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Liberals, NDP reach deal on sick leave, avoiding immediate election

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-liberals-deal-sick-leave-1.5739658


Liberals, NDP reach deal on sick leave, avoiding immediate election

Singh says change will 'help millions of Canadians'

 

Catharine Tunney, Chris Hall· CBC News· Posted: Sep 25, 2020 4:19 PM ET



Ahead of Wednesday's speech from the throne NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said his party would need to see the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) extended and paid sick leave offered to every employee across the country to ensure no Canadian has to go to work sick. (The Canadian Press)

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government is willing to boost the number of people who can access sick days, clearing the way for New Democrats to support the throne speech and bypass an immediate fall election.

Singh said the agreement involves a change to the wording in Bill C-2 — the proposed legislation that would transition people from the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) to an employment insurance program with expanded eligibility, or to one of three new recovery benefits —  to significantly expand the number of Canadians who would be able to access paid sick leave.

"If what we've agreed upon is reflected in the bill that's presented on Monday, if all the same elements are still there, then we will be able to support that bill and yes, we will be able to support the throne speech," said Singh during a news conference this evening.

The NDP's support for the throne speech would give the minority Liberals enough votes to pass it in the House of Commons and avoid a snap election.



NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has secured improved sick day provisions from the Liberal government. He will now support the government on an upcoming confidence vote, reducing the prospect of a snap election. 1:54

The details of the sick leave changes haven't been released yet, but Singh said the change "will help millions of Canadians."

"Today marks the first step in achieving the first ever, in the history of our country, federal paid sick leave for Canadian workers," he said

"It's a first step toward our ultimate goal of insuring all Canadian workers have paid sick leave now and forever."

Liberal House Leader Pablo Rodriquez tweeted this afternoon that a deal has been reached, but didn't offer any more details about the sick leave changes.

"We are entering the second wave and millions of Canadians are still struggling to make ends meet. We now have an agreement with the NDP on a bill that will deliver the help that Canadians need. It's by working together that we will get through this pandemic," he said.

The Conservatives said flatly they won't support the throne speech, while the Bloc Québécois said it won't support it unless the government boosts health care transfers to the provinces with no strings attached.

CBC News: The House
Interview — NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on greater access to paid sick leave
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh talks to CBC Radio's The House about striking a deal with the Liberal government to ensure greater access to paid sick leave. 8:28
 

Canadians faced 'impossible choices:' Singh

That made the 24 New Democrats in the House the Liberals' best shot for securing enough votes to pass the confidence vote on the throne speech and avoid a snap election.

Ahead of Wednesday's speech from the throne, Singh said his party would need to see the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) extended and paid sick leave offered to every employee across the country to ensure no Canadian has to go to work sick.

Bill C-2 provides for a 10-day sick leave benefit — something the NDP had demanded —  but on Thursday Singh said he still had concerns about how accessible the paid sick leave would be. He refused to explain in detail what he was asking for, saying that negotiations with the government are ongoing and those talks could affect the entire bill.

He said it's a priority for the NDP because too many people now face what he calls "impossible choices" between staying home or going to work when they're unwell.

"Many of them have to go into work because if they don't they're not going to get paid ... and they cannot pay their bills at the end of the month unless they go to work," he said in an interview of CBC's The House airing Saturday.

Trudeau had hinted earlier in the day that talks were ongoing with the NDP.

"I've heard reflections from the NDP that this should be a permanent feature of Canada's system going forward and I think that's certainly something we can have conversations about," he said.

"But we are very much focused on making sure that into this fall as cold season starts again that people have access to sick leave to be able to stay home and not risk going to work and infect people."

 

 
 
 
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David Amos
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Methinks CBC should make VIAFOURA sit up and pay attention ASAP N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks for the Public Recordand the benefit of my followers within Twitter and my blog as well the taxpayers funding this forum are entitled know that to CBC's credit all my comments stood the test of time  until I replied to the conservative spin doctor who is now calling me names N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
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Methinks many folks must find it very Interesting that this comment is remains open after what they had posted yesterday went "Poof" N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brian Allen
Jagmeet just skrood millions of a Canadians.
 
 
Brian Allen
Reply to @Brian Allen:

ah
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Brian Allen: Methinks WE get the government we deserve N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: BINGO
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan McIntyre
So just for clarity, honesty, transparency, etc. I have to ask. How will federal legislation for sick days will be applied to anything but federally regulated employees? As I read it, it's going to apply to government workers and the few that are in the Federal system. As for the vast majority of us working people that are in provincially regulated workplaces?
 
 
Brian Allen
Reply to @Dan McIntyre:
Since you have a vote, perhaps even an NDP MP, and certainly access to the NDP National Office....give them a call and in sure they’ll be more than happy to answer all your questions.
I know I intend to.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Brian Allen: Please feel free to call me as well right after you listen to my Fundy Royal Debate
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: BINGO
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David McGregor
This would only would apply to federally regulated employee which is about 6% of the workers in Canada and guess what they already get paid sick days, so Jags grandstanding means absolutely nothing.
 
 
Ross Johnson
Reply to @David McGregor: Yet Poilievre's ridiculous and failed grandstanding show did mean something? No doubt that insufferable court jester will be offering a public apology to the couple he publicly defamed this week, hopefully minutes before he resigns.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Ross Johnson: Methinks ever since Peter MacKay began arguing Federal Court File No T-1557-15 the Crown calls me much worse than a mere insufferable court jester N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peter Buck
For those snapping off about value of the film industry in Canada...

“... with the total volume of film and television production reaching a record $9.32 billion and generating a GDP of $12.8 billion for the Canadian economy.”

https://www.mpa-canada.org/what-we-do/driving-economic-growth/
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Peter Buck: Google David Raymond Amos CBC 
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Peter Buck: Enjoy this if you can see this

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to @Peter Buck: Why is that you can post links but I cannot? 
 
 
Peter Buck
Reply to @David Amos:
This network is kinda quirky for that stuff I think.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim MacInnis
Trudeau's minority can't hold power for too much longer as they steadily lose public support. The next confidence vote after the throne speech is only months away. While Trudeau has promised us 'the World', his track record shows that 90+ % of his promises fail to happen. Despite promises or legislation, permanent mandatory paid sick leave will not happen, as neither the Government nor the small/medium businesses within the private sector can afford it. The NDP fear an election because their popularity continues to dwindle and their coffers cannot cover an election right now. Nonetheless, the NDP's decision to support non-confidence will occur when money is raised and the potential outcome of supporting the Government causes increased loss in NDP support. The NDP were forced to find a means to save face in light of Liberal scandal and ethical allegations, and demanding payed sick leave and increased post CERB benefits was the route that needed to be taken. In reality, the Liberals already had plans to increase benefits and paid sick leave is a temporary Pandemic measure. Even NDP supporters have a moral compass that points away from scandal, corruption and ethics violations.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Jim MacInnis: Methinks you are correct but the results of the next election may not be what you wish for N'esy Pas?
 

Peter Buck
Reply to @Jim MacInnis: if most Canadians thought like you more would miss the fact that PM Trudeau is making decisions based on a complex business strategy that encompasses more than just simplistic politicking...and we are thankful as a majority of Canadians looking beyond our noses.

https://www.mpa-canada.org/what-we-do/driving-economic-growth/
 
 
Susan Stapleton
Reply to @Peter Buck: "PM Trudeau is making decisions based on a complex business strategy " I might believe that if I believed he had any inkling about strategy, complexity or business.
 
 
Susan Stapleton
Reply to @Jim MacInnis: "Trudeau's minority can't hold power for too much longer as they steadily lose public support. " They don't need public support. All they need is sell-out Singh.
 
 
Ross Johnson
Reply to @Susan Stapleton: No, Susan. That's what the CPC needed. Of course had Jag not backed the Libs it would have sent the CONs into a panic because they hoped and prayed that they wouldn't have to face an election that they knew they can't win. Their gamble paid off for now but as the saying goes the CPC can run but they can't hide. Eventually they'll have to face the electorate but they still have nothing to offer us.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Peter Buck: Dream on
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Susan Stapleton: "They don't need public support. All they need is sell-out Singh"

Amen
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Ross Johnson: Google David Raymond Amos Erin O'Toole

Then try to argue me 
 
 
Peter Buck
Reply to @David Amos:
Why would anyone “argue you“? You’ve already broadcast that you care nothing about processes of democracy in Canada with you dismissive, disrespectful insults.
Don’t worry, you are not alone. There are twenty six others posting under two hundred pseudonyms on here CONflating all manner of stories to seek creation of chaos in our country, my home, Canada.
Unity and supportive measures to survive stronger should be our only pursuit. Get over yourself and think on this a bit. Stop making us look petty....please.

 
David Amos
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Reply to @Peter Buck: Trust that I would lay odds that you are the conservative spin doctor flagging my comments 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne Bérubé
There is absolutely NO difference between the liberals and the NDP. They are two peas in a pod.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Anne Bérubé: I concur
 
 
Peter Buck
Reply to @Anne Bérubé:
Thank god too...the dark oppressive austerity so readily crawled after by the opposition is NOT what is needed this year at all...no matter how many times offered.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Peter Buck: Yea RIght
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nicholas Jones
The NDP supporting the libs. Who didn't see this coming? 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Nicholas Jones: Surprise Surprise Surprise 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joe Long
What a surprise....Look, it's not the time for an election. The committee work has to be completed and full answers are required related to the scandals still being investigated so Canadians will go to the polls informed. 
 
 
 
 
Robert Jones
Reply to @Andrew Stat:
" Probably won't happen. There was 'info' last October, and JT is still PM. "

'Info' isn't the same as a full investigation.
 
 
Robert Jones 
Reply to @Anna Rumley:
"The "scandals" are Nothing."

Is that why Trudeau prorogued Parliament when he did, because the WE scandal was "nothing"?

"If there was any actual evidence, it would have come out already."

Yes, if Trudeau hadn't shut down Parliament to avoid any investigation. It will come out now, thankfully.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Joe Long: Dream on
 
 
Tom Smith
Reply to @Joe Long: You are so right.
The deeper the ethics committee dig the more Liberal corruption will surface.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stephen David 
And now the WE investigation can restart in ernest. It was only on hold...it didn't go away and now it definitely won't.
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Stephen David: Who is WE when Trudreau The Younger worships WHO?
 
 
Al Purves 
Reply to @Stephen David: Justin thinks Canadians are Unintelligent.
 
 
Brian Allen 
Reply to @David Amos:
What?
 
 
Karm G 
Reply to @Stephen David: People like you said the same thi
 
 
Karm G 
Reply to @Stephen David: People like said the same thing when Canada entered WWII. If you think economists in the government don't know what the hell they're doing then why don't you go apply. Also Japan is the third largest economy in the world but has an utterly massive debt. Debts for governments are different than those for corporations and individuals.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Brian Allen: What I said
 
 
Brian Allen
Reply to @Brian Allen:
When...where?
Ohhh Why?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Keith Slater   
Fire up the WE inquiry
 
 
 
 
Brian Allen
Reply to @Keith Slater:
Announcer: ‘Could a wave of NDA’s hit parliament hill?
Tune-in tomorrow as the gripping saga “As the Shredder Turns” continues.”
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Keith Slater: The sooner the better 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Abe Fukumaya
Canadians, you love your benefits from Trudeau, right? I can understand that. But when Canada is broke and requires a rescue package from IMF and WB, there will be strings (austerity) attached. All benefits would be cut to zero.
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Abe Fukumaya: True but Trust that the sheople don't the want what they can get today because they believe Trudeau's claim that the budget will balance itself
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Will Randall
Singh is not stupid. He want's to hold on to the only power his party will ever have.
 
 
 
 
John London
Reply to @Robert Jones:

Robert, the libs and ndp's have more votes than the conservatives, ergo they represent far more Canadians. All they can do is attack and make political hay out of every tiny issue. Too bad they couldn't be more constructive, pro-active, realistic, inclusive, diverse. Oh and btw, it's not MY party. I'm not a lib, con, ndp or green, do I really don't care about the party, as I care more about people.
 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Will Randall: BINGO
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @John London: Yea Right Google Fundy Royal Debate

Methinks it should be a small wonder I put my name on a ballot 7 times thus far N'esy Pas?
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


No legal authority to disrupt protest at N.B. legislature, says law professor

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Methinks Higgy's blogger buddy Chucky Leblanc had an interesting conversation about cops with a wannabe lawyer after their pal David Coon and a UNB law professor had lots to say in CBC and Twitter N'esy Pas?  

 

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/no-legal-authority-to-disrupt-protest.html 

 

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Kathleen K. Adams meets ADHD Blogger in front of New Brunswick Legislature!!!

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Replying to   @alllibertynews and 49 others                                                          Methinks what goes around comes around to some of the very snobby lawyers who laughed at me for being illegally barred from the legislative properties since 2004 N'esy Pas? 

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-clinic-554-no-legal-authority-legislature-1.5740435


No legal authority to disrupt protest at N.B. legislature, says law professor

Protests continue Saturday over imminent closure of Clinic 554

 

Gail Harding· CBC News· Posted: Sep 26, 2020 3:08 PM AT 

 

Kerri Froc, an associate law professor at the University of New Brunswick, said there was no legal authority to remove tents from the grounds of the legislature during a vigil for the closure of the Clinic 554. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

A group protesting the imminent closure of Clinic 554 says the removal of their tents from the grounds of the New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton Friday night was done without legal authority. 

Clinic 554 is a Fredericton family medical practice that, in its words, "is committed to sex-positive, gender-celebratory care, anti-racist and feminist practices, and full-scope reproductive care, including abortions."

Kerri Froc, an associate law professor at the University of New Brunswick, said the group was in the middle of a vigil when they were presented with a notice from the sergeant-at-arms. It said that no structures, including tents, could be erected on the property and camping was not permitted.

"The tents had all of our political protest signs on them," said Froc. "We indicated it was a peaceful protest and that we had a charter right and that the tents were part of our political process.

"We're not camping, we're protesting and the tents are part of that protest." 

When contacted to see if he was aware of the notice and removal of the two tents, Speaker Daniel Guitard said he made the decision with the staff and advisory team after being told it was a longstanding practice not to permit tents on the property for security reasons. 

"While I recognize that last night's protest was a peaceful one and there was no indication that the tents were concealing anything dangerous, the procedure of the [legislature] must be respected." 

But Guitard also spoke as a Liberal MLA.

"I have never commented on Higgs's decision. But this time I'll say that the reason we're at this point today is because of [the] refusal of the government to fund Clinic 554."

Froc said she asked for an explanation about the regulation or legislation behind the notice but couldn't get one.

"He [the sergeant-at-arms] came in with a couple of police officers and took our tents and put them behind the barricades there."

She said the group was disappointed no one could point to any legal authorization for removing the tents.

 

The eviction of women from their tents on the grounds of the Legislative Assembly last night for exercising their right to assemble and protest the closing of Clinic 554 is completely unacceptable.

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10:52 AM · Sep 26, 2020

"So they didn't tell us that and they took our property basically for no legal reason that they could point to. I'm a law professor. I like to know what the law is so that I can abide by it." 

Froc said the vigil was held to celebrate reproductive rights in New Brunswick and to celebrate Clinic 554, which will close on Sept. 30.

She said the group thought it could continue to peacefully occupy with the two tents, as others had been throughout the week. 

"We're not creating any damage. We're just here to mark this solemn occasion and instead the sergeant-at-arms comes out with two police officers." 

Fredericton Police Force confirmed they were called by legislature staff to help keep the peace.

Promise not fulfilled

Froc said she was angry Friday night, and was angry earlier in the week because Clinic 554 was closing.

"We had a promise from the prime minister that he would keep it open and that promise is not going to be fulfilled."


Clinic 554 in Fredericton. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

The clinic is closing because the province has refused to cover the cost of any out-of-hospital abortions, including those performed in the facility.

Dr. Adrian Edgar, medical director at the clinic, said he can't afford to continue to subsidize the service and is leaving for another job.

The clinic is for sale. But Edgar said the facility is available if the lobby group Reproductive Justice New Brunswick can recruit another doctor, or if another physician wants it for a family practice.

The federal government has said the province's refusal is a violation of the Canada Health Act, but Premier Blaine Higgs claims the province has a legal opinion stating otherwise.

"We have a government in flagrant violation of the Canada Health Act for failing to provide funding for abortions in clinics," said Froc.

An abortion in the clinic can cost a patient up to $800 if the clinic doesn't reduce or waive the fee

Medicare covers abortions performed at three hospitals in the province, two in Moncton and one in Bathurst.

The notice says no one can reside, camp or sleep on the grounds of the legislature. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

Froc said the province is violating women's constitutional rights by not providing the funding to clinics. 

Meanwhile, as protests continued at the legislature on Saturday, Froc told reporters she would be exploring legal options around the civil rights of the protesters being violated.

"This might be the way the Clinic 554 controversy gets to court first. It won't be the last way."

Green Party Leader David Coon said on social media the eviction was 'completely unacceptable' and he would make sure it doesn't happen again.

At its annual meeting Saturday, Le Regroupement féministe du Nouveau-Brunswick passed an emergency motion denouncing the eviction, saying it infringes on the rights of protesters.

In French, they said the legislative assembly is a public building and the people's house, and expelling protesters obstructs freedom of expression. 

With files from Hadeel Ibrahim, Canadian Press

 



Funding abortions in private clinics would be a 'slippery slope,' says Higgs

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Funding abortions in private clinics would be a 'slippery slope,' says Higgs

New interim Liberal Leader says his party would fund private clinic abortions

 

Mia Urquhart· CBC News· Posted: Sep 28, 2020 6:18 PM AT

 


Fredericton's Clinic 554 is at the heart of a debate over funding for abortions outside hospitals. (Mike Heenan/CBC)

Kerri Froc still believes the government had no authority to remove tents that were part of a citizens protest at the New Brunswick Legislature on Friday. 

But the associate law professor at the University of New Brunswick said the debate only diverts attention from the real issue — the lack of government funding for abortions performed at Fredericton's Clinic 554. 

While seizing the tents was a "distraction," Froc said the move is "connected" to the larger issue.

"You have a government that thinks that they can ride roughshod over our private property rights, over our constitutional rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, and also thumb their nose at women's constitutional rights."

She said it's the same issue that women have been battling in New Brunswick for decades. 

"We just keep on having to fight this fight over and over again. And here we are in New Brunswick in the year 2020 … having to fight fights that women had to fight in the 1970s."

Premier Blaine Higgs reacts to the removal of a Clinic 554 protester from the legislature grounds. 2:09

On Monday morning, Premier Blaine Higgs said he wasn't opposed to more hospitals offering abortions. 

"If it really is access, then there's an avenue to deal with that," he said during a news conference. 

But the request should come from health officials, not politicians, said Higgs. 

Froc said Higgs's willingness to provide abortions at more hospitals is "somewhat of a development," but she said health officials have already made it clear that they'd like to see better access. 

Horizon Health has already joined reproductive right activists in calling for funding private-clinic abortions. The authority passed a resolution to that effect earlier this year.

"Every excuse they've thrown up has been thoroughly debunked," said Froc. "So what's left?"

 

Kerri Froc, an associate law professor at the University of New Brunswick, at the Clinic 554 protest in Fredericton before the tent in back of her was taken down by government officials on Friday night. (Submitted by Kerri Froc)

As for the complaints from protesters about having their tents removed from the grounds of the New Brunswick Legislature on Friday night, Higgs said the decision wasn't made by him but by the Speaker of the legislature. 

"But it's my understanding that the protesters themselves were never removed. It was only the structures that were a concern."

Participants were protesting the lack of funding of abortions outside hospitals. Currently, Medicare only covers abortions performed at three hospitals in the province, two in Moncton and one in Bathurst.

The only other place providing surgical abortion services is Clinic 554. 

It is a slippery slope. And if you do it for one service, where does it stop?
-Blaine Higgs

On Friday evening, protesters were presented with a notice from the sergeant-at-arms. It said that no structures, including tents, could be erected on the property and camping was not permitted.

Froc, who was part of the protest, said there was no legal basis for removing the tents. She said she spent hours looking for legal justification and couldn't find any. 

Speaker Daniel Guitard told CBC News on the weekend that he made the decision with the staff and advisory team after being told it was a longstanding practice not to permit tents on the property for security reasons. 

Dominic Cardy, who criticized the speaker in a tweet Saturday, refused to discuss the issue with reporters Monday. He would not say whether he agrees the Speaker had the authority to remove the tents.

On Monday, the newly named interim Liberal leader sided solidly with the protestors. 

"The protest should not have happened," said Roger Melanson. "Because if the current premier would fund Clinic 554, there wouldn't have been anybody here on the weekend. And individual rights and women's rights would have been respected."

 

Interim Liberal Leader Roger Melanson says his party would fund Clinic 554. (CBC)

Melanson said his party supports funding Clinic 554.

"We have said that during the campaign and we still support that," he said on Monday. 

"It's a human right, it's an individual right, and the premier should realize that the services that are offered there are important and essential."

Clinic 554

Clinic 554 is a family medical practice that, in its words, "is committed to sex-positive, gender-celebratory care, anti-racist and feminist practices, and full-scope reproductive care, including abortions."

It serves about 3,000 patients as a family practice, and every service it provides — other than abortion — is covered by Medicare, said Dr. Adrian Edgar, who runs the clinic.

Edgar, who specializes in LGBTQ care, said the clinic subsidizes the cost of abortions for patients. He said that just isn't viable and he plans to close the facility. 

On Monday, Higgs maintained his position that the province is not violating the Canada Health Act by not funding abortions outside hospitals. 

He said abortions are already funded at three hospitals and if the question is about access, "then the next suggestion should be, 'Well, then is there another hospital that should be performing the service?'"

Higgs said he's concerned that funding abortions in private clinics would set a precedent. 

"So if we're going to suggest … that it's more cost-effective to offer services in a private clinic, then where does that stop? Does that mean that we should continue to offer more and more services in private clinics and less and less services in public institutions?" 

Higgs said it's "a slippery slope. And if you do it for one service, where does it stop?"

 

 


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David Amos
Methinks there is no law for or against abortion. Hence I don't think my taxes should fund the demise of the unborn. N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
David Amos
"Dominic Cardy, who criticized the speaker in a tweet Saturday, refused to discuss the issue with reporters Monday. He would not say whether he agrees the Speaker had the authority to remove the tents."

Methinks Cardy has finally been told to clam up N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
Buford Wilson
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Abortion is a ghastly business all around.
It's not something we should be promoting.
 
 
Denise Leblanc
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Reply to @Buford Wilson:
Make your case.
 
 
Jake Wright
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Reply to @Denise Leblanc: P.S. my mistake on the New York Times. The article is closed for opinions now.
 
 
Jake Wright
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Reply to @Buford Wilson: "We"?? Who are you speaking for.
 
 
Denise Leblanc
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Reply to @Jake Wright:
No harm no foul.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Denise Leblanc: Nor I
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to @Buford Wilson: imagine you and I actually agreeing again
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas Imber
If the provincial Liberals want a chance in 4 years, they need to think twice about their support for issues that the hard-left are fixated on (in this case, a boutique privatized abortion clinic). 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Thomas Imber: Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Trueman
I find it odd that people who lean left, like this university professor, get all up in arms anytime the word "privatization" is mentioned when it comes to health care, yet they want to support a private clinic that does abortions. Wonder how they justify and reconcile that? 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Trueman: Go figure
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Trueman 
Abortions are available at 3 hospitals. Health care dollars are hard to find yet these folks feel entitled to having a private clinic provide them as well? Why? Is a hospital not good enough? 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Trueman: Methinks fake left lawyers thins just like the political lawyer David Dingwall in that they are entitled to their entitlements N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Trueman
Yet another University professor from the far left side.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @David Trueman: Methinks there must be something in the water in Fat Fred City even the City Council shook its head at their poet last night N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
William Edwards
I'm glad my mother didn't abort me and I would think so are the pro choicers.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @William Edwards: Me Too
 
 
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @William Edwards: My mother would have had a happier life if she'd aborted me. She was on the verge of leaving my father when she discovered she was pregnant. She decided to stay and try to make the marriage work for the sake of the child. Big mistake.
 
 
Rudy Hicks 
Reply to @William Edwards: Glad you think you can decide how other people should live.
 
 
Beverley Kernan 
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
SarahRose ... Your posts are always thoughtful, informative, insightful and calming.
Particularly during COVID.
I, for one, am glad your mother "decided to stay and try to make ... for the sake of the child". You bring so much intelligence and common sense to the commentary.
Thank you.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Beverley Kernan: Yea Right
 
 
Viv Myers
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
SarahRose, it sounds like your childhood wasn't always pleasant from what was suggested here, and I'm sorry to hear that happened...

HOWEVER....I'm glad you're with us, and your mom kept you. You are NOT a mistake.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Viv Myers: Methinks notwithstanding any ethical debate about the rights of the unborn and whereas I am not one bit religious I truly believe the old bard addressed the longstanding quandary of our existence quite well byway of Hamlet dealing with his conscience N'esy Pas? 
 
 
Joe Rootliek 
Reply to @William Edwards: Glad you are here William. 
 
  
Joe Rootliek
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: I see your comments all the time on here, and speaking for myself, I am glad you are debating and bringing in much welcome thought and different ways of looking at things into the debate.

I am glad you are here to express your views, you are a star in the midnight sky.
 
 
Viv Myers
Reply to @David Amos:
I definitely don't use Hamlet as a reference when envisioning how we should live our lives.

And, to me, there is no question...'TO BE' is the answer.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Viv Myers: Despite your disdain of me go figure why we agree on the right 'TO BE"
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Viv Myers: “This above all: to thine own self be true And it must follow, as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!” Hamlet Act 1, Scene III by The Old Bard (Methinks many folks are sure who he really was N'esy Pas?) 
 
 
Viv Myers
Reply to @David Amos:
I'm not sure what you're getting at - I have absolutely no disdain for you whatsoever.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Viv Myers: If so then you are among a precious few 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan Short
Abortion is such a tricky issue, there's just so many nuances and factors to it.

Unfortunately the debate is only going to get worse over the next 20 years as science continues to improve in leaps and bounds and we learn more and more about the unborn and what they will be after birth and as they grow.

I can easily envision by 2050 by week four of a pregnancy we have a complete map of the unborn and who and what they will be. Height, illnesses, hair colour, sex, genetic markers. Etc.

It really is a fascinating ethical issue. 
 
  
David Amos 
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Reply to @Dan Short: Its not a tricky issue to me. There is no law for or against abortion. Hence I don't think my taxes should fund the demise of the unborn.

Methinks you should consider that fact that we all once walked in the path of the souls of the unborn who can't speak for themselves yet. Please consider your ethics again. i trust that the pro choice people cannot deny they had the same standing as the unborn for 9 months or so and are no doubt doubt grateful to walk among us now and yap a great deal about their right to free health care while Higgy et al deny me the right to the same N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Dan Short: Methinks the deletion of my reply to you speaks volumes to me N'esy Pas? 

 










John Grail
Apparently the hill the Liberals want to die on is abortion... 
 
 
buster jones
Reply to @John Grail: Apparently the hill the Conservatives want to die on is abortion
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @buster jones: Me Too 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


Emery Hyslop-Margison
Although some are unwilling to accept the logic, the issue of abortions is not a simple bifurcation. There are many nuances that require consideration. An abortion at 3 months is not the same as an abortion at 6 months. Further, it is a legitimate question to ask whether abortion is a default birth control method. It’s complicated.
 
 
Dan Short 
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison:
You can know the sex by week 9 or 10.

Do we really want gender based child selection in Canada?
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison:
killing an unborn baby at 3 month is the same as killing an unborn baby at 6 month
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Dan Lee: not really / there are developmental milestones along the way- but I do respect your position.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison:
So who gets to determine th@4 level of "feel".
 
 
Roy Baty
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Whene these is no immediate threat to safety of baby or mother, what is complicated about it? Either you choose to end a life growing inside a mother or you choose not to. The rest is all opinion no matter what side of the ideological spectrum you are on.
 
 
Roy Baty
Reply to @Roy Baty: Should read "When there is" above.
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @Roy Baty:
Shh but almost all pro choices refuse to even consider it a living thing (probably so they can sleep at night).

I've gotten into many many arguments about that point with my fellow pro choices. It really bothers me thst they use that excuse/logic.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Lee: "killing an unborn baby at 3 month is the same as killing an unborn baby at 6 month"

I concur

 

 

 


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dan Short
If it's really a health issue, it shouldn't be done for profit. 
 
 
Denise Leblanc
Reply to @Dan Short:
Like dental hygiene?
 
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Denise Leblanc:
That depends. Most dentist work is cosmetic and not health.
 
 
Denise Leblanc 
Reply to @Dan Short:
Try doing some research.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Denise Leblanc:
You don't die from a removed tooth instead of a root canal to make it pretty again.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Denise Leblanc: it’s not really a research question Denise. At its core it’s a moral issue with scientific nuances.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: Please name a doctor in NB who does not make big bucks off our health care
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Dan Short: Please explain your reasoning to the ghosts of many folks who died of tainted blood infections years ago   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos    
Content disabled
"Dominic Cardy, who criticized the speaker in a tweet Saturday, refused to discuss the issue with reporters Monday. He would not say whether he agrees the Speaker had the authority to remove the tents."

Methinks Cardy has finally been told to clam up N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chantal LeBouthi
Higgs goes biblical against women’s health

Pathetic
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi:
health or burden?
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi:
Please quote the bible parts he quoted.
 
 
buster jones
Reply to @Dan Short: Thou must tout thy abortion card to divide and conquor, lest ye be the worst affliction set upon man.
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to @buster jones: Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged
 

 








  





Denise Leblanc 
Higgs said it's "a slippery slope. And if you do it for one service, where does it stop?"
I wonder if he has a clue?
 
 
 
Denise Leblanc
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
And the trails to the moon are fabricated with Martian dust
 
 
David Amos 
Content disabled 
Reply to @Denise Leblanc: Methinks Mr Tibbs will be missed N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Marc LeBlanc                                                                                                                                          And this is just the beginning of four years of "the world according to Higgs" 

 
Denise Leblanc
Reply to @Marc LeBlanc:
The history of politics.
 
 
Denise Leblanc
Reply to @Denise Leblanc:
And censorship.
 
 
Fred Dee
Reply to @Marc LeBlanc: liberals had 4 years,,, did not change the funding!!!!
 
 
John Grail
Reply to @Marc LeBlanc: Less abortion is a good thing...
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @John Grail: I concur and none whatsoever would be even better 
 

David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @John Grail: Methinks its verboten to agree with you N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roy Kirk
So make them available in every hospital. Slippery slope gone. 
 
 
 
 
Roy Kirk
Reply to @Dan Short: Perhaps, perhaps not. But it's not your call, or mine, is it. It's a matter between patient and doctor.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Roy Kirk:
Which it shouldn't be if it's simply not wanting a kid. Which has nothing to do with health and a doctor.

Don't get me wrong, I'm pro abortion. But let's be real and not use fake justifications,
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Dan Short: Methinks it should be obvious to you that I am pro life Too bad so sad that I was not permitted to stress test your ethics N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SarahRose Werner  
 "Horizon Health has already joined reproductive right activists in calling for funding private-clinic abortions." - Why isn't Horizon Health offering abortions at its own facilities instead of punting this responsibility to private clinics?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Go Figure Why I Don't Care
 
 
 
 
 


Fredericton city councillors question poet laureate's role after abortion poem read

While some councillors say poem was too political, others disagree

 
Lauren Bird· CBC News· Posted: Sep 29, 2020 8:00 AM AT



Some Fredericton city councillors said a poem about abortion read by poet laureate Jenna Lyn Albert was too political while others disagreed.

The role of Fredericton's poet laureate is being questioned after Jenna Lyn Albert read a poem about abortion access at Monday night's council meeting, which some councillors said was too political. 

The issue will go to the governance committee for further discussion.

"I'm terribly concerned that we are now politicizing our poems," said Coun. Dan Keenan, after Albert read the poem.  

"I completely agree with freedom of speech and the right for people to say what they want to say — but that was never the intention of this form that we developed."

The poem, Those Who Need To Hear This Won't Listen by Ottawa-based poet Conyer Clayton, depicts her experience having an abortion. Here it is in part:  

I cried.
A procedural pinch
deep in my belly.                         Little pinch now.
Nondescript ceiling.                      Big pinch now.
A nurse held my hand. 
                                                
                                                  Are you ready?
                                                  Are you sure? 

Albert said she felt there was a need to share the poem now.

"With the impending closure of Clinic 554 … I felt it was really important to share a poem about the importance of abortion access." 

Coun. Stephen Chase agreed with Keenan.

"It was never intended to be a political statement. I think Coun. Keenan's comments are absolutely right." 

Reflection of community

Keenan called for a rethink of how the poet laureate operates. But not at all councillors agreed. 

"It's a reflection of our community," said Coun. John MacDermid. 

"We've had commentary, we've had poems about Black Lives Matter and the experience of people of colour within our community, and it's not the experience that anyone around this table has," MacDermid said. "And it's important that we have those conversations. It's not political. It's a better community and it's a reflection of our community."

He added that he would not want to change the kind of conversation the poet laureate brings to council. 

Coun. Kate Rogers said it's the role of the poet laureate to provide cultural commentary.

"The arts gives an opportunity for a person to be provocative and to express ideas and perspectives … and to me, that's what we have had."

Albert said she was shocked by the response to the poem. 

"It is kind of difficult to be a woman sharing a poem about reproductive rights, which are evidently important to me and many people that have uteruses in this city and in this province and to be shut down and told it's too political, which is often the case when you're discussing issues like this — it's really difficult"

But this isn't the first time she's faced pushback on a poem that could be considered controversial. 

In June, Albert proposed the reading of a poem by local poet Thandiwe McCarthy, Enough, about police violence against Black people. Initially she was not allowed to read the poem. Mayor Mike O'Brien later said he regretted the decision, and McCarthy was invited to perform his poem at council.

About the Author

Lauren Bird is a journalist at CBC New Brunswick. You can contact her at lauren.bird@cbc.ca

 

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David Amos
Content disabled
Too Too Funny
 
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos:
"Coun. Kate Rogers said it's the role of the poet laureate to provide cultural commentary.

"The arts gives an opportunity for a person to be provocative and to express ideas and perspectives … and to me, that's what we have had."

Albert said she was shocked by the response to the poem."

