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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos5

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Sarah won't text me Methinks its because Mr Sona and his old boss don't love me N'esy Pas?


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  6415 Comments  



Helga Saint Pierre ( Emma Bassi)
Remember the targeted robocall scandal in Ontario when people were sent to incorrect voting stations? I do, and i have zero tolerance for the Conservative/Reform party since then.


David Sampson 

Reply to @Helga Saint Pierre ( Emma Bassi):

More commonly known as the Western Regional Reform Fundamentalist Party.

Jeremy Kemp 

Reply to @David Sampson: Conservative reform alliance party or c.r.a.p.

Jack Adam

Reply to @Helga Saint Pierre ( Emma Bassi): I do as well. A friend of mine got the call to mis direct him, but got it after he voted. So it failed. He thought nothing of it until the scandal broke. I wouldn't trust the modern conservative party to run a lemonade stand. Never mind the country.

Marguerite Deschamps 

No matter how hard they tried, I will never ever again vote for that regressive party. 

David Mccaig

Reply to @Helga Saint Pierre ( Emma Bassi):
Low down dirty politics thats conservatives with no conscience.
  

David Mccaig

Reply to @Helga Saint Pierre ( Emma Bassi):
Former Conservative staffer Michael Sona has been sentenced to nine months in jail plus a year on probation for trying to keep some voters in Guelph, Ont., from casting ballots in the 2011 federal election.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-sona-sentenced-to-9-months-in-jail-for-callous-robocalls-1.2839410

David Amos 

Reply to @david mccaig: Surprise Surprise Surprise 

 

David Amos

Reply to @david mccaig: Methinks everybody knows Sona worked for Rob Moore and why I mentioned that fact during a debate when I ran against that lawyer again in 2015 N'esy Pas?

Alexandre Hilton 

Reply to @Helga Saint Pierre ( Emma Bassi): That's comparing apples to bazookas. Not an apt comparison AT ALL. You die-hard libs sure like to complain about everything......

David Mccaig 

Reply to @David Amos:
REALLY DIRTY POLITICS
Rob Moore ran in the 2000 federal election for the Canadian Alliance(Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) in the New Brunswick riding of Fundy—Royal. Following the 2003 merger of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance into the new Conservative Party of Canada, Moore ran as the Conservative candidate in the 2004 Moore won the rematch. In the 2006 election and won again.On January 19, 2010, Moore was appointed to cabinet as the Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) by Stephen Harper. He was eventually released from cabinet after the general election in May 2011. Michael Sona, the only person charged in relation the 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal, worked as a communications special assistant for Moore after the election.

David Amos

Reply to @david mccaig: Methinks I should ask why you ignored the fact that I ran against Moore twice and sued the Crown as well N'esy Pas?

David Mccaig 

Reply to @David Amos: ok im asking

David Amos

Reply to @david mccaig: Read the comment section

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

 

David Amos

Reply to @david mccaig: Who do you think is the Conservative Shadow Minister in the Maritimes?

Methinks many folks in Fundy Royal think this was too funny N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/immigration-atlantic-canada-alaina-lockhart-1.4156475

"Witnesses 'disrespected'

But since the study was launched several weeks ago, Lockhart said, things appear to have changed.

Witnesses from universities, municipalities, and the provinces, including former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna, have travelled to Ottawa to speak about the issue, but testimony has been "interrupted, disrespected and ignored," she said.

"Unfortunately, in the actual committee, we have seen significant disrespect to witnesses in terms of how they're questioned, and also filibustering, which means that their testimony is interrupted," Lockhart said. "Procedurally, it means that they don't get to share their information, which is very discouraging."

She said she'd like to see opposition members stop "attacking" Atlantic Canada in an attempt to "glorify [their] own position or political futures."

David Amos

Reply to @david mccaig: Go Figure

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rob-moore-conservative-1.3913897

"Like any regular federal politician, former Conservative cabinet minister Rob Moore is a busy man these days.

Based in Saint John, he often travels to Ottawa to attend meetings of the Tory caucus and shadow cabinet. He keeps a close watch on issues affecting Atlantic Canadians, and he often meets with business people and conducts media interviews.

But Moore is no ordinary politician. In fact, he isn't even a member of Parliament, even though he's the Conservative critic for Atlantic Canada. "

"Moore, the former minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, now works full-time for the Conservative leader's office, doing his part to keep the party connected with a region that has no opposition MPs.

While it's true the Conservatives and New Democrats in Atlantic Canada were humbled by voters' wholesale rejection of the parties last year, both opposition parties are already rebuilding for the next election.

The NDP, for example, has appointed Quebec MP Guy Caron to be their Atlantic watchdog — his eastern Quebec riding is adjacent to northwestern New Brunswick.

"We're staying appraised of what is going on," said Caron.

"The issues of my riding are issues of Atlantic Canada."

Caron said forestry, fisheries and employment insurance are among the common themes, and he's quick to add that he has an extra assistant in Ottawa to help him with the Atlantic file."  

David Allan

Reply to @Patrick Flanagan:
"Yeah I remember when the liberals in Guelph got a big fine for using Robo Calls to deliver fake information, remember that? "

Yes, I remember that.

Guelph MP Frank Valeriote, a member of the Liberal party. Mr. Valeriote, who will be fined $4,900, was found to have used robocalls during the last campaign that did not identify the Liberal party as the source.

Seems like a minor peccadillo compared to what the CPC does.
The Court found that Sona displayed a "callous and blatant disregard for the right of people to vote" as part of an "ill-conceived and disturbing plan".

Remember, Scheer's boy in Alberta attacked democracy within his own party. You don't think they care about democracy for the rest of us, do you? They don't even support it for themselves.

 

David Amos

Reply to @david mccaig: Methinks you cannot deny the obvious N'esy Pas?

David Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you SANB dudes never did in the first place N'esy Pas?

 

David Amos

Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: Methinks wannabe lawyers are not better N'esy Pas? 

David Amos

Reply to @David Allan: Sarah won't text me Methinks its because Mr Sona and his old boss don't love me N'esy Pas?

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

 

David White

If you think this is annoying, just wait for the Con's to start running their American style attack ads rather than push an actual agenda.

I would have considered the Con's before Mulroney destroyed the party before the Reform/Allies cashed in on the name.

Kind of sad you end up voting for the party you least dislike. 
 

David Amos
Reply to @David White: Welcome to the Circus  


Default User
Reply to @Bill Brown: "While I don't like Trudeau and likely won't vote for him, the CPC will be worse for most of us Canadians". No truer words have ever been spoken.


David Amos  

Reply to @Default User: Please explain your name to me real slow

David Mccaig 
Reply to @MASSEY JONES:
Quote Massey Jones "Actually, I'll be frank, "climate change" and their insistence on it, is what is eventually going to destroy the NDP, "
Sorry I dont agree, when all hell breaks loose from the effects of climate change, both the cons and the libs will be condemned for cuddling the oil industry instead of stating a stand to reduce carbon emissions. NDP'ers like BC's John Horgan will be seen as a politician principled person, a hero, who took a stand that wasn't popular at the time.


David Amos 

Reply to @david mccaig: Yea Right Say Hey to Horgan and Eby will ya?

David Mccaig 
Reply to @david mccaig:
Alberta Conservative Jason Kenney is still under RCMP investigation for rigging his own election.


David Amos  

Reply to @david mccaig: Methinks its a not wise to play dumb today with a RCMP investigation underway N'esy Pas?

Maddie Harris
It doesn't matter if they're federal or provincial Cons they all wear the same stripes. Look at what the Cons have done to Manitoba and now to Ontario. Trust me federally we don't want that kind of governance. Anything other than cons is a lesser evil. 


Shane MacDonald
Reply to @Maddie Harris:

I am no fan of the federal conservatives, or of the brand of conservatism in AB or ON. Having said that, I do find some of the provincial PC parties to be very different. Some of them actively distance themselves from the federal Conservative party, and I find that to be much more than just strategy. I think there is a genuine difference in the ideologies in many provincial PC parties.

Not stumping for either side - I just call a spade a spade.
 

David Amos  
Reply to @Maddie Harris: YUP but methinks all the other political parties are no better Hence voting for Independents is the only way to go N'esy Pas?


Default Use 

Reply to @Maddie Harris: While I don't like Trudeau and likely won't vote for him, the CPC will be worse for most of us Canadians

David Amos   

Reply to @Default User: Methinks that's the default setting of the Fake Left N'esy Pas?

Shane MacDonald 

Reply to @Shaun Lo:

I explicitly lumped the AB (and ON) Conservatives in with the federal ones. It is some of the others I am talking about - largely in Atlantic Canada

David Amos  

Reply to @Default User: Methinks the cat must have your tongue N'esy Pas?

Mark Jean
It's easy to understand why this is occurring; the Conservatives do not value privacy.

Alexandre Hilton

Reply to @Mark Jean: I'm willing to bet 100$ that you have a Facebook account, along with 95% of the rest of the population. The OVERWHELMING majority of people have no right to make that argument, because having a Facebook account by definition means you don't value your own privacy.

David Amos 
Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: Methinks you should review my words to you in the past N'esy Pas? 


Louren Organzo
Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: No, using a connected facebook account (connected to your phone and other devices) does, perhaps, indicate that privacy isn't important but simply having a FB account does not. I have a FB account that I use for a few personal relationships, I do not use the messenger and I do not have FB enabled on my phone. FB only knows the things about me that I do not care about and are more-or-less public information. FB is a tool and if used carefully can be quite useful, just don't let it use you.


Alexandre Hilton
Reply to @David Amos: Yeah, we've sparred in the past, Gandalf, but I don't know exactly what you're referring to... Personally, I don't have any social media at all, FB/LinkedIn/Twitter/instagram or anything else, because as I was saying, I value my privacy. I know I am part of a shrinking minority, but I would never willingly divulge so much personal information to a company that literally only makes money by selling people's personal information. Alas, sheep get led to slaughter everyday, and a sucker is born every minute.

Alexandre Hilton

Reply to @Louren Organzo: You clearly don't understand Facebook's business model. There's a reason why it's free.

David Amos  

Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: Methinks I should ask the obvious question Whereas you don't have social media then why did you call me Gandalf like you did again just now N'esy Pas?

Louren Organzo

Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: Oh you are funny. I understand it better than you I'm sure. And it isn't even close to free, but it doesn't cost any direct $ to "users" that is true. That's because you aren't the customer, you are the product.

However, just like those who know the system can make money by using credit cards (I make > $1,000 every year from Mastercard), it is possible to use FB in a safe manner. FB can try to insert itself in my life but it has and will continue to fail to do so. I am in control and FB allows that because I am in a very small group and it isn't worth pursuing. And to be honest, most people would be appalled at the lengths to which I will block FB, Google and the rest but for me, privacy is more important than convenience.

Jeremy Kemp
I don't want any stinkin' drivel from the conservatives. 


John Gerrits
Reply to @Jeremy Kemp: How about from the libs....you can put lipstick on a p-g,but it's still a p-g


Ewan Cameron 

Reply to @John Gerrits: "you can put lipstick on a p-g,but it's still a p-g "
True. How sad is it that so many would prefer a pig with lipstick on it over the Conservatives?

David Amos

Reply to @Jeremy Kemp: Nor I

David Amos

Reply to @John Gerrits: True

David Amos

Reply to @Ewan Cameron: Methinks many folks think its very sad indeed hence they don't bother to vote N'esy Pas?

Ewan Cameron
Reply to @Ewan Cameron: I was notified that there was a reply to my comment but am unable to find it. Sorry about that. For whatever it's worth I have a low opinion of both, maybe all, political parties.  
 

David Amos
Reply to @Ewan Cameron: Methinks its rather obvious to all that it was me N'esy Pas? 














Charles Dunton
That's a complicated question, Sarah.

I would support a Conservative party that stands for the rule of law for everyone and fiscal responsibility.

I cannot support a harper party that stands for none of that and adds intolerance to the mix also. 


Karen King
Reply to @Charles Dunton:
yup, I use to vote conservative but now recognize that con stands for con artist


David Amos 

Reply to @Karen King: Methinks some folks will happy to read that N'esy Pas? 

 

Laurie Clark
"Generally speaking, the Canada Elections Act permits automated messages (calls, texts, etc.) made by, or on behalf of, candidates or political parties," Michelle LaLiberté, a spokesperson for the Commissioner of Canada Elections, wrote in an email." Time for this to change! Get it done Elections Canada! Time for the abuse of Canadians by politicians and political parties to stop!

Mark (Junkman) George

Reply to @Laurie Clark:

Trouble is: the system is set up for politicians to abuse Canadians. Kiss our behinds for 3 months looking for our vote, missing in action for 45 months, if that is not abuse I don't know what is.

David Amos

Reply to @Laurie Clark: Dream on

David Amos

Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: YUP

David Sampson
I though robocalls were deemed illegal under Election Canada rules. Just because our bureaucracy hasn’t kept pace with the new digital age doesn’t these insidiously invasive loophole actions by a Republican styled political party is morally acceptable.  


David Sampson
Reply to @Craig Delaney:

Not at all Craig. When you look like a duck, talk like a duck and walk like a duck most people will assume you are a duck!  


David Amos
Reply to @David Sampson: Methinks if you run with turkeys then most folks will consider you a turkey as well N'esy Pas? 















Michael G. L. Geraldson
Sure we can complain to the CRTC , who can fine them, as if that would ever happen.

Rick B. Jordan

Reply to @Michael G. L. Geraldson:
Do these public agencies actually represent our best interests or do they simply create an illusion of accountability?

David Amos

Reply to @Rick B. Jordan : Methinks its all just a smoke and mirror show and its rather irrelevant which party wins the mandate Our country is governed byway of the PCO and all the political parties have seats around the very secretive table mint hat office N'esy Pas?

Get a text from Sarah? Why it's allowed and what you can do to stop it

'They should not be trying to drum up support sending out robot texts. It's ridiculous,' says Beth Arsenault

Yvonne Colbert· CBC News· Posted: Jul 22, 2019 6:00 AM AT

 The Conservative Party of Canada says it has been using robotexting from coast to coast to generate support. (CBC)

When Halifax's Beth Arsenault received a text from the Conservative Party of Canada's "Sarah," she wasn't pleased.

The text, also sent to other Canadians, asks if the party could count on her support in the upcoming federal election.

"They should not be trying to drum up support sending out robot texts. It's ridiculous," Arsenault said, adding she feels it's an invasion of privacy.

Arsenault texted back a scathing reply, but was surprised by Sarah's response.

"That's Great! To help us further can you confirm your postal code?" the text said.

21st-century voter outreach

Cory Hann, director of communications for the Conservatives, confirmed his party is behind the robotexts. He said it's using 21st-century technology for voter outreach.

Hann said the party started using texts in April as part of an awareness campaign about the national carbon tax and its impact on provinces where there was no federal-provincial agreement.

"It's just about locating people who are open to our party and who may be open to voting for us in October," Hann said, noting other parties have done the same thing in other provinces.

How did they get your number?

People who responded to the text and asked how the Conservatives got their number were told, "All phone numbers in Canada are available publicly through the Canadian Numbering [and Dialling] Plan."

That's managed by the Canadian Numbering Administrator, which provides phone numbers to the Canadian telecommunications industry. It provides new area codes when needed and the first three numbers that follow the area code.

These six digits can then be programmed into a robocaller, which then texts all of the possible number combinations using those six digits and the remaining four digits.

Exemptions for political parties

Under the law, the texts are allowed.

"Generally speaking, the Canada Elections Act permits automated messages (calls, texts, etc.) made by, or on behalf of, candidates or political parties," Michelle LaLiberté, a spokesperson for the Commissioner of Canada Elections, wrote in an email.

She said texts and calls would only violate the act if they falsely claimed to originate from Elections Canada, or came from a political entity that attempted to mislead or prevent electors from voting.

'I think the exemption is being misused'

Canada does have anti-spam legislation, but political parties are exempt from it. They are also exempt from the Do-Not-Call list.

Edward Antecol, general manager of the Canadian Numbering Administrator, told CBC News he has received a half-dozen complaints about the Conservatives' robotexts in the past month.

• CBC explains
  Why you can expect more spam text messages from politicians

He believes the exemption for political parties is not appropriate, and "is being misused given the amount of robocalling that's going on."

Nova Scotia PCs distance themselves

The Progressive Conservatives in Nova Scotia have also heard from people not happy about receiving the texts. Spokesperson Catherine Klimek said they haven't tracked the numbers, but the complaints came via calls, emails and Facebook messages.

Nova Scotia PC Leader Tim Houston posted 'a mock text' after getting complaints about the federal Conservative Party of Canada's robotexting. (Tim Houston/Facebook)

As a result, party leader Tim Houston posted his own "mock" text on his Facebook page on July 13, saying he's not Sarah.

"I want to assure you that the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia is not behind those texts or calls you're receiving," said the post.

The message also said if his party is looking for people's help, it would use a different approach.

"We wanted to clarify that it was the federal Conservative Party, not the provincial Progressive Conservative Party who was sending the texts, and assure members we were not sharing their personal information," Klimek said.

Hann said he laughed when he read Houston's post.

"It's up to every party, provincial and federal, to determine what best works for them as far as doing voter outreach."

He said the texts will continue for the next several months as the election nears.

"We've chosen to use it because it's working well for us," he said, adding if the responses they were getting were "universally panned, we wouldn't be using it."

To stop receiving texts from the Conservative party, people can reply "Stop" and they will be placed on the party's internal do-not-contact list, Hann said.

Corrections

• An earlier version of this story said political parties can be fined by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commissions (CRTC) if they continue to send text messages to a person who has asked the party to stop contacting them. The CRTC does issue fines if parties do not stop calling someone who has asked them to stop. However, text messages from political parties are exempt from existing legislation. This version has been updated.
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Federal court orders review of election date that coincides with Jewish holiday

July 23, 2019, 10:47 pm

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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@alllibertynews and 49 others
How about barring a candidate from parliamentary properties?

Methinks folks should read the decisions related Federal Court File No T-1557-15 N'esy Pas? 


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-court-orthodox-jewish-1.5222279

Federal court orders review of election date that coincides with Jewish holiday

2484 Comments




Herbert Marcuse
Our elections should never be tampered with on the basis of some religion. Appalling.


Adam Gajewski
Reply to @Tony Butler:
Your long wordy reply is a priceless example of spin and a doublespeak. George Orwell would be impressed

David Amos

Reply to @Adam Gajewski: Methinks many folks got bored by it and did not bother to read it all N'esy Pas?

David Amos

Reply to @Adam Gajewski: How about barring a candidate from parliamentary properties?

Methinks folks should read the decisions related Federal Court File No T-1557-15 N'esy Pas?

Mike Hayley

Reply to @David Amos: Enough with the " N'esy Pas?" already!

Bill Dixon 

Reply to @David Amos: Do you understand that "N'esy Pas" means absolutely nothing?

David Amos

Content disabled

Reply to @Bill Dixon: Methinks snobby Anglos do not understand Chiac as spoken by a Chief of a certain Clan who often runs for public office in Fundy Royal N'esy Pas?

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

David Amos 

Reply to @Mike Hayley: Methinks you should have read my lawsuit before you insulted my Chiac N'esy Pas?

David Sampson
The Jewish religion celebrates 33 days of religious holidays each year second only to the Hindu faith which celebrates 39 days. We simply can’t schedule secular elections around religious holidays, it’s madness given advance polls and on-line voting. Stop this craziness. 



David Amos
Reply to @David Sampson: Methinks the lady doth protest too much She had to have known of the election date long before she wished to be nominated by her party and endorsed by Mr Scheer N'esy Pas?












Colin Smith
Silly with advanced polling vote then. Simple. Why waste court dollars on stupidity.


David Amos
Reply to @colin smith: I concur











Larry Mackenzie
It's not a stat holiday, too bad, cast your ballot, you'll survive.


David Amos 

Reply to @Larry Mackenzie: YUP

Bernie Hopkins
This will be the nail in the coffin for religious rights in Canada. The fact that a federal court judge would consider this petty issue will make many Canadians strict secularists.

Eugene Eklund

Reply to @Mitchell Gant: Especially since it was his party that passed the law for set election dates.

David Amos 

Reply to @Eugene Eklund: Oh So True

Henry Hawkyns
Seriously? This is taking political correctness too far. 


David Amos
Reply to @Henry Hawkyns: WAY too Far 










Marguerita Cruz
I don't recall any passage from the Bible, Quran, Vedas, Torah, so on saying something along the lines you shall not VOTE in these days  


Stephen Green
Reply to @Marguerita Cruz: Of course in those days, not certain the populace had any option of the 'vote'? In today's context, religion should not have anything to do with religion, period relative to elections.

ItsMyIsland

Reply to @Marguerita Cruz:
Romans 13:1-2 says: "Obey the government, for God is the One who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the law of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow."

Marguerita Cruz 

Reply to @ItsMyIsland:
The "NOT" was important in my post above :]

David Amos

Reply to @Marguerita Cruz: Methinks some folks refuse to read and employ common sense for political reasons N'esy Pas?

Jeremy Kemp
There is no need to change the election date there are numerous days to vote prior to the election.


Ryan Benson 

Reply to @Jeremy Kemp: grandstanding is all it is.

David Amos 

Reply to @Ryan Benson: YUP

Jean Bosson
Good grief, thank nothingness that I'm atheist.

Mike Poska

Reply to @Jean Bosson: Good one

David Amos 

Reply to @Mike Poska: I agree

Sydney Mines
Ah, religion. What can you say about it.

Another reason to go secular.


David Amos 

Reply to @Sydney Mines: Exactly 

 

David Amos 
Reply to @Sydney Mines: Interesting name Who is your daddy? 

Federal court orders review of election date that coincides with Jewish holiday

Chani Aryeh-Bain said Oct. 21 federal election conflicts with Shemini Atzeret

Peter Zimonjic· CBC News· Posted: Jul 23, 2019 4:42 PM ET

Orthodox Jewish candidate Chani Aryeh-Bain, left, shown here with Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, is running for the Conservatives in the Toronto area riding of Eglinton-Lawrence. (Chani Aryeh-Bain/Facebook)

The Federal Court has ordered the chief electoral officer to review his decision to not recommend a change in the scheduled federal election date — October 21 — which coincides with a Jewish holiday.

Orthodox Jewish candidate Chani Aryeh-Bain, who is running for the Conservatives in the Toronto-area riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, and Ira Walfish, an Orthodox Jewish political activist, said Elections Canada's Stéphane Perrault did not properly consider their rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

"... This judicial review is granted as the overall decision of the CEO does not demonstrate the hallmarks of transparency, intelligibility and justification, as it is not possible to determine if he undertook the necessary proportionate balancing between the applicant's charter rights and the exercise of his statutory duty," says the Federal Court ruling.

The current election date coincides with the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, which begins Oct. 20 and ends Oct. 22. Aryeh-Bain argued that during the holiday, observant Orthodox Jews must refrain from a number of activities — including voting and campaigning — and cannot ask others to work for them.

According to the judgment, the Oct. 12 advance polling day conflicts with the Sabbath, while the Oct. 14 advance polling day coincides with the festival of Sukkot, a Jewish holiday.The CEO's efforts were focused on advance polling and special ballot options. No consideration appears to have been given to recommending a date change.
"Elections Canada will act in a timely manner in accordance with the directions provided by the Court. I will make public my final decision as soon as possible," Perrault said in a statement Tuesday after the judge's decision was released.

"Elections Canada remains committed to fostering meaningful opportunities for all Canadians to participate in the federal election."

Aryeh-Bain said that, aside from preventing her from participating on voting day itself, the current federal election date will negatively affect her campaign. Eglinton-Lawrence has about 5,000 Orthodox Jewish voters and in the last three federal elections it was decided by 2,000 to 4,000 votes.
The chief electoral officer does not choose the election date and cannot change it once it has been set — but can recommend to cabinet that the election date be moved.

Perrault wrote to Aryeh-Bain in May saying that he was made aware of the issue through the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs as early as August 2018 and assured it that steps were being taken to ensure voter accessibility.

Federal Court judgment

"I believe that Elections Canada is in a position to ensure that all voter services and candidate services can be carried out in advance of the Jewish High Holy Days. As such, I could not argue that we will not be able to deliver on our mandate," Perrault wrote in a letter to the CIJA.

B'nai Brith Canada, a Jewish advocacy group which was an intervener in the case, argued that holding a federal election on a religious holiday infringes on the democratic rights of Canadians and undermines the democratic process.

The judgment supported those claims and criticized Perrault's decision, saying he did not adequately consider how the election date affected a date of religious significance and how that might infringe upon voters' and candidates' rights under the Charter of Rights.

August 1 deadline

"The record does not indicate how or if the CEO 'balanced' these considerations against the Charter values of Orthodox Jewish voters and candidates to ensure their rights to 'meaningful participation' are respected," the judgment reads.

"The CEO's efforts were focused on advance polling and special ballot options. No consideration appears to have been given to recommending a date change."

The judgment says Perrault must reconsider his decision in a way that "reflects a proportionate balancing of the Charter rights with the statutory mandate."

According to the Canada Elections Act, Perrault has until Aug. 1 to make a date change recommendation to cabinet in order to leave enough time for the election date to be moved.

Shimon Koffler Fogel, president of the CIJA, said he respects Perrault's decision but would keep working to ensure "every Jewish voter can cast their ballot."

"We respect the democratic and judicial process that has led to today's ruling. Changing the date at this stage entails considerable logistical and financial implications," Fogel said.

"We will respect the chief electoral officer's decision and will continue working closely with Elections Canada to support its efforts to maximize voter participation and inclusion of the Jewish community – which is a cornerstone of democracy."

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"Content disabled"So much for free speech in CBC as a Cabinet Minister gives a big Speech in Fat Fred City after Trudeau The Younger changed her mandate in his attempt at a second mandate for himself N'esy Pas?


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"Content disabled" Yea Right

So much for free speech in CBC just before a Cabinet Minister gives a big Speech in Fat Fred City a week after Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger changed her mandate before his attempt at a second mandate for himself N'esy Pas?

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There are no coincidences Methinks Mr Perley wants to tease the "Powers that Be" who are meeting in Fat Fred City for the next 3 days N'esy Pas?

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Gary Barratt
everything is uneasy . show us the money !


David Amos   

Reply to @Gary Barratt: BINGO

Ben Haroldson
from the pic, it looks like he has help in that fight.


David Amos    

Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Methinks we all should be so lucky N'esy Pas?

Ray Bungay
The area of NB near Stanley, is pristine and I would feel comfortable drinking the water in any of the brooks out there. I worry about a major breach from spring flooding or like a major rainfall we had in parts of NB this weekend. I lived through a major pollution of Muggah's Creek in Sydney and the Sydney Tar Ponds from the coking and steel making days that cost tax payers close to $500 Million.
Including the Mount Polley mine tailings failure another in Brazil left not only deaths in Brazil but the land was rendered useless.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vale-sa-disaster-ahome/brazilian-mine-tragedy-will-not-be-the-last-tailings-dam-disaster-andy-home-idUSKCN1Q405J
More study needs to be done on this and hopefully a Billion dollar bond is posted for a remote possibility of a breach.  


David Amos

Reply to @Ray Bungay: Dream on

Kyle Woodman
Good article Mr. Perley. I don't see this project getting a shovel in the ground anytime soon. Seems like they're still moving forward but it's very much a speculation play. Don't give Northcliffe any taxpayer money and it will never see the light of day.  


David Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: I heard that too 









Samual Johnston
I’d like to see the communities give back all the money they accepted when the approval was granted. Do that then preach to us about the traditional gathering grounds.


David Amos 

Reply to @Samual Johnston: I concur 

Lou Bell

Have they finished k il l in g the maple trees up there looking to illegally cut Birdseye Maple ? So much for " protecting the land and it's resources "

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Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Lou Bell: it is not illegal in their case!

Samual Johnston 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: it sure is illegal - governments afraid to confront them.

Lou Bell 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: It's ILLEGAL to cut Birdseye Maple in NB for everyone. They went around notching and k il li ing the Maples looking for the Birdseye. Get your facts straight.

David Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks many would agree that you and Lou deserve each other N'esy Pas?

David Amos

Reply to @Samual Johnston: I agree

 

CeeJay Shaw
This is a strategic tungsten mine. Key word STRATEGIC. This means that NATO needs / wants the ore and nothing will stop it now.


David Amos 

Reply to @CeeJay Shaw: Methinks the Fat Lady ain't sung on this issue yet N'esy Pas?

Mario Doucet
Just forget it, too many fingers in the pie.


David Amos  

Reply to @Mario Doucet: Methinks that is just one of the many reasons why we should enjoy this circus N'esy Pas?

Suzanne Mason
A well written, documented and informative article on the proposed Sisson Mine. Bravo Logan Perley. I echo concern for the long term negative impacts of this project on the environment, the wildlife, the water and the land.


David Amos   

Reply to @Suzanne Mason: So you say 

 

Archie Levesque
Your environmentally friendly Liberal governments in action


David Amos  

Reply to @Archie Levesque: YUP 

 

David Amos 
I wonder if Carolyn Bennett study my file in the docket of Federal Court while she is in Fat Fred City? Methinks many Chiefs and media dudes and even Jake Stewart know why I ran against her predecessor Andy Scott many moons ago N'esy Pas?

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Go Figure

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/assembly-first-nations-general-assembly-fredericton-1.5221127

"Carolyn Bennett, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs, is in attendance and reflected on what she sees as positive strides in Indigenous relations and steps toward self-determination for First Nations.

In her remarks before the afternoon talks, Bennett said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made it clear that Indigenous Rights "are not optional."

The minister said the relationship between the Canadian government and Indigenous people is now based on "recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership."

"Delegates that rose to provide comments and questions, however, disputed the minister's remarks. The roughly dozen individuals that spoke described a disconnect between Bennett's words and their reality.

Words like "reconciliation" have no meaning if Ottawa isn't practising what it preaches, they said.

"You might say good words, but when it comes down to the bureaucrats, we're not seeing it," Chief Elaine Johnston of Serpent River First Nation in Ontario told Bennett.

Progress toward self-determination is hampered by federal negotiators and Department of Justice officials who aren't embracing pledges of respect and rights recognition made by Bennett's department, they said."  

Latest Sisson Mine approval leaves First Nations, conservation groups uneasy

Tailings pond for proposed mine north of Fredericton requires damming two fish-bearing brooks

Logan Perley· CBC News· Posted: Jul 22, 2019 7:41 PM AT

Nick Polchies of Woodstock First Nation isn't ready to give up his opposition to the Sisson Mine, despite the project's approval by two levels of government. (Logan Perley/CBC)

For two years, Nick Polchies of Woodstock First Nation and his dog Arizona have been waking up in the woods, on land that someday — and for centuries to come — could be a toxic tailings pond.

Polchies initially went to the site, about 80 kilometres northwest of Fredericton, to help the Wolastoqi grandmothers already camping out there to protest the proposed Sisson Mine.

Northcliff Resources Ltd., a Vancouver-based company, says its open-pit tungsten and molybdenum mine would create 500 jobs during construction and 300 jobs for the 27 years it is expected to operate.

The $579-million mine near the community of Napadogan would also have a storage pond for toxic waste that would last for many years after the mine is abandoned. The waste facility would require the damming of two fish-bearing brooks.

• One year later: First Nations life at the proposed Sisson mine site

Polchies's resolve to fight the project only deepened when the mine and the tailings pond proposed for the unceded Wolastoqey land got approval this summer from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

"Basically, my mind kind of went to an old meme," said the frustrated Polchies. "It's like 'how many times must we teach you this lesson, old man?' Like it's not going to happen, we're not going to allow it to happen."


The proposed mine project includes a tailings pond and ore processing plant, covering 12.5 square kilometres of Crown land. (Northcliff Resources Ltd

First Nations and environmental groups have been concerned about the mining project since it was first proposed in 2011. And despite being consulted as the proposal moved through the approval process, they still believe it's a mistake.

"It's unfortunate but the economic arguments in favour of large mining projects almost always outweigh the environmental damages that projects like the Sisson Mine will do," said Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.

The federal approval published July 10 came with amendments to the regulations covering metal and diamond mining effluent. Under the revised regulations, Bird Brook and West Branch Napadogan Brook would be lost and included in the tailings pond.

Endangered American eel and Atlantic salmon are present in both brooks, which run into the Nashwaak River, then to the St. John River, or Wolastoq.

Despite opposition from many First Nation chiefs, the New Brunswick government approved the Sisson Mine in 2015.

Felt pressure to sign

Two years later, six Wolastoqey communities — St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska —  signed an"accommodation" agreement with the province, a multi-million dollar deal giving them a share of provincial revenue generated by the mine. 

The bands said their position on the mine hadn't changed but they had no choice but to sign the accommodation agreement. If they didn't sign, they'd lose a tax agreement with the province, which provides them with own-source revenue.

Archeological surveying done since the mine was proposed has uncovered artifacts near the ore body, including an 8,500-year-old spear point.

Other artifacts that were documented and sealed disappeared from the same site. A traditional longhouse has since been constructed there and has been used for ceremonies.

Two brooks to vanish

Even the federal Environment Department's own assessment of the project, produced in 2017, found the mine would have adverse effects on the environment and the Wolastoqiyik's traditional use of the land and water. But the government decided that with mitigation, the adverse effects could be justified.

Northcliff has not said when it wants to go ahead with the Sisson Mine. Tungsten is at its lowest price since 2010, while molybdenum is only slowly gaining value.

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After the recent federal approval of the mine, the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick chiefs reiterated their opposition.


Marieka Chaplin, executive director of the Nashwaak Watershed Association, says her grassroots group is opposed to the destruction of fish-bearing streams. (Matthew Bingley/CBC)

First Nations and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans were consulted on the fish habitat compensation plan for the project needed before mine waste can be deposited in the two fish-bearing brooks.

But the chiefs said in a news release that despite being part of the engagement process, they weren't notified the two brooks would not be protected by effluent regulations.

Eye-opening moment

Polchies said he didn't know anything about the mine project until a provincial Department of Natural Resources agent first talked to him about it several years ago.

"He pointed out a little distance and said, It's going to expand from here to here, roughly that would be about the size of that dam, it's going to be all tailings, toxic water,'" Polchies said. "And that's pretty much when I knew I had to switch places."

Marieka Chaplin, executive director of the Nashwaak Watershed Association, which has been involved in the consultation from the early stages, said there are many things about the tailings pond that are concerning.

"We're concerned about the impact the project would have on our rivers and waterways," Chaplin said. "And obviously as a grassroots watershed organization, we're just simply opposed to the destruction of fish-bearing streams because that's one of the main things that we're trying to restore and conserve."

Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, says the dam for the Sisson Mine's tailings storage facility will be twice as high as the Mactaquac Dam and 16 times as long. (Jon Collicott/CBC)

Chaplin said her group has been a part of the consultation process but still doesn't know what the detailed financial plan is.

"We're very curious to know what it would cost to treat and store the mine's tailings, for example. We're concerned about seepage from the mine's tailings there."

It's unfortunate but the economic arguments in favour of large mining projects almost always outweigh the environmental damages that projects like the Sisson Mine will do

- Lois Corbett, Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Despite the federal approval, the project is still subject to 40 legally binding conditions attached to the provincial approval.

They include collaborating with post-secondary institutions for training programs, an emergency preparedness and response program, consulting with First Nations to determine the impact on animals of importance, and a water management plan.

"The project owners can crow and say that it's a significant milestone," Corbett said of the federal approval, "but there's a whole heck of a lot more hills that have to be overcome before we'll see a shovel in the ground." 

Economic argument wins

Although many people wrote to oppose the mine project, especially the dumping of waste into two brooks, Corbett said she wasn't surprised Northcliff has won approval from government.

"This is a economic depressed area, so this is an easy place to do a foolio on the government and … decision-makers. And I think that we need to end that era being taken advantage of."

"It's unfortunate but the economic arguments in favour of large mining projects almost always outweigh the environmental damages that projects like the Sisson Mine will do." 

Contents from the Mount Polley Mine tailings pond spill down the Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake near the town of Likely, B.C., in this photo from Aug. 5, 2014. The dam for the pond that stored toxic waste broke, causing a wide water-use ban in the area. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press

Despite industry's advantage, Corbett said, First Nations and environmental groups were still able get $954,000 set aside for the fish habitat compensation plan, up from the $83,000 initially proposed.

"That got jacked up to almost a million dollars, so it is better now," she said. "But from an ecological perspective, what the compensation package is doing is actually taking down one culvert and one dam, and restoring alewife in the Nashwaak, which is an admirable goal but it is not replacing Atlantic salmon nor American eel.

"So that it's kind of a switcheroo."

"Heck of a big dam"

Corbett said that the dam that will hold back the proposed tailings pond at Sisson will be larger than the Mactaquac Dam.

The tailings storage facility will be roughly 3½ kilometres by 2½ kilometres and up to 90 metres high.

"So that's one heck of a big dam," she said.

The tailings storage facility will be built from earth and rock with a geosynthetic liner.

The Mount Polley mine disaster in 2014 was a wakeup call about the regulation of the mining industry, Corbett said.

In 2014, a tailings pond for the Mount Polley copper and gold open-pit mine in British Columbia breached and flooded toxic water and mine waste into the nearby lakes and streams. Charges have not been laid against the mining company responsible for the breach.

"We were freaking out about a dam, approved federally and provincially, that collapsed and wiped out lakes and fisheries," Corbett said.

Representatives of Northcliff Resources Ltd. and the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government were contacted but would not be interviewed.

Nick Polchies is confident the protest camp at the proposed site will remain for as necessary, or when the project is called off.

"It's a fight and I refuse to stand down" Polchies says.

About the Author

Logan Perley

Logan Perley is a Wolastoqey journalist from Tobique First Nation and a summer intern at CBC New Brunswick. You can email him at logan.perley@cbc.ca or follow him on Twitter @LoganPerley.

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AFN annual assembly kicks off in Fredericton

New Brunswick capital hosts 3-day conference

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The Assembly of First Nations will open its 40th annual general assembly in the Fredericton region on Tuesday.

First Nation leaders from across Canada are in the New Brunswick capital for the three-day event, a chance to discuss Indigenous issues and the challenges facing Canada and its relationship with First Nations.

Chief Elaine Johnston of Serpent River First Nation in Ontario was among the droves of delegates who arrived and registered for the conference Monday.

"It's an opportunity for all the First Nation leaders to network and also talk about the future directions that we'd like to work on," Johnston said.

She said she's keen to discuss how newly passed federal legislation to overhaul the Indigenous child welfare system, known as Bill C-92, will affect her community.

An exchange of water ceremony took place early Tuesday morning in Fredericton. (Catherine Harrop/CBC)

The oft-criticized legislation is listed among the issues for the afternoon discussion and resolutions session. The assembly will also discuss the environment and climate change; housing, water and emergency management; and the new Indigenous languages legislation, among other topics.

• Indigenous people don't want to be excluded from snow crab fishery, national chief says

A pipe ceremony at 6 a.m. AT on St. Mary's First Nation opened the general assembly, followed by an exchange of water ceremony, where six participants travelled by canoe along the St. John River to give thanks to the body of water. About 60 people, including chiefs and members of the public, were in attendance.

This week's annual general assembly of the Assembly of First Nations in Fredericton was marked by a flag raising ceremony at city hall on Monday. The flag for the traditional Wolastoqey territory was raised. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

The opening ceremonies and official welcome will run from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Fredericton Convention Centre, home to most of the proceedings.

Carolyn Bennett, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs, will address the assembly at 1 p.m. before the discussion session begins.

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Methinks many folks would prefer to have and Dianne Reddy and Cathy Manuel as friends and neighbours than you and a thousand SANB lawyers N'esy Pas?


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Jim Cyr
Breaking into someone's HOME needs to be met with the harshest possible punishments. What would help to reduce this is an increase in the number of people shot by homeowners. Sad but true. If there is a good chance that you are going to get shot if you break in, you probably won't do it.


Marguerite Deschamp 

Reply to @Jim Cyr: these are stupid crimes just like robbing the convenience store for just a few dollars. For home invasions and robbery, the culprits risk long jail sentences and it does not deter them. These crimes are committed by drug addicts who never think about the consequences. Nothing will stop them, even the risk of getting shot. Put down your gun, Jim.

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks many would agree that Jim has far more common sense than you N'esy Pas?
 

Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David R. Amos: if it's the People's Alliance common sense that you are referring to, I can do without.









Steve Dueck

This is why some states have a stand your ground law...home owner’s can protect themselves...and the crook gets what they deserve

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @Steve Dueck: and you can get shot by looking at someone the wrong way. No thank you!

 

Jim Cyr

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Not true, Marguerite.

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @Jim Cyr: TRUE! If you're white, you'll get away with it. Otherwise, you'll end up on death row.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Steve Dueck: I concur

 

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you clearly speak as the far left wing wacko you truly are N'esy Pas? 










 

Larry LeBlanc

We have a Rottweiler...well trained, socialized, and loves to have visitors when we are home. Come around when we are out or sleeping and he'll let you in but he won't let you out. 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Good dog

Larry LeBlanc 

Reply to @David R. Amos: He is that and much more... 







 

James Johnstone

Is there a police force in Moncton? Most cities have patrols that cover different areas and actually look after the residents. I never see a patrol car in my area day or night.

David R. Amos

Reply to @James Johnstone: Methinks the RCMP don't work very hard in NB N'esy Pas?

 

David White

Your Police really need to get on top of this. Isn't that their job?

Jim Cyr

Reply to @David White: When seconds count, the police are just minutes away........

