous opportunity" offered by the modular reactors.
He and his staff helped select two SMR development companies, ARC Nuclear and Moltex Energy, who were then invited by the province to set up shop in Saint John.
The competitors have opened offices a couple of blocks from each other in the city's uptown.
Norman Sawyer, president of ARC Nuclear Canada. The company has set up an office in Saint John's Brunswick Square. (Submitted by ARC Nuclear)
Both companies talk freely of an international high-tech nuclear-manufacturing industry they would like to develop here in New Brunswick.
"Our vision is really not only building a power plant, it's the manufacturing piece that's the economic benefit for the province," said Norm Sawyer, president of ARC Nuclear Canada.
"We're talking about thousands of jobs here as we move forward."
It's low cost electricity that's really going to transform clean energy moving forward.- Rory O'Sullivan, Moltex Energy Canada
Each company has promised to invest $5 million in research and development on top of $10 million put into the pot by the provincial government toward creation of a "nuclear research cluster" around the development of SMR technology.
But the amount of capital that would eventually be required could easily climb to billions.
Some part of that cost would be for construction of an operational SMR reactor at Point Lepreau.
From his Brunswick Square office, Sawyer said early estimates for his company's 100-megawatt, liquid sodium-cooled power plant range between $1 billion and $1.5 billion, with the cost for subsequent reactors falling as more are manufactured for export.
Much smaller than CANDU reactor
The proposed unit is designed to operate for 20 years before it needs to be refuelled.
Sawyer said it is safe, a small fraction of the size of a CANDU reactor, and would not require a pressure dome to be constructed around it.
He said the company is basing its model on a proven reactor built decades ago at the Argonne National Laboratory in Idaho.
Moltex Energy Canada's proposed 150-megawatt reactor would use molten salt fuel, which the company claims is stable and non-airborne, meaning it would remain on site in the event of an accident.
Rory O'Sullivan, chief executive of Moltex Energy Canada. The company has opened an office in Saint John's uptown. (Brian Chisholm, CBC)
In his third-floor office on Prince William Street, Moltex chief executive Rory O'Sullivan said the plant would use two of the modular reactors at Point Lepreau while consuming spent nuclear fuel, much of which would remain stored at the site.
"There's a lot of good energy there, clean energy," said O'Sullivan, who claims a plant the size of a large shipping container would be able to process the spent fuel pellets to create a new liquid fuel to power the Moltex reactor.
"That's really what's groundbreaking about this, the ability to use spent fuel or have flexible electricity is beneficial, but it's low cost electricity that's really going to transform clean energy moving forward," O'Sullivan said.
"Our plan is to develop and demonstrate that low cost, clean electricity first in New Brunswick, and then you'll be able to sell that around the world."
But big hurdles remain. Neither company has built a reactor before and many more millions in research and development funding would be required, not to mention licensing and public hearings before either project could move forward.
Scientist questions economics
Edwin Lyman predicts neither company will get a reactor built in New Brunswick any time soon.
Lyman, the acting director of the nuclear safety project with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the economics simply won't work.
The world's nuclear infrastructure is built around light-water reactors, while the proposed SMR's are experimenting with a variety of other coolant methods, he said.
"The problem is that there is not sufficient private capital around to finance the development of even a single new non-light-water reactor, much less many different types," said Lyman, who is based in Washington.
"When you shrink the size of a nuclear reactor, you increase the unit cost of electricity because of those economies of scale. And the tendency has been for reactors to get bigger over the decades to actually reduce the cost of electricity they generate."
Decision a long way off
Lyman is also skeptical of claims the spent nuclear fuel can easily be reprocessed for use in an SMR reactor.
Any final decision on installation of a new Lepreau reactor is years down the road.
According to Plummer, the $20 million the province and companies currently have on the table is enough to cover only the vendor design-review process with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
Both ARC and Moltex have applied.
That review comes before the much more exhaustive applications to prepare the site and obtain licences to construct and operate.
Plummer said there have been only preliminary talks about how a first reactor at Lepreau could be paid for.
He suggested possibly a federal and private-sector partnership or a consortium of private companies but cautioned it is premature at this point to talk about the financing.