Methinks if abortion issues equal culture then there must be something very strange in the water in Fat Fred City N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Theo Trapper
Allow voices you don't agree with to speak. It doesn't matter what side of any argument is presented, there is absolutely nothing that is so sacred of a topic to ban speech.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Theo Trapper: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
Of course if one doesn't want a kid at all, one could practice abstinence, then abortion isn't even an issue.

We are supposed to be intelligent snimals and have grown last the need to rut,
 
 
Tristis Ward
Reply to @Dan Short:
Dan, you better not have ever had any kind of kid making encounters prior to marrying the woman who is currently wanting a child, infertile, adjusted or elsewise aged out of it.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: I cannot imagine a life worth living without children in it.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @David Amos:
There are many children out there desperate for an sdult(S) to care for them. You don't need to have a kid, to have a kid,

My point was there are options rather than an abortion of one knows they do not wish to bear a kid.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: Are you attempting to lecture me? If you were paying attention I already stated that i adopted one child and had others of my own CORRECT?
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @David Amos:
I was simply stating why I made my initial comment, had zero to do with you.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: Yea Right
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chantal LeBouthi
Higgs is stuck in the dark ages with is biblical morality on others

Pathetic in this days and ages
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi: Dream on
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi:
Seems to me it's you judging others not meeting your standards and expectations,
 
 
 
Tristis Ward
Reply to @Dan Short:
I'm (Higgs is) not judging!
You're judging, with your comment on judging!

Yeeeaah. 

 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Tristis Ward:
The comment was to Chantal. Who was attacking religion, and therefore being judgemental.

As for my posts. They are to invoke discussion and present possible other views. They rarely have little to do with how I actually feel on any issue.

Some of us can actually do that. See both sides of an issue and find good and bad points in both sides. It's called intelligence. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: What does your intelligence tell you about why so many of my replies to you two going "Poof"??? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denise Leblanc
Art is mostly political. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Denise Leblanc: So you say 
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Denise Leblanc: Methinks Higgy et al and more importantly the ghosts of the old soldiers who raised me and many others I counted as friends would agree these are the words of a true blue Canadian Poet N'esy Pas?

"I smoke my pipe and I meditate in the light of the Midnight Sun,
And sometimes I wonder if they was, the awful things I done.
And as I sit and the parson talks, expounding of the Law"

From the Poem entitles The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
By Robert W. Service  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: I repeat the there is no law pertaining to abortion Hence I have the right to protest against my taxes funding the demise of the unborn whose rights we all should respect and protect 
 
 
Noel Fowles
Reply to @David Amos: yes, and I don't want to pay for the roads you drive on, your medical premiums, your pension, and any other government services you use, have used, or will use.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Noel Fowles:
As is your right to your opinion and your ability to seek change to match your ideals.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Noel Fowles: Relax as you know your hero Higgy has denied me the right to a Medicare Card for hears while I tried to protect YOUR pension Hence you won't have to pay if I must go the emergency room again. As for the other services trust that I have paid my fair share of taxes to use OUR roads etc
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: No one believes you
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Clearly your hero Higgy don't trust his former Chief of Staff perhaps you are the reason he got booted from cabinet
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Noel Fowles: Methinks you should consider that fact that we all once walked in the path of the souls of the unborn who can't speak for themselves yet. I trust that the pro choice people cannot deny they had the same standing as the unborn for 9 months or so and are no doubt doubt grateful to walk among us now and yap a great deal about their right to free health care while Higgy et al deny me the right to the same N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Hours ago you did not dare to argue these words N'esy Pas?

"Methinks the PC lady Andrea Johnson and Higgy should not deny that the MLAs Sherry Wilson, Mary Wilson, Dorothy Shephard, Margaret Johnson, Kathy Bockus, Tammy Scott-Wallace, Jill Green, Arlene Dunn and Andrea Anderson-Mason no doubt remember everything I said to them and or about them during the election I put in writing N'esy Pas?"
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Denise Leblanc: Surprise Surprise Surprise The wise words of the poet Robert Service went "Poof"
 
 
Ray Oliver 
Reply to @David Amos: I actually have to work from time to time and don't have all day to debate you. Its called a full time job. Ever heard of them?
 
 






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noel Fowles  
well over 50% of pregnancies end in natural termination. To all those that think everything is god's will, it makes god the biggest abortionist of all.
 
 
Paul Richardson
Reply to @Noel Fowles: Where does this 50% number come from?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Paul Richardson: Methinks he should allow you one guess N'esy Pas?
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Paul Richardson: you don’t believe that nearly 50% of pregnancies are not complete? Miscarriages are quite common...
 
 
Paul Richardson
Reply to @David Amos: Then we both would be guessing.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Paul Richardson: Not I
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Paul Richardson: Nor am  I surprised to see my only comment go "Poof' 
 
 
Buddy Best
Reply to @Noel Fowles: You are so full of it. You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts!!! 
 
 
Noel Fowles
Reply to @Paul Richardson: About 30% to 40% of all fertilized eggs miscarry, often before the pregnancy is known and then 10% to 40% more, with the 10% being in younger women and increasing with age.
 
 
Noel Fowles
Reply to @Buddy Best: You should really do your homework before telling people they are full of it. Here are the facts "About 30% to 40% of all fertilized eggs miscarry, often before the pregnancy is known and then 10% to 40% more as pregnancy continues., with the 10% being in younger women and increasing with age. "
 
 
Joe Carrey
Reply to @Paul Richardson: Science. Miscarriage rates are extremely high. Fertilized eggs are as likely to not make it as make it. You would likely know this if you had ever tried for children. My wife suffered two miscarriages before we got successfully pregnant. It was traumatic to lose the hope of a child, but nothing like losing a child. Because a fetus is not a child.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Joe Carrey:
It is however something living and growing and with potential.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: Thats an understatement


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paul Richardson 
People always say to the expectant mother "When will your baby be born?" 
 
They NEVER say "When will your fetus be born?"
  
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Paul Richardson: BINGO
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @David Amos: not bingo. People ask expectant MOTHERS that question because they have decided to complete the pregnancy and care for the child for 16-18 years.

A person who wants an abortion by definition is NOT an “expectant mother”.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Winston Gray: Who are you to define what a Mother is?
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @David Amos: who are you to define what a person is?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Winston Gray: Methinks it must be because I am a member of mankind not Trudeau the Younger's beloved "peoplekind". Furthermore many Yankees used to call me Mr Mom.Trust that the RCMP cannot deny that I brought my children to Canada with me when I ran in the elections of the 38th and 39th parliaments . If you ask many politicians whom I debated what I said throughout 7 elections thus far they would easily a affirm that this "Mr Mom" is very much Pro Life N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Winston Gray: FYI My adopted daughter who has presented me with 2 grandchildren thus far is ever bit the person my natural born children are and is loved every bit as much by Mr Mom.
 
 
Tristis Ward
Reply to @David Amos: I'm not sure there's a point in there anywhere, David.
 
 
John Grail
Reply to @Winston Gray: Basic biology defines what a person is.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Tristis Ward: It was deleted
 
 
Tristis Ward
Reply to @David Amos:
Well, there, then.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Tristis Ward: Notice anything?
  
 
Tristis Ward
Reply to @David Amos:
I get frustrated when mine get removed, too.
It's a thing. A dance. A weird and unknowable maze.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Tristis Ward: Its public corruption
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Tristis Ward: Its blatantly obvious to me that the narrative is being controlled for the benefit of the Fake Left 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

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Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony

 

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT

 


Premier Blaine Higgs speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet Tuesday. (CBC)

Premier Blaine Higgs has jettisoned six members of his previous cabinet and has appointed six women as ministers in a sweeping post-election shuffle.

The six Progressive Conservative MLAs who served in Higgs's cabinet from 2018 until they were dropped Tuesday include high-profile members Andrea Anderson-Mason, who was attorney general, Jeff Carr who was at Environment and Local Government, and Jake Stewart who was minister of Aboriginal affairs.

Bill Oliver, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore are also out.

Dorothy Shephard, who oversaw a bitter battle with nursing-home unions through most of 2019, has been promoted to health minister.

Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, Shephard faces pressure for Medicare to fund abortions at Fredericton's Clinic 554, which is on the verge of closing.

Dorothy Shephard was shifted from the social development portfolio to become minister of health. (Government of New Brunswick)

Only three hospitals in the province, two in Moncton and one in Bathurst, provide publicly funded abortions.

Shephard has attended pro-life rallies at the legislature in the past but said Tuesday she will put her personal views aside in her new role.

"I don't know that I could ever have an abortion," she said.

"However I would move heaven and earth to get any woman the help that she felt she needed. I think it's a traumatic thing for a woman to have to go through and I think we all need to be compassionate." 

Shephard replaces Ted Flemming at Health. Flemming becomes minister of justice and public safety and attorney-general.


Former health minister Ted Flemming takes over the roles of attorney general and minister of justice and public safety. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

He replaces Anderson-Mason in two of those positions.

The second-term MLA told CBC News on Tuesday she wasn't committing to staying for a full four-year term after the shuffle. Like Higgs himself, Anderson-Mason said, "I didn't do this because I didn't have any other options."

"There's been a significant change in our life in the last few hours, and we're going to reflect as a family and see where this goes." 

'Nothing personal'

Higgs told reporters that dropping six ministers was "nothing personal," and he said his new lineup is what he has "right now," holding out the possibility that reorganizing departments in the coming years could let some MLAs return to cabinet.

"We will look going forward at what needs to change," he said.

In other cabinet moves, Bruce Fitch replaces Shephard as minister of social development, while Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Dominic Cardy remains in that job. Mary Wilson moves from Economic Development to minister of Service New Brunswick. 

Rookie Moncton East MLA Daniel Allain becomes the minister of local government and local government reform.

Daniel Allain, a former Dieppe councillor, has become the new minister of local government and local government reform. (Government of New Brunswick)

Allain told reporters the title is a sign that the government considers reform a major priority.

Other first-time MLAs joining cabinet are:

  • Margaret Johnson as minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries.
  • Arlene Dunn as minister responsible for economic development. She is also minister responsible for immigration and minister of Aboriginal affairs.
  • Tammy Scott-Wallace as minister of tourism, heritage and culture and minister responsible for women's equality.
  • Jill Green as minister of transportation and infrastructure.

Former journalist Tammy Scott-Wallace, the representative for Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins, is among the rookie MLAs added to the new cabinet. (CBC)

The six women represented the largest number of women ever in a New Brunswick cabinet.

Hampton MLA Gary Crossman, first elected in 2014, joins cabinet as minister of environment and climate change and minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation.

Other ministers who took office in 2018 who are staying where they are include:

  • Ernie Steeves as minister of finance and treasury board.
  • Trevor Holder as minister of post-secondary education, training and labour.
  • Glen Savoie as minister responsible for la francophonie.
  • Mike Holland as minister of natural resources and energy development.

There was criticism of Higgs's decision to give the Aboriginal affairs portfolio to Dunn, a minister with several other responsibilities. Stewart was the first minister who had it as his sole responsibility. 

Metepenagiag Chief Bill Ward said he's been in his position for about five years and Dunn will be the fourth minister he has dealt with.

"It seems as though it is by design that we are in a perpetual meet-and-greet mode" with the province, he said in a tweet. "Fun times."

 

 


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David Amos
Welcome to Higgy's latest circus

 

 

 

buster jones
Bruce Fitch will need to either grow a bigger hand or wear gloves to hide the giant gut he proudly wears when he gives a speech , the gut he has worked so to earn, sitting at the bar , drinking beer and doing sweet nothing. Wow Higgs , you could find someone else to move up or is Bruce just going to collect all the remained cream money and trips before he says goodbye. Seems I recall conservatives sent Wayne Steeves on learning trip to Germany before he left. And you talk about saving money. It is a myth.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @buster jones You seem bitter about Brucy Baby's luck
 
 
Jos Allaire 
Reply to @buster jones: Some have that alcohol glow instead of a suntan. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jos Allaire
What a sorry bunch, all of them!
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Jos Allaire: C'est Vrai Maggie
 
 
Jos Allaire
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Reply to @David Amos: D'accord Sue!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johnny Almar
Do you like butter tarts?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Johnny Almar: Methinks everybody knows that Cardy and Higgy certainly do N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
I guess the only thing Jacques could provide in his usual negative spin would be all the women weren't given porfolios. Or , in something unprecedented that no Liberals were included to give them a voice from their Francophone ridings .
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Cry me a river
 
Jason Inness
Reply to @Lou Bell: There is no negative spin here. And Jacques is a pro-Tory reporter.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: So you say
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: Who oversees his bosses?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Jason Inness: That's sarcasm correct? JP jughead is a joke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jason Inness
He should have dumped Glen Savoie as well.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Layton Bennett
If you want to understand what the PCs really think about women....
"Tammy Scott-Wallace as minister of tourism, heritage and culture and minister responsible for women's equality."
They lumped women's equality in with tourism and culture... one of the least utilized or effective ministries in the province. Why didn't they just tell her to wait in the car?
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to @Layton Bennett: Hours ago I suggested that you use your self-proclaimed IT skills to check my work Correct?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Layton Bennett: A little Deja Vu for you

"Methinks the PC lady Andrea Johnson and Higgy should not deny that the MLAs Sherry Wilson, Mary Wilson, Dorothy Shephard, Margaret Johnson, Kathy Bockus, Tammy Scott-Wallace, Jill Green, Arlene Dunn and Andrea Anderson-Mason no doubt remember everything I said to them and or about them during the election I put in writing N'esy Pas?"
 
 
Matt Steele
Reply to @Layton Bennett: .......It sounds like her plate will be pretty full to me .




























































 

 

N.S. premier apologizes for systemic racism in justice system

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Halifax man believes his experiences in Uniacke Square will help him aid children in Romania

'I just want to share my life experience with them ... and make them push through theirs as well'

 

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Trayvone Clayton and his father, Marcus James, viewing pictures of some of Trayvone's close friends who were shot to death in Halifax. (Steve Lawrence/CBC News)

 

 

 

 

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Trayvone Clayton is proudly from Uniacke Square. - SUBMITTED
  • Trayvone Clayton is proudly from Uniacke Square.
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My name is Travone Clayton, born and raised in Uniacke Square, Halifax.

On Monday February 4, I was in Ottawa to attend the last day of the National Black Canadian Summit at the Parliament Building—the most powerful building in Canada. We were given the chance to go share our thoughts and ideas with ministers on ways to stop hatred and racism towards us Blacks. We were all excited because that’s something we’ve been wanting to do and the Parliament Building is the place where it needed to be heard. It was my first time ever inside the Parliament Building so I was glowing and ready to surprise them with my opinions. In the afternoon, there was a group of youth told to go upstairs to the cafeteria on the fourth floor to wait until their session with the minster was ready. While the group was waiting in the cafeteria, Parliament members and staff were hesitant to go to the cafeteria because of the calm group of blacks that were sitting there. Someone took a picture of the group and sent it to security saying “this group of blacks is being too loud and noisy.” 

We understood the rules of the Parliament Building and knew that it was a busy place, so why would we cause a bunch of noise? We came there being very respectful; not too many Black youth get the chance to step in Parliament like we did, so why would we look to ruin it for ourselves? Myself and Kate Macdonald—an activist also from Nova Scotia—had just started an interview with CPAC when a security guard approached a Black adult about what was reported to the security downstairs. I was minding my own business until I heard the security guard say “I’m not trying to sound racist or anything but you’re going to have to do something about the dark-skinned group on the fourth floor.” After I heard that, I forgot about my interview with CPAC and approached the security guard. I didn’t approach the man with threats or any aggressiveness. I just calmly said: “What did you just say? Can you repeat that?” And when I asked that question, he didn’t want to repeat it because he knew we heard what he said. Many of us who heard the comment were deeply offended to hear this language, especially on Parliament Hill, a place they say is for all of Canada. After that, I just wanted to leave the Parliament Building, I didn’t want to stay in a place that doesn’t support my race nor my culture. But as I was leaving, I noticed the security guard who said the racist comments downstairs in the main lobby with a hat on. It showed me that he was trying to cover up and not be noticed by anyone who witnessed his comments. Throughout that whole day, I couldn’t get that incident off my mind. I had to do something about it, so I shared my experience on Facebook and Twitter. I needed everyone to know about this and see that racism everywhere, including the Parliament Building. 

Since that day, I’ve been connected with Blacks throughout all of Canada coming up with solutions to make sure that our voices are heard, because it is time for change, not just for myself, but for all Blacks—especially the upcoming generations because those are the ones who will be carrying the torch next. We want them to have a smooth career. No more being judged by skin colour, no more being judged because of where we come from, no more judging a book by its cover! Do your research and actually understand us. We just want our respect and to be treated with equality. Thank you.

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36 senators sign letter in support of Clinic 554

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Methinks Higgy et al must recall that I dealt with the questionable lawyer Sen. Judith Keating when she worked for the Attorney General of NB Anyone can Google our names N''esy Pas?
 

 

 

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36 senators sign letter in support of Clinic 554

Clinic closure would 'impair access to hard won Charter-protected rights,' letter states

 

CBC News· Posted: Sep 30, 2020 4:01 PM AT 

 

Clinic 554, serves about 3,000 patients as a family practice, and every service it provides — other than abortion — is covered by medicare, Dr. Adrian Edgar, who runs the clinic, has said. (Mike Heenan/CBC)
 

Thirty-six senators have signed a letter in support of Clinic 554 in Fredericton, the only location in New Brunswick that offers surgical abortions outside of hospitals.

The clinic, which also serves as a family practice and a resource centre for LGBTQ2 patients across the province, is expected to close Wednesday due to a lack of government funding.

"The closing of Clinic 554 would impair access to hard won Charter-protected rights," the letter released Tuesday night states.

In 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada granted women the right to choose to have an abortion, without fear of prosecution.

"Yet, access to the reproductive rights conferred to women years ago by the highest court in the Land are still being restricted by provincial regulations and policies," the senators' statement said.

Medicare currently covers only abortions performed at three hospitals in the province, two in Moncton and one in Bathurst.

"While we appreciate that the provision of services per se … is a provincial jurisdiction, the truth is that … the services offered by the clinic are different in nature because they have been prescribed constitutionally by the Supreme Court," said Sen. Judith Keating, one of the five New Brunswick senators who signed the letter.

"So they're not on the same level as other services, and so the obligation of the province is to ensure that proper access is provided."

Instead, the province has "consistently restricted the right to access by imposing some regulatory controls," said Keating, who has legal and constitutional expertise, having served more than 30 years in a variety of roles with the provincial government before her appointment to the Senate in January.


Sen. Judith Keating, who was among the five New Brunswick senators to sign the letter, was the first woman to serve as deputy minister of Justice and deputy attorney general of New Brunswick. She also served as chief legislative counsel and chief legal advisor to the premier during her more than 30 years with the provincial government. (Senate of Canada)

She was the first woman to serve as deputy minister of Justice and deputy attorney general of New Brunswick. She also served as chief legislative counsel and chief legal advisor to the premier.

Premier Blaine Higgs was unavailable for an interview Wednesday, said spokesperson Nicolle Carlin.

"He doesn't have anything more to say in response than what was said [Monday]," she said in an email.

On Monday, Higgs told reporters he's concerned that funding abortions in private clinics would set a precedent.

"So if we're going to suggest … that it's more cost-effective to offer services in a private clinic, then where does that stop? Does that mean that we should continue to offer more and more services in private clinics and less and less services in public institutions?"

Higgs said it's "a slippery slope. And if you do it for one service, where does it stop?"

Keating disagrees.

"It's not a slippery slope, in my view, because the services and the access to services that we're talking about stem from rights, from granted rights," she said.

"And so it is up to the province, and it's the responsibility of the province to pay for the service when it's required. And that's not what's happened. And that's not what has happened for the last 30 years."

BREAKING: 32 Senators sign a letter of solidarity with New Brunswickers fighting for their right to access abortion services. "The closing of Clinic 554 would impair access to hard won Charter-protected rights."#NB
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The other New Brunswick senators who signed the letter of support include: René Cormier, Nancy Hartling, Sandra M. Lovelace Nicholas and Pierrette Ringuette.

"Senators should have their voices heard in situations where the curtailment of the exercise of the rights of citizens by any Canadian jurisdiction leads to a continual denial of those rights," the letter states.

"In a Constitutional Democracy such as ours, the substance and intent of Supreme Court decisions must be respected and applied."

The New Brunswick senators who did not sign are: Percy Mockler, Rose-May Poirier, David Richards and Carolyn Stewart Olsen.

Closing date unclear

It's unclear if Clinic 554 is closing Wednesday, as scheduled.

Dr. Adrian Edgar, who runs the clinic, could not immediately be reached for comment.

The clinic's administrator Valerie Edelman could not immediately be reached for comment either.

Edgar has applied to provide temporary visits for a small group of Clinic 554's "most vulnerable family practice patients, including those who require specialized care like abortion access, over the coming weeks to months," according to a post on the clinic's Facebook page on Sept. 23.

"If his application is approved, we will reach out to you," it states.

Last Friday, a group protesting the imminent closure of Clinic 554 had their tents removed from the grounds of the New Brunswick Legislature.

Speaker Daniel Guitard told CBC News on the weekend that he made the decision with the staff and advisory team after being told it was a longstanding practice not to permit tents on the property for security reasons.

 

 
 
 
78 Comments 
 
 
 
 
David Amos 
Methinks Higgy et al must recall that I dealt with the questionable lawyer Sen. Judith Keating when she worked for the Attorney General of NB Anyone can Google our names N''esy pas? 
 
 
 
John Grail:
A group of entitled, overpaid civil servants trying to tell others what to do..
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @John Grail: so. Somewhat like you? Get over your granola eating self 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @John Grail: Methinks Higgy's evil little fanboy is on a roll again tonight I bet its with the knowledge and assent of his buddies in the RCMP N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
I have a child that needs a "Regular" procedure That the closest place to get it is in Montreal. I demand it be funded at a private clinic and be available on the current Corner I live on. If I move, one should then be where I now live.

I am being sarcastic of course. I understand logistics and population factors in providing health services.

We have many people in this province that need to travel for an hour just to see a family doctor. So travelling for surgeries is not unrealistic
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: You are not funny
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: its a shame you bred
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Caligula appointed his horse as a Roman Senator.
 
 
Jos Allaire
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Keating looks like one.
 
 
Scott Bobott
Reply to @Jos Allaire: An extra from TWD.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Jos Allaire: C'est Vrai Maggie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Heather Lunergan
"In New Brunswick, abortions are only offered in three locations because previous provincial governments have not repealed a regulation, known as Regulation 84-20, banning the funding of abortions outside of hospitals.

New Brunswick is the only province in Canada that does not fund abortions outside of hospitals, while Clinic 554 is the only location that offers the medical procedure outside of a hospital in the province."

Why has Regulation 84-20 (from the early 1980s) not been repealed? It directly defies Health Care guidelines, by the way.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7354039/waitlist-doctor-clinic-554/« less
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Heather Lunergan: Methinks you are flogging a dead horse N'esy Pas?

 
Scott Bobott
Reply to @David Amos: Are you saying you want her to stop talking about this?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Scott Bobott: I don't care However unlike the fake left I do believe in free speech. Hence the lady has my blessings to go on and on boring people in a domain financed by my tax dollars that is not used to provide me with the health care she laments about and that I am entitled to as well

I told you this out of the gate Correct?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Scott Bobott: Enjoy a little Deja Vu form a comment section on this topic that closed earlier today

Theo Trapper
Allow voices you don't agree with to speak. It doesn't matter what side of any argument is presented, there is absolutely nothing that is so sacred of a topic to ban speech.

David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Theo Trapper: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
Reply to @David Amos: I think it is just easier for me to say "Correct, sir" even though I have no idea what "it" or "gate" you are referencing, is it not so? 
 
 
Scott Bobott
Reply to @David Amos: I think it is just easier for me to say "Correct, sir" even though I have no idea what "it" or "gate" you are referencing, is it not so? 
 
 
Scott Bobott 
Reply to @Heather Lunergan: I would appreciate any links you could provide regarding the history of 554... when it opened, who established the clinic, did they know when they opened that abortion services would not be corvered, etc. I am having trouble finding any of that information.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Scott Bobott: YOUR words not mine

"Reply to @David Amos: I think nobody dares because nobody cares about your personal failings, is that not so."
 
 
Scott Bobott
Reply to @David Amos: I think, yeah I said that. I am sorry. That was not nice of me to say. I apologize to myself for breaking my rule of not engaging with your type, is that not so?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Scott Bobott: What is my TYPE?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Scott Bobott: More importantly are you using your true name as per the rules of this domain?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joseph Godin
A letter signed by 36 unelected people, representing no one.
 
 
Matt Steele
Reply to @Joseph Godin: ....Senators just represent themselves , and how much money they can milk out of the Canadian taxpayer for their own benefit . Just a group of political appointments who are to useless to get a real job .
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Joseph Godin: BINGO
 
 
Ray Oliver
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Reply to @David Amos: you should've been 554 
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
thats not very nice.......
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Steve Morningstar
I'll plead ignorance.. but instead of fighting to fund a private clinic, wouldn't it make more sense to just have the procedure available at the hospital. This also allows for much better care in the rare event that something goes wrong. I'm assuming if there is an adverse event at the clinic they call the ambulance to move the individual to the hospital anyway.
 
 
JOhn D Bond:
Reply to @Steve Morningstar: Well said and it makes perfect sense.
 
 
Tristin Time
Reply to @Steve Morningstar: Exactly! The biggest reason why people want a private clinic is to avoid the process of 2 medical physicians agreeing the procedure should be done. Most are denied then they go to a private "Walk-in" no questions asked clinic. As long as my tax dollars are not being used and it's a patient non reburseably trans-action, let them have it.
 
 
Beverley Kernan
Reply to @Tristin Time:
Requiring 2 medical physicians to agree to the procedure was rescinded in 2015 by the Gallant government.
 
 
Heather Lunergan
Reply to @Steve Morningstar: Rembember that Clinic 554 has 3K clients ... providing abortions is "not" the focus of the clinic. And yes, hospitals are a logical place for a surgical procedure to be done. If someone could explain that to the Premier, it would be amazingly helpful for everyone.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Steve Morningstar: how about educating people on the consequences of having unprotected sex?
 
 
Heather Lunergan
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: I agree, people should understand that. But, what about the 12 year old who was raped by a relative or the 16 year old whose pimp will be very upset if she isn't available? I wish I was being facetious...
 
 
Scott Bobott
Reply to @Heather Lunergan: "Rembember that Clinic 554 has 3K clients ... providing abortions is "not" the focus of the clinic. " YES! That not-so-minor detail seems to be lost on many people who are chiming in about this.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Scott Bobott: I don't care
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Furthermore why should I?

Nobody dares to deny the fact that Higgy et al have denied me the right to free health care for years and I have the emergency room bills and doctor fees to prove it.
 
 
Scott Bobott
Reply to @David Amos: I think nobody dares because nobody cares about your personal failings, is that not so.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Scott Bobott: You just proved my point in spades  
 
 
 
 
 

Massive military spending is turning America into a 'warfare state,' warns ex U.S. Army Colonel

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Methinks Trump et el know why Col. Lawrence Wilkerson never returned my phone call or answered my emails or even my Tweet N'esy Pas?
 
 
 


 

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Trust that I will do my best to try to talk to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson personally



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Massive military spending is turning America into a 'warfare state,' warns ex U.S. Army Colonel

'We are the merchants of death for seven billion people,' says Col. Lawrence Wilkerson

 

CBC Radio· Posted: Sep 28, 2020 5:28 PM ET 

 

The Pentagon’s ever-expanding military budget ruins creativity and pollutes good leadership, argues retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson — a fierce critic of the 'military-industrial complex.' (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) 

In his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower cautioned the United States against "unwarranted influence"— what he saw as an alarming alignment of corporate interests with military operations, a relationship he famously called: "the military-industrial complex."

Since then, the term has largely been taken up by the political left in its critique of America's militarism, and how vast military expenditures end up creating conflicts they're supposed to resolve.

But Col. Lawrence Wilkerson is firmly on the political right. He spent over 30 years in the U.S. Army, was chief of staff for former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell, and is a lifelong Republican. 

Today we have become what Eisenhower's worst nightmare predicted in his farewell address.
- Col. Lawrence Wilkerson

He believes that Eisenhower was right, and is a fierce critic of the military-industrial complex. Or what he calls "the warfare state," an obvious play on "welfare state." He believes military spending has become an ideological article of faith on the political right —and it is ruining America.

"Today we have become what Eisenhower's worst nightmare predicted in his farewell address. We've become beholden to that complex, that this year [2019] marked its greatest year in history. It sold more weapons than anybody else in the world, at a greater total billion dollar figure than ever before," says Wilkerson in conversation with host, Nahlah Ayed.

"We are the merchants of death for seven billion people."


As we peer into society's future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.’ From former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address. (Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Col. Wilkerson has seen firsthand how military expenditures create a devastating feedback loop with politics.

"The country marches on to yet another war, another trillion dollar fiasco, another bloodbath for young men and women who are signed up because they were bribed to do so," says Col. Wilkerson.

He says "bribed" unapologetically, as the U.S. military relies disproportionately on personnel from have-not states to fill its ranks.

The expenditures, however, don't benefit the troops.

"The divorce rate: off the charts in the services now. Suicide rate: off the charts in the services now. More post-traumatic stress then you'd ever imagine," Col. Wilkerson explains, adding that the expenditures end up benefiting the warfare state.

"We had never had a standing industrial base for war.  Now it eats us alive. Not only does it produce F-35 strike fighters, that cost $135 million, a million dollars for the helmet the pilot wears, but they don't work."

Militarism hurts the military

Col. Wilkerson notes that many Americans believe that the U.S. is under perpetual threat. The result is that massive military spending gets justified publicly "on the backs of the soldiers, and the sailors, Marines, and airmen and so forth." 

"That's why you see presidents array military tapestries behind themselves all the time … they like to have the military prop behind them."

But the astronomical costs aren't simply fiscal, according to Col. Wilkerson. They're also political. 

"We are almost $22 trillion in debt right now. We've not been this far in debt since the last year of World War Two. We have printed trillions of dollars that have absolutely nothing behind them but the might of the U.S. military and our willingness to bash people who might object to buying our treasury bonds" Col. Wilkerson remarks.

"This is a comeuppance that is brewing.


Col. Wilkerson has become a vocal critic of the Iraq War since his own involvement working on the pro-war presentation at the U.N. with former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, pictured. ( Mario Tama/Getty Images)

He predicts massive reductions in the Defense Department's budget. Reports from the Congressional Budget Office suggest that by 2030, the defense budget will seriously impede expenditures for other fixed spending in the federal budget — like Medicare and Social Security — and that the impact will be catastrophic.

"By 2030, we'll have no federal dollars for anything other than the military and entitlements. That's a very foreboding future, fiscally."

A reforming Republican

As a lifelong member of the Republican party, just like his father, Col. Wilkerson has been criticized by fellow party members and Pentagon generals. But his hope for the future of the party lies in the growing number of younger Republicans he's met.

"That demographic is going to be most loudly heard in this coming election, for the first time in our history," Col. Wilkerson tells Ayed.

"We have the greatest maldistribution of wealth in America right now that we've ever had, worse than 1929. So this is an awakening within the Republican party. It's nascent right now."

The challenge is waking Americans up. We are losing our democracy, if we haven't already lost it.
- Col. Lawrence Wilkerson

The former aide to Colin Powell believes that political reform is needed across the board. Getting rid of the Electoral College. Overhauling Congress. And just as he'd like to see the future of the Republican party empowered by younger people, he suggests the same for the Democrats.

"I'd get rid of [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi. I'd get rid of [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer. I'd get rid of Mitch McConnell. I'd get rid of all the people who have been around far too long, garnered far too much power, have too much influence over their own parties."

But he's under no illusion how tough it will be to do all this.

"The challenge is waking Americans up. We are losing our democracy, if we haven't already lost it."

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson teaches government and public policy at The College of William and Mary in Virginia. This episode was based on a public talk he gave at the Peace Action Maine Spring Gathering in 2019.

* This episode was produced by Danielle Duval and Greg Kelly.

 

 

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David Amos
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Trust that I will do my best to try to talk to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson personally
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
André Carrel
What Col. Wilkerson said about the two political parties in the US applies, albeit to a lesser degree, to our own political parties as well.
We are at a point where party leaders define what the party stands for, and, once in power, it is the party leader, with the PMO being the principle vehicle, who controls parliament.
Not as bad (yet) as the US, but travelling on the same track in terms of the concentration of power in the establishment of our major political parties, all of them.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @André Carrel: Oh So True However beware of Pied Pipers Col. Wilkerson is not telling us anything our Veteran Fathers (RIP) didn't already know since Ike was the Yankee President
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Remember what Diefenbaker did with the Avro Arrow and where a lot of our best engineers etc went?

Methinks he liked Ike too N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks Trump et el know why Col. Lawrence Wilkerson never returned my phone call or answered my emails or even my Tweet N'esy Pas?
 
 
John Valente
Reply to @David Amos: Elvis had a Col. Parker has a manager. Chickens have a Col. Sanders...
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @John Valente: My favourite is CoL Proudy

Leroy Fletcher Prouty (January 24, 1917 – June 5, 2001)[1] served as Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President John F. Kennedy. A former colonel in the United States Air Force, he retired from military service to become a bank executive. He subsequently became a critic of U.S. foreign policy, particularly the covert activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about which he had considerable inside knowledge. Prouty was the inspiration for the character "Mr. X" in Oliver Stone's film JFK.
 

https://wm.edu/as/government/faculty-directory/wilkerson_l.php



Lawrence Wilkerson

Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy

Office: Tyler 423, Mobile & txts (703) 624-9148
Emaillbwilk@wm.edu
Campus Office Hours: Mondays 8 - 11 am & 2 - 4 pm
Virtual Office Hours: email to book: Tuesdays - Fridays 8 am - 4 pm

Background

Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 as a colonel, and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at the George Washington University.  He is currently working on a book about the first George W. Bush administration.

 

 

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:25:46 -0300
Subject: Re: Attn Col. Lawrence Wilkerson Here is a little proof of what I said in my voicemail is true Ask Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and his cohorts He is found on Page 11 of my old file called "Cross Border
To: Peggy Mason <pmason@rideauinstitute.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Perhaps we should finally talk?