David R. Amos

Reply to @David White: Exactly 

Marguerite Deschamps
Worry pas, Walking Tall will take care of it!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-old-west-end-crime-property-rcmp-1.5224510


David R. Amos 
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks many folks would prefer to have and Dianne Reddy and Cathy Manuel as friends and neighbours than you and thousand SANB lawyers N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David R. Amos: than you too, for sure! If you're so popular, why do you get consistently pummelled at the polls?

Taking a swing at crime in Moncton's old west end

Residents work on fighting crime in the neighbourhood — beginning with reporting it to police

Tori Weldon· CBC News· Posted: Jul 25, 2019 2:48 PM AT

Dianne Reddy lives in Moncton's old west end, where she keeps a bat by her door to scare off would-be thieves. (Tori Weldon/CBC)

Residents in Moncton's old west end say crime is on the rise in the neighbourhood, and they're organizing in hopes of putting a stop to it.

Dianne Reddy is so fed up, she keeps a baseball bat by the door.

"If I find anybody on my property that doesn't belong here, day or night, I am not afraid to use it," she said.

"The police know about this. They told me it's not a good idea, but at this point I really don't care."
Reddy has lived in the neighbourhood for 21 years but said a recent rash of thefts has made her consider leaving.

• 'It's a crime of opportunity,' Moncton bike enthusiast says of thefts

In the last two years, she said, her car has been broken into at least a dozen times, and her key chain containing both her car and house keys was taken twice.

"They had gotten the keys out of the house in October but I didn't know that."

Reddy assumed she had misplaced her keys, until she woke up one morning to find her car missing.
"The police found my car with a couple in it. They had my keys."

She is vigilant about keeping her car and home doors locked, but it feels as if thieves will "take whatever is not nailed down."

Coun. Charles Léger says people should report crime, so police will get a better understanding of where it's happening. (Tori Weldon/CBC)

Others in the tree-lined neighbourhood feel the same frustration. So much so, that when a meeting was held this week to discuss the increase in crime, about 120 people showed up.

"The perception obviously is that the number of crimes of opportunity have increased in this area and people don't feel safe," said Charles Léger, the Moncton city councillor who represents the ward.

Léger is also chair of the Codiac Regional Policing Authority, the group responsible for overseeing planning, police coverage and fiscal management of Codiac RCMP for Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview.

The authority posts a monthly crime map, which shows only three incidents of property crime in the old west end reported in each week between July 1 through July 7, and July 7 through July 14.

The Codiac Regional Policing Authority Map for the week of July 7 shows three reported incidents of property crime in the old west end, fewer crimes than residents say occurred. (Submitted CRPA)

Léger said crimes recounted at the meeting do not match with the crime statistics kept by the RCMP. This is  because people don't always call the police, he said.

"Very few of these crimes were reported this summer.  Because they're not reporting it doesn't really indicate to the RCMP that there's an issue there.

"So they're frustrated and the residents are frustrated."

Léger said getting the right data can help the RCMP understand where crime is happening and how best to curb it.

The idea of a neighbourhood watch was also raised at the meeting, with people in the community volunteering to start the process.

Didn't report bike thefts

Rhonda Bulmer, who lives in the neighbourhood, said she attended the meeting and learned the problem could be bigger than she thought.

"People were a lot more worried than I realized," she said.

Three bikes were stolen from her backyard three years ago. She didn't call the police because she didn't see the point, but she's since learned it's better to report even minor crimes.

Dianne Reddy said she likes seeing the community come together to make their own solutions because she likes her neighbourhood. She raised her children in her old west end home and lived there with her late husband.

She doesn't want to leave and hopes she doesn't have to.

  

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Jared Henderson

 some kid is going to get killed or badly injured and CBC along with everyone else will be up in arms because "it went too far" well...what do you expect when nothing is done to fix the problem?

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Jared Henderson: and it could also very well be this nice little old lady with the baseball bat. She does not look very scary, even with the bat.

Brazen break-in part of rash of thefts in Moncton's old west end

With a sinking feeling, Cathy Manuel woke to the sounds of someone in her old west end home

Tori Weldon· CBC News· Posted: Jul 27, 2019 7:30 AM AT

 Cathy Manuel discovered a man broke into her Moncton house while she was sleeping. (Tori Weldon/CBC)

Cathy Manuel woke up to a man in her home in Moncton's old west end, in the latest of what residents are calling a rash of thefts in the neighbourhood.

Around 5 a.m., Manuel thought she heard someone downstairs. At first she assumed it must be her house guest.

"But the more I heard, the more I wondered, should I go down and check on him."

Once on the main floor, she noticed all the lights were on, all her cupboards and drawers were open, and the door to both her backyard and garage were wide open.

• Taking a swing at crime in Moncton's old west end

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It hit her, "someone was in my house."

She followed the noise and ran out through her attached garage and saw someone on the sidewalk holding a bag. She yelled at the man, asking if he'd been in the house.

"Probably not the wisest decision, but when you're in that moment and somebody has compromised your security it's a decision you take."

He yelled back that it must have been someone else who was in her home, then he ran off.

The thief got in through the garage door, that Manuel had forgotten to close. She said there wasn't a lot stolen, just her debit card, which she cancelled.

"I think it would have been different if bikes were stolen from my garage, or I wasn't home and somebody came in, but the fact that I was home really is what bothered me."

But there were neighbours watching, and they called the police with a detailed descriptions of the thief.

"I think one of the most disheartening things, or concerning things was that my garden shears, the big shears that I would use to cut back my shrubs and trees was in my kitchen, so he would have taken it from my garage to maybe use as a weapon."

Neighbourhood watch

This isn't the first brazen break-in in the Old West End in recent months. Dianne Reddy said that in the last year she's had two sets of keys stolen out of her house while she was home.

Earlier this week, two Moncton city councillors and about 120 residents met to talk about the perceived rise in crime.

Coun. Charles Leger said a neighbourhood watch group is in the works. But in the meantime, he said, residents should make sure they report illegal activity to the police and reach out to other levels of government to let them know there are growing problems in the community that could have roots in homelessness and drug addiction.

Peter Ryan was at the meeting and said he'll be volunteering his time to help form the neighbourhood watch — walking the streets in the early hours of the morning is something he already does.

"I've got a big black dog, a big Belgian shepherd, and I'm going out there to sort of make sure a presence is known."

Numbers matter

He wears a yellow jacket and walks down the centre of the street, often with a friend, to try to prevent crime.

"We're not out there looking for confrontation. We're just out there to say that, "OK, we see you."

Ryan said he'll be meeting with other volunteers next week to talk about the best way to get a community watch going.

"[It's] only ever going to be as successful as the amount of participants involved," he said.
"We need to have all hands on deck in this particular sense."

Ryan walked around the neighbourhood for an hour and a half starting at 12:30 a.m. Friday. But despite his efforts, just across the street, Cathy Manuel had her house broken into.

Ryan woke up to Manuel yelling. He said he got dressed and went out to see what was happening.
A number of RCMP cruisers pulled up, and a police dog was brought to help find the thief.

An arrest

Insp. Luc Breton, officer in charge of operations at Codiac RCMP, said an arrest was made. He said it's a good example of how the police can respond to crimes when they're called.

"It's kind of hard to find out about where to focus your manpower when you don't know what's going on in that area."

He was surprised at the amount of property crime that was going unreported. Breton said that since the meeting, RCMP have made an effort to show a bigger presence in the old west end. He said officers on bicycles have been patrolling the neighbourhood.

Breton said people can help by locking their doors, both to their car and homes. He said many crimes are committed by the same people.

"That's all they do."

Calling police

If police know what's going on, they can track "prolific offenders" more easily. But the victim should understand the police may not respond for a few hours.

"If there is an armed robbery taking place at the same time … we prioritize our call."
Breton said he supports a neighbourhood watch program.

"We have to work together, the police alone cannot do it."

But Breton added that people shouldn't take the law into their own hands. He said if someone thinks a stranger is in their house they should go into a room with a phone, close the door and call the police.

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Blanche Cote
Liberals are pinning their hopes on Canadians suffering some sort of mass amnesia and forgetting all the missteps, blunders and scandals of the past four years - not gonna happen.


David R. Amos
Reply to @Blanche Cote: Methinks all politician rely on mass amnesia in all elections N'esy Pas?










Elias Eliot
For almost four years we have witnessed the most incompetent PM and government in the history of Canada. Why would people reward this group of incompetent armatures with re-election?


James Holden 

Reply to @Elias Eliot:
The incompetence and arrogance of the Harper Government are unsurpassed.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @James Holden: Methinks many would agree that Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger is a close contender in being the champ in that regard n'esy Pas? 
 

Norm Hull
Reply to @David R. Amos: n'esy pas ...worst catchphrase ever









Bill McGill
I love Canada, so I’m voting Conservative

Damien Morgan

Reply to @Bill McGill: Cons only work for corporate interests and a few nuggets for religious zealots. That is not my Canada. ABC

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Damien Morgan: Methinks many would agree that the liberals work for the same dudes N'esy Pas?

Gary Norton
That India trip did it for me, that was brutal to watch. Kept getting worse everyday.

Real low point for Canada for its credibility and diplomacy.

Mia Stalling

Reply to @Gary Norton:
you forgot the belly dancing, Harper was terrible.Should have lost some weight first.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @mia stalling: Who cares?

Peter Vanderkellin
Selfie has an approval rating of 12%....

... they're all posting here.

The level of liberal desperation continues to climb!


Bill Nest
Reply to @Peter Vanderkellin:
Amazing how your votes went up in a matter of seconds.


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Peter Vanderkellin: True

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Bill Nest: Welcome to the Circus

David Sampson
It’s a damn shame the NDP likely wouldn’t be a factor in much of Canada. With the Green Party showing some strength and the Conservatives failing to really capitalize on the Liberal mistakes, a medium strong NDP would prevent any majority and that’s not a bad thing.

Worse case scenario, a Conservative Majority. We simply can’t sustain another Harper like reign. Best case scenario, anything BUT a Conservative majority.


Robert Paul 

Reply to @David Sampson: NDP is even more left than the Liberals. No thanks!

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Robert Paul: Methinks that is a rather shocking revelation if true and not just more Conservative propaganda N'esy Pas?

 

Jack Richards
I hate Trudeau's and Mckenna's carbon tax. No. Couple of spoiled people.

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Jack Richards: Methinks many folks agree with you however most folks simply don't care about any political issue other than they hate seeing taxes go up N'esy Pas?

Ethan Beaver
I can't imagine why anyone would vote that dim witted embarrassment back in for another 4 years.

Mick Loosemore

Reply to @Ethan Beaver: "The entire world leadership is feeling the same [Trudeau is "dim witted"]."
Is that based on verifiable fact, or just your ant-Trudeau opinion? Just wondering...

David R. Amos

Reply to @Mick Loosemore: Methinks many agree that Mr Dressup is a dumb as a post but not dangerous as the Yankee's stable genius certainly is N'esy Pas? 

Keyser Soze

I will vote for anyone or thing.....than JT  

Alex Keith

Reply to @Keyser Soze: An inanimate carbon rod would be a better choice than Trudeau.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Alex Keith: Methinks the liberal incumbents in the Maritimes are the Masters of Disaster for Trudeau the Younger and his Circus this fall N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Keyser Soze: Methinks you won't be able to use that name to register to vote N'esy Pas?












Bill McGill
If the liberals win in October., Canada will be ruined.


Al Jamison 

Reply to @Bill McGill:
Denying the wonderful economy again, we see.

David R. Amos 
Reply to @Al Jamison: YUP 









 

Ivan Nano

I've been saying for a year - it will be a very slim Liberal majority or a strong minority.

Despite the professional posters on here - that's still the most likely outcome. 

Mike Dowden 

Reply to @Lloyd Jones: It was a whole bunch of nothing in reality, but people seem easily influenced by propaganda, and there was (and is) a whole bunch of that.  

Sandy Gillis

Reply to @Robert Paul:
Please describe any right or freedom which you have lost.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Sandy Gillis: Methinks Freedom of Speech requires no description N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Mike Dowden: Methinks the propaganda is coming fast and furious from all the political parties and the swing voters don't believe any of them N'esy Pas?

Al Anderson
You probably vote Liberal...if...
A) You receive your paycheque from the government...
B) You receive assistance cheques from the government...


Alex Keith 

Reply to @Al Anderson: Or your money is stored in Panama.

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Alex Keith: YUP

Shaun Smith
I'm hoping no party gets a majority.  

David R. Amos

Reply to @Shaun Smith: Me Too 

 

James Rockfish
The number of posters Katie has dispatched on this story is an indication of the fear in the LPC war room.

They may start looting in preparation for their October departure.


David R. Amos

Reply to @James Rockfish: Methinks Katie is far too busy bailing out an old boat that won't float and plugging leaks to bother with this nonsense this weekend N'esy Pas? 

Larry Chegus

Justin will run on his accomplishments, opps, accomplishments, ok, a deficit out of control during his constant speaking about a booming economy, cost of living sky rocketing, need I go on

James Rockfish

Reply to @Larry Chegus: open border on Twitter was huge  

James Rockfish

Reply to @Francis Culligan: liberals don't understand global economic cycles 

  

James Holden  

Reply to @James Rockfish:
Conservatives don't understand economics.

David R. Amos

Reply to @James Holden: Nobody does 

 

Tobias Butts

"""But then the SNC-Lavalin affair blew those plans up. ""

Let's not forget the Admiral Norman affair.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Tobias Butts: Methinks many liberals will be first past the post to vote N'esy Pas?











 

Blanche Cote

Liberals seem very upset that the Conservatives chose a normal, hard working, middle class Canadian with no dirt in his background as their leader. It upsets their karma.

James Holden

Reply to @Blanche Cote:
Scheer has never worked hard and that is not normal.

David R. Amos

Reply to @James Holden: Methinks Mr Trudeau's lawyer worked very hard defending Mr Scheer's actions against me N'esy Pas?

 

Fred Engle
I could handle just about anything other than four more years of Trudeau in the Prime Minister roll.


Joseph Adams 

Reply to @Jose Franc:
Mulcair is a very knowledgeable and surprisingly unbiased political commentator.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Joseph Adams: Yea Right 

 

How the parties' paths to majority government have changed

Getting to 170 now requires more Ontario seats for Liberals, more Quebec, Atlantic seats for Conservatives

Éric Grenier· CBC News· Posted: Jul 27, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

Both Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer (left) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be focused on one number in October: 170, the number of seats needed to form a majority government. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

There's an old adage in military planning: no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. It works just as well with election campaigns — certainly with any plans the parties might have drawn up when this election year began.

The Liberals and Conservatives have one target in October: 170. That's the number of seats needed to form a majority government. But the paths of least resistance leading each party to that number look very different today than they did six months ago.

• Poll Tracker: Conservatives hold 3-point lead over Liberals

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In early February, the Liberals enjoyed a comfortable lead over the Conservatives in the polls. How that support broke down across the country put the party in a good position to be re-elected with a majority, even if it was reduced in size.

The thinking at the time was that the Liberals would be able to compensate for losses in places like Ontario, Atlantic Canada and British Columbia with gains in Quebec — at least enough to put them over the 170-seat mark.

But then the SNC-Lavalin affair blew those plans up. The Liberals have been trailing the Conservatives in the polls — and the seat projections — ever since. Both parties have had to draw up new plans as the front line has shifted.

So what do the paths to a majority government look like now?

The CBC's Canada Poll Tracker makes it possible to map out the path of least resistance for each party to reach 170 seats, and how that path has changed over the last six months. The seat projections currently put both the Liberals and Conservatives in minority territory — so to find the path to 170, we merely need to add seats in places where each party is estimated to be trailing by the smallest margins.

In other words, this projection tells us which 170 seats are likely to be the easiest for each party to win, based on where they stand in the polls today.

The Liberal path to 170

The Poll Tracker update of Feb. 12 was the last to include only the polls that were conducted before the Globe and Mail broke the SNC-Lavalin story.

On that day, the path to a Liberal majority government was quite different from the one the party had taken in 2015. In that election, of the seats won by the Liberals by the biggest margins, 75 were in Ontario and 37 were in Quebec.

But by early February, things had flipped. The path of least resistance for the Liberals included 59 seats in Quebec and only 57 in Ontario.

In addition to those seats, the Liberal path to 170 included 27 seats in Atlantic Canada, 14 in British Columbia, 11 in the Prairies and in the North, and two in Alberta.

But with the Conservatives being hamstrung in Ontario by the unpopularity of Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government, the calculations for the Liberals to reach 170 have reverted to banking on Ontario.

Today, the path of least resistance to 170 for the Liberals counts on 69 seats from Ontario, 55 from Quebec, 13 from B.C., eight in Nova Scotia, six in Newfoundland and Labrador, six in Manitoba, four in New Brunswick, three in Prince Edward Island, three in the North, two in Alberta and one in Saskatchewan.

This scenario represents 12 more Ontario seats, a drop of six in Atlantic Canada and a loss of four seats in Quebec compared to the Liberals' pre-February path to a majority. It shows how voting intentions have shifted over the last six months — the Liberals' standing in Quebec and Atlantic Canada is now relatively worse than it is in Ontario.

Quebec still plays an outsized role in the Liberals' quest for 170 seats in 2019 — the party is estimated to need 18 more seats from the province today than it needed in 2015 — but it now looks like Liberal planners can hope for fewer losses in Ontario that need to be made good in Quebec.

The Conservative path to 170

In many cases, the Conservatives and Liberals are vying for the same seats that will decide which party wins and whether it will be a minority or majority government. Accordingly, Ontario has become less important for the Conservatives, while Quebec and Atlantic Canada have become more important.

Back in February, when the Conservatives were trailing in the polls and a majority government seemed out of reach, the path to 170 looked tough.

Their easiest path included 72 seats in Ontario, 55 seats in Alberta and the Prairies, 23 in B.C., 14 in Quebec and just six in Atlantic Canada.

With the exception of more seats in Quebec and fewer out east, it was a map that looked very similar to the majority government Stephen Harper cobbled together in 2011 — with a heavy emphasis on Ontario and Western Canada.

Now, however, the polls suggest the Conservatives might have an easier time winning seats east of Ontario than they would in making significant gains in the province itself.

The easiest Conservative path to 170 today includes 59 seats from Ontario, followed by 33 in Alberta, 25 in B.C., 19 in Quebec, 13 in Saskatchewan, eight in Manitoba, seven in New Brunswick, five in Nova Scotia and one in Prince Edward Island.

That would represent significant gains over 2015 in many parts of the country. But compared to 2011 — and adjusting for the 30 extra seats that have been added to the map since then — the numbers are roughly similar in the West and in Atlantic Canada.

The Conservatives' required seat count is much lower in Ontario and much higher in Quebec. There are more than four times as many Quebec seats in the easiest Conservative path to a majority than there were in 2011.

It all shows how decisive Quebec could be in October. While the sheer number of seats up for grabs in Ontario still makes it the linchpin of any majority government, Quebec is the province where both the Conservatives and Liberals are counting on gains in order to put together a map that gives them 170 seats.

That means both parties are planning an offensive in Quebec this fall. We'll see if those plans can survive through to election day.

About the Author

Éric Grenier

Politics and polls

Éric Grenier is a senior writer and the CBC's polls analyst. He was the founder of ThreeHundredEight.com and has written for The Globe and Mail, Huffington Post Canada, The Hill Times, Le Devoir, and L’actualité.

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Methinks there are many not so stable geniuses getting rather nervous N'esy Pas? 


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Angela Kung
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Every time this clown opens his mouth the markets go up and down like a roller coaster. And then he turns around and blames it on the federal reserve and tries to intimidate them. Fed up with this.

 
David R. Amos
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Reply to @Angela Kung: Welcome to the Circus  










John Milkovic
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This what happens when you allow your 7 year old to start running your household affairs..chaos, angst, hypocrisy, anger, desperation ......except this 7 year old is destroying the world economies 


David R. Amos 
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Reply to @John Milkovic: Methinks it not nice to insult the legions of seven year olds who are wiser and far more ethical than the POTUS N'esy Pas? 

Rob Douglas

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Keep in mind that the mutt who started all this is the same fella that bankrupted a business that prints cash. 

David R. Amos
Content Disabled  
Reply to @Rob Douglas: Methinks he still thinks he has made America great again N'esy Pas? 










Bill Nest
Trump thinks he's dealing with a bunch of rookies.

Mark Baker

Reply to @Bill Nest: trump thinking is an oxymoron...

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Mark Baker: Methinks many will agree that that is a true statement N'esy Pas? 
 

David R. Amos
Reply to @Bill Nest: Methinks Trump did not make the most liked threads go "Poof" perhaps the Russians did it N'esy Pas?











Brent Grywinski

Trade wars are easy to win, right, Donald? Except the whole world might lose.

Mark Moncton

China fights back hard on US tariff, real retaliation payload will come. US stock plunges 950 points this afternoon. 70 % US Corporations and Americans rely on stock to finance. But China is 15 %. Andrew Collier of Orient Capital Research and most US economists described Trump’s latest tariff move as a “sword at the throat” of the U.S. economy rather than China’s. Trump’s trade war is triggering a deep US recession happen sooner, last much longer, and cause more pain. The U.S. second quarter GDP, the latest report, astonishingly declines by 55 % from 4.2 % to merely 2.1 % % from the same time last year, after its huge 1.5 trillion dollars tax cut that running out of steam so fast ( expensive tax cut not in recession time) , with 120 % national debt per GDP and 1 trillion dollars each year just for the payment of national debt. Many important indicators in US are way down i.e. bond yield curve repeatedly inverts (upcoming recession), manufacturing index, Export Index, growing national debt, interest rate uncertain and repeatedly cut. UBS study on 24,000 franchise stores in US shows that higher tariffs on Chinese goods have forced more than half of them closed ( stores have been largely closed across US in recent months). Trade war only punish consumers. China trade surplus rose in a big scale, and with US increased by 12% over the six months ending in June this year to 954.81 billion despite the impact of tariffs. But US exports to China sharply declined by 31 % this year. US GDP will continue declining under 1 % or below in the third or fourth quarter.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/02/analysts-on-the-impact-of-trumps-latest-tariffs-on-china.html

https://www.thestreet.com/politics/china-posts-record-us-trade-surplus-as-trump-tariffs-fail-to-slow-export-growth-15017607  

 
David R. Amos

Reply to @mark moncton: Methinks the Chinese and the Russians have been buying gold by the tons for years for very valid reasons N'esy Pas?

Kevin Delaney
Have No Fear. A Stable Genius is running this show.

Kevin Delaney

Reply to @James Holden:
A guy who rants against individual enterprises driving Value Down.
Picks a fight with China and tanks a market. Stable Genius moves.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Kevin Delaney: Methinks there are many not so stable geniuses getting rather nervous N'esy Pas?

Steve Barton
Trump is a Tariffist. 


David R. Amos
Reply to @Steve Barton: Oh So True 

Frank Weiler
soon Trump will tell the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank to ax further interest index , and the borrowing frenzy continues all the while the National Debt spirals upward , then China will play their trump card as to call AMERICA to pay up their debt in FULL plus interest 


Jim Trautman
Reply to @Roger devry: Oh, you mean like Boris Johnson to the EU and you seem to think there won't be any consequences try reading a good book on the Depression of 1929 an how that came about. Jim Trautman


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Jim Trautman: Methinks history has a bad habit of repeating itself N'esy Pas?

Mike Mineau
Trump is ruining everything. Period. What a disgusting leader. 

Bernie McCann
Reply to @Lily O'Loughlin: -- Very soon, business will discover that everything bought from China is available elsewhere.


David R. Amos   

Reply to @Bernie McCann: Methinks that was always well known It is the price of the product that matters to most N'esy Pas?

Jeremy Kemp
China will quickly teach Trump a well deserved lesson.


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Jeremy Kemp: Methinks they already are N'esy Pas? 













 

Frank Weiler
well Donnie what have you got to explain yourself ? please don't use the blame game here, economy growing , while debt continues to mushroom you ain't seen anything when this trade deal with China 'WORSENS" , you have only yourself to blame , the American people have been hoodwinked again....


David R. Amos   

Reply to @Frank Weiler: Methinks Donnie and his puppet masters don't care N'esy Pas? 












 

Terry Viceroy
The non-stop effort by MSM to take shots at Trump has now led to posters siding with a communist dictator over our best friends next door.


David R. Amos 
Reply to @Terry Viceroy: Methinks either you and I get our news from much different sources or one of us can't understand what we read N'esy Pas?
















Louis Pelt
All China has to do is wait the U.S out. At some point the mass shootings will do everyone in.

 

Jack Hill

Reply to @Louis Pelt:

First part of your statement s correct. Second part is sick.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Jack Hill: I concur

Stanley Baird 

Reply to @Louis Pelt: Anyone who bets against the US will lose in the end - it is the greatest democratic and competitive free market in the world - virtually free of corruption which plague other economies outside North America (except Quebec) and some of Europe. 

 

Charles Maturin

Reply to @Jack Hill: Sick? yes. True? yes

New York stock indexes hammered as China allows yuan to devalue

Threat of tariffs has been hitting markets hard for the past 3 days

CBC News· Posted: Aug 05, 2019 10:36 AM ET 

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks were diving on Monday on trade tensions with China. (Richard Drew/The Associated Press)

New York stock indexes plunged Monday, as investors continued to deal with the fallout of the China-U.S. trade war.

The Dow Jones Industrial Index was off 880 points or 3.3 per cent in the afternoon, but bounced slightly at the end of the trading day. It ended the day down 770 points or 2.9 per cent to 25,719, while the broader S&P 500 Index fell 91 points or 3.1 per cent to 2,839. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, which is more sensitive to trade with Asia, was off 3.4 per cent or 275 points to 7,729.

Canada's TSX index was not trading because of the August Civic holiday.

The price of oil also declined amid fears of depressed demand because of the trade war. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 85 cents to $54.85 US a barrel.

Just 10 days ago, U.S. stocks were trading at record levels, but the Trump administration's threat to impose more 10 per cent tariffs Sept. 1 on $300 billion of Chinese imports has knocked back markets around the world.

"The Great China Trade Deal evaporated before our eyes last week and investors should stop hoping it back into existence," Christopher Smart, head of the Barings Investments Institute, wrote in a report.

On Monday, China allowed its currency to decline below the politically sensitive level of seven yuan to the U.S. dollar.

• Chinese yuan falls to 11-year low amid trade tensions

• Trump announces new 10% tariff on another $300B worth of Chinese goods

Market forces usually would act to drive down the yuan in response to U.S. actions against Chinese goods, but China's central bank previously has been allowing the currency to hold its value so as not to further inflame trade tensions.

Investors are interpreting Monday's fall in the yuan as a new front in the trade war and are worried about a global economic slowdown as a result of the trade war.

The all-important American consumer stands to suffer as a result of tariffs and that could further threaten U.S. growth. The latest round of tariffs on Chinese goods would cost U.S. households an average of $200 a year, some economists estimate, and would start to bite consumers and retailers just as the holiday shopping season begins.

That cost would come on top of the roughly $830 cost imposed per household from Trump's existing tariffs, according to a New York Federal Reserve analysis.

The U.S. economy is still growing and unemployment is low, but a threat of global recession could end its run and drag down profits at U.S. companies.

Technology stocks took the worst hit in the early going as many of those companies stand to suffer more than other sectors if the trade war between the U.S. and China continues to escalate. Apple fell 5.0 per cent and Microsoft fell 4.3 per cent.

Investors fled to less risky holdings. Bond prices spiked and pushed yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury down to 1.77 per cent from 1.85 per cent on Friday.

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Saint John mayor defends deal to assist QMJHL's Sea Dogs

Council vote comes on the heels of Sea Dogs and the Harbour Station Commission signing a new five-year lease

 

CBC News· Posted: Aug 03, 2019 2:09 PM AT 

 

 

 

The Saint John Sea Dogs will receive as much as $112,500 from the City of Saint John over five years. (Vincent Ethier/QMJHL)

Saint John Mayor Don Darling is defending a deal that saw the cash-strapped city give the privately owned Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League more than $100,000 to be paid out over five years.

Darling says with the team threatening to leave the city, there was a strong argument for making the investment.

"At the end of the day, if the Sea Dogs organization weren't in Saint John anymore, there'd be jobs impacts, there'd be an economic impact that's estimated at a million to a million-and-a-half dollars a year," he said.

Harbour Station, which already has annual deficits of roughly $600,000 to $800,000 would lose its "major tenant" and about 40 events a year.

• CBC Investigates
  Emails reveal tense negotiations behind city's payment to Saint John Sea Dogs

• Council coughs up $112K to keep Sea Dogs from leaving Saint John

"You know council and I take every dollar council directs very seriously and we weigh the pros and cons and I'm convinced that the pros outweigh the cons in this particular case," said Darling.

He said he called restaurant, bar and hotel owners in the city. He heard from them that it wasn't worth the risk to lose the team.

"The majority of council decided that this was a good decision for the community," he said

Darling compared Harbour Station to Moncton's newer Avenir Centre, which has booked shows like Keith Urban and Jack White, while Harbour Station had to cancel three big shows because ticket sales weren't strong enough.

Mayor Don Darling said there was a strong argument for making the investment to keep the Sea Dogs in Saint John. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

"We have a community up the road that has a bigger, new [venue]. As we know it's getting the majority of the large music acts."

Darling said having a large arena in the city improves quality of life, and is a way to attract people to Saint John.

"The future of Harbour Station is far more bleak without a major tenant," Darling said.

Lease details secret

Council's vote comes on the heels of the Sea Dogs and the Harbour Station Commission signing a new five-year lease.

The details of the lease haven't been released to the public.

Darling said the city became involved after negotiations broke down between the Sea Dogs and the Harbour Station Commission, the arms-length agency that runs the arena.

Council did not even review the lease before voting on the payments, which Ward 1 Coun. Greg Norton said "lacked considerably in transparency." 

Details of the renewed lease between the team and the Harbour Station Commission haven't been released to the public.

Darling defended the decision, saying if there was a problem with the lease then neither the Harbour Station Commission nor the Sea Dogs would have signed.

Earlier this week, Sea Dogs president and general manager Trevor Georgie told CBC News the team has been losing "hundreds of thousands of dollars" over the past few years and even with the new money from the city, it will continue to do so.

"Despite the losses, our owner is prepared to fund them because he's a proud New Brunswicker and he loves his hockey," Georgie said.

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David R. Amos

Methinks it rather hard to believe that about 20 grand a year tipped the scale on the team's decision to stay in town N'esy Pas?

 

 

Ray Bungay

Reply to @David R. Amos: no but sure didn’t hurt. $20K could have spent on frivolous things but this is money well spent sir‼️

 

 

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Ray Bungay: It still smells rather odd 

 

 

 

 

 

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Controversial political party greeted by vocal protesters in Saint John

National Citizens Alliance holds forum outside City Hall after legion cancels its booking

 

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon· CBC News· Posted: Jun 28, 2019 1:56 PM AT 

 

 

National Citizens Alliance Leader Stephen Garvey, wearing the red shirt, had only one supporter with him as he faced down a group of vocal protesters in Saint John. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

 

A controversial federal political party got less than a warm welcome in Saint John on Friday.
Two members of the National Citizens Alliance were greeted by about 40 protesters, including Mayor Don Darling, during a lunch-hour forum in front of City Hall.

About 15 police officers stood watch as the protesters toted signs bearing slogans, such as "NCA Go Away," and "In Saint John We Love Our Newcomers," and chanted, "Off our streets Nazi scum."

Party leader Stephen Garvey, armed with a bullhorn, fired back. "Read our policies," he shouted over the protesters, who blew whistles in an attempt to drown him out. "The silent majority in Canada are about to wake up."

The National Citizens Alliance, which is based in Calgary, became a registered federal party in January, according to Elections Canada.

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The Alliance is calling for a drastic reduction in immigrants to Canada and rescinding the Multiculturalism Act and it opposes hate speech laws and anti-Islamophobia policies. The party also believes climate change is a hoax.

Earlier in the day, the mayor took to social media to denounce the party.

"I want folks to know, that the city has nothing to do with this group," he posted on Twitter. "Their hate filled views are disgusting and I don't want them in our city.

"They serve only to fuel divisive views and hatred. Worse is this political party actually play to these views for votes."

Saint John Mayor Don Darling was front and centre at the protest against the National Citizens Alliance on Friday, carrying a sign with the slogan, 'Love Not Hate Makes Canada Great.' (Shane Fowler/CBC)

The party's forum was originally planned for the Royal Canadian Legion's Lancaster Branch 69 but was moved to City Hall after the legion cancelled the booking, according to Garvey.

Forums slated for the qplex in Quispamsis Friday evening and at the Golden Jubilee Hall in Sussex on Saturday are expected to proceed as scheduled, unless they get another call, he said.

Some Quispamsis residents have expressed concerns about the group using the town's arena and called for it to be cancelled, but Mayor Gary Clark said the booking of the Moosehead Breweries Conference Centre would stand.

"I personally do not agree with their views but feel it is important that we uphold rights given by Legislation in our Province," he posted on the town's Facebook page

CBC News New Brunswick

More protesters than party members show up for Saint John political rally

Two National Citizens Alliance members were confronted by 40 protesters with signs and whistles condemning the party's call for a drastic reduction in immigration. 1:10

 

 

The New Brunswick Human Rights Act states: "No person, directly or indirectly, alone or with another, by himself, herself or itself or by the interposition of another, shall, based on a prohibited ground of discrimination,

• a) deny to any person or class of person any accommodation, services or facilities available to the public, or
• b) discriminate against any person or class of persons with respect to any accommodation, services or facilities available to the public.

"In this case their recognition as a federal political party we believe is protected under the act," wrote Clark.

"Canada and New Brunswick take very seriously the right to free speech and the protection of rights for all Canadians. The Town of Quispamsis has a duty to protect those rights as well, even if we do not agree with the group's political views."

About 40 protesters greeted the National Citizens Alliance at Saint John City Hall. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

He stressed that the town and Moosehead Breweries have no affiliation with the party and that it's a private booking.

If anyone chooses to continue to voice concerns, Clark urged them to do so in a "respectful and peaceful manner."

Several of the Saint John protesters yelled, "See you tonight at the qplex," as they left around 1 p.m.

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David R. Amos

For the record I have never heard of these dudes and I certainly agree with Mayor Gary Clark and not the Mindless Don Darling. Whereas the nasty Conservative Madame Bell decided to tease me about this politcal party methinks her buddy the aptly named lawyer Rob Moore and I should talk to them later today in Sussex N'esy Pas?

 

 

Lou Bell

Reply to @David R. Amos: This guy had one less supporter than you had when you ran ! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lou Bell

Wow, look at all the supporters. Even Amos could beat this party ! 

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Lou Bell: Shame on you Lourdes Methinks you likely laughed when you heard I was illegally forced to eat your food at the DECH N'esy Pas?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Forbes 

Amazing how the left always just tries to drown out the opposition instead of actually trying to converse with them. Even if the protesters are right, you won't get people to see your point of view yelling at them.  

 

 

SarahRose Werner

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David R. Amos 

Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Methinks protesting often defeats its intended purpose and this article is a fine example by making a fool out Don Darling and his cohorts and the people they are protesting better known N'esy Pas?

 

 

Josef Blow

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Alexander Forbes  

Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Unless it's a quiet protest that wouldn't convince me to join their side.

 

 

Alexander Forbes 

Reply to @Josef Blow: Yelling at people and drowning them out is exactly what tbey were doing. Try literacy...it does wonders.

 

 

Lou Bell
These guys draw about the same numbers as Trump ! Or at least from the numbers they'll probably post ! Wonder how many zeros they'll add TO THAT ONE SUPPORTER ????


Dan Lee 

Reply to @Lou Bell:
Prabably same amount of zeros as PANB meetin last week

 

 

Lou Bell

Reply to @Dan Lee: Marc ? Where's Marc uerite ?

 

 

Lou Bell

Reply to @Dan Lee: Liberals / SANB have you and Marc uerite !

 

 

Josef Blow 

Reply to @Lou Bell: I wonder if booze is not at play with you ?

 

 

David R. Amos

Content disabled

Reply to @Josef Blow: Methinks many think the same of you N'esy Pas?

 

 

Dan Lee

Reply to @Lou Bell:
Nahhh....not a Marc or a uerite.....hmmmm more like a hood.....

Lou Bell
A meeting of these people ? Like a flea on an Elephants --s !!

Dan Lee

Reply to @Lou Bell:
Ohhh....i thought it was about PANB.........

 

 

Lou Bell 

Reply to @Dan Lee: Naw, it's the last two Anglophone Liberals !

 

 

Josef Blow

Reply to @Lou Bell: Get over yourself Lou Bell. A broken record you are.

 

 

David R. Amos

Content disabled

Reply to @Josef Blow: Methinks you should get over yourself At least Lou has a real name N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele
If protesters were not there drawing a crowd , then most Saint Johner's would not even know that they were in town . Having protests , drawing a crowd , and getting attention from the press ; just gives these groups credibility . The best way to handle people who want attention is to ignore them , and they will go away when they can't get an audience . 
 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Matt Steele: Methinks that is the logic you use to ignore me N'esy Pas?

Donald Gallant
And the protesters are members of what political party ?

Surely that should have been mentioned in the article by BJM.

SarahRose Werner

Reply to @Donald Gallant: Why? It's not relevant.

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Yes it is

Lou Bell
Perhaps Liberals / SANB could recruit these two. Maybe one could replace the Security Guard when he's defeated .


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you and Kevin Vickers both know that your buddy Richard Bell ran two elections for you Conservatives in NB and after I ran in Fat Fred City against Andy Scott another dude who went to High School with your hubby and I Bell was the first Judge Harper ever appointed N'esy Pas?

 

 

Dan Lee

Reply to @Lou Bell

TSK TSK...your failing Lou......you need new stuff.......

 

 

Lou Bell 

Reply to @Dan Lee: With Liberals/ SANB stifled , all we get now is how many times they're gettin' caught with their hands in the cookie jars ! And NO RESPONSES !! Looks like the cat got Gallant / Melanson / all the other SANB run Caucus members tongues ! Even the Security Guard is MUM !!!

Jade Smith
Bah don't take CBC's word for anything. Check out their videos on YouTube then judge for yourself. The main message I got was Canadians and Canada first.

Mark (Junkman) George

Reply to @Jade Smith:

OH! Say it isn't so. Are you suggesting that the "Canada's trusted news source" is trying to sell a specific agenda?

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The ABCs of Saint John: New city manager to review agencies, boards, commissions

More than 30 groups oversee city's services and facilities, handle 'tens of millions' of dollars

 

CBC News· Posted: Jun 06, 2019 8:26 PM AT

 

 

 

The Canada Games Aquatic Centre's oversight body will be part of the review. 

 

 

Saint John's new city manager is undertaking a review of the agencies, boards and commissions to improve their operations and find ways to save money.

There are more than 30 such groups that oversee the city's facilities and services, such as Harbour Station, the Aquatic Centre, police services and transit — all at arms length from the city, said Mayor Don Darling.

And "tens of millions" of dollars flow through them.

"I think we have an obligation as council … to ensure we have the best practices in place and that we can get the best results," he said.

Darling said "micro" reviews have been done in the past, but nothing as comprehensive as what John Collin has planned.

John Collin, who was appointed Saint John city manager in January, is juggling several strategic projects, said Mayor Don Darling, noting the city is a $250-million corporation with $2.7 billion in assets. (City of Saint John)

Collin, who has been on the job since January, will spend the next five or six months on the project.

"I think everything is on the table," said Darling, adding that includes possible mergers.

"This is about driving maximum value for taxpayers and you cannot be talking about sustainability moving forward without having everything you do be looked at through that lens, again, of growth, our financial performances and lastly, through municipal reforms."

Darling expects Collin will focus on the groups that have the biggest financial implications, such as the Aquatic Centre.

"If things are going well, we're investing — or another way to say it, we're losing $500,000 a year. If things are going poorly, we're losing a  million dollars a year," he stressed.

Darling said he has some of his own ideas about where costs can be trimmed and the Fundy Region Service Commission, which costs the city about $70,000 a year, is top of mind.

"That would be an example where, why would we continue to invest money on behalf of the taxpayers when … the mandate's not being met and there doesn't seem to be a willingness to meet the mandate?"

Similarly, he hopes Collin will take a closer look at the governance model of the Aquatic Centre, which continues to struggle.

Information Morning - Saint John

The city's review of agencies, boards and commissions

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Saint John Mayor Don Darling. 8:04

It's not an attack on the members of the various agencies, boards and commissions, said Darling, noting many are volunteer positions while others are paid nominal fees. Police commission members, for example, get paid $100 per meeting. 

"The world we're working in is changing very rapidly, so do we have the right framework and the right support?" he said. 

"And within this governance review the boards themselves might say, 'Hey City of Saint John, you're encumbering us.' So it's a two-way street."

Collin's findings will be made public and discussed at council, said Darling.

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David Amos
This is a joke correct? 

Dominic LeBlanc makes 1st public appearance in months since non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis

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Methinks everybody knows Leblanc has several powerful billionaire buddies not just in the Irving Clan and they all need him to get better and stay in office for their benefit N'esy Pas? 


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Fergus O'Ryan
Sorry about the cancer, truly.

Resign. You symbolize everything that's wrong with politics.



Al Kennedy
Reply to @Mark Baker:
LeBlanc can't afford plane fare? He's a millionaire.


David R. Amos

Reply to @Al Kennedy: Methinks everybody knows Leblanc has several powerful billionaire buddies not just in the Irving Clan and they all need him to get better and stay in office for their benefit N'esy Pas?