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David R. Amos Methinks NB Power's mandate is to provide us with enough electricity to meet our needs rather than venture into questionable business schemes dreamt up by their overpaid Yankee vice president Brett Plummer.
That said my hero Mr Tesla proved long ago that lots of power could be sourced from fast moving water I have not seen a better plan since particularly since we have lots of water. Why our government want to spend big bucks to take down the Musquash Dam instead of putting it back on line with modern generators etc is very strange in deed N'esy Pas?
Ministers pile on confusion over Route 11 twinning pledge
Eastern New Brunswick twinning project narrower in scope than budget seemed to promise
Jacques Poitras· CBC News·
Finance Minister Ernie Steeves announced on Tuesday that the province would try to twin Route 11 between Cocagne and Bouctouche. (Maria Jose Burgos/CBC)
The Higgs government has now backtracked on an earlier backtracking of its plans to twin parts of Route 11 between Cocagne and Bouctouche.
A provincial spokesperson says there was no contradiction between Finance Minister Ernie Steeves's budget speech on Tuesday and comments by Transportation Minister Bill Oliver on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Finance Minister Ernie Steeves said in his budget speech that the new Progressive Conservative government would try to finish that work if Ottawa would agree to remove the twinning of two bridges from the project.
"This will permit the continuation and completion of affordable twinning of Highway 11 to Bouctouche," Steeves said to the applause of his fellow PC MLAs.
Transportation Minister Bill Oliver appeared to contradict that a day later, telling reporters the only work being planned is paving and adding connector lanes to finish 3.6 kilometres of already-built four-lane highway.
That section is part of the 13 kilometres that was to be twinned as one phase of an agreement between the previous Liberal government of Brian Gallant and the federal Liberal government.
'Bit of confusion'
"I think there's a bit of confusion there," Oliver said Wednesday, explaining that the work would not extend to Bouctouche.
"Not the whole way," he said. "Just to deal with the portion that has already been built."
That shorter 3.6-km section does not include any bridges.
Transportation Minister Bill Oliver said the province will only twin a small portion of the highway to add connector lanes. Steeves said later that this doesn't conflict with what he pledged in the budget. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Late Thursday afternoon, Steeves issued a statement reiterating that his budget speech "announced our intention to continue the twinning of Route 11."
Spokesperson Tyler Campbell said that did not mean Oliver was wrong on Wednesday.
"Minister Oliver was referencing the work being done in this fiscal year," he said in an email. "Minister Steeves was referencing a section that we hope to complete subject to negotiations with the federal government outside of this fiscal year."
The Tories cancelled all Route 11 work except for the section nearing completion in December's capital budget.
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Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.
PCs' carbon-price plan for industry similar to Ottawa's, except for weaker emissions standards
System would give large emitters 'compliance options' to avoid hurting business
Jacques Poitras· CBC News·
Environment Minister Jeff Carr said large industry in the province depends on export markets and can’t afford measures that add too much to their costs. (CBC)
The Higgs government is pitching a new carbon-pricing system for large industrial emitters that looks a lot like the federal plan it aims to replace.
The system would give large industrial emitters "a suite of flexible compliance options" aimed at hitting emissions targets without hurting their ability to compete, the province says.
Many of those options — including a price on emissions that go above industry averages, and the earning and trading of emission credits — are strikingly similar to Ottawa's regime, which the previous Liberal government of Brian Gallant adopted.
The key difference appears to be a weaker standard for measuring emissions, one that Environment Minister Jeff Carr says recognizes that large industry in the province depends on export markets and can't afford measures that add too much to their costs.
The provincial threshold "would lead to industry being on a fair playing field with our neighbours and exporters in other jurisdictions around," Carr told reporters.
He said the large emitters would "still pay a small amount" under the Progressive Conservative system, but he wouldn't say how much.
"They will pay a little bit, and they're more than willing to pay their share and do their part," he said.
Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, said the province's plan would be unfair to taxpayers and competing industries, and wouldn't act on reducing carbon. (CBC)
But a weaker standard could amount to almost a free pass for the 11 large emitters that will be subject to the rules, says Lois Corbett of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.
"We don't need the huge industrial lobby in this province to prepare a secret, sweetheart deal that's unfair to taxpayers, unfair to other competing industries and just doesn't work to act on reducing carbon pollution," she said.