On 9/29/20, Peggy Mason <pmason@rideauinstitute.ca> wrote:
> Dear David,
>
> Thank you for sending the link to the CBC Ideas programme featuring Col.
> Wilkerson, which I had missed. He is an important voice.
>
> Onward!
> Peggy
>
> Peggy Mason
>
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>
>
>
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Sent: September 28, 2020 8:17 PM
> To: lbwilk@wm.edu; annette.nazareth@davispolk.com

;
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> blaine.higgs <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>; premier <premier@ontario.ca>; djtjr
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> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com
> Subject: Attn Col. Lawrence Wilkerson Here is a little proof of what I said
> in my voicemail is true Ask Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and his cohorts He is
> found on Page 11 of my old file called "Cross Border
>
> https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
>
> David Raymond Amos
> @DavidRayAmos
> Replying to
> @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews  and 49 others
> Trust that I will do my best to try to talk to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
> personally
>
> https://wm.edu/as/government/faculty-directory/wilkerson_l.php
>
>
>  #cdnpoli #nbpoli
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/massive-military-spending-is-turning-american-into-a-warfare-state-warns-ex-u-s-army-colonel-1.5738677
>
> Massive military spending is turning America into a 'warfare state,'
> warns ex U.S. Army Colonel
>
> 'We are the merchants of death for seven billion people,' says Col.
> Lawrence Wilkerson
> CBC Radio · Posted: Sep 28, 2020 5:28 PM ET
>
>
>
>
> Lawrence Wilkerson
> Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy
>
> Office: Tyler 423, Mobile & txts (703) 624-9148
> Email: lbwilk@wm.edu
>
>
> https://www.scribd.com/doc/265620671/Cross-Border-Txt
>
>
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>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>> ---------- 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
>>>
>>
>
> https://www.banking.senate.gov/download/nazareth-july-26-2005
>
> Annette Nazareth
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> Personal details
> Born  January 27, 1956 (age 64)
> Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
> Political party       Democratic
> Spouse(s)     Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
> Education     Brown University (BA)
> Columbia University (JD)
>
> Annette LaPorte Nazareth (born January 27, 1956) is an American
> attorney who served as a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and
> Exchange Commission from August 4, 2005 to January 31, 2008. She is
> currently a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, where she works on
> regulatory matters and transactions in the firm's Washington, D.C.
> office.[1]
> Contents
>
>     1 Education and personal life
>     2 Early career
>     3 Securities and Exchange Commission
>         3.1 SEC Commissioner
>         3.2 Consolidated Supervised Entity
>     4 References
>
> Education and personal life
>
> Born on January 27, 1956, in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1978,
> Nazareth graduated from Brown University with an A.B., magna cum laude
> and Phi Beta Kappa. She went on to receive a Juris Doctor from
> Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
>
> She is married to Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., former vice chairman of the
> Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and current President and
> CEO of TIAA-CREF. They have two children.
>
>
> https://www.davispolk.com/professionals/annette-nazareth
>
> https://www.davispolk.com/professionals/annette-nazareth
>
> Annette L. Nazareth
>
>     Partner
>     Washington DC
>     New York
>
> annette.nazareth@davispolk.com
> +1 202 962 7075
> +1 212 450 4804
>
> Ms. Nazareth is head of Davis Polk's Washington DC office and leads
> the trading and markets practice within the firm’s Financial
> Institutions Group. She advises clients across a broad range of
> complex regulatory matters and transactions. She also works closely
> with Davis Polk’s SEC enforcement practice, counseling nonfinancial
> sector corporations that are subject to government regulatory and
> enforcement actions.
>
> Ms. Nazareth has been a key player in financial services regulatory
> reform for much of her career. She currently advises domestic and
> international clients on financial regulatory and legislative issues.
> Ms. Nazareth was a highly regarded financial services policymaker for
> more than a decade. She joined the SEC Staff in 1998 as a Senior
> Counsel to Chairman Arthur Levitt and then served as Interim Director
> of the Division of Investment Management. She served as Director of
> the Division of Market Regulation (now the Division of Trading and
> Markets) from 1999 to 2005. As Director, she oversaw the regulation of
> broker-dealers, exchanges, clearing agencies, transfer agents and
> securities information processors. In 2005, she was appointed an SEC
> Commissioner. During her tenure at the Commission, she worked on
> numerous groundbreaking initiatives, including execution quality
> disclosure rules, implementation of equities decimal pricing, short
> sale reforms and modernization of the national market system rules.
> Ms. Nazareth also served as the Commission’s representative on the
> Financial Stability Forum from 1999 to 2008.
>
> Since leaving the SEC in January 2008, she has served as Rapporteur
> for the Group of Thirty’s report, The Structure of Financial
> Supervision: Approaches and Challenges in a Global Marketplace and as
> Project Director for their report, Enhancing Financial Stability and
> Resilience: Macroprudential Policy, Tools and Systems for the Future.
> Earlier in her career, she held a number of senior legal positions at
> several investment banks.
>
> https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/2003/11/18/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry
>
> Full Committee Hearing
> Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
> Mutual Fund Industry
>
> Date:   Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Time:   10:00 AM
>
> The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the first in a
> series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
> Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
>
> Witness Panel 1
>
>     Mr. William H. Donaldson
>     Chairman
>     Securities and Exchange Commission
>
>
> Witness Panel 2
>
>     Mr. Matthew P. Fink
>     President
>     Investment Company Institute
>
>     Mr. Marc Lackritz
>     President
>     Securities Industry Association
>
>
> https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry
>
> Full Committee Hearing
> Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
> Mutual Fund Industry
>
> Date:   Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time:   02:00 PM
>
> Witness Panel 1
>
>     Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
>     Director - Division of Enforcement
>     Securities and Exchange Commission
>
>     Mr. Robert Glauber
>     Chairman and CEO
>     National Association of Securities Dealers
>
>     Eliot Spitzer
>     Attorney General
>     State of New York
>
>
>
>
> Linda Chatman Thomsen Named Director of the Division of Enforcement
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 2005-73
>
> Washington, D.C., May 12, 2005 — Securities and Exchange Commission
> Chairman William H. Donaldson today named Linda Chatman Thomsen as the
> Director of the Division of Enforcement. Thomsen has been at the
> Commission since 1995 and has served as the Division’s Deputy Director
> since 2002. Thomsen succeeds Stephen M. Cutler, who in April announced
> that he would leave the Commission.
>
> “I am pleased that Linda has agreed to take on this new role at the
> Commission,” said Chairman Donaldson. “Linda is a highly accomplished
> attorney with a proven record of effective advocacy on behalf of the
> nation’s investors. The skills Linda has exhibited during her tenure
> at the Commission instill great confidence in her ability to lead this
> important division.”
>
>
> Enforcement Director Linda Chatman Thomsen to Leave SEC
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 2009-22
>
> Washington, D.C., Feb. 9, 2009 — The Securities and Exchange
> Commission announced today that Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the
> Division of Enforcement, plans to return to the private sector. Ms.
> Thomsen led a historic period of SEC law enforcement during which the
> Commission brought more than 2,000 enforcement actions and returned
> billions of dollars to harmed investors. In the past two years, the
> Commission has brought the second and third-highest number of
> enforcement actions in agency history.
>
> Among the many precedent-setting enforcement actions led by Ms. Thomsen
> were:
>
>     The Enron investigation and the resulting actions against a number
> of large financial institutions including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase,
> and Merrill Lynch.
>
>
> https://www.davispolk.com/professionals/linda-thomsen
>
> Linda Chatman Thomsen
>
>     Counsel
>
>     Washington DC
>
> linda.thomsen@davispolk.com
> +1 202 962 7125
>
> Ms. Thomsen, who was the first woman to serve as the Director of the
> Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is
> counsel in Davis Polk’s Litigation Department and practices in the
> Washington DC office. Her practice concentrates in matters related to
> the enforcement of the federal securities laws.
>
> She has represented clients in SEC enforcement investigations and
> inquiries, in enforcement matters before other agencies, including the
> Department of Justice (various U.S. Attorneys Offices) and the
> Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in investigations and inquiries
> from self-regulatory agencies, including FINRA, and in internal
> investigations.
>
> These matters, which are typically nonpublic, have covered a broad
> range of securities-related subject matters, including insider
> trading, foreign corrupt practices, financial reporting, manipulation
> and regulatory compliance. Her clients have included major financial
> institutions, regulated entities, public companies and senior
> executives.
>
> Ms. Thomsen returned to Davis Polk in 2009 after 14 years of public
> service at the SEC. While there she held a variety of positions and
> ultimately served as the Director of Enforcement from 2005 through
> February 2009. During her tenure as the Director of Enforcement, she
> led the Enron investigation, the auction rate securities settlements,
> the stock options backdating cases and the expansion of the
> enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
>
>
> roger.ferguson@tiaa.org, mackintoshs@group30.org,
> cpeterson@tiaa-cref.org, rferguson@tiaa-cref.org,
> theharlemtimes@gmail.com, pjackson@theharlemtimes.com,
> Marwan.Tabbara@parl.gc.ca
>
>
> https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/12/77358/
>
>
> Amid worsening climate crisis, UN Secretary-General sets out top ten
> climate action priorities for 2020, vows to stay on frontlines
>
> Report on 2019 Climate Action Summit cites need for major emitters to
> step up, urgency of no new coal, and jobs and a just transition, among
> other key priorities
>
> Madrid, 1 December—With the latest data showing global warming-causing
> emissions still on the rise, UN Secretary-General António Guterres
> today set out ten priority areas where much more action is needed to
> keep a 1.5C future within reach.
>
> In his report on the 2019 Climate Action Summit and the road ahead,
> the Secretary-General said he would work to ensure climate change
> remains on the forefront of the international agenda, including
> through:
>
>     Convening high-level platforms for countries to present
> strengthened national climate plans
>     Pushing financial actors to speed up the shift from the grey to
> the green economy
>     Facilitating dialogue between countries and stakeholders
>     Coordinated engagement of the UN System, among other key steps
>
> September’s Climate Action Summit delivered important new actions, a
> surge in climate momentum, and a clear destination: 45% emissions cuts
> by 2030, on the way to a carbon neutral world by 2050. The gathering,
> which drew leaders from across government, business and civil society,
> also highlighted where much more action is needed.
>
> The Climate Action Summit produced 42 multi-partner initiatives in 12
> critical areas, and many more commitments and announcement from
> countries, business and civil society organizations.  According to the
> report, the Summit provided a clear direction of travel for action
> while reinforcing the goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C by 2050
> as a long-term objective, with countries needing to articulate what
> they will achieve by 2020 and in the mid-term, by 2030.
>
> In addition to youth leaders participating directly in the Summit
> alongside global leaders, the Secretary-General also convened the
> first ever Youth Climate Summit, proving a platform at the UN for
> young people to share their concerns, ideas and solutions for greater
> climate action.
>
> The Summit also demonstrated political leadership with 70 countries
> committing to deliver more ambitious climate plans, or NDCs, in 2020.
> While these countries represent a significant portion of the world’s
> population, they account for less than 10 percent of the world’s GHG
> emissions. If none of the major emitters formally committed to more
> ambitious NDCs, some of them “committed to commit” by the end of 2020.
> Finally, 75 countries committed to deliver 2050 net zero emissions
> strategies by 2020.
>
> Many of the strongest outcomes from the Summit came from the private
> sector.  Coalitions of leading companies also stepped up, across key
> sectors such as shipping, food and beverage, urban transport and
> building, and the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, which comprises 12
> Asset Owners, allocating more than US$2.4 trillion globally  committed
> to the full transition of all investment portfolios to net zero by
> 2050, with strong intermediate targets every 5 years.
>
> The Summit highlighted how climate action can have meaningful impacts
> on people’s lives, including on their jobs and health, and therefore
> showed the need to align policies and systems to speed up the
> implementation of both the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable
> Development Goals (SDGs), leaving no-one behind.
>
> Setting priorities for 2020
>
> Much more needs to be done.  In his report, the Secretary-General
> highlights ten priority areas for 2020:
>
>     Securing commitments from the main emitters of more ambitious
> national commitments
>     All countries coming forward with 2050 carbon neutrality commitments.
>     Increasing the ambition of national commitments in sectors that
> were not fully taken in account in the past, such as the use
> nature-based solutions
>     Tackling the social dimension of climate change by  ensuring that
> national commitments include a just transition for people whose jobs
> and livelihoods are impacted
>     Curtailing current coal capacity and ensuring no more new coal
> power plants are built after 2020.
>     Accelerating the transition to 100% renewable energy
>     Accelerating the shift of the financial flows, pushing on carbon
> pricing to tax pollution not people, and ensuring access to
> sustainable finance
>     Stepping-up support for people affected by climate change and
> making the shift towards a resilient future.
>     Delivering on commitments made at the Summit to Small Islands
> Developing States and Least Developed Countries.
>     Implementing the Summit’s initiatives aiming at the deep
> decarbonization of key economic sectors
>
> The report is being released during the UN Climate Conference in
> Madrid, where the international community is working on key issues
> relating to implementation of the Paris Agreement, so it can reach its
> full potential.
>
> “It is five minutes to midnight in the global climate emergency.
> Carbon pollution must stop rising in 2020 and start falling to keep
> the Paris Agreement goals within realistic reach,” Secretary-General
> Guterres said.  “We are a very long way behind, but there is still
> reason to believe we can win this race. The next 12 months will be
> crucial.”
>
> The latest data from United Nations Environment show that emissions
> must stop rising in 2020 and fall in the order of 7.6 percent every
> year to 2030 to keep the 1.5°C goal within reach.
>
> On the eve of the Summit the Secretary-General announced the
> appointment of Mr. Mark Carney as his Special Envoy on Climate Action
> and Finance.  Mr. Carney will have a focus on ambitious implementation
> of climate action, with special attention to significantly shifting
> public and private finance markets and mobilizing private finance to
> the levels needed to achieve the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement.
>
> For further information, please contact Dan Shepard, UN Department of
> Public Information, 1 212 963 9495, M 646 675 3286 email
> shepard@un.org, or Matthew Coghlan, Climate Action Summit Team,
> matthew.coghlan@un.org
>
>
>
>
> https://www.advisoryexcellence.com/experts/roger-w-ferguson-jr/
>
>
>
> https://www.tiaa.org/public/about-tiaa/leadership-team/roger-ferguson
>
> Roger Ferguson
> President and Chief Executive Officer
> B.A., J.D., and Ph.D, Harvard University
> Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is President and Chief Executive Officer of
> TIAA, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic,
> research, medical, and cultural fields and a Fortune 100 financial
> services organization.
> Mr. Ferguson is the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of
> the U.S. Federal Reserve System. He represented the Federal Reserve on
> several international policy groups and served on key Federal Reserve
> System committees, including Payment System Oversight, Reserve Bank
> Operations, and Supervision and Regulation. As the only Governor in
> Washington, D.C. on 9/11, he led the Fed’s initial response to the
> terrorist attacks, taking actions that kept the U.S. financial system
> functioning while reassuring the global financial community that the
> U.S. economy would not be paralyzed.
> Prior to joining TIAA in April 2008, Mr. Ferguson was head of
> financial services for Swiss Re, Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding
> Corporation, and a member of the company’s executive committee. From
> 1984 to 1997, he was an Associate and Partner at McKinsey & Company.
> He began his career as an attorney at the New York City office of
> Davis Polk & Wardwell.
> Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of
> Regents and serves on the New York State Insurance Advisory Board. He
> is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and co-chairs
> its Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education. He serves on
> the boards of Alphabet, Inc.; General Mills, Inc.; and International
> Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
> He serves on the boards of The Conference Board, the American Council
> of Life Insurers, the Institute for Advanced Study and Memorial Sloan
> Kettering Cancer Center. He is a fellow of the American Philosophical
> Society and a member of the Economic Club of New York, the Council on
> Foreign Relations, the Group of Thirty and the National Association
> for Business Economics.
> Mr. Ferguson served on President Obama’s Council on Jobs and
> Competitiveness as well as its predecessor, the Economic Recovery
> Advisory Board, and he co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’
> Committee on the Long-Run Macro-Economic Effects of the Aging U.S.
> Population.
> Mr. Ferguson holds a B.A., J.D., and a Ph.D. in economics, all from
> Harvard University.
>
> https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080403005626/en/TIAA-CREF-Names-Roger-W.-Ferguson-Jr.-President
>
>
> TIAA-CREF Names Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. President and Chief Executive
> Officer, Succeeding Herbert M. Allison, Jr.
>
> TIAA Appoints Ronald L. Thompson Chairman
>
> Ferguson former head of financial services at Swiss Re, member of
> executive committee and chairman of Swiss Re America Holding
> Corporation; former vice chairman of Federal Reserve Board of
> Governors
>
> Thompson TIAA board member since 1995; former chairman and chief
> executive officer of Midwest Stamping and Manufacturing Company
>
> Company manages more than $435 billion in assets; serves 3.4 million
> individuals and more than 15,000 institutions
>
> April 03, 2008 10:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>
> NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Trustees of the Teachers Insurance and
> Annuity Association (TIAA) have named Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.,
> president and chief executive officer and appointed Ronald L. Thompson
> chairman of the TIAA board. Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Thompson succeed
> Herbert M. Allison, Jr., who is retiring. All changes become effective
> April 14, 2008.
>
>     “Roger’s experience and expertise make him a superb choice to lead
> TIAA-CREF’s work to uphold its mission by focusing on clients’ needs”
>     Tweet this
>
> Mr. Ferguson comes to TIAA-CREF from Swiss Re where he was head of
> financial services, a member of the executive committee and chairman
> of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation. He was responsible for Swiss
> Re's proprietary asset management unit, which managed approximately
> $200 billion in assets, and oversaw the capital management and
> advisory group, as well as the credit risk underwriting unit. Prior to
> Swiss Re, Mr. Ferguson was vice chairman of the Board of Governors of
> the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
>
> Mr. Thompson joined the TIAA Board of Trustees in 1995 and currently
> serves as its Presiding Trustee. He served as chairman and chief
> executive officer of Midwest Stamping and Manufacturing Company from
> 1993 to 2005.
>
> TIAA-CREF is the leading retirement system for people who work in the
> academic, research, medical and cultural fields with more than $435
> billion in combined assets under management. The company serves 3.4
> million active and retired employees of more than 15,000 institutions.
> Beyond the choices available through retirement plans, TIAA-CREF
> offers the Intelligent Life series of easy-to-understand life
> insurance products; traditional and Roth IRAs; and flexible,
> premium-deferred variable annuities and single-premium immediate
> annuities. TIAA-CREF is number 80 on Fortune’s list of America’s
> largest corporations (as of April 30, 2007).
>
> Speaking on behalf of the TIAA board, Ronald L. Thompson, Presiding
> Trustee, said, “TIAA-CREF is transforming to meet the current and
> future needs of its individual and institutional clients. Under Herb
> Allison’s strong leadership, the company has substantially broadened
> products and advisory services, continued to achieve outstanding
> investment performance, and further strengthened its financial
> position. Herb also instituted an extensive risk management program,
> which the company is currently benefitting from during this period of
> great market volatility. I am honored to accept the chairmanship of a
> company with such rich history and a tradition of excellence. Roger
> Ferguson, by virtue of his broad experience in strategic management,
> financial services and economic policy, is the ideal person to build
> on the company’s progress. Together with the trustees and TIAA-CREF’s
> employees, Roger will lead the organization and its expanded
> possibilities for service and growth in fulfillment of the company’s
> mission.”
>
> “Roger’s experience and expertise make him a superb choice to lead
> TIAA-CREF’s work to uphold its mission by focusing on clients’ needs,”
> said Herb Allison. “He assumes leadership of our company at a pivotal
> moment. The organization has made important changes that are producing
> significant results. These advances will allow the company to
> accelerate growth opportunities and ultimately provide greater value
> to clients. I would like to thank TIAA-CREF’s employees, whose
> creativity, dedication and professionalism have enabled us to progress
> so rapidly. Their values are what most differentiate TIAA-CREF’s
> service to clients.”
>
> “I am honored to assume leadership of an organization with such an
> inspiring mission and legacy of performance for clients,” said Mr.
> Ferguson. “This is a challenging time for individuals, who want
> assurance that their retirement plans can stay on course through
> economic uncertainty and for retirement-plan sponsors, who are
> providing benefits to their employees while fulfilling more exacting
> obligations in managing their retirement plans. In the years ahead, we
> will remain focused on clients’ needs by building on TIAA-CREF’s 90
> years of helping individuals achieve financial security and aiding
> institutions as they uphold their fiduciary obligations. We also will
> build upon the advantages of choice, value, objective advice,
> investment performance, staying power and integrity that together
> distinguish TIAA-CREF from other financial companies and that have
> been so effectively nurtured by Herb Allison and his predecessors.”
>
> Important changes producing significant results
>
> In recent years, TIAA-CREF has taken steps to offer clients a wider
> range of financial products and services that broaden their investment
> choices and help them make sound financial decisions. As a result of
> these steps:
>
>     TIAA-CREF is satisfying retirement plan sponsors’ need for
> expanded funds and accounts, with nearly 1,000 plans having added
> non-proprietary mutual funds on TIAA-CREF’s platform, in addition to
> TIAA-CREF annuity accounts and funds.
>     The company’s proprietary fund/account offering has expanded from
> 19 in 2003 to 73 today, in addition to institutional separate
> accounts, and to 297 third-party funds from 72 fund families.
>     98 percent of TIAA-CREF institutional clients who have moved their
> plans to the company’s new open investment platform have taken
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Return of Gagetown ferry brings boon for local businesses

DOT says it won't extend season past Oct. 12

 

Mia Urquhart· CBC News· Posted: Oct 02, 2020 8:00 AM AT 

 


The Gagetown ferry is pictured here on June 28, its first day back in service after four years. (Gary Moore/CBC)

Bringing in the winter's supply of hay was a lot easier this year for Queenstown farmer Hugh Harmon. 

With 300 large round bales across the St. John River from his farm, it's been a tough four years without the Gagetown ferry. 

Instead of a quick ferry ride from field to farm, Harmon had to drive an hour with each load.

"So we moved seven tractor-trailer loads of hay from over there last Saturday, and usually it takes two days, because we have to drive all the way around. And with the ferry on, it took one day. So that's a big savings."

A lot of things have been easier for Harmon since June 28, the day the Gagetown ferry was put back into service. Along with one-third of his hay, the majority of his herd spends the summer grazing on land across the river from the main farm. 

Harmon had to buy a boat to save him driving around twice a week to check on the cattle. And any time he had to take equipment to the other side, he was forced to drive the long way around.


Gagetown farmer Hugh Harmon says it was a lot easier to bring in 300 round bales across the ferry this year than the hour-long drive of the previous four years. (Submitted by Hugh Harmon)

It was a long four years. 

"It's been unbelievable," Harmon said of the ferry's return. "Yeah, we're just thrilled. It just makes everything so much easier."

In February 2016, residents found out that the ferry would not return to service after the winter off-season. The former Liberal government of Brian Gallant cited maintenance and repair costs for the decision. 

Without the ferry, it's nearly a 70-kilometre round-trip detour for residents, who cross the river for everything from medical appointments to church services. In summer, the ferry also helps farmers and local restaurants, bed and breakfasts and other tourism-reliant businesses.

Wilf Hiscock, who led thesave-the-ferry committee, said there were a lot more customers at local businesses this summer. 

"Having the ferry back has revived the whole area here," said Hiscock. 

Gagetown-Jemseg seasonal ferry service resumed this year on June 28 and will continue until Oct. 12. (Gary Moore/CBC)

He, too, said it was a tough four years without the ferry. 

"The economy was down, there was hardly any tourism. We were just in a bad way."

The area is home to hundreds of cottages and, without the ferry, most of them completely bypassed the town for four years. 

"I live right on the main road here," said Hiscock, "and I know traffic has increased substantially in the last three months. It's unbelievable, really."

He said business at his apple orchard has surged this year. 

"This year, since the ferry's back on, we're very busy. Business is way up. And not just for me. All the businesses on Front Street — the pubs, the restaurants, craft shops — they will all tell you their business has gone up."

The deputy mayor of Gagetown said the economic spinoffs have benefited everyone. 

"I don't know how many times people can say this in 2020, that they have across-the-board increases, but it's been across-the-board increases," said Derek Pleadwell.

Although he would have liked to see the ferry return sooner, it couldn't have come at a better time. 

Gagetown deputy mayor Derek Pleadwell says local businesses would really benefit by extending ferry service beyond Oct. 12. (Submitted by Derek Pleadwell) 

"The one-two punch of pandemics and the shock to the economy, having the ferry come back really mitigated things for us. And, yeah, it couldn't have come at a better time."

He said the number of people who visited the village this summer was "phenomenal." 

Flo Greig, who owns Greig Pottery on Gagetown's main drag, said business has rebounded since — and because of — the ferry's return. 

She said many customers are specifically in the area to check out the ferry, and end up frequenting some of the local businesses.

"We have many more people traveling within the province ... And many have come to our village simply to take the ferry," she said.


Flo Greig, of Greig Pottery in Gagetown, said customers were coming to the village specifically for the ferry. (gregpottery.com)

"And when they have that goal, they often stop in the shops for something to eat and to shop. So we certainly have seen an increase. It's wonderful."

Hiscock, who lives on the Gagetown side of the St. John River along Route 102, said taking away the ferry kept family and friends apart. 

He said he's run into people from the Jemseg side who said they hadn't been to Gagetown in four years. 

"And now they're back. So it gives you an idea. People just didn't drive around and come down into the village. They bypassed Gagetown. No one came in here."

Hiscock said a lot of people would like the ferry to continue longer into the fall. As a "seasonal" service, the ferry is taken off its run for the winter.

On Thursday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Department of Transportation said ferry service will not be extended beyond Oct. 12. 

"The ferry will serve as a replacement for other ferries in the fleet while they undergo required dry docking, in accordance with Transport Canada's Marine Safety regulations," said Jeremy Trevors.

"Two ferries are currently scheduled for dry docking before the end of this fall."

He said the Canada Shipping Act requires ferries to be "removed from the water once every five years for a thorough hull inspection by a Transport Canada marine surveyor."


Wilf Hiscock, who spearheaded the committee to save the ferry, said there are still quite a few signs around - he hopes to never need them again. (Save Gagetown-Jemseg Ferry)

Harmon said keeping the ferry running "until the freeze up" would allow him and other farmers to finish out the season. He said there's a lot of equipment across the river on a flood plain that has to be taken back to his farm before winter. 

Hiscock said extending ferry service into December would also allow the village of Gagetown to make the most of its annual Christmas in the Village event, which has been modified because of COVID-19. 

Instead of a one-time event, vendors and the Gagetown Farmers Market are participating in The 12 Weekends of Christmas, which started on Sept. 20 and will run until Dec. 6. 

Pleadwell said there were a number of requests from residents for the government to extend ferry service beyond Oct. 12. 

He said the extension would have have seen them through the 12-weekends-of-Christmas event, and it would help the apple orchards in the area finish out their season. 

 

 
 
 
 
25 Comments 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks folks should wonder why their local hero and our MLA Ross Wetmore got kicked of the cabinet N'esy Pas?  
 
 
 
 
David Amos 
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I would lay odds that the Gagetown deputy mayor Derek Pleadwell and his pal Wilf Hiscock remember my concerns about my missing Harley and the integrity of Service New Brunswick and the RCMP in 2009 while their liberal buddies were threatening to take the Gagetown ferry out of service
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
This ferry is the lifeblood for Gagetown. If it was in Caraquet it never would have been cancelled.
 
 
Theo Lavigne
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Shippagan has been waiting for a new bridge for over 10 years, what your point ? The one they use now is over 60 years old when they have a power failure it doesn't work. Check the amount of ferries that are government run in the south of the province..
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Theo Lavigne: Touche Very Good Point Sir

Please continue to annoy Higgy's many conservative spin doctors with my blessings and thanks 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
Liberals had no interest in maintaining the ferry . . It wasn't a language issue , although most likely D'Entremont would most likely have filed a complaint if the operator wasn't bilingual if they hadn't scuttled the ferry 
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to @Lou Bell: Take the ferry and cry me a river on your way over to the other side 
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Lou Bell: not about booze, gambling and whatever - it’s about getting your head out of the dark ages and taking action to advance the provincial economy Lou.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Lou Bell: not a language issue but definitely a political issue. In this case that’s a distinction without a difference.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Methinks many folks should find you and little Lou quite an entertaining couple just as I do N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colin Seeley
Whoever heard of a free ferry ?

Time for tolls
!
 
 
Greg Bragdon
Reply to @Colin Seeley: So tolls on all the bridges and roads in the province too? The ferry was and is a cheaper alternative to building a bridge at that location.
 
 
Donald Gallant
Reply to @Greg Bragdon:
Hysterically it seems a bridge is floated into the discussion.

Ferries are tolled all over Canada.

NB should be no exception.
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to @Colin Seeley: Not on my watch
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @David Amos: you don’t have a watch 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roy Kirk
Timing is everything, I guess. What party's candidate won the riding(s)?
 
 
Dianne MacPherson
Reply to @Roy Kirk:
PCs won....Ross Wetmore .
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dianne MacPherson: and he got the boot from cabinet immediately aftewards 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Theo Lavigne
I'm sure we will see the savings passed on to the consumer...
 
 
Bill Henry
Reply to @Theo Lavigne: lol
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @
Theo Lavigne: When pigs fly or Higgy learns not to lie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kevin Cormier
I continually hear about the "Farmer needs the ferry to transport hay"... how about a co-op barge? I just don't think this sells the case for a ferry (because of one farmer and his hay issue). While I do support the ferry, I really support a ferry for Campobello. This is no way that any discussion on ferries in NB can happen without talking about Campobello... or do we have to say: "Fisherman needs the ferry to transport nets"? 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Kevin Cormier: I concur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donald Gallant
Who cancelled the Gagetown ferry ?
But the phoney games were ok !
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Donald Gallant: So sou say but you should remember Victor Boudreau's budget and the local liberal Vaughn Blaney a former cabinet minister who wore an interesting hat as he protested in front of the legislature. Methinks Higgy et al cannot deny that he saved the Gagetown Bellisle ferries back then N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marc LeBlanc
We've enjoyed the lovely drive along the river several times
It's a great break from the ho hum highway
A walk down Gagetown's main street is a must as well
Wouldn't it be great to have a place like McAdam had with the fresh baked pies
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Marc LeBlanc: Blueberry is my favourite I trust thet Higgy cannot deny that he helps a rich liberal from Nova Scotia to take advantage of our Crown land to produce them. Hence those pies should come cheap to us
 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Mandatory mask order may — or may not — be coming by Oct. 8, says Higgs

Premier holds COVID-19 briefing, announces changes at borders within Atlantic bubble

 

Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, Gail Harding· CBC News· Posted: Oct 02, 2020 9:02 AM AT 

 


Premier Blaine Higgs's position on mandatory masks was unclear during Friday's COVID-19 briefing in Fredericton. (CBC)

New Brunswick may — or may not — make wearing masks mandatory in public as early as next week, says Premier Blaine Higgs.

Early Friday morning, Higgs told CBC masks would soon be required, likely by mid-October, if not sooner.

"We're going to lead up to it, we're kind of building into it, working with the communities, working with the businesses, staging people to become more diligent and get into that program," he said.

During a COVID-19 briefing at 11 a.m., however, Higgs stepped back from that.

"Although I prefer not to make mask use mandatory in public spaces, I know that it may soon be necessary — even as early as Oct. 8," he told reporters, citing the recent surge in cases in Quebec and Maine.

Later, when asked to clarify, he said: "There is a possibility we will implement this next week. It could be a week or two out. … I guess the only clarity here I'll add, it could be as early as Oct. 8, or it could be delayed a few weeks, but I would suggest that mandatory masks are coming soon into our province."

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell said more New Brunswick workers are getting into the habit of wearing a mask, which is encouraging. "But to protect our most vulnerable, we need to stay well ahead of the course of this pandemic.

"We will be monitoring mask use across the province, and I will not hesitate to recommend a mandatory order if this becomes necessary," she said.

Masks could be the rule as early as Oct. 8 in New Brunswick, says Premier Blaine Higgs, although he's reluctant to make the order. 1:17

In a subsequent news release, Higgs "reminded" New Brunswickers that wearing a face mask in public when physical distancing is not possible is mandatory under the province's state of emergency order.

If New Brunswickers do not comply with the emergency order by wearing masks when required, a mandatory mask policy "could be implemented" as soon as Oct. 8, according to the release.

"Staying in the Yellow level of recovery is essential to maintaining health, and keeping our economy and schools open," Higgs said in a statement.

This isn't the first time the government's messaging about masks has been unclear.

On June 5, the government announced face coverings would be required to enter buildings open to the general public, but it reversed the decision the next day.

"Cabinet has reviewed the decision and it was not the intent to place an additional expectation on businesses or the public regarding wearing a face covering in a public space," it said in a news release at the time.

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have already implemented mandatory orders.

Higgs acknowledged Friday he expects most New Brunswickers are anticipating the province will follow suit.

It was the first COVID-19 briefing in more than six weeks.

Higgs told CBC News earlier Friday morning that wearing masks in indoor public areas would be mandatory by mid-October if not sooner. (Submitted by Codiac Transpo)

No new cases of COVID-19 were recorded for the seventh day in a row Friday and one more case has recovered.

There are now five active cases of the respiratory disease in the province — three in the Moncton region (Zone 1), one is attributed to the Fredericton region (Zone 3), although the infected person is actually in Ontario recovering, and one is in the Bathurst region (Zone 6).

An infected Quebec resident who works in Campbellton is being counted in the Quebec numbers. Contact tracing is being conducted in New Brunswick.

A total of 661 COVID-19 tests were completed Thursday, bringing the total number of tests conducted since the pandemic began in March to 78,635.

There have been 200 cases of COVID-19 in the province to date, with 193 recoveries and two deaths.

Support for mandatory order

The premier said Friday the discussion about making masks mandatory was a big topic at COVID-19 all-party cabinet committee Thursday.

"It's being driven by the situation in our neighbouring provinces."

Green Party Leader David Coon and Roger Melanson, Interim Leader of the Liberal Party said they both supported the mandatory mask requirement. 

"We've got to move to the point where where everyone's wearing masks in indoor public spaces with cases of COVID-19 surging on the other side of the Atlantic bubble and the incredible success we've had in New Brunswick and throughout the Atlantic bubble, we don't want to jeopardize that," said Coon. 

Melanson, who didn't attend Thursday's meeting said his party will support it.

"Wearing a mask, if public health has made that recommendation in public spaces, we would support that."  

But People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said he's not sure the timing is right on mandatory masks, seeing that New Brunswick is doing exceptionally well right now.

"My take on it is look if, you know, we see an uptick in cases and government has to clamp down a little bit harder and make them mandatory, I would certainly support that."