Anne Bérubé
Well, sorry Dominic, you can buy your own airline ticket just like anyone else


Richard Sharp 

Reply to @Anne Bérubé:

Maybe there were scheduling issues. Maybe an Irving friend was going anyway, or offered a private flight when no airline could meet his medical needs. He's a sick man.

You remind me of Harper, who couldn't even wait a week to make personal attacks against Pierre Trudeau after his death (Globe op-ed).

David R. Amos
Reply to @Richard Sharp: Merhinks the only dude you are fooling is yourself N'esy Pas?



















Robert Petras
Another Liberal that needs to be shown the door. Entitlement and corruption abound. Sadly Canadian choices are limited as they all know where to find the pig trough.


David R. Amos
Reply to @Robert Petras: I concur















Al Anderson
He is a Liberal..so he is entitled to his entitlements don't you know...

Fergus O'Ryan

Reply to @Al Anderson:

Its disgusting

David R. Amos

Reply to @Fergus O'Ryan: YUP

Paul Maceachern
Maybe he can explain why all the judges appointed in NB are contributors to his campaign or his relatives.


David R. Amos
Reply to @paul maceachern: Good luck getting an answer to that concern.


















Jim Johnson
It is not only the controversial flight through Irving but another ethics violations where 5 of the 6 judicial appointments in NB were friends and family.


Richard Sharp 

Reply to @Jim Johnson:

All judicial appointments were merit-based and independently identified. CBC should not allow your smear to get up.

David R. Amos
Reply to @Richard Sharp: Yea Right

















Mack Leigh
While my sympathies are with Mr. LeBlanc and his family for what he is currently going thru I cannot help but wonder if there is nothing that a Liberal won't stoop to to get elected... This whole thing smacks of using a man's illness as a means of gaining the sympathy vote.......Hopefully people will see this for what it is and vote accordingly... Hopefully the people will see thru this ploy and realize that re-electing Liberals come October is the last thing Canadians need...... They have sold out the people of Canada and fed at the trough long enough.

 

Ke Irwin

Reply to @Mack Leigh: Hypocritical, heartless, inappropriate and sociopathic! Good luck on judgement day!

David R. Amos

Reply to @Ke Irwin: Methinks its polling day that should worry you and your hero Mr Leblanc N'esy Pas?

Fergus O'Ryan
Guy awards the lucrative clam contract to his friends who don't even own a boat.


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Fergus O'Ryan: Welcome to the Circus 

 

Dan Ridler
What is the point of having an ethics commissioner with no concept of ethics? 


David R. Amos
Reply to @Dan Ridler: Methinks that is the point It has been that way since Howie Wilson took the job N'esy Pas? 













Kriss Robinson
It's good to know Canada's billionaires are standing by to offer the little guy help. Does anyone know what billionaire has been assigned to my family? Other than that, all sarcasm aside, get better soon. 


David R. Amos
Reply to @Kriss Robinson: Methinks Mr Morneau and his wealthy wife are always concerned as to whether or not all the little guys are eating enough french fries N'esy Pas?  

Dominic LeBlanc makes 1st public appearance in months since non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis

New Brunswick MP asked about controversial Irving flight

CBC News· Posted: Aug 07, 2019 12:18 PM ET

Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc says his cancer treatments are going well and he's ready to be on the campaign trail for the October election. (CBC)

Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc, who stepped back from his cabinet duties earlier this year to focus on his non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment, made his first public appearance in months this morning, telling reporters he intends to be in "fighting form" on the campaign trail this fall.

The longtime New Brunswick MP said his treatments for the cancer, which affects the lymphatic system, are going well.

"I have successfully completed five chemotherapy treatments," he said in Moncton. "The doctors at the Georges Dumont Hospital are very, very encouraged by the results, very positive."

He was also forced to respond, for the first time in person, about the controversial flight he took on a private aircraft owned by J.D. Irving to undergo cancer treatments in Montreal. The Irving family is tied to the shipbuilding, oil, forestry and agriculture industries.

The flight, first reported by the Globe and Mail, took place on June 13, according to a filing on the ethics commissioner's website.

LeBlanc reiterated to reporters on Wednesday that he cleared the flight with the ethics commissioner.

• Ethics czar erred in approving LeBlanc's use of Irving plane: Democracy Watch

• Dominic LeBlanc announces he will run again after success with non-Hodgkin lymphoma fight

• Trudeau defends judicial appointments with personal connections to Dominic LeBlanc

"The particular treatment that the doctors at the Georges Dumont hospital are pursuing in my case, which would constitute a cure, those particular treatments are not offered in New Brunswick and New Brunswick patients are referred in most cases to Quebec or to Nova Scotia," he said. "In my case the doctors referred me to Montreal.

"I can't speak to what other patients do."

Democracy Watch, an organization that advocates for greater government accountability, has argued Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion erred in preapproving LeBlanc's private trip aboard an Irving plane.

"The ethics commissioner acted like an unethical lapdog by approving this unethical gift of a flight," co-founder Duff Conacher said last month.

Leblanc plans to be in ' fighting form'

LeBlanc set up a conflict of interest screen with the ethics commissioner's office, after he was appointed to cabinet in 2015, that bars him from taking part in decisions that directly affect James D. Irving and his companies.

The Beauséjour MP served as minister of intergovernmental affairs and northern affairs before stepping aside in April for treatment.

Watch: LeBlanc 1st appearance in months after cancer battle

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc spoke about his use of a private plane - owned by the the J.D. Irving company - to get to his cancer treatments in June during his first public appearance in Moncton after stepping away for treatment for his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma earlier this year. 0:59

"I intend to be in fighting form for the election this fall and look forward very much to the campaign," said LeBlanc, following a funding announcement at the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport, named after his father.

LeBlanc was diagnosed with lymphocytic lymphoma in 2017, when he was fisheries minister. Last October, LeBlanc announced that cancer was in remission.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has temporarily taken over responsibility for intergovernmental affairs, while Carolyn Bennett, the minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, took over LeBlanc's duties for northern affairs.

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Seems you have help now Your pal should recall N'esy Pas @BrianGallantNB ???

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"Methinks university president's office should ask their new lawyer to review all the emails I sent them over the years N'esy Pas?"


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David R. Amos
Methinks after trying to remind Mohamed Lachemi's minions again today of many prior contacts I have every right to say that Ryerson University and Brian Gallant deserve each other N'esy Pas?


Gordon Stopps
Reply to @David R. Amos:

What language (languages) is that?










David R. Amos
Methinks university president's office should ask their new lawyer to review all the emails I sent them over the years N'esy Pas? 
















Evan Day
"Special adviser" on innovation, cyber security and law in the university president's office. Sure, that's the job title you give someone when you've just made up a job. Since Gallant isn't skilled in any of those things, I suspect he's been hired for his name recognition. In other words, his job will be to stump for money for the new law school. In other words, no technical abilities required - just his pretty, pretty face.

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @Evan Day: I guess he's not just another pretty face.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks we should not be surprised by that comment N'esy Pas?

Jared Henderson 

Reply to @Evan Day: His job will be to promote Ryerson out here for the french community as a school where you can go and " not be afraid to be french"

Jared Henderson 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: he has no qualifications in any of the things he handles for Ryerson...a pretty face is exactly what he is lol

Buddy Best 

Reply to @Evan Day: A job? Does he even have to show up for work? They tend to do really well when we put the boot to them. Wonder Why? Not really

Marguerite Deschamps
"Gallant graduated from the University of Moncton with a bachelor of arts in business administration and bachelor of law degrees. He later graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a master's in law."
Now he lands a good high profile ob at Ryerson.
To all you detractors who kept saying that he was a mere tennis instructor, put this in your pipe and smoke it! And HE IS a good tennis instructor and tennis player to boot!
What have YOU accomplished other than harrping on here all the time?

DON MOFFATT

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Is it OK for him to be paid as both an MLA and an advisor to a University? I remember another Liberal MLA who tried to do both jobs.

Mac Isaac

Reply to @DON MOFFATT: To answer your specious question: YES! It in fact is okay to keep both his job as MLA and as an advisor...paid or otherwise. Your reference to "another Liberal MLA" is equally specious as was explained CLEARLY in the article, that MLA was in government...M. Gallant is NOT in government. As Ms Deschamps says: Put that in your smoke and pipe it....yes I know! I ad libbed that last bit!!

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you forgot my lawsuit that Gallant tried to ignore N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Mac Isaac: Methinks you should back away from your pipe until you understand the scene N'esy Pas?

Mack Leigh 

Reply to @DON MOFFATT: Why would anyone think that he is actually committed to the people of Shediac and Dieppe as their MLA.. As it now stands Gallant takes up a seat and collects his paycheque and will do so just long enough to qualify for the pension compliments of the NB Taxpayers.

DON MOFFATT 

Reply to @Mac Isaac: I didn't realize Mr. Gallant would now be able to collect a salary from the taxpayers who voted for him to have a full time job representing them with full expectations that he would treat it as a full time job. My mistake.

Jared Henderson

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Quite a bit in my life actually...and very little of it has to do with letters after my name... community means more to me than schooling so yes I don't have the pretty little letters after my name but I do more for my community than he can or will...

Jared Henderson

Reply to @Mac Isaac: ummmm he's still the representative for his riding...I believe that makes him...still in government lol

David R. Amos

Reply to @Jared Henderson: Methinks Mr Gallant would agree that I have done more than you N'esy Pas?

Former premier Brian Gallant lands job at Ryerson University in Toronto

Gallant says he will continue to serve as MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe

Shane Magee· CBC News· Posted: Aug 07, 2019 7:11 PM AT 

Brian Gallant, the former premier of New Brunswick, has a new job at Ryerson University in Toronto. (Photo: Radio-Canada)

Former New Brunswick premier Brian Gallant has a new job at Ryerson University in Toronto.
Gallant confirmed in a statement Wednesday that he will serve as a special adviser on innovation, cyber security and law in the university president's office.

The university says Gallant will help provide insight and guidance for its new law school.
Gallant remains Liberal MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe.

CBC News requested an interview with Gallant on Wednesday, but only a statement was provided. His statement said he remains "honoured to fulfil my duties" as MLA. He said he was "excited" to be offered the opportunity at Ryerson.

"Helping the university build a law school and look at how to improve access to justice throughout Canada are projects that I also look forward to contributing to moving forward," Gallant said.

Started in spring

His role began this spring, the university said in a statement.

Mohamed Lachemi, the university's president, had an "introductory meeting" with Gallant on March 5 this year, according to Ryerson University board of governors meeting minutes.

It's not clear if the position is a paid role or how much time it would involve. The university said it wouldn't comment on human resources matters and Gallant did not provide an interview.

Gallant told reporters in December 2018 that he would remain as MLA for the short term. (Shane Magee/CBC)

The Members' Conflict of Interest Act requires MLAs who hold outside employment to disclose it to the province's integrity commissioner.

The disclosure must be made after taking office and in yearly updates. Any "material change" in the information must be disclosed within 30 days.

The content of MLA disclosures is kept confidential. The commissioner's office declined to comment.

"I will keep the Integrity Commissioner apprised of any opportunities I consider or accept," Gallant said in the statement. "There will be no employment opportunity accepted by me without the explicit approval of the Integrity Commissioner."

Wasn't clear about future

Gallant graduated from the University of Moncton with a bachelor of arts in business administration and bachelor of law degrees. He later graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a master's in law.

He served as premier from October 2014 to November 2018.

In December 2018, Gallant told reporters he would stay on as an MLA "for now," but wouldn't say if he would remain in office until the next provincial election.

• Brian Gallant moves up departure from helm of Liberal Party

• Brian Gallant defends Saint John bailout package under former Liberal government

 

As premier, Gallant told then-Liberal MLA Donald Arseneault to choose between staying in office and a job lobbying for a national labour union. Gallant cited the perceived conflict between Arseneault continuing to attend caucus meetings and a job influencing Liberal government decisions. Arseneault later resigned.

Gallant's time in the premier's office ended when the Progressive Conservatives led by Blaine Higgs formed a minority government.

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Methinks Dizzy Lizzy May and her many cohorts must have read my email and my comments within CBC by now N'esy Pas? 


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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 17:02:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Here is the email I promised to send the
Canadian Construction Association after I tried to discuss Karl
Bélanger's political nonsense with them
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: "OfficeofthePremier, Office PREM:EX"<Premier@gov.bc.ca>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 17:02:28 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Here is the email I promised to send the
Canadian Construction Association after I tried to discuss Karl
Bélanger's political nonsense with them
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 17:02:24 +0000
Subject: Automatic Reply
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 17:02:22 +0000
Subject: Thank you for contacting the Office of Elizabeth May, O.C., M.P
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

Thank you for contacting me. This response is to assure you that your
message has been received. I welcome and appreciate receiving comments
and questions from constituents.

I receive a much larger volume of correspondence (postal and email)
than the average MP. All emails are reviewed on a regular basis,
however due to the high volume of emails my office receives, I may not
be able to respond personally to each one.

My constituents in Saanich-Gulf Islands are my highest priority. If
you are a constituent, please email
elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca<mailto:elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca>. To
help me serve you better, please ensure that your email includes your
full name and street address with your postal code.

For meeting requests and invitations, please email
requests@elizabethmaymp.ca<mailto:requests@elizabethmaymp.ca>

Thank you once again for contacting me.


Elizabeth May, O.C.

Member of Parliament

Saanich - Gulf Islands

Leader of the Green Party of Canada

--

Je vous remercie d'avoir communiqué avec moi. La présente réponse vous
confirme que votre message a été reçu. Les questions et les
commentaires des électeurs sont toujours les bienvenus.

Je reçois une correspondance (postale et électronique) beaucoup plus
abondante que le député type. Tous les messages électroniques sont lus
régulièrement, mais, en raison de l'abondance des courriels reçus à
mon bureau, il se peut que je ne sois pas en mesure de répondre
personnellement à chacun d'entre eux.

Mes électeurs de Saanich-Gulf Islands passent en premier. Si vous êtes
un électeur, veuillez écrire à
elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca<mailto:elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca>.
Pour m'aider à mieux vous servir, veillez à ce que votre courriel
comporte votre nom complet, votre adresse municipale et votre code
postal.

Pour les demandes de rencontre et les invitations, veuillez écrire à
requests@elizabethmaymp.ca<mailto:requests@elizabethmaymp.ca>.

Je vous remercie encore d'avoir communiqué avec moi.


Elizabeth May, O.C.

Députée à la Chambre des communes

Saanich-Gulf Islands

Chef du Parti vert du Canada




---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 14:02:15 -0300
Subject: Here is the email I promised to send the Canadian
Construction Association after I tried to discuss Karl Bélanger's
political nonsense with them
To: mvanburen@cca-acc.com, rgilbert@cca-acc.com,
cmontpetit@cca-acc.com, jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca,
maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
Newsroom@globeandmail.com, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, andre@jafaust.com,
COCMoncton@gmail.com, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca,
jonathongatehouse@me.com, elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca,
Paul.Manly@parl.gc.ca, premier@ontario.ca, premier@gnb.ca, premier
premier@gov.ab.ca, scott.moe@gov.sk.ca, premier@leg.gov.mb.ca,
premier@gov.bc.ca, PREMIER@gov.ns.ca, premier@gov.pe.ca,
premier@gov.yk.ca,  premier@gov.nl.ca, premier@gov.nt.ca
Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com, karl.belanger@dcf.ca,
thomas.mulcair@umontreal.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
brian.gallant@gnb.ca, wblomme@broadbentinstitute.ca,
Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, dominic.leblanc.c1@parl.gc.ca,
Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/greens-rise-occasions-attacks-1.5240860

Why other parties are paying attention to Elizabeth May

Some polls suggest that the federal race for bronze is tightening
Jonathon Gatehouse · CBC News · Posted: Aug 09, 2019 4:00 AM ET

"Karl Bélanger, a former principal secretary to Mulcair and the
national director of the NDP, says he's not sure that the Greens pose
a real threat, as seat projections show them making a modest gain from
their current pair of MPs. But there is a danger in the growing
"narrative" in the media that has the two leftist parties competing
for third place, he said.

"I'd advise the NDP to keep Jagmeet Singh going after Justin Trudeau,
and let other people take on Elizabeth May," said Bélanger. "Because
the truth is that the Greens are getting votes from all political
parties, not just the NDP."


Thomas Mulcair
Professeur invité
Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département de science politique
Pavillon Lionel-Groulx office C-3130
thomas.mulcair@umontreal.ca
514 343-6111 #54794


https://en.dcf.ca/board_members


The Douglas-Coldwell Foundation
Jack Layton Building
300-279 Laurier Ave W.
Ottawa, ON K1P 5J9 Canada
Phone: (613) 232-1918
Fax: (613) 230-9950
Email: info@dcf.ca


President
Karl Bélanger

Vice-President
Derek de Vlieger

Executive Secretary
Amy Boughner

Treasurer
Past President


Board of Directors

Mohammad Akbar

Rebecca Blaikie

Lorne Calvert

Heather Fraser

Melissa Hunter

Miles Krauter

Chris Markevich

Irene Mathyssen

Jay Ramasubramanyam

Anne Scotton

Jonathan Weier

https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/broadbent_institute_and_douglas_coldwell_foundation_launch_reflection_on_status_of_social_democracy_in_canada


Broadbent Institute and Douglas-Coldwell Foundation launch reflection
on status of social democracy in Canada
on March 13, 2017
Posted by Broadbent Institute

OTTAWA — The Broadbent Institute and the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation
are partnering to convene a national discussion on social democracy in
Canada, on the occasion of our nation’s 150th birthday in 2017.

As the country looks to this milestone, Canadians will be reminded of
the role played by the thought and practice of social democracy in
fashioning much of what generations have held most dear about Canada,
whether it is public health care, protection of workers’ rights, or a
generous system of social provision.

“Social democracy transformed daily life in Canada and most other
advanced economies in the 20th century, as governments delivered
virtually full employment, rising wages and access to social programs
and public services. The result was much greater equality of both
condition and opportunity, enhanced security for all, and broadly
shared economic progress in a still market based economy,” said Ed
Broadbent, Chair of the Broadbent Institute.

“As we celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, it is vitally important
to reflect on this historical experience, and to re-examine the
intellectual sources of social democratic achievement. An important
first step is to take a closer look at Canada’s rich progressive
traditions and their significant accomplishments for Canadians,”
stated Karl Bélanger, President of the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation.

The initiative is being launched with the publication of a discussion
paper, Reflections on the Social Democratic Tradition by the Broadbent
Institute’s Senior Policy Advisor, Andrew Jackson. The paper,
available here, provides a political history, overview and critical
evaluation of the social democratic project in Western politics - and
in Canada in particular - in this moment of upheaval, inequality and
decline in democracies around the globe.

Since the 1980s, the market-restricting structures of social democracy
have been under attack. As David Frum has pointed out, in launching
this attack Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan deliberately set out
to destroy social democracy.

“The result,” said Mr. Broadbent, “has been an increase in
environmental degradation, the financial crisis of 2008 and especially
the alarming increase in inequality - culminating in the rise of
right-wing populism.”

Reflections on the Social Democratic Tradition will set the stage for
the Broadbent Institute’s project Change the Game – an in-depth
reflection on not only what history teaches us, but on what might
constitute genuinely progressive policy advocacy in the months and
years ahead.

-30-

For more information please contact:
Willy Blomme, Program Director at the Broadbent Institute
wblomme@broadbentinstitute.ca (514) 699-4636

Karl Bélanger, President of the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation
karl.belanger@dcf.ca (613) 232-1918


https://conference.cca-acc.com/speaker/karl-belanger/

Karl Bélanger
President, Traxxion Strategies

Founding President of Traxxion Strategies, Karl Bélanger possesses 20
years of experience on Parliament Hill and in the spheres of the
nation’s capital. During his political career, Karl served four
successive NDP leaders, particularly as senior press secretary for
Jack Layton and principal secretary for Thomas Mulcair.

After his tenure in office as leader of the NDP in 2016, Karl retired
from active politics to become a consultant and political analyst. In
addition to a daily column on Drainville PM on Cogeco’s 98.5 FM
station in Montreal, he appears regularly on CTV’s Power Play and
RDI’s Mordus de politique. He also publishes a column on Loonie
Politics and contributes to L’Actualité.

Karl is also president of the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation, a
charitable organization which has as mandate the promotion of
education and research on social democracy in Canada.

@TraxxionStrat   traxxion.ca
09:00 — Election forecast 2019

Warren Kinsella
Allison Smith
Karl Bélanger

Simultaneous interpretation I Poinciana Ballroom

Let’s discuss what the leadup to the next federal election is likely
to bring us. Will the Liberal government be re-elected? What will the
main issues be? Will the political parties be able to fulfill their
promises?


https://www.cca-acc.com/contact-us/

If you have questions on the Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA)
annual conference, don’t hesitate to contact our events team.

1900-275 Slater Street
Ottawa ON K1P 5H9
Tel: 613-236-9455
Fax: 613-236-9526
infoconference@cca-acc.com for general inquiries
inforegistration@cca-acc.com for registration-related inquiries
Contact CCA staff responsible for the annual conference

Chantal Montpetit
Director, Meetings & Conferences
Ext: 406



---------- Original message ----------
From: Iqra.Khalid@parl.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 19:35:58 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15,
SNC-Lavalin, Trudeau and the OECD etc pursuant to my calls today here
is the email I promised to send
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Thank you for contacting the office of MP Iqra Khalid. Your email is
very important to us and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

If your matter is urgent, please call our office at 905-820-8814 for
Mississauga, or 613-995-7321, for Ottawa.

If your email is pertaining to any immigration matter or a service
Canada issue, our Community Office will be very happy to assist you.
Please feel free to walk in the office during the weekdays from 10:00
AM to 5:00 PM (we break for lunch from 1-2 PM).

The Community Office address for the residents of Mississauga - Erin
Mills is as follows :

Community Office of Iqra Khalid, MP
3100 Ridgeway Drive
Suite 35
Mississauga, Ontario
L5L 5M5
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We look forward to serving you.



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:35:36 -0400
Subject: RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15, SNC-Lavalin, Trudeau and
the OECD etc pursuant to my calls today here is the email I promised
to send
To: JUST@parl.gc.ca, Arif.Virani@parl.gc.ca, Iqra.Khalid@parl.gc.ca,
Ali.Ehsassi@parl.gc.ca, Ron.McKinnon@parl.gc.ca,
Michael.Cooper@parl.gc.ca, dave.mackenzie@parl.gc.ca,
Michael.Barrett@parl.gc.ca, lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca,
rfife@globeandmail.com, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
David.Akin@globalnews.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, irwincotler@rwchr.org,
darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca

https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/JUST/Members


Contact the Committee
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street
House of Commons
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Canada
E-mail: JUST@parl.gc.ca
Fax: 613-947-3089
Website: ourcommons.ca/JUST-e
Committee Staff
Marc-Olivier Girard, Clerk of the Committee
613-996-1553
Vanessa Robillard, Committee Assistant
Chloé Forget, Analyst
Library of Parliament
Lyne Casavant, Analyst
Library of Parliament


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:29:38 -0400
Subject: 3433 RE SNC-Lavalin Trudeau and the OECD Attn Don Houle,
Denis Jasmin, William McNamara and Stephen LeDrew pursuant to my calls
you will find this email at the bottom of my blog about you dudes
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

---------- Original message ----------
From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 01:24:19 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE SNC-Lavalin Trudeau and the OECD Attn Don
Houle, Denis Jasmin, William McNamara and Stephen LeDrew pursuant to
my calls you will find this email at the bottom of my blog about you
dudes
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.

This message is to acknowledge that we are in receipt of your email.
Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence, there
may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your
message will be carefully reviewed.

To help us address your concerns more quickly, please include within
the body of your email your full name, address, and postal code.

Thank you

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

Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
Vancouver Granville.

Le pr?sent message vise ? vous informer que nous avons re?u votre
courriel. En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de
correspondance, il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de
votre courriel. Sachez que votre message sera examin? attentivement.

Pour nous aider ? r?pondre ? vos pr?occupations plus rapidement,
veuillez inclure dans le corps de votre courriel votre nom complet,
votre adresse et votre code postal.

Merci




---------- Original message ----------
From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 01:24:20 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE SNC-Lavalin Trudeau and the OECD Attn Don
Houle, Denis Jasmin, William McNamara and Stephen LeDrew pursuant to
my calls you will find this email at the bottom of my blog about you
dudes
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:24:10 -0400
Subject: RE SNC-Lavalin Trudeau and the OECD Attn Don Houle, Denis
Jasmin, William McNamara and Stephen LeDrew pursuant to my calls you
will find this email at the bottom of my blog about you dudes
To: investors@snclavalin.com, wmcnamara@torys.com,
ledrew@stephenledrew.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca, GOVintegrity@oecd.org,
Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
cblatchford <cblatchford@postmedia.com,
Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
Beverley.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca, Frank.McKenna@td.com,
mcu@justice.gc.ca, Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca,
David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, rfife@globeandmail.com>,
hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Newsroom@globeandmail.com

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/03/t-1843-18-snc-lavalin-group-inc-et-al-v.html

Denis Jasmin, CPA, CA
Vice-President, Investor Relations
455 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec
Canada, H2Z 1Z3
+1 514-393-8000 ext. 57553

Don Houle 513 393 8000 ext 56370

investors@snclavalin.com


---------- Original  message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 12:05:00 -0400
Subject: YO Pierre Poilievre RE SNC-Lavalin I just called again and
managed to speak to Craig Patrick Hilimoniuk but he didn't have much
time for me just like David Lametti's people
To: pierre.poilievre.a3@parl.gc.ca, michael.chong.a1@parl.gc.ca,
David.Lametti.a1@parl.gc.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1@parl.gc.ca,
maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca, Amarjeet.Sohi.a1@parl.gc.ca,
hannelie.stockenstrom@snclavalin.com, charles.nieto@snclavalin.com,
Hartland.Paterson@snclavalin.com, PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com,
tony.clement.a1@parl.gc.ca, scott.bardsley@canada.ca,
mcu@justice.gc.ca, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>,
fiacobucci@torys.com, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, coi@gnb.ca,
MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, David.Eidt@gnb.ca,
Newsroom@globeandmail.com, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca,
sfine@globeandmail.com

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/03/05/news/snc-lavalin-lawyer-iacobucci-urged-resign-trudeaus-trans-mountain-envoy

SNC-Lavalin lawyer Iacobucci urged to resign as Trudeau's Trans Mountain envoy
By Alastair Sharp in News, Energy, Politics | March 5th 2019

'Not a shrinking violet'

The UBCIC's Wilson said Iacobucci would ideally step down from his
role leading the Trans Mountain expansion consultations, but should at
least choose to remove himself from one of the files.

“I think he’s embroiled in SNC and that he should stay over there but
step down from the Trans Mountain pipeline one,” she said. “I would
prefer him to step down from that one (the Trans Mountain pipeline)
but maybe the majority of Canadians would prefer him out of SNC, I
don’t know.”

“He made a mess over there, we don’t want him to make a mess over here.”

Wilson said the government's handling of both files showed a startling
lack of transparency.

“With SNC, we don’t know what was said to Minister Jody
Wilson-Raybould or in the thousands of lobby meetings between SNC and
the government," she said. "We also don’t know how Trans Mountain was
handled in the inner core of the prime minister’s office and the
various ministries involved, especially now that they are owners of
the pipeline.”

She pointed out the SNC-Lavalin could clearly benefit from
construction and engineering contracts if Trans Mountain gets built.

SNC-Lavalin employs about 9,000 people across Canada who work on
projects in a variety of sectors, including oil, gas and pipelines.

A spokesman for SNC-Lavalin declined to comment when asked about
Iacobucci's dual roles. Iacobucci didn't respond to a request for
comment.

In May 2018, Canada’s elections watchdog laid charges against a former
SNC executive, accusing him of orchestrating illegal federal political
donations the company made, mostly to Liberal groups, as well as to
Conservatives, more than a decade ago.

During an emergency debate about the SNC-Lavalin scandal on Feb. 28,
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May stood in the House of Commons to muse
about Iacobucci's role in two key files it is juggling.

"Frank Iacobucci is not a shrinking violet. He is playing an
interesting role here. I wonder if my friend finds it's curious in any
way that SNC-Lavalin's lawyer was the choice of the prime minister to
run the Indigenous consulations in the repairing of the flawed
consultations on the Kinder Morgan pipeline," she said, during an
exchange in the Commons with Conservative MP Michael Barrett, who
represents the Ontario riding of Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands.
"And he is still playing that role, while he is also SNC-Lavalin's
lawyer."

Barrett responded by saying that nothing surprises him at this point.

Hartland Paterson
Executive Vice President & General Counsel:
Called to the bar: 1987 (QC)

Charles Nieto
Senior Legal Counsel:
Called to the bar: 1995 (QC)
SNC-Lavalin Inc.
455 boul. René-Lévesque o.
Montréal, Québec H2Z 1Z3
Phone: 514-393-8000 Ext: 522668
Fax: 514-866-5057
Email: charles.nieto@snclavalin.com




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:48:08 -0400
Subject: ATTN Anthony Housefather Your boss Trudeau cannot stop your
friend Jody Wilson-Raybould talking about Re Federal Court File No
T-1557-15 Correct?
To: anthony.housefather@parl.gc.ca, Kathleen.Harris@cbc.ca, Newsroom
<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "wayne.easter"<wayne.easter@parl.gc.ca>,
"Hon.Chrystia.Freeland"<Hon.Chrystia.Freeland@canada.ca>,
"Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "David.Akin"<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>,
TCromwell@blg.com, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca, jp.lewis@unb.ca,
Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca, tony.clement.a1@parl.gc.ca,
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, JagmeetForBurnaby@ndp.ca,
maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca
Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos"<David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>,
"Michael.Wernick"<Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"
<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-wilson-raybould-snc-lavalin-1.5033639


Wilson-Raybould says PMO restricting her ability to 'speak freely' at
Justice committee Wednesday


Former attorney general has been granted broad waiver on cabinet
confidence, solicitor-client privilege
Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Feb 26, 2019 10:59 AM ET


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:02:14 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Murray Rankin and David Lametti Re Federal Court
File No T-1557-15 I just called again Correct?
To: "Murray.Rankin"<Murray.Rankin@parl.gc.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
<maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"
<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "bruce.northrup"<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>,
"Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Alaina.Lockhart"
<Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca>, "David.Lametti"
<David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Dale.Morgan"
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, media@ndp.ca,
"Nathalie.Drouin"<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>, "nathan.cullen"
<nathan.cullen@parl.gc.ca>, "charlie.angus"<charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca>


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Murray.Rankin@parl.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:00:50 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Murray Rankin and David Lametti Re
Federal Court File No T-1557-15 I just called again Correct?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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On 2/26/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://murrayrankin.ndp.ca/ndp-calls-for-investigation-into-former-attorney-general-s-firing
>
>
> NDP calls for investigation into former Attorney General’s firing
>
> February 8th, 2019 - 4:06pm
>
> NDP Critic for Justice Murray Rankin made the following statement:
>
> “Canadians have a right to question whether this Prime Minister fired
> Canada’s first Indigenous Justice Minister for ‘speaking truth to
> power’.
>
> The government has denied the Prime Minister or his backroom advisors
> fired Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould because she refused to yield to
> pressure in the SNC-Lavalin matter.
>
> Canadians have to be assured the independence of the justice system
> has not been compromised.  In these circumstances, Canadians cannot be
> expected to take the Prime Minister’s word for it.
>
> As Vice Chair of the Justice Committee, I have joined with MP Michael
> Cooper in calling for the former Attorney General, the current Justice
> Minister, and high-ranking officials in the Prime Minister’s Office to
> appear before the Justice Committee as soon as possible.
>
> My NDP colleagues, Nathan Cullen and Charlie Angus, have also written
> to the Ethics Commissioner to ensure an investigation by that office
> is undertaken.
>
> The integrity of our justice system may well be at issue. The Liberal
> government must allow the Justice Committee to do its work on behalf
> of Canadians and clear the air at this critical time.”
>
>
>
>   – 30 –
>
>
>
> For more information, please contact:
>
> NDP Media Centre: 613-222-2351 or media@ndp.ca
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 17:35:05 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA, the CRA and the IRS YO Donald J.
> Trump Jr. why does your ex lawyer Mr Cohen and the Canadain FEDS
> continue lie after all this time???
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
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> Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable David Lametti, ministre de la
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "LSD / DSJ (JUS/JUS)"<BPIB-DGPAA@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:25:31 +0000
Subject: RE: YO Pierre Poilievre I just called and tried to reason
with David Lametti's minions and got nowhere fast Surprise Surprise
Surprise N'esy Pas Petev Baby Mackay?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:25:26 -0400
Subject: Fwd: YO Pierre Poilievre I just called and tried to reason
with David Lametti's minions and got nowhere fast Surprise Surprise
Surprise N'esy Pas Petev Baby Mackay?
To: Support@viafoura.com, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca,
carrie@viafoura.com, allison@viafoura.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, LPMD-DGPD@justice.gc.ca,
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:00:58 -0400
Subject: YO Pierre Poilievre I just called and tried to reason with
David Lametti's minions and got nowhere fast Surprise Surprise
Surprise N'esy Pas Petev Baby Mackay?
To: pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca, olad-dlo@justice.gc.ca,
David.Lametti.a1@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca,
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca,
PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com, tony.clement.a1@parl.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, scott.bardsley@canada.ca,
scott.brison@parl.gc.ca, scott.macrae@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Beverley.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca

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---------- Original message ----------
From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:58:23 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: C'yall in Court
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:18:45 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks David Lametti should go back to law
school too N'esy Pas Pierre Poilievre?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:18:49 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks David Lametti should go back to law
school too N'esy Pas Pierre Poilievre?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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From: michael.chong@parl.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:18:49 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks David Lametti should go back to law
school too N'esy Pas Pierre Poilievre?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:18:40 -0400
Subject: Methinks David Lametti should go back to law school too N'esy
Pas Pierre Poilievre?
To: David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca,
pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca,mcu@justice.gc.ca,
michael.chong@parl.gc.ca, Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:44:16 -0400
Subject: Jagmeet Singh says that maybe Jay Shin should go back to law
school??? Too Too Funny Indeed EH Karen Wang and Laura-Lynn Tyler
Thompson?
To: info@jayshin.ca, jay@lonsdalelaw.ca, karenwang@liberal.ca,
lauralynnlive@gmail.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, kgawley@burnabynow.com

Jagmeet Singh on Tory opponent: 'Maybe he should go back to law school'
Conservative candidate Jay Shin said Singh was 'keeping criminals out
of jail' during his days as a criminal defence lawyer
Kelvin Gawley Burnaby Now January 13, 2019 10:27 AM

Julie MacLellan
Assistant editor, and newsroom tip line
jmaclellan@burnabynow.com
Phone: 604 444 3020
Kelvin Gawley
kgawley@burnabynow.com
Phone: 604 444 3024

Jay Shin
Direct: 604-980-5089
Email: jay@lonsdalelaw.ca
By phone: 604-628-0508
By e-mail: info@jayshin.ca

Karen Wang
604.531.1178
karenwang@liberal.ca

Now if Mr Shin scrolls down he will know some of what the fancy NDP
lawyer has known for quite sometime

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Singh - QP, Jagmeet"<JSingh-QP@ndp.on.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 16:39:35 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Federal Court File # T-1557-15 and the
upcoming hearing on May 24th I called a lot of your people before High
Noon today Correct Ralph Goodale and Deputy Minister Malcolm Brown?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>


For immediate assistance please contact our Brampton office at
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kennedy.Stewart@parl.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:18:35 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Minister Ralph Goodale and Pierre
Paul-Hus Trust that I look forward to arguing the fact that fhe Crown
filed my Sept 4th email to you and your buddies
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:54:40 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Blair Armitage You acted as the Usher
of the Black Rod twice while Kevin Vickers was the Sergeant-at-Arms
Hence you and the RCMP must know why I sued the Queen Correct?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Mr. Amos,
We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
not be responding to further emails on this matter.

Department of Justice


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

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


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

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





> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
> To: coi@gnb.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Good Day Sir
>
> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>
> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>
> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
> suggested that you study closely.
>
> This is the docket in Federal Court
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>
> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>
> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>
> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>
> April 3rd, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>
>
> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>
>
> The only hearing thus far
>
> May 24th, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>
>
> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>
> Date: 20151223
>
> Docket: T-1557-15
>
> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>
> PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>
> BETWEEN:
>
> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>
> Plaintiff
>
> and
>
> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>
> Defendant
>
> ORDER
>
> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
> December 14, 2015)
>
> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
> in its entirety.
>
> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
> he stated:
>
> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
> You are your brother’s keeper.
>
> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
> Police.
>
> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>
>
> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
> is no order as to costs.
>
> “B. Richard Bell”
> Judge
>
>
> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>
>  I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
> Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>
> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
> dudes are way past too late
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>
> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>
> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>
> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>
> Thank you,
>
> Merci ,
>
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>
>
> 83.  The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
> five years after he began his bragging:
>
> January 13, 2015
> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>
> December 8, 2014
> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>
> Friday, October 3, 2014
> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>
> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>
> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
> campaign of 2006.
>
> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>
> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>
> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>
> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>
> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>
> Subject:
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>
> January 30, 2007
>
> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>
> Mr. David Amos
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>
> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
> Minister of Health
>
> CM/cb
>
>
> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
> From: "Warren McBeath"warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON"bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube"PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
>  Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
>
> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
> tel.: 506-457-7890
> fax: 506-444-5224
> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>


On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
> ilian.html
>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>
>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>
>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>> cards?
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>> 6
>>
>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>
>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>> Senator Arlen Specter
>> United States Senate
>> Committee on the Judiciary
>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>> Washington, DC 20510
>>
>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>
>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>> raised in the attached letter.
>>
>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes.
>>
>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>
>> Very truly yours,
>> Barry A. Bachrach
>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>
>

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html


Sunday, 19 November 2017
Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
The Supreme Court

https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do


Federal Court of Appeal Decisions

Amos v. Canada
Court (s) Database

Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date

2017-10-30
Neutral citation

2017 FCA 213
File numbers

A-48-16
Date: 20171030

Docket: A-48-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 213
CORAM:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.


BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Respondent on the cross-appeal
(and formally Appellant)
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Appellant on the cross-appeal
(and formerly Respondent)
Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:

THE COURT



Date: 20171030

Docket: A-48-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 213
CORAM:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.


BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Respondent on the cross-appeal
(and formally Appellant)
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Appellant on the cross-appeal
(and formerly Respondent)
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT

I.                    Introduction

[1]               On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
(Claim at para. 96).

[2]               On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
Prothontary’s Order).


[3]               On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).


[4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
cross-appeal.


II.                 Preliminary Matter

[5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
several judges but did not name those judges.

[6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
c. F-7:


5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
Appeal.
[…]

5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
[…]
5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.

5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
juges de la Cour fédérale.


[7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
section.
[8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide that:
3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
matière civile et pénale.
4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
compétence en matière civile et pénale.


[9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
(section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
appeal book.


[10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
conflict in any matter related to him.


[11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.


[12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
such judge had a conflict.


[13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
was a member of such firm.


[14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
Court of Canada over 10 years ago.


[15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
“John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
[16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
apprehension of bias:
60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
reasonable apprehension of bias:
… the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
unconsciously, would not decide fairly."

[17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
(4th) 193).

[18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.


28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."


29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.


30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
            To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
his former firm for a considerable period of time.


32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
events from over a decade ago.
(emphasis added)

[19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
Webb hearing this appeal.

[20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
(2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.

[21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.

[22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.

[23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
to recuse himself.

[24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.

[25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.


III.               Issue

[26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?

IV.              Analysis

A.                 Standard of Review

[27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
[Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
(Hospira at paras. 82-83).

[28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
interfere.


B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
Prothonotary’s Order?

[29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:

17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
(…)


21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
[footnotes omitted].


[30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
para. 27).


[31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:


[13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:

a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;

b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and

c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
(Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).

[32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
“political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).

[33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:

…When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
“The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
of process…

To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
(at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).

[34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.

[35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
supporting a cause of action.

[36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).

V.                 Conclusion
[37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
without leave to amend.
"Wyman W. Webb"
J.A.
"David G. Near"
J.A.
"Mary J.L. Gleason"
J.A.



FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
DOCKET:

A-48-16



STYLE OF CAUSE:

DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN



PLACE OF HEARING:

Fredericton,
New Brunswick

DATE OF HEARING:

May 24, 2017

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.

DATED:

October 30, 2017

APPEARANCES:
David Raymond Amos


For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
(on his own behalf)

Jan Jensen


For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Nathalie G. Drouin
Deputy Attorney General of Canada

For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL

 

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David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmosReplying to @alllibertynews and 49 others 
Methinks Chucky Angus is likely gobsmacked by the suggestion that Karl Bélanger is still the national director of the NDP and no doubt a lot of folks would love to know why Warren Kinsella backed away from Madame May N'esy Pas? 

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Why other parties are paying attention to Elizabeth May

Some polls suggest that the federal race for bronze is tightening

Jonathon Gatehouse· CBC News· Posted: Aug 09, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

 Green party leader Elizabeth May makes her way from Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

If they're attacking you in politics, it means that they're paying attention.

So perhaps Elizabeth May can find a measure of success in the way that the New Democrats have recently been savaging one of her off-the-cuff proposals.

During a town hall meeting in Ashcroft, B.C., last month, the Green Party leader floated the idea of having SNC-Lavalin do some sort of  "community service" if the company is found guilty of fraud and corruption charges — helping fix the clean water problems facing many First Nations communities, for example, or tackling other persistent infrastructure problems.