She said one possible outcome of a weaker industrial standard will be consumers paying the federal Liberal carbon tax at gas pumps starting April 1 while large industry pays nothing.
Carr's proposal is the latest step in the PC government's battle with the federal government over carbon taxes.
The previous Liberal government adopted its own pricing system for consumers that was ultimately rejected by the federal government because it didn't meet national criteria. That's why Ottawa will impose its own carbon tax on New Brunswick consumers, including at gas pumps and on home heating oil and natural gas.
But for large industry, the Gallant Liberals adopted the federal rules, or "backstop," rather than craft its own pricing system.
The backstop would require large plants that exceed the average of emissions in their own sectors — called a "performance standard"— to pay levies. Plants that stay below the sector average would earn credits they could sell to emitters that are above the average.
The federal rules took effect Jan. 1, but Ottawa is still finalizing its details. Industrial facilities will only pay or earn credits for their 2019 emissions sometime next year.
NB Power has warned that a carbon price on its emissions could force it to raise power rates to consumers. (CBC)
Even so, Carr said, the cost to industry "puts us at a serious disadvantage" compared to what plants in other provinces will pay. And some of those costs will be passed down to consumers, he said.
NB Power, for example, has warned that a carbon price on its emissions could force it to raise power rates to consumers.
Carr wouldn't say exactly what the overall cost of his provincial alternative would be to industry. Corbett said that with neither the federal and provincial performance standards finalized, it's too early to compare the two.
"Which regulation will be tougher for a pulp mill or an oil refinery is yet to be seen, because we've seen neither the national plan nor the provincial plan," she said. "That's what we all need to watch out for."
Carr's documents say the province will design a New Brunswick-specific performance standard that will "consider emissions intensity and trade exposure."
"Emissions intensity" measures the level of greenhouse gases relative to a plant's output. If the plant becomes more productive, it's possible for the emission intensity to go down even if the emissions themselves increase.
One option available to large emitters under the PCs' new plan is to 'contribute' to the province’s climate change fund. (Brian Chisholm, CBC)
Corbett called that "a gift to industry" because it doesn't necessarily lead to actual emissions reductions.
The PC-created plan will apply to industrial facilities that emit more than 50,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases per year.
Among the plants that fall into that category are the Irving Oil refinery, several NB Power generating stations and several forestry mills.
One option available to large emitters is to "contribute" to the province's climate change fund at rates matching the federal government's carbon-price schedule: $20 per tonne this year, rising to $50 per tonne by 2022.
It's not clear whether the federal government will approve the plan. If it's rejected, New Brunswick would have to stick with the federal backstop.
At the same time that it's trying to develop a system that meets federal requirements, the Higgs government is challenging the constitutionality of the federal carbon price in court.
Marathon vote session rocked by Philpott interview on SNC-Lavalin, cabinet resignation
Former cabinet minister Jane Philpott says there's 'much more to the story'
Catharine Tunney· CBC News·
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The Conservatives' marathon vote protest in the Commons got an added boost this morning from Jane Philpott's interview in Maclean's magazine — in which she says there's "much more to the story" of the SNC-Lavalin controversy.
The House of Commons is engaged in round-the-clock voting that has kept MPs close to their seats overnight. The Conservative Opposition triggered the voting marathon after the Liberal-dominated justice committee shut down further investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.
The voting got underway around 6 p.m. ET Wednesday, with members voting on every single line of the Liberal government's spending plans.
Philpott's interview with Maclean's — her first substantial interview since resigning from cabinet earlier this month — set official Ottawa buzzing and is certain to dominate the SNC-Lavalin conversation today.
In the story, the Liberal MP said she had concerns about the government's handling of the SNC-Lavalin case before the controversy became public in January. She alleged Canadians have been prevented from hearing more about what went on in government circles due to efforts by the Prime Minister's Office to "shut down the story."
"My sense is that Canadians would like to know the whole story," Philpott said.
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PM busted for bringing food in the Commons
MPs are beging a marathon voting session expected to go through the night 1:06
"I believe we actually owe it to Canadians as politicians to ensure that they have the truth. They need to have confidence in the very basic constitutional principle of the independence of the justice system."