Changes to bubble border screening

New Brunswick officials will no longer screen travellers entering the province from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in vehicles, starting Oct. 8, Higgs announced on Friday.

Instead, some of the peace officers will be redeployed to the borders with Quebec and Maine, which currently pose a bigger threat, he said.

"We have been able to reopen businesses and reopen our schools in an effective manner. The threat, however, is once again literally at our doorstep."

Quebec was "making good progress" just over a month ago, said Higgs. But two days ago, that province reported 933 new cases in a single day, and 12 deaths occurred between Sept. 24 and Sept. 29.


Premier Blaine Higgs says New Brunswick is abandoning the screening checkpoints for travellers from P.E.I. and Nova Scotia Brunswick 1:13

In Baileyville, Maine, just across the St. Stephen border, a mill worker at Woodland Pulp tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning. Earlier this week, seven out-of-state contractors who were working on the fibre line during the mill's annual maintenance operation also tested positive.

The worker who tested positive lives in Maine, but seven New Brunswick residents work at the mill, a company spokesperson confirmed to CBC News.

All the workers at Woodland and its two sister companies, St. Croix Tissue and St. Croix Chipping, are now being tested for the virus.

"These situations drive home how close the virus still is and how quickly things can change," the premier said.

To that end, some of the redeployed peace officers will focus on other efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as ensuring compliance with 14-day self-isolation requirements and guidelines regarding gatherings and business operations, he said.

Border measures will remain in place for travellers from outside Atlantic provinces, he added.

Trick or treat or not?

While no specifics were revealed during the panel discussion, Coon said Halloween would be a happy one for everyone. 

Austin agreed, saying it was important to allow society to carry on as much as possible as long as the recommendations of Public Health were followed. 

"I think right now it's just important that society continues on, you know, with in mind that we are still in a pandemic and to do the right thing." 

Melanson said if the recommendation is to go ahead with Halloween, all precautions will have to be taken. 

"And at the end of the day, it's the parents' decisions to and with their children to decide if yes or no they would want to do trick or treating, if that's the decision to be allowed." 

When rules are violated

When a member of the audience complained that some young people are holding large gatherings and ignoring the precautions laid down by Public Health, Higgs said it seems some people have forgotten there is a pandemic. 

"We have seen this in other provinces and we've seen the result. We've seen Quebec locked down, essentially in lockdown now, for the next 28 days." 

Higgs said the province will intervene when the mandatory emergency order is being violated, but this will be done in a way that persuades people to be part of the solution rather than a bigger problem. 

Melanson said people still have to take precautions. 

"We're starting to see that around us outside New Brunswick. We're not isolated totally from what's happening outside."

With files from Information Morning Fredericton


 

501 Comments



David Amos 
Methinks the secretive Oral decision of the EUB today about the raising of NB Power Rates should make all ethical folks opposed to Higgy's Police State sit and pay attention N'esy Pas?
 
David Peters
Reply to @David Amos:
The eub helping themselves again?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Peters: YUP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bruce Sanders
Although I prefer not to make mask use mandatory in public spaces"
Why is any of this being discussed? This is all going the wrong way. You ought to be discussing how to do test on arrival and open the province. This is not April, the death rate on Canada is extremely low; It's 96% lower than May. 99% lower if one is in New York State. Idiocy.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: Welcome Back to the Circus

Methinks over the course of the course of the next four years it should become commonly known as Higgy's State N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kat Jo
Good grief people, we're being asked to wear a mask in public places. Let's be kind and help protect each other.
We are so fortunate to live where we do, the rest of Canada is envious of the Atlantic bubble.
 
 
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Kat Jo: Who has exactly told you anywhere they are envious? I have not heard that from anyone in the 4 Provinces in which I have been the previous 3 months, never minding other countries.
 
 
Kat Jo
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: Friends and family living in other Canadian provinces have told me. We are living in one of the safest locations in the world.
 
 
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Kat Jo: We are not living, we are "existing".
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: That's a pretty sad statement. You must not have much joy
 
 
Mighty Mediocre Mediocre Man
Reply to @Errol Willis: It's true, the future is tyranny, and covid-19 is the vector to bring it. Don't believe me, just wait...
 
 
Matthew Smith
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: oh please....
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Kat Jo:
No, we are not being asked, we are being told.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: BINGO
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Risdon
It would be idiotic to make the wearing of face masks mandatory in northern New Brunswick right now. There is ONE case of Covid-19 in the entire Bathurst region.

ONE.

Who the heck are we protecting ourselves from or who are we protecting from us if we wear face masks?

You can't catch Covid-19 from someone who doesn't have it.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: Explain that to your buddy Higgy not us
 
 
Fred Brewer 
Reply to @James Risdon: "You can't catch Covid-19 from someone who doesn't have it." Thank you Captain Obvious. If only we could see Covid-19 then I could agree with your position on masks but we can't. Therefore any person you meet could be infected and you would have no idea.

I take it you would like to gamble and roll the dice and hope that we don't get a super spreader that would send the entire province back into a lockdown. Me, I don't want to take that chance and will happily wear a mask 
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Fred Brewer:
How much sickness can you hide behind a mask?
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: What the heck is your point? Infected persons are typically perfectly healthy while still contagious. This has nothing to do with hiding and if you are sick most people don't want to go out, nor should they.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Lots Methinks the truly evil ones often wear a mask of virtue N'esy Pas?
 
 
James Risdon 
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Risks need to be evaluated based on the best available evidence.

It is possible that an asteroid will crash into the Earth in the coming days, destroy a nuclear power plant or weapons facility, and trigger a chain of events that will lead to the destruction of almost all human life on the planet.

But it's very unlikely based on the best available evidence and so we do not hunker down in concrete bunkers carved into the sides of mountains with everything needed to survive a nuclear winter and restart human civilization later.

We roll the dice. The odds are with us.

Ditto for Covid-19 planning. It only makes sense to plan for the reasonable dangers and not every single possible far-fetched contingency.

In northern New Brunswick where there is only one case of Covid-19, the risk of catching the sickness through casual contact in public spaces is as close to zero as it can come without actually being zero.

That's why mandating face masks in public in northern New Brunswick at this time is idiotic. It would only fuel fear and anxiety and lead people to conclude the situation is much worse than it actually is
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @James Risdon: Show me the odds calculation James. Odds are not based on the present, they are based on future probabilities and the outcome if things go wrong. I have seen no calculations that says the odds show that it is worth the risk that you would take.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June Arnott
No matter what anyone says, you CANNOT social distance in a store. Doesn’t happen EVER. So that would make masks mandatory in any store
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @June Arnott: Go Figue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOhn D Bond
It is quite amazing when reading the comments on the board, the number of folks that think they will not be subject to the mandatory mask rules if the government makes the rule a mandatory requirement.
While we are in a free democratic society, that means we either follow the rule of law or we face the consequences. Next election, you can extract your pound of flesh by not voting for the party that imposed the order, until then, To bad!
So for those die hard anti maskers ( excluding folks with medical conditions that would cause peril) get over yourself. You will not have a choice.
But yes, you can refuse, be fined, fight the fine in court and lose at the end of the day.
If it wasn't so sad it would be hilarious. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: What rule of law?
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @David Amos: Government health order under the emergency measures act
 
 
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: go tell that to Matt Steele lol. I am in agreement with you and you don't have to look any further than Nova Scotia to see people complying. The minute this becomes law 95 percent of that bravado will go away.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Methinks Higgy et al forgot that 3 Justices of the Federal Court of Appeal pulled Rule 55 on me years ago. That malicious direction forever to proved to me that whereas judges can legally ignore the rules then the rule of law does not exist N'esy Pas?
 
 
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: "You will not have a choice"
Sure we do, we leave and return when the lunacy ends.

"If it wasn't so sad it would be hilarious."
Agreed, and it's hilarious the so many restrictions remain given the extensive data that now exists. The way the government is acting, one would think its still March.
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @David Amos: Except that the courts will rule in favour of the Provinces use of the emergency act as they are acting in the Public good. While that may be debatable and I am certain someone will challenge it. My point really is, if the government issues the order, people that do not follow it will face the consequences in the short term and will end up spending time, money and effort in court to have the highest court of the land eventually rule against the challenge. Just my opinion.
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: Of course you can leave the province. Not sure where you will go in Canada, they will likely be imposing the same restrictions and if you want to go to the US , well by means I would never suggest that you shouldn't that is your choice of course. Except that here in NB if the order comes, your choice is temporarily suspended.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Did you forget that I have permanent resident status in the US of A?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: You do know who I am Correct?
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @David Amos: Enjoy yourself - don't let the door hit ya on the way out
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Is that why you're afraid to ever go back?
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @David Amos: Didn't know that but that is fine
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: Where will you leave to? Ontario? Quebec? Drop us a note when you get back....if you get back.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Perhaps you should look up Rule 55 of the Federal Court Rules before you expound about "the rule of law" anymore?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
val harris
Yes no no I mean no really I am just not sure. Higgs can really answer a question
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @val harris: He never could
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Do you remember T shirts that you could once get that said "I'm with stupid"?
We should print up some blue ones that say "I voted stupid".
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Yes you should In 1971 I was instantly smitten on Parlee Beach by a sweet young lady from your old stomping grounds who wore a "Fuddle Duddle" T Shirt Perhaps they would be a hit again?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Terry Tibbs: FYI in 2005 while Belinda was dumping Petey Baby and crossing the floor to become a liberal cabinet minister a sneaky little liberal working for the former MP for Miramichi at the time told me they were selling my old company T shirts at a motorcycle show in Ottawa Apparently they are collector's items and pone to being ripped off 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marilyn Carr
Why? If we had community cases but all cases are travel related....If there was a significant uptick in cases I would see it but until that time I dont think MANDATORY masks are needed.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Marilyn Carr: Everybody knows that mask don't work anyway
 
 
June Arnott
Reply to @David Amos: they do when used properly to protect OTHERS I know, a hard concept thinking of others
 
David Amos
Reply to @June Arnott: Methinks they can stop bacteria etc but any doctor should inform you that a virus can go through a mask just tlike a mosquito can go through a chain link fence N'esy Pas?
 
James Smythe
Mandatory or not, I won’t be wearing a mask Blaine, this is just getting silly at this point.
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @James Smythe: I thank you for adding to NB's coffers with the fines you will be paying. But hey, you can always hide in your basement.
 
 
Gerry Ferguson
Reply to @James Smythe: That makes 2 of us
 
 
charles davis livitus
Reply to @James Smythe: I don't
 
 
Jeffrey Finnamore
Reply to @James Smythe: absolutely agree. Still our choice
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @James Smythe: I concur
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Jeffrey Finnamore: ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching. With this much civil disobedience, the fines alone will help stabilize our finances.
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @James Smythe: Such a rebel you are. Why are you so afraid of a piece of cloth on your face? And don't start with "my rights and freedoms..."
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Errol Willis: Are you afraid of rebels?
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @David Amos: I more afraid of ignorance and stupidity - very common here. My rights, my freedoms, my life - what a bunch of whiners. If they were ever asked to do anything significant, what would they do?
 
 
Mighty Mediocre Mediocre Man
Reply to @Errol Willis: It IS about rights and freedoms.
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @Mighty Mediocre Mediocre Man: How silly and childish you are
 
 
Mighty Mediocre Mediocre Man
Reply to @Errol Willis: Your opinion.
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Fred Brewer: We sure could use it, hopefully it will rake in enough to hire a few dozen doctors
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @JOhn D Bond:
That wouldn't change they would still refuse to pay them.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Errol Willis: Do you consider me one of them?
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Lol Terry that actually make me chuckle.. Good one you could be right on the money with that.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Do you chuckle at the fact that IDavid Amos have to pay emergency room bills and doctor fees because Higgy et al have a "stay" on my right to a Medicare card?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fred Brewer
I am definitely going to do this... well maybe I am going to do this.... I think I will do this... and eventually..... I have decided not to do this (for now).
This is the old tried and true Higgy Waffle Dance. How many times has he done this before? He Waffle Danced his way around Hospital ER closures and a bunch of other things that don't come to mind at this moment but I am sure some folks out there can help me out. Can you name any other Higgy Waffle Dances?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Cry me a river
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Fred Brewer:
Not fit to lead a boy scout troop. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Murray Brown
Should have told us before the election... Then we could have voted him out.
 
 
Mighty Mediocre Mediocre Man
Reply to @Murray Brown: I didn't vote for him this time, simply because he seems like another UN stooge.
 
 
Steven Mallaley
Reply to @Murray Brown: I didn't vote for him or Liberals. Would be a cold day before I would ever vote either.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Murray Brown: YUP
 
 
 
 
Lorelei Stott
now that Higg's won a majority look out.... power tripping
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lorelei Stott: Welcome to the Circus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michel Forgeron
Top 5 excuses for not wearing a mask:
5-You already have something that protects you from others called “your personality.”
4-You want to try one of those cool new ventilators at the hospital.
3-You’re a millennial, and you got tired of constantly having to remove your mask to take your 5,000 daily selfies.
2-It makes it hard to use the breathalyzer that starts your car.
1-You’re a Kardashian. What’s one more virus?
 
 
Stephan Sommers
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: #6 having a real health condition that’s enables wearing one.
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Stephan Sommers: Hmmm. A health condition that enables someone to wear a mask? Oh, I know. Its called common sense
 
 
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: #1, there is no definitive proof a face mask makes lone bit of difference
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Say Hey to your hero Higgy for me will ya?
 
 
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @David Amos: Higgs isn't my hero, you are
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Yea Right that why you and you buddies laughed at Higgy et al denying me the the right to free Health Care while i was constantly visiting the emergency rooms and having to pay for their services and the doctor fees
 
 
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @David Amos: I've never laughed at you David. I (and others) asked you a simple question which I don't believe you have ever answered - why don't you have a Medicare card?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: I answered many times There is no reason it was and still is politics
 
 
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @David Amos: How so, exactly?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Ask Higgy i told you many times they won't give me a reason
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: FYI This malicious nonsense has been going on since 2005 when i got suuck here after running for a seat parliament the second time.They bared me from collecting my CPP until I sued the Queen in 2015 while running for public office again but still don'thave my passport drivers license or social insurance numbe Hence i am about to sue the Crown again
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: FYI I just told you again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Harsh words, disallowed expenses greet NB Power in rate increase decision

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Methinks you should review my comment earlier today about the EUB before the truth was finally revealed N'esy Pas?


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Harsh words, disallowed expenses greet NB Power in rate increase decision

‘The utility must stop overspending,’ Energy and Utilities Board says

 

Robert Jones· CBC News· Posted: Oct 02, 2020 8:44 PM AT

 


NB Power has been told by its regulator, the Energy and Utilities Board, it is not doing enough to control costs or reduce debt. (Radio-Canada)

New Brunswick's Energy and Utilities Board has finally approved part of NB Power's year-old request for a rate increase but not before stripping out $1.4 million in expenses it called unjustified and chastising the utility for not controlling its costs.

"The utility must stop overspending on items … that are within its control," wrote the board.

"It does not appear there has been any meaningful changes taken by NB Power in its approach to control costs or reduce debt. Only modest improvements have been seen on debt repayment." 

In the decision released Friday, the EUB ordered NB Power's to recalculate its rate request after subtracting disallowed portions. That will likely lead to a 1.85 per cent power rate increase to customers, although potentially not until next spring.

"With these changes, NB Power is directed to provide the Board, for review, its calculation for a revised rate increase across all customer classes," wrote the Board in its 21-page decision.

NB Power originally applied to the EUB for a two per cent rate hike one year ago on Oct. 2, 2019. It was hoping to have the increase approved and in place for April 1, 2020.  

Hearings were conducted last February, but on March 19, with a ruling imminent, the utility requested an indefinite suspension of the application in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Energy and Utilities Board acting chairperson Francois Beaulieu led a three-person panel reviewing NB Power's request for a rate increase back in February. The decision finally came on Friday. (CBC)

"Many businesses are closed or at reduced operation for an unknown time frame and many employees of those businesses have been affected as a result," said then NB Power president Gaëtan Thomas in a letter to the EUB.

"NB Power has concluded that a rate increase implemented on April 1, 2020, would be counterproductive."

In August, NB Power finally asked the EUB to issue its decision but requested whatever increase it approved to be moved to March 31, 2021, to minimize disruption to the economy.  

The EUB has not yet ruled on that request.

Although focused mostly on the current rate increase, the EUB also turned its attention to a string of poor financial results and missed debt reduction targets posted by NB Power over the last half-decade.

The utility lost $16 million in the last fiscal year, the fifth year in a row it has missed its own profit target, and the EUB called on the organization to look internally for solutions.  

"NB Power must find a way to stay within its budget and reduce its costs," wrote the board.  

The board did approve most of NB Power's budget request with exception of $1.1 million in inflated costs for buying electricity from the Pokeshaw wind farm in northeastern New Brunswick after NB Power negotiated lower prices than it included in its budget documents.  

Maritime Iron study

The EUB also disallowed $300,000 the utility had earmarked to study the potential of integrating the proposed Maritime Iron development in Belledune with its nearby coal-fired generating station.

NB Power has since ceased its investigation of how it might help the Maritime Iron project, and the board said it heard nothing at hearings to justify the utility charging customers anything to investigate the feasibility of a development proposed by an outside party.

"This project is speculative. The Board is not satisfied as to the prudence of this spending," it wrote in its decision.

The disallowance by the EUB of $1.4 million budgeted for those two items in NB Power's budget was in addition to money NB Power itself dropped from its request early in proceedings.  

At the start of hearings in February, utility executives, including new president Keith Cronkhite, declared $1.4 million in planned spending to support a hydrogen-from-seawater partnership with Florida-based Joi Scientific inappropriate to bill customers for and withdrew the amount from its budget.

Former NB Power CEO Gaëtan Thomas, centre, with Joi Scientific executives Robert Koeneman, left, and Traver Kennedy on a beach in Cape Canaveral, Fla., promoting the company's hydrogen-from-seawater research. NB Power's spending on that project and other items is being deducted from its rate increase. (Joi Scientific)

Those three changes combined total $2.8 million and are all to be deducted from the original two per cent increase requested by the utility.

EUB board member John Herron wrote a dissenting opinion, arguing NB Power should be able to keep the rate increase portions tied to disallowed expenses to boost its bottom line, but that position was rejected by EUB acting chairperson Francois Beaulieu and board member Michael Costello, who made up the balance of the three-person panel.

The EUB will likely rule next week on when the rate increase will take effect, after NB Power recalculates the amount without the disallowed expenses.

 

 
 
 
 
6 Comments 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
 
 
 
 
June Arnott 
All expense accounts should stop. No travel expenses or executive trips. Kill all bonuses.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @June Arnott: Methinks you should review my comment earlier today about the EUB before the truth was finally revealed N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tim Trites
oh well welcome to the worst run jurisdiction in the western world

David Amos
Reply to @Tim Trites: Welcome back to the Circus
 
Methinks over the course of the next four years it may become commonly known as Higgy's Police Sate N'esy Pas?
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Is that all you ever have ? No wonder you didn't even bother running this time . I doubt you could get 25 signatures on your nomination papers , let alone 25 votes .
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks before you spin doctors embarrass Higgy et al any further you really should check my work within the EUB and Federal Court N'esy Pas?
 

 

 