The novel concept has drawn a withering response from Charlie Angus, the Timmins–James Bay MP who serves as the NDP critic for Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

Charlie Angus NDP✔@CharlieAngusNDP

SNC is barred from World Bank contracts.
Facing ban from all federal projects.@ElizabethMay will cut a deal to give them FNation water.
Promises scheme won't "break the bank for taxpayer."
Using criminal restitution to cover FNation obligations might be cheap but its perverse. 

https://twitter.com/ElizabethMay/status/1155271689602785280 

Elizabeth May✔@ElizabethMay

Green suggestion for a sentence AFTER conviction, based on First Nations control. #SNCLAvelin would have to do the work at no profit and infrastructure would be FN-owned. Of course, sentencing up to the courts. NDP making misleading claims.  

#GPC 

https://twitter.com/BestStephen/status/1155147999833665536

10:11 PM - Jul 27, 2019

"I was gobsmacked by the suggestion," Angus said in an interview this week. "It's highly problematic on so many levels."

Angus said his attacks on May are about the quality of the idea. "If you're going to blue sky and talk off the top of your head, prepare to be challenged," he said. "I don't care what party it is."

But the online exchange underlines a new reality in national politics — that the Greens have been elevated from also-rans to viable opponents.

CBC's Poll Tracker, last updated in late July, shows the NDP sitting in third place nationally in terms of voting intentions, behind the Conservatives and Liberals, with an aggregate 14.2 per cent support and just 3.3 points ahead of the Greens.

• Analysis
  After a stunning spring, Greens might hit their poll ceiling this summer

However, some individual polls suggest that the race for bronze is tightenin
A Mainstreet Research survey released earlier this week had the Greens and NDP tied at 11 per cent support. (It also showed the Liberals with a narrow 0.4 per cent advantage over the Tories — 34.5 per cent to 34.1 per cent.)

Considering the long-term trend

Either way, the longer term trend should be of concern to Jagmeet Singh and his fellow New Democrats: The CBC tracker shows that Green support has grown by 7.5 points nationally since the last election, while the NDP vote has dropped by 5.5 points.

In Quebec, where the NDP currently holds 15 seats, the two parties are basically tied in the polls, with 9.4 per cent support for the New Democrats versus 9.2 per cent for the Greens.

In British Columbia, which accounts for 13 of the NDP's 41 seats in Parliament, May's party has a slim lead: 19.1 per cent compared to 17.8 per cent for Singh.

Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair has been publicly warning the party not to take its position in the House — or in the national political consciousness — for granted.

"Progressives are looking for a home on environmental issues," the ex-MP turned university professor told CTV earlier this year. "I think that Canadians might just send enough of a contingent of Green Party MPs to Ottawa this time to hold whoever would form the government … hold their feet to the fire on these environmental issues."

The Green Party of Canada doubled its seat count in the House of Commons earlier this year after Paul Manly won a byelection in the B.C. riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith in May. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Karl Bélanger, a former principal secretary to Mulcair and the national director of the NDP, says he's not sure that the Greens pose a real threat, as seat projections show them making a modest gain from their current pair of MPs. But there is a danger in the growing "narrative" in the media that has the two leftist parties competing for third place, he said.

"I'd advise the NDP to keep Jagmeet Singh going after Justin Trudeau, and let other people take on Elizabeth May," said Bélanger. "Because the truth is that the Greens are getting votes from all political parties, not just the NDP."

'Even more negative'

Lori Turnbull, director of Dalhousie University's School of Public Administration, points out that it's still early to be writing off Singh, noting that heading into the 2015 election, polls suggested that Justin Trudeau's Liberals were going to finish second or third, behind Mulcair's NDP.

But there is a sense, she said, that a number of factors are aligning in favour of May this time around, including rising concern about climate change and strong showings by the Greens in provincial votes in Prince Edward Island and B.C.

"I think that voters are looking for something different," said Turnbull.

What people are likely to get during the fall campaign, however, will seem awfully familiar.

"This election is going to be even more negative than the norm," said Turnbull. "Every party is a little bit nervous in terms of holding onto their core support, let alone getting more votes.

"And the silent issue is whether people are going to come out at all."

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  Liberals promise 'positive' politics, but have attack lines at the ready

The Green Party is clearly girding for a tougher campaign. They hired Warren Kinsella, a political consultant who forged his reputation as a Chrétien-era Liberal pitbull, to set up a war room. He has since stepped back, but one of his colleagues, Tom Henheffer, will be running what the party is delicately calling its "rapid response team."

John Chenery, communications director for the Greens, says things have changed since the party added its second MP, Paul Manly, in a May byelection.

"We noticed that the intensity and severity of the attacks started to ramp up," he said. "I think the other parties were surprised that we won — and how easily."

The response team will deal with the pointed criticism as the campaign goes forward, Chenery said, but using facts and figures rather than counterpunches.

"We're not going to fight back," he said. "That's not the way we do politics."

• Opinion
  Liberal concessions on the environment leave the Greens and NDP battling for climate-motivated voters 

 

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David R. Amos

Methinks a lot of folks would love to know why Warren Kinsella backed away from Madame May N'esy Pas? 

 

David R. Amos
Methinks Chucky Angus is likely gobsmacked by the suggestion that Karl Bélanger is still the national director of the NDP N'esy Pas? 















Kath Ayres
The NDP should forge a union with the Greens.

Bevel Dauforth

Reply to @Kath Ayres:

The Greens are not progressive. They are right of centre.

People should look into their policies more.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Bevel Dauforth: Methinks the power hungry Greens will make a deal with anyone They are best of buddies with the NDP in BC, the Liberals in NB and the Conservatives in PEI right now N'esy Pas?

Oksana Szulhan
Elizabeth May is nothing more than some " poor little rich kid " from USA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_May - with less-than-zero knowledge of Canad and our heritage, let alone electoral system. She couldn't hold a " day job " if her life depended on it - is this what you want running Canada ? ? ?


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Oksana Szulhan: Methinks she has a strange bunch of supporters However bet Madame May found this to be an interesting observation N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-greens-pei-election-1.5108845

"Unless a party is riding the cusp of a wave — as the New Democrats did in Quebec during the 2011 federal election — organization and resources can make a big difference. And unlike long-established political brands like the PCs or Liberals, the Green Party can't count on voters to pick their local candidate solely because of the party's brand or the popularity of the leader

Carl Switzer
Paying attention or laughing at?


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Carl Switzer: Methinks everybody knows how much i love the circus N'esy Pas?

Michael Scan
Most people voted for Green not even know what their platform is. they voted for them because they fed up to other parties.


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Michael Scan: True 

New Brunswick economy sheds 7,300 full-time jobs in July, unemployment reaches 8.5%

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David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmosReplying to @alllibertynews and 49 others 
Methinks Mr Higgs and his cohorts are having rough weekend

 

Surprise Surprise Surprise

Its a small wonder that even the former premier took a fancy job outside of the province N'esy Pas? 

 

 

 

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New Brunswick economy sheds 7,300 full-time jobs in July, unemployment reaches 8.5%

Gains in part-time work sees province's overall employment drop by 4,800 jobs, Statistics Canada figures show

 

CBC News· Posted: Aug 09, 2019 11:37 AM AT 

 

 

The unemployment rate in New Brunswick increased 0.7 percentage points in July to 8.5 per cent, according to Statistics Canada's monthly labour force report. (Matt York/Associated Press)

New Brunswick's economy shed 7,300 full-time jobs in July, pushing the unemployment rate up by nearly a percentage point over the previous month to 8.5 per cent, figures released by Statistics Canada on Friday show.

Overall employment decreased by 4,800 jobs, thanks to gains in part-time employment, according to the monthly labour force survey.

Employment in the province held steady compared to the same time last year.




Across Canada, employment remained relatively unchanged in July for the third consecutive month. The unemployment rate edged up by 0.2 percentage points to 5.7 per cent.

The other provinces that saw decreases in employment included Nova Scotia and Alberta, while Prince Edward Island and Quebec saw increases.

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David R. Amos

Methinks Mr Higgs and his cohorts are having rough weekend N'esy Pas?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David R. Amos 

Surprise Surprise Surprise

Methinks its a small wonder that even the former premier took a fancy job outside of the province N'esy Pas?

 

 

Mark (Junkman) George

Reply to @David R. Amos:

David, it's just all those federal infrastructure projects running out of money before the election. I'm sure you know the "deal", boost employment, boost GDP, all with deficit spending. What you really aren't supposed to notice, in a supposid booming economy, is our money is worth less, and less, compared to foreign currency.

 

 

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks you know you are preaching to the choir N'esy Pas?

 

 

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: I have been singing the blues a long long time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marc Martin

Wasn't Higgs supposed to add thousand of jobs ? 

 

 

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Marc Martin: Methinks you should be grateful that he did not fire you N'esy Pas? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chris Hatherley

Danny Williams & Justin Trudeau..... "this is Harper's fault"

Marc Martin

Reply to @Chris Hatherley: Its actually Higgs fault and his pastor.

 

 

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Marc Martin: Methinks it is the fault of the SANB N'esy Pas?

Les Cooper

NB residents and NB government are the reason NB hasn't any jobs!
Between shutting down industry because of their beloved swamp land and Bilingualism .
Ottawa can't keep handing out useless government grants to a welfare friendly province.
And look at all the EI abuse that goes on in NB. How can anyone help NB if they don't want to help themselves??

Marc Martin

Reply to @Les Cooper: Please show me were bilingualism was a cause for the lost of employment...

 

 

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Marc Martin: Let start in Shediac

 

 

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Marc Martin: However methinks all the SANB dudes like you make out like bandits in Fat Fred City with all the government jobs N'esy Pas?

Bill Thompson

The Liberals in New Brunswick have told Justin Trudeau to stay home this election. They don't want him campaigning here because it will hurt their chances of getting re-elected. LOL! One MP is now telling everyone that it the person in the riding that you are electing ...not the Prime Minister. LOL!!!!


Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Bill Thompson: the liberal MPs in New Brunswick are terrible. A lot of nuts who buy into Justin's ideas of peoplekind and marijuana. Sooner New Brunswick become a blue fortress, the better. The way these liberal MPs act, it's as if they've never spoken to real New Brunswickers outside of their party activists world.

 

 

Marc Martin

Reply to @Bill Thompson: But Higgs is not a liberal...He is the cause for the losts of jobs.

 

 

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Marc Martin: Methinks many would agree that its Brian Gallant and Trudeau The Younger's fault N'esy Pas?

Cam Randal

Available jobs are decreasing, yet government claims the province needs more immigrants (newcomers) to increase the population and fill jobs. Something does not add up ..... part time job gains cannot make up for full time jobs lost.

Mark (Junkman) George

Reply to @Cam Randal:

It's those damn nurses not going where they are told to.

 

 

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Who could blame them?

Dan Lee

But But..........why did we elected Higgs if we are going behind.......go green or go broke

Mark (Junkman) George

Reply to @Dan Lee: but, did we really elect Higgs? Not with a minority government we didn't.

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks the PANB selected Higgs N'esy Pas?

Alex Forbes

Cracks in the Liberal monolith...


Anne Bérubé 

Reply to @Alex Forbes: But New Brunswick still votes liberal, no matter what at the federal level and most of the time, provincial level as well.

 

 

Alex Forbes 

Reply to @Anne Bérubé: As I have said, you could have a scarecrow run as a Liberal in a French region and it would get elected.

 

 

Margeurite Deschamps

Reply to @Alex Forbes: I don't see too many vote Liberal in the south and the CONservatives do run scarecrows.

 

 

Marc Martin

Reply to @Alex Forbes: Justin Trudeau is not the provincial premier but higgs and your hero pastor are....

 

 

Marc Martin 

Reply to @Alex Forbes: When I was living in my youth CoRsevatives where getting elected years after years with no results.

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marc Martin: Methinks everybody knows your beloved SANB hero Brian Gallant just took a fancy job in Toronto because New Brunswick can no longer afford him N'esy Pas?

Twitter bots emerge ahead of Canadian election, but influence is unclear

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David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmosReplying to @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks The Donald and Mr Prime Minister Trudeau the Younger are well aware that I am no bot and the documents and links I offer are legit N'esy Pas?


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/08/twitter-bots-emerge-ahead-of-canadian.html

#TrumpMustGo  #Trudeaumustgo#cdnmedia#cdnpoli 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/twitter-bots-canada-influence-unclear-1.5240778

Twitter bots emerge ahead of Canadian election, but influence is unclear

Automated accounts are certainly active online, but there are limits to their reach, researchers say

Kaleigh Rogers· CBC News· Posted: Aug 12, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

Automated Twitter accounts, or 'bot' accounts, have been blamed for manipulating and amplifying political topics on the social media platform. But researchers say it is difficult to quantify their influence. (Getty Images)

Wading through the deluge of information and political messaging ahead of an election is hard enough. When you add in fake Twitter accounts that try to manipulate what you see, it gets even more complicated.

But while bots attract a lot of attention and stoke fear, researchers say the actual threat is overblown, and that they're only one part of a bigger system aimed at manipulating opinion online.

"There's a lot of attention on bots as the central cause of our media woes," said Fenwick McKelvey, an assistant professor at Montreal's Concordia University who researches social media platforms. "Bots are, at best, a small part of it."

Twitter bots are automated accounts run by software instead of human beings and programmed to automatically tweet, retweet, like and follow other accounts. They're not always malicious. Some bots are programmed to be helpful, like the account YK Climate Watch, which automatically tweets anomalies in temperature and precipitation in Yellowknife to track the impacts of climate change.  

YK Climate Watch@ykclimatewatch

Yesterday in Yellowknife, the temperature was 89 °C warmer than the historic average.
warmer/colder/total days : 75/76/213#ClimateChangeRightNow#ClimateAction

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The bots you've probably heard the most about are ones that are designed to impersonate people in order to boost certain tweets, accounts or topics. These bots certainly exist, but they may not be as powerful as they sound.

"I don't think we should dismiss it, but I think it's a little bit overblown," said John Gray, the CEO and co-founder of Mentionmapp Analytics, a social media data company.

Gray has researched bot activity on Twitter during the Alberta and Ontario elections, as with political hashtags like #cdnpoli and #Trudeaumustgo. He said typically 20 to 30 per cent of accounts participating in these Twitter conversations are "suspicious," meaning they show signs of bot-like behaviour. One of those signs is tweeting more than 72 times per day on average, seven days a week. 
But conclusively identifying a bot is challenging, even for experts, Gray said. And measuring the influence of bots is even more so.

There are behaviours we can observe where bots, or other inauthentic accounts, attempt to manipulate online conversations. Dozens of bots might retweet or reply to a particular tweet, making it appear to be more popular than it really is. Bots or fake accounts might also tweet under certain hashtags in order to try to sway the conversation there into more divisive topics.

In fact, it's something that was documented to have happened in the last Canadian federal election, when Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia and Iran attempted to inflame debate on issues like pipelines and immigration.

But its impossible to measure whether those campaigns have an impact on how real people behave or think, Gray said.

"I don't believe we can actually talk about impact," Gray said. "We don't have the research. We don't have the data, and I don't even know if we have the right questions to ask about the impact."

Bots and #TrudeauMustGo

A recent example of the rising concern over the threat of bots is the debate that followed a trending hashtag: #TrudeauMustGo. In mid-July, the hashtag was trending on Twitter in Canada, and The National Observer reported that some of the accounts tweeting the hashtag showed evidence of automation, such as tweeting at excessively high rates. Some of the accounts identified were later removed by Twitter.

Many Twitter users interpreted the story to mean that bots had caused the hashtag to trend. In response, users who oppose Trudeau began using the hashtag #NotABot, along with #TrudeauMustGo, to challenge the idea that bots played a role in the hashtag's popularity. A spokesperson from Twitter said the accounts removed weren't responsible for making the hashtag trend.

"Our initial investigation has not found evidence of bot activity amplifying the #TrudeauMustGo hashtag," said Michele Austin, head of government and public policy for Twitter Canada. "These were driven by organic, authentic conversation."







Twitter users reacted to a story reporting suspicious accounts had tweeting using the hashtag #TrudeauMustGo, which later trended on Twitter. (Screengrab/Twitter)


Twitter's trending hashtags are determined by an algorithm, which considers not only the number of tweets, but also the period of time over which those tweets are sent, and the number of different users tweeting the hashtag, according to the site.

But the specifics of how a trending topic is determined aren't publicly known, which is part of why it's difficult to measure the influence of bots, McKelvey said.

"I don't know how Twitter makes trends. They have an explanation about it, but there's concerns in general about the transparency," McKelvey said. "It's moments like this where you have a lot of uncertainty, which creates room for these competing interpretations."

• Bots tweeting about Toronto's Sidewalk Labs project raise disinformation red flags

• Twitter says some posts by politicians could get tagged with a warning

Twitter has made efforts to improve transparency, including releasing archives of accounts identified as potential foreign election interference operatives. It also provides access to its API to researchers, and is constantly improving its ability to identify, track, and disable inauthentic accounts that violate its terms of service.

"We have a team dedicated to monitoring inauthentic and spam activity for the Canadian election and it's something that we will be banning if we see it happen," Austin said. "We do take these issues very, very seriously. The public conversation is never more important than during an election."

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

 




1253 Comments 



Neil Gregory
WHY would anyone with more than two functioning brain cell trust anything that shows up on Twitter, facebook, and other such media? 


Karen King
Reply to @Elaine Hancock:
ah so you are the uninformed queen then?


David R. Amos

Reply to @Neil Gregory: Methinks The Donald and Mr Prime Minister Trudeau the Younger are well aware the I am no bot and that the documents and links I offer are legit N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Karen King: Methinks I have every right to believe that you all are very uninformed N'esy Pas? 

Alex Matheson

It would be good if the CBC did more to weed out the fake accounts on here. Some of the names these in and outers use are ridiculous. Yet they get the same air time as the legit posters.  

 

Alexandre Hilton

Reply to @Alex Matheson: Fake accounts? Do you have any proof to corroborate that claim? Or are 'Fake Accounts' just people you disagree with?

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Alex Matheson: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: Methinks you know as well as I what he posted is true N'esy Pas? 















 

Frank Goodwood

When JT loses, it won't be due to Twitter bots. But CBC needs to put it out there in case their daily pro-Liberal propaganda is not successful. 

 

David R. Amos
Reply to @Frank Goodwood: I concur 


















Hamish Lawrence
The idea that Trudeau must go is spreading with or without bots  



David R. Amos
Reply to @Hamish lawrence: YUP 


















Ron Booth
There is NOTHING fake about Trudeau's scandals and false statements. 


David R. Amos
Reply to @Ron Booth: Oh So True 



















Rob Preston
Anytime now Katie and Gerald,s team of bots will show up attacking Andrew Scheer and calling Trudeau a hero. The Bots on this site are as bad if not worse then on Twitter or Facebook. 


David R. Amos
Reply to @Rob Preston: I agree 

















Drake Smith
I know not a single person in my circle of friends, family or associates that ever pays attention to anything that goes on in Twitter.
The only times we get to here something about Twitter is when President Trump tweets something and the deranged MSM goes nuts repeating it.
FYI, 10,000 fake Twitter following costs $29.99 and you can have your followers by the very next day after placing the order.
If you do, please don't end up believing that you actually have 10,000 real people who are following your every crap that you tweet


David R. Amos
Reply to @Drake smith: Methinks only one Twitter account will do if one sticks to the truth N'esy Pas?  


















Patricia Deronde
Not sure about twitter but I received a text message from the Conservatives yesterday to my phone asking for my support. Are you kidding me? Brazen act. What an annoyance.  


David R. Amos
Reply to @Patricia deronde: Welcome to the Circus  


















Rob Burr
Pointing out that there are lib posters that post misinformation and disinformation gets you shut down. Come on CBC you can do better?

David R. Amos

Reply to @Rob Burr: Methinks some folks know that I can easily prove that the same holds true for the benefit of all the other political parties as well N'esy Pas? 


















Christian Jane
Y'know, I've never met a Twitter 'bot. That's because I stay off Twitter. Easy. Same with Facebook and all the others.
You won't be influenced by on-line guff if you don't pay attention to it.


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Christian Jane: Methinks you are influenced in ways that you no doubt would strongly disagree with but at least you must admit that you are offering an opinion about such things N'esy Pas?

 

Alex Forbes
More fake news. Trying to assert that only a robot wants Trudeau out? Come on...

David R. Amos
Reply to @Alex Forbes: Good Point



















Rich Large
Bots have been active on here for months

Rob Halifax

Reply to @Rich Large:

Hmmm, that is exactly what a bot would say.

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Rob Halifax: So you say eh?

Gustav Labadie
hash tag trudeau must go

Patrick MacNeil

Reply to @Gustav Labadie: on to another four years.

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Patrick MacNeil: Now thats funny

NB Power asks EUB to reconsider smart meters

August 14, 2019, 3:50 am

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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:37:37 +0000
Subject: RE: Third Rate Design Stakeholder Meeting Methinks Dave Young
and his buddy John Herron should go figure why their CBC pals deleted
my comments this morning N'esy Pas Mr Higgs?
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Subject: Re: Third Rate Design Stakeholder Meeting Methinks Dave Young
and his buddy John Herron should go figure why their CBC pals deleted
my comments this morning N'esy Pas Mr Higgs?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/08/nb-power-asks-eub-to-reconsider-smart.html


Wednesday, 14 August 2019
NB Power asks EUB to reconsider smart meters

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies


David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others Methinks
every lawyer in NB knows that info was sourced from the PUBLIC RECORDS
of the EUB N'esy Pas?

 https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/08/nb-power-asks-eub-to-reconsider-smart.html

#cdnpoli #nbpoli

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-smart-meter-application-eub-1.5156867



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-energy-utilities-board-1.5245288#



NB Power asks EUB to reconsider smart meters


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David R. Amos
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Methinks its rather obvious why I made a comment within every thread N'esy Pas?





David R. Amos
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Methinks the crickets are continuing to tell me that nobody truly
cares about NB Power's secret deals involving AMI etc N'esy Pas?

 etc etc etc



https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies




David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks every lawyer in NB knows that info was sourced from the PUBLIC RECORDS of the EUB N'esy Pas? 

 https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/08/nb-power-asks-eub-to-reconsider-smart.html



#cdnpoli#nbpoli



 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-smart-meter-application-eub-1.5156867






Go Figure

Read all the comments here first

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-1.4973785

NB Power launches PR campaign for revived smart meter plan

The utility plans to reintroduce its smart meter plan for approval later this year

Hadeel Ibrahim· CBC News· Posted: Jan 10, 2019 7:19 PM AT 

Then read the comments you could not see

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/05/nb-power-reviving-vexed-smart-meter.html 

Friday, 31 May 2019

NB Power reviving vexed smart meter plan less than a year after EUB rejection

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies




David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 48 others
Methinks Minister Mikey Holland's ears are burning right now or my name ain't "Just Dave" Anyone can Google "Harper and Bankers" if they don't get my jokes about the circus in Fredericton and Ottawa N'esy Pas? 


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/05/nb-power-reviving-vexed-smart-meter.html


#cdnpoli#nbpoli



 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-smart-meter-application-eub-1.5156867

NB Power reviving vexed smart meter plan less than a year after EUB rejection

 

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Mark (Junkman) George
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Screwed enough money out of us to gamble $13 million, and now looking for more?


David Amos
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Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks you can't say that I didn't warn you N'esy Pas?



http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/10/nb-power-payola-and-sneaky-kris-austin.html 

 

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

NB Power payola and sneaky Kris Austin and his buddies in PANB

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 08:11:54 -0400
Subject: Re The news NB Power payola and a little Deja Vu about my indignation towards Gaëtan Thomas and Ed Barrett and their meeting with Kris Austin and PANB seven years ago
To: gathomas@nbpower.com, Jack.Keir@gnb.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca, Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, nmoore nmoore@bellmedia.ca, jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca, jennifer.warren@cibc.com,  Frank.McKenna@td.com,  len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com, greg.byrne@gnb.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, jfurey@nbpower.com, wharrison@nbpower.com

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-severance-david-hay-1.4357625

$1.7M in severance paid to former NB Power CEO David Hay

Hay did not file objection to having amount released

By Robert Jones, Posted: Oct 17, 2017 6:00 AM AT



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-energy-utilities-board-1.5245288#

NB Power asks EUB to reconsider smart meters

75 Comments last night and a lot less this morning
Commenting is now closed for this story.

David R. Amos

Content disabled

Methinks its rather obvious why I made a comment within every thread N'esy Pas?
















David R. Amos
Content disabled 
Methinks the crickets are continuing to tell me that nobody truly cares about NB Power's secret deals involving AMI etc N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

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Reply to @David R. Amos: The Kings County Record June 22, 2004

Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd

By Erin Hatfield

"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your world is all screwed up, rearrange it."

The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if unofficial, theme song for the debate.

The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn. Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty, mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.

Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices. Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders. Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."

David R. Amos

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Reply to @David R. Amos: Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his favourite possessions—motorcycles.

McKnight/KCR

The Unconventional Candidate

David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….

By Gisele McKnight

FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."

Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.

The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from running for office in Canada.

One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail to meet Elections Canada requirements.

When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his favourite place to do so—Fundy.

Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his dissatisfaction with politicians.

"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."

The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in 1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he needed to change his life.

"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that sometimes in midlife."

So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952 Panhead motorcycle.

"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact) experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask for anything, but you take what they offer."

David R. Amos

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Reply to @David R. Amos: For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs and conversation all over North America.

Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls himself.

He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."

Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.

"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said. "It’s alright to ***** in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"

Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.

"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."

And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.

"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."

David R. Amos

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Reply to @David R. Amos: "What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood, the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to name a few.

"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing, farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it (NAFTA) out the window.

NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.

"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me, especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right. Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."

Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have your X by his name.

"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and say, ‘what the hell.’"

David R. Amos

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Reply to @David R. Amos: Why block just part of this thread?

David R. Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise


David R. Amos

Reply to @David R. Amos: Methinks Mr Higgs and Mr Holland are well aware that the long delayed 357 Matter within the EUB should be heard first N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos
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Transcript
New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power 7 Corporation for approval of the schedules of the rates for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2018. held at the Delta Hotel, Saint John, New Brunswick, on February 9th 2018.

Page 601
VICE-CHAIRMAN: I was a bit surprised when I heard this morning and yesterday that you are entering into a contract at the end of February and is that with respect to the purchase of the smart meters?
MS. CLARK: That's correct.
VICE-CHAIRMAN: So how can you enter into a contract without the firm approval of this Board, if we are going to approve or not the AMI? How prudent is that?
MS. CLARK: So we are at the end stages of the contract in terms of just the final terms and conditions, but we have been very clear that we -- with the vendor -- and they recognize that, because we also have Nova Scotia Power, who is part of our consortium, who also needs Board approval. So should we not get -- this is conditional on EUB approval. So should we not get EUB approval, the contract would not proceed.

David R. Amos 

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Reply to @David R. Amos: Transcript continued

VICE-CHAIRMAN: Now there was discussion yesterday, I think it was with Mr. Stoll regarding time of use and time based pricing, and so I went through the evidence this morning, and in your main evidence, and I think one of the
Page 602
objective of having the AMI going forward to a time of use price structure -- rate structure. So am I understanding that correctly
MS. CLARK: That is correct. And in the evidence, we did answer an interrogatory on that and you will see that AMI is an enabler for time varying rates in the Energy Smart NB Plan. And we did have time varying rates included in our investment rationale. We took it out, because we couldn't -- we couldn't pinpoint without more detail as to what those time varying rates may be and the benefit of those, so we took them out of the investment rationale at this point in time, but certainly it's something that we are looking at in the future.

David R. Amos 

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Reply to @David R. Amos: Transcript continued

VICE-CHAIRMAN: So the fundamental question here is that the Board should heard -- or hear Matter 357 before approving the AMI? So if we don't approve time of use, that basically what will happen with your AMI, I mean it's -- if we don't approve the time of use, which we are going to hear next year, how can we proceed in approving the AMI before we look at the rate structure?
MS. CLARK: As we have talked about in our investment rationale, there are a number of other benefits to both the customer and to the utility over and above time varying rates that we believe are important for the
Page 603
utility and for the movement forward of our Energy Smart New Brunswick plan. Many of those benefits accrue to the customer. And many of those benefits accrue to the utility and ultimately the customer. So even if we were not to move in the direction of time varying rates, we believe that the investment rationale supports the AMI installation based on the other investment -- or based on the other benefits that it provides. 

Ben Haroldson

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Reply to @David R. Amos: Thank you. Too bad more NBers didn't have access to what is going on. Most shrug their shoulders and carry on. Keep on em.

David R. Amos 

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Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Methinks every lawyer in NB knows that info was sourced from the PUBLIC RECORDS of the EUB N'esy Pas?

Roy Kirk
If NBP really wants to do this, start small. Put the meters on large industrial customers, charge them cost-recovery based time-of-use rates, and cut out their subsidies. That will give you the biggest bang for the buck in terms of reduced energy use.
Run that program for 2 terms of government. If it survives the political push back, then roll it out to commercial customers. Run that for two more terms of govt, then maybe apply it to residential customers.


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Roy Kirk: Dream on

Dallas McQuarrie
So called 'smart meters'won't safe anybody a dime. Contrary to the nonsense being put forward by NB Power, smart meters will drive up public health costs. The increasing problems associated with electromagnetic radiation have been documented and more than 40 countries have halted the technology until the full health impacts are known. NB power is ignoring the obvious health problems, and it will be ratepayers who pick up the tab. Shame on NB Power for not being truthful, and shame on the CBC for not investigating the health damages from this technology that have been well documented. Indeed, Ontario health professionals and scientists are calling for a halt to the expansion of this technology - and here's a link to what those professionals are saying (I do wish the CBC would not blindly accept whatever codswallop NB power spouts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxXgGauTdy0  


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Dallas McQuarrie: Methinks I should ask you if you supported my friend Roger Richard and his concerns about Smart Meters during the last election while the Green Party fans attacked him N'esy Pas? 

ROB CLARK

Reality:
1.Real time reporting of energy consumption by smart meters will enable NBPower to activate time of day billing(customer paying higher rates in early morning and supper time slots)

2.Human meter readers will become unemployed.

3.All other reasons are window dressing......

David R. Amos

Reply to @ROB CLARK: Methinks you are not closely related to Madame Clark of NB Power or the "Al Clark" dude who attacked me yesterday N'esy Pas? 
















Ray Bungay
Maybe the board should also consider the health issues Smart Meters have been proven to case, One state in the US, Pennsylvania showed many health effects and some residents in Nova Scotia want them gone as well. Must be Mr Thomas’s last stand, such as:

Smart Meter Health Effects

In nearly every community around the world where wireless smart meters have been installed, a percentage of residents complain of health effects that started after installation. The residents often did not know that smart meters had been installed. The most common symptoms are:

Headaches
Insomnia
Fatigue
Tinnitus
Heart arrhythmia/palpitations
Decreased immune function
Irritability
Decreased cognitive function

The research certainly backs up the link between these symptoms and EMF pollution. However, there seems to be something in particular about a wireless smart grid and smart meter that is causing a significant decrease in human health. It is most likely the erratic, high intensity pulses that wireless smart meters create. Some meters pulse up to 190,000 times per day (essentially constant pulsing). These pulses travel nearly 2 miles and can conduct along all copper electrical wiring within a home and community. The pulses are then re-radiated into the living environment, which causes the above symptoms.

https://www.emfanalysis.com/smart-meter-health-effects/ 

Eric Plexe

Reply to @Ray Bungay: Can you cite a source that supports your claims?

David R. Amos

Reply to @Ray Bungay: True

David R. Amos

Reply to @Eric Plexe: Methinks you should talk to Roger Richard if you don't wish to download his evidence from the EUB N'esy Pas?

Robert Buck
 Let me if I got this right. Spend 92 million and save 31 million. I will never get this government math.


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Robert Buck: Methinks that is why they have hired lots of well paid consultants in order to convince us to ignore the obvious N'esy Pas?

 

Junkman George 

Still no update on the snake oil we bought in Florida? I thought not.


Debi Mcdonald 

Reply to @Junkman George: There should be a full inquiry into that scheme and the higgs govt should be demanding full accountable updates.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Junkman George: Methinks you may enjoy a little Deja Vu N'esy Pas?

You said the following and I agreed

"The only thing "smart" would be to fire the total management of NB Hydro and find some folks with simple common sense to replace them."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-1.4973785

NB Power asks EUB to reconsider smart meters

In new business plan, utility says smart meters will save ratepayers an additional $31 million

Hadeel Ibrahim· CBC News· Posted: Aug 13, 2019 2:57 PM AT

A smart meter in Saint John, run by Saint John Energy. (Robert Jones/CBC)

NB Power is asking for a second chance for smart meters and has submitted a new business plan to the Energy and Utilities Board to help make the case.

The utility's application asks for approval of the $92-million smart-meter project that was denied last year.

The EUB, which must approve the spending, previously said the cost of installing and operating the meters outweighed the benefit to the public.

But the utility has spent the last 12 months putting dollar figures on benefits that were not quantified in the previous application, said Lori Clark, NB Power's senior vice-president operations.

• NB Power launches PR campaign for revived smart meter plan

• Tardy EUB application delays NB Power rate hike

She said NB Power is saying the meters will save New Brunswick ratepayers $31 million more than previously calculated over the next 15 years, the lifespan of the meters.

The utility's original submission had the costs outweighing the benefits by around $1 million. But during the hearings in February 2018, NB Power changed its calculations to show the budget would break even over the life of the project.

The EUB was not convinced that would be the case.

"We've taken some time and used other consultants … that work in other jurisdictions to help quantify some of those benefits" Clark said.

The meters can calculate energy usage more accurately, transmit it wirelessly to the utility and provide real-time readings to the customers and NB Power, Clark said. She said 80 per cent of Canadian meters are smart.


Lori Clark, NB Power's senior vice-president of operations, says the utility considers smart meters essential. (NB Power/Submitted)

The $31 million in additional savings come from quicker restoration, since the utility won't have to rely on customers to report outages, alerts to the customer when their usage is high and remote connections and disconnections for renters.

"When we don't have to roll out trucks, [there is] obviously less CO2 that we're emitting as well," she said. "So it's good for the environment and good for our customers."

Some people opposed to the meters expressed health concerns because of the wireless capabilities of the meters, but the EUB was convinced there is no public-health risk.

• NB Power reviving vexed smart meter plan less than a year after EUB rejection

• NB Power tells customers to ease pain of rate hikes with efficiency

Clark said approval of the project is "essential for us."

"It's really important that we get this fundamental building block in place so we can continue with the smart grid," she said.

When the EUB denied the first application, board members did not deter the utility from applying again but with a more persuasive business plan.

Proving a good business case

Public intervener Heather Black previously opposed NB Power's smart meter plan. She said this time around she will be scrutinizing the utility's business plan just as closely. However, she said the dollar figure on savings is a good sign.

"At first blush, having a proposal that NB Power says will have a net benefit of $31 million is a better proposal to submit to the board than one that says it will break even," she said.

Public intervener Heather Black previously opposed NB Power's smart meter application in an EUB hearing in Saint John. (CBC)

"But that proposal still has to be subjected to, you know, testing and evaluation and review by all the interveners and the board."

The EUB and NB Power will meet to set a schedule on Aug. 26, and the final oral hearing will be in January of next year, Black said.

"After the oral hearing, then the board takes its decision, which usually takes several weeks," Black said. "And so it will probably be the late winter before before the board comes to a decision."

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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5246796/snc-lavalin-report-vindicates-jody-wilson-raybould-says-political-scientist-1.5246798 

SNC-Lavalin report vindicates Jody Wilson-Raybould, says political scientist

David Moscrop says nobody comes off as 'deeply nefarious' in the ethics commissioner's report 

CBC Radio· Posted: Aug 14, 2019 6:30 PM ET 

Former Liberal justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right. (Sean Kilpatrick, Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

The ethics commissioner's report completely vindicates former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, says a political science professor — but it still doesn't give us any clear heroes and villains in the SNC-Lavalin affair.

In a report released on Wednesday, Mario Dion found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act in 2018 when he tried to pressure then-justice minister Wilson-Raybould to overrule a federal prosecutor's decision to send Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin to trial on corruption charges.

Trudeau told reporters that while he accepts the report and takes full responsibility for what happened, he disagrees with some of Dion's conclusions.

David Moscrop, a political scientist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa, says Dion makes a strong case against Trudeau, but there's still no "smoking gun."

Here is part of his conversation with As It Happens guest host Nil Köksal.

We've all been poring through the 63 pages of the ethics commissioner's report. But in a nutshell for our listeners, break down the key points.

There's a couple of things that stand out as new and remarkable, and one of them is that in the course of his investigation the ethics commissioner, Mr. Dion, had a hard time getting access to all of the documents that he needed to carry out the investigation.

That's a significant problem. I think that's an indictment of the system to some extent.

But the broader, more interesting takeaway is that this is the first time the entire affair has been laid out in one place in comprehensive detail. And it is ultimately a narrative that backs up Jody Wilson-Raybould's story, that she was pressured consistently and inappropriately to intervene.

Politics News

Trudeau says "the buck stops with the Prime Minister"

 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to reporters in Niagara on the Lake on Wednesday 1:07

She's just released a statement on her Facebook page using the word "vindication." It's a word that some other analysts have used as we waited for her response. What do you make of what she said in response?

Jody Wilson-Raybould

15 hours ago

Please see the statement from the Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, M.P. for Vancouver Granville on the release of the Trudeau II Report of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

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It's a word I have been using all day. It's a word that kept rolling across my mind as I read through the report earlier today. It reads like a vindication of everything that she has said publicly after February [and] everything that she had been concerned about in the events that led up to February.

He makes the distinction, Dion does, that just trying to influence the decision of another person — speaking to the attorney general — doesn't violate the Code, this Section 9. But that trying to promote the interests, private interests of another person, that's the key here. 

He lays out three instances ... in which there was undue or inappropriate pressure placed on Jody Wilson-Raybould as attorney general. To me, that is not quite, I think, what you call a smoking gun, but certainly a persuasive case made that there had been a contravention of Section 9.

Take us through those points. 

The first was Michael Wernick, who was then head of the Privy Council, bringing up SNC-Lavalin's impending board meeting and mentioning economic consequences.

And of course then the others were [Trudeau] mentioning the federal election and mentioning the Quebec election.

Ethics commissioner Mario Dion released a report Wednesday concluding that Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act in the SNC-Lavalin Affair. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

That was a line from the Liberals repeatedly — there are 9,000 jobs to be protected in Quebec, that those would be lost if SNC-Lavalin faced a corruption trial. We heard the prime minister hint at that again. He is sticking to that argument.

I think one of the interesting challenges in this whole affair is that we want a caricature of people. Observers like when it's black and white or when there's a villain and a hero.

I think the truth is, reading through this report, looking back on the committee testimony, reading reports that were released in stories in February and March, what you see as human beings in the middle of a political system who are acting for a whole bunch of different reasons — some of them you would say were perfectly consistent with their roles and with the Conflict of Interest Act, and some that weren't. And what Mr. Dion has highlighted in this report are the ones that weren't.

At the end of the day. we'd like for things to be clean and direct and simple, but I don't think anyone is deeply nefarious in any of this. Misguided, definitely. Part of a toxic political culture, no doubt. But it certainly comes off as slightly more complicated than you might think.

Politics News

Singh says Trudeau cannot be Prime Minister

 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says that Trudeau's history of ethics violations should not be re-elected as Prime Minister. 1:15

But Canadians are trying to make up their minds, right? Ten weeks before an election. So the timing of all this is critical. It could work for or against Mr. Trudeau and the Liberals. What do you make of the timing?

My working hypothesis is that this was deemed as a priority and something that was in the public interest to release sooner rather than later.

Although I can't imagine that the thought hadn't crossed someone's mind in the ethics office that after a certain point, as we approach the election, it gets politically pretty dicey to release it.

We don't want a Comey letter in Canada, right? So if this came out in October, it would have been a massive problem.



Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer spoke to reporters in Regina on Wednesday
Could this sway or decide the election in your view?

My sense is that it's certainly going to do the Liberals no favours. It's going to make what was already a very difficult task getting re-elected even more difficult. It's going to confirm a lot of what people already believe.

I don't know how many minds are going to get changed because of this. I suspect most people sort of made up their mind about SNC back in the spring and early summer, and I don't imagine much is going to change.

• Timeline: SNC-Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould

• McLellan advises against splitting roles of attorney general, justice minister

But it's going to distract quite a bit. So there's going to be things that the Liberals want to talk about that they no longer get to talk about, or get to talk about far less.

It's also going to motivate opponents. We've already seen the energy coming from Jagmeet Singh and Andrew Scheer already today. It's going to motivate them going forward.

Written by Sheena Goodyear with files from John Paul Tasker and The Canadian Press. Interview produced by Jeanne Armstrong. Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.



135 Comments


David R. Amos
Methinks David Moscrop does not know the whole story but CBC certainly does N'esy Pas? 



https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies




David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks posting a comment on this news item would go unnoticed just like a fart in a blizzard N'esy Pas?

 #TrudeauMustGo#cdnpoli#nbpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-snc-ethics-commissioner-violated-code-1.5246551

'I take responsibility,' Trudeau says in wake of damning report on SNC-Lavalin ethics violation

Ethics commissioner Mario Dion says Trudeau inappropriately tried to influence Jody Wilson-Raybould

John Paul Tasker· CBC News· Posted: Aug 14, 2019 11:15 AM ET



17913 Comments





David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks the obvious answer is YUP N'esy Pas? 


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-prime-ministers-office-drunk-on-its.html

 #TrudeauMustGo#cdnpoli#nbpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-snclavalin-polls-1.5247244

Is Trudeau in for another hit in the polls because of the SNC-Lavalin ethics report?