'Waste of public funds:' May
The opposition wants the Liberal government to fully waive cabinet confidence restrictions and allow former justice minister and attorney general JodyWilson-Raybould to return to committee to answer questions about her decision to resign from cabinet in February.
Wilson-Raybould has alleged that officials in the Prime Minister's Office and elsewhere in government inappropriately pressured her to clear a remediation agreement for SNC-Lavalin — which would have allowed the company to avoid a criminal trial on bribery charges. In January, she was shuffled out of her cabinet post — a move she said was punishment for not following the PMO's marching orders.
This morning, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre raised the interview on a point of order, arguing Liberals MPs should reverse their decision to halt the justice committee's SNC-Lavalin inquiry.
"As much as I agree with the motivation of my friends in the Conservative Party, this is a huge waste of public funds and resources," said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, referring to the voting marathon.
Now is normally the time when government MPs fan out across the country to sell their constituents on a new budget. But because each of these votes deals with fiscal matters, they're considered votes of confidence.
Losing a confidence vote can trigger a general election. So Liberal MPs have been sticking close to their desks — although Trudeau was able to sneak away to Mississauga, Ont., today for an infrastructure announcement before returning to his seat.
There was a moment of tension in the House Thursday afternoon when the opposition charged that dozens of Liberal MPs had entered the chamber after one of the questions to be voted on was still being read.
As deputy Speaker Anthony Rota was still reading the question, Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux rose to complain that he could not hear it — a move that gave some Liberal MPs time to make it to their seats. Opposition members, sensing that they might have the government cornered on a confidence vote, told Rota that those Liberal MPs who entered the House late were ineligible to vote.
After a prolonged and heated debate, Rota ruled that it was not up to him to monitor attendance and left it to the "honour" of individual MPs to decide whether they were eligible to vote when the question was read.
Rota read the question a second time, the vote went ahead and the government survived (several Liberal MPs rescinded their votes afterwards).
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef rises to cast her vote during a marathon voting session in the House of Commons Thursday March 21, 2019 in Ottawa. The Parliamentary session began Wednesday and continued through into Thursday. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
On Wednesday, the Conservatives put forward a motion calling on the government to have the Commons "take note" of Wilson-Raybould's comments about the SNC-Lavalin affair, and asking the prime minister to waive solicitor-client privilege to allow her to speak publicly about the January cabinet shuffle.
That was voted down by the Liberal majority.
Last week, upset with the government's handling of the SNC Lavalin affair, the Tories put forward 257 separate motions to oppose specific proposed funding allotments in the supplementary and interim estimates, two pieces of legislation now being debated in the House of Commons.
"We are prepared to vote on every single one of the 257 motions we have tabled," said Kelsie Chiasson, a spokesperson for the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition. "Whether we do or not will be up to the Liberals. All they have to do is waive privilege and let Ms. Wilson-Raybould speak."
Cots have been brought into the West Block to allow members to sleep in shifts and multiple MPs have already been called out for sneaking food and wearing sweatshirts in the House. Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, who gave birth last year, has taken to her Instagram to document all the times she's had to leave the floor to pump breast milk.
Since the voting has extended past 10 a.m., Thursday's agenda has been preempted. Committee meetings scheduled for Thursday have been cancelled.
David R. Amos Reply to @Myke Letki: Methinks many would agree that Trudeau The Younger makes a great ringmaster for the circus Harper 2.0 is far too boring N'esy Pas?
John Smith At first he was cute now he just creeps me out when I see and hear him. Never vote for a world traveling trust fund child who never had a full time job .
David R. Amos Reply to @John Smith: Methinks most men don't care if Trudeau is cute or not but I bet many were impressed when he had the sand to step into the ring and duke it out with Senator Brazeau N'esy Pas?
Scott Wesley How about we just find out what really happened, and we can get on with our lives? Trudeau is silencing these women, and it's a disgrace to the nation.
David R. Amos Reply to @Scott Wesley: "Trudeau is silencing these women, and it's a disgrace to the nation"
Relax its just a circus
Jay La everyone knows theres a scandal except for the liberals, that tells me everything I need to know.
David R. Amos Reply to @Jay La: "that tells me everything I need to know."