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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:22:58 +0000
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:23:01 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy Methinks I have huge bone to pick
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From: "Quinn, Heather (DNRED/MRNDE)"<Heather.Quinn@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:22:59 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy Methinks I have huge bone to pick
Minister Mikey Holland NB Power their buddie the EUB and Johnny "Never
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To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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I will be out of the office until Monday, October 5th. If your message
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including natural gas distribution and petroleum product pricing. He
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 ---------- Original message ----------
From: "Wilson, Sherry"<Sherry.Wilson@snb.ca>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:22:58 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy Methinks I have huge bone to pick
Minister Mikey Holland NB Power their buddie the EUB and Johnny "Never
been Good Herron in paricular N'esy Pas???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"<Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:23:04 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy Methinks I have huge bone to pick
Minister Mikey Holland NB Power their buddie the EUB and Johnny "Never
been Good Herron in paricular N'esy Pas???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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 ---------- Original message ----------
From: "Perry, Brad"<perry.brad@radioabl.ca>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:23:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy Methinks I have huge bone to pick
Minister Mikey Holland NB Power their buddie the EUB and Johnny "Never
been Good Herron in paricular N'esy Pas???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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 ---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 16:22:47 -0300
Subject: YO Higgy Methinks I have huge bone to pick Minister Mikey
Holland NB Power their buddie the EUB and Johnny "Never been Good
Herron in paricular N'esy Pas???
To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, heather.black@gnb.ca, SWaycott@nbpower.com,
John.Lawton@nbeub.ca, Dave.Young@nbeub.ca, mike.holland@gnb.ca,
glawson@lawsoncreamer.com, mletson@lawsoncreamer.com,
david.sollows@gnb.ca, Heather.Quinn@gnb.ca,
hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com, cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com,
sstoll@airdberlis.com
Cc: ross.wetmore@gnb.ca, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
jeveritt@unb.ca, trampersaud@townofriverview.ca,
andrea.johnson@pcnb.org, slmaceachern@gmail.com,
kathy.bockus@pcnb.org, Tammy.Scott-Wallace@pcnb.org,
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"Mark.Blakely"<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
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On 9/7/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Anderson-Mason, Andrea Hon. (JAG/JPG)"<Andrea.AndersonMason@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 16:54:11 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy Methinks whereas there is no
> transcript available that supports the EUB decision about "Not So
> Smart" Meters folks are entitled to know what my friend Roger Richard
> before the election N'esy Pas???
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are
> greatly valued.  You can be assured that all emails and letters are
> carefully read, reviewed and taken into consideration.
> Thank you.
>
>
> Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de
> nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations. Nous
> tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en
> considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons.
> Merci.
>
> Andrea Anderson-Mason, Q.C. / c.r.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 16:35:06 +0000
> Subject: RE: YO Minister Mikey Holland RE The Not So Smart Meter Games
> I trust that your lawyer or Ellen Desmond can explain what the EUB has
> acknowledged before I take you people to a REAL COURT
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Sent: August 6, 2020 12:29 PM
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> serge.rousselle <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>; greg.byrne
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> Subject: YO Minister Mikey Holland RE The Not So Smart Meter Games I
> trust that your lawyer or Ellen Desmond can explain what the EUB has
> acknowledged before I take you people to a REAL COURT
>
> These are the EUB published words not mine CORRECT?
>
> These documents can be sourced from the records of the 375 Matter
>
> http://www.nbeub.ca/opt/M/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=560
>
> 02/07/2018    Hearing - Day 1 / Audience - 1ier jour
>
> Page 295
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Thank you. So there is the two interveners or two
> participants in the proceeding that have no legal  counsel. One is Mr.
> Richard and the other one is Mr. Bourque. So I just want to provide --
> yes, Mr. Rouse?
>
> MR. ROUSE: I guess I don't have legal counsel either.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: True. So you are -- NCFS doesn't have legal counsel?
>
> MR. ROUSE: That's correct.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: So I will address the three of you then. So Mr. Bourque
> and Mr. Rouse -- I think, Mr. Rouse, you know how the proceeding
> proceeds. So Mr. Bourque, essentially when it comes and you have a
> panel, they are subject to cross-examination. And if you do have any
> questions specifically to the panel, you will be asked to come in
> front and ask your question to whomever your questions you want to ask
> to. Now if there is an objection to your questioning I would ask you
> to stop and at that point what  I will do is I will hear the person
> who was objecting to your question and afterwards I will hear if you
> have any other comments to make regarding the objection and we will
> deal with those -- with the objection as it comes. So do you
> understand that?
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Yes, I do and thanks for explaining it.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you. Monsieur Richard, essentiellement
> qu’est ce qui va arriver, pis quoi je mentionnais en anglais, c’est
> que vous êtes non-représenté par un avocat donc vous – peut-être que
> vous connaissez pas toute la façon que les procédures fonctionnent.
> Donc, l’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick a différent panel qui – qui vont
> introduire pour – pour – pour contre-interrogatoire, donc si vous avez
> des questions a demandé aux personnes, donc, vous allez poser vos
> questions à ces personnes-là. Et puis si y’a une partie qui s’objecte
> à votre question, j’vous demanderais juste d’arrêter. Et puis quoi ce
> que la Commission va faire c’est qu’elle va entendre la partie qui
> s’objecte. Et puis à ce moment-là j’vas vous demandez si vous avez
> aucun commentaire à regarder l’objection et puis on – on va – on va
> rendre une décision à ce point-là  relativement à l’objection. Est-ce
> que vous comprenez  ceci.
>
> DR. RICHARD: Oui. Oui, Monsieur Vice-président.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN : Pis je comprends aussi que, Monsieur Richard, que vous
> êtes un professionnel, donc durant la procédure  vous serez pas ici à
> tous les jours. J’pense que vous avez  autorisé un Monsieur LeBlanc de
> – d’être ici à – pour vous  représenter lorsque vous serez dans votre
> clinique. Je ne  sais pas où votre clinique est, donc ce que je
> comprends  bien que cette personne-là va vous représentez lorsque vous
> serez pas disponible.
>
> DR. RICHARD : Oui c’est bien ça
>
> Page 322
>
> CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. BOURQUE:
>
> Q. - Mr. Murphy, as Chief Financial Officer, do you agree with 13 the
> accounting of KPMG?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Sorry, do I understand the question, do I agree with the
> accounting of KPMG?
>
> Q. - Yes.
>
> MR. MURPHY: Yes, I do.
>
> Q. - Do you know the account -- the KPMG auditor, and if so who are they?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Sorry, I am having a little difficult time 21 hearing up
> here, did you say the owner or the author?
>
> Q. - The auditors, sorry about that.
>
> MR. MURPHY: Yes, I do. I know the primary partner on our  particular audit
> file.
>
> Q. - Do you have a name for them?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Our primary audit partner is Jamie O'Neil.
>
> Q. - Jamie O'Neil. And I was a bit surprised that when I asked the
> question earlier and there was -- the audit was not signed and any
> business I have ever been involved with before, the auditors always
> came and made the presentation of the audit and this didn't appear to
> happen. Is there a reason for that?
>
> MR. MURPHY: So I am not exactly sure of the reference that's being
> made, but our audit statements are signed every year. As described, we
> have a very traditional process in terms of the auditors coming in and
> making a final presentation to the boards of directors. It's at that
> time that we do sign off on the audited statements  and they are
> available online for anybody to go in and view them.
>
> Q. - Mr. Murphy, are you familiar with David Amos and Greg Hickey and
> their concerns about the payout to pulp mills by the NB Power Large
> Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase programs and the fact that the
> U.S. Department of Commerce consider it corporate welfare affecting
> the American interest and with trade with Canada?
>
> MR. FUREY: Mr. Chair, we have been down this road before in previous
> hearings. Mr. Hickey addressed this in at least one, and if I am not
> mistaken, two hearings. And I
> believe where we objected to certain questions of Mr. Hickey in the
> past like this, the Board concluded that relevant questioning -- that
> it would be a relevant question to ask questions related to compliance
> by NB Power with provisions of the Electricity Act and the LIREPP
> regulation, the renewable regulation, which includes the LIREPP
> program, but debate about policy, as to whether or not LIREPP is a
> desirable policy is not a matter for this Board and I think we have
> had that resolved in previous hearings.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Mr. Bourque, Mr. Furey is right. We did have -- when
> Mr. Hickey was here last year, and I think at other hearings, we had
> that debate and so it's a policy issue. If you have questions
> regarding LIREPP, regarding compliance, I think you are permitted to
> ask those questions, but if it's questions regarding policy, regarding
> the LIREPP program, it's not relevant and it's in the legislation so
> --
>
> MR. BOURQUE: I wasn't aware of what took place last year.
>
> Q. - Mr. Murphy, are you aware of my friend, David Amos and the
> concerns with the NB Power since 2006?
>
> MR. MURPHY: I would not say that I am aware of any detailed concerns
> that Mr. Amos has expressed.
>
> Q. - Have you read the filings that NB Power filed into the record of
> this matter since -- on October 30th of 2017?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Yes, generally I have read all the documents.
>
> Q. - Have you read the transcript of the hearing on October 2 31st?
>
> MR. MURPHY: I did not read the transcript.
>
> Q. - And have you read the emails that Mr. Amos sent since then?
>
> MR. MURPHY: I did not read the emails. If there is something in
> particular that's filed on evidence that you would like to bring up on
> the screen for me to review, I am happy to review it and answer
> questions on it, but I have not read the emails.
>
> Q. - Ms. Clark, why does NB Power consider the smart meter it  wished
> to attach to my home a federal matter? If I get  sick, or because of
> an injury to my home or property, do I  sue the federal or do I sue NB
> Power?
>
> MS. CLARK: So with respect to the smart meters, the AMI installation,
> we would be complying with all of Health  Canada's Guidelines with
> respect to the meter installation.
>
> Q. - So if there is a problem NB Power is responsible for it or the
> federal, if you are complying by the federal regulations?
>
> MR. FUREY: Mr. Vice-Chair, I don't think that's a fair question to
> address to this panel.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Is there going to be another panel that can address his
> question, Mr. Furey?
>
> MR. FUREY: Well to be asked to comment in advance on circumstances in
> which liability might arise, you know, certainly if there is a
> specific fact circumstance presented, maybe the question could be
> answered, but this is very broad.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: So are you suggesting that if he rephrases  his
> question that this panel could answer the question?
>
> MR. FUREY: I guess I would have to hear the question, but I -- what I
> am saying is the question as framed is I think impossible to answer.
> And it's unfair to ask any witness to commit to liability around a
> question as broad as if something goes wrong.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Mr. Bourque, can you reframe your question?
>
> Q. - Well my -- my concern is the spending of a lot of money for the
> smart meters. And as we heard earlier this morning, the temperature
> has a big temp' -- a big effect on the use of power. Well do we need
> to spend millions of dollars to tell us when the temperature gets
> colder and that? NB Power knows that. When the temperature goes down,
> they are going to have to start producing, you know, more power to
> supply the demand. And I think it's really -- wonder if it's worth
> sending that. The other thing is I have received some videos off the
> internet of smart meters where they literally caught the side of the
> house  on fire. There was pictures of just around the meter and that.
> So if that happens to my house, who is responsible?
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Panel?
>
> MS. CLARK: I will address your question in two parts. The first part
> of it is with respect to the installation of smart meters or the AMI
> project. The example that was given would be a perfect reason for NB
> Power to install advanced metering infrastructure. During the times
> when the utility or when the province is facing very cold
> temperatures, having the advanced metering infrastructure in place
> would allow customers to have more information readily available
> during the month. So when we are dealing with high bill complaints,
> like we have been this last month due to the extremely cold
> temperatures, customers would actually be able to see their usage
> throughout the month and not be subject to receiving a final bill at
> the end of the month and being surprised by their consumption because
> of the cold weather. So this would be a perfect example of why the
> advanced metering infrastructure would be in the -- it would be in the
> benefit of our customers.
> The second piece, I think with reference to the safety of meters, we
> will be following Measurement Canada safety standards, Health Canada
> safety standards. All of our meters will be tested. And during the
> install, we will actually be able to look at customers' premises to
> see if there are any issues related to safety that we should be
> addressing at the time. There are specific incidents where there have
> been some issues with meters being installed, but those are very
> specific to either the geographical location where they were being
> installed or the customers' equipment itself. But again when we are
> actually installing the meters, as we are installing 355,000 meters
> across the province, we will actually be  able to visually inspect
> each one of those locations to see if there is any issues with respect
> to the meter itself or the installation that's on the customers'
> premises. But it would depend on what exactly it is we find as to how
> it would be handled.
>
> Q. - I got one final question. If a customer decides he doesn't want a
> smart meter at his place, can he opt out?
>
> MS. CLARK: Yes, absolutely. We will have an opt out policy.
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Thank you.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Is that all your questions, Mr. 20 Bourque?
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Yes.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you.
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Thank you.
>
>
> 02/09/2018      Hearing - Day 3/ Audience - 3ième jour
>
>
> Page 590
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: That is a pretty broad statement. If you could be a
> little bit more specific on restrictions you  are referring to.
>
> Q. - Well for an example, Mr. Cronkhite, would be the LIREPP program
> restricts how your generation assets are used. Would you agree with
> that?
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: The LIREPP program is simply a input of renewable
> resources into the system. It does not, in my opinion, for the size of
> the contribution, restrict our operations in any way.
>
> Q. - Okay. You have purchase power agreements. Do they mot also
> dictate or indicate how your generation assets can be used?
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: Certainly we do have power purchase arrangements when
> energy would be an example where we need to incorporate that wind when
> it's generated. As a result of that, we do position, so I think maybe
> Ms. Desmond may be asking this that we do need to position our
> remaining fleet to accommodate or adjust and follow that wind
> variation as it operates today. Not unlike that we would have with
> embedded generation assets, and to a much smaller degree obviously,
> home generation around solar and different items such as that.
>
> Q. - If we were to maximize the benefits of AMI in our smart grid,
> isn't it also true that we should maximize the use of our generation
> supply assets that we currently have, and wouldn't that mean
> revisiting some of these existing constraints?
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: We are always mindful of the existing commitments that
> we have on our system today. When we look forward with respect to the
> time frames, and as I mentioned earlier, that this is a managed
> transition not over five years, but over 15, 20 and 25 years, we are
> always mindful and that's why we have looked at power purchase
> arrangements that are coming due in the mid-20s and beyond that we
> allow the freedom and flexibility for us to make the correct
> adjustments, as we move towards those particular milestones.
> With respect to new generation coming on line, that's why we do the
> modelling, that's why we do sensitivities around various scenarios to
> ensure that we are optimizing to the best of our ability. One of the
> foundational items around our Energy Smart NB plan is being able to
> connect with customers to connect to intermittent generation that we
> know is coming onto the system in the near term and medium term and
> having more visibility on that. So that exactly we can optimize our
> generation fleet more effectively today through visibility on this
> distributed generation resources so that we can synchronize it much
> more effectively with the system moving forward.
>
> Q. - I wasn't specifically asking about new generation. It really was
> the existing constraints that you have to work around and deal with in
> terms of generation dispatch.
>
> MS. DESMOND: Okay. I think those are all of our questions  though.
> Thank you very much.
>
>
> BY THE BOARD:
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Ms. Desmond.  So I think we do have -- as
> Board members we do have a couple of questions to ask.  So I will
> start.  I am looking at your current business case that you have
> before us with your total project contribution of minus $1.3 million.
> And from the evidence that we have heard the last couple of days, is
> that you consider this as a breakeven number, and I think that that's
> what you were telling us, Ms. Clark.
>         So the normal individual, your rate customer, would you not think
> that he would not perceive your $1.3 million as a breakeven number?
>
>   MS. CLARK:  I guess in the context in which I was using breakeven is
> it is an investment rationale document and it's intended to cover the
> life cycle costs of the program, and those are assumptions and it's
> hovering very close to zero when you look at it over the life cycle.
> I think in the last few days of the hearing, we have indicated that
> it's more than breakeven and would even say that if we were to
> incorporate the adjustments, and the undertaking we just took from Ms.
> Desmond to provide the adjustments that were recommended in the
> Synapse report, we are looking at an investment rationale that is
> leaning closer to probably $10 million or 8 or $9 million.  And if we
> were to quantify some of those non-quantifiable benefits and be less
> conservative in some of the estimates that we put in the investment
> rationale document, I think we could easily get to a $10 million
> improvement.
>         Again, and I know you have heard this before, the intention was to
> come in as conservative as possible, and know that we had all the
> potential upside.  In hindsight, perhaps we should have taken a
> different approach, but I do believe that we can demonstrate that we
> have a positive investment rationale as well.
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  So there was discussion around -- and I think it was
> brought forward by Mr. Bourque and Dr. Richard, all about -- and Ms.
> Desmond regarding the option of option in and option out.  Have you
> surveyed your current residential customers to see who will opt in and
> who will opt out before making $123 million investment?
>
>   MS. CLARK:  Customer engagement is a big part of this project, and
> we are as concerned as you would be about making that sort of an
> investment.  So we will be doing, as part of our customer engagement,
> but part of it is the focus group that we did early on is people don't
> understand what the smart meter is, so part of it would be around
> education of what the smart meter is and the benefits it can provide
> to customers.  So we need to educate our customers first and then
> allow them to make an informed decision.  So that will be part of the
> roll-out plan and we will check and adjust along the way.  If there
> are issues concerning the social engagement or a customer's uptake,
> you know, this is very similar to what has been done in other
> jurisdictions and they haven't had those challenges, but if we did, we
> certainly wouldn't be looking at making an investment of this size
> without having the customer with us.
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  Well don't you think, Ms. Clark, that you should
> have your educational piece before the Board approves $123 million
> spend?
>
> MS. CLARK:  I recognize the challenge.  The commitment the utility
> would make is, as part of the project itself, we would be doing --
> undertaking the engagement process with our customers again starting
> with the education piece.
>        Assuming that was positive, we would proceed and we are prepared
> to give the Board updates, as we come forward, either through the general
> rate application or through any other process including the quarterly
> updates we are providing at this point in time on our infrastructure, so
> that
> can be done and conditional with the approval of the project.
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  So I am trying to understand the objective of the
> AMI, and there was discussion, so can -- and I am having a little bit
> of difficulty understanding what is the objective or objectives that
> you are trying to do with AMI?
>
>
> 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.
>
>   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 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.
>
>
>   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 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.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 11:00:12 +0000
> Subject: RE: YO Minister Mikey Holland RE EUB Matter 452 and NB
> Power's VERY sneaky Application for Approval of an Advanced Metering
> Infrastructure Capital Project
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
>
>
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> Subject: YO Minister Mikey Holland RE EUB Matter 452 and NB Power's
> VERY sneaky Application for Approval of an Advanced Metering
> Infrastructure Capital Project
>
> Methinks questionable lawyer Mr Furey wishes to forget many rather
> important emails I sent him and his bosses over the years but one I
> sent on the 12th of February of 2018 should be of great importance to
> mon ami Roger Richard today N'esy Pas?
>
> Vertias Vincit
> David Raymmod Amos
>
>
> P.S.Trust that I published the emails found beloe on the Internet just
> like I always do
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/01/re-matter-375-nb-power-2018-2019.html
>
>
> Tuesday, 30 January 2018
> RE: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application This
> should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know how to
> read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:40:39 +0000
> Subject: RE: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application
> This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know
> how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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> De: "Furey, John"<JFurey@nbpower.com>
> Objet: RE: Matter 452 - NB Power Application for Approval of an
> Advanced Metering Infrastructure Capital Project /
> Date: 5 août 2020 14:59:11 UTC−3
> À: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>,
> "Colleen.Mitchell@AtlanticaEnergy.org"
> <Colleen.Mitchell@AtlanticaEnergy.org>, "david.sollows@gnb.ca"
> <david.sollows@gnb.ca>, "Heather.Quinn@gnb.ca"<Heather.Quinn@gnb.ca>,
> "gerald@kissnb.com"<gerald@kissnb.com>, "hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com"
> <hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com>, "cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com"
> <cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com>, "NbdotCa@hotmail.com"
> <NbdotCa@hotmail.com>, "Paul.Volpe@libertyutilities.com"
> <Paul.Volpe@libertyutilities.com>, "Gilles.volpe@libertyutilities.com"
> <Gilles.volpe@libertyutilities.com>,
> "dave.lavigne@libertyutilities.com"
> <dave.lavigne@libertyutilities.com>, "Cozzarini, Lilia"
> <LCozzarini@nbpower.com>, "Waycott, Stephen"<SWaycott@nbpower.com>,
> "Crawford, Brad"<BCrawford@nbpower.com>, "Clark, Lori"
> <LClark@nbpower.com>, NBP Regulatory <NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>,
> "Gagnon, Jessica Lynn"<JGagnon@nbpower.com>, NBEUB/CESPNB
> <General@nbeub.ca>, "Lawton, John"<John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>, "Desmond,
> Ellen"<ecdesmond@nbeub.ca>, "Dickie, Michael"
> <Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>, "Young, Dave"<Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>,
> "anapoleon@synapse-energy.com"<anapoleon@synapse-energy.com>,
> "bhavumaki@synapse-energy.com"<bhavumaki@synapse-energy.com>,
> "mikemckinley@rogers.com"<mikemckinley@rogers.com>,
> "heather.black@gnb.ca"<heather.black@gnb.ca>, "kkelly@daymarkea.com"
> <kkelly@daymarkea.com>, "jathas@daymarkea.com"<jathas@daymarkea.com>,
> "pdidomenico@daymarkea.com"<pdidomenico@daymarkea.com>,
> "rrichard@nb.aibn.com"<rrichard@nb.aibn.com>, "geoff.flood@t4g.com"
> <geoff.flood@t4g.com>, "sstoll@airdberlis.com"
> <sstoll@airdberlis.com>, "jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com"
> <jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com>, "dan.dionne@perth-andover.com"
> <dan.dionne@perth-andover.com>, "pierreroy@edmundston.ca"
> <pierreroy@edmundston.ca>, "ray.robinson@sjenergy.com"
> <ray.robinson@sjenergy.com>, "pzarnett@bdrenergy.com"
> <pzarnett@bdrenergy.com>
>
> Dear Ms. Mitchell,
>
> In relation to the above noted Matter, please find attached a Notice
> of Motion and supporting documentation.
>
> All parties to Matter 452 are being served with this documentation.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> John G. Furey
> Senior Legal Counsel
> New Brunswick Power Corporation
> P.O. Box 2000
> 515 King Street
> Fredericton, N.B.
> E3B 4X1
> Direct Line - 506-458-6970
> Facsimile - 506-458-4319
> JFurey@nbpower.com
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Greg H."
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:36:10 -0400
> Subject: Re: Hey Greg say Hey to two good friends whom I call the
> other two stooges Curly and Moe
> To: David Amos , rrichard , Gerald Bourque
> Cc: David Amos
>
> I hear this morning that Canada has made application to take the
> US/Cdn softwood lumber dispute before the NAFTA Chapter 19 dispute
> resolution panel. They interviewed some trade expert from Queens
> University(if my memory has not failed me here) on the CBC NB morning
> show...he thought it would be a "touchy situation" regards outcome
> this time around.
> We know the NB saw-mills are being hit with countervailing and dumping
> duties but I am asking myself about the pulp-mills which are receiving
> the fraudulent LIREPP subsidy...*we are even subsidizing a US based
> pulp-mill with NB Pwr ratepayers $s !*...that being the one on the US
> side(Madawaska) being fed from the Edmundston pulp-mill switch-yard as
> they feed its electrical supply for that US operation from the
> Canadian Edmundston mill side...all supplied via NB Pwr at
> multi-million $ discounts each year. There is no "renewable energy"
> received onto the NB Pwr electrical grid...the whole thing is a
> fraudulent subsidy scam!
> **G.*
> *
>
> On 16/11/2017 10:00 AM, David Amos wrote:
>> Methinks Mr Furey is gonna regret having an ethical computer N'esy Pas
>> Moe?
>>
>> Enjoy your day fellas. If don't wake up tommorrow please know it is
>> because I died laughing in my sleep.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Dave
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Furey, John"
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:51:03 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: EXT -  Attn Hon.Rick Doucet Are you aware of
> what transpired at eh NBEUB on Oct, 31, 2017 and these documents with
> regards the U.S .Commerce Dept concerns about NB Power and its Large
> Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program (LIREPP)?
> To: David Amos
>
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> From: "Furey, John"
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:11:59 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: EXT -  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: David Amos
>
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> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2018/01/re-matter-375-nb-power-2018-2019.html
>
> Tuesday, 30 January 2018
>
> RE: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application This
> should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know how to
> read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
>
>
>
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> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Round 2 of the NB Power 2018-2019 General
> Rate Application This weekend after I read the Transcript of the
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> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:04:12 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Round 2 of the NB Power 2018-2019 General
> Rate Application This weekend after I read the Transcript of the
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> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
> <fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:05:13 +0000
> Subject: RE: Re Round 2 of the NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate
> Application This weekend after I read the Transcript of the Hearing -
> Day 3 I opted to attend Day 4
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:03:28 -0400
> Subject: Re Round 2 of the NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application
> This weekend after I read the Transcript of the Hearing - Day 3 I
> opted to attend Day 4
> To: dhebert@npcc.org, charles.berardescof@nerc.net,
> mpopowich@nbpower.com, ecdesmond@nbeub.ca, newsroom
> <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "Robert. Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
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> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
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> "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>,
> "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, "brian.gallant"
> <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>
>
> Tuesday, 30 January 2018
>
> RE: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application This
> should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know how to
> read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
>
>
> Hey
>
> Clearly I have some serious issues to dispute with Darren Murphy the
> CFO of NB POWER and the rest of his cohorts within a Crown
> Corporation. This is as brief as I can make an argument in support of
> the need of my testimony in the 375 Matter about what occured within
> it and the 357 Matter etc. In a nutshell I have every right to be an
> Intervenor and to testify as a witness under oath. NB POWER and its
> cohorts in NBEUB failed to prove why I have no right to do so. However
> they certainly proved to anyone who knows how to read what has been
> published why they should be prosecuted libel ASAP. Section 300 of the
> Canadian Criminal Code applies to lawyers too. If you don't think I
> was libeled then introduce me to your lawyer.
>
>  The public shows that NBEUB did bar me for malicious reasons on
> October 31st yet permitted me to attend the public hearings this month
> in order to advise my friends Gerald Bourque and Roger Richard. On
> February 7th Gerald Bourque did manage to ask Darren Murphy and his
> associates on NB Power's 1st panel of witnesses a few questions that I
> had asked him to. Need I say that I enjoyed their responses?  The
> NBEUB also allowed me to speak for 21 minutes during the Public
> Session that evening but the transcript of the aforesaid session has
> not been filed in the NBEUB records as of yet.
>
> My friends Gerald Bourque and Roger Richard as Intervenors in this
> matter have every right to say and do what they wish which also
> includes paying heed to my advice or ignoring it altogether. The
> filings of Roger Richard in this matter easily attest to the fact that
> initially he wished for me to testify on his behalf in this matter.
> However after Daniel Leblanc appeared in the matter in order to speak
> on my friend's behalf I was removed as a witness. So be it. The NBEUB
> and all the other Intervenors know the truth of my concerns anyway
> byway of many filings within the 357 and 375 Matters. More importantly
> I stated my opinion of this fancy little circus in no uncertain terms
> of the evening of February 7th and I look for to reviewing what I said
> in the heat of the moment.
>
> This weekend after I read the transcript of the 3rd day of the hearing
> I ried to convince my friend Roger Richard to ignore Leblanc's advice
> and put me in his witness list again. However he did not wish to, so I
> respectfully backed away again and will not interfere with my friend's
> plan to stop smart meters going to NB. Methinks the key to it will be
> the media N'esy Pas Mr Jones?
>
>
>
>
> These documents can be sourced from the records of the 375 Matter
>
> http://www.nbeub.ca/opt/M/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=560
>
> 02/07/2018    Hearing - Day 1 / Audience - 1ier jour
>
> Page 295
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Thank you. So there is the two interveners 6 or two
> participants in the proceeding that have no legal  counsel. One is Mr.
> Richard and the other one is Mr. Bourque. So I just want to provide --
> yes, Mr. Rouse?
>
> MR. ROUSE: I guess I don't have legal counsel either.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: True. So you are -- NCFS doesn't have legal counsel?
>
> MR. ROUSE: That's correct.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: So I will address the three of you then. So Mr. Bourque
> and Mr. Rouse -- I think, Mr. Rouse, you know how the proceeding
> proceeds. So Mr. Bourque, essentially when it comes and you have a
> panel, they are subject to cross-examination. And if you do have any
> questions specifically to the panel, you will be asked to come in
> front and ask your question to whomever your questions you want to ask
> to. Now if there is an objection to your questioning I would ask you
> to stop and at that point what  I will do is I will hear the person
> who was objecting to your question and afterwards I will hear if you
> have any other comments to make regarding the objection and we will
> deal with those -- with the objection as it comes. So do you
> understand that?
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Yes, I do and thanks for explaining it.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you. Monsieur Richard, essentiellement
> qu’est ce qui va arriver, pis quoi je mentionnais en anglais, c’est
> que vous êtes non-représenté par un avocat donc vous – peut-être que
> vous connaissez pas toute la façon que les procédures fonctionnent.
> Donc, l’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick a différent panel qui – qui vont
> introduire pour – pour – pour contre-interrogatoire, donc si vous avez
> des questions a demandé aux personnes, donc, vous allez poser vos
> questions à ces personnes-là. Et puis si y’a une partie qui s’objecte
> à votre question, j’vous demanderais juste d’arrêter. Et puis quoi ce
> que la Commission va faire c’est qu’elle va entendre la partie qui
> s’objecte. Et puis à ce moment-là j’vas vous demandez si vous avez
> aucun commentaire à regarder l’objection et puis on – on va – on va
> rendre une décision à ce point-là  relativement à l’objection. Est-ce
> que vous comprenez  ceci.
>
> DR. RICHARD: Oui. Oui, Monsieur Vice-président.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN : Pis je comprends aussi que, Monsieur Richard, que vous
> êtes un professionnel, donc durant la procédure  vous serez pas ici à
> tous les jours. J’pense que vous avez  autorisé un Monsieur LeBlanc de
> – d’être ici à – pour vous  représenter lorsque vous serez dans votre
> clinique. Je ne  sais pas où votre clinique est, donc ce que je
> comprends  bien que cette personne-là va vous représentez lorsque vous
> serez pas disponible.
>
> DR. RICHARD : Oui c’est bien ça
>
> Page 322
>
> CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. BOURQUE:
>
> Q. - Mr. Murphy, as Chief Financial Officer, do you agree with 13 the
> accounting of KPMG?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Sorry, do I understand the question, do I agree with the
> accounting of KPMG?
>
> Q. - Yes.
>
> MR. MURPHY: Yes, I do.
>
> Q. - Do you know the account -- the KPMG auditor, and if so who are they?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Sorry, I am having a little difficult time 21 hearing up
> here, did you say the owner or the author?
>
> Q. - The auditors, sorry about that.
>
> MR. MURPHY: Yes, I do. I know the primary partner on our  particular audit
> file.
>
> Q. - Do you have a name for them?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Our primary audit partner is Jamie O'Neil.
>
> Q. - Jamie O'Neil. And I was a bit surprised that when I asked the
> question earlier and there was -- the audit was not signed and any
> business I have ever been involved with before, the auditors always
> came and made the presentation of the audit and this didn't appear to
> happen. Is there a reason for that?
>
> MR. MURPHY: So I am not exactly sure of the reference that's being
> made, but our audit statements are signed every year. As described, we
> have a very traditional process in terms of the auditors coming in and
> making a final presentation to the boards of directors. It's at that
> time that we do sign off on the audited statements  and they are
> available online for anybody to go in and view them.
>
> Q. - Mr. Murphy, are you familiar with David Amos and Greg Hickey and
> their concerns about the payout to pulp mills by the NB Power Large
> Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase programs and the fact that the
> U.S. Department of Commerce consider it corporate welfare affecting
> the American interest and with trade with Canada?
>
> MR. FUREY: Mr. Chair, we have been down this road before in previous
> hearings. Mr. Hickey addressed this in at least one, and if I am not
> mistaken, two hearings. And I believe where we objected to certain
> questions of Mr. Hickey in the past like this, the Board concluded
> that relevant questioning -- that it would be a relevant question to
> ask questions related to compliance by NB Power with provisions of the
> Electricity Act and the LIREPP regulation, the renewable regulation,
> which includes the LIREPP program, but debate about policy, as to
> whether or not LIREPP is a desirable policy is not a matter for this
> Board and I think we have had that resolved in previous hearings.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Mr. Bourque, Mr. Furey is right. We did have -- when
> Mr. Hickey was here last year, and I think at other hearings, we had
> that debate and so it's a policy issue. If you have questions
> regarding LIREPP, regarding compliance, I think you are permitted to
> ask those questions, but if it's questions regarding policy, regarding
> the LIREPP program, it's not relevant and it's in the legislation so
> --
>
> MR. BOURQUE: I wasn't aware of what took place last year.
>
> Q. - Mr. Murphy, are you aware of my friend, David Amos and the
> concerns with the NB Power since 2006?
>
> MR. MURPHY: I would not say that I am aware of any detailed concerns
> that Mr. Amos has expressed.
>
> Q. - Have you read the filings that NB Power filed into the record of
> this matter since -- on October 30th of 2017?
>
> MR. MURPHY: Yes, generally I have read all the documents.
>
> Q. - Have you read the transcript of the hearing on October 2 31st?
>
> MR. MURPHY: I did not read the transcript.
>
> Q. - And have you read the emails that Mr. Amos sent since then?
>
> MR. MURPHY: I did not read the emails. If there is something in
> particular that's filed on evidence that you would like to bring up on
> the screen for me to review, I am happy to review it and answer
> questions on it, but I have not read the emails.
>
> Q. - Ms. Clark, why does NB Power consider the smart meter it  wished
> to attach to my home a federal matter? If I get  sick, or because of
> an injury to my home or property, do I  sue the federal or do I sue NB
> Power?
>
> MS. CLARK: So with respect to the smart meters, the AMI installation,
> we would be complying with all of Health  Canada's Guidelines with
> respect to the meter installation.
>
> Q. - So if there is a problem NB Power is responsible for it or the
> federal, if you are complying by the federal regulations?
>
> MR. FUREY: Mr. Vice-Chair, I don't think that's a fair question to
> address to this panel.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Is there going to be another panel that can address his
> question, Mr. Furey?
>
> MR. FUREY: Well to be asked to comment in advance on circumstances in
> which liability might arise, you know, certainly if there is a
> specific fact circumstance presented, maybe the question could be
> answered, but this is very broad.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: So are you suggesting that if he rephrases  his
> question that this panel could answer the question?
>
> MR. FUREY: I guess I would have to hear the question, but I -- what I
> am saying is the question as framed is I think impossible to answer.
> And it's unfair to ask any witness to commit to liability around a
> question as broad as if something goes wrong.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Mr. Bourque, can you reframe your question?
>
> Q. - Well my -- my concern is the spending of a lot of money for the
> smart meters. And as we heard earlier this morning, the temperature
> has a big temp' -- a big effect on the use of power. Well do we need
> to spend millions of dollars to tell us when the temperature gets
> colder and that? NB Power knows that. When the temperature goes down,
> they are going to have to start producing, you know, more power to
> supply the demand. And I think it's really -- wonder if it's worth
> sending that. The other thing is I have received some videos off the
> internet of smart meters where they literally caught the side of the
> house  on fire. There was pictures of just around the meter and that.
> So if that happens to my house, who is responsible?
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Panel?
>
> MS. CLARK: I will address your question in two parts. The first part
> of it is with respect to the installation of smart meters or the AMI
> project. The example that was given would be a perfect reason for NB
> Power to install advanced metering infrastructure. During the times
> when the utility or when the province is facing very cold
> temperatures, having the advanced metering infrastructure in place
> would allow customers to have more information readily available
> during the month. So when we are dealing with high bill complaints,
> like we have been this last month due to the extremely cold
> temperatures, customers would actually be able to see their usage
> throughout the month and not be subject to receiving a final bill at
> the end of the month and being surprised by their consumption because
> of the cold weather. So this would be a perfect example of why the
> advanced metering infrastructure would be in the -- it would be in the
> benefit of our customers.
> The second piece, I think with reference to the safety of meters, we
> will be following Measurement Canada safety standards, Health Canada
> safety standards. All of our meters will be tested. And during the
> install, we will actually be able to look at customers' premises to
> see if there are any issues related to safety that we should be
> addressing at the time. There are specific incidents where there have
> been some issues with meters being installed, but those are very
> specific to either the geographical location where they were being
> installed or the customers' equipment itself. But again when we are
> actually installing the meters, as we are installing 355,000 meters
> across the province, we will actually be  able to visually inspect
> each one of those locations to see if there is any issues with respect
> to the meter itself or the installation that's on the customers'
> premises. But it would depend on what exactly it is we find as to how
> it would be handled.
>
> Q. - I got one final question. If a customer decides he doesn't want a
> smart meter at his place, can he opt out?
>
> MS. CLARK: Yes, absolutely. We will have an opt out policy.
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Thank you.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Is that all your questions, Mr. 20 Bourque?
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Yes.
>
> VICE-CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you.
>
> MR. BOURQUE: Thank you.
>
>
> 02/09/2018      Hearing - Day 3/ Audience - 3ième jour
>
>
> Page 590
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: That is a pretty broad statement. If you could be a
> little bit more specific on restrictions you  are referring to.
>
> Q. - Well for an example, Mr. Cronkhite, would be the LIREPP program
> restricts how your generation assets are used. Would you agree with
> that?
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: The LIREPP program is simply a input of renewable
> resources into the system. It does not, in my opinion, for the size of
> the contribution, restrict our operations in any way.
>
> Q. - Okay. You have purchase power agreements. Do they mot also
> dictate or indicate how your generation assets can be used?
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: Certainly we do have power purchase arrangements when
> energy would be an example where we need to incorporate that wind when
> it's generated. As a result of that, we do position, so I think maybe
> Ms. Desmond may be asking this that we do need to position our
> remaining fleet to accommodate or adjust and follow that wind
> variation as it operates today. Not unlike that we would have with
> embedded generation assets, and to a much smaller degree obviously,
> home generation around solar and different items such as that.
>
> Q. - If we were to maximize the benefits of AMI in our smart grid,
> isn't it also true that we should maximize the use of our generation
> supply assets that we currently have, and wouldn't that mean
> revisiting some of these existing constraints?
>
> MR. CRONKHITE: We are always mindful of the existing commitments that
> we have on our system today. When we look forward with respect to the
> time frames, and as I mentioned earlier, that this is a managed
> transition not over five years, but over 15, 20 and 25 years, we are
> always mindful and that's why we have looked at power purchase
> arrangements that are coming due in the mid-20s and beyond that we
> allow the freedom and flexibility for us to make the correct
> adjustments, as we move towards those particular milestones.
> With respect to new generation coming on line, that's why we do the
> modelling, that's why we do sensitivities around various scenarios to
> ensure that we are optimizing to the best of our ability. One of the
> foundational items around our Energy Smart NB plan is being able to
> connect with customers to connect to intermittent generation that we
> know is coming onto the system in the near term and medium term and
> having more visibility on that. So that exactly we can optimize our
> generation fleet more effectively today through visibility on this
> distributed generation resources so that we can synchronize it much
> more effectively with the system moving forward.
>
> Q. - I wasn't specifically asking about new generation. It really was
> the existing constraints that you have to work around and deal with in
> terms of generation dispatch.
>
> MS. DESMOND: Okay. I think those are all of our questions  though.
> Thank you very much.
>
>
> BY THE BOARD:
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  Thank you, Ms. Desmond.  So I think we do have -- as
> Board members we do have a couple of questions to ask.  So I will
> start.  I am looking at your current business case that you have
> before us with your total project contribution of minus $1.3 million.
> And from the evidence that we have heard the last couple of days, is
> that you consider this as a breakeven number, and I think that that's
> what you were telling us, Ms. Clark.
>         So the normal individual, your rate customer, would you not
> think that he would not perceive your $1.3 million as a breakeven
> number?
>
>   MS. CLARK:  I guess in the context in which I was using breakeven is
> it is an investment rationale document and it's intended to cover the
> life cycle costs of the program, and those are assumptions and it's
> hovering very close to zero when you look at it over the life cycle.
> I think in the last few days of the hearing, we have indicated that
> it's more than breakeven and would even say that if we were to
> incorporate the adjustments, and the undertaking we just took from Ms.
> Desmond to provide the adjustments that were recommended in the
> Synapse report, we are looking at an investment rationale that is
> leaning closer to probably $10 million or 8 or $9 million.  And if we
> were to quantify some of those non-quantifiable benefits and be less
> conservative in some of the estimates that we put in the investment
> rationale document, I think we could easily get to a $10 million
> improvement.
>         Again, and I know you have heard this before, the intention
> was to come in as conservative as possible, and know that we had all
> the potential upside.  In hindsight, perhaps we should have taken a
> different approach, but I do believe that we can demonstrate that we
> have a positive investment rationale as well.
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  So there was discussion around -- and I think it was
> brought forward by Mr. Bourque and Dr. Richard, all about -- and Ms.
> Desmond regarding the option of option in and option out.  Have you
> surveyed your current residential customers to see who will opt in and
> who will opt out before making $123 million investment?
>
>   MS. CLARK:  Customer engagement is a big part of this project, and
> we are as concerned as you would be about making that sort of an
> investment.  So we will be doing, as part of our customer engagement,
> but part of it is the focus group that we did early on is people don't
> understand what the smart meter is, so part of it would be around
> education of what the smart meter is and the benefits it can provide
> to customers.  So we need to educate our customers first and then
> allow them to make an informed decision.  So that will be part of the
> roll-out plan and we will check and adjust along the way.  If there
> are issues concerning the social engagement or a customer's uptake,
> you know, this is very similar to what has been done in other
> jurisdictions and they haven't had those challenges, but if we did, we
> certainly wouldn't be looking at making an investment of this size
> without having the customer with us.
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  Well don't you think, Ms. Clark, that you should
> have your educational piece before the Board approves $123 million
> spend?
>
> MS. CLARK:  I recognize the challenge.  The commitment the utility
> would make is, as part of the project itself, we would be doing --
> undertaking the engagement process with our customers again starting
> with the education piece.
>        Assuming that was positive, we would proceed and we are
> prepared to give the Board updates, as we come forward, either through
> the general rate application or through any other process including
> the quarterly updates we are providing at this point in time on our
> infrastructure, so that can be done and conditional with the approval
> of the project.
>
>   VICE-CHAIRMAN:  So I am trying to understand the objective of the
> AMI, and there was discussion, so can -- and I am having a little bit
> of difficulty understanding what is the objective or objectives that
> you are trying to do with AMI?
>
>
> 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.
>
>   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 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.
>
>
>   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 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.
>
>
> 10/31/2017      Pre-Hearing / Conférence préalable à l'audience
>
>
> Page 84
>
> CHAIRMAN: All right. I will now give the decision of the Board on this
> matter.
>
> Mr. Amos seeks intervenor status in Matter 375. NB Power objects to
> his intervention claiming his conduct during the hearing of a motion
> in Matter 357 was confrontational  and that his arguments lacked any
> connection to the issues  before the Board. The Board agrees with that
> assessment.
>
> In the present matter, Mr. Amos was given ample  opportunity to put
> forward a case that would support a respectful and responsible
> intervention. He failed to do so, rolling forward issues raised in
> Matter 357 and not addressing the issue before us today.
>
> Mr. Amos states that the interests he would bring before  the Board
> are those raised by Mr. Bourque and Mr. Richard. The Board is
> satisfied that those two intervenors can  adequately represent those
> issues. In addition, those  issues will undoubtedly be addressed by
> the Public Intervenor and others.
>
> Page 85
>
> The Board finds on a balance of probability that Mr. Amos will not
> participate in this matter in a respectful and  responsible manner. As
> a result, the Board will exercise  its discretion and refuse
> intervenor status to Mr. Amos. Intervention is encouraged but it must
> be responsible.
>
> Mr. Amos may participate in the public session which date  will be
> announced shortly. But again he is reminded that  any presentation
> must be done in a respectful and  responsible manner.
>
> Finally, Mr. Amos had indicated that he wished to assist  his two
> colleagues that are sitting with him today. And  certainly the Board
> has no issue with that at all. But Mr. Amos will have no status at the
> hearing in terms of  cross-examination or making any argument.
> So that is the decision of this Panel with respect to the status of Mr.
> Amos.
>
> Are there any other issues to deal with today? There being no other
> issues, then we will adjourn.
>
>
> This exhbit was filed by NB Power along with many others to support my
> barring from the 375 Matter
>
> NB  Power  Notice  of  Objection  -  Appendix  I        10/30/2017
>
> For the benefit of my fellow stakeholders I wish to explain all of the
> transcript found above of under oath
>

 

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Former PC leader questions new Moncton school location

Site to replace aging Bessborough and Hillcrest schools has been panned by some parents, community members


CBC News· Posted: Oct 03, 2020 1:10 PM AT

 


Dennis Cochrane, who also served as the mayor of Moncton, an MP, a high school principal and as a deputy education minister in Nova Scotia, said he’s not sure where the best location is for the new school, but public outcry shows that the planned site isn’t it. (Shane Magee/CBC)

A former Progressive Conservative party leader is criticizing his party's decision to build a new elementary school in Moncton on the same grounds as Bernice MacNaughton High School.

Dennis Cochrane, who also served as the mayor of Moncton, an MP, a high school principal and as a deputy education minister in Nova Scotia, said he's not sure where the best location is for the new school, but public outcry shows that the planned site isn't it.

He said the government is on the verge of making a bad decision. He said he's speaking out now because he failed to do so back when Moncton High School was moved, which drew criticism.

"At that time I didn't say anything," said Cochrane. 

"I recognize now that people who have some background should speak up and make their point of view."

The new K-8 school will replace the aging Bessborough and Hillcrest schools.

Minister stands by site

While parents have decried the decision to put the new school on the site of the high school, Education Minister Dominic Cardy said he wouldn't reconsider the site, which was approved by ministry staff.

"I will accept the recommendation of those experts because I am not an engineer and not an architect and not a designer," Cardy said.

The local district education council has asked the minister to explain why the site was chosen, something Cardy said will happen later in October.

But Cochrane said many groups believe they were not consulted on the issue.

"This is not a decision that's going to last for a year," he said.

 

While parents have decried the decision to put the new school on the site of the high school, Education Minister Dominic Cardy said he wouldn’t reconsider the site, which was approved by ministry staff. (Submitted by the Government of New Brunswick)

"This is a decision that's going to take a year to put in place. But it's going to last 60 years to serve the educational needs of this community. It can't be made quickly. It can't be made frivolously."

Cardy said staff base recommendations for new locations on multiple factors but said he wasn't sure whether he could name the other two locations that were considered.

In an email, department spokesperson Danielle Elliott said the locations would not be released as they are considered "confidential advice" to the minister.

"That's foolishness," said Cochrane. "If there was a process and the minister looked at one side over the other two, why is that?"

Numerous issues

Cochrane said there are numerous issues with the planned site.

"One access, off a very busy four lane thoroughfare, beside a major highway where there's already 900 students on site," he said.

The new school will be built on land next to Bernice McNaughton High School and will eventually replace the smaller and aging Hillcrest and Bessborough schools. (Google Maps)

"This is a high school, these children drive. All these buses coming in, all the people walking, all the people driving, it's going to cause unnecessary congestion."

Cochrane said it's important for local stakeholders to feel like they've participated in the process.

 "People have to feel engaged."

With files from Harry Forestell

 

 
 
 
44 Comments 
 
 
 
 

David Amos
Methinks if he is ethical then Dennis Cochrane and I should have a long talk ASAP N'esy Pas?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: You the ethics police? Nope, just an uneducated guy with few complexes that lead him to believe he's a hot shot pseudo lawyer
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Ask your hero Cardy
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: All bark and no bite. Keep drumming up your wild cases, no one listens. No one cares.
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Cardy is far from my hero. Who are your heroes? ZZ Top? Oscar the Grouch? Rainman?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Methinks speaking of artist per se everybody knows i am fond of a certain writers such the old bard Mr Zimmerman aka Dylan Robert Service Robert Pirsig, Leonard Cohen several dead Russian , Aristotle, Confucioius and as Higgy et al well know Jim Traficant was artist at politicking N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: BTW I just had a great 45 minute conversation with Mr Cochrane. Trust that I was so pleased when he informed me that he knew exactly who I was and that he enjoyed reading my many comments in here. He confessed that he was surprised that I made no comment about his concerns yesterday. I told him I was aware of it and opted to say nothing but I certainly Tweeted about why I did not comment. He did not know that this article exists so i read him my comment and your reply. ...
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
Note his "russians".
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos: BTW I had a great 45 minute conversation with Mr Cochrane. earlier this evening Trust that I was pleased to be informed that he knew exactly who I was and that he enjoyed reading my comments.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Dan Short: Spell checking are ya? Too bad so sad you could not get to check my work the more important comment about your fellow tr o ll

Methinks you wackos know where to find it N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Methinks the worm just turned on Mr Cardy N'esy Pas? 
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: Deja Vu Anyone?

Just yesterday Dennis Cochrane posted the following Correct?

"I seldom comment on education issues through the media. However, this situation is serious and crucial. I watched a whole series of poor decisions regarding the closure and subsequent re-location of Moncton High School and we do not need to repeat or re-create that debacle .
Decisions to locate schools should not be merely engineering or construction decisions . These are centers of care and education in communities and the decisions involving their location should be shared by educators, councils, the school community as well as the provincial departments. The planned location of this new school is terrible. A crammed site beside a high school on a busy road beside a major thoroughfare is not the location at which to educate hundreds of elementary and middle school students.
The Minister has an opinion on everything regarding education, as he should, but he should not abdicate his role in this case to engineering and construction bureaucrats . The decision should be reviewed and and the chosen site reconsidered. A poor site , a poor decision and a poor attitude of "we know best" by the Minister !"