3435 Comments



Jerry Kleiner
Its quite amusing that when the ethics commission comes out in its report, our PM is saying "I made mistakes" When the issue was actually playing itself out, he claimed that he did nothing wrong and didnt know about the phone call.
Frankly and unfortunately, Trudeau has not been a good PM in so many areas and he really has a very hard time telling the truth.
Basically, we have a choice to try Scheer or go with a proven failure. I am going with Scheer this time and truly regret voting for Mr. Trudeau last time


David R. Amos
Reply to @jerry kleiner: Methinks you should ask Mr Scheer why I sued the Queen when he was the Speaker N'esy Pas?
  

David Mccaig
Reply to @jerry kleiner:
IF Andrew Scheer and the cons are as attactive to the Canadian voter as they claim, they should be ROCKETING AHEAD AT THE POLLS, but they're not, because Andrew Scheer is about as inspiring as and UNDERTAKER, which is what Canada would need if the cons ran the economy 


David R. Amos

Reply to @david mccaig: Methinks the question is "Is Trudeau in for another hit in the polls because of the SNC-Lavalin ethics report?"

The obvious answer is YUP N'esy Pas?

George Jefferson
When I got home from work yesterday and read the Ethics story I instantly flipped to the BBC and it was the 2nd top story. If we vote this clown in we will be the laughing stock of the world and rightly so. 


David R. Amos
Reply to @George Jefferson: Welcome to the Circus 
















Stephen David
Trudeau's sunny ways are over in October.....yesterday sealed the deal.

Robert Redson

Reply to @Stephen David:
An incompetent Justice Minister was raised to godlike status by a sustained Con attack. She really did need to seek advice on the matter of a company losing the employment of thousands for the common act of bribing officials in Lybia.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Robert Redson: YUP

David Kirby
It really does not matter. This latest twist simply confirms what we know about Trudeau and how he will be remembered 


David R. Amos
Reply to @david kirby: Methinks its not over until the Fat Lady sings two months from now N'esy Pas?
















Rob Preston
I must say the picture says it all. Trudeau,s minions will back anything he does. But the rest of Canadians are sick of the arrogant lack of respect. Good bye and Good riddance.


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Rob Preston: Methinks if they elect Harper 2.0 they will have similar regrets in short order N'esy Pas? (Perhaps folks should read my lawsuit before they disagree)

Peter Ray 

Reply to @David R. Amos:

Does it contain words with more than two syllables?

David R. Amos
Reply to @Peter Ray: YUP Federal Court File No T-1557-15
















Jaysen Blake
Not if CBC and other Trudeau funded media companies have anything to do with it.

Lloyd Jones

Reply to @Jaysen Blake:
Every government and their supporters (especially Conservative ones) likes to whine about the CBC because it tells the truth about them when they screw up or are caught doing the wrong thing. Harper had his time with the Duffy affair. Right now it's Trudeau's turn. I don't see the CBC painting lipstick on the SNC-Lavalin pig.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Lloyd Jones: Yea Right

Claire Hope
Sounds more serious than the 2 years of calling the conservative names over 1 glass of orange juice

Rowan Carster

Reply to @Claire Hope: Now that and if Harper ate or pocketed a wafer in wafergate are scandals and important issues, according to Libs this is not important.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Rowan Carster: Methinks everybody knows Harper pocketed the wafer N'esy Pas?

John Chester
If people can't see this PM is the biggest lair in government today and needs to be removed then there is no hope for these people or Canada. 


Nicolas Krinis
Reply to @John Chester: There is no hope for Canada. The most divisive, ethically challenged PM in our history.


James Holden
Reply to @Nicolas Krinis:
No. Harper still holds that title by a wide margin. Mulroney is second.

David R. Amos

Reply to @James Holden: Methinks many would agree that Sir John A. Macdonald is the all time champ in that regard N'esy Pas?

Garry Walton
All ethical Canadians want a Prime Minister that tells the truth.

Larry LeBlanc

Reply to @Garry Walton: Name one that ever has....

David R. Amos
Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: R.B. Bennett















Peter Vanderkellin
The BIG hit at the polls comes in October - when selfie goes back to teaching drama part time.

Patrick Morris

Reply to @Peter Vanderkellin: At least he had a real job. Look at Scheer's, Ford's and Kenney's resumés: nothing but political pork.

David R. Amos

Reply to @patrick morris: True

David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Jody Wilson-Raybould thinks she is above the law Trudeau and his lawyers cannot deny that Bill Pentney's fellow judges used Rule 55 against me illegally in October of 2017 after JWR appointed her Deputy Minister to the Federal Court EH?

#cdnpoli#nbpoli



https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/ethics-report-1.5247595

A Prime Minister's Office drunk on its own arrogance: Robyn Urback

3069 Comments






Rob Burr
Why is it Trudeau will apologize tor things that happened in the past, even events before Confederation which he had nothing to do with but he can't apologize for things he does? He is the most arrogant PM ever, confirming he thinks he is above the law.


David R. Amos

Reply to @Rob Burr: Methinks Jody Wilson-Raybould thinks she is above the law as well. Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger and his lawyers cannot deny that Bill Pentney's fellow judges used Rule 55 against me illegally in October of 2017 after JWR had appointed her Deputy Minister to the Bench In Federal Court N'esy Pas?

Fred Sook
Reply to @David R. Amos:Mr. N'esy Pas is out of his mom's basement again.


Douglas Westover 

Reply to @Fred Sook: Methinks... I just pmsl :) 

 

David R. Amos
Reply to @Louren Organzo Methinks the old Sook missed one N'esy Pas?








Terry Mann
The mans arrogance has no bounds. Doesn't deserve to represent the people of Canada.


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Terry Mann: Nor do any of the party leaders

Ra Shawn-Ell 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Voting has always been about holding your nose and picking the least terrible one

Rod Begin
Trudeau has no ethics and has stated falsehoods numerous times, good article Robin!

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Rod Begin: Methinks the real question is does Robin have an understanding of ethics N'esy Pas?

Fred Sook

Reply to @David R. Amos: That's number two, N'esy Pas.

Douglas Westover 

Reply to @Fred Sook: You are killin' me !!!

Louren Organzo

Reply to @Fred Sook: Okay Fred but you are in danger of being muted for the same reason DRA was muted months ago ... its annoying no matter who does it.

Fred Sook

Reply to @Louren Organzo: N'esy Pas? 
 

Louren Organzo
Reply to @Fred Sook: Okay, you win, mute it is













Steve Saunders
this is the first honest article from the cbc since this all began.


Cameron David 

Reply to @Steve Saunders: Robyn must feel very isolated at the CBC... every other journalist wearing red shirts on casual friday.

Rich Reist 

Reply to @Steve Saunders: this is an opinion piece, not a news article.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Steve Saunders: Methinks CBC still needs to learn how to tell the whole truth N'esy Pas?

Steve Saunders 

Reply to @Rich Reist: it's the first honest opinion then.

Fred Sook

Reply to @David R. Amos: Number three, N'esy Pas.

Douglas Westover 

Reply to @Fred Sook: Bravo !!

David R. Amos
Reply to @Fred Sook: Methinks I should have no doubt that you are kin to the latest Lt Gov on the Rock N'esy Pas?  


Jake Devries
Reply to @Fred Sook: It is annoying, n'est pas?? lol












Kent Worthy
 I woke up this morning fully expecting to see a headline that said PM Trudeau resigns.

Apparently, he doesn't understand doing right from wrong.


David R. Amos
Reply to @Kent Worthy: Surely you jest


Alexei Jovi 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Surely you need to stop being a LEECH from the maritimes 

 

David R. Amos
Reply to @Alexei Jovi: Methinks you should come on down and run against me and tell me off during the debates N'esy Pas? 
















Roger Walliams
and the very sad thing is that his disciples will still vote for him in october. sad


David R. Amos 

Reply to @roger walliams: Methinks that par for the course N'esy Pas?

Fred Sook

Reply to @David R. Amos: Number four, N'esy Pas.

Douglas Westover

Reply to @Fred Sook: :) 

Mark Axworthy

Trudeau has lost the moral authority to govern.

George Perry

Reply to @Mark Axworthy: One can not lose something one has never had.

David R. Amos  

Reply to @George Perry: Oh So True

 

Rob Burr
I hope the RCMP really take a deep look into this and not just sluff it off as nothing happened.


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Rob Burr: Dream on

Alexei Jovi 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Awww an angry Maritimer that wants FREE MONEY and only wants IRVING and government to be the only employer 

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Alexei Jovi: Methinks it blatantly obvious to all that you don't know who I am N'esy Pas? 

Dave

Yet the Liberal panel decided there was nothing to investigate?

Come on Canada. Wake up.


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Dave: Methinks the awful truth is nobody cares N'esy Pas?

Peter Vanderkellin

I know we can't say the "L" word here - but its quite obvious that selfie was "L"ing six months ago.

He's no leader, and deserves to be tossed to the curb come October.

 

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Peter Vanderkellin: Methinks many would agree that nobody is telling the truth N'esy Pas?

Fred Sook 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Number five, N'esy Pas.

Douglas Westover  

Reply to @Fred Sook: :* 

 

Daniel Leroux

Comes from a station in society where money trumps morals and ethics.

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Daniel Leroux: Methinks Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger and all his political foes know the Golden Rule is "He With the Gold Makes the Rules" N'esy Pas?

Fred Sook  

Reply to @David R. Amos: Number six, N'esy Pas.

Douglas Westover 

Reply to @Fred Sook: LMAO

Fred Sook  

Reply to @Douglas Westover: Yes. He is. N'esy Pas?

 

Peter Vanderkellin
The headline says: "He L'd" (we aren't allowed to use the "L" word here, no matter HOW true it is)

He L'd, not just once, but over and over and over again.

Selfie deserves to be cast to the curb come october.


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Peter Vanderkellin: Methinks all the party leaders need to fess up before October N'esy Pas?

Fred Sook 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Number seven, N'esy Pas.

Douglas Westover

Reply to @Fred Sook: Thank you. You just made my week :)

Fred Sook  

Reply to @Douglas Westover: You are most welcome. N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-snclavalin-polls-1.5247244

Is Trudeau in for another hit in the polls because of the SNC-Lavalin ethics report?

Liberal support dropped 7 points after controversy broke, and has yet to fully recover

Éric Grenier· CBC News· Posted: Aug 15, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugs supporters Wednesday as he visits the community centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., where he made an announcement on infrastructure funding. Trudeau said he accepts full responsibility after Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion found he violated the Conflict of Interest Act by trying to influence then-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould in the SNC-Lavalin affair. (Peter Power/The Canadian Press)

With little more than two months to go before Canadians head to the polls, the Liberals might have thought the SNC-Lavalin affair was behind them.

So much for that.

When the story initially broke in February, the impact on the Liberals' electoral fortunes was significant — an impact the party hadn't quite recovered from even before Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion published his damning findings yesterday.

Dion found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by trying to influence then-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and get her to overrule a decision to not grant a deferred prosecution agreement to the large Quebec-based engineering firm.

It's an open question whether the Liberals will take another hit in the polls now that the SNC-Lavalin affair has made its way back into the news. It's also an open question whether they could survive another blow like that one.

In early February, before polls started registering the impact of the story first reported by the Globe and Mail, the Liberals enjoyed a four-point lead over the Conservatives. The CBC's Canada Poll Tracker estimated that the Liberals were still in a good position to win another majority government, even if reduced in size, and that they had a four-in-five chance of winning the most seats.

About three months later — after the fallout from the story, including the expulsion from caucus of former cabinet ministers Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, had largely settled — support for the Liberals had cratered by seven to eight points. The Conservatives moved ahead with a six- to seven-point lead in the polls nationwide, enough to have them knocking on the door of a majority government of their own.

• Poll Tracker: Liberals move ahead in seat projection as Conservative lead down to 1 point

• Analysis
  Forgive and forget? That's Trudeau's hope now for the SNC-Lavalin affair

Trudeau might have suffered more of a blow than the Liberal Party itself. Polls by Abacus Data found that 44 per cent of Canadians had a positive impression of the prime minister at the end of 2018. By April, that had plummeted by 12 points to just 32 per cent.

Similarly, approval ratings polls at the end of 2018 and in early 2019 put Trudeau's numbers somewhere in the mid-to-high 30s. By the end of the spring, those scores had fallen to around 30 per cent, with twice as many Canadians saying they disapproved of the prime minister as those who said they approved of him.

Liberal numbers have been trending up

The comeback has been slow — but it appeared to have hit a tipping point over the last few weeks.

On Aug. 12, the Poll Tracker put the gap between the Conservatives and the Liberals at just a single point. Leads of about six points in Ontario and 11 points in Quebec helped propel the Liberals ahead of the Conservatives in the seat projection for the first time since February.

Approval ratings had returned to the mid-30s, and a series of polls put Trudeau ahead of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer as the person more Canadians want to see as prime minister.

The corner, it seemed, had finally been turned for the Liberals.

But will it be turned again?

Trudeau walks in Niagara-on-the-Lake Wednesday. His Liberals fell seven points behind the Conservatives in national polls in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin affair but after six months had narrowed the gap to just one point, according to the CBC's Canada Poll Tracker. (Peter Power/The Canadian Press)

It's possible that Canadians' views of the SNC-Lavalin affair are already formed and that the conclusions of the ethics commissioner won't change anything — on the one hand, confirming the opinions of those who had long ago decided Trudeau had done wrong and, on the other, failing to shift the views of those who feel the prime minister acted appropriately in the face of potential job losses.

But it's also possible the report will chip away at the benefit of the doubt some of Trudeau's supporters have been willing to give him, particularly those who have returned to the Liberals over the last few months.

SNC-Lavalin affair's resonance faded

As the spring turned into summer, voters' minds had turned away from the SNC-Lavalin affair. In March, the Angus Reid Institute found 15 per cent of Canadians listing "ethics and accountability" as one of their top two issues facing Canada. The polling firm's latest sounding put that share down to just eight per cent.

Of course, both scores put the issue well behind others like the economy, taxes, health care and the environment — issues that are more likely to be voters' focus when they finally cast their ballots two months from now.

• 5 things we learned from Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion's report on Justin Trudeau

• 'I take responsibility,' Trudeau says after ethics report

It did take the Liberals some six months to regain about half of the support they lost in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin affair, but election campaigns have a way of shortening the time required to shift public opinion.

In the coming weeks, the polls will reveal if the Liberals will once again have some catching up to do. Even if the blow is as bad as it was in the spring, they might have enough time to absorb it. The campaign has yet to begin and, yes, campaigns actually do matter.

But instead of launching that campaign with a little optimism and a bit of momentum after a tough six months, the Liberals might now find themselves back just where they started.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/ethics-report-1.5247595

A Prime Minister's Office drunk on its own arrogance: Robyn Urback

Six months ago, Trudeau told Canadians that a report his office pressured the AG was 'false.' He lied

Robyn Urback· for CBC News Opinion· Posted: Aug 15, 2019 4:00 AM ET

 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a report that his office tried to pressure Jody Wilson-Raybould into intervening in the SNC-Lavalin case was 'false.' It was not. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

It's hard to fathom what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was thinking on the morning of Feb. 7, when he stood before reporters and categorically declared, "The allegations in the Globe story are false."

The Globe and Mail was the first to report that Trudeau's office attempted to pressure his justice minister and attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, into intervening in the corruption and fraud case of SNC-Lavalin.

That day, he knew that Wilson-Raybould, who he'd shuffled out of the Justice Ministry three weeks earlier, had been repeatedly approached by members of the Prime Minister's Office about her reluctance to get involved.

He was told by Wilson-Raybould herself at a meeting in September 2018 of her concerns about his staff attempting to interfere in a criminal matter (though he would later say he couldn't specifically recall the remark).

And surely he knew, or should have known, that repeatedly reminding the attorney general of the potentially cataclysmic political and economic costs of failing to secure a remediation agreement for an important Quebec company constituted inappropriate pressure.

Nevertheless, there was clearly a concerted effort to see her reconsider her position. That much was fact, and Trudeau knew it on February 7.  

 

 

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Trudeau: "The allegations in the Globe story are false. Neither the current nor the previous attorney general was ever directed by me or by anyone in my office to take a decision in this matter."#cdnpoli

1:19 PM - Feb 7, 2019

Yet he stood before reporters that morning and called the report "false."

Not "misleading." Not "unfair." Not "half the story."

"False." Wrong. Fake news.


That was, in fact, a lie. The PMO did press Wilson-Raybould to seek a remediation agreement for SNC-Lavalin, and that pressure was inappropriate and contrary to the Conflict of Interest Act, as Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion concluded in his report on the affair, published Wednesday.

Trudeau knew that the Globe's reporting couldn't reasonably be called "false," even if perhaps he believed it somewhat skewed. But he lied and told Canadians it was wrong anyway.

Cozy relationship

With hindsight, it seems silly to make such an unequivocal statement about something easily verified. But a belief in one's own righteousness, along with a record of previous political infallibility, can make a prime minister and his staff do some very silly things.

To wit: For months, the prime minister insisted that actions taken by his office were always in the interest of Canadians; it wasn't about currying favour with powerful Quebec company but simply about keeping good jobs in Canada.

Dion's report, however, chronicles an awfully cozy relationship between the PMO and SNC-Lavalin in which the two seem less like government-and-lobbyist than players on the same team.

In fact, it was SNC-Lavalin that suggested, back in February 2018, that a new remediation agreement regime — one that could benefit them — be included in the upcoming budget, in the interest of expediency. The government obliged: an amendment to the Criminal Code was included in the budget implementation bill and received royal assent within months.

• Analysis
  Is Trudeau in for another hit in the polls because of the SNC-Lavalin ethics report?

• 5 things we learned from Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion's report on Justin Trudeau

That summer, Ben Chin, the chief of staff to the minister of finance, reportedly tried to get an update on the status of a remediation agreement on behalf of an anxious SNC-Lavalin. Chin was told by Wilson-Raybould's office that an inquiry itself could be perceived as improper interference on the independent nature of the prosecution service.

And in December 2018, PMO senior adviser Mathieu Bouchard exchanged text messages with an SNC-Lavalin representative who wanted an update on a dinner conversation between Wilson-Raybould and then-principal secretary Gerald Butts — the one in which Wilson-Raybould said she told the PMO to stop pressuring her office about SNC-Lavalin. Bouchard reported to the rep that the door was still open to a remediation agreement (it was not).

'Someone like' Beverley McLachlin

Dion's report also revealed that while Trudeau and Butts had been imploring Wilson-Raybould to seek an opinion from "someone like" former Supreme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin, discussions had already taken place between McLachlin, SNC-Lavalin's lawyer and the PMO (as well as another retired Supreme Court justice).

Butts failed to mention that fact during his testimony before the justice committee back in March. Instead, he testified that, "All we ever asked the attorney general to do was consider a second opinion." Perhaps if he had more time he would have added: "And we already vetted and approved those second opinions on her behalf."

• 'I take responsibility,' Trudeau says in wake of damning report on SNC-Lavalin ethics violation

• Timeline: SNC-Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould

On top of it all, we learned that despite the "welcome" Trudeau publicly offered Dion's probe, the ethics commissioner, in fact, encountered some trouble accessing relevant information and testimonies.

Call these lies-by-omission. Or maybe half-truths. Together, they're a chronicle of a PMO drunk on its own arrogance, so convinced of it own moral virtue that it can rationalize trading text messages with a criminally charged organization over a pressure campaign on the attorney general.

• Liberals block new SNC-Lavalin ethics probe as Trudeau insists his team is 'more united than ever'

This is a leadership, as we have since learned, that will kick members out of caucus for having the audacity to speak out against the prime minister, and will lie to Canadians about the veracity of a news report that has since proven true.

And it's a prime minister who, when asked if he will apologize for it all, chooses to respond with an answer to a question no one asked: "I can't apologize for defending Canadian jobs." As if, six months later, anyone is buying those lines anymore.

This column is part of CBC's Opinion section. For more information about this section, please read our FAQ.

In the wake of a report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ethics violation in the SNC-Lavalin case, The National's At Issue panel reconvenes to discuss how much the latest chapter in this controversy will hurt the Liberals in the upcoming federal election:  

The National

Will Trudeau’s SNC-Lavalin ethics breach hit Liberals hard in election? | At Issue

 In the wake of a report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ethics violation in the SNC-Lavalin case, the At Issue panel reconvenes to discuss how much the latest chapter in this controversy will hurt the Liberals in the upcoming federal election. 12:47

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How 4 ex-Supreme Court justices got caught up in SNC-Lavalin affair

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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks I should contact Renée Thériault, executive legal officer for the Supreme Court of Canada ASAP N'esy Pas?


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 #TrudeauMustGo#cdnpoli#nbpoli

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How 4 ex-Supreme Court justices got caught up in SNC-Lavalin affair

More judges are pursuing significant careers after retiring from the bench

Kathleen Harris· CBC News· Posted: Aug 15, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

Four former Supreme Court of Canada justices, from left, Thomas Cromwell, Frank Iacobucci, John Major and Beverley McLachlin, were caught up in the SNC-Lavalin affair in one way or another. (The Canadian Press)

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Richard Lori Dawson
Someone needs to tell Trudeau that he’s supposed to be running a country not the mob. 


Neil Gregory
Reply to @Richard Lori Dawson:
Oh, come on, Richard. We all know that Trudeau runs one mob and Scheer runs another one. They are just different sides of the same coin.   


Kriss Robinson
Reply to @Neil Gregory: please elaborate.


Cheryl Condy

Reply to @Kriss Robinson: it is like this.
You can choose to eat the right half or the left half or a bs sandwich.
Whatever half you choose your still eating bs.

Paul Delaney 

Reply to @Richard Lori Dawson:

LNC is more the actual mob and are probably running Trudeau, not the other way around.

David R. Amos
Reply to @Richard Lori Dawson: Funny that you mentioned the mob Methinks if you read a decision in the Federal Court of Appeal you would understand why I should contact Renée Thériault, executive legal officer for the Supreme Court of Canada ASAP N'esy Pas?

Darren MacDonald

Reply to @David R. Amos: What does this mean?
"The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that amendment could not cure them"

Richard Lori Dawson

Reply to @Paul Delaney: Can’t disagree.  

Maurice Smith

Reply to @Richard Lori Dawson: Hello!!!... Detroit!!! 

Ted Master

Reply to @David R. Amos: Why do you continue to use N'esy Pas? Bad childhood? Beatings? Gender confusion? 

 

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---------- Original message ----------
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-rayboul-snc-lavalin-1.5015755

Jody Wilson-Raybould resigns from cabinet after SNC-Lavalin allegations

Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2019 11:39 AM ET

"Wilson-Raybould, who plans to stay on as MP for Vancouver-Granville,
has been quiet since the Globe and Mail story broke, saying she can't
comment because she's bound by solicitor-client privilege.

In her resignation letter, she said she has retained the services of
lawyer Thomas Cromwell, a former justice of the Supreme Court of
Canada, to advise her on "topics that I am legally permitted to
discuss on this matter."

In an email to CBC News, Cromwell said he would not be making any
statements or doing any interviews."

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:05:07 +0000
> Subject: RE: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
> think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
> Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
> Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
> and a response will be forthcoming.
> Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>
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> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
> et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
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>
> On 1/19/18, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> ---------- 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
>>>>
>>
>



---------- Original message ----------
From: "Drouin, Nathalie (BRQ)"<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>

Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:41:54 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique : Methinks Minister David Lametti should
explain Federal Court Rule 55 and the document hereto attached real
slow to your former politcal boss Justin trudeau N'esy Pas Jane Philpott?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Veuillez noter que je suis absente le 16 août 2019, sans accès à mes
courriels.   Pour toute question qui ne peut attendre mon retour, je
vous invite à communiquer avec mon adjointe Irène Ghobril au
514-283-5687. Merci.

Please note that I am away on August 16, 2019, with no access to my
e-mails. For assistance, please contact Irène Ghobril at 514-283-5687.
Thank you.

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---------- Original message ----------
From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:41:56 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Minister David Lametti should explain
Federal Court Rule 55 and the document hereto attached real slow to your
former politcal boss Justin trudeau N'esy Pas Jane Philpott?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 19:41:50 -0300
Subject: Methinks Minister David Lametti should explain Federal Court
Rule 55 and the document hereto attached real slow to your former politcal
boss Justin trudeau N'esy Pas Jane Philpott?
To: David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
Renee.Theriault@scc.csc.ca, Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca,
marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca, Rachel.rappaport@justice.gc.ca,
Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Newsroom@globeandmail.com
Cc:david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, Kathleen.Harris@cbc.ca,
media@justice.gc.ca, media@scc.csc.ca,
Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca,
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-98-106/fulltext.html

55 In special circumstances, in a proceeding, the Court may vary a
rule or dispense with compliance with a rule.

SOR/2004-283, s. 11.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:14:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Minister David Lametti and Renée Thériault,
executive legal officer for the Supreme Court of Canada Remember Me?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 19:14:15 -0300
Subject: Attn Minister David Lametti and Renée Thériault, executive
legal officer for the Supreme Court of Canada Remember Me?
To: David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, Renee.Theriault@scc.csc.ca,
Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca, marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca,
Rachel.rappaport@justice.gc.ca, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, Kathleen.Harris@cbc.ca,
media@justice.gc.ca, media@scc.csc.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca,
Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca, jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca

Chief Justice of Canada and Minister of Justice sign an Accord to
strengthen the independence of the Supreme Court of Canada

From: Department of Justice Canada

News release

OTTAWA – The Rt. Hon. Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada, and the
Hon. David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of
Canada, today signed an Accord aimed at recognizing and reinforcing
the independence of the Supreme Court of Canada. This marks another
important milestone in the evolution of the Court and will help
safeguard public trust in one of our most vital national institutions.

In the Accord, the Chief Justice and the Minister express their
commitment to the independence of the judiciary, which is fundamental
to our democracy and to maintaining public confidence in the justice
system and the rule of law. The Accord also embodies a shared
commitment to an accessible and effective justice system that provides
high-quality, accessible and timely services to all Canadians.

In its operative provisions, the Accord sets the framework for a
collaborative and productive relationship between the Chief Justice
and the Minister, recognizing that each has an important role with
respect to the administration of justice. It does this through key
provisions relating to the handling of funding requests, contracting
authority and the appointment of the Court’s senior administrative
office-holders. Setting these provisions out in a public document
brings clarity to this ongoing relationship and advances openness and
transparency.


Quotes


“As Chief Justice of Canada, it brings me great pride to have signed
this Accord with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of
Canada, knowing that it will further strengthen public confidence in
the administration of justice.  The Accord exemplifies Canada’s
commitment to safeguarding its institutions and protecting democratic
values such as judicial independence.  A judiciary that is independent
— and seen to be independent— benefits all Canadians.”

The Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C.
 Chief Justice of Canada


“The Accord is an important milestone in the institutional
relationship between the executive branch of government and our
nation’s highest Court. It is a strong affirmation by the Government
and the Chief Justice of Canada that a just and democratic society
requires, at its heart, a strong commitment to judicial independence
and respect for the rule of law. As Minister of Justice and Attorney
General of Canada, I thank Chief Justice Wagner on behalf of all
Canadians for his steadfast commitment and championing of these
fundamental values.”

The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., Q.C., M.P.
 Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Quick facts

•The Accord is an agreement between the Chief Justice of Canada and
the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, effective on
the date of its signature. It can be found on the Supreme Court of
Canada website here:
https://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/accord-justice-eng.aspx.


•The nine Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada are supported in
their duties by the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of
Canada (ORSCC). The ORSCC is headed by the Registrar of the Supreme
Court of Canada and its funding is authorized by Parliament.


•While the Minister of Justice is answerable before Parliament for the
ORSCC, the Registrar takes direction from the Chief Justice of Canada
rather than from the Minister. The ORSCC is separate and fully
independent from the Department of Justice.


•The Accord recognizes the independence of the Supreme Court of Canada
by publicly describing key features of the relationship between the
Chief Justice of Canada and the Minister of Justice and Attorney
General of Canada, as well as between ORSCC officials and officials
from various government departments. This includes:
◦The roles of the Governor in Council, the Minister of Justice and the
Chief Justice of Canada in decisions regarding the appointment and
termination of the Registrar and Deputy Registrar.
◦The role of the Minister of Justice in funding decisions related to the ORSCC.
◦The authority of the Registrar to engage private sector legal
services in a manner that recognizes the independence of the Supreme
Court of Canada.



Contacts

For more information, media may contact:

Renée Thériault
Executive Legal Officer
Supreme Court of Canada
613-996-9296
media@scc.csc.ca
media@scc.csc.ca

Rachel Rappaport
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Justice
613-992-6568

Media Relations
Department of Justice Canada
613-957-4207
media@justice.gc.ca

https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/04/29/rappaport-lands-press-secretary-in-minister-lamettis-office/197619


Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured at a House Justice and Human
Rights Committee meeting in February where he appeared to answer
questions on the SNC-Lavalin scandal. The Hill Times photograph by
Andrew Meade

Justice Minister David Lametti was quick to get a new press secretary
in place in his office, with Rachel Rappaport officially stepping into
the role as of April 23.



https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-justices-snc-lavalin-dion-1.5247331

How 4 ex-Supreme Court justices got caught up in SNC-Lavalin affair

More judges are pursuing significant careers after retiring from the bench

Kathleen Harris· CBC News· Posted: Aug 15, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

Four former Supreme Court of Canada justices, from left, Thomas Cromwell, Frank Iacobucci, John Major and Beverley McLachlin, were caught up in the SNC-Lavalin affair in one way or another. (The Canadian Press)

Four former Supreme Court justices were, in one way or another, caught up in the high-profile SNC-Lavalin affair — a surprising revelation stemming from Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion's report.
Frank Iacobucci, in his role as SNC-Lavalin's legal counsel, prepared a legal opinion for the government outlining why it was legitimate for then-justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in criminal matters handled by the Public Prosecution Service. He sat on the high court from 1991 to 2004.

Dion's report revealed that Iacobucci also requested an opinion from John Major, who served on the bench from 1992 to 2005, on the legality of the Director of Public Prosecutions refusing to give SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement — and not providing reasons for that decision.

Iacobucci had also reached out to former chief justice Beverley McLachlin, who served on the Supreme Court from 1989 to 2017, and she reviewed the SNC-Lavalin file. McLachlin was also approached by Prime Minister's Office officials about giving advice to Wilson-Raybould, but she declined the offer.

• Trudeau vs. Dion: How the PM and ethics commissioner differ on the SNC-Lavalin affair

• 'I take responsibility,' Trudeau says in wake of damning report

Thomas Cromwell, a Supreme Court justice from 2008 to 2016 who was not named in Dion's report, had been tapped by Wilson-Raybould to advise her on the limits of solicitor-client privilege after she resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet.

Wayne MacKay, professor emeritus of law at Dalhousie University, said one of the key principles when you're a judge is that you are removed from politics, and objective about the political world.

Situation is 'a bit jarring'

"That doesn't really apply when you cease to be a judge, but it's a bit jarring to hear about judges giving opinions on highly charged political events like this," he told CBC News.

MacKay said it's an emerging issue because judges used to be appointed at an older age, and disappeared from the public scene after they retired. Increasingly, judges are carrying on with significant careers after they leave the bench.

former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould delivers her opening statement at the Commons justice committee meeting in Ottawa on Feb. 27. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press )

"While at one level they are retired and they should be free to do as they wish, to some extent they are still going to be viewed in the general public with the court. It's part of their attraction as advisers, their impressive careers with the court," he said.

MacKay said it would be a good idea to examine the issue to determine whether the trend should simply be accepted as part of the modern world, or whether ethical guidelines that apply to sitting judges should extend to retired judges.

Ethical principles for judges under review

Renée Thériault, executive legal officer for the Supreme Court of Canada, said like all Canadians, many former judges are living longer, healthier lives and choose to continue to work after retiring as justices. The question of post-judicial employment is "complex and involves many considerations," she said.

When a former judge intends to pursue a legal career, he or she must abide by rules governed by the law society in their jurisdiction. Individual courts also have rules which may bar a former judge from appearing in court or impose a cooling-off period.

• RCMP looking at SNC-Lavalin affair 'carefully'

• Analysis
  ANALYSIS | Is Trudeau in for another hit in the polls?

"The Canadian Judicial Council and the Federation of Law Societies have been discussing ethical principles that would complement the rules. We expect that the revised Ethical Principles for Judges will put forward additional considerations in this regard," she said. "These considerations would apply to all former federally appointed judges whether they be from the Supreme Court or otherwise."

Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner, who is also chair of the Canadian Judicial Council, is leading the modernization of ethical principles for judges.

• 5 things we learned from ethics commissioner's report

• Opinion
  A Prime Minister's Office drunk on its own arrogance: Robyn Urback

"As society evolves, so do the ethical issues that judges sometimes face," he noted when public consultations for the review process were launched in March.

A background paper says judges' activities after retirement is among the themes under consideration.
"This issue considers ethical issues regarding pre-retirement discussions and limits on post-retirement professional activities," it reads.

About the Author

 

Kathleen Harris

Senior Writer

Kathleen Harris is a senior writer in the CBC's Parliament Hill bureau. She covers politics, immigration, justice and corrections.

• Follow her on Twitter @ottawareporter

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices




289 Comments




Richard Lori Dawson
Someone needs to tell Trudeau that he’s supposed to be running a country not the mob


David R. Amos
Reply to @Richard Lori Dawson: Funny that you mentioned the mob Methinks if you
read  a decision in the Federal Court of Appeal you would understand why I should
contact Renée Thériault, executive legal officer for the Supreme Court of Canada ASAP
N'esy Pas? .



https://www.scc-csc.ca/media/contact-eng.aspx

Media Contacts

General Media Inquiries

Members of the media may contact the following, for information about
the Court or its decisions:

Renée Thériault
 Executive Legal Officer
Telephone: 613-996-9296
Fax: 613-943-1570

Rémi Samson
 Senior Legal Officer
Telephone: 613-996-6289
Fax: 613-943-1570

or by email to: media@scc-csc.ca

Media Relations Committee

The Court has a Media Relations Committee that meets with
representatives from the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery to
consider issues of mutual concern. Members of the media should feel
free to contact the Chief of the CPPG at 613-992-4511 or the President
of the CPPG to raise matters for consideration.


http://www.goc411.ca/en/143375/Renee-Theriault


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OTTAWA, August 14, 2018 – The Chief Justice of Canada, the Rt. Hon.
Richard Wagner, P.C., announced today the appointment of Me Renée
Thériault, legal counsel at the Supreme Court of Canada, to the
position of Executive Legal Officer.

Me Thériault has joined the Chambers of the Chief Justice for a
two-year term. The Chief Justice said: "Me Thériault is an admired
jurist with experience both in private practice and as legal counsel
to the Court. I am delighted she has agreed to continue serving the
Court in this new role.”

Mr. Gib van Ert, who has been Executive Legal Officer since August
2015, will return to private practice this fall after three years at
the Court. Chief Justice Wagner said, "Former Chief Justice McLachlin
and I are grateful to Mr. van Ert for his notable contributions to the
Court, the Canadian Judicial Council and the National Judicial
Institute.”

The Executive Legal Officer acts as principal advisor to the Chief
Justice, assisting him with the administration of the Court, the
Canadian Judicial Council and the National Judicial Institute. She is
also responsible for media relations at the Court.

For further information, contact:

Gib van Ert
 Executive Legal Officer
 (613) 996-9296








---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 09:09:25 -0400
Subject: Attn Gib van Ert and Barbara Kincaid RE:My email to you in
November, my calls to your office snce and the strange email I got
just before I was about to submit my application to the Supreme Court
To: barbara.kincaid@scc-csc.ca, Gib.vanErt@scc-csc.ca,
media@scc-csc.ca, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, ethics-ethique
<ethics-ethique@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, newsroom
<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
representingyourself@gmail.com, Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca,
"sylvie.gadoury"<sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"
<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, "bill.pentney"<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>

HMMM

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-march-25-2018-1.4589621/more-canadians-are-acting-as-their-own-lawyer-because-they-don-t-have-a-choice-1.4589633

More Canadians are acting as their own lawyer because they don't have a choice
CBC Radio • in an hour

A new program at the Windsor law school supports those who
self-represent. (Shutterstock)
Listen20:13

It is a trend most Canadian judges and lawyers do not like: a growing
number of Canadians are representing themselves in court. Some hire a
lawyer then find the legal fees are unaffordable. Others opt to argue
their own case from the beginning.
This is happening not just in small claims courts, where
self-representation is the norm, but in higher courts, where legal
procedures and protocols are challenging for a lay person.

The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) offers help.
It is an innovative program at the University of Windsor and the
brainchild of Julie Macfarlane. She is a Distinguished Professor in
the Faculty of Law and has been spearheading this support network for
almost five years.

Julie Macfarlane of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project
says Canadians are representing themselves in greater numbers because
they simply cannot afford to pay high legal fees. (Mike Kovalski)She
tells The Sunday Edition's Michael Enright that those inside the legal
system have long seen people who represent themselves as "aberrant" or
"those crazy people who think they should be lawyers." Many lawyers
have asked her "why I was bothering to talk to these people who
dragged their plastic bags behind them into court."

The reality, she says, is that people don't have a choice. Canadians
are representing themselves in greater numbers because they cannot
afford to pay high legal fees.

"They are everybody, they are you and they are me," she says. "I don't
think that either of us would probably be able to go on paying at the
rate that it would require to pay a lawyer, at $500-plus an hour for a
piece of protracted litigation."

At least half the people in family courts across the country arrive
without lawyers. In Toronto, the figure is closer to 80 per cent.
Appeals courts are reporting around 30 per cent self-represented
litigants, and in civil courts the figure is between 30 and 40 per
cent.

Legal aid only helps the very, very poorest people. And in Ontario,
the eligibility level is actually set below the level of welfare. -
Julie Macfarlane

"These are people, quite often, with a high level of education.
They're intelligent. They're committed to doing it and figuring it
out, so we do see some fairly extraordinary victories." At the same
time, Macfarlane says, "they are often subject to some of the
litigation tactics that lawyers are much more familiar with." Often
these tactics cause self-represented litigants to lose their cases.

"What is really challenging for people representing themselves isn't
the stuff we teach people at law school, the substantive law,"
Macfarlane adds. "It's the procedure." Judges have discretion in how
rigidly procedures are applied and, most often, this is where
self-represented litigants get tripped up.

This is an area where the NSRLP is helping Canadians. They cannot
offer legal advice or act as counsel, but their coaches can help them
through the process by guiding people through court procedures and
being "someone who's in their corner." They also keep a national
inventory of lawyers who charge affordable fees, and produce resources
to help Canadians navigate the court system, such as how to access
written court transcripts.

Macfarlane says we need to make sure judges across the country are
equipped to support those representing themselves. (Shutterstock )

Macfarlane acknowledges some judges are doing an outstanding job in
helping people who represent themselves in court, by taking the time
to explain procedure and making sure someone isn't disadvantaged, "but
it's not something that is consistent across the country," Macfarlane
says. The Supreme Court of Canada acknowledged this in a recent
ruling, in which it said courts may not treat a self-represented
litigant in the same way in which they treat a lawyer.

"Judges need to come to the bench now with a different sensibility
about what their job is," Macfarlane says. "We really need to take
seriously how we re-equip the judiciary."

The NSRLP is encouraging the "unbundling" of legal services, where
instead of working on a retainer and controlling an entire file,
lawyers would contract to take on only particular tasks, such as legal
coaching, reviewing an application form for divorce or preparing for a
case management conference.

Judges need to come to the bench now with a different sensibility
about what their job is.- Julie Macfarlane



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:51:09 -0400
Subject: Re: PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS E-MAIL - Federal Court
of Appeal Decision, File A-48-16 // DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN
To: CAS-SATJ DECISIONS <cas-satj-decisions@cas-satj.gc.ca>,
"jan.jensen"<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "Nathalie.Drouin"
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

I got it However as you no doubt know I have some very serious
questions about it

David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Jensen, Jan"<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:57:25 +0000
Subject: RE: PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS E-MAIL - Federal Court
of Appeal Decision, File A-48-16 // DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN
To: CAS-SATJ DECISIONS <cas-satj-decisions@cas-satj.gc.ca>,
"david.raymond.amos@gmail.com"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
"motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I have received this email.
Regards

Jan Jensen

Counsel
Atlantic Regional Office
Suite 1400, Duke Tower
5251 Duke Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1P3
National Litigation Sector
Department of Justice Canada
Government of Canada

jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca<mailto:jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>
tel:  (902) 426-8177
fax:  (902) 426-2329


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this communication and all copies of it immediately, and contact the
sender at (902) 426-8177 or by email at
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Jan Jensen

Avocat
Bureau régional de l'Atlantique
pièce 1400, tour Duke
5251 rue Duke
Halifax (Nouvelle-Écosse)  B3J 1P3
Secteur national du contentieux
Ministère de la Justice Canada
Gouvernement du Canada

jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca<mailto:xxxx@justice.gc.ca>
tél : (902) 426-8177
téléc : (902) 426-2329


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---------- Original message ----------
From: CAS-SATJ DECISIONS <cas-satj-decisions@cas-satj.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:37:32 +0000
Subject: PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS E-MAIL - Federal Court of
Appeal Decision, File A-48-16 // DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE
QUEEN
To: "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
"motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
"jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca"<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>

    [cid:image001.png@01D2FA4E.FEBCB9E0]
Federal Court of Appeal

Dear Sir/Madam:
Please find attached a copy of the corrections, rendered by the Court
( Webb, Near, and Gleason J.J.A )

If you require a copy of the above-noted correction, please advise and
one will be forwarded to you by regular mail.

PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THIS E-MAIL AND ATTACHED DOCUMENT(S), BY
REPLY E-MAIL, WITHIN TWO (2) DAYS.


Anything sent to this e-mail address, other than confirmation of
receipt of a decision, will not be considered as having been received
by the Registry.
Regards,

Megan Cruickshank
Student

Pursuant to section 20 of the Official Languages Act all final
decisions, orders and judgments, including any reasons given
therefore, issued by the Court are issued in both official languages.
In the event that such documents are issued in the first instance in
only one of the official languages, a copy of the version in the other
official language will be forwarded on request when it is available.

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html

Sunday, 19 November 2017
Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
The Supreme Court

https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do


Federal Court of Appeal Decisions

Amos v. Canada
Court (s) Database

Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date

2017-10-30
Neutral citation

2017 FCA 213
File numbers

A-48-16
Date: 20171030

Docket: A-48-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 213
CORAM:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.


BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Respondent on the cross-appeal
(and formally Appellant)
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Appellant on the cross-appeal
(and formerly Respondent)
Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:

THE COURT



Date: 20171030

Docket: A-48-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 213
CORAM:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.


BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Respondent on the cross-appeal
(and formally Appellant)
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Appellant on the cross-appeal
(and formerly Respondent)
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT

I.                    Introduction

[1]               On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
(Claim at para. 96).

[2]               On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
Prothontary’s Order).


[3]               On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).


[4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
cross-appeal.


II.                 Preliminary Matter

[5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
several judges but did not name those judges.

[6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
c. F-7:


5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
Appeal.
[…]

5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
[…]
5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.

5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
juges de la Cour fédérale.


[7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
section.
[8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide that:
3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
matière civile et pénale.
4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
compétence en matière civile et pénale.


[9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
(section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
appeal book.


[10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
conflict in any matter related to him.


[11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.


[12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
such judge had a conflict.


[13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
was a member of such firm.


[14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
Court of Canada over 10 years ago.


[15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
“John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
[16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
apprehension of bias:
60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
reasonable apprehension of bias:
… the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
unconsciously, would not decide fairly."

[17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
(4th) 193).

[18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.


28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."


29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.


30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
            To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
his former firm for a considerable period of time.


32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
events from over a decade ago.
(emphasis added)

[19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
Webb hearing this appeal.

[20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
(2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.

[21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.

[22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.

[23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
to recuse himself.

[24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.

[25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.


III.               Issue

[26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?

IV.              Analysis

A.                 Standard of Review

[27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
[Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
(Hospira at paras. 82-83).

[28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
interfere.


B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
Prothonotary’s Order?

[29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:

17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
(…)


21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
[footnotes omitted].


[30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
para. 27).


[31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:


[13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:

a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;

b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and

c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
(Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).

[32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
“political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).

[33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:

…When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
“The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
of process…

To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
(at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).

[34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.

[35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
supporting a cause of action.

[36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).

V.                 Conclusion
[37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
without leave to amend.
"Wyman W. Webb"
J.A.
"David G. Near"
J.A.
"Mary J.L. Gleason"
J.A.



FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
DOCKET:

A-48-16



STYLE OF CAUSE:

DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN



PLACE OF HEARING:

Fredericton,
New Brunswick

DATE OF HEARING:

May 24, 2017

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.

DATED:

October 30, 2017





APPEARANCES:
David Raymond Amos


For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
(on his own behalf)

Jan Jensen


For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Nathalie G. Drouin
Deputy Attorney General of Canada

For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL

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---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"<fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 00:14:35 +000
Subject: RE: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as well
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com

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---------- Original message ----------
From: NATALIA OLIVEIRA JOHNSTON natalia.johnston@cbc.ca
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 17:13:10 -0700
Subject: Out of office Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing
today in Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the
Queen's sneaky little minions who think they are above the law and the
rest of us as well
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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May 24th

https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown

April 3rd

https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 00:10:57 -0400
Subject: Yo Norman Sabourin do you think the Canadian Judicial Council
or the Supreme Court of Canada will ever read the documents I sent you
byway of registered US Mail in August off 2005?
To: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, david
<david@lutz.nb.ca>, "matthew.smith"<matthew.smith@lutz.nb.ca>,
"maria.powell"<maria.powell@lutz.nb.ca>, "michael.bray"
<michael.bray@fosterandcompany.com>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "david.eidt"<david.eidt@gnb.ca>,
"kirk.macdonald"<kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, David Amos
<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, mrichard
<mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"
<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "george.oram"<george.oram@gnb.ca>, mcu
<mcu@justice.gc.ca>, Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>
Cc: motomaniac02186 <motomaniac02186@yahoo.com>, "Norman.Sabourin"
<Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca>, "marc.giroux"
<marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca>

Better yet How about the documents hereto attached?


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
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 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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.

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/09/re-justice-camp-malicious-nonsense.html


July 31st, 2005

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.

Veritas Vincit
David R. Amos
153 Alvin Ave
Milton, MA. 02186

Label/Receipt Number: ED71 7170 484U S
Detailed Results:


Delivered Abroad, August 11, 2005, 6:49 am, CANADA
Out of Foreign Customs, August 08, 2005, 2:37 pm, CANADA
Into Foreign Customs, August 04, 2005, 1:52 pm, CANADA
Arrived Abroad, August 04, 2005, 1:52 pm, CANADA
International Dispatch, August 03, 2005, 8:32 am, KENNEDY AMC
Enroute, August 03, 2005, 8:30 am, JAMAICA, NY 11499
Acceptance, August 02, 2005, 10:40 am, QUINCY, MA 02169



http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/03/yo-bobby-paulson-i-wonder-if-you-or.html

---------- Original message ----------
From: Philippe.Joly@cie.parl.gc.ca
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:53:18 +0000
Subject: Your December 15, 2016 email
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Good Day Mr. Amos,

Please find attached a self-explanatory letter.

Regards,

Philippe Joly
Enquêteur principal / Senior investigator
Commissariat aux conflits d'intérêts et à l'éthique / Office of the
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Parlement du Canada / Parliament of Canada
66 rue Slater, 22e étage, Ottawa (Ontario)  K1A 0A6
Téléphone : 613-996-6012   Télécopieur / Fax : 613-995-7308
Courriel / Email :
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Armitage, Blair"<Blair.Armitage@sen.parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:31:24 +0000
Subject: RE: RE My concerns about the severe lack of ethics within the
Senate and elsewhere I am calling our "Ethics Watchdogs" again right
now
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Sir,

I am in receipt of your email.

Is there anything you are asking me to do with it in my official
capacity? The attached files do not appear to address issues for which
I have any responsibility.

Regards,

Blair Armitage
Principal Clerk /Greffier Principal
Committees Directorate/Direction des comités
Senate of Canada/Sénat du Canada
Blair.Armitage@sen.parl.gc.ca


---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:17:44 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE My concerns about the severe lack of ethics within
the Senate and elsewhere I am calling our "Ethics Watchdogs" again
right now
To: don.meredith@sen.parl.gc.ca, blair.armitage@sen.parl.gc.ca,
Paul.Tasker@cbc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:59:11 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE My concerns about the severe lack of ethics within
the Senate and elsewhere I am calling our "Ethics Watchdogs" again
right now
To: "peter.harder"<peter.harder@sen.parl.gc.ca>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:00:06 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE My concerns about the severe lack of ethics within
the Senate and elsewhere I am calling our "Ethics Watchdogs" again
right now
To: blair.armitage@sen.parl.gc.ca, Paul.Tasker@cbc.ca,
peter.harder@sen.parl.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/peter-harder-office-budget-800-thousand-1.3535847

Trudeau's Senate leader asks for $800K office budget
Prime minister to name 20 more senators by the fall, Peter Harder
tells Senate committee By John Paul Tasker, CBC News Posted: Apr 14,
2016 3:39 PM ET|


 Peter Harder   -  Independent

Province: Ontario
Senatorial Designation: Ottawa
Appointed on the advice of:
Justin Trudeau (Lib.)
Telephone: 613-995-0222  or 1-800-267-7362
Fax: 613-995-0207
Email: peter.harder@sen.parl.gc.ca


The Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Leader of the
Opposition in the Senate are members ex officio in addition to the
number of appointed members, of the Committee of Selection and all
select committees of the Senate.

http://www.goc411.ca/en/128818/Blair-Armitage

Blair Armitage
Blair Armitage works as Principal Clerk for Senate of Canada.
Blair can be reached at 613-996-5588

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: CIEC-CCIE@parl.gc.ca
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:47:55 +0000
Subject: Message Receipt from CIEC / Accusé de réception du CCIE
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Un message français suit.

This reply has been automatically generated to acknowledge successful
receipt of your email.

The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
administers the Conflict of Interest Act and the Conflict of Interest
Code for Members of the House of Commons. These two regimes seek to
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jocelyne.Brisebois@cie.parl.gc.ca
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:47:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Federal Court file no T-1557-15 Yo mary
dawson and Mikey Ferguson (formerly of New Brunswick) Meththe plot
just thickened bigtime once I discovered your "journalist" buddy
Martin Patriquin of Maclean's Magazine is a player N'esy Pas?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com


Please note that the Office is closed until Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Thank you.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/toews-justice-conflict-of-interest-judge-1.4426451

Judicial council won't pursue inquiry into conflict of interest
allegation against Vic Toews
'No further action is required,' Canadian Judicial Council says after review
By Sean Kavanagh, CBC News Posted: Nov 30, 2017 11:16 AM CT


The Canadian Judicial Council has completed its review of the conduct
of Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Justice Vic Toews and says it won't
be investigating complaints against him further.

The council said Thursday that two complaints were reviewed by Justice
Christopher Hinkson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of British
Columbia, who found nothing that would warrant Toews' removal.

"Chief Justice Hinkson notes that the [federal ethics] commissioner
did not make any findings that put into question the integrity, good
faith or credibility of Justice Toews," the council said in a media
release.

"Upon a full review of all the relevant information, Chief Justice
Hinkson found an absence of any information that would suggest an
attempt to mislead or reveal conduct incompatible with the duties of
judicial office."

The review was launched following a complaint received in relation to
a report by the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

In April, ​Canada's ethics commissioner found the former Conservative
cabinet minister breached conflict of interest rules by doing
consulting work for two Manitoba First Nations after he left office.

Mary Dawson's report last spring said Toews advised a First Nations
group he had once fought in court when he was Treasury Board president
in the former federal Conservative government.

Dawson's report said Toews "acted for or on behalf of a party that was
seeking relief against a decision in which he had been involved as a
minister of the Crown."

The report said Toews also broke the rules requiring a two-year
cooling off period for providing consultancy services to the Norway
House Cree Nation through a company owned by his wife.​

    Former cabinet minister-turned-Manitoba judge broke conflict of
interest rules, commissioner finds
    Vic Toews met with Peguis lawyer about Kapyong settlement: Court documents

Toews challenged the decision of the commissioner in court, but
dropped the case recently.

    Former cabinet minister Vic Toews challenges conflict ruling in
Federal Court
    Manitoba Judge Vic Toews drops court challenge of ethics commissioner ruling

National advocacy organization Democracy Watch filed a complaint
against Toews with the Canadian Judicial Council after his alleged
conflict interest was raised.

"The actions that were under scrutiny by the commissioner were not
ones that raised issues for the Canadian Judicial Council," Norman
Sabourin of the CJC said Thursday. "I am of the view that there was a
thorough review because it's an issue that was in the public domain
and it deserved a thorough review, which is what the council did."

Toews' lawyer said Thursday he is happy the matter is finished.

"I thought the [ethics] commissioner's process was badly, badly flawed
and unfair, and so I'm happy that everything's over," Robert Tapper
said.

With files from The Canadian Press and Meagan Ketcheson

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Singer's attack on premier's French wasn't appropriate, says Acadian Society president

August 17, 2019, 11:42 am

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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks a lot of  folks may enjoy an ongoing much edited spit and chew within CBC after Trudeau and Scheer came to NB to prance in an Acadian Day Parade N'esy Pas? 


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/08/singers-attack-on-premiers-french-wasnt.html



#cdnpoli#nbpoli


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-french-acadian-congress-1.5249819 


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/acadian-celebrate-dieppe-1.5248804

'Bonne fête!': Prime Minister joins National Acadian Day celebrations in Dieppe

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the event in New Brunswick and walked in the Grand Tintamarre Thursday

Gail Harding· CBC News· Posted: Aug 15, 2019 8:47 PM AT 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke at the official National Acadian Day ceremony and took part in the Grand Tintamarre in Dieppe.  (Nicolas Steinbach/Radio Canada)




https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/9553838-andrew-scheer-calls-on-liberal-mps-to-further-probe-snc-lavalin-affair/

Andrew Scheer calls on Liberal MPs to further probe SNC-Lavalin affair

News 06:34 PM by Joan Bryden The Canadian Press 

 

 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau points to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer while walking with the crowd during the Tintamarre in celebration of the National Acadian Day and World Acadian Congress in Dieppe, N.B., on Aug. 15, 2019. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is asking Liberal MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee to vote to continue the investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair, after a scathing report found that the prime minister broke ethics law.
 Marc Grandmaison,The Canadian Press






https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-french-acadian-congress-1.5249819 

Singer's attack on premier's French wasn't appropriate, says Acadian Society president

Singer for Acadian folk-rock band criticized Blaine Higgs's fluency during National Acadian Day show

Shane Magee· CBC News· Posted: Aug 16, 2019 4:47 PM AT

 
Hôtesses d'Hilaire lead singer Serge Brideau amended song lyrics during a National Acadian Day performance in Dieppe to call out Premier Blaine Higgs for being unilingual. (Radio-Canada)

The president of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick says a nationally televised concert wasn't the appropriate place to call out the province's premier for being unilingual.

The singer for Acadian folk-rock band Hôtesses d'Hilaire incorporated the criticism of Premier Blaine Higgs into a National Acadian Day performance Thursday evening.

Serge Brideau amended the lyrics of the group's song Regarde-moi to say "Look at me with the unilingual premier and his boss Irving."
 
Brideau said "Look at L'Acadie" as he raised his fists and flashed the middle finger. The crowd of thousands at the concert in Dieppe cheered.

Robert Melanson, president of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick, didn't condemn the statement but said the event wasn't the right place to make it.

"I think Aug. 15 is a day to put aside our differences and to reunite everybody together and to celebrate," Melanson said. "And to celebrate, that means celebrating with everyone, anglophones included."


Robert Melanson, president of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick, says the Acadian Day celebration wasn't the place to criticize the premier's language skills. (Jean-Philippe Hughes/Radio-Canada)


Brideau disagreed, telling Radio-Canada on Thursday that the show was the ideal venue.

The concert broadcast on Radio-Canada coincided with the World Acadian Congress, which has drawn thousands to the greater Moncton area.

Higgs was at the concert but said he didn't hear the statement.

"It's a bit disappointing," he said, pivoting to say he's focused on issues such as the economy. He said he meets people around the province, whatever language they speak, who want to see the province succeed.

"I can run into individual pockets of, let's say, emotion, but I've been around long enough that … I still believe together we can fix this."



Higgs, who has been trying to learn French, says he was disappointed in the comments. (Jean-Philippe Hughes/Radio-Canada)



The premier took part in the celebrations earlier in the day, speaking in French. 

Melanson, who heard that speech, said Higgs's French has improved during his time in office.

The two met Thursday to discuss various issues affecting New Brunswick francophones, including immigration.

Higgs's fluency became an issue during the 2018 election.

• 'Bonne fête!': Prime Minister joins National Acadian Day celebrations in Dieppe

• 8 things you need to know about New Brunswick's next premier, Blaine Higgs

He started French lessons after he won the Progressive Conservative leadership and has delivered prepared speeches in French. But he doesn't do full interviews in French.

On Thursday, Higgs said he still has difficulty conversing in French but can read documents and deliver prepared speeches.

• Divisive bilingualism debate rears its head in N.B. election campaign

He said he's made progress on learning French, though would likely have to spend weeks or months fully immersed to become bilingual.

"In the meantime, my focus is that I want people to realize that regardless of my shortcomings in the language field, they will recognize that my dedication, and my interest, spreads all across this province," Higgs said.

With files from Radio-Canada

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364 Comments I quit commenting after a lot went "Poof"
Commenting is now closed for this story.






Claude DeRoche 
Shame on him for not applauding the COR Party Boy !

Bernie Heather McIntyre

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: It seems that some people love to keep N.B divided.

Claude DeRoche 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre:
Agree!
Higgs a failed leadership contender for the COR Party,
the membership at the time felt he was to radical.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Sometime it's hard to talk to some people that have a one dimensional mind And I am not talking about Higgs.

David R. Amos

Content disabled

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you are gonna continue to beat on the SANB drum all day no matter how many of your comments go "Poof" N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos 
Reply to @David R. Amos: HMMMM 


Marc Martin
Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: I am glad you have noticed your wrong doing.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Marc Martin: Hey where you been. I see your still have your dividing way of thinking. And what wrong have I done?

Welby Trutthough
We have bigger problems than language that we need to deal with. I posted this comment on an article about space and it was disabled by our supposedly impartial taxpayer funded national broadcaster : "I cannot understand how people mock Christianity and Christians. It's clear that there is an explanation for existence and the universe. The fact that there is something about the concept of space and time that the human mind cannot comprehend tells us that Christian teaching is not ludicrous, as the media and government would have us believe. New Brunswick is still 85% Christian, with 50% attending regularly and we couldn't have a stronger society. The truth is in the Bible, it's God's word ."


Bernie Heather McIntyre

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: getting a little off the subject here aren't we. That's an other subject that many People have a different opinions of.

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: le Crisse d'Austin would agree with you. As Mahatma Gandhi said: — 'I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.'

Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: And the reason I'm posting that here is because it gets disabled on the article I originally posted it on and I think it highlights that the people of this province and country have much bigger issues than language to worry about. It's clear there is an anti Christian, pro drugs, movement in this country that wants to silence anyone who disagrees with it.

Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Are you saying I'm not Christ like? I've never heard of le Crisse d'Austin, could you please explain the meaning. I have heard the Mahatma Gandhi quote before. I do find true Christians are very Christ like.

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks the lawyer Mahatma Gandhi would get a laugh out watching your SANB buddy Claude DeRoche turn into a unholy ghost before our very eyes N'esy Pas?

Claude DeRoche 

Reply to @Welby Trutthough:
There are almost 5,000 gods being worshipped by humanity.
But don’t worry, only yours is right!

Welby Trutthough  

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: There are hundreds of varieties of healthy apples, doesn't mean one of them isn't the healthiest. I worship the Christian God as the one true God because Christianity is what makes sense to me, it's what is logical, it's what I belief. That's not to say there aren't endless possibilities, perhaps God revealed himself differently according to culture. There are areas of similar message between all the world's religions. I believe the Christian God is the one true God and therefor is the God I worship.

Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: I should also add, that the point isn't that I have to prove that I'm right, the point is that I'm free to believe what I want and I should be free to post a completely valid point of view on a science article, on the taxpayer funded, impartial, national broadcaster.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Yup, Now you see this article is getting lost here.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Yes I agree but not on an article that has no similar points to what your have brought up.

Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: That's the point of my comment. This article needs to get lost, the language divide needs to get lost. We've got bigger problems. For one thing a dangerous psychotropic drug that causes psychosis is being freely sold and promoted by the government. Our future generations need people to stand up for what is right.

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: "God revealed "himself"? Are you sure she's not "herself"?

Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Let's not get into that :)

Welby Trutthough  

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: We'll have to disagree.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks Mother Nature is laughing at both of you N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: "le Crisse d'Austin", the Christian pastor leading the People's Alliance party that persecutes Francophones in New Nouveau-Brunswick.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you and Mr Higgs no doubt know what church that my political foe the conservative lawyer Rob Moore is a director of N'esy Pas"?

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you are also very well aware as to why i sued Cardinal Bernard Francis Law in 2002 N'esy Pas?

Bernie Heather McIntyre

Reply to @David R. Amos: Bingo.

Bernie Heather McIntyre

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Persecutes. A lot of exaggerating here are we. 

Welby Trutthough  

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Thank you for explaining  

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @David R. Amos: they should have closed this shady organisation and seized thier assets a long time ago.  


Marc Martin
Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Isn't the PANB leader a Christian ? So does that make all Christians anti-French ?


Lou Bell

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Who have they persecuted ? Oh , maybe the MINOR scuffle 250 years ago that the SANB whiners keep bringing up. They were welcomed back to a country run by a different government who wanted citizens expressing allegiance to it , NOT their enemy ! Although allowed back in swearing they would , they didn't then , and don't now. +

 

 

Lou Bell 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: You're right. SANB should have been completely banned before the Liberal sellout solely for votes .

 

 

Lou Bell 

Reply to @Marc Martin: I guess that makes all SANB 'ers anti Christian .

 

 

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Lou Bell: I have no affiliations with the SANB. Not only am I anti-Christian, I am anti-religious. I criticize them all!

 Lou Bell

 Singing to a few thousand SANB one issue Liberals 


Marc Martin 
Reply to @Lou Bell: But irritated a few CoR / PANB followers in the process !!!! Joy !!!


 Lou Bell 

Reply to @Marc Martin: You and your SANB cohorts have shown their true colours . Anti Anglophone all the way. Admit it . That's their SANB / Liberal platform .

 

 

Marguerite Deschamps  

Reply to @Lou Bell: correction; we are anti-COR PANB!

BruceJack Speculator

was this brideau guy's musical performance any good, or was his action the only way he could get noticed?

David R. Amos

Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: Good question

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @David R. Amos: he's got a style similar to yours with the beard and all. 

 

Marc Martin

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: You mean that was not Davis on that stage ???  

Lou Bell

Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: The SANB Anti-Chr--t .

 

 

Marguerite Deschamps  

Reply to @Lou Bell: you've been reading too many old books. They are only old myths.

Claude DeRoche

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The Irving Boy needs to save his travel expenses,
he needs millions to fight a federal election in Alberta!

It already started with the gas tank campaign stickers!

He never quit his day job at Irving!

Lou Bell  

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: He serves all the people in the province, unlike the past SANB Liberals who served a minority ! Nice to see the dog wagging the tail again instead of the tail wagging the dog !

David R. Amos 

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you are gonna beat on the drum all day N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos  

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: HMMM

Claude DeRoche 

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Who does he serve when he campaigns in Alberta for a federal election?

David R. Amos  

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks I should ask that question within Twitter N'esy Pas?

Lou Bell 

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Tell us about the McKenna trips with his SANB caucus. The ones he claimed were promoting trade. You know , the ones where trade WAS DECREASING EVERY YEAR as they were going on . Until caught , of course !

David R. Amos  

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Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you must have read my letters to McKenna in 2004 by now N'esy Pas?

   

Claude DeRoche

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Reply to @Lou Bell: 


Did McKenna fight a federal election on our dime? 















 

Claude DeRoche

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Freedom of speech ends when you criticize our COR Party / Irving Boy Premier.

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks Freedom of Speech ends when it turns into hate speech, slander and libel N'esy Pas?

Bernie Heather McIntyre

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Me thinks that some people here are smoking to much of the legal stuff.

David R. Amos 

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Hmmm Methinks that was a rather telling thing to block N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: I don't smoke dope and rarely have a drink.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

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Reply to @David R. Amos: Wasn't talking about you David. Me thinks saying was out of respect.

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Cool

Marguerite Deschamps  

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Reply to @David R. Amos: I must commend you for it. Neither do I.

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Too bad you can't read all my comments

David R. Amos 

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: HMMMM 















 

Jason Bright

I guess not a single person in charge of recruiting musical acts bothered to look into the band's history? It's just a little Rock'n'Roll showmanship, you know?

David R. Amos

Reply to @Jason Bright: C'est vrai 








 

Claude DeRoche

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Higgs a failed candidate at the COR Party leadership,
the membership felt he was to radical
the Ïrving Boy is now our Premier!

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you should try telling us something we don't already know N'esy Pas?

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

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Reply to @David R. Amos: Welcome to the circus again Big Brother seems to be watching again , Got the CD again.

David R. Amos 

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Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Methinks everybody knows how much I enjoy the circus Did you listen to the CD and enjoy it? Anyone can Google David Amos wiretap and enjoy it too N'esy Pas? 














 

Bernie Heather McIntyre

 There always 1 bad apple in the barrel to ruin it.

Claude DeRoche
Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre:
AGREE!
HP 08/16/2019
Trudeau, Scheer Had Awkward Exchange Celebrating National Acadian Day In New Brunswick

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Methinks you have picked up a fan N'esy Pas?

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Yes Trudeau look pretty stupid with the meeting with Sheer.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Methinks it was a meeting of Dumb and Dumber N'esy Pas?

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Oh I agree 100 %. I here there making an other movie with these 2 . Dumberer and Dumbest.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Oh my.

Lou Bell

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: That barrel was pretty well full of SANB Liberals . Language only crowd , nothing more .

Marc Martin  

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Sheer is desperate to get has much votes he can, by the way people tend to forget the Atlantic regions where like a cancer for Stephen Harper, he brought np positive here while in power 10 years +

Marc Martin 

Reply to @Lou Bell: You where there ?

Bernie Heather McIntyre  

Reply to @Marc Martin: Trudeau seems to be the desperate one. Trying to by votes with tax payers money putting Canada deeper in debt.


Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: "I here there making an other movie with these 2 . Dumberer and Dumbest." Are you sure English is your first languages?

 

Claude DeRoche

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We live in a strange world, it was bad that Gallant supported his Acadian heritage with the SANB, but we must venerate a COR Party Premier! LOL!

Barb Flewwelling

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Former COR Party member. Does the COR Party still exist? Blaine Higgs seems to be an inclusive rather than exclusive personality whatever his beliefs were in the past. I haven’t heard him ranting against bilingualism.

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you are gonna beat on the drum all day and I am gonna enjoy taking the wind out of your sails N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

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Welby Trutthough 

His costume looks very creepy, like a wizard, or satanic. I wish we could be proud of our two main linguistic communities without the need to impose bilingualism on everyone. I would have absolutely no problem with a unilingual francophone premier so I don't understand why anyone has a problem with our wonderful premier who is learning to speak in two languages. We need to unite in New Brunswick, let go of the past, build understanding, create an environment where nobody feels their language and heritage is under threat. I don't understand the insistence by a bilingual minority that everyone and everything be bilingual. Sure, billingualism is great and more billingual people would be great, but the way the tiny bilingual minority goes about imposing it on everyone is only creating division and quite frankly is a bit supremacist. We live in a country where the federal government sells marijuana and persecutes Christians, perhaps we should unite in mutual respect and be thankful that the best anglophone Canadians live in New Brunswick and the best francophone Canadians live in New Brunswick.

Daryl Doucette

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Good luck finding a unilingual francophone here in New Brunswick.

David R. Amos

Reply to @daryl doucette: They are rare

Daryl Doucette

Reply to @David R. Amos: your not kiddin!

Welby Trutthough  

Reply to @daryl doucette: Well there are certainly many francophones who are more comfortable speaking in French and have better understanding speaking in French. I think everyone is more comfortable speaking in their native language. I am against government imposed bilingualism, but that cuts both ways. I don't believe an English person has automatic rights to government services in English in the peninsula, just the same as I don't believe that a New Brunswicker has automatic rights to services in French in Woodstock. Without government imposed billingualism I think the people of this province would manage just fine. In mostly francophone areas, those providing services would likely be francophones. In mostly anglophone areas, anglophones. In truly bilingual areas, there'd be more bilingual people working. In areas where there were unilingual francophones and unilingual anglophones, there'd be a mix of francophone and anglophone staff. The point is, we don't need the government meddling in our lives and denying born and bred New Brunswickers (of either linguistic community) government job opportunities simply based on the fact that they aren't bilingual. Why does a hospital employee in Caraquet need to know English, and why does a hospital employee in Woodstock need to know French? What difference does it make to the job they perform?

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: ". I would have absolutely no problem with a unilingual francophone premier". - Never gonna happen. Can you say this with a straight face? If you wouldn't have a problem, I know many here who would, including me.

Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Why do you never take me at my word? If he couldn't even so much as say "hello" in English, but he banned marijuana and did other things I think need to be done, then I'd say he was the best premier we ever had.

Greg Windsor 

Reply to @daryl doucette: .... well I have encountered a few up north who either did not speak English or would not, and sadly I think the would not is correct

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @Greg Windsor: this is completely false. I travel the whole province and unilingual Anglophones are treated with much more respect up North than a Francophone who dares to speak French down South.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: PURE D BS

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @David R. Amos: have you even been up North ?

Welby Trutthough

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: This is true. I can go to Edmonton and speak English and nobody blinks, I can imagine that people would be shocked in anglophone areas to have someone come up and begin speaking French to them.

Welby Trutthough 

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Edmunston! auto correct!

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you SANB dudes forgot that my Acadian friend Roger Richard also ran in the last election N'esy Pas?

Bernie Heather McIntyre

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: You are completely false. I was up in Kouchibouguac Park went into a store the person refused to speak English which is his right but I know enough French to tell him what I thought of his attitude and left without spending any money there,. His lost and this is a tourist area. And no I am not bilingual.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Where do you think Roger Richard lives? 

 

Bernie Heather McIntyre

 Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Why would people in anglophone areas be shocked there is more than Anglophone and Francophone people living all over this province who native language is neither.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Well let me Guess, Northern N.B.

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: you made this up. It ever happened and you know it. 

 

Marguerite Deschamps 
Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: furthermore, it's a two way street. If Francophones would boycott every place where they could not be served in French, guess who would be on the losing end? Now you know how we feel. 


Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: many times Francophones cannot receive French service at the TH in Saint-Louis-de-Kent, right next to Kouchibouguac National Park!


Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: No you don't know how I feel since my Language is near obsolete and 40 % of NBer's have Keltic heritage compared to 30% of French so you have no clue and just want to keep N.B divided.

Bernie Heather McIntyre
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Your just making that up. 

 
David R. Amos
Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Methinks everybody knows my that friend Roger Richard lives in Saint-Louis-de-Kent and I as the Chief of the Amos Clan (who does not have much respect for snobby Anglos who think they understand other cultures) have always felt more welcome in that area by my fellow New Brunswickers Perhaps folks should ask me why I was also welcome in Lousiana back in the 1980s N'esy Pas? 



Bernie Heather McIntyre
Reply to @David R. Amos: Very good my friend and as I have been brought up , if you give respect you shall receive it from me no matter what language or race one would be.


Marc Martin 

Reply to @daryl doucette: There are a lot of them, only ignorant people tend to believe the opposite.

Marc Martin  

Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Most services have been concentrated in Fredericton, in fact id say 80% + are. So what is your solution to put back all the services in the regions ?

Marc Martin  

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: I absolutely agree with you, there will never be a unilingual premier ever, can you imagine the outrage ? And yet we are the entitled ones.

Marc Martin  

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: omg you dont have to go south, people still snear at me when I speak French here in Fredericton.

Marc Martin  

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Their kind make a lot of things up...get used it.

Marc Martin  

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: Keltic is not an official language now is it ?

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Marc Martin: Oh so now your saying Higgs is not a unilingual premier.

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Marc Martin: No it isn't but we don't cry about it like your kind.

Claude DeRoche
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New Brunswicker's need to unite under our COR Party / English Speaking Association Premier!

Barb Flewwelling

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Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Whoa buddy! Climb down from your high horse!

David R. Amos

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Reply to @Barb Flewwelling: Methinks folks should enjoy knocking him off it N'esy Pas?

Lewis Taylor
It doesn't take much to start a language fight in NB. It is like a match to dry kindling. Haters just waiting to pounce because of a stupid comment by an irrelevant artist. People need to take a valium or two and go get some fresh air.


David R. Amos

Reply to @Lewis Taylor: Methinks you are pretty good at picking a fight as well N'esy Pas?

Marilyn Carr 

Reply to @Lewis Taylor: what do you mean START? lol

Dan Lee

Reply to @Marilyn Carr:
Yes it is the english nature to want everything from everybody..........so there is no start and no end untill it is taken

Barb Flewwelling 

Reply to @Lewis Taylor: United we stand! Do we really want a divided NB?

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Barb Flewwelling: It already is

McKenzie King
The singer obviously understand the English that Premier Higgs spoke, so what's the problem??? Language is simply a communications tool. We need to start looking at ways that we are similar and stop celebrating ways in which we are different.


David R. Amos 

Reply to @McKenzie King: Vive la différence

Claude DeRoche
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David R. Amos

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you should say hey to your beloved SANB puppet our former liberal Premier N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Did you see there?

Marguerite Deschamps

Reply to @David R. Amos: I thought I saw you at the raising of the Acadian flag in Riverside-Albert.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks the photo offered in this article attests to the fact that some old Maritimers look a lot alike but I bet you are one of the ones bald ones who are as common as mud and jealous of our hair N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin
Reply to @McKenzie King: What is the premier was French only ? 

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Marc Martin: a French only Premier? It will never happen.

David R. Amos
Welcome to the Circus


David R. Amos 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Methinks at lot of Anglos who hate my beard and my Chiac must have read Serge Brideau's shirt by now N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @David R. Amos: he could pass as your twin.

Marc Martin
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: You mean that was not Davis on the stage ?
















Mario Doucet
In a majority English speaking province a premier speaking French is just another option not a requirement.

Dan Lee

Reply to @Mario Doucet:
Not if he needs seats

David R. Amos  

Reply to @Dan Lee: True

Marc Bourque
As a Francophone ,I find this deplorable.There is a time and place to criticize.......


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Marc Bourque: I agree

Marc Martin 

Reply to @Marc Bourque: Actually the right to expression might disagree with you.

Jonas Smith
Im fully bilingual, but all this does is reinforce the view that francophones won't consider Anglos bilingual unless they speak fluent french. I've let a great deal of francophones pass with their less than perfect English skills cause I know first hand how hard it is to learn a second language.


Claude DeRoche
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Marilyn Carr

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: SANB is the COR party for the french.


Bernie Heather McIntyre

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: You seem to be stuck in the year 1991. Wake up it's 2019.


David R. Amos 

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Reply to @Marilyn Carr: YUP


David R. Amos 

Reply to @Marilyn Carr: Hmmmm


Marc Martin

Reply to @Marilyn Carr: You should know as your part of COR.

Graeme Scott
Robert Melanson, president of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick, [B]didn't condemn the statement[/B]

That kind of says it all.


Donald Smith

Reply to @Graeme Scott: Yup, there it is ?

 

 

Marilyn Carr 

Reply to @Graeme Scott: SANB is the cor party for the french.

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marilyn Carr: YUP

 

 

Marc Martin

Reply to @Marilyn Carr: You should know I guess your part of COR.

 

 

Bernie Heather McIntyre  

Reply to @Marc Martin: Wake up . Its'2019 not1991. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claude DeRoche

An insult to the Irving COR Party Boy! 

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks that was blatantly obvious N'esy Pas?

 

 

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @David R. Amos: People who live in a 1 dimensional world wouldn't see that.

 

 

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Bernie Heather McIntyre: the unilingual 1 dementional world!

 

 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Any 1 dimensional world.

 

 

Marc Martin

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Not really an insult if its the truth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David White

A jokey novelty act that is appreciated by a small audience. Supported by funding from the taxpayers. Who cares what the guy says?

 

 

David White

They need all the attention they can get since no one knows who they are outside there friends.

 

 

David White

*their friends

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @David White: I care

 

 

Marc Martin 

Reply to @David White: Scotland games where supported by the tax payers also....

 

 

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Marc Martin: What is Scotland games?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Steeves

why the hell should he even have to learn french? he can get and interpreter

 

 

Claude DeRoche

Reply to @Mike Steeves:
Please translate to English?

 

 

John Smith 

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: more like translate the accent eh yall

 

 

John Smith  

Reply to @john smith: dialects and accents happen in all languages

 

 

Al Clark 

Reply to @Mike Steeves: LOL a lovely illustration of the fact that many COR can't speak, read, or write IN ENGLISH!

 

 

David R. Amos

Reply to @Al Clark: Oh My My

 

 

Marc Martin 

Reply to @Mike Steeves: Yes lets pay more money for the premier !!! you must have voted vor PANB...

 

 

Bernie Heather McIntyre 

Reply to @Marc Martin: Wake up this is 2019 were there are apps for it. And guess what there free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lou Bell
Sorry Serge , the tail wagging the dog isn't in the cards. Try harder ! You , Marc , and Marc uerite .


David R. Amos  

Reply to @Lou Bell: Is your menu in French?

 

 

Marc Martin  

Reply to @Lou Bell: Why would you call yourself that horrible animal name !!!

Lou Bell
Same people wanting to copy 1st nations call for recognition of genocide. It happened 250 years ago . Get over it ! Is there any group more self indulgent than the SANB in NB ? Nope !

Mike Steeves 

Reply to @Lou Bell: i don't think they know what genocide actually means.

 

 

David R. Amos   

Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks Mr Higgsand his buddies in the Irving Clan are rather self indulgent N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps
Anyone who aspires to become Premier should have become bilingual a long time ago. Higgs has no excuse for his linguistic shortcomings.


Lou Bell 

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Language should be a token requirement at best. Intelligence Trumps it every time , except of course when the SANB Liberals are in office .

 

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @Lou Bell: intelligent people can learn the two official languages. The elusive Higgs Boson is just an Irving puppet.

 

 

David R. Amos    

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you SANB dudes should try telling folks something they don't already know N'esy Pas?

 

 

Marc Martin

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Agree.

Sneaky Liberals teasing me about Franky Boy McKenna Honouring Acadians in Riverside-Albert

August 18, 2019, 8:27 am

≫ Next: Methinks Chucky Leblanc's "IT Guy" Andre Faust and everybody else knows the truth about his blog going "Poof" 5 years ago N'esy Pas?

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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks it wasn't wise for evil Liberals to tease me about Franky Boy McKenna honouring Acadians within the same article Mr Higgs was getting his nasty Conservative arse fried N'esy Pas? 


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/08/sneaky-liberals-teasing-me-about-franky.html


#cdnpoli#nbpoli


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/riverside-albert-acadian-monument-unveiled-1.5250481





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-french-acadian-congress-1.5249819

Singer's attack on premier's French wasn't appropriate, says Acadian Society president

Singer for Acadian folk-rock band criticized Blaine Higgs's fluency during National Acadian Day show

Shane Magee· CBC News· Posted: Aug 16, 2019 4:47 PM AT 

Hôtesses d'Hilaire lead singer Serge Brideau amended song lyrics during a National Acadian Day performance in Dieppe to call out Premier Blaine Higgs for being unilingual. (Radio-Canada)

344 Comments left after much editing by CBC 



David R. Amos
Welcome to the Circus


David R. Amos 

Reply to @David R. Amos: Methinks at lot of Anglos who hate my beard and my Chiac must have read Serge Brideau's shirt by now N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps 

Reply to @David R. Amos: he could pass as your twin.

Marc Martin
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: You mean that was not Davis on the stage ?










McKenzie King
The singer obviously understand the English that Premier Higgs spoke, so what's the problem??? Language is simply a communications tool. We need to start looking at ways that we are similar and stop celebrating ways in which we are different.


David R. Amos 

Reply to @McKenzie King: Vive la différence

Claude DeRoche
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David R. Amos

Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you should say hey to your beloved SANB puppet our former liberal Premier N'esy Pas?


Marguerite Deschamps
Content disabled It was already gone before I could save it

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Did you see there?


Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David R. Amos: I thought I saw you at the raising of the Acadian flag in Riverside-Albert.

David R. Amos

Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks the photo offered in this article attests to the fact that some old Maritimers look a lot alike but I bet you are one of the ones bald ones who are as common as mud and jealous of our hair N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/riverside-albert-acadian-monument-unveiled-1.5250481

Honouring Acadians in Riverside-Albert small gesture, but 'profound statement'

A plaque dedicated to the first Acadian settlers in the area was unveiled at a ceremony Friday

CBC News· Posted: Aug 17, 2019 6:00 AM AT

A committee has worked for the past three years on a monument to honour the Acadian families who were the first European settlers in the Riverside-Albert area. (CBC)

The village of Riverside-Albert is mostly anglophone, so its Acadian origins might come as a bit of a surprise to most New Brunswickers.

In fact, news that the first European settler in the region was a French farmer named Pierre Thibodeau came as a surprise even to residents of the village itself.

"I was not aware of the French connection to Riverside-Albert. I was born here!" said John McCarron.

John McCarron was born in Riverside-Albert. (CBC)

Even New Brunswick's former premier admitted that until a year or two ago, he didn't know the area was once a thriving Acadian community.

"As the premier of the province, I'd like to think I was fairly in touch with the history of our province and I had no idea," said Frank McKenna, who was a special guest at a ceremony Friday to unveil a monument dedicated to Acadian families who settled in the area.

By 1755 — just before the Great Deportation — the settlement known as Chipoudie, on the banks of the Bay of Fundy, was made up of 425 Acadians, all descendants of Pierre Thibodeau.

A group from the United States, all descendants of Pierre Thibodeau, travelled to Riverside-Albert for the ceremony. (CBC)

After the deportation, many Acadians from the area ended up in the United States. One of their descendants, Don Thibodeaux, now lives in Baton Rouge, La.

"Our families got deported, so when we come here, we are their lost cousins, are we are home," said Thibodeaux.

"It's quite emotional."

Don Thibodeaux, from Baton Rouge, La., said he is proud of his heritage. (CBC)

He believes there are 4,000 Thibodeaus in the U.S., all descendants of the man who crossed the Atlantic in search of land for a farm.