Methinks folks should be concerned as to who was calling the PMO and the PCO N'esy Pas?
Don Cameron "Former cabinet minister Jane Philpott says there's 'much more to the story'"
Most of us figured that out weeks ago. A constantly changing story from Trudeau, unprecedented resignations, selective 'unmuzzling' of JWR.
This story still has a long way to go. The Liberals are dragging it out.
David R. Amos Reply to @Don Cameron: "This story still has a long way to go. The Liberals are dragging it out"
YUP.
Paul Ethier If only there was some way that the criminality of the Trudeau regime could be very publicly exposed.
David R. Amos Reply to @Paul Ethier: Dream on
Earl Sargent You can BS some Canadians some of the time. But you can not BS all Canadians all the time. Let her talk Justin.
David R. Amos Content disabled Reply to @Earl Sargent: Methinks the real question can the liberal BS enough Canadians to win a second mandate for Trudeau N'esy Pas? Frank Blakney Shutting this inquiry just makes them look guilty of trying to hide much more than what has been released to the Public. It will not go away. Best to deal with it 'head on' instead of trying to sweep under the rug.
Adam Gajewski Reply to @Frank Blakney: Too late. The Crow is stone cold. The best ever advice I got in my life was: eat the crow while it is still hot...
David R. Amos Reply to @Adam Gajewski: "The best ever advice I got in my life was: eat the crow while it is still hot"
You were wise to take such advice seriously
Glechren Davies There is no other way to put it, pure and simple, crystal clear.
Justin Trudeau cannot lead. Now or in the future. He is a failure.
Gerry Atrich Reply to @Glechren Davies: " There is no other way to put it, pure and simple, crystal clear.
Justin Trudeau cannot lead. Now or in the future. He is a failure " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The next LPC leader won't be any different. The problem is the LPC itself.
David R. Amos Reply to @Gerry Atrich: "The next LPC leader won't be any different. The problem is the LPC itself."
I concur but the other parties are no better
Steve Kirk And the hits just keep comin' folks!
David R. Amos Reply to @Steve Kirk: Methinks that is the nature of the wicked game N'esy Pas?
Trudeau defends actions as Philpott asks if Wilson-Raybould was sidelined over SNC-Lavalin
In first interview since her resignation from cabinet, Philpott says there's 'much more' to the story
Kathleen Harris· CBC News·
Jane Philpott resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet over the government's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists he did not shuffle Jody Wilson-Raybould over the SNC-Lavalin matter, contradicting former top minister Jane Philpott's claim that there was "a reason" for moving the former justice minister and attorney general to Veterans Affairs.
In an explosive interview with Maclean's — her first media interview since she resigned from the Liberal cabinet on Mar. 4 — Philpott said there is "much more" to the SNC-Lavalin affair and Canadians have concerns about the government's attempts to "shut down" the story.
Philpott pointed to Commons justice committee testimony by Gerry Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former principal secretary, in which Butts referenced a Jan. 6 meeting she had with Trudeau about the company's efforts to secure a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) that would allow it to avoid a trial on bribery charges.
"I think Canadians might want to know why I would have raised that with the prime minister a month before the public knew about it. Why would I have felt that there was a reason why former minister Wilson-Raybould should not be shuffled?" she told Maclean's.
Trudeau was asked about that meeting during a news conference in Mississauga, Ont. Thursday morning. He said the discussion was about appointing Philpott as Treasury Board president and moving Wilson-Raybould to fill her role as Indigenous Services minister. The prime minister said Philpott asked if Wilson-Raybould's shuffle from the justice minister and attorney general's role was in relation to the SNC-Lavalin issue.
"I told her no, it was not," Trudeau said.
At that point, Trudeau said, they talked about how Philpott could assist Wilson-Raybould in her new role.
"It was a good and positive conversation," he said.
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Trudeau says Philpott meeting was 'good and positive'
PM Justin Trudeau describes his January 6th meeting with former member of cabinet Jane Philpott as a 'good and positive conversation'. 1:07
Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet Feb. 12, just days after the Globe and Mail reported that she had been inappropriately pressured by PMO and other officials to overturn a decision by the Director of Public Prosecution Service of Canada to proceed with a criminal prosecution against SNC-Lavalin related to bribery charges for contracts in Libya.