 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks Mr Cochrane and I are entitled to know how much it costs New Brunswickers to keep Cardy and hismany minions in butter tarts N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: Perhaps we should inform the Auditor General and the Ombudsman of our concerns 
 
 
Ray Oliver 
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: The greatest day of your life was receiving those butter tarts. Being acknowledged by a Govt official for once, and didn't have to hit the dumpster behind Timmy's at closing for some grub. Win win! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
buster jones
Follow the smell of money , and you will find why this bothers Dennis so much. Seriously , there is a school there already. Will all the pupils arrive and leave at once? No. And with proper timing , both can coexist together.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @buster jones:
Some dsy the middle class that claims they are very concerned about the environment, might wake up and see how much damage they do by needing to drop off their precious personally,
 
 
Clifford Toland
Reply to @buster jones: Dennis was hoping to make a fortune off the old Moncton High. He didn't = Sour grapes.
 
David Amos
Reply to @Clifford Toland: Lets see your proof
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @David Amos:
Cochrane was the president of MH Renaissance, I don't think much other proof is required.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Dan Short: Whats your point? At least they don't partake of Cardy's butters tarts like you no doubt do
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Must say I don't get the consternation of having the school located beside the high school. On the surface over the lifespan of the school there will be many economic benefits for the ministry that would be lost if they are in two different locations. This will have a beneficial impact on taxes and the ongoing cost of maintenance.
Shared equipment, lawn tractors, snow removal, custodial staff and supplies. Transportation with school buses converging on on location instead of different locations should result in fewer buses needed.
For the municipality, one school zone to manage safety in instead of two.
While I am certain that some people would prefer different locations, we really should try to spend our tax dollars wisely and 1 location certainly makes more economic sense than 2 completely separate locations.
Logistically the distance from the existing locations is not huge a few km from either of the schools 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Its not rocket science
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
Cochran'e's claim to fame as a ,reader he brought the PC party from zero seats to three seats! woot! What power and foresight! He should certainly 28 years later be giving political advice...
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: So you say Methinks he is entitled to his opinions just as you are N'esy Pas?
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @David Amos:
As a civilian like anyone else yes, as some glorified ex politician who thinks he knows all no.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: What sort of label would you like attached to you?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: To me you are just another one of Higgy's many spin doctors and I truly doubt that is your real name
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: How many do you think on here are "spin doctors"? Anyone you can't find online to add to your spam list?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: For the sake of your family and the way you go on you should run an alternate handle. Just plain embarrassing
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Methinks ever Higgy et and all your RCMP buddies must laugh at how a noname tr o ll could be embarrassed and then have the nerve to admit he is breaking the rules and advise the real people he opts to harass to do the same N'esy Pas? 

 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: I am Ray Oliver!!!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: and I am the King of Siam
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
Cochrans is the guy who invited the disintegrating COR party MLAs to join the PCs. While they declined, it Still haunts the PC party today in northern NB.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: Your hero Higgy was a wannabe CoR Party leader Correct?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Hail Higgy! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Steele
Just another has been politician from the past who still thinks that their opinion holds sway ; much like former Liberal Premier Frank McKenna 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Surely you jest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
Ow yes, great advice there Cochran's... I don't know where I'd put it but I wouldn't put it there,

Sheesh
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Dan Short: Obviously Mr Know It All is back
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: didn't realize you had left Dave
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks if one speaks of the Devil and he and or some of his many minions are sure to appear N'esy Pas? 
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: maybe that's a sign to give it rest ya senile old coot
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Dream on tr o ll
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: go to bed gramps, you've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow spamming the internet with your special brand of wisdom and fake news
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: I have just begun to blog tonight Look for your fake name you know where soon
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Harvey York: Oh look you'll live forever in infamy now on a blog only he ever looks it its so jumbled and unorganized
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Momma always said that someday I'd be somebody!
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: more likely your evenings consist of snorting viagra and thumbing through the women's undergarment section of the Sears catalogue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marc LeBlanc
Dennis Cochrane was and is an extreme rarity in New Brunswick politics and public service
He has integrity, honesty, morals, insight and experience
Cardy may have some of these qualities, but listening to citizens isn't one of them
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Marc LeBlanc:
Cochran's has aLso had his day and his turn. If he wanted a school somewhere else, he had plenty of time in his various jobs to get it done,
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Marc LeBlanc: Trust that Cardy can't hold a candle to Cochrane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim Wortman 
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"I will accept the recommendation of those experts because I am not an engineer and not an architect and not a designer," Cardy said. 
 
He isn't much of a elected rep of the people either(3 time loser of the NDP party changed color for his own glory) or he would listed to those that elected him, those he is employed by not those that are employed by him . I keep asking myself what Cardy has on Blaine Higgs that Higgs stands by him . Cardy is like a little despot, wanting to be king  
 
 
Jim Cyr
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Reply to @Jim Wortman: give it a rest, man
 
 
Jim Wortman 
Content disabled 
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Is that all you got?
  
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Jim Wortman: Ignore the Higgy fan club south of the 49th and keep it up 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim Wortman
PS: Dennis Cochrane has forgotten more that Cardy will ever know about what the people of Moncton and New Brunswick need. 
 
Cardy needs to listen to wise experienced people like Dennis instead of prodding along like he knows where he is going. 
 
His dictatorial attitude doesn't belong in our government
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Wortman: I concur 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Furthermore other folks said enough Higgy et al know I had had enough of this wacko long ago 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Education minister won't reconsider Moncton west end school site

Some parents had hoped province would make use of existing school location

 

Shane Magee· CBC News· Posted: Oct 02, 2020 5:00 AM AT

 


Education Minister Dominic Cardy says he has accepted a staff recommendation on where to put a Grade 8 school in Moncton's west end. (Submitted by the Government of New Brunswick)

New Brunswick's education minister says he won't reconsider a decision on where to build a new 700-student school in Moncton's west end to replace two other schools and the department is keeping the other locations considered secret.

The province plans to open a kindergarten to Grade 8 school on provincially owned land beside Bernice MacNaughton High School to replace Bessborough and Hillcrest schools.

Some parents, the Anglophone East District Education Council and Moncton city councillors have all said they want answers from the province about how the location was picked after the decision was revealed during the provincial election campaign. 

Dominic Cardy, who kept his portfolio in a post-election cabinet shuffle, said provincial government staff studied the issue and brought him a list of three potential sites. Cardy selected the site staff had recommended on July 22, a few weeks before the election began.

"I will accept the recommendation of those experts because I am not an engineer and not an architect and not a designer," Cardy said.

"As long as I'm satisfied that the process has been followed, I sign off on it. I was satisfied the process was followed, I signed."

He declined to name the other two locations considered during the interview, saying he wasn't sure if that's information he's allowed to release publicly. 

Danielle Elliott, a spokesperson for the department, sent an emailed statement almost 24 hours later saying the other locations considered are "confidential advice" to the minister and won't be released. 

That leaves it unclear whether a site preferred by some parents, space on the existing Bessborough grounds, was considered or why it may not have been considered suitable.

The district education council voted to close Bessborough and Hillcrest, both built in the 1950s, and request a new school. The council suggested the province consider using the Bessborough grounds. 

Jeremy Nelson, whose daughter attends Bessborough, said he was disappointed Cardy isn't open to reconsidering the decision. While he's happy the area will get a new school, he worries about the long-term impact of the province's site selection process.

"This is the first of probably dozens of schools of this age that have similar structural problems," Nelson said. 

"A lot of those are located in the middle of neighbourhoods. Are we setting a template where all of the neighborhood schools are going to disappear?"


The new 700-student school will be built on provincially owned land next to Bernice McNaughton High School at the western edge of the neighbourhood to replace Hillcrest and Bessborough schools. (Google Maps)

Generally, Cardy said, staff base their recommendations on multiple factors that include the cost to build a school on the site, availability of land, access to services and amenities, future growth of the neighbourhood and safety issues. 

Cardy said he won't reconsider the location because it makes no sense to disregard the recommendations of the civil service based on "heat from a small number of people."

"That is the pathway to bad decisions and weakened democracy," Cardy said. "That's not how our system works."

Nelson called Cardy's statement disappointing. 

"That smacks of, you know, 'Here citizens, take your medicine and don't don't question our decision-making.'"

The district education council unanimously voted the day after the election to ask the province to explain its decision. Cardy said that's expected to take place at an Oct. 20 meeting.

The call for answers about the school location echoes displeasure at the Progressive Conservative government's 2011 decision to replace the centrally located Moncton High School with a new school on the northern fringe of the city.

 

 Some parents, including Jeremy Nelson, had wanted the province to build the new school on the Bessborough grounds. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

Moncton councillors last month called for answers, saying the province has not allowed the city to offer input in decisions that affect how the municipality grows and public transit.

Several city councillors urged Nelson and another parent who spoke at a Moncton council meeting last month to continue pushing the province to reconsider. 

"I would hope that enough voices have come out now for the province to step back," Coun. Charles Léger said at that Sept. 8 meeting.

Léger said provincial criteria for new schools requiring certain acreage means they'll simply end up losing urban schools. 

Minister open to municipal input

Cardy said he agrees with Moncton councillors that municipalities ought to have more input when new schools are being considered. 

"I think that that should be changed in the future and look forward to talking about how we can reform the governance of the education system," Cardy said. 

He said he's not sure how long making that type of change could take.

The new school is expected to open in 2022.

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Shane Magee is a Moncton-based reporter for CBC.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Dennis Cochrane 
I seldom comment on education issues through the media. However, this situation is serious and crucial. I watched a whole series of poor decisions regarding the closure and subsequent re-location of Moncton High School and we do not need to repeat or re-create that debacle .
Decisions to locate schools should not be merely engineering or construction decisions . These are centers of care and education in communities and the decisions involving their location should be shared by educators, councils, the school community as well as the provincial departments. The planned location of this new school is terrible. A crammed site beside a high school on a busy road beside a major thoroughfare is not the location at which to educate hundreds of elementary and middle school students.
The Minister has an opinion on everything regarding education, as he should, but he should not abdicate his role in this case to engineering and construction bureaucrats . The decision should be reviewed and and the chosen site reconsidered. A poor site , a poor decision and a poor attitude of "we know best" by the Minister ! 
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Dennis Cochrane:
 I don't "get" this new practice of locating schools on the outskirts of towns/cities/villages? Most certainly students can't be expected to walk there, even if there were sidewalks, they aren't on any conventional bus routes, so we seem to be being forced to continue to operate fleets of school buses, or have to cart our children back and forth. I didn't get the memo where walking isn't healthy. Reply to 
 
 
Buster jones
@Dennis Cochrane: 
Remember when you wanted to put a roof over Main Street in Moncton? You have such vision....... they have treatment for that I'm told.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Terry Tibbs
The first line of this story says it all:
"New Brunswick's education minister says he won't reconsider a decision"
And the reason for that has only to do with Conservatives having a majority government, no matter what else is said, by anybody.
 
 
Tristin Time
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Readers don be fooled by this misinformation until evidence is provided beyond a shadow of doubt.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Tristin Time:
How so? Even the city does not want a school there.
So, we have parents questioning the decision, and the actual city where the new school is to be located............
Maybe we should get input from the fine citizens of Bathurst, or Campbellton?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Smith
Everybody better get use to hearing "considered are "confidential advice" to the minister and won't be released. " This statement will be all we hear from this government now. Some call it a majority government, some call it a Dictatorship.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
val harris
This will only be the start by this government, nobody will be allowed an opinion only a select few 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andy Scott
I have 2 kids at hill rest who will be attending this new school for 4 years. I am excited for the new location and happy it is there. Stick to your guns cardi
 
 
Andy Scott
Reply to @Andy Scott: hillcrest* 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sammy Kofax
Who cares. Build it where it needs to be. Stop whining, you're getting a new school !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joe Carey
Someone's pockets are being lined. The new location makes zero logical sense. Surely schoolchildren ought to be able to walk? Surely we don't want the young ones next door to the high school? Surely neighbourhood schools foster a sense of community and facilitate extracurricular involvement? Have they talked to any parents or educators? Moncton High was a failure that we ought to learn from. Shame.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHRIS MacGillivray 
Look people...just talk to the real estate board there. You can't develop new subdivisions and increase tax base in an already developed neighborhood. It is why the new High School was located where it currently sits, and is why the new elementary will go where they need it. Simple puzzle. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donald Gallant 
Jake Stewart MLA , is in the news today.

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Regional airports desperate for federal aid amid 'toughest months ever'

Industry expert says regular passenger levels likely won’t return until 2024

 

CBC News· Posted: Sep 27, 2020 7:00 AM AT

 


The Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport is a lot quieter these days after passenger traffic plummeted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Shane Magee/CBC News)

Airports in Atlantic Canada are hopeful a brief mention in this week's throne speech could signal federal support is on the way as the latest numbers illustrate a dire situation for the industry in the region.

The Atlantic Canada Airports Association, which represents 11 airports in the region, reported this week that passenger levels remain a fraction of what they were before the onset of COVID-19 and subsequent travel restrictions in the Atlantic bubble.

Karl Moore, an airline industry expert and professor at McGill University, said the long-term outlook doesn't look good, either, with global aviation organizations forecasting a return to regular traffic in 2024.

The situation could jeopardize the long-term future of some airline routes to the East Coast, he said


An Air Canada jet approaches the terminal at St. John's International Airport. The airline suspended indefinitely 14 regional routes in Atlantic Canada because of the downturn in passengers. (CBC)

"There's no point flying down, spending the money, polluting the air if there's no one on the flight," Moore said.

"If people are unable or unwilling to travel because of government restrictions or health or whatever reasons they have, that means those flights aren't going to be flown because it's not going to make sense economically."

Derek Stanford, the Atlantic Canada Airports Association president and CEO of the Saint John Airport, said airport officials have been lobbying the federal government for financial assistance as the recovery timeline continues to be pushed back. 

"While we are critical infrastructure, we certainly aren't treated that way," Stanford said.

The Saint John Airport is down to a single passenger flight per day, to Montreal, and he said there are few options to cut costs and remain compliant with aviation standards and open for essential services, such as medevac flights. The airport has already laid off 40 per cent of its workforce and scrapped capital project plans. 

Now, after the "toughest months ever," he wants to see government intervention.

"You can have uber strict border policies, but it doesn't mean you can have airports operating at full capacity. It's not the post office," he said. "We're not a utility that's always there, always on."


Derrick Stanford is the CEO of the Saint John Airport and the president of the Atlantic Canada Airports Association. (Submitted by Derrick Stanford)

The federal Liberal government's throne speech said Ottawa will work to support regional routes, many of which have been suspended in Atlantic Canada.

"It is essential that Canadians have access to reliable and affordable regional air services," the speech said. "This is an issue of equity, of jobs, and of economic development."

What that support will look like is unclear at the moment, but Stanford's association has pitched solutions such as federal grants or forgivable loans, expanding assistance programs for other infrastructure to airports, or waiving the rent fees airports pay to the government. 

He said the situation for the industry is unsustainable, with airports facing multimillion-dollar losses this year and left relying on cash reserves and lines of credit to remain afloat.

Airlines also keen for help

Moore said airlines are also looking to Ottawa. They need to see an increase in traffic demand so they can at least break even or they need some kind of financial aid package. 

Otherwise, he said, it doesn't make economic sense to fly to Atlantic Canada. Earlier this year, Air Canada suspended indefinitely 14 routes in the region and closed its stations at the Bathurst and Wabush, N.L., airports.

"It's something where it does put at risk, to some degree, the future of airline travel between Atlantic Canada and the rest of the country and, indeed, globally," Moore said.

 

Karl Moore, an airline industry expert and professor at McGill University, says the recovery timeline for the industry has been pushed to 2024.

Moore said the restrictions around the Atlantic bubble, which require non-essential travellers to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival, pose an extra barrier for the industry in the region. 

He travelled to teach in Iceland during the pandemic and was told he couldn't meet more than 10 people for the first five days of his trip. He was, however, permitted to drive around and sightsee. 

"It's an opportunity that is absolutely causing economic difficulties in Atlantic Canada … but, then again, it might be the best thing to do from a health-care viewpoint," Moore said.

With cases climbing in other provinces this week, new cases in each Atlantic province remain in the single digits in the past seven days. 

The Atlantic Canada Airports Association projected in a release this week that its 11 airports will see a drop of 5.5 million passengers this year compared with 2019, resulting in a net loss of $76 million across the region.

"Summer results are in," executive director Monette Pasher said in the release. "What is normally a period in which airports depend to boost revenues for the entire year saw passenger traffic down 89 per cent and 87 per cent respectively in July and August in comparison to 2019."

A new route

Bernard LeBlanc, CEO of the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport, said the airport saw a slight bump in passengers during the summer months after losing 98 per cent of traffic in the spring. 

However, he said Monton is nowhere close to normal levels — the airport is running four flights daily compared with the usual 15 to 20 — and further growth is limited.

"With the travel restrictions in New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada, it's very limited how much more growth we could see or how airline capacity we see coming in because it's very restricted in terms of who can travel and who's required to quarantine if they travel," LeBlanc said.

Part of that recent growth can be attributed to the new PAL Airlines route between Moncton and St. John's, a route that hadn't been active since 2006. 

LeBlanc said the airline and airport saw an opportunity after Air Canada cancelled all routes between Halifax and airports in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, meaning the only option to fly to St. John's was driving through Halifax or detouring through Toronto or Montreal.


Bernard LeBlanc, CEO of the Moncton airport, said any opportunities for growth are limited under the travel restrictions. (Ian Bonnell/CBC News )

That bit of positivity is shrouded in an uncertain future for the airport, which is facing a $7-million loss this year, LeBlanc said.

The airport is not a designated international airport during the pandemic and will miss out on the roughly 50,000 passengers who travel from Monton to sunny, southern destinations annually — a service that likely won't resume until 2024, he said.

"As we get deeper and deeper into this pandemic, if things don't improve, if things don't change, if the revenue streams don't start, the only way you can reduce more is to do less," LeBlanc said. 

"So doing less could be, 'Do we need two runways when we can only afford one runway? Do we need four taxiways or could we operate with two? Do we need to [use] all our parking lots or just a portion of that?'

"I think what could happen if things don't get better or worse down the line, we will have to look at reducing the level of activity that we do in line with what the requirements are."

With files from Alexandre Silberman and Information Morning Saint John

 

  

 

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David Amos
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Methinks the dudes who circulated my picture for years as if I were a wanted criminal while running for public office can cry me a river about the fact that they are heading for the poorhouse N'esy Pas? 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Claude DeRoche
Two airports one in he south and one in the north .
That was easy!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Claude DeRoche: So you say
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Claude DeRoche:
And as useful as 2 backsides.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
debi mcdonald
Maybe time for the CEO's to come up with new business plans.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @debi mcdonald: Or new jobs
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @debi mcdonald:
You have to have a business before you can plan.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeff Smith
Boo hoo - from what I've seen (kids still getting colds even with masks and distancing) travel restrictions are the only thing that works.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jeff Smith: Yea right
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dave Girdwood
Rather than spend 10's of millions propping up the status quo, it is probably time to consolidate Saint John/Fredericton/Moncton into one - probably Moncton. Then we'd have the volume to justify direct flights to locations rather than hubbing - like Ottawa, Calgary, Newark, Orlando, etc..
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Dave Girdwood: Methinks much to the chagrin of the SANB Fat Fred City should be the logical choice for a hub for New Brunswick N'esy Pas?
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Dave Girdwood: Moncton is so far from ALL of NB . Certainly NOT central !
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Dave Girdwood: 6 hour drive from north of province , Moncton sure wouldn't be a viable source !
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Lou Bell: From a passenger volume perspective Moncton has the most traffic. Smaller airports in the province could still run with localized service from that region to Moncton or where ever a major airport ends up.
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Lou Bell: True but spending 10's of million annually so that maybe 15-30 thousand people could drive less is not really a viable solution.
 
 
Theo Lavigne
Reply to @Lou Bell: What are you driving anyway that it will take 6 hours to drive from the North of the province to Moncton ? Google it you may learn something....
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Theo Lavigne: Edmundston to Moncton is a 5 to 5 1/2 hour drive to Moncton , Grand Falls 4 1/2 hours . Try it , you may learn something . In bad weather you're talking 7 or 8 hours . Further north or to the east , longer . You do realize they're part of the north don't you ???
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Woodstock to Edmundston alone is at least 45 to 50,000 people alone . Then the eastern side of the province . Check your figures and get back to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Lou Bell: lol wasn't talking about residents was talking about passenger flights per person
 
 
Theo Lavigne
Reply to @Lou Bell: I will ask you again what are you using a Horse and buggy. Bull I drove it more that once and it is a little over 4 Hours You never mentioned bad weather when you said 6 hours stop backpedaling . Everybody knows if it's bad weather it take longer. Surely you must know the Speed limit is 110 now or have you not being out the last 10 years lol...
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Lou Bell: Greater Moncton area as at 2011 was 138,000, Greater St John 129000, Greater Fredericton 94,000, Bathurst, Miramichi, Edmundston and Campbellton regions have an aggregated total of 101,000.
 
 
Theo Lavigne
Reply to @Lou Bell: I live in the North you don't have to tell me where it is. I
can drive From Bathurst to Saint John in four hour and that's not pushing it. You should get out a little more you will learn something
 
Errol Willis
I was on a plane twice a week before the pandemic. I dearly miss traveling, however the airport structure in NB is disproportionate to the population. To that end, it is not the job of government to bail out these airports, airlines, or NAV CANADA.
 
 
David Peters 
Reply to @Errol Willis:
True that. By propping up the old system, it will only delay a new, adapted system. A great opportunity for smaller, private operator's here.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Errol Willis: I agree
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roy Kirk
Time to consolidate the 3 southern airports near Sussex. It was a good plan in the 60's and even better today. An investment of tax dollars in one economically viable project rather than 3 moneypits.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Roy Kirk: Methinks many agree that Fat Fred City would be a better choice N'esy Pas?
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @David Amos:
Moncton is 2 hrs from almost everywhere................closer to other maritime provinces.....................
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Lee: Tell that to the folks in Edmonston
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @Roy Kirk: The enormous infrastructure needed to build an airport from nothing make it impossible to do this in Sussex. YSJ cannot be considered for numerous reasons, not the least of which is the runway configuration and lack of taxiways. YFC could be possible, as could YQM. YFC has the edge due to location, but YQM has an edge due to infrastructure. Tough call.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Errol Willis: Methinks Sussex for obvious reasons is my favourite location However to be fair Fat Fred City is even more central. Furthermore it has more than enough fancy hotels, restaurants, bars, universities, entertainment and convention centres etc. Plus it is the Capital District just like Halifax , St Johns, Charlottetown and Ottawa are N'esy Pas?
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Yes, and no, the population should be looked at for a location with the best cover.
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @David Amos: YHZ, YYT, YYG, and YOW are not only the capitals of their provinces, but also have a majority population base (except YOW). YFC does not have that. Ideally, it makes sense to have it there, but there are many reasons why YQM is a much busier airport than YFC.
 
 
Errol Willis
Reply to @Errol Willis: Edit - YOW is obviously not the capital of Ontario, but the country. Just wanted to correct it before someone posted a snide comment about geography. CBC doesn't allow edits to the original post.
 
 
Roy Kirk
Reply to @Errol Willis: Not impossible, just an expensive infrastructure project. If it was impossible, none of the 3 city airports would have been built. Three airports is too many, and putting a single one anywhere but roughly equidistant from the three cities is a political non-starter. 3 airport means 3 sets mgmt staff, 3 boards of directors, etc. which is why we have 3 now. Jobs for the boys and girls. 1 airport to service a population of 500,000 people is more than adequate.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andrew Clarkson
As the house of cards continues to collapse!
 
 
David Peters
Reply to @Andrew Clarkson:
I hope ppl realize this is the end result of decades of tax and spend policy backed up by deficit spending that never should have been allowed in the first place.

Imo, we need to get back to sound $, where the marketplace sets it's value. Free market solutions. Smaller gov't. More liberty.

Ppl voted for freebies. Ppl voted for this mess we are all now in.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Andrew Clarkson: Yup
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Peters:
Tax and spend we can live with. It's the spend, (scramble) and tax that causes the trouble.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOhn D Bond
NB is a small province geographically and air travel wise in comparison to other Canadian Provinces. Perhaps instead of 3 main airports we could get by with 1. The Halifax airport has 4 times the passenger volume that all 3 main NB Airports have, NFLD has 2 times the passenger traffic.
Convenience aside, if these airports do not have sufficient volume they will become an albatross.
Now would be a good time to review the need versus convenience and then make the right choices.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ray fredette
Welfare of any sort is the bread n butter of the Bleeding Heart Liberals.
He got elected on the promise to spend after 10 yrs of belt tightening by the Western MP.
Oh, and throw in some unwanted social re-engineering and this is what you get.

We are circling the drain.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @ray fredette: Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jane Doe
So the Atlantic provinces are complaining about the collateral damage of their self-imposed provincial restrictions and are looking to the feds to bail them out. Can't say I'm too sympathetic. Suggest they speak with their premiers instead.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jane Doe: I agree
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael G. L. Geraldson
This might be a good time to ask ourselves how many airports do we really need.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Michael G. L. Geraldson:
And spend transportation money locally feeding a single airport.
 
 
Michael G. L. Geraldson
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
I'm three hours away from an airport and usually take a shuttle bus. The cost is not that much more than the parking at the airport would cost, and it's a lot more relaxing, especially in winter.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Michael G. L. Geraldson:
This province lacks a comprehensive ground transportation system. What better time to put one in place with all the federal and green initiative money floating around? One airport, centrally located, could become a ground transportation hub, like the train stations used to be, subsidies and grants spent local, providing local jobs, win-win.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Peters
Imo, let the market sort it out. Any form of relief could go straight to the people affected by the transition. No corporate welfare and special tax breaks.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Peters: I concur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gerry Ferguson
pretty hard to go anywhere if you have to do a stupid 14 day quarantine when you get back. When that gets lifted people will start going places again.
 
 
GARY MERCER
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: Quarantine not required if you travel Anywhere in Canada for work and you are from here (Atl Bubble). Read the guideline. I have to inform others everytime they hear I have gone west. I prefer transiting through YYZ, but YSJ only goes to YUL. So I need to drive to Moncton.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wanted: Young people. Population under the age of 65 in N.B. hits 46-year low

Record 781,476 people living in N.B. July 1, but seniors are behind all the growth

 

Robert Jones· CBC News· Posted: Oct 01, 2020 5:00 AM AT


Those over the age of 65 in New Brunswick hit a record 171,262 in 2020, even as the number of those below 65 hit a 46-year low. (CBC News)

Like a Bay of Fundy tide creeping up the beach toward a vulnerable sand castle, New Brunswick's long gathering problem of an aging population inched its way closer to threatening the province's economy this year, with no quick fix in sight.

This week, new figures revealed the number of residents below the age of 65 in New Brunswick shrunk to an estimated 610,214 on July 1. It's the smallest number of people below retirement age living in the province in 46 years.

At the same time, the number of those over 65 hit a record 171,262.

New Brunswick economist Richard Saillant believes the aging of New Brunswick's population, underway for decades, is the most serious of a number of challenges currently facing the province.

"It underlies all problems with no exception whatsoever," said Saillant in an interview Wednesday. "People think they can undo demographic trends overnight. No. This is a snowball that has been going down the hill for more than 50 years."


Enrollment in New Brunswick schools has been in decline for decades because of falling birth rates and that has spilled over into the labour force. (iStock)

New Brunswick's population has been growing in recent decades, but in a way that has disguised a central problem. There has been an explosion in the number of seniors driving  growth while younger age groups, following decades of declining birth rates and out-migration, have been tumbling in numbers.  

According to Statistics Canada, New Brunswick's population has increased by 33,355 since 1992, but that includes an 80,687 jump in the number of seniors over the age of 65 and a loss of 47,332 people among those below 65.

It's the most dramatic shrinkage of a working-age and younger population in Canada outside of Newfoundland and Labrador. In neighbouring Nova Scotia, the population of those under 65 has fallen, but only by 33,000 since 1992, while in PEI it has gone up by 14,000.

2nd oldest population in Canada

Stacey Hallman, an analyst with Statistics Canada's centre for demographics, said New Brunswick, which had an average-aged population in the 1970s, now has the country's second oldest.  

Governments and public policy experts have been warning about the potential danger of New Brunswick's population becoming top heavy with seniors for decades.  

Partly the concern has been over a lack of workers and entrepreneurs available to take over jobs and businesses from retiring baby boomers.  


Richard Saillant is a New Brunswick economist who has written extensively about the province's economic problems. He says the aging population is its biggest challenge. (Twitter)

But there are also worries about whether the underlying economy staffed by fewer people can support the health and long-term care expenses of a burgeoning number of seniors.

Saillant said the oldest baby boomers, at the front end of New Brunswick's large surge of seniors, are now 74 and will be in need of increasingly intense care over the next decade.

"The major cost of aging is the final year of life and that's why it grows exponentially as boomers age and mortality rates grow dramatically," said Saillant.

Immigration push

In 1996, former premier Frank McKenna issued a discussion paper raising all those potential problems, an issue that has been fretted over by every New Brunswick government since, including the Higgs government last year.

"In the next 10 years, about 120,000 jobs will become available in our province, resulting in more jobs than people who can fill them," wrote Post-Secondary, Education, Training and  Labour Minister Trevor Holder last year in a report calling for dramatic increases in immigration to help fix the problem.

That immigration solution, first articulated in the McKenna discussion paper, has been helping slow the decline in younger age groups in New Brunswick but has not been able to eliminate it.

 

Father and daughter Antony and Onye Njoku, originally from Nigeria, became Canadian citizens at a ceremony in Fredericton in 2018. New Brunswick is hoping immigrants will solve the province's aging population problem. (Joe McDonald/CBC )

In the last year, 4,009 immigrants arrived in the province, five times the number of 1996, but the overall population of those under the age of 65 in New Brunswick still fell by more than 1,200.

Saillant said that is a sign of how significant New Brunswick's demographic challenge is.

"What we've been able to do with immigration so far is barely stand still so we have to run just to stand still but we're certainly not catching up," he said

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic New Brunswick had been hoping to build immigration levels to 7,500 newcomers per year, a number that appears out of reach in the short term, at least until the virus is better contained.

In the meantime, 1,000 New Brunswick residents continue to turn 65 every month and Saillant said in the absence of higher immigration numbers to replace them in the workforce, New Brunswick's economic challenges will only grow more severe.

 

 
 
 
 
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David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks if anyone bothered to listen to me during various debates during many elections since 2004 they would understand that I have had an idea as to how to profit from this situation I called it "Florida North" N'esy Pas?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Edwards
Stop the young people from leaving by cancelling bilingualism and duality.
 
 
Lorelei Stott
Reply to @William Edwards: bingo
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @William Edwards:
i dont think english people want to learn french
 
 
Stephan Sommers
Reply to @William Edwards: English have no problem with learning French but the other way is a no go.
 
 
Kevin Ellerdale
Reply to @William Edwards: Hi, official young person here! Bilingualism and duality are not a reason for me to want to leave. Do I wish I had more opportunities to learn French as an adult? For sure, but the fact that francophone culture is treated equally here is not something driving me away... When I think of reasons to leave its the inequitable delivery of health services and the lack of student loan relief.
 
 
Marc Martin  
Reply to @William Edwards: And how will that help, please explain ?
 
 
Marc Martin  
Reply to @Stephan Sommers: That does not make any sense...
 
 
Marc Martin 
Reply to @Kevin Ellerdale: Well said kid !!!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lorelei Stott: I second that emotion 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short 
I'm mid 30s. All my class,sets left long ago for greener pastures,

However after a decade they all realize the parties isn't greener but they are enchanched where they are with family friends and jobs and will remain there for life now,

Ow they all have better paying jobs. Along with bigger homes, more travel costs, more toys and gadgets and in most cases more debt.

There's one steady human factor. You'll always spend what you make, no matter how much it is. It doesn't make you better off though,

 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Dan Short:
I'm from a lot of places, but I mostly educated in Ontario, right in what used to be Canada's manufacturing center. I'm in my late 60's, and everyone I attended high school with is dead, cancer for the most part. The first one went at 43, and it has steadily gone on up until I was 60, and then there were none.
Be careful what you wish for.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
It is astounding how some of those $100/hr former auto workers are some of the brokest people now.

Nobody saves for a rainy day, no matter how much they make.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Dan Short:
I don't know of any $100/hr auto workers, they may exist, but I never met one.
I have some distant relatives who work at Toyota in Kitchener and I don't think they make $100/hr.
For the most part, I have been self employed my entire life, I have taken the odd job, but just out of curiosity, not to be gainfully employed.
When I was a lot younger I stumbled on a way to make a LOT of money rather quickly, mostly cash, with enough payment by cheque/credit card to appear legit.
I retired at 38. (tell me I didn't put money aside)
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I knew you were smarter that the average bear Trust that nobody had more with their business that I and i quit working in 1986 and rode away. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gerry Ferguson
Maybe because all the young people went out west to work? Not hard to figure out. Build energy east and bring in some industries and they'll come back. Bilingual call center jobs wont lure them back.
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: it’s the birth rates, not people leaving for our West.

Did you even read the article?
 
 
Caitlin Tarr
Reply to @Winston Gray: Did you read the article? "There has been an explosion in the number of seniors driving growth while younger age groups, following decades of declining birth rates and out-migration, have been tumbling in numbers." Out-migration means people moving out West for work.
 
 
Ian Scott
Reply to @Winston Gray: Its both. Even both of my kids are now in Ont. , if you want to call that west. My neighbours kids are in Calgary.Our other neighbours kids are there and they in turn moved last year. Anothers kids in Australia and Caymens. And you cannot get them back for 16$ hr jobs in private industry.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Winston Gray:
Better yet: did you understand what you read?
You claim it's birth rates. Here is a hot tip for you: old folks don't have children, not freshly minted children, and those who are of breeding age have moved elsewhere, so of course birth rates are down, because those doing the birthing no longer live here. We educated our children, and there being NOTHING for them here to stay for, they moved away.
 
 
mr.28 andmain 
Reply to @Ian Scott: as someone who moved away to build a life I’m always shocked how this level of experience and common sense doesn’t seem to make it’s way up to government or industry in the province.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I ain't dead yet Just like Charlie Chaplin I suspect that the right lady could talk me into being a Father again.



























Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected leader of the federal Green Party

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Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected leader of the federal Green Party

Paul is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party

 

John Paul Tasker· CBC News· Posted: Oct 03, 2020 5:00 PM ET

 


New Green party leader Annamie Paul smiles as she takes questions from the media in Ottawa, Saturday night. Paul succeeds Elizabeth May, who stepped down last fall. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Green Party members have picked Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul as their next leader, bringing to a close the year-long race to replace Elizabeth May.

Paul, who is Black and Jewish, was the perceived frontrunner heading into the final vote because she had raised the most money — $206,000 — and racked up a number of endorsements from former Green Party candidates.

Paul, who is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party in Canada, assumes the leadership of a party that has been closely tied to May for the better part of the last 14 years.

Before handing the job to Paul, May delivered an impassioned plea to Canadians to do more to address the climate crisis, saying the ongoing fight against COVID-19 can't distract from pressing environmental concerns.

Paul, who was born in Canada to Caribbean immigrants, claimed victory with 12,090 votes against her closest competitor, Dimitri Lascaris, another lawyer and a self-described radical and "eco-socialist," who had 10,081 votes after eight rounds of voting.

A party official said 23,877 Green voters cast a ballot in this race — a 69 per cent turnout.

Paul, one of the more moderate candidates who contested this leadership election, ran on a robust environmental agenda that she says will help Canada fight climate change, which she has called "an existential threat to human life."

"You have matched a leader to the challenges of this time. We need to match the party to the needs of this moment. That party is the Green Party of Canada. We are the party for this moment," she said in her victory speech.

"The other parties are simply out of ideas. They are intellectually exhausted. This is a moment that demands daring, courageous leadership and this is something that we simply didn't see in the last speech from the throne," she said. "I only heard empty words."

Watch | 'We are the party for the moment': Annamie Paul wins Green Party leadership

Annamie Paul says in choosing her as leader the Green Party has matched their leader to the challenges of the time. 3:31

Paul running in Oct. 26 byelection

Paul ran under the Green banner in the last federal election but placed a distant fourth to former Liberal finance minister Bill Morneau.

While she didn't win, Paul did manage to grow the Green vote in the solidly Liberal seat.

Paul has already been nominated to run in the Oct. 26 byelection in that riding after Morneau's abrupt resignation. Another Black woman, former television personality Marci Ien, is running for the Liberals.

"I was born in Toronto Centre, my mother taught in the schools in Toronto Centre, my grandmother worked as a frontline service worker in the hospitals of Toronto Centre and broke her back doing it in the process. I will not abandon the residents of Toronto Centre to a Liberal party that has neglected that constituency, that riding for the last 27 years," she said.

"I've had enough of candidates being parachuted into that riding and taking the next train out of town until the next election," she said.

Beyond strengthening the existing federal carbon tax, Paul has called for a carbon border adjustment, a tax on imported goods based on how many emissions were associated with producing those goods in countries abroad.

She has also promised a national ban on fracking — a controversial practice used to unearth oil and gas — and said the country should curb mining, a practice she has called wasteful. She has promised to go further and faster in the push to reduce emissions.

In addition to climate policy, Paul has said she wants to tackle systemic racism in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), establish a "citizen's assembly" to begin the process of introducing proportional representation in Canada's voting system, implement a guaranteed livable income and a universal pharmacare program, among other progressive policies.

"There is no question that we are facing the two defining challenges of our time: how will we build a complete social safety net that allows every person in Canada to live in dignity and security and how we will tackle the existential crisis of our time, which is the climate emergency," Paul said.

"This is a chance of a lifetime for us to move towards a more just, a more inclusive society. We believe it can be done," she said. "The choice is yours, if we want different outcomes then we need to make different choices."

 

Eight Green leadership candidates were on the final ballot: (top: L to R) Annamie Paul, David Merner, Amita Kuttner, Glen Murray, (bottom: L to R) Dimitri Lascaris, Meryam Haddad, Andrew West and Dr. Courtney Howard. (Collage/ Green Party of Canada)

Lascaris ran on a platform to push the party to the far left with a plan to defund the police — and "create a society in which the police are unnecessary and can be abolished"— dramatically decrease military spending and implement a wealth "cap" to do away with billionaires in Canada.

Paul also beat six other candidates who were vying for the job — David Merner, Amita Kuttner, Glen Murray, Meryam Haddad, Andrew West and Dr. Courtney Howard — easily the most racially and ideologically diverse group of candidates to compete in a federal leadership race. Howard, a physician from the Northwest Territories, placed third with 5,824 votes.

Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the party held the vote online and the 36,000 Green Party members had a week to cast their ballot for one of the eight contenders.

Historic victory

Paul, a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Ottawa, was the subject of racist and anti-semitic attacks during this campaign.

At a virtual town hall, commenters used the word 'N' several times and referred to her and another candidate as a 'f-ing Jew' in a live chat.

Paul is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal party and only the second Jewish person to hold such a job; former NDP leader David Lewis was the first. Paul has said there needs to better representation of Black, Indigenous and people of colour in Canadian politics.

Paul said her victory was possible because trailblazers like Lewis and Rosemary Brown, the first woman to run for leadership of a federal political party.

Brown, a Jamaica-born Black woman, broke colour barriers when she ran a close second to Ed Broadbent in the 1975 NDP federal leadership campaign.

Paul is fluently bilingual in English and French and she made a direct appeal to Quebecers to back the Green Party.

"We are a national party and we need to win seats right across the country — particularly in Quebec," she said.

Before jumping into federal politics, Paul worked as an advisor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and as a political officer in Canada's Mission to the European Union in Brussels.

She has also advised a number of international non-governmental organizations, including the Climate Infrastructure Partnership and Higher Education Alliance for Refugees. Before running for the top job, Paul was the party's international affairs critic.

From fringe to mainstream under May

The leadership race was prompted by May's decision to step down as party leader last November.

Since assuming the leadership in August 2006, she has taken the party from the political fringe to the mainstream.

After years of being shut out because of poor polling numbers, May lobbied the broadcast consortium behind the leaders' debates to give the Greens a podium and the chance to pitch a left-wing environmental agenda to voters.

May's inclusion in these well-watched debates helped the party post its best electoral result ever in the 2008 federal election — capturing 6.8 per cent of ballots cast.

But it was her 2011 victory in the B.C. riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands that truly bolstered the party's fortunes, as it gave May a seat in Parliament and a larger platform to advance the Green cause.

Since then, the Greens have won provincial seats in B.C., Ontario and New Brunswick and have formed the official opposition in P.E.I.

May is among Parliament's most ardent critics of oil and gas pipelines and the country's natural resources sector. She has also pushed for universal pharmacare, a guaranteed basic income and more decorum in the Commons.


Former Green party leader Elizabeth May speaks ahead of the party's leadership announcement in Ottawa, Saturday. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) 

Until her resignation, she was the longest-serving active leader of a party with seats in either the Commons or a provincial legislature.

In announcing her departure, May said she promised her daughter that the 2019 race would be her last, but she has said she will stay on as an MP and the party's parliamentary leader.

Under May's leadership in that 2019 campaign, the Greens produced a relatively strong showing of 6.55 per cent of the popular vote but failed to win more than a few seats.

Much of the party's support was concentrated on Vancouver Island and other parts of British Columbia.

However, New Brunswick MP Jenica Atwin also bested a Liberal incumbent to win her Fredericton seat, the first federal Green victory in the Maritimes.

At the outset of the last two elections, May has predicted that at least a dozen seats would go to the Green Party, but those results never materialized.

May was also dogged by questions about whether she would allow Green MPs to introduce anti-abortion legislation — she said she wouldn't whip her caucus or forbid MPs from advancing these sort of bills — and faced criticism after the party ran candidates with known anti-abortion views.

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David Amos  
Methinks everybody knows by now that I called and emailed all the candidates in the Toronto Centre and York Centre by-elections. Everybody knows why only two would speak with me N'esy Pas?   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Al Arres
Nutcases + Communists = Green Party

 

Ken Theule
Reply to @Al Arres:
Open your mind a little


Jim Ryan
Reply to @Al Arres: I think perhaps more of the nutcases are posting on here. As for the communists ... lets get rid of healthcare, schools, roads, police, fires etc ... all universal programs run by the government and funded by taxpayers
 

David Amos
Reply to @Ken Theule: Methinks a lot of folks should ASAP N'esy Pas?






David Amos
Trust that I contacted the latest Green Party leader as soon as i read this article

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Greg Lang
So yet another leader of a (sigh) federal party without a seat in the HoC. This is a usless waste of tax payers money.

 

Bob Rodgers
Reply to @Greg Lang: How? The Green Party Pays her salary, not the government of Canada.

 

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Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected leader of the federal Green Party


Paul is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party
John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2020 5:00 PM ET

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Al Arres
Nutcases + Communists = Green Party

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Open your mind a little

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So yet another leader of a (sigh) federal party without a seat in the
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:29:22 +0000
Subject: RE: I received no response from the RCMP or the lawyer Derek
Sloan about the voicemail I got from his Chief of Staff Benjamin
Martin last week
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:29:05 -0300
Subject: I received no response from the RCMP or the lawyer Derek
Sloan about the voicemail I got from his Chief of Staff Benjamin
Martin last week
To: Derek.Sloan@parl.gc.ca, rick@petersoncapital.ca, "PETER.MACKAY"
<PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"barbara.massey"<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>,
michael.chong@parl.gc.ca, Erin.OToole@parl.gc.ca,
"andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca \"Hannah.Thibedeau\""
<Hannah.Thibedeau@cbc.ca>, "Catherine.Cullen"
<Catherine.Cullen@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
newsroom@globeandmail.com, "Nathalie.Drouin"
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
Speaker.President@parl.gc.ca, heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, info
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"<fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:27:56 +0000
Subject: RE: the RCMP and the lawyer Derek.Sloan can trust thati saved
the voicemail I got from his Chief of Staff Benjamin Martin N'esy Pas
Petey Baby MacKay?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:27:37 -0300
Subject: the RCMP and the lawyer Derek.Sloan can trust thati saved the
voicemail I got from his Chief of Staff Benjamin Martin N'esy Pas
Petey Baby MacKay?
To: Derek.Sloan@parl.gc.ca, rick@petersoncapital.ca, "PETER.MACKAY"
<PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"barbara.massey"<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>,
michael.chong@parl.gc.ca, Erin.OToole@parl.gc.ca,
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Hannah.Thibedeau"
<Hannah.Thibedeau@cbc.ca>, "Catherine.Cullen"
<Catherine.Cullen@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
"mc \"Newsroom\""<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "Nathalie.Drouin"
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
>

On 1/26/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/derek-sloan-conservative-leadership-1.5436227
>
> Social conservative MP Derek Sloan running for Conservative
> leadership, promises 'bold ideas'
>
> Sloan is trying to position himself as an alternative to 'boring"
> candidates'
> Catherine Cullen · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2020 2:08 PM ET
>
>
> https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/derek-sloan(105178)#roles
>
> House of Commons *
> Ottawa, Ontario,
> Canada K1A 0A6
> Telephone: 613-992-5321
> Derek.Sloan@parl.gc.ca,
>
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rick-peterson-conservative-leadership-1.5436247
>
> Businessman Rick Peterson is taking a second run at the Conservative
> leadership
>
> 'I'm probably going to be the only candidate who has to meet a
> payroll,' Peterson tells CBC News
> Hannah Thibedeau · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2020 1:15 PM ET
>
> https://www.petersoncapital.ca/
>
>
> Rick Peterson - President
>
> More than 30 years in Canadian capital markets. Investment Advisor,
> institutional sales, investment banking experience at senior roles at
> Midland Walwyn Capital Inc, Merrill Lynch Canada, Yorkton Securities
> and HSBC Securities.
>
> Founded Peterson Capital in 2003; Conservative Party of Canada 2017
> leadership - candidate
>
> 780-868-6822
> rick@petersoncapital.ca
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:02:40 +0000
> Subject: RE: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel of CBC should
> agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what everybody else
> knows N'esy Pas Bill Morneau?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC should agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what
> everybody else knows N'esy Pas Bill Morneau?
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> From: michael.chong@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:02:54 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC should agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what
> everybody else knows N'esy Pas Bill Morneau?
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Erin.OToole@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:02:54 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC should agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what
> everybody else knows N'esy Pas Bill Morneau?
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:02:27 -0400
> Subject: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel of CBC should
> agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what everybody else
> knows N'esy Pas Bill Morneau?
> To: Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, jbradley@canadian-republic.ca,
> tfreda@canadian-republic.ca, info@canadian-republic.ca,
> darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca, sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca
,
> cra-arc.media@cra-arc.gc.ca, premier@ontario.ca,
> Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sturgeon.nathalie@brunswicknews.com,
> news@dailygleaner.com, Hannah.Thibedeau@cbc.ca,
> Catherine.Cullen@cbc.ca
> Cc: Marilyn.gladu@parl.gc.ca, motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
> pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca, erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca,
> andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, michael.chong@parl.gc.ca,
> Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/01/peter-mackay-set-to-enter-conservative.html
>
>
> Wednesday, 15 January 2020
>
> Peter MacKay set to enter the Conservative leadership race today
> https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
>
> David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
> I never heard of Marilyn Gladu so I called her to explain why MacKay
> made my day but her assistant was too busy to check my Twitter account
> to verify what I was saying was true so I told her to enjoy my email
>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/01/peter-mackay-set-to-enter-conservative.html
>
> #nbpoli #cdnpoli
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mackay-tweets-leadership-1.5427544
>
> David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
> Methinks everybody knows why MacKay just made my day Trudeau The
> Younger cannot deny that Petey Baby answered this lawsuit while Harper
> was still the boss N'esy Pas?
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>
>  #nbpoli #cdnpoli
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mackay-tweets-leadership-1.5427544
>
>
> Peter MacKay set to enter the Conservative leadership race today
> MacKay's leadership run has been in the rumour mill for months
>
> Catherine Cullen · CBC News · Posted: Jan 15, 2020 12:11 PM ET
>
> 1213 Comments
>
>
> David Sampson
> But will intelligent "progressive" conservatives ever forgive Peter
> for giving away a once proud national political institution to a horde
> of western based reform fundamentalists?
>
> Eugene Peabody
> Reply to @David Sampson: Not only can former PC members not trust him
> but Canadians cannot also.When a man.s word is no good ,he is the
> same.
>
> Anne Clarke
> Reply to @David Sampson: they will do anything to win right?
>
> Frank Paul
> Reply to @David Sampson: Nope.
>
> Neil Denman
> Reply to @David Sampson:
> I have those feelings too: I have a hard time forgiving that. But, at
> least there are signs that the next leader may be a PCer rather than a
> Reformer. Peter Mackay, Jean Charest...I'm no fan of either, but it's
> a step away from Harper and Scheer.
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @David Sampson: Methinks everybody knows why MacKay just made
> my day N'esy Pas?
>
> David Allan
> Reply to @Neil Denman:
> "I have those feelings too: I have a hard time forgiving that. But, at
> least there are signs that the next leader may be a PCer rather than a
> Reformer."
>
> He's a reformer now. He solidly demonstrated so with his last 9 years
> in Parliament.
> Or is he just an opportunist who doesn't really care aside from his
> quest for personal power?
>
> Sean Cronin
> Reply to @David Sampson:
> I will. It's ancient history now.
>
> Art Rowe
> Reply to @David Sampson:
> Like there was ever a doubt he would run?
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Methinks its comical that even Trudeau
> The Younger cannot deny that Petey Baby answered my lawsuit in Federal
> Court while Harper was still the boss N'esy Pas?
>
> Craig Hall
> Reply to @David Sampson: Nobody cares except the Liberals. And David
> Orchard.
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @Craig Hall: I still do
>
> David Linkletter
> Reply to @Frank Paul: cough robo calls to name but one
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @Craig Hall: BTW I remember talking to David Orchard in early
> 2004 about what went down and explained to him why I was preparing to
> run for a seat in the 38th Parliament Furthermore I put proof of our
> contact in a email which can still be found on the Internet to this
> very day
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @Craig Hall: By the same token I never heard of Marilyn Gladu
> until I read this article so I called her to explain why MacKay made
> my day but her assistant was too busy to check my Twitter account to
> verify what I was saying was true so I told her to enjoy my email
>
>
>
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> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
> <fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>
> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 17:55:17 +0000
> Subject: RE: YO Tom Freda Say Hey Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC for me will ya?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@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: 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
>>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:33:00 -0400
> Subject: Re: Notice of Harassment I am certain that Rob Moore and the
> RCMP can explain my concerns with questionable lawyers and their
> actions CORRECT?
> To: Pantea Jafari <jafari@jafarilaw.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Tugrul Pinar
> <admin@jafarilaw.ca>, "mgreene@sgimm.ca"<mgreene@sgimm.ca>,
> "media@blaineimmigration.com"<media@blaineimmigration.com>,
> "Sophia.Harris"<Sophia.Harris@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Blair"
> <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
> "Mark.Blakely"<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "martin.gaudet"
> <martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>
, "mark.vespucci"
> <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, "jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca"
> <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "carl.urquhart"
> <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Gerald.Butts"
> <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"
> <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "rob.moore"<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>,
> washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Brenda.Lucki"
> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
> "barbara.massey"<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:28:58 -0500
> Subject: Re: Notice of Harassment (Out of Office )
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> I am out of the office until Wednesday, January 22, 2020, and will not
> be accessing my Emails.  For any urgencies, you may contact Jolene
> Harvey, General Counsel @ 613 843 4892., or my admin assistant, Sandra
> Lofaro 613 843 3540..
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> ------------------------------
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>
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> mes courriéls. Pour toute urgence,.vous pouvez communiquer avec Jolene
> Harvey, Avocate générale, au 613 843 4892 ou avec mon adjointe admin.
> Sandra Lofaro 613 843 3540.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Moore, Rob - M.P."<Rob.Moore@parl.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:28:33 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Notice of Harassment
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> On behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, P.C., M.P. thank you for your
> email. Our office appreciates the time you took to get in touch with
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
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> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:28:22 +0000
> Subject: RE: Notice of Harassment
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 10:55:46 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Here is the latest malicious trick pulled by
> CBC for the benefit of the LIEbranos just before the confidence vote
> on Brian Gallant
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
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> Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Jensen, Jan"<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 10:55:11 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Here is the latest malicious trick pulled by
> CBC for the benefit of the LIEbranos just before the confidence vote
> on Brian Gallant
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Automatic reply: Here is the latest malicious trick pulled by
> CBC for the benefit of the LIEbranos just before the confidence vote
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 06:55:07 -0400
> Subject: Here is the latest malicious trick pulled by CBC for the
> benefit of the LIEbranos just before the confidence vote on Brian
> Gallant
> To: "terry.seguin"<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, "Alex.Johnston"
> <Alex.Johnston@cbc.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>,
> Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, "Pierre.Paul-Hus.a1"
> <Pierre.Paul-Hus.a1@parl.gc.ca
>, "pierre.poilievre.a1"
> <pierre.poilievre.a1@parl.gc.ca>, pierre.paul-hus@parl.gc.ca,
> ps.publicsafetymcu-securitepubliqueucm.sp@canada.ca, "ralph.goodale"
> <ralph.goodale@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
> "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>,
> "clare.barry"<clare.barry@justice.gc.ca>, "david.hansen"
> <david.hansen@justice.gc.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
> "Dale.Morgan"<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "david.eidt"
> <david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>,
> "brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"
> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
> lorri.warner@justice.gc.ca, "jan.jensen"<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>,
> "Nathalie.Drouin"<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
>, "bill.pentney"
> <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "andrew.baumberg"
> <andrew.baumberg@fct-cf.gc.ca>
, "Norman.Sabourin"
> <Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca>, "Gib.vanErt"<Gib.vanErt@scc-csc.ca>,
> "marc.giroux"<marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
> <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, washington field
> <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
> english@rcinet.ca, "kennedy.stewart"<kennedy.stewart@parl.gc.ca>,
> pvanloan@airdberlis.com, nicola.diiorio@bcf.ca, "Nicola.DiIorio"
> <Nicola.DiIorio@parl.gc.ca>, "Catherine.Tait"<Catherine.Tait@cbc.ca>,
> "sylvie.gadoury"<sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca>, "Sophia.Harris"
> <Sophia.Harris@cbc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "macpherson.don"
> <macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com>, "David.Akin"
> <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
> news919 <news919@rogers.com>, sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>, news
> <news@hilltimes.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, newstips
> <newstips@cnn.com>
>
> ethinks after all my phone calls emails, tweets, blogs and lawsuit CBC
> and Brian Galllant can never claim that they didn't know the score
> N'esy Pas?
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:11:27 +0000
> Subject: RE: Not long after CBC closed a comment section and erased
> one of my comments I hear Terry Seguin talking to Sophia Harris about
> money and shook my head
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
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After fraught history on abortion access, Liberals not budging from shift on clinic

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Methinks minions within CBC and Viafoura acted way above their paygrade and made another faux pas for the benefit of Trudeau The Younger and his feminist cohorts N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After fraught history on abortion access, Liberals not budging from shift on clinic

McKenna Liberals fought to shut Morgentaler clinic, restrict abortion access

 
Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Oct 05, 2020 6:00 AM AT 
 
 

Clinic 554 closed this week after the Progressive Conservative government did not reverse its stance on refusing to fund abortions at the Fredericton clinic. (CBC)

The New Brunswick Liberals appear to have passed the point of no return on abortion policy, committing to medicare funding for the procedure in a clinic that the party once wanted to shut down.

It's a major shift at odds with the stance taken three decades ago by Frank McKenna, the last Liberal premier to win consecutive majorities. He used a range of laws and regulations to try to choke off access to Fredericton's first private abortion clinic.

"Over time, we learn, and we grow as people and as MLAs," said Moncton Centre Liberal MLA Rob McKee, whose father was a minister in the McKenna government that tried to stop a private abortion clinic from opening in the first place.

"I feel like it's only normal that views on certain topics can evolve as well over the years when we have new voices joining the table and joining the Liberal Party."

The shift was first articulated just weeks ago when then-leader Kevin Vickers promised a Liberal government would fund abortions at Clinic 554. 

He was accused of trying to halt the loss of votes to the Green Party.


Interim Liberal Leader Roger Melanson says he would be surprised if the next leader reverses the party's pro-choice stance. (CBC)

With Vickers gone, interim Liberal Leader Roger Melanson says the statement remains party policy and it will be difficult for a future permanent leader to roll it back.

"I'd be very surprised if we go backwards," Melanson said. "Society changes, society evolves, and people's way of seeing things changes for sure, and it's changing in a way that society today is more and more inclined to respect individual rights."

Even Liberals who would have called themselves pro-life a few years ago support the stance.

"As much as I would love to never see an abortion happen because of my personal view, I understand, more so now, that women do have that right to decide what they want or do not want to have happen to their bodies," said Miramichi Bay-Neguac Liberal MLA Lisa Harris.

"It's still something that I wish never had to happen. It's still deep within me for many different reasons, but at the same time I don't believe that I have the power to force a woman to make the choice that I'd prefer she make." 

Bipartisan consensus

A decade ago, the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives had a bipartisan consensus on the clinic and abortion policy overall. Both opposed public funding for the procedure at the clinic and both supported restrictions on access to it in hospitals.

Those restrictions dated back to the McKenna era. In 1989, the then-premier promised to give Dr. Henry Morgentaler "the fight of his life" after he said he would open a clinic in New Brunswick.


Former premier Frank McKenna fought to restrict abortion access, the opposite of where the Liberal party finds itself today. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)

Despite a Supreme Court of Canada decision decriminalizing the procedure, "We believe that Dr. Morgentaler has no right to come in and establish his own clinics," McKenna said then.

The clinic opened in 1994 and Russ King, the health minister, immediately filed a misconduct complaint against Morgentaler with the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Legislation passed by the Hatfield government allowed a misconduct finding against any doctor performing an abortion outside a hospital. 

But Morgentaler challenged the section in court and had it struck down.

King said last year that Clinic 554, which took the place of the Morgentaler clinic, now has a role to play. 

Dr. Henry Morgentaler successfully challenged legislation passed by the McKenna Liberal government that allowed misconduct findings against any doctor performing an abortion outside a hospital. (Ian Barrett/Canadian Press)

"Times have changed. … If we need it and the public [system] doesn't provide it, I think as long as it comes up to a certain standard, they should be supported."

The McKenna Liberals also amended Regulation 84-20 to restrict medicare coverage of abortions to those performed in hospitals by specialists, and to require two doctors to approve the procedure.

Those restrictions became part of a bipartisan consensus, with subsequent Progressive Conservative and Liberal governments standing by them and resisting Morgentaler's court challenges to win medicare funding for his clinic. 

Gallant bucks trends

Brian Gallant broke the logjam, declaring himself pro-choice when he ran for the Liberal leadership in 2012. Two years later, delegates to a party policy convention passed a resolution in favour of repealing the two-doctor rule. 

Other McKenna-era Liberals said they opposed the policy, but Gallant won the election and made the change.

In the legislature, PC MLA Blaine Higgs pointed out that Gallant was the first premier to suggest the rule was an unconstitutional restriction on access.

"I would say that the last six premiers of New Brunswick did not believe so," Higgs said.

 
Former premier Brian Gallant declared himself pro-choice while running for the Liberal leadership in 2012. (Gabrielle Fahmy/CBC)

Even so, when Higgs became PC leader two years later, he promised not to reverse Gallant's change, and today no one in the political mainstream even talks about it. 

Gallant also extended medicare coverage to the abortion pill Mifegymiso, but like his predecessors would not heed demands that he cover abortions at Clinic 554, the successor to the Morgentaler clinic. 

That position held until the mid-campaign commitment by Vickers. 

Melanson could not say exactly why Liberal arguments against funding the clinic under Gallant have now given way to the party's new position, other than to say "things are moving step by step" and Clinic 554's closure deprives a whole area of the province of its services.

Meanwhile, Higgs continues to insist that the only expansion to abortion access should be within hospitals, and the province is on firm legal ground refusing to fund it at a private clinic. 

"We offer abortions in public facilities, and if there's an access concern we could do that in additional public facilities," he said last month.

McKee says he heard little criticism of the new Liberal stance during the campaign. "It was mostly positive feedback that it's the right thing to do," he said.

And Harris says politicians have to respond to younger New Brunswickers who she says favour more access, not less.

"We can all learn from those coming up behind us. The world is moving fast and it's exciting." 

 

 
 
 
 
103 Comments 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks some minor little minions acted way above their pay grade and just made a huge faux Pas N'esy Pas?  
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks everybody knows I am pro life and the liberals know that I finally got to speak personally with McKee their only lawyer/MLA before the writ was dropped.

Methinks Higgy et al understand why I would not believe anything that McKee has to say about anything involving politics nor anything else for that matter N'esy Pas?

"McKee says he heard little criticism of the new Liberal stance during the campaign. "It was mostly positive feedback that it's the right thing to do," he said."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Steve Ryan
No one, especially a bunch of old men, has a right to tell a woman what she must do with her body.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Steve Ryan:
However those old men being taxpayers do have a say in what is funded and where.
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to @Steve Ryan: Methinks you and Rogers TV have no right to try to stop old men from ignoring their right to Free Speech and speaking their mind particularly while running for public office N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Grail
Just more evidence that our society devalues life at all levels.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @John Grail: Oh So True
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cindy Cooper
Many have been watching the Lila Rose interview on The Rubin Report.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Cindy Cooper: Methinks the screening of the movie "Unplanned " upset a lot of your cohortsl ast year N'esy Pas?

Saint John residents angered by rental of high school to screen anti-abortion film
Community protest planned to coincide with screening of the American film Unplanned
Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Aug 22, 2019 8:40 PM AT

"The movie, based on Abby Johnson’s 2011 memoir of the same title, chronicles the conversion of a former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, from feminist pro-choice champion to zealous anti-choice advocate; Johnson is now a bestselling author, speaker and celebrity in the conservative Christian movement."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Reed
We tend to muddle two issues together in this debate – access to abortions and the province paying for procedures in private clinics. These are two separate issues – Gallant was pro-choice, backed up by his actions, but he also recognized that doesn’t mean the province has to pay for abortions at ever private clinic that wants to offer them – Higgs is even on record as saying, if it’s a matter of access he’s willing to look at offering the procedure at other hospitals, beyond the three that do it now. I’m not sure if everyone realizes not all procedures are offered at every hospital. I have family who travel to another city every few months for treatments not available in their city. People in Fredericton travel to Saint John for chemo – if you have a complicated cataract case, that’s a trip to Moncton.

Abortions do have a special status as a won constitutional right, but I think it would be an interesting battle in front of the Supermen Court – If the province were obligated to provide coverage for this procedure outside of the hospital setting, why wouldn’t you have the same right to a publicly funded MRI at a private clinic or a private dialysis center.

 
 
David Amos
Reply to @James Reed: Methinks its rather obvious that folks know exactly what they are disputing while the politician try to pacify both sides of the argument for their own benefit N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kelvin Bosch
I welcome you to the 1990s New Brunswick! Maybe in another 30 years you’ll make it into the same millennium as the rest of Canada. (Except Alberta).

Women’s reproductive rights are non-negotiable and not subject to someone’s backward morality.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Kelvin Bosch: What say you speak for the ladies and I will defend the rights of the Fathers and their unborn children Deal???
 
 
John Grail
Reply to @Kelvin Bosch: I would say life isn't negotiable but nobody values it.
 
 
Kelvin Bosch
Reply to @David Amos:
It doesn’t matter what I, you or another woman thinks should happen with a woman’s body. It is individual bodily autonomy that matters. That person gets to decide.
 
 
Steve Ryan
Reply to @Kelvin Bosch:
While I support your statement I'm puzzled on you referring to Alberta. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Steele
Another day , and another story about the same clinic . The CBC has done so many stories on the same clinic , I have actually lost count . Must be a slow news days , and the same story just keeps getting reported over and over . It reminds me of that movie " Groundhogs Day ".....lol 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: To be fair to CBC I must confess that I enjoy this malicious nonsense. I believe that most of us are all being a little redundant. However in my own defense I must clearly state I know for a fact that Public Corruption does go on and on around the world. Although the worldwide state of affairs is far from boring I must find some fun in this madness or i truly would go crazy. Hence I think globally but act locally at treat this a divine comedy in the Queen's court just like the court-jesters of old used to do. In the not too distant future I plan to grin from my grave just like the old Bard's Yorick no doubt still does.

With that in mind methinks one of the funniest part of the wicked circuses in various parliamentary and congressional assemblies is when the clowns change costumes and join their other side or better yet Its truly hilarious when they argue their own words N'esy Pas?
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @David Amos:
There is no public corruption. There is individual corruption. Which exists everywhere, and not just in public officials...
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: Methinks you just spoke volumes its not hard to tell who you work for N'esy Pas?
 
 
Ray Oliver 
Reply to @David Amos: At least he works and isn't a leech
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver Methinks your friends in the RCMP should have informed your buddy that I was arguing lawyers in NB about public corruption years before he was a twinkle in his daddy's eye. Perhaps you and your hero Cardy should ask Dr. Dena Churchill and her lawyer Rocco Galati or all the protesters at the Freedom Rally in Fat Fred City on October 3rd if there is such a thing as public corruption N'esy Pas?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: That isn't a job dummy
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Methinks Higgy et al know that your RCMP buddies used to hire me to do jobs for them because I was ethical and fearless and MY business was successful I was always the boss of it N'esy Pas Mr Shill?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
Liberals are now so desperate they'll throw anything and everything at the wall to see if it syicks ! If it does , it's party policy . Although there's no middle ground when it comes to SANB Liberal language policy . One language and one language only when it comes to catering to language ! It has become obvious that MLA's such as Lisa Harris have been muzzled and as Mckenna did , have sold out their constituents to the SANB Liberal leadership in the hope for votes regardless of morality !!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Cry me a river
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
eddy watts
Sad that Trudeau cannot even stand up to someone of Blaine Higg's lowly stature: Not providing access for abortion should mean a stripping of medical $$$$ from Ottawa. Canada looks like a banana republic as those in charge don't bother following laws.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @eddy watts:
Abortions in hospitals are funded by the province. They just aren't funded st the local convenience store.
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @eddy watts: It is provided ,just not by anyone / anything ! Trudeau doesn't run NB .
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks everybody knows the Irving and McCain Clans run NB with the malicious assistance of legions of he political lawyers of all stripes N'esy Pas?
 
 
Mary Smith
Reply to @Dan Short: Abortions are only provided in three hospitals, in two locations: Moncton and Bathurst. Women in NB have a legal right to access abortions without significant barriers in place. They're not asking for abortions to be available everywhere, but there are large areas of the population that do not have appropriate access to services they have the legal right to access. Abortion is a timely issue, and travel and financial expenses are significant barriers.
 
 
Kelvin Bosch
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Last time I checked, NB is in Canada and subject to its laws.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Mary Smith:
There are large areas of the province, one can't get life saving operations as well. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
We get it,. People aren't happy, Are we really going to have a news story every day for the next year on it?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: Methinks Higgy et al know why it makes my day when Frank Boy McKenna and his cohorts are having a bad day N'esy Pas?
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Dan Short: A minority isn't happy . Liberals are so desperate for voters they'll do anything now for votes . Much like McKenna did when he sold out the Liberal Party to the Parti Acadienne , solely for votes . They're losing credibility and votes to the Green Party and it isn't coming back !
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Lou Bell:
oh brother..........
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Lee: Methinks Higggy et all and everybody else but you knows your buddy little Lou is a woman N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paul Bourgoin
Abortion is like an execution , the termination of life of a NewBorn. This is not a political decision, nor a Religious decision. A mother who decides if her new-born comes home or the cemetery is her nightmare. This is what I believe . One can label it an abortion but in essence it finishes tobe a life termination. I hope I don't offend anybody with my beliefs!
 
 
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: You don't offend me with your beliefs as long as you don't attempt to impose those beliefs on others, specifically on women. You can make your own choices, but let women make theirs.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Methinks if you believe that Fathers have no rights I have the right to believe that all feminist Yankees should go home and oppose Trump's appointment to the Supreme Court N'esy Pes?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
Gee, I wish the CBC worked this hard, daily articles, to save every business.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Short: It appears to me that you don't work at all
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @David Amos:
There's this thing called vacation. I took last week and this week off leading up to Thanksgiving. Good time to get work done around the house when it's not 30 degrees. With no travel, seemed as good of a time as any to take it.
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: You discussing someone's work? Awesome!!!
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
He does seem to like to criticize others and be all in their business.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: @Dan Short: Methinks Mr Know It All Spellchecker and his fellow RCMP shill know that I am not alone in that regard N'esy Pas?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: You don't work. Never have.
 