He travelled to New Brunswick for the World Acadian Congress with a group of people who share his last name.

"That man brought us all together, we previously did not know each other — from Louisiana, Massachussets, California, Maine."

'Profound statement'

The plaque honouring the Acadian families may be a small gesture, but placing it in Riverside-Albert is significant.

"It represents such a profound statement about our province," said McKenna.

"Raising the Acadian flag in a totally anglophone village, it's a big step forward," said Riverside-Albert Mayor Jim Campbell, who was part of a committee that has worked on the monument for the past three years.

Former premier Frank McKenna said having a monument for Acadians in a place like Riverside-Albert is significant. (CBC)

For many Acadians who came to the ceremony from across New Brunswick and beyond, having it in a place like Riverside-Albert was touching.

"A reminder that we have courage, perseverance and reconciliation with the English," said Louise Comeau Pooler.

"This is one of a kind," said McCarron.

"I would like to learn more about the people who were here before the Irish, before the Scottish and so on."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/harbour-station-new-name-sea-dogs-1.5247169

New agreement between Sea Dogs and TD Bank means new name for Harbour Station

Renaming is part of a five-year sponsorship agreement announced in Saint John Wednesday

CBC News· Posted: Aug 15, 2019 6:30 AM AT

 Frank McKenna, deputy chair of TD Bank Group, and Sea Dogs owner and CEO Scott McCain faced off in a community ball hockey match with local youth at the announcement. (Dan Culberson/Saint John Sea Dogs)

A new five-year sponsorship agreement between the Saint John Sea Dogs and TD Bank Group means Harbour Station will be getting a new name.

The announcement was made Wednesday at the start of the Sea Dogs training camp, but the new name for the arena used by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team will be revealed at a later time.

Sea Dogs president Trevor Georgie said the team's new partner has deep New Brunswick ties, citing the number of people employed in the province and noting former premier Frank McKenna is now the bank's deputy chair.

• Saint John mayor defends deal to assist QMJHL's Sea Dogs

• CBC Investigates
  Emails reveal tense negotiations behind city's payment to Saint John Sea Dogs

"They are also a partner that I think can help us collaborate and find new synergies with their sponsorship portfolios," said Georgie.

TD is heavily invested in music and a number of different entertainment properties and Georgie said that will benefit the team and the arena.

"I think you're going to see a very engaged, very proud, and very involved partner in TD Bank acting not just as naming rights partners of the building and partners of the Sea Dogs but just as ambassadors to Saint John and to our region."

McCain speaks at the announcement of a new sponsorship agreement with TD Bank Group. (Steven Webb/CBC)

The Sea Dogs recently signed a new five-year lease with the Harbour Station Commission.

The details of the lease weren't released to the public but the team had threatened to leave Harbour Station, which has annual deficits of roughly $600,000 to $800,000. The city agreed to pay the team $100,000 over five years to stay.

But Georgie said TD Bank is as committed as much at the team is to the new partnership agreement.
"It's a great day for Saint John."

• Council coughs up $112K to keep Sea Dogs from leaving Saint John

In a release, McKenna said TD Bank was proud of its growing presence in New Brunswick

"This sponsorship represents an opportunity for TD to engage fans and the community in space where they can connect, participate, and cheer on the home team through signature events."
TD is the first naming rights sponsor in the building's 26-year history. Harbour Station opened in 1993.

With files from Steven Webb

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https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1781344582

Interview - Frank McKenna and David Wilkins

The House

February 4, 2011

Season 2011,

13:34

Interview with former Canadian Ambassador to the United States, Frank McKenna, and former US Ambassador to Canada, David Wilkins.

  

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/archive-unions-protest-mckenna-s-policies-1.451274

Archive: Unions protest McKenna's policies

Posted: Nov 26, 2012 6:05 AM AT | Last Updated: November 5, 2018

Public sector unions organized massive protests in 1991 against a wage freeze policy implemented by former premier Frank McKenna 4:02

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Former NB Premier Frank McKenna says mandatory immigration could reverse Atlantic Canada's "death spiral".

Posted: Jan 14, 2016 12:00 AM ET | Last Updated: November 28, 2018

As It Happens

Former NB Premier Frank McKenna says mandatory immigration could reverse Atlantic Canada's "death spiral". 7:00

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George Tonight

Frank McKenna

George Tonight

May 22, 2009

Season 5,

11:21

What does the former Canadian Ambassador to the US, Frank McKenna, think of George W. Bush?

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/george-bush-great-gentleman-frank-mckenna-1.4929341

George H.W. Bush a great gentleman, says McKenna

Two men and their wives exchanged letters on how to grow roses

Gail Harding· CBC News· Posted: Dec 02, 2018 12:20 PM AT 

George H.W. Bush speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Connecticut in 1992. (David Ake/AFP/Getty Images)

Former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna says he will remember George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, as a great gentleman.

Bush died Friday at the age of 94.

McKenna, the deputy chair at TD Bank Group, remembers exchanging letters as Bush sent him information on how to get the roses at his Cap-Pelé home to grow better.

• Brian Mulroney to give eulogy for George H.W. Bush

• Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush dies at 94

"We had this little pen-pal relationship going for about a year on how to grow better flowers."

McKenna said he will remember George H.W. Bush as great gentleman. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)

After McKenna left politics, he hosted a networking event in Moncton in July 2002 and invited Bush to be the guest speaker.

Bush was the chairman of The Carlyle Group, an American multinational financial services corporation. McKenna was a board member.

"We played golf at Royal Oaks in advance. He loved the course so much he played it twice."

Considerate man

After the rounds of golf were done, everyone headed to McKenna's home with Bush and his security detail arriving about 10 minutes before everyone else.

"My son was the only one there and he spent about 10 minutes talking to my son in just the most considerate way. It was just a wonderful experience for my son."

McKenna said Bush was interested in where he lived because it was right on the ocean, as was Bush's summer home in Maine.

"He was wandering around and looking at our flowers and asked us if we needed help in getting our roses growing because the salt corrodes them."

McKenna said Bush sent him information about it for months afterwards. Barbara Bush began corresponding with McKenna's wife, Julie, about it as well.

"It was just wonderful. They were so thoughtful and sent me a lovely note of thank you."

Fished at Larry's Gulch

McKenna said while he had other encounters with Bush as well as his son, George W. Bush, the 43rd president, he didn't return to New Brunswick for another event with him.

But Bush did spend time with former premier Bernard Lord and former prime minister Brian Mulroney at Larry's Gulch, the government-owned fishing lodge on the Restigouche River, weeks after McKenna's event.

George H.W. Bush, right, and former prime minister Brian Mulroney, left, are shown in 2002. Mulroney will speak at Bush's funeral. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

Mulroney will be one of four people to deliver a eulogy at Bush's funeral.

While saddened to hear of Bush's death, McKenna said George W. Bush had been letting him know about his father's health.

"He was supposed to be my guest in the summer but he demurred because he wanted to spend more time with his dad. He told me his dad was failing badly so we knew that was happening and it's sad.

"It's the loss of a truly extraordinary human being and one that we will miss in our region because he lived so close to us and knew us so well."

About the Author

Gail Harding

Web Writer

Gail Harding began her career as a journalist in the newspaper industry before joining CBC as a web writer. 

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https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1337532483822

Frank McKenna reflects on Canada-US relations

Information Morning - Moncton

October 5, 2018

07:16

The former New Brunswick premier and former Canadian ambassador to the United States speaks with CBC reporter Kate Letterick about the current relationship between the two countries in the wake of the new North American trade agreement.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/frank-mckenna-victory-usmca-1.4852869 

Frank McKenna calls free trade deal a victory, slams attacks by Trump

Frank McKenna says U.S. president created a lot of stress in Canada for 14 months

Nathalie Sturgeon· CBC News· Posted: Oct 05, 2018 7:52 PM AT

Frank McKenna, former New Brunswick premier and now deputy chair of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, says he doubts Canadians will ever warm up to U.S. President Donald Trump. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)

Former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna says the new free trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico was a victory for Canada, despite all the disparaging comments U.S. President Donald Trump made leading up to it.

The former New Brunswick premier, who was ambassador to the United States in 2005 and 2006, said Trump alienated Canada for 14 months.

Despite that, Canada did well, McKenna said, and the deal to replace NAFTA is good for New Brunswick because it protects market access and a dispute resolution process.

• What we know about the new USMCA trade deal

"We retained the dispute resolution mechanism, which means that ultimately we end up winning on softwood lumber, as we have historically, and that dispute will get resolved."

He said the negotiations, along with Trump's personal attacks, created a sense of hostility and stress among Canadians.

Trump, who did not name Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland by name, told reporters he didn't like Canada's negotiator, Canada's negotiation practices, or its stance on dairy tariffs and claimed he rejected a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

"We're used to tough relations on issues from time to time but not personal attacks," McKenna said.
He said the two countries have disagreed on issues in the past — including Canada's decision not to join the war with Iraq — but that never changed the way the two administrations did business.

• Finance Minister Bill Morneau touts USMCA but says dairy, steel sectors need help

• Analysis
  Why the USMCA likely won't unleash a wave of pent-up business investment

"Our relationship with the United States, I think, remains to be fundamentally strong," he said. "We can't go anywhere. We're neighbours."

Since the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, was reached almost two weeks ago, much of the criticism in Canada has focused on the greater access it gives the U.S. to the Canadian dairy market.

But McKenna said the trade agreement is a victory for Canada because any concessions were small.
"We essentially have the same NAFTA intact and that good news for our commercial relationship," he said.

Information Morning - Moncton

Frank McKenna reflects on Canada-US relations

00:0007:16

The former New Brunswick premier and former Canadian ambassador to the United States speaks with CBC reporter Kate Letterick about the current relationship between the two countries in the wake of the new North American trade agreement. 7:16

And although the relationship between Canada and the U.S. president is not good, the two countries are not at odds.

"Eventually, the relationship with the rest of America will get back to normal," he said. "With the president, I can't see Canadian warming up to him in the near future."

- With files from Information Morning Moncton and Kate Letterick 

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Blog was ordered shut down 5 years ago today!!!!!

Blog was shut down 5 years ago today!!!! Yesss...there is no freedom of speech in Canada....The Fredericton Police can label you as a Pedophile but if you fight back...they will shut you down....I used to do lots of writing but this all came to a stop.....I said - Ohhhhh...they don't want to read my views...they want to listen to me...VIDEOS..VIDEOS AND MORE VIDEOS!!!!! I would hunt them down on the streets!!!!! Then came 2 years later the Fredericton Police ordered two cops from Edmunston to come down and assault me or possibly have be killed...Media never grabbed that story....I wonder why???...Oh well this Blogger will continue the fight for Justice for years to come or until the Cops have me shot!!!! Truly stay tuned!!!!! 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/nobody-safe-from-edmonton-blogger-charged-with-hate-crime-1.4161015

'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· Posted: Jun 14, 2017 5:38 PM MT 

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.

• Edmonton police charge blogger with hate crime against prof
• ​Rise in reported hate crimes in Alberta no surprise to many

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.

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Scroll down past Chucky's latest bullshit to enjoy a little Deja Vu

The truth is that it was my emails about Sections 300 and 319 of the
Canadian Criminal Code and the violations found within Chucky's blog
and that of Mr Baconfat's that got Det Robb Costello, the corrupt cops
out west and Google to sit up and pay attention.

http://charlesotherpersonalitie.blogspot.com/2019/08/blog-was-ordered-shut-down-5-years-ago.html

Sunday, 18 August 2019

Blog was ordered shut down 5 years ago today!!!!!

Blog was shut down 5 years ago today!!!! Yesss...there is no freedom
of speech in Canada....The Fredericton Police can label you as a
Pedophile but if you fight back...they will shut you down....I used to
do lots of writing but this all came to a stop.....I said -
Ohhhhh...they don't want to read my views...they want to listen to
me...VIDEOS..VIDEOS AND MORE VIDEOS!!!!! I would hunt them down on the
streets!!!!! Then came 2 years later the Fredericton Police ordered
two cops from Edmunston to come down and assault me or possibly have
be killed...Media never grabbed that story....I wonder why???...Oh
well this Blogger will continue the fight for Justice for years to
come or until the Cops have me shot!!!! Truly stay tuned!!!!!
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:35:44 -0600
Subject: Yo Det Robb Costello of the Fat Fred City Finest You don't
call and you don't write do tell has Chris macPherson or the Google
lawyers David Drummond and Glick got your tongue
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Remember this blog???? I bet Danny Boy Bussieres does

http://oldmaison.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/fredericton-police-officer-robb-costello-looking-for-tyrant-quebecois-dan-bussieres/

Scroll down to review these words of mine

"One thing I know for sure the corrupt cops in Fat Fred City such as
Robb Costello no doubt love reading Mr Baconfat's blogs about Chucky
Leblanc and mean old me. This is what Chucky posted on my birthday

http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.ca/2014/07/fredericton-detective-robb-costello.html

If the corrupt cop Robb Costello does not think that the title of
Chucky's Blog alone does not violate Sections 300 and 319 of the
Canadian Criminal Code I will eat the crook's hat badgee and all. Why
don't he at least sue the nasty French bastard?"

 "Fredericton Police Detective Robb Costello could be the first Black
 Pedophile Cop in the Maritimes???"

"To be fair to Chucky Baby here is Mr Baconfat's latest piece of work
about Chucky and I. Small wonder the cops support Mr Baconfat EH?

http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2013/08/david-amos-and-tale-of-two-capital.html

Saturday, August 16, 2014
Pedophiles Charles Leblanc, David Amos, and a Tale of Two Provinces"


On 8/19/14, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas Det Robb Costello???
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5a9XaG54FM&list=UUVftTJcoljDpNQR81drXb4g
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHp7oWyOk4&list=UUVftTJcoljDpNQR81drXb4g
>
> However I wonder if Costello and the other corrupt cops are clever
> enough to know that Chucky has at least two other blogs that are still
> active.
>
> http://oldmaison.wordpress.com/2004/12/22/the-nazis-marches-in-the-capital-of-fredericton-opps-i-mean/
>
> http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/2004/12/jk-irving-view-on-sex.html
>
> http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/2006/04/roomers-truly-have-no-rights.html
>
> I see that Chucky made a test fire yesterday but nothing new yet N'esy Pas?
>
> http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/2014/08/test.html
>
> That said 10 years ago Chucky's first posts within WordPress and
> Blogger were really quite racist nothing has changed since.EH? What
> say you dudes?
>
>
> Chucky's BULLSHIT about the election and that of his FAKE LEFT Puppet
> Master Andre Faust  is truly comical but Mr Baconfat's spin on it
> definitely is not
>
> http://lefteyex.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/social-activists-blog-removed-by-google-following-complaint/
>
> Social Activist’s Blog Removed by Google following complaint
> Posted on August 18, 2014 by lefteyex
> By André Faust
>
> Political/Social Activist Charles Leblanc’s Blog shut down
>
> Upon receiving a complaint against controversial social political
> activist Charles LeBlanc blog, Google removed the polemical blog from
> its servers after notifying the blogger of their action.
>
> The blog was an irritant to the Fredericton city police and Sergeant
> at Arms Daniel Bussières because of his sometimes not to kind
> criticisms of their actions. Above and beyond criticizing the FPD and
> Bussières, LeBlanc confronted and challenged the provincial MLAs and
> the Premier on many delicate issues that mainstream media does not
> cover.
>
> While the blog has been the center of controversy for quite some time,
> it appears very convenient to have the blog shut down prior to the
> provincial election. Was the motive behind the complaint to Google
> politically motivated to keep the issues of pensions fracturing and
> forestry from being presented to the New Brunswick audience? Blogs
> like Charles’s blog are a threat to government and big business
> because their propagandist no longer have control over the message
> given to the public.
>
> FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD CHUCKY LEBLANC A BIGTIME PROGAGANDIST FOR ANYONE
> WHO WILL KISS HIS FAT DUMB ARSE, KEEP HIM ON THE INTERNET, FILL HIS
> PIEHOLE AND BUY HIM BEER
>
> Anyway there is quite simply too much for Andre and Chucky's small
> minds to review so  I will just provide Mr Baconfat latest posts about
> his pal Chucky Leblanc and just some of what the perverted Zionist has
> published about black folks recently (Never mind for the past five
> years EH?)
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2014_08_01_archive.html
>
> Tuesday, August 19, 2014
>
> Charles LeBlanc's Blog Has Gone Poof!
>
> David Amos' blog, or the Andre Murray Blog, he suborned had been
> removed a few weeks ago by Google. Today Google removed Fredericton
> Blogger Charles LeBlanc's Blog. Charles LeBlanc has been
> misrepresenting self as a "journalist" for several years. He had
> called his cyber-space version of a scandal sheet or penny dreadful,
> legitimate media outlet to panhandle in cyber-space for cash,
> furniture, computer and so on. Charles has publically defamed the
> entire Fredericton Police Force. He has  lied that a Fredericton
> Police Detective L'Oisou "touched his private part," whilst being
> searched for weapons, and has called him on several occasions, "a
> pedophile."
>
> Charles LeBlanc has referred to the entire Fredericton Police Force
> and its Chief Leanne Fitch as "steroid monkeys," into "serious drugs,
> thieves" and pedophiles for the last several years. All without
> posting a shred of evidence of these allegations, as a real journalist
> would. Charles LeBlanc is clearly a mental defective moron, a
> sociopath, and pathological liar like David Amos. But Charles Leblanc
> has engaged in this illegal behavior for years, why did Google decide
> that today, he had gone too far? David Raymond Amos convicted sex
> offender, and fugitive from US law enforcement authorities had his
> blog removed because he used it to stalk, harass and abuse women,
> professionals throughout Canada. His well documented abuse of "half
> dead blogs" or blogs he uses that belong to others is against or
> contrary to the terms and conditions of use of Google's cyber-space
> products. Google's censure of David Amos and the removal of his blog
> seems more than acceptable.
>
> But Charles LeBlanc's blog no more than a  cyber-space "bully pulpit"
> he uses to defame police, local politicians, women who avail
> themselves access to services of a woman's reproductive heath clinic,
> people he calls snobs or  fans of the Fredericton Blues Festival, or
> the people he says, " piss him off!"
>
>   There are many that wonder what took Google so long to muzzle this
> moron and hater of Jews . Charles LeBlanc makes no apology fro
> censoring the comments of readers to his blog, in fact he is very
> happy to shut up most of the commenters to his blog. Charles LeBlanc
> was wont to say, "Its my blog and I will decide who gets to comment,
> or what they can say"
>
> Well its  Google's "cyber-space" and they'll decide how far Charles
> LeBlanc or any of us can go, or what we can say. Or as Charles Leblanc
> used to say, "that's the fact Jack!"
> Posted by Seren at 4:30 AM No comments:
>
>
> Saturday, August 9, 2014
>
> Monkey Boy Obama Says!
>
> Its a long way from DC to Tel Aviv! Amerka's first nigger "president"
> Barak Hussein Obama castigates Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin
> Netanyahu for not making "the hard choices," or "tough decisions" to
> "make peace" with the so called "palestinians." Amerka's first nigger
> president thinks after a mere sixty, seventy years since the Shoah
> that Jews ought to risk extermination by "the world" and HAMAS once
> again, in the name of "two state solution." and Barak Hussein Obama's
> "presidential legacy."
>
> The current nigger "president," John Kerry and  the rest of the Jew
> haters in the current administration tell  diaspora Jews, and Jews in
> Israel that they and amerka "has Israel's back," and to somehow lift
> the Egyptian blockade of Gaza, make peace with an organization that
> within its Charter that calls for the destruction of Israel and the
> extermination of the Jews twelve times. But alas there's a problem for
> amerka's first nigger "president."  Right now a full 87 % of Jews in
> Israel don't think "amerka has Israel's back." All full 100% of Jews
> in Israel, many still with concentration camp numbers tattooed on
> their forearms do NOT want to risk their lives once again because,
> this is a "hard decision"  that Barak Hussein Obama says they have to
> make.
>
> One of the long term effects of HAMAS' war upon Eretz Yisrael is a
> revitalization of, or a renewed priority for the settler movement in
> Israel, to steal, buy, bully, settle and take more land in areas B and
> C in YESHA. To build more housing developments and communities, and
> push the Arab animals out. Until what is left of the "palestinian
> authority"  becomes nothing more than a semi-autonomous region or
> state of Jordan. After all as Sir Winston Churchill boasted. "I
> created [ The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan]  with the stroke of a pen
> on a Sunday afternoon in Cairo." There are twenty-three Arab States in
> the Middle East. The region does NOT need one more.
>
> I an quite sure someone or many people have told amerka's first nigger
> "president" that if Israel was to say today, this minute, that Israel
> wants peace with its neighbours, and "turned their weapons into
> ploughshares,"  the Jews would once again be exterminated, this time
> by HAMAS, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and twenty other Arab States.
> I am also quite sure, amerka''s first nigger "president" has also been
> told if HAMAS were to disarm, and promise peace...there would be peace
> the very next day.
>
> Egypt lost Sinai to Israel twice. Egypt sustained 250,000 casualties
> in the Yom Kippur war, and failed to win Sinai back. Egyptian
> President Anwar Sadat got the Sinai back from Israel at the cost of "a
> piece of paper," and a promise. A promise of peace, a peace that has
> endured to today. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was murdered by the
> Moslem Brotherhood, and HAMAs for the "Audacity of Hope" for peace.
> Abu Mazen, and the self described "palestinians" promise nothing, but
> death to the Jews. The "palestinians" promise nothing but to steal
> what Jews have built.
>
> It is remarkably easy for amerka's first nigger "president" to tell
> Jews that they have to make "hard decisions" or "tough choices"  when
> he and his family are a long way away in DC.
>
> But then again Barak Hussein Obama's life and family are NOT at risk,
> But the Prime Minister, "president" Obama hates, and the lives of the
> Jew he hates ...are at risk. Someone ought explain to amerka's first
> nigger "president" this is not about what you assholes call "Israel's
> legitimate security concerns." Its all about the survival of Jews
> everywhere, and NEVER AGAIN.
>
> Posted by Seren at 6:13 AM No comments
>
> Sunday, August 17, 2014
>
> Michael Brown, Another "Afrikan Amerkan" Thief Bites The Dust
>
> The Negroes of Ferguson Missouri are once again outraged to the point
> of throwing Molotov cocktails, rioting and looting stores in the name
> of "racial equality" and "justice." A couple of days ago Ferguson
> police released video, store surveillance video of Michael Brown
> hitting a store clerk and robbing a Ferguson convenience store,
> immediately preceding his being shot by police. So the so called
> "community" the "negro community" returned to the streets to riot and
> vandalize the store Mike Brown robbed, in the name of "justice" and
> "racial equality" of course.
>
> Michael Brown's parents raised, a thief and criminal. The pictures do
> NOT lie. Michael Brown's attorney said, "Ferguson police assassinated
> Mike Brown and now they are assassinating his memory." Someone ought
> tell Mike Brown's "parents" and attorney not only that the pictures
> don't lie, you knew Mike Brown was a thief, and criminal. The entire
> negro "community" knew Mike Brown was a violent criminal. Yet this
> "peaceful," and or "justice desirous, negro community," rioted, looted
> and assaulted people in the name of "justice and racial equality," and
> because the police were "wearing BDUs," and in armoured vehicles, on
> three separate nights.
>
> "Leaders" of  Ferguson's "negro community" told media on the first
> night of violent riots and looting, that "this is a peace march for
> justice." There was nothing peaceful about these "negroes" behaviour.
> This was an opportunity for Ferguson's "negro community" to cash in.
> To loot, steal and take what isn't theirs just as Mike Brown did,
> while he was still alive to do so.
>
> If Mike Brown was shot illegally, if the cop was not justified in
> doing so, the cop will pay. Even in "white amerka"  police can't shoot
> "negroes" without justification. The "wheels of justice turn slowly,"
> but turn nonetheless. There is NO justification of any kind, for any
> reason for the "negroes" of Ferguson or its "negro community" take
> this opportunity to riot, steal, and or assault white people.
>
> Mike Ferguson fled the scene of a violent crime, of which surveillance
> video shows he's not only a suspect but the perpetrator of. It is not
> surprising Ferguson police not only stopped him. But also ordered him
> to exit the car, and get on the ground. Mike Brown was a violent
> criminal that did not do as he was legally and legitimately ordered to
> do. Mike Brown was legally obligated to carry out the orders of a
> policeman. If a six foot two or three, and three hundred pound
> criminal decides to hit or otherwise push a cop, he will get shot,
> regardless of skin colour.
>
> In the days subsequent to Ferguson's "negro community" rioting,
> looting, stealing, and firebombing in the name of justice and racial
> equality" we are finding out Mike Brown was a violent robber and
> thief. Not unlike Ferguson Missouri's "negro community."
> Posted by Seren at 1:56 PM No comments:
>
>
> Monday, August 18, 2014
>
> CNN,Truth, Justice, And The "Negroes" Of Ferguson Missouri
>
> Last night the Governor of the State of Missouri called out the
> Missouri National Guard stop Ferguson' Missouri's"  "law abiding negro
> community's  "peace march for justice."
>
> Last night was another evening of riots, violence,  "negro" snipers
> shooting at decent white people, vandalizing business' and throwing
> fire bombs by Ferguson Missouri's "negro community." All in the name
> of "racial equality, justice" and "ending the repression, oppression
> and racial profiling" by police of St. Louis County upon the "poor
> downtrodden negro community" of Ferguson Missouri.
>
> Preliminary autopsy reports are forensic proof that "Ferguson's negro
> witnesses" accounts of the shooting of Michael Brown are perjuries,
> and racially motivated falsehoods. CNN's token "negro reporter" Don
> Lemon has trotted out three or four "negro" women accompanied on
> camera with their lawyers, that claim Michael Brown was running and
> shot in the back by police. The forensic evidence of the preliminary
> autopsy report is indisputable. Michael Brown was shot from or in the
> front. CNN's and their token "negro reporter's "eye witnesses'" from
> Ferguson Missouri's "negro community, deliberately lied, and are
> liars.
>
> Michael Brown's "parents" are deliberately fomenting unrest and
> inciting Ferguson Missouri's "law abiding negro community' to
> violence. Michael Brown's "Father" wore a T Shirt to a "negro " so
> called "church service" saying. "No Justice, No peace!" That seems
> ironic, considering Michael Brown was a violent criminal, and his
> parents and Ferguson's "negro community" all knew it.
>
> Fox News and every other media outlet, save CNN posted store
> surveillance video from ten minutes before Michael Brown's shooting,
> of our "law abiding" Ferguson "negro" violently robbing a convenience
> store. At this point Michael Brown became a violent fugitive from
> justice and Missouri law enforcement agencies. This was NOT Michael
> Brown's "first rodeo!" Notwithstanding Michael Brown's "Father" and
> his attorney's whining that, "the police assassinated Michael Brown,
> and now they are assassinating his reputation".... the pictures, the
> video surveillance footage CNN will not show amerka... do not lie!
>
> Now it has been several nights that "negro community" of Ferguson
> Missouri has been robbing, looting, fire bombing, sniping and
> generally trying to cash in, on this "gross injustice" and
> "oppression" of "negro folks" in amerka. I guess that is what they
> call the "afrikan amerkan way!" Ferguson Missouri's "law abiding black
> folks" were and are violently running amuck, to make a buck, and
> "Negro" Missouri State Trooper "Captain" Ron Johnson, stands there and
> does nothing. I thought cops were cops. There are no black cop, no
> white cops, cops are BLUE. Obviously that is not the case in the
> Missouri State Troopers, and Missouri's governor called in National
> Guard troops.
>
> Michael Brown's "parents," the so called "afrikan amerkan church," his
> "community and neighbours do NOT want peace or justice. They want to
> cash in as journalist's paid "witnesses." They want TVs stereos and
> computers, stolen whilst looting. Michael Brown's "Mommy and Daddy"
> want a pay day and "fifteen minutes of CNN inspired fame. After all
> this is indeed the "afrikan amerkan way!"
>
> And.... if someone is desirous of truthful, fair, balanced and
> accurate reporting, you won't get it from CNN or their "token negro"
> reporter Don Lemon....but Fox News!
>
> Posted by Seren at 1:37 PM No comments:
>
> http://oldmaison.wordpress.com/2004/12/22/the-nazis-marches-in-the-capital-of-fredericton-opps-i-mean/
>
>> THE NAZIS MARCHES IN THE CAPITAL OF FREDERICTON..OPPS I MEAN….22
>
> Wednesday
>
> Dec 2004
>
> Posted by oldmaison in Uncategorized
> ≈ 4 Comments
> .>Date:
>
> Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:29:42 -0800 (PST)
>
> From:
>
> “charles leblanc” View Contact Details
>
> Subject:
>
> THE NAZIS MARCHES IN THE CAPITAL OF FREDERICTON..OPPSS I MEAN THE IRVINGS….
>
> To:
>
> “oldmaison”
>
> Yesterday meals served at the Fredericton Soup
>
> Kitchen-
>
> Noon-162 meals
>
> Supper 72 meals
>
> Have a good clear conscience day! If you happened
>
> to go to Saint John this Friday? Please send me an
>
> email!!!! Merci!!
>
> Excuse sorry for the poor grammar in yesterday
>
> update! I missed many words! C’est la vie!!
>
> Ok..Yesterday, I received this little email. I
>
> don’t know where it came from but her it is-
>
> Oh, and by the way: I still think it’s unfair for you
>
> to call the Human Rights Commission racist. Just
>
> because your racism complaint was dismissed,
>
> doesn’t make them racist. If a judge acquits a guy of
>
> sexual abuse charges on a technicality, that doesn’t
>
> make the judge a sex abuser!
>
> Now…lets try to get this issue straight once and
>
> for all!
>
> I’m going to try to make as short as possible.
>
> I wrote a complaint to the New Brunswick Human
>
> Rights of the way that I was treated by Gulf Operators
>
> I told them that I had a very
>
> racist supervisor named Brian Grant and he would go
>
> around and tell his co-workers that no niggers or
>
> frogs should be allowed to work within the Irving
>
> Empire!
>
> I might add that he tried to hit me with a large
>
> piece of steel!
>
> This complaint was bad enough but the Irvings sent
>
> this memo to the Commission-
>
> When Mr.LeBlanc was interviewed by Gulf Operators
>
> he informed us he had ADHD and was taking Ritalin
>
> there were medical limitations placed on Mr.LeBlanc.
>
> We
>
> accommodated Mr.LeBlanc disability by ensuring that he
>
> was given jobs and duties that complied with his
>
> medical limitations.
>
> Sherry Merssereau < Irving Human Resources with no
>
> Doctor’s paper! >
>
> Now? The day that I was suppose to find out the
>
> verdict? Carl White < only case worker in the Southern
>
> Part of the province > was not at work!
>
> I phoned the guy at his house and he quickly
>
> hung the phone in my ears!
>
> Lets not forget that he was the Deputy Mayor at
>
> the time!
>
> The Director Janet Culinan did the same action!
>
> I received a little letter telling me that my
>
> complaint was without merit!
>
> NOW??? If a Judge dismissed a case against a
>
> child abuser? Does this mean the Judge supports
>
> Pedophiles?
>
> Of course not!
>
> But the public has the right to hear the
>
> evidence!
>
> In my case? We the public don’t know what was
>
> said in that building of the Commission!
>
> Did they say- OHH??? He has ADHD??? Ignore
>
> him!!! What was said behind those close doors that
>
> they agreed with the Irvings that racism in the
>
> workplace is ok????
>
> What was said that they came to a verdict that
>
> adults with ADHD are close to mental retardation?
>
> I got more story in the new year of Carl White
>
> and that man is Black. I never once heard a good
>
> remark from any black person in the Saint John are
>
> about Carl White!
>
> The Ombudsman will investigate this commission
>
> in the new year because of some new evidence!
>
> Racist members???? You damn right they are!
>
> They might be in Irving’s pocket because there
>
> hasn’t been a human rights Complaint against the
>
> Irvings in years and I’ll get back to this issue in
>
> the new year!
>
> It’s not the Irving Human Rights! It’s the
>
> people Human Rights!
>
> As I said in the past? Those racist members must
>
> stay in their building and collect their pay from the
>
> taxpayers of this Province because they sure support
>
> racist Billionaires!
>
> Ok…never mind that!
>
> Speaking of the Irvings? It’s bad enough that
>
> the Telegraph Journal and the Moncton Transcript made
>
> certain that my letters to the editor were cut off!<
>
> Irving Orders>
>
> Anyway? I heard from a close source that
>
> someone in the Government is working hard to cut my
>
> updates from reaching Government employees!
>
> Can you imagine that one? Well? Enough for the
>
> information Highway???
>
> This line of communication will only be allowed
>
> to a few of the elites!
>
> I know for a fact that many bureaucrats love my
>
> updates because they tell me on the streets but this
>
> might come to an end in the very near future!
>
> Democracy??? Hogwash!!!
>
> Hey maybe I can make a complaint to those racist
>
> members of the New Brunswick Commission????
>
> Nahhh….won’t work!!! This is the reason that
>
> this Commission must be eliminated as soon as
>
> possible!
>
> Opsss getting angry again….
>
> Sh@t over 800 words already!!!
>
> I noticed the HERE paper is in the City Of
>
> Fredericton! I was very surprised to see that paper at
>
> U.N.B.!
>
> Are they trying to put the Brunswickan out of
>
> business????
>
> That student newspaper has been around for the
>
> last 100 years and the Irvings want to shut it
>
> down????
>
> The HERE paper has a forum on the internet and
>
> only the elite few will be allowed to share views with
>
> the people on the net!
>
> Of course only users who will praise the Evil
>
> Irving Empire will be allowed in there!
>
> I used to paste my updates in there but these
>
> Irving Gestapo employee quickly deleted my views!
>
> Yes, it’s like the Nazis marching in the
>
> Capital! It’s Germany all over again but in a
>
> different approach!
>
> The Irvings don’t go around and execute people
>
> but they will deny their freedom of speech and this is
>
> exactly what Hitler did!!!
>
> Once he took control of media? He would make
>
> certain that only praising letters are printed in
>
> their papers therefore brainwashing the public mind!
>
> Hey? Am I far off the mark?
>
> I even paste my update on a daily basis at J.D.
>
> IRVING.COM. I know for a fact that the Irvings always
>
> reads my updates but what can a person do to you if
>
> you speak la Veriter???
>
> The Publisher called me two years ago and told
>
> me only praising letters of the Irvings will be
>
> printed! His name is Peter Huggard and these days J.D.
>
> Irving son Jamie is in charge of that Paper so it
>
> makes a person wonder????
>
> By the way? The Santa Claus will be on at 3:00pm
>
> this afternoon and you will see my dog Chico on float
>
> 18! I was with the Autism Float!
>
> Yesterday, I arrived at the Library at the
>
> Legislature and someone left a Christmas Card for me!
>
> I opened it up and it said- Merry Christams from
>
> Santa with 30 bucks in it!
>
> I felt sad but glad that someone wants to help
>
> me during the holidays! I soon found out where it came
>
> from and thanked the person very much!
>
> Hey? The check only comes at the end oif month
>
> and many other families are hurting during these
>
> Christmas Holidays!
>
> Yes! During my six months protest in my tent,
>
> I’ve met some wonderful people!
>
> Speaking of poor people??? A funny story
>
> happened to me last Sunday!
>
> The Acadians were celebrating the 4oth
>
> anniversary of the Priest, I noticed some white and
>
> Red Wine on a table and I had around five glasses!
>
> A couple of hours later, I was walking down King
>
> Street in the Capital and I noticed a couple of
>
> Alcoholic asking the public for some extra change!
>
> One guy name is Russell! Russell is a Native and
>
> he sure looks like one! He has long black hair and
>
> he’s always drinking but mind you? He’s a very nice
>
> guy!
>
> Anyway, He showed me his cup therefore giving me
>
> a hint that he wanted some money!
>
> I quickly told the two guys- Hey? I haven’t had
>
> a drink in a couple of hours and I sure would like a
>
> nice shot of alcohol!
>
> They quickly answered- Huuuhhh?????
>
> This were confuse that I confronted them for a
>
> nice drink! I might add that I told them that I didn’t
>
> want any Listerine or cheap wine!
>
> I just want a nice shot of good hard liquor!
>
> These panhandlers hang together and thank God
>
> for that because no one else wants them!
>
> One came to the scene wondering what was going
>
> on???
>
> I asked him for a drink???
>
> Russell shouted- WHY ARE YOU HARRASHING US BUMS
>
> ANYWAY ?????
>
> Lol…. I quickly left the scene!..lol…I believe
>
> this is the last time they will asks me for some
>
> change!!!…LOL
>
> I really do fell bad for these people because
>
> it’s very cold out there!!!
>
> Thank God for the Soup Kitchen!!!! My God???
>
> 1,300 words already!!!!
>
>
> :
>
> On 8/17/14, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yo Davey baby Alward I wonder if the latest Premier and the three
>> Stooges who wannabe the next Premier of Alberta remeber my battles
>> within their last election or Mr Baconfaat's bragging immediately
>> afterwards. Better yet DO YOU??? Do ya think I won't be every bit as
>> fierce as soon as the the Writ is dropped in "The Palce to Be"
>>
>> Pleas Enjoy little Deja Vu about your nasty neo con butt buddies in
>> Alberta
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2012/04/hint-for-our-pedophile-friend.html
>>
>> Saturday, April 28, 2012
>> A hint for our pedophile "friend"
>>
>> An Alberta political perspective of an Albertan from the Marshall Tory
>> Building! Last week's election after some hiccups, justified or
>> illustrated the correctness of Alison Redford's moving of the Alberta
>> Progressive Conservative Party more to the ideological centre of the
>> political spectrum.
>>
>> I wrote previously about roughly mid-way through the campaign the Wild
>> Rose Alliance, it appeared, to have "jumped the shark" or suddenly and
>> completely lost credibility with the Alberta electorate.
>>
>> Yesterday long time serving Speaker of the Alberta Legislature Ken
>> Kowalzki announced his well deserved and earned retirement. In his
>> interview with media he told Alberta's legislators not to forget that
>> Albertan's, Albertas demographics, and society has changed. Alberta
>> has no longer been the"redneck" or homogeneous, or insular and wildly
>> libertarian society it once was....If it ever was!
>>
>> That was, I think clearly illustrated when Danielle Smith's Wild Rose
>> Party exploded spectacularly half way through the election campaign.
>> It was a combination of several long time Wild Rose Policies that
>> Alberta's electorate were reminded of during the campaign and
>> political debate. That led to the electoral demise of the Wild Rose
>> Alliance
>>
>> The  libertarian / Reform /Canadian Alliance cherished notion of
>> "firewalling Alberta" had become distinctly unpalatable. As Alison
>> Redford's new Tory cant had become; "Alberta needs to build pipelines
>> not fire walls."
>>
>> The Tory campaign machine reminded Albertans early in the campaign of
>> the Wild Rose Party's policy regarding "issues of conscience"
>> regarding doctors and marriage councilors. The rather impolictical
>> statements and tweets of Pastor Hunsperger and others were well
>> trumpeted and spread by both Alberta's more editorial left of centre
>> papers, the Herald and Journal
>>
>> In a private conversation with Alberta's first elected woman Premier
>> she told me: (another hint David that's two, aren't you lucky) That
>> the idea of the 400 dollar dividends or "Dani dollars was really the
>> turning point of the campaign. What Albertans want is what the Tories
>> had promised; investments in education, infrastructure and health
>> care.
>>
>> Notwithstanding Premier Redford's moving the PCs to the centre, she
>> has made several mistakes in her brief pre-election period of
>> Premiership. The cancellation of the fall sitting of the Legislature
>> without consultation of the caucus. When the Alberta PCs were up in
>> the polls last winter, many political strategists thought she ought
>> have dropped the writ then. But she called for an abbreviated Spring
>> Sitting of the Legislature, tabled a budget, and then dropped the
>> writ, when the polls had suggested a shift in PC popularity.
>>
>> There is be a once again abbreviated May session of the Alberta
>> Legislature to elect a new Speaker, introduce new ministers, and to
>> announce a small reorg of government Ministries.
>>
>> In our brief conversation we recognized that the opposition parties
>> will publicly be very chagrined with a short session of The
>> Legislature, but privately be happy for the time to prepare for the
>> Fall Sitting.
>>
>> Premier Redford recognizes that she may have been "impulsive" in her
>> decisions and announcements immediately subsequent her winning the PC
>> leadership. Whilst she is promising "big changes", you can count on
>> them being measured and incremental.
>>
>> The PC party is currently in a state of flux or change. Many of the
>> "old guard" have left, will leave or are without the  influence they
>> once had.
>>
>> Evolution and or change within the Alberta Progressive Conservative
>> Party  is a very good thing. As Premier Redford said; "we won with one
>> word, progressive!
>>
>> Alberta and Albertans are evolving and changing as Canada's political
>> and economic centre of gravity is shifting to the "new big west". So
>> will its political discourse.
>>
>> So much for the "assistance" of the pedophile David Amos to affect
>> "political change in Alberta" via E mail.
>> Posted by Seren at 9:05 AM
>>
>> I am far from broken yet and have many thoughts and questions to put
>> to the CROWN
>>
>> http://davidamosrant.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/canadians-faith-in-police-has-plunged-poll-finds-duhhh/comment-page-1/
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2009/05/thoughts-of-broken-man.html
>>
>> Sunday, May 31, 2009
>> The thoughts of a broken "man" Or: Who the fuck is Sherriff Tim Turner
>> and who cares?
>>
>>   David Raymond Amosuis a convicted pedophile that is holed up in New
>> Brunswick because he has outstanding arrest warrants in the US.
>>
>> Mr. Amos infects web sites, blogs and posts people's private personal
>> data to create mischief. He is an American animal and a conspiracy
>> theory nuttier.
>>
>> His e mailed this to me...and to the chief of the RCM Police, various
>> political leaders and his few fucked up friends. He is....beaten
>>
>> Until we meet in person I no longer care what you say or do.
>>
>> Now it is over 5 years later
>>
>> Lets deal with Sheriff Tim Turner and his support of his pal Mr
>> Baconfat's latest blog about Indians
>>
>>
>> I must say I find it very strange that the CROWN, the Alberta Premier
>> and even his security people such Tim Turner and Ken Ziekle think
>> their mindless Zionist/DND associate Mr Baconfat is such an
>> ourtstanding citizen.
>>
>> N'esy Pas Mr Out Going Lt Gov Graydon Nicholas???
>>
>> I feeled compellto ask an ex judge and an officer of the Queen's
>> howcome you did not deem it important to defend your own race BEFORE
>> you became a Lt Governor???
>>
>> What are you gonna do now as you head south of the medicine line to
>> play with your grandkids? ADon't my kids and grand kids who also live
>> in Canada AND the USA have the same RIGHTS as yours? I suspect that
>> the RCMP and the lawyer in you has told you to continue to play as
>> dumb as the Librano lawyers Brian Gallant, Mikey Murphy, Greg Byrne,
>> Brit Dysart, Kelly Lamrock, TJ Burke or the other nasty bastards you
>> call friends such as Chucky Leblanc David Alward, Krissy Baby Austin,
>> Dominic Cardy and David Coon. CORRECT?
>>
>> That said I hope Chucky Leblanc, David Alward and their many Indian or
>> Palestinian or gay friends are aware that that their old blogging butt
>> buddy Mr Baconfat will be in Fat Fred City once again shortly. If not
>> you dudes can never say that I didn't inform the RCMP and the DND
>> before the evil Zioniist bastard appoaches any of my family or friends
>> in the Maritmes. If he does trust that there will be Hell to pay.
>>
>> One thing I know for sure the corrupt cops in Fat Fred City such as
>> Robb Costello no doubt love readIng Mr Baconfat's blogs about Chucky
>> Leblanc and mean old me. This is what Chucky posted on my birthday
>>
>> http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.ca/2014/07/fredericton-detective-robb-costello.html
>>
>> If the corrupt cop Robb Costello does not think that the title of
>> Chucky's Blog alone does not violate Sections 300 and 319 of the
>> Canadian Criminal Code I will eat the crook's hat badgee and all. Why
>> don't he at least sue the nasty French bastard?
>>
>> "Fredericton Police Detective Robb Costello could be the first Black
>> Pedophile Cop in the Maritimes???"
>>
>> Yo be fair to Chucky Baby here is Mr Baconfat's latest piece of work
>> about Chucky and I. Small wonder the cops support Mr Baconfat EH?
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2013/08/david-amos-and-tale-of-two-capital.html
>>
>> Saturday, August 16, 2014
>> Pedophiles Charles Leblanc, David Amos, and a Tale of Two Provinces
>>
>> This is really a tale of two provinces, two peoples, and two cultures.
>> In maritime kanada generally, and Fredericton specifically there are
>> "people" like Charles Leblanc, David Amos and his "family" of
>> prostitutes. Charles Leblanc is a lay about, a bum, a social welfare
>> parasite, a mental defective, convicted criminal, panhandler and con
>> artist. But above all else Charles Leblanc of Westmorland Street in
>> Fredericton is a pedophile. He has been under investigation by
>> Fredericton Police, and other Canadian law enforcement agencies for
>> some years now. His inter-net provider has been freely cooperating
>> with police to eventually convict this criminal. Charles Leblanc has
>> already been convicted of a violent assault. Mr. Leblanc has
>> pathetically tried to disperse allegations against himself, by
>> "accusing the entire Fredericton police force pedophiles, drug
>> dealers, steroid monkies, deep into heavy drugs, racists, and being
>> "maudit Quebecois."
>>
>> Charles Leblanc is diagnosed bipolar, sociopathic, having ADHD,
>> epilepsy, being a moron, and a mental defective. Charles Leblanc would
>> be an object of great pity, if he weren't fucker of small boys, into
>> child porn, such an inter-net panhandler, and societal freeloader.
>> Charles Leblanc likes drum up sympathy by telling the "cyber-world" he
>> is the "product of a broken home." But the truth is, both his parents
>> threw him out of the family home at 20 years old because he was a
>> thief, freeloader, a lay about, and a fucker of children. To this day
>> Charles Leblanc is despised by his Mother an Father.
>>
>> Charles Leblanc impersonates a "journalist" as he uses his blog to
>> get people to give him, cameras, computer equipment, police scanners,
>> beer, free dinners, flat screen TVs, furniture, clothing, use of cars,
>> and any cash he can get. Charles Leblanc is a classic example of a New
>> Brunswicker . Albertans would be better off if our federal tax dollars
>> did not subsidize Canada's "welfare state" New Brunswick , and little
>> boy fuckers like Charles Leblanc. All we can hope is brave Fredericton
>> police get him off the street, and in jail soon
>>
>> Hiding with his "magic jack" phone on Donaldson Street in Halifax 902
>> 800 0369, leeching off his children is David Amos. David Amos pimps
>> out his kids and grand kids to perverts "earn his daily bread." David
>> Amos is also a convicted criminal, pedophile, registered sex offender,
>> and has outstanding criminal warrants in the United States of amerka.
>> David Amos and his children are less than human sex trade workers. It
>> is well known in maritime kanada, no one swallows past like an Amos!
>>
>> David Amos couldn't find Edmonton Alberta on a map, on the very best
>> day he ever had. But this pathological liar created an elaborate yet
>> ineffectual little con to try and convince the "cyber-world" he came
>> here to get me and my better half. David Amos, and Charles Leblanc are
>> the norm, typical maritime kanadians. Thank God I am an Albertan!
>>
>> It is fifteen minutes to noon this Saturday in maritime kanada. Do you
>> know where you kids are? Charles Leblanc and or David Amos could be
>> fucking them!
>>
>> Posted by Seren at 8:46 AM
>>
>> HOWEVER THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT MANY FOLKS WOULD NOT
>> ENJOY READING. HERE ARE BUT A FEW.
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2013/08/more-observations-of-two-capital-cities.html
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2014/08/pedophiles-charles-leblanc-david-amos.html
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2014/08/monkey-boy-obama-says.html
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2014/08/islam-relgion-of-peace-bomb-gaza-until.html
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2014/08/fem-nazi-cunts-at-u-of-t-or-women-that.html
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2014/08/here-is-your-david-amos-update.html
>>
>> IMAGINE IF SUCH THINGS AS THIS WERE PUBLISHED ABOUT SOME COORUPT COP'S
>> KID????
>>
>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/2014/08/snuff-gracie-and-another-testiment-of.html
>>
>> Thursday, August 14, 2014
>> Snuff Gracie, and an another "Testiment of Pure Political Evil"
>> Gracie, baby, did your "Dad" give you my offer sheet for you to do
>> a"snuff film!" Not a "real one" of course, well maybe. Gracie Baby
>> I'll make you a very very big star! All you need is a baseball bat,
>> and a gallon can of Mazolla Corn Oil.
>>
>> So Davey Baby, when will we "C'yall in court!" When will you finally
>> get a "Canadian lawyer to sue me for a piece of the action?" When will
>> you butt buddy Frankie Frost come and get Lori and myself?
>>
>> I'll be in your neck of woods soon son! Its a shame you and I, are
>> destined to have this forever "unrequited love affair" from afar. lol
>> lol
>>
>> Bang! Gracie Baby!
>>
>>
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>> As the long gone Gypsy Blogger and Wannabe RCMP dude used to exclaim in
>> NB
>>
>> Enjoy Ya Bastards
>>