The Montreal-based global engineering and construction company had been seeking a DPA that would allow it to avoid criminal proceedings and a possible 10-year ban on bidding for federal contracts in the event of a conviction.
Despite tensions in the Liberal caucus over Philpott and Wilson-Raybould remaining in the fold, Trudeau said again today that both MPs remain supportive of the Liberal agenda.
CBC News reported Wednesday that Philpott faced tough questions during an Ontario caucus meeting. She addressed the group at the beginning of the meeting, which lasted 30 minutes longer than scheduled and was described by people in the room as "rough" and "uncomfortable."
Philpott — widely considered to be one of the most competent and respected ministers in the Trudeau government — resigned from the Liberal cabinet March 4, saying in a public statement that she had lost confidence in how the Trudeau government was handling the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Today, pressure mounted publicly on Philpott to clear the air.
Long-time Liberal MP John McKay said "confidence is confidence" and acknowledged that MPs are beginning to see that the SNC-Lavalin matter has "political consequences."
"It's one thing to take a hit from the opposition or circumstances beyond caucus or cabinet. It's another thing to take political hits from your own people," he said.
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Liberal MP calls out colleagues innuendo
Liberal MP Judy Sgro is telling her Liberal colleagues Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould to use parliamentary privilege to share their full stories on the SNC-Lavalin controversy. 0:26
Judy Sgro, another Toronto veteran Liberal MP, said Philpott could simply use her parliamentary privilege to say what she wants in the House of Commons instead of spreading "innuendo."
"She's well aware of how we all feel. We don't want to damage the party, we've got a lot of work to do," she said.
"They're under no restrictions. They can walk into the House of Commons right now and say parliamentary privilege and say anything they want."
Parliamentary uproar
The Maclean's interview was published in the midst of a parliamentary uproar over the Liberals' move to shut down the Commons justice committee's probe of the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Philpott said she believes Canadians need answers to maintain their confidence in the independence of the justice system.
"My sense is that Canadians would like to know the whole story," she told journalist Paul Wells. "I believe we actually owe it to Canadians as politicians to ensure that they have the truth. They need to have confidence in the very basic constitutional principle of the independence of the justice system."
The House of Commons is currently engaged in a marathon voting session — a parliamentary tactic deployed by the Conservatives to protest the Liberals shutting down the committee investigation before former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould could be recalled to testify for a second time.
During the interview with Maclean's, Phlipott said Wilson-Raybould may not have resigned as justice minister and attorney general as she was enduring inappropriate pressure to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin prosecution because she "had her finger in the dike." She may have felt that her resignation could put the independence of the justice system at risk, Philpott said.
"Another answer to that is, from the perspective of somebody who is under pressure and perhaps being harassed, it's incredibly hard – if you talk to people who are harassed in any capacity, to maintain relationships and to find the right time to be able to speak up about the fact that you are being treated that way," Philpott said.
"So you know, I think if you look at examples of other types of bullying or harassment, it's not necessarily as easy as people might think to speak to those who are inflicting it upon you."
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Conservative MP: 'Can't believe we're at this point'
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel said she's angry that the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a so-called gag order on Liberal MP Jane Philpott over the SNC-Lavalin controversy. 1:03
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel said the Maclean's interview points to a "culture of intimidation" within the Trudeau government. She accused Trudeau of imposing a "gag order" on Philpott and Wilson-Raybould in an attempt to contain the SNC-Lavalin story.
"How can we be serious about making Parliament Hill a place for women to work if these are the sorts of stories that Canadians see coming out, if no action is taken?" she asked.
Trudeau called 'fake feminist'
Conservatives labelled Trudeau a "fake feminist" for blocking the former ministers from fully telling their story. Trudeau waived cabinet confidence and solicitor-client privilege for Wilson-Raybould, but only for her time as attorney general and justice minister.
The waiver does not cover the period after she was shuffled to Veterans Affairs and her subsequent resignation from cabinet.
Rempel said blocking both women from speaking fully shows a gender issue is at play. "Any Canadian woman, regardless of stripe, should be outraged by what is happening to these women," she said. "It's disgusting."
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said the Philpott interview is more evidence of a "serious problem" that merits a full public airing.