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David R. Amos
Methinks its a hard rain gonna fall N'esy Pas?

Steven Arsenault

Reply to @David R. Amos:

I'm voting you down just for that N'esy Pas.....it needs to go.

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Steven Arsenault: Methinks you forgot to ask if I cared that you find my Chiac offensive. Need I say that I bet Premier Higgs and his Deputy Gauvin would agree that last week was a rather telling thing about who can use that lingo and who cannot N'esy Pas? 

 

Steven Arsenault

Reply to @David R. Amos:

Me thinks you also forgot to ask if I care..... N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Steven Arsenault: Methinks I should bring your concerns up as I debate in Fundy Royal again during the upcoming election of the 43rd Parliament N'esy Pas?

David Lugli 

Reply to @Steven Arsenault: i think you do ---you responded with instructions

David R. Amos 

Reply to @Steven Arsenault: Methinks a lot of folks know I predicted this recession long before the brand new Potash Mine closed in Sussex N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos 

Reply to @david lugli: Instruction or not methinks anyone can Google the following to view what I say is true and to help them understand why my political foes within the federally supported SANB are on the attack N'esy Pas?

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Last week's gloom and doom has not seized Canadian economy yet: Don Pittis

Can the economy withstand the latest barrage of gloomy economic news?

Don Pittis· CBC News· Posted: Aug 19, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

 A flood of domestic fruit and veg will likely help push headline inflation down. (Don Pittis/CBC)

A glance at the business headlines over the past week might have left you thinking the world was on a fast track to economic Armageddon.

Markets crashed. There were renewed warnings about the inverted yield curve, which, almost bizarrely, has moved from economic arcana to bar chatter. Banks in Denmark offered to pay interest to mortgage seekers to encourage them to borrow money. The world seemed to have turned upside down.

For Canadians trying to comprehend our place amid reports of chaos, this week offers two more beads on the thread of Canada's ever-evolving economic story, inflation on Wednesday and retail sales on Friday.

• Stock markets sell off as inverted yield curve prompts recession fears

And whether we are whistling past the graveyard, or somehow strangely sheltered from the global economic turmoil, there are plenty of indications Canada is not following a path insinuated by the past week's gnashing of teeth. At least not yet.

"We are currently at a time of a lot of uncertainty," said economist Farah Omran last week.

"Domestically the Canadian economy is doing fine. Housing seems to be rebounding while employment is good."

Out of sync?

Omran, a policy analyst with the C.D. Howe Institute, a Canadian economic think-tank, was co-author of a report last month examining why Canadian inflation was out of sync with the wider economy.

One factor, the research concluded, was that economic improvements for those with lower income tended to spur higher inflation, because people strapped for cash are more likely to spend everything. That spending helps to bid up prices.

When the economy instead is rewarding people at the high end, they are more likely to invest than spend, and inflation stays lower.

And while the latest employment numbers showed Canada lost jobs, employers are still crying out for workers to fill some 400,000 empty positions if only they could find the right people.

Canadian employment remains strong, and despite some recent job losses wage growth remains at the highest level since 2009. (Don Pittis/CBC)

"Employment is still strong and wage growth actually went up really well," said Omran. "It was the strongest increase in wages since 2009."

According to the rationale of the Phillips Curve, recently given pop status when U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez earned kudos for her question on the subject to Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, rising wages should help push up inflation.

• Free mortgages and bond yields turn upside down

• Opinion
  Winter is coming, and so is an uncharted economic abyss: Neil Macdonald

But as Omran said, in a complicated world, no single cause shapes the inflation figure.

In general, higher inflation is a sign of a strong economy, showing that consumers and businesses are using up spare capacity, including labour.

But when food prices fall because the Canadian harvest comes in, that makes people better off while recirculating money in the domestic economy. Energy costs, which have been falling in spite of fear mongering over carbon pricing, have a dual effect, making consumers better off but starving the oil-producing regions of income and jobs.

Americans still shopping

On Friday a poll of bank economists by the business wire service Bloomberg showed a consensus that inflation would fall from two per cent to 1.6 per cent, with retail sales declining by 0.3 per cent, as falling auto sales weighed on dealers.

• Analysis
  More Canadians consider going car-free: Don Pittis

However, gloomy prognostications south of the border did not pan out. Last week U.S. core inflation, a figure that leaves out volatile food and energy prices, rose sharply for the second month running.

On Thursday, sharply higher retail sales surprised U.S. markets, seemingly indicating that consumers have not been put off by global signs of distress.

The U.S. and Canadian economies are heavily dependent on consumers, and there are signs that gloomy headlines may be having an effect. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

As to the wider machinations of the global economy, Omran says they will have an effect in Canada.

New economic stimulus abroad in the form of low or negative interest rates will make Canadian imports cheaper, pushing inflation lower. But by pumping up the economy they may also stimulate foreign demand, including for Canadian products.

A general weakening in global manufacturing, notably in Germany and China, damaged by the U.S.-China trade battle, may hit Canadian exports of raw materials, though there will still likely be demand for products such as food and gold.

A general fall in demand for oil is likely to hit expensive producers first, one possible reason why the Koch brothers sold out of Canadian oilsands investments earlier this month.

Relatively isolated from oddities

So far the Canadian and the North American economy, based on services and on trade within the NAFTA area and most of all dependent on consumer spending, has been relatively isolated from oddities such as negative mortgage rates.

But with consumers so crucial to the economy, negative headlines and global gloom may already be having an effect.

New data from the U.S. released on Friday showed that consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level in seven months, partly motivated by interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, said Richard Curtin, the economist in charge of the survey conducted by the University of Michigan.

"Consumers concluded, following the Fed's lead, that they may need to reduce spending in anticipation of a potential recession," said Curtin.

Ironically, the rate cuts that U.S. President Donald Trump championed as a means of stimulating the economy may actually be having the opposite effect.

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Don Pittis

Business columnist

Don Pittis was a forest firefighter, and a ranger in Canada's High Arctic islands. After moving into journalism, he was principal business reporter for Radio Television Hong Kong before the handover to China. He has produced and reported for the CBC in Saskatchewan and Toronto and the BBC in London. He is currently senior producer at CBC's business unit.

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Free mortgages and bond yields turned upside down: trade war impacts veer toward the wacky

From inverted bond yields to negative interest rates, the world's economy is headed into uncharted territory

Pete Evans· CBC News· Posted: Aug 17, 2019 4:00 AM ET

A share trader reacts as he sits behind his trading terminal at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. More than one quarter of all the government debt in the world is currently paying out a negative yield, including all of Germany's. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

It's been relatively easy, so far, to feel immune to the effects of the trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump launched about a year ago.

Sure, maybe if you were the captain of a ship full of sorghum, changing direction on the high seas with each new presidential tweet, you might sense the tides were shifting. And anyone trying to buy a Harley Davidson in Hungary was likely also keenly aware that there was some funny business afoot.
But unless you happened to be a Canadian exporter of steel and aluminum or a Mexican avocado farmer, it was perhaps easy to think the world of international trade was largely business as usual.

Not anymore. Markets were whipsawed this week by the slow realization that the outlook for the world's economy isn't getting better — it's getting worse. And while 800-point drops for the Dow Jones index tend to generate a lot of headlines, it's what's happening in some far more under-the-radar indicators that are the best signs of just how wacky the economy is getting.

Negative rates

Bond yields don't tend to get a lot of attention outside of the financial press, but their behaviour in recent weeks is perhaps the surest sign of just how topsy-turvy the global economy has gotten. Bonds are debt, issued by governments and companies, that come with an interest rate attached so that the people loaning out the money get a return over time.

Generally speaking, bonds are seen as safe investments, which is why investors only expect a few percentage points of return from holding them at the best of times. But the fog over the economic outlook is so thick at the moment that many borrowers are getting away with selling bonds offering a negative yield.

Interest rates have gotten so low that Danish bank Jyske has started offering a negative-rate mortgage that actually pays the borrower. (John McConnico/Bloomberg News)

Anyone buying that bond is willingly buying an investment that's guaranteed to lose money, but investors are more than happy to buy it up — because the fear is that alternative investments will fare even worse.

That may sound great for anyone looking to buy a home in Copenhagen, but it's very bad news for the world's economy, says Paul Gardner, partner and portfolio manager of Avenue Investment Management.

"There's something around $16 trillion of bonds around the world dealing with negative interest rates," he said in an interview with CBC News this week. "That's very unhealthy ... just because it has a feel of instability."

Gold is perceived to be a safe haven, which is why investors flock to it during times of uncertainty. (Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg)
 

"You always want to have positive interest rates," he said. "You want low, but you don't want negative."

Those negative yields are filtering down into the economy in some truly jaw-dropping ways. A Danish bank this week started offering a negative yielding mortgage— meaning anyone who signs up will get money to buy a home, and then get a tiny interest payment in their account every month to help pay down the principal.

Yield curve has flipped too

As much as one-quarter of all the government debt in the world is currently upside down. And even the bonds that still eke out a tiny return are flashing red warning signs of their own.

Under normal circumstances, long-term bonds tend to pay out more than short-term ones simply because it's a lot easier to forecast the short term than the long, so a bond buyer demands a higher rate for a long term to offset the risk of that uncertainty.

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But a funny thing has happened of late, in that yields have flipped — long-term rates are even lower than short-term ones, — which suggests investors have more confidence in the short term than they do over the long term.

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That's historically been a portent of bad things to come. Specifically, the yield on the U.S. government's 10-year bond briefly dipped below the yield on the two-year. And every time that has happened since the Second World War, a recession has soon followed.

It may be rare, but to Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist for R.W. Baird & Co., the yield curve inverting makes perfect sense.

"I don't think there's any mystery," he said in an interview. "It's because interest rates all over the world are plummeting."

"The Federal Reserve is going to have to come in and lower rates again, so the bond market is anticipating that."

Gold is suddenly soaring

If investors think the world's economy is lurching towards recession, it makes perfect sense that interest rate predictions are following suit. And so, too, does what's happening in the investment that investors often run to in times of fear: gold.

The glittering metal touched a six-year high this week above $1,500 US as fearful buyers poured money into what's perceived as a safe haven.

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"When investors are looking for somewhere to run, many view gold as an attractive option, particularly when the world's central banks also seem to believe the same," the analysts at RBC Capital Markets wrote this week. "Rate cuts are back in style and ... global monetary policy is indeed gold positive."

It would be ironic if central bankers' desire to stimulate the economy caused investors to park their money in an asset like gold that does nothing for the economy. But that's just par for the course in today's uncertain times, according to author and portfolio adviser Hilliard MacBeth.

"Moving into cash and gold is not what central bankers were anticipating when they pushed for zero rates," he said in a note to clients on Friday. "But in the strange world we live in today, expect the unexpected."

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Stock markets sell off as inverted yield curve in bond market prompts recession fears

Dow Jones loses 800 points, TSX down almost 300

Thomson Reuters· Posted: Aug 14, 2019 12:03 PM ET 

The yield on 2-year U.S. debt was briefly higher than the yield on 10-year debt on Wednesday, a rare situation that suggests a lack of confidence in the economy. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)

When the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates last month for the first time in more than a decade, it signalled that further reductions in borrowing costs might not be needed.

Bond markets are showing this week that they vehemently disagree.

Sliding bond yields and the inversion of a key part of the U.S. yield curve on Wednesday for the first time in 12 years show that bond investors have a far gloomier outlook for the U.S. and global economies than the U.S. central bank.

"The rates market rarely lies and globally it looks like it's expecting a day of reckoning," said Tom di Galoma, a managing director at Seaport Global Holdings in New York.

Investors are certainly feeling fearful about the development. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 800 points to close at 25,478 or almost three per cent on Wednesday, as recession fears settled in for stock investors. The Toronto Stock Exchange fared slightly better, down 300 points or almost two per cent to 16,335 on the same fears.

"With the yield curve inverting it certainly raises that [recession] prospect," Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist for R.W. Baird & Co., told CBC News. "I don't think there's any kind of mystery as to why we're seeing this kind of weakness."

Part of the fear that investors have is that central banks may be running out of ammunition to stimulate growth as countries offset each other's attempts to boost growth with looser fiscal policy.

Worsening economic data, weak inflationary pressures, the escalating U.S.-China trade war and intensifying tensions between protesters in Hong Kong and the Chinese government have boosted demand for safe-haven debt, sending many European government bond yields deeper into negative territory while the longest-dated U.S. Treasury yields have fallen to record lows.

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The inversion of key parts of the Treasury yield curve, in which investors in short-term holdings get paid more than those in long-term ones, has historically been a reliable indicator of a coming recession. Typically longer term debt pays out more than short term debt, so when the outlook for the short term looks better than the long term one, it's taken as a sign of trouble ahead.

On Wednesday, the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note tipped 2.1 basis points below two-year Treasury yields, the first time this spread has been negative since 2007, according to Refinitiv data.

The inversion rattled investors already worried that a U.S.-China trade war might trigger a global recession and kill off a decade-long bull market on Wall Street. Major U.S. stock indexes were down about two per cent as a result.

"People are becoming more convinced that global growth is weakening and people are starting to see some signs of transmission into U.S. sentiment," said Gennadiy Goldberg, an interest rate strategist at TD Securities in New York.

"That longer-end rates are rallying does suggest some lack of confidence that the central banks will actually be able to do anything about the slowing global growth momentum," he added.

Fading optimism

At the start of the year, markets and central banks were more optimistic on the global economic outlook. The European Central Bank had just ended its stimulative bond purchase program while the Fed was seen as likely to continue hiking rates after raising borrowing costs four times in 2018.
That shifted in March, however, when the Fed abruptly brought an end to its hiking cycle.

In conjunction with disappointing U.S. manufacturing data, the move sparked broad repositioning that led the three-month/10-year yield curve to invert for the first time since 2007. That was followed in July by the Fed's first rate cut since 2008.

The U.S. central bank looks better placed to ease conditions than many of its counterparts as it still has room to cut rates. Bond markets are priced for two additional U.S. rate cuts this year and a third in the first half of next year.

An inverted yield curve is usually a precursor to a downturn in the real economy. (Michelle Nichols/Reuters)

The ECB, meanwhile, is evaluating cutting rates further into negative territory and undertaking another bond purchase program.

The Bank of Japan is similarly looking at lowering its negative interest rates and expanding asset purchases.

The Bank of Canada, meanwhile, isn't immune from the sudden movement toward rate cuts, with investors pricing in about a one in four chance of a rate cut next month, and odds that jump to better than 90 per cent by next year.

By easing financial conditions, a central bank can stimulate an economy by making business and consumer loans cheaper, while the depreciation of the local currency that results from lower interest rates can boost exports.

As central banks compete for more dovish policies, however, they threaten to cancel each other out, making each move less effective.

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"The reality is that central banks around the world are responding to a diminished outlook, looking to cut rates and ease financial conditions, so basically it means the Fed's not cutting rates in a vacuum," said Jon Hill, an interest rate strategist at BMO Capital Markets in New York.

Last week, the New Zealand central bank sent investors scurrying to safe-haven currencies by cutting rates more than expected and indicating that it may take rates below zero if needed.

A chorus of other central banks including those in India, Thailand and the Philippines also cut rates during the week.

"Overburdening of monetary policy in recent years has made it almost ineffective, or even harmful in some cases, as central banks are trying to address problems beyond their control, with limited and often experimental policy tools," Bank of America Merrill Lynch FX strategist Athanasios Vamvakidis said in a recent report.
 
"We see signs that this is not a sustainable situation and may not end up well," he said.

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Winter is coming, and so is an uncharted economic abyss: Neil Macdonald

The economic situation scares me. But then, I'm not an economist

Neil Macdonald· for CBC News Opinion· Posted: Aug 13, 2019 4:00 AM ET 

 Governments have printed unimaginable amounts of money, inflating the money supply, since 2008. A bank in Denmark just offered the first negative-yield mortgage. Another recession is inevitable. What will we do this time? (Mark Blinch/Reuters)

 

Some economists seem to think that only a credentialed economist has the right to be utterly wrong about an issue of economics. Their contempt for amateurs — columnists with broad audiences, for example — would sear the lungs if inhaled.

So, because criticism just makes me feel so terrible, let me phrase a whole set of nagging worries as questions. Can we agree there are no stupid questions? Probably not. But let's try anyway.

Question No. 1: How in heaven's name did we arrive in a world where you must pay someone to borrow your money, and what does that mean to the punters? Like, um, me?

At the moment, there is more than $14 trillion US in negative-yielding debt extant in the world, meaning money is not just cheap, it's on sale at a loss.

Let's put that sum in perspective: Canada's GDP in 2018 – the entire economic output of a G7 country – was about $1.7 trillion US. Fourteen trill is a huge chunk of global wealth.

Governments, many of them European, are actually offering — and investors are buying — bonds that are worth less at the end of five or 10 or even 30 years than their purchase price.

Negative-yield mortgage

And a bank in Denmark is now offering a negative-yield mortgage. Jyske Bank will lend customers a ten-year fixed-rate mortgage with an interest rate of -0.5%, which means those borrowers will actually pay back less than they borrowed.

As for the punters, some have pensions, private and public, which, if this trend continues, will be forced to severely reduce their payouts. Some have RRSPs and other savings, which are subject to the same market forces. The expectation my generation was raised on was that prudence and parsimony would result in a nest egg later in life, which someone would pay to borrow, which would help fund your retirement. Now, apparently, we will have to pay someone to "hold" our money for us.
Bloomberg, the financial news agency, moved an explainer piece on all this last week, which suggested that this is all perfectly normal.

Relatively flat economic growth in the developed world, explained the explainer, combined with ever-increasing concentration of wealth, has left rich people and companies sitting on vast piles of cash for which there is weak demand.

The rules of economics being what they are, theorized the author, it only makes sense that financial institutions would begin charging to store this surplus money. After all, if you own something really expensive, don't you have to pay to store it safely? A safety deposit box costs money, doesn't it?

What the explainer avoided was where a lot of this money came from in the first place. Which brings us to Question No. 2: Governments have printed unimaginable amounts of money, inflating the money supply, since 2008. That must have consequences for the punters, right?

In early 2008, before the criminal greed of America's mortgage and investment bank industry nearly destroyed the world's economy, the balance sheet of the U.S. Federal Reserve stood at about $870 billion.

(Speaking of 2008, there is no better example of economists being wrong. Larry Summers and Alan Greenspan, two economists who rose to manage much of the American economy, not only didn't see the subprime crisis coming, they both fought successfully against regulation of derivatives, which are essentially bets on the rise and fall of asset values. Wall Street's creation of ever more insane derivatives basically caused the meltdown while regulators looked the other way.)

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Then-Fed chair Ben Bernanke and his fellow governors, desperate to avert complete disaster, plugged in the money-printing machine (actually, money printing is done electronically, with a few computer keystrokes).

The Fed balance sheet is now at nearly $4 trillion.

The European Central Bank began printing money in 2015: $2.6 trillion Euros over four years, or about 7,600 Euros for every person in the currency bloc. Japan, the UK and Switzerland have all done the same in differing amounts. The technical term for it is "quantitative easing."

The central banks have used the oceans of new money to buy bonds from their own debt-addicted governments, with the intended result of lowering the cost of borrowing and encouraging risk-taking, which is at least one explanation for the nosebleed stock market levels nowadays, and the staggering levels of household debt here and in the U.S.

But there is serious pressure to do even more. Which brings us to Question Number Three: Winter is coming, and so is another recession. It is inevitable; 10 years have passed since the last one. What will we do this time? And…the punters.

One thing central banks won't be able to do this time is lower interest rates significantly. As negative rates are already here. U.S. President Donald Trump, judging by his weekly rants about the incompetence of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom Trump appointed, seems to think monetary policy should be in the hands of politicians like him. (Now that would be a confidence-inspiring move, wouldn't it?). Trump thinks cutting U.S. interest rates even further is just the ticket.

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Other politicians, on the left, are promoting Modern Monetary Theory, which posits that governments can print unlimited amounts of money without inflationary consequences. Some even want central banks to just start sending cheques to every household.

(Actually, Trump is right over there with the leftists, if you think about it: pro-spending, pro-debt, and pushing for even looser monetary policy).

And of course the central banks are increasingly shackled by the fact that citizens and governments owe so very much; at this point, having helped create this mess to save us all from the earlier mess, they haven't much choice but to leave interest rates where they are for many years to come.

This much is absolutely true: we are in unknown territory, out past the "here be monsters" sign. None of us has any idea how this will turn out, economists included. As we saw in 2008, the collateral damage when things start to go badly can be devastating. Personally, I have a bad feeling about it all, but then I'm not an economist.

I'm with Bruce Springsteen, also a non-economist, who once put it this way: "Blind faith in your leaders … will get you killed."

By "you," he did not mean the top .5 per cent, with their insider information and high-speed trading algorithms and political influence and vast, expanding piles of cash. They'll be fine. When Donald Trump, a member of that cohort, said in 2015 that the system is rigged, he was right, just not in the way he meant.

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• A previous version of this column suggested that Jyske Bank was the first bank to offer a negative-yield mortgage. In fact, similar types of mortgages have been offered before.
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Is the North American economy heading for a recession?

Financial contributor Mark Ting predicts there won't be a recession until 2021 or later

Mark Ting· for CBC News· Posted: Aug 11, 2019 6:00 AM PT 

A screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the main stock indexes in the U.S., experienced its worst day of the year on Monday dropping by 760 points or 2.9 per cent.  After such a dramatic drop, many investors wonder: is is a recession or bear market coming?

Before answering this question, I thought I would explain what caused the 760-point drop. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new 10 per cent tariff on certain goods that the U.S. buys from China. In response China has allowed its currency, the yuan, to depreciate against the dollar.

When the US imposes a new 10 per cent tariff against China, it essentially raises the costs of Chinese goods by 10 per cent. However, by China allowing its currency to devalue by 10 per cent, it negates the impact of the U.S. tariffs.

Historically, China has pegged its currency to the U.S. dollar. Now, that is no longer the case so global markets reacted negatively. This is why the Dow experienced the dramatic price drop on Monday.

Since then, the Dow has rebounded and much of Monday's losses have been erased.

Recessions and bear markets are inevitable (as are recoveries and bull markets) so there is always one on the way. (Graeme Roy/The Canadian Press)

Is a recession or a bear market coming?

Recessions and bear markets are inevitable (as are recoveries and bull markets) so there is always one on the way.

 A better question might be: what conditions cause a recession and are those conditions present in the current economic environment?

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The last 11 recessions were caused by one of three events: a spike in commodity prices, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) aggressively raising interest rates or excessively high stock prices. Currently, commodity prices are range bound which means they are not spiking. The Fed is lowering, not raising interest rates.

The stock market valuation of the S&P 500, Wall Street's benchmark stock index, is trading at a 25-year average of 16 times price/earnings; this indicates that the market is neither cheap nor expensive. So that's the good news, based on historical data, a recession in North America doesn't appear to be imminent.

But then there is the inverted yield curve, while not a perfect predictor of a recession, it has a solid predictive track record. Inverted yield curve occurs when long term interest rates are lower than short term interest rates. This usually only happens if investors believe that economic growth is likely to slow.

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Over the past six decades, whenever the yield curve inverted and stayed inverted for at least 3 months, the economy entered a recession a year or two later.

The yield curve is currently inverted and has been since March.

Currently, commodity prices are range bound which means they are not spiking. The Fed is lowering, not raising interest rates. (Getty Images/STOCK4B-RF)

While recessions are inevitable as they are part of a normal market cycle, I do not believe we will experience one until after the U.S. presidential race.

Elections bolster economy

Historically, elections years are favourable for the stock market. Over the past 21 elections, there has only been three years where the S&P 500 had negative returns.

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The last thing Trump wants during an election year is a struggling economy.  As such, his government will be quick to implement strategies to stimulate the economy and stave off a recession.

It is also in his interest to get a trade deal done with China as he will want to bolster his image as a "great deal maker" and take credit for growing the global economy.

My "crystal ball" prediction is that we won't see a recession until 2021 or later.

It is a guess and I reserve the right the change my prediction as new information comes to light. For now I'm basing my decision on the current economic data and the predictive power of the inverted yield curve.

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Dow at record above 27,000 as U.S. rate cuts look likely

Powell's testimony to Congress indicates key rate could be cut in July

CBC News· Posted: Jul 11, 2019 11:54 AM ET 

 A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange, which moved above 27,000 Thursday. (Associated Press)

The Dow Jones industrial stock index hit record territory above 27,000 points Thursday, as U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell reiterated the central bank is prepared to cut interest rates to support the economy.

In testimony before the Senate banking committee on Thursday, Powell pointed to the U.S.-China trade war and signs of a global slowdown as reasons the Fed might have to cut rates at the end of July.

The Dow closed at 27,088, up 227 points, mainly on the strength of tech stocks.

The broader Standard & Poor also flirted with record territory above 3,000, before closing at 2,999, up from 2,993 at the end of Wednesday.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed down 6.48 points after sinking from near its technical high. Stock indexes around the world rose Wednesday on Powell's remarks to the House of Representatives, hinting at lower rates, and he repeated the message Thursday.

Stocks were briefly knocked lower by a tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing China of "letting us down" by not promptly buying more U.S. farm products.

"They have not been buying the agricultural products from our great Farmers that they said they would," Trump said on Twitter. "Hopefully, they will start soon."

The U.S. consumer price index, released by the Labour Department on Thursday, increased 1.6 per cent in June from a year earlier.

Cheaper gas prices were offset by higher rents and auto costs, but the key core inflation rate was an annualized 2.1 per cent, close to the Fed target.

Federal Reserve policymakers have cited low inflation readings as a justification for potentially lowering short-term interest rates, but the relatively strong core inflation number may mean slower rate cuts than the market is anticipating, analysts say.

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"With the markets at 27,000 on the Dow and 3,000 on the S&P, they're baking in that a deal gets done with China, that the Fed cuts rates and remains dovish, and then earnings and guidance come in better than expected," said Sean Lynch, managing director of equities at Wells Fargo Private Bank. "We get a hiccup in any one of those, you'll see a little bit of a pullback in the market."

The Bank of Canada announced its decision Wednesday to maintain its benchmark rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent. That could mean the Fed rate, currently 2.5 per cent, could move closer to Canada's key rate.

TSX falls

In Toronto, stock prices slid 35 points to close at 16,529, mainly because of lower gold prices triggered by the U.S. inflation news.

The energy sector climbed after oil prices hit a six-week high because oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated ahead of a storm.

An incident with a British tanker in the Middle East highlighted tensions in the region, moving the price for West Texas Intermediate crude to $60.39 US a barrel.

The TSX has been a laggard compared to U.S. markets, says Barry Schwartz, portfolio manager for Baskin Wealth.

"The U.S. market has outperformed most every single other index over the last 12 years coming out of the financial crisis," he told CBC News.

"Like them or hate them, they have some of the greatest companies in technology and that's what's driving their markets higher. And for good reason — the profits are enormous."

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U.S. stock markets set records as they roar back from brink of bear territory

Comments by Trump, rising interest rates had threatened to end Wall Street's bull run

CBC News· Posted: Dec 26, 2018 11:38 AM ET 

The major U.S. stock markets have been on a roller-coaster ride of late, and on Wednesday set their biggest single-day point increases ever after a few days of gloom. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)

The major U.S. stock markets shot upward in record fashion Wednesday after a few days of gloom that dragged them to what had been shaping up to be their worst December performance ever.

Instead of pushing into bear-market territory, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index marked their biggest single-day point increases ever.

The Dow closed at 22,878.45, up 1,086.25 points, or five per cent, on the day. The broader-based S&P 500 finished at 2,467.70 points, up 116.6 points, or five per cent.
 

The Dow's biggest previous one-day point gain was on Oct. 13, 2008, during the turmoil of the global financial crisis, when the index climbed 936 points. The S&P 500 set its previous point record on the same day, at closing up 104 points.

Stocks had been falling sharply in recent days, since U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at his own central bank, which has hiked its key interest rate four times this year, most recently last week.
There was a risk Wednesday's trading would mark the end of the longest so-called bull run in Wall Street history.

Heading into the day's session, the S&P 500 was on the verge of entering a bear market, defined as a 20 per cent drop from its peak value.

The S&P 500 hit a peak of 2930.75 on Sept. 20, but before Wednesday, it was off 19.8 per cent from that high point, and needed to close down just seven more points to be in bear territory.

The current U.S. bull market — a run-up in stocks free without any declines of 20 per cent or more — began in March 9, 2009, and became the longest ever as of Aug. 22.

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In that time, the S&P 500 quadrupled, the Dow did almost as well, and the tech-laden Nasdaq index climbed 500 per cent, before starting their current declines.

Abysmal December

Canada's TSX index, closed for trading Wednesday due to the Boxing Day holiday, was down 16.8 per cent from its all-time high, set in July. It hasn't soared nearly as much as the major U.S. indexes during the current bull market because it was held back by the oil price collapse in 2015.

Global stock markets had been suffering an abysmal December. Markets in Hong Kong, Japan, France, Britain, Brazil and Mexico are all down for the month.

Markets have been jittery in recent days since reports that U.S. President Donald Trump, left, was discussing firing U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, right. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

If pre-Wednesday levels had held, it could have led to the worst December on record for the major U.S. markets, despite generally strong economic fundamentals.

"The outsized moves are not reflective of the current U.S. economic landscape, but that seems to matter little so far as fear mongering continues to permeate every pocket of global capital markets,"

Stephen Innes of OANDA, a currency trading platform, said in a market commentary.

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Trump administration officials spent the weekend trying to assure jittery financial markets that U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's job was safe. On Tuesday, Trump reiterated his view that the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates too fast, but called the independent agency's rate hikes a "form of safety" for an economy doing well.

Trump has also reportedly been upset over the last week with his treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, who advised him to appoint Powell to the Fed job.

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Regulator takes control of Sussex woodlot owners group

SNB Marketing Board locked in a decade-long battle with J.D. Irving Ltd.

 

Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: Aug 16, 2019 7:00 AM AT

The issue is tied to a lengthy battle for control of timber sales from private woodlots across southern New Brunswick. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

New Brunswick's Forest Products Commission has taken temporary control of the Sussex-based SNB Forest Products Marketing Board in a move described by critics as showing "no respect" for woodlot owners.

The commission, the official regulator of the province's seven woodlot owners marketing boards, now functions as SNB's board of directors.

It will oversee staff who negotiate wood prices and manage the purchase and marketing of forest products sales for 8,000 private woodlot owners across a wide area of southern New Brunswick.

SNB chair Bill Richards likened the takeover to putting "the fox in charge of the chicken coop."

SNB board chair Bill Richards says the takeover at SNB is like the 'fox guarding the chicken-coop.' (CBC)

The six-person commission is composed of representatives from the forestry industry, woodlot owners and government appointees.

"We're nervous that the forest products commission much more represents industry than it does the marketing board, and here they are in control of the marketing board at this point," said Richards.

For much of the last decade SNB has been locked in a battle with J.D. Irving Ltd., AV Group and a number of Irving contractors over efforts by forestry companies to bypass wood-price negotiators at the marketing board and buy logs directly from individual woodlot owners.

• Appeal Court backs Irving in dispute with wood marketing board
• At loggerheads: J.D. Irving and other forest companies take an axe to the longtime marketing board system

The matter ended up before the Forest Products Commission in August 2017, where Irving and others in the industry group argued the SNB overstepped its authority by mandating that sales from private woodlots must be negotiated through the marketing board.

In addition, Irving alleged the marketing board has a conflict of interest because it also operates a co-op of woodlot owners that competes with those members of the marketing board who have chosen to sell their wood to JDI.

In a December 2017 decision, the commission found largely in favour of the arguments raised by the Irving and AV-led group.

The decision was then upheld by New Brunswick's Court of Appeal in a December 2018 decision.

Moved too slowly for regulator

The formal takeover of SNB's board of directors took place at the end of May after the commission concluded the woodlot group was not moving fast enough to separate its co-op and marketing board operations.

"This action has been very disruptive to the democratic system that marketing boards operate under and shows no respect for the woodlot owners that elected these people to represent them," said Susannah Banks, executive director of the New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners.

"We also have concerns about the overall structure of the commission and the high potential for conflict of interest among certain commission members."

AV boss's role questioned

Banks said a member of the commission, Michael O'Blenis, is also a senior manager at AV Group.

O'Blenis refused to talk to CBC News, referring questions to the Forest Products Commission.

The commission's executive director, Tim Fox, said questions raised by CBC would be discussed for response at an Aug. 19 commission meeting.

"This is not exclusively a JDI issue," said J.D. Irving spokesperson Mary Keith, referring questions to the Forest Products Commission and the Court of Appeal's decision.

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David  R. Amos
Methinks Bill Richards and his cohorts can cry me a river after denying me the right to debate Bruce Northrup his buddies during the last election N'esy Pas?  








Marc Bourque
 I don’t like the sound of that « commission «  Who’s in charge the Gambinos?


David  R. Amos 

Reply to @Marc Bourque: Now you know

"Commission chair Brian Mosher said a decision will be issued at a future date."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jdi-woodlot-board-commission-1.4242677

Stephen Robertson

Can someone with a better command of the language than me say if FPC taking over the marketing board due to a concern about a conflict of interest meets the definition of irony? Thank you

David  R. Amos 

Reply to @Stephen Robertson: Methinks its not ironic many appear to agree that its blatant public corruption practiced for the benefit of the Irving Clan N'esy Pas? (Trust that i don't care if my Chiac offends Anglos such as Mr Higgs and Mr Mosher) 









 

  

Gil Murray

King Jim has decreed an end to this marketing board and the "independent" commission will carry it out with the blessing of the Higgs, the Irving servant.

Buddy Best

Reply to @Gil Murray: If thine eye offend thee cut it out. Irving does not play by the rules at least not the ones we are subjected to. They do as they please and ignore everyone else. If you get in their way your history.

David  R. Amos

Reply to @Gil Murray: YUP