"All this really points to is the fact that Canadians really need to have the truth," he said. "More than ever, we need a public inquiry. There's so much more that we don't know."
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NDP leader continues calls for SNC-Lavalin public inquiry
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh continues to call for a public inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin and says there's still more that Canadians need to know the truth. 0:15
Bob Gillies Truth and Trudeau don't appear to have a good relationship.
David R. Amos Reply to @Bob Gillies: "Truth and Trudeau don't appear to have a good relationship." Methinks most folks would be hard pressed to name one politician who does have a good relationship with the truth N'esy Pas? Jimmy johnson Trudeau showing he has problems with women and telling the truth. David R. Amos Reply to @Jimmy johnson: "Trudeau showing he has problems with women and telling the truth"
Methinks he is no alone the long-time liberal lawyer John McKay can cry a river about confidences in their backroom dealing for all most folks care N'esy Pas? Rick Guthrie What a huge cover-up. Transparency my as... Time to resign Trudeau. You have lost the right to govern. David R. Amos Reply to @Rick Guthrie: "You have lost the right to govern"
Methinks there is no such thing as a right to govern in our Constitution N'esy Pas?
Ron Brady According to Minister Philpott there is much, much more to this story.
... and we are all entitled to hear it. David R. Amos Reply to @Ron Brady: "According to Minister Philpott there is much, much more to this story. "
Methinks the lady doth protest too much If she is sincere then she should take her associate's advice and simply use her parliamentary privilege and spill the beans in the House of Commons N'esy Pas? Jamie Gillis Of course there's much more to this story. Even the Trudeau faithful know that, but with them the truth takes a back seat when it damages Justin's image (they didn't get the memo that that ship has already sailed).
Dr. Philpott confirmed what I suspected. She and JWR believe that the Liberal party has the best policies on offer, and they still uphold the party's values. That's why they will not be crossing the floor. I'm very glad that she put the "she only resigned because she's pals with JWR" claim to rest. I support her actions, as well as those of JWR. Shame some can't see that these are the kind of politicians we really do want in Ottawa. Instead they'll be screaming for her head. David R. Amos Reply to @Jamie Gillis: "Shame some can't see that these are the kind of politicians we really do want in Ottawa. Instead they'll be screaming for her head."
Methinks you and all the other regular posters know that I do not trust the Jody and Judy Tag Team anymore that I trust Trudeau , Scheer, Bernier or the lawyers leading the Greens and the NDP. N'esy Pas? Andre Longstock If that is the real truth and not the Justin truth, then there should be no reason he will not let JWR speak. This is the only way to clear the air and move on - Let her speak! David R. Amos Reply to @Andre Longstock: Methinks a lot of us are getting a kick out of the circus. If Trudeau had fessed up out of the gate he would be in far less doodoo now N'esy Pas? Martin Plante: I am having problem believing Trudeau anymore. He said that SNC would lose 9000 jobs and leave Canada. Well SNC now says NO! Trudeau is saying so many things that have been contradicted. I am tired of Liberal MP protecting him. Please do what is right for Canada. If all the members of the Parliament would be independent, I can guarantee that there would be a public enquiry on the actions of the PMO and the Prime Minister. Because they would not be protecting the party. We need more independent Members of Parliament that are interested to serve Canadian interest not the interest of a political party David R. Amos Reply to @Martin Plante: "I am having problem believing Trudeau anymore." Methinks the majority of Canadians never believed him in the first place N'esy Pas? Craig Macneil In Trudeaus mind these women still love him. David R. Amos Reply to @Craig Macneil: "In Trudeaus mind these women still love him."
Methinks many ladies would agree that they still do even if the Jane and Jody Tag Team do not N'esy Pas?
Lloyd Browen Interesting how so many trudeau supporters are angry with Philpot because she told the truth.
Interesting - and very revealing.
David R. Amos Reply to @Lloyd Browen: Yes but methinks that whereas she have not told the whole truth yet we should be angry too N'esy Pas/
Greg Lang Sit back and grab another popcorn....this will be awhile.
David R. Amos Reply to @Greg Lang: I am in the peanut gallery watching the circus Wanna swap some peanuts for some of your popcorn?
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