 
Dan Short 
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
Ow he had a "job".
 
 
Harvey York:
Reply to @Ray Oliver: except for that one time, when he made license plates....  
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Harvey York:
Now there's a reason to end parole...
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Dan Short: Methinks its amazing that you tr o lls are permitted to post such malice The RCMP or anyone else you wackos are libeling me by falsely accusing me of being a criminal then there is all ther nasty things you pals have posted about my family and I for so long N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joseph Vacher
Liberals will pander to anyone. That being said, i am glad to see that they will support the access to abortion - but lets not pretend its anything other then pandering
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Joseph Vacher: Methinks many would agree that they are far worse than mere panderers N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SarahRose Werner
Still wondering why Horizon doesn't offer this procedure at more of its hospitals, especially its hospitals in Fredericton and Saint John. If the government can negotiate with Horizon to shut down hospitals - as we've already seen it do - why can't it negotiate with Horizon to offer this procedure more widely? If Higgs doesn't want to pay a private clinic, why doesn't *he* start these negotiations? Or is the entire private clinic question just a red herring?
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
Offering services carries a cost. I'm sure they have done plenty of studies in regards to demand. Like any other surgery, it's just not available everywhere,
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
There may be a shortage of doctors willing to do the thing. It does, in some situations, go against the Hippocratic Oath. Personally I am against abortions, but as clearly I am not in charge, nor do I wish to be in charge, I find that the most reasonable position is pro-choice.

 
Dan Short 
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
Ironically that's what we need more of (people in charge) Those that see the grey in an issue. The world has sadly become yes (all in) or no ( all out). A negative comment means you are our. A positive means you are all in and must worship everything about the issue.
 
 
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Any reasonably competent gynecologist ought to be able to do a first-trimester abortion. In all of Saint John, in all of Fredericton, Horizon can't find at least *one* gynecologist in each place who's willing to do this procedure? I'm not buying that. 2nd and 3rd trimester abortions are more complicated, so yeah, women might have to travel to get those.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Obviously we disagree
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
It could very well be an availability issue. Those doctors have pretty full schedules as is.
There's a,so an issue of operating time. Maybe say SJ just can't squeeze in any more different types of procedures on their full schedule.

I'm not saying there aren't solutions. Simply pointing out, I don't think it's quite as simple as you suggest.
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: The Hippocratic Oath was changed in 2017, from 1948 to 2017 it read, I will maintain the utmost respect for human life from the time of conception. from 2017 it now reads; I will maintain the utmost respect for human life. Based on the revisions to The Revised Declaration of Geneva: A Modern-Day Physician’s Pledge
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Methinks that is one of the many reasons I call it the Oath of Hypocrites particularly after the a doctor in the DECH in Fat Fred City ordered the RCMP and the hospital staff to assault me, inject me with drugs and falsely imprison me in 2008 not long after the FBI arrested my former political lawyer buddy Eliot Spitzer in Washington in 2008 N'esy Pas?
 
 
Harvey York
 Reply to @David Amos: bad things happen to bad people....... 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks if that were true then I should look forward to you suffering from your own malice N'esy Pas?
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: probably not, I plan on keeping my medicare card and motorcycle by staying on the right side of the law
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks you are libeling me by falsely accusing me of being a criminal It should be a small wonder to the RCMP or anyone else why you don't have enough integrity to use your real name N"esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas Imber
So the Liberals want to give public funding to a private clinic? I guess the Liberals are now in favour of two-tiered healthcare.
 
 
Kate LeBlanc
Reply to @Thomas Imber: You mean like the ones the Conservatives push?
 
 
Larry Larson
Reply to @Thomas Imber: No, they want proper access to a medical procedure. There is nothing in the Health Canada act that says two doctors must sign for an abortion. It is time NB came into the 21st century!
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Larry Larson:
You mean the health Canada act thst is made up by the ruling party and easily changed by the ruling party? I hardly think rhat should be a de facto document,
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Thomas Imber: BINGO
 
 
Mary Smith
Reply to @Larry Larson: "There is nothing in the Health Canada act that says two doctors must sign for an abortion. It is time NB came into the 21st century!"

The rule requiring two doctors to sign for an abortion was removed in recent years. Still, NB is far behind and is very slowly playing catch up to where it should be. Under the law women have the legal right to proper access to abortions without significant barriers. There are still significant barriers in place for women seeking abortions in NB.
 
 
Larry Larson
Reply to @Dan Short: Nonsense!
 
 
Larry Larson
Reply to @Mary Smith: CONS never know how to do the right thing. It took decades for Liberals to learn how and will take even more for the CONS. I cannot believe the people of NB just gave Higgs a majority!  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Larry Larson: Methinks many of the folks such as I who don't bother to vote would agree that when its comes to politicking nothing surprises us and never did N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dan Short
Just more political gibbergobble. Political, parties in opposition always say the opposite of the ruling party, until they are the ruling party.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Dan Short: Methinks you 4 years of milking the rest of us byway of CERB while living within Higgy's Police State in order to ponder my lawsuits and all the political gibbergobble N'esy Pas?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Youd be pulling the CERB if you qualified I'm sure, but maybe its been withheld like a certain card youre longing for!!
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Say hey to Higgy and the RCMP for me will ya? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Provided hospital access for the procedures are available in hospitals there is no need for private clinics.

The LGTBQ specialty aspect should similarly not require a private clinic. The services that are covered by the Health system are available in the hospitals, services that are not covered are available through a variety of other providers.

All residents have the same options for access to medical care, regardless of gender, culture or religion.
 
 
Kate LeBlanc
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Ah but not west of Miramichi as the Federal funding for the hospital access has never been applied to any hospitals in those areas so these RESIDENTS who want or need to have an abortion have no choice but to either go out of their MEDICAL zone or pay for a one and only non-hospital clinic and THAT"S THE ISSUE.
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Kate LeBlanc: That is an issue for Higgs to address. He has claimed that if more facilities are needed they can be offered if the health officials recommend it. So I am thinking that people need to make a point of it to the MLA's in the different regions. But the point is that it should be available across the province where numbers warrant it. Would also say like many other procedures a reasonable drive to get to a hospital should not be a huge issue if it is umm say less than an hour.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: I concur but what of the right to free health care? Do the poor folks such a I whom Higgy et al deny providing a medicare card to have any rights at all?

FYI Recently i noticed Higgy et al must has a new plan in dealing with me and my health care. The hospital I frequently use refused to accept my bank card and demanded that i use a credit card (I have none )in order to pay for their emergency room services. even though they had welcomed its use since I first used their services while I ran for a seat in the 43rd Parliament in Higgy's riding.

Methinks everybody should understand why I told the questionable hospital beancounters that if they want paid then they will have to sue me but I bet I sue Higgy et al first N'esy Pas?
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: You must have millions after all the lawsuits you claim you've had in the past ! Boy I'm sure no one would wanna go up against you !! HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tristin Time
M_r_d_r under another name is still m_r_d_r. Seeing the same patient time and again warrants the current process of two physician signatures!
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Tristin Time: all you people screamin “m_r_d_r” are really just saying that you want The Handmaids Tale, the mothers are just vessels to you, so you really aren’t “pro-life” at all because the mother’s body and freedom mean nothing to you
 
 
Buddy Best
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Reply to @Winston Gray: I care nothing for anyone who would ki ll a child.
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Buddy Best: I care nothing for people who feel entitled to controlling the lives and bodies of others. If you don’t agree with abortions then don’t have one.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Winston Gray:
Call it what it is, we kill animals to eat them. We kill bugs because they enjoy us, we kill eggs to eat them. We kill flowers to give them to people.
The issue is not pro life or pro choice, the issue is refusing to just call it what it is and move on and do whatever you are going to do, as we do with everything else,

But this denying what it is so one can sleep at night, needs to stop.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Buddy Best: Me Too
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @Dan Short:
i agree for survival.....i dont agree for conveniance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
john smith 
i have no problem helping those women that need that help but if the gov decides to provide this clinic with funing on any level then it must be in the agreement the clinic must list what it made from selling teh remains
 
 
john smith 
Reply to @john smith: they sell each bundle of cells the bigger the bundl and more formed it becomes the more they get if they are willing to show those numbers publicly then maybe we could have this discussion
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @john smith:
I don't think it needs to be every hospital. There are many life saving procedures people need to travel to Halifax, Montreal Toronto or even Boston for.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @john smith: Look who makes the vaccines and you can begin to make your own list 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeff Smith 
I thought Liberals hated the idea of clinics too - I thought it was a slippery slope to the American system. Seems some clinics are more equal than others.
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Jeff Smith: some SERVICES are more equal
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jeff Smith: Go Figure
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Jeff Smith: Higgy et al must recall Trudeau The Younger following Dizzy May into Fat Fred City during their campaign tours in order to support Morgentaler's old" cliinc" Methinks its a small wonder why Trudeau and Franky Boy McKenna's lawyer buddy Gallant never got along too well N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bill Henry 
Shouldn’t need clinics. Every woman should have this right at every hospital.
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Bill Henry: agreed. The expensive but “corrrect” solution is to offer abortions at all major hospitals, the cheaper solution is to fund 554.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Bill Henry:
Yes, provided an agreeable doctor is handy. You have to respect too, the rights of the person doing the deed..
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I kinda sorta concur
 
 
Larry Larson
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Doctor have no right to refuse a medical procedure because they don't agree with it.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Larry Larson: I disagree
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Larry Larson:
You might have a bit of trouble selling that. Unless an emergency situation exists any quack can refuse virtually anything. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sarah Brown 
This clinic never should have closed. It is not just a clinic that provides abortions which are legal medical procedures under the Canada Health Act, but it is also a clinic that provides medical care to the LGBTQ community that they are entitled to have as citizens of this country and province. It’s a travesty that this current provincial government continues to maintain its archaic and misguided stance that it will not fund this clinic.
 
 
Tristin Time
Reply to @Sarah Brown: If you're this passionare about it why don't you fund it. My tax dollars are not for private organizations. Just like private schools, it is to be paid out of pocket!
 
 
Buddy Best
Reply to @Sarah Brown: These services are still provided at hospitals. Perhaps more training on birth control methods that don't require the taking of a human life
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Tristin Time:
Just a FYI: private schools get public funding. They get a set amount from the government per student if their school is fully up to government standard. It is then up to parents of the attendees to top up that amount, with their own money, to cover the real operating costs.
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Tristin Time: my doctor has a PRIVATE PEACTICE that is funded by my tax dollars because he bills the government when I visit his PRIVATE offices.

Your logic is not sound, we already have privatization.
 
 
Dan Short
Reply to @Sarah Brown:
They are no different than any other private business. It's up to them to make their own finances work. If they want to continue to give away free or losing cost services, it's up to them to find a solution to generate cash to stay open.
The ONLY reason the clinic is closing is because they give away services. That's on them, not the taxpayers.
 
 
Dan Short 
Reply to @Winston Gray:
Yes and thst private practice can only Bill for certain services, they can't bill the government because they for example, want to give you a hip replacement in the office.
 
 
Sammy Kofax
Reply to @Sarah Brown: If they want one - then they pay for it. Simple. Otherwise have the baby and give it for adoption.
 
 
Mary Smith
Reply to @Sammy Kofax: If someone cannot afford to pay for an abortion, you want them to have a child they can't afford? Or force them to give their child away?

It would be a better world if: "Every Mother A Willing Mother, Every Child A Wanted Child".

The moment a woman is pregnant there's a fixed cost associated with it (unless she miscarriages at home). Your tax dollars are going to be spent either way.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: True
Methinks Catholic Schools should be a glaring example of that fact because I have no doubt whatsoever that they teach Pro Life N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Steele 
CBC is really pushing this issue as they have done " several " stories about the same clinic . It seems either it is a very slow news day , or someone at the CBC has a very strong bias and agenda ; not sure which .
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Matt Steele:
It looks like a very slow news day.
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to @Matt Steele: or maybe, just maybe... people care about this.

You can’t bury news just because you dont agree with it.

What ever happened to people “thinking of others”?

Nowadays people are like “this doesn’t interest me, it must be news because someone has an agenda, it couldn’t POSSIBLY matter to people because it doesn’t matter to ME”.
 
 
Dan Short  
Reply to @Winston Gray:
The irony in your post of thinking of others is astounding! Nothing more all about "me" than an abortion.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: its not rocket science Who oversees them?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Watch whats up with Trump Methinks i will will perk you up N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: BTW did you know that Franky Boy McKenna's family wanted him to become a priest when he was growing up and his former cabinet minister and later a judge Mikey Baby McKee was once a priest?

Methinks those lawyers liked the ladies too much to abide with such wicked dogma for long. Now their sons are obviously following in their footsteps within the SANB's beloved political party N'esy Pas? 

 
 
John Grail
Reply to @Sarah Brown: Legality =/= morality. 
 
 
 
--------- Original message ----------
From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"<Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:04:32 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks the lawyer Rob McKee as the
LIEbrano Shadow Justice and Attorney General,was VERY STUPID to delete
my emails N'esy Pas Andrea Anderson-Mason???.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:58:32 -0300
Subject: Re: Methinks the lawyer Rob McKee as the LIEbrano Shadow
Justice and Attorney General,was VERY STUPID to delete my emails N'esy
Pas Andrea Anderson-Mason???.
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Cc: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"<megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "rick.desaulniers"
<rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca>, "michelle.conroy"<michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>,
BrianThomasMacdonald <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com>, "jake.stewart"
<jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, "Cathy.Rogers"<Cathy.Rogers@gnb.ca>,
"robert.gauvin"<robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
<Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "martin.gaudet"
<martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>
, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Cote"<Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 01:13:06 -0400
Subject: Re: Methinks the lawyer Rob McKee as the LIEbrano Shadow
Justice and Attorney General,was VERY STUPID to delete my emails N'esy
Pas Andrea Anderson-Mason???.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"
< megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "rick.desaulniers"<rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca>,
"michelle.conroy"<michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
< BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com>, "jake.stewart"
< jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, "Cathy.Rogers"<Cathy.Rogers@gnb.ca>,
"robert.gauvin"<robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
< Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "martin.gaudet"
< martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>, "Mark.Blakely"
< Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
< Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Cote"<Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
"Gilles.Moreau"<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "Stephen.Horsman"
< Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>, "carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>,
"carl. davies"<carl.davies@gnb.ca>, "tyler.campbell"
< tyler.campbell@gnb.ca>, "bruce.northrup"<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>,
bruce grandy <bruce.grandy@gnb.ca>, "Holland, Mike (LEG)"
< mike.holland@gnb.ca>, "mike.obrien"<mike.obrien@fredericton.ca>,
"bruce.fitch"<bruce.fitch@gnb.ca>, "Brian.kenny"
< Brian.kenny@gnb.ca>, "Stephane.vaillancourt"
< Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "warren.mcbeath"
< warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Boston.Mail"
< Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, "Fred.Wyshak"<Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov>,
"frederic.loiseau"<frederic.loiseau@fredericton.ca>, "lou.lafleur"
< lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca>
Cc: Andrea.AndersonMason@gnb.ca, "robert.mckee"<robert.mckee@gnb.ca>,
premier <premier@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, premier
< premier@gov.ab.ca>, Office of the Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>,
PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, premier <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>, premier
< premier@gov.nl.ca>, premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>, briangallant10
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"hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"
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< andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "David.Coon"
< David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin"<kris.austin@gnb.ca>,
"Lynn.Chaplin"<Lynn.Chaplin@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
< serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne"<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Arseneau,
Kevin (LEG)"<Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca>, "Kevin.Vickers"
< Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Chaplin, Lynn (NBPC/CPNB)"<Lynn.Chaplin@gnb.ca>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 04:58:45 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks the lawyer Rob McKee as the
LIEbrano Shadow Justice and Attorney General,was VERY STUPID to dlete
my emails N'esy Pas/ Andrea Anderson-Mason.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Please be advised this account is not monitored.

veuillez noter que ce compte n"est pas surveillé



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario <Premier@ontario.ca>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 04:58:44 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks the lawyer Rob McKee as the
LIEbrano Shadow Justice and Attorney General,was VERY STUPID to dlete
my emails N'esy Pas/ Andrea Anderson-Mason.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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On 6/29/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Anderson-Mason, Andrea Hon. (JAG/JPG)"<Andrea.AndersonMason@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:59:37 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Lynn Chaplin needa a lawyer who
> knows how to read emails better than the ex Fat Fred City Finest LIARS
> Carl Urquhart and Stephen Horsman N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
>
> Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are
> greatly valued.  You can be assured that all emails and letters are
> carefully read, reviewed and taken into consideration.
> If your issue is Constituency related, please contact Lisa Bourque at
> my constituency office at
> Lisa.Bourque@gnb.ca<mailto:Lisa.Bourque@gnb.ca>  or  (506) 755-2810.
> Thank you.
>
>
> Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de
> nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations. Nous
> tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en
> considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons.
> Si c’est au sujet du bureau de circonscription,  veuillez contacter
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> (506)755-2810.
> Merci.
>
> Andrea Anderson-Mason, Q.C. / c.r.
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Kevin Leahy <kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:38:43 -0400
> Subject: Re: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge (857 259
> 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 08:17:31 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Attn Robert McKee I am calling you for
the third time The pdf files hereto attached are for real
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

(Français à suivre)

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

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

Thank you.

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

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

Merci.



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 11:17:25 -0400
Subject: Attn Robert McKee I am calling you for the third time The pdf
files hereto attached are for real
To: robert.mckee@fowlerlawpc.com, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "chris.collins"<chris.collins@gnb.ca>, tj
<tj@burkelaw.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"
<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "greg.byrne"
<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir"<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>

Robert K. Mckee
Called to the bar: 2012 (NB)
Fowler Law P.C. Inc.
69 Waterloo St.
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 0E1
Phone: 506-857-8811
Fax: 506-857-9297
Email: robert.mckee@fowlerlawpc.com

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-liberal-party-nomination-moncton-centre-1.4689918

Robert McKee to run for the Liberals in Moncton Centre
Lawyer won Saturday's nomination by acclamation, a spokesperson for
the party says
CBC News · Posted: Jun 03, 2018 4:50 PM AT

Robert McKee, a 32-year-old lawyer and first-term Moncton city
councillor, declared his candidacy for the Moncton Centre Liberal
nomination on May 17. (Submitted)

Robert McKee has won the Moncton Centre Liberal nomination and will
run for the party in the upcoming provincial election this fall.

The 32-year-old lawyer was elected to Moncton city council in May,
2016, representing Ward 3, and declared his candidacy for the Moncton
Centre Liberal nomination on May 17.

He won Saturday's nomination by acclamation, according to Duncan
Gallant, a spokesperson for the party.

The availability to run in Moncton Centre for the Liberals opened up
after Speaker Chris Collins said he wouldn't reoffer for the party.

    Speaker Chris Collins won't reoffer for Liberals, plans to sue
premier for libel
    8 Liberals quit over premier's 'humiliating' treatment of Chris Collins

Premier Brian Gallant suspended Collins from the Liberal caucus on the
basis of allegations of harassment made by a former employee of the
legislature.

Collins described Premier Gallant's handling of the allegations as
"atrocious" and will finish his term as an independent.

​The election is scheduled for Sept. 24.


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

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

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

Department of Justice

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

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

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


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

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


Federal Court of Appeal Decisions

Amos v. Canada
Court (s) Database

Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date

2017-10-30
Neutral citation

2017 FCA 213
File numbers

A-48-16
Date: 20171030

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

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


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

THE COURT



Date: 20171030

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

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


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

I.                    Introduction

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

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


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


[4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
cross-appeal.


II.                 Preliminary Matter

[5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
several judges but did not name those judges.

[6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
c. F-7:


5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
Appeal.
[…]

5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
[…]
5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.

5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
juges de la Cour fédérale.


[7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
section.
[8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide that:
3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
matière civile et pénale.
4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
compétence en matière civile et pénale.


[9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
(section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
appeal book.


[10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
conflict in any matter related to him.


[11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.


[12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
such judge had a conflict.


[13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
was a member of such firm.


[14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
Court of Canada over 10 years ago.


[15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
“John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
[16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
apprehension of bias:
60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
reasonable apprehension of bias:
… the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
unconsciously, would not decide fairly."

[17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
(4th) 193).

[18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.


28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."


29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.


30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
            To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
his former firm for a considerable period of time.


32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
events from over a decade ago.
(emphasis added)

[19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
Webb hearing this appeal.

[20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
(2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.

[21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.

[22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.

[23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
to recuse himself.

[24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.

[25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.


III.               Issue

[26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?

IV.              Analysis

A.                 Standard of Review

[27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
[Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
(Hospira at paras. 82-83).

[28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
interfere.


B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
Prothonotary’s Order?

[29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:

17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
(…)


21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
[footnotes omitted].


[30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
para. 27).


[31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:


[13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:

a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;

b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and

c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
(Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).

[32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
“political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).

[33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:

…When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
“The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
of process…

To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
(at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).

[34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.

[35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
supporting a cause of action.

[36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).

V.                 Conclusion
[37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
without leave to amend.
"Wyman W. Webb"
J.A.
"David G. Near"
J.A.
"Mary J.L. Gleason"
J.A.



FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
DOCKET:

A-48-16



STYLE OF CAUSE:

DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN



PLACE OF HEARING:

Fredericton,
New Brunswick

DATE OF HEARING:

May 24, 2017

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

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

DATED:

October 30, 2017

APPEARANCES:
David Raymond Amos


For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
(on his own behalf)

Jan Jensen


For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Nathalie G. Drouin
Deputy Attorney General of Canada

For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL











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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:04:18 -0300
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Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks I should not have been surprised to see the VERY CORRUPT CBC
block me in Facebook just like they do in Twitter and in the very
domain we all pay for with our tax dollars N'esy Pas?

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David Amos
Content disabled
Methinks they will block me in Facebook just like they do in Twitter N'esy Pas?




BINGO
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-premier-blaine-higgs-no-election-agreement-flawed-1.5685109

Higgs's rationale for no-snap-election deal is flawed, says political expert
Three byelections must be held this fall

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99 Comments
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David Amos
Methinks "political experts" make some of the best clowns in Higgy's
circus but the Green Meanies take the cake N'esy Pas?





David Amos
A false dilemma??? Too Too Funny

"One thing that is very important to realize is that there's not two
options here," Green MLA Kevin Arseneau said on his way in to the
meeting. "It's not an election or a deal. That's like a false dilemma
that's been invented."

Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Dilemma alright ! Does Arsenault reveal he's an
back door SANB Liberal or continue running as an uncommitted Green ?
We know what Gauvins true colours always were ! Same as Arsenault !

David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you must have enough clues between your
ears to understand that a dilemma is a dilemma for the former SANB
boss and that is no such thing as a false one N'esy Pas?

Jos Allaire
Reply to @Lou Bell: I see that you are obsessed with the SANB, grosse bee got!

Jos Allaire
Reply to @David Amos: I think you are giving Lou Dumbell too much credit.

David Amos
Reply to @Jos Allaire: Welcome back to the circus Maggie

Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Ah yes , the reincarnation of poor Maggie ! And
we also know who Marc is now . With an Anglophone name to boot !






Jason Inness
I think Higgs has done a pretty good job. However, this is a
disturbing trend that he is always looking for more power. He doesn't
seem to consult his caucus on important decisions (i.e. the ER
Closures), he wanted more power legislated into the EM Act (and backed
down when he couldn't get the votes to pass it), and now he wants the
opposition to declare two years of support for his government. If this
is how he acts with a minority, can he really be trusted with a
majority government?

Jos Allaire
Reply to @Jason Inness: I agree with you on everything except the
first sentence.

David Amos
Reply to @Jos Allaire: Methinks Maggie by any other name is like moth
to flame N'esy Pas?

Lou Bell
Reply to @Jason Inness: Can the SANB Liberals be trusted any at all ?
See their UNDISCLOSED 130 million dollar giveaway of taxpayers money
!!! Obviously they can't !!!!!!!!







Al Borland
If Higgs were to send Cardy packing back to the N D P , Greens, or
Liberals where he belongs then he'd gain my vote. Otherwise, let's
hope the P A N B do well.

David Amos
Reply to @Al Borland: Now thats funny. Methinks you PANB people should
Google Cardy Higgs and butter tarts ASAP N'esy Pas?






Peter Baxter
Inconceivable.....
Very much against tradition....
Like Brian Gallant refusing to step aside when he did not have the most seats!

So ... we know......inconceivable and very much against tradition
...are trade marks of the Liberals !
"It would be very much against how custom and convention typically
operate in Canada" ,...yep...that describes what Brian did....only two
years ago...in a nutshell

David Amos
Reply to @Peter Baxter: You understand that it is just a circus?






Fred Brewer
I smell desperation coming from the PC camp.

David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Me Too






https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/robert-gauvin-election-former-deputy-premier-1.5690535

Former PC cabinet minister runs for Liberals in Shediac Bay-Dieppe
Robert Gauvin was deputy premier and minister of tourism in Blaine
Higgs's cabinet until quitting

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David Amos
Content disabled
Methinks Higgy et al are well aware that I am overjoyed by the fact
that Mr Gauvin donned a red coat and opted to remain in the circus
N'esy Pas?






David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise

Josef Blow
Reply to @David Amos: Just when you thought you were having a good
day, along comes the Beard.

David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Josef Blow: Methinks you are just jealous that you can't
grow one worth talking about N'esy Pas?






Jim Cyr
He's an opportunistic disgrace to all Acadians.

David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Methinks many Acadians appreciate his skills as a
comedian so they should keep the clown in the circus N'esy Pas?





David Stairs
these guys will do anything to guarantee the golden pension....say one
thing to get votes and then follow whatever party line there is...it's
disgusting...

David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @David Stairs: Methinks it par for the course that all
politicians and public employees play N'esy Pas?






Johnny Almar
This is enough reason to ditch the Liberal party.

Vickers will probably lose in Miramichi because the PA has a well
liked and respected MLA there already.

Insiders have balked at Vickers’ poor social skills and overall snobiness.

Al Borland
Reply to @Johnny Almar: Let's hope the People's Alliance replace the
Liberals as the official opposition. I see good things in the future
for New Brunswick. A level of unity and pride that we haven't had for
a long time.

Janice small
Reply to @Johnny Almar: Thie is nothing exciting about Vickers, poor
people skills,, no experience in gouvernment reminds of my grandfather
when he talks, little no no charisma and really knows nothing about
being Premier.. Just like Gallant,, but that's what the party wants a
soft gumby who they can twist and bend and make him tow the party
line.. God forsaken if they had somebody with a voice and an opinion..

David Amos
Reply to @Johnny Almar: Imagine me agreeing with you. Methinks amazing
things never cease N'esy Pas?

David Amos
Reply to @Al Borland: Dream on







Luke Armstrong
Shediac Bay - Dieppe...do you they ever elect anyone but Liberals?

val harris
Reply to @Luke Armstrong: No and it shows they know what they are
doin. Well done Shediac

Ray Oliver
Reply to @Luke Armstrong: French name, the vote is yours. Doesn't
matter what kind of human garbage it is

Josef Blow
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Pretty nasty language there, Mr. Oliver ! I'm
surprised CBC would, in this very situation, allow "human garage" such
as that to which you so gingerly refer, to publish such offensive
gibberish.

Ray Oliver
Reply to @Josef Blow: Did I hurt your feelings? Awww

Ray Oliver
Reply to @Josef Blow: Whats a human garage? I'm confused. If you're
gonna go all moral police on someone get the nasty bits right at
least, precious Mr blow

Greg Windsor
Reply to @val harris: well that is certainly where the money is being
pumped into....

Josef Blow
Reply to @Ray Oliver: A gallant effort Ray, but you'"ll need to eat a
few more Wheaties to get up to speed. I'll sip my Red Rose waiting for
your arrival … ah, I'll make a pot. Lots of time … And, my feelings
are damaged … but I'll make it. Ne pas worry.

Ray Oliver
Reply to @Josef Blow: A "Gallant" effort. Perfect candidate for
Shediac. Maybe prop one up like weekend at Bernies, he/she would win
every time. Be about as useful too

Jeff Leblanc
Reply to @Ray Oliver: just mute this new guy who seems to be a
condescending jerk. Thats what I'm doing. Then him and David Amos and
Marc Martin can all play together in the sandbox with nobody' to
bother them

David Amos
Reply to @Josef Blow: Imagine me agreeing with you. Methinks amazing
things never cease N'esy Pas?





Brian Robertson
It's always been us and them.
The French always vote Liberal, so we either concede to them of vote
Conservative.

Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Brian Robertson: or...and here me out, you could vote
purple. Then one day, not this election cycle or even next, but one
day they might get enough seats to be a viable alternative. We will
never know unless we give it a shot.

Dan Lee
Reply to @Brian Robertson:
What is it with you quys ..the french this ....the french that.......

Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Dan Lee: well I mean come on. In NB the French are quite
vocal and tend to be catered to by the main 2 parties who need the
votes. And that rubs the great silent majority the wrong way. Used to
bother me too but I've come to accept it will never change. Your food
will taste better and the air will be fresher when you realize that
sad fact.

Dan Lee
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: bahahahaha.......yea...... bahahaha...........

Josef Blow
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: So, you appear to equate "Purple" (such a
noble colour for such a petty party) with "Green", (as in the
expression, "The grass is always greener on the other side".

Someone once told me that the reason why the grass is likely "greener
on the other side", is because that is where the septic tank is … . I
think the idea fits the bill here.

Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Josef Blow: the only way the grass would be greener near the
septic tank would be it it was leaking

Natalie Pugh
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: We need to, now more than ever, force the
change! Our children and grandchildren have been placed second best
simply for not being able to speak a language that is fading away.
After all what are the true stats of those who are unilingual french
in NB....3%?? It's not about culture and never was. It's control over
the job market and nothing else.

David Amos
Reply to @Brian Robertson: Methinks you should explain to folks real
slow why lots of French folks voted for Mr Gauvin in the last election
or all the other Conservatives they have elected in the past
particularly under the mandates of Hatfield, Lord and even Alward
N'esy Pas?

Brian Robertson
Reply to @David Amos:
I think you should explain this bizarre idiom you have adopted as some
kind a signature preamble and postscript to all your comments.
But, in the fullness of time and the plethora of my posts, you will
find the answers to your query.
It would be redundant of me to repeat it merely at your request.







Eric Plexe
Robert Gauvin would not be the only political opportunist to change
parties as Dominic Cardy was formerly the leader of the NB NDP.

Mack Leigh
Reply to @Eric Plexe:
It is not about political conviction, ethics or strength of character
but all about what Gauvin can benefit from this move..

Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Mack Leigh:
Much the same as Mr Cardy then..............

David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks Minister Cardy won't miss having to
share his butter tarts with the former Deputy Premier as his former
conservative cohort Mr Duffie challenges him for his seat N'esy Pas?





Lou Bell
Now all we need is for Arsenault to admit his also being another SANB Liberal .

David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you forgot that when the liberals didn't
want him to run for them last time he snubbed Higgy et al and ran for
the Green Meanies instead N'esy Pas?






---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:37:46 -0300
Subject: Methinks it would not be wise to bet the farm on anything a
cop or lawyer or politician has to say N'esy Pas?
To: Amy.Sturgeon@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, irwinlampert@gmail.com,
glemieux@lemcolaw.ca, "Larry.Tremblay"
<Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
<Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca,
Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca, "Bill.Blair"<Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>,
"Barbara.Whitenect"<Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca>, "carl.urquhart"
<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"barbara.massey"<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Newsroom
<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, Nathalie Sturgeon
<sturgeon.nathalie@brunswicknews.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca, "Shane.Magee"<Shane.Magee@cbc.ca>,
"steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca,
Rob.Moore@parl.gc.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca
Cc: Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Premier@ontario.ca,
Patricia.Levesque@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, motomaniac333
<motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Brooke.Malinoski@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
Alexander.Quon@globalnews.ca

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)"<Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:15:01 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks it would not be wise to bet the
farm on anything a cop or lawyer or politician has to say N'esy Pas
Cleveland Allaby?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Thank you for taking the time to write to us.

Due to the high volume of emails that we receive daily, please note
that there may be a delay in our response. Thank you for your
understanding.

If you are looking for current information on Coronavirus, please
visit www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://www.gnb.ca/coronavirus>.

If this is a Media Request, please contact the Premier’s office at
(506) 453-2144.

Thank you.


Bonjour,

Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps de nous écrire.

Tenant compte du volume élevé de courriels que nous recevons
quotidiennement, il se peut qu’il y ait un délai dans notre réponse.
Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension.

Si vous recherchez des informations à jour sur le coronavirus,
veuillez visiter
www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://www.gnb.ca/coronavirus>.

S’il s’agit d’une demande des médias, veuillez communiquer avec le
Cabinet du premier ministre au 506-453-2144.

Merci.


Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre
P.O Box/C. P. 6000
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E3B 5H1
Canada
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Email/Courriel: premier@gnb.ca/premier.ministre@gnb.ca


---------- Original message ----------
From: "Axiotis-Perez, Alex"<Alex.Axiotis-Perez@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:14:56 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks it would not be wise to bet the
farm on anything a cop or lawyer or politician has to say N'esy Pas
Cleveland Allaby?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Hello,
Please note that I am currently away from the office.
For any urgent matters during my absence, please contact Brooke
Malinoski (Brooke.Malinoski@pmo-cpm.gc.ca)
Thank you!
*****
Bonjour,
Veuillez noter que je suis présentement absent du bureau.
Pour toute question urgente pendent mon absence, veuillez contacter
Brooke Malinoski (Brooke.Malinoski@pmo-cpm.gc.ca)
Merci !





---------- Original message ----------
From: Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:15:00 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks it would not be wise to bet the
farm on anything a cop or lawyer or politician has to say N'esy Pas
Cleveland Allaby?
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

Thank you very much for reaching out to the Office of the Hon. Bill
Blair, Member of Parliament for Scarborough Southwest.

Please be advised that as a health and safety precaution, our
constituency office will not be holding in-person meetings until
further notice. We will continue to provide service during our regular
office hours, both over the phone and via email.

Due to the high volume of emails and calls we are receiving, our
office prioritizes requests on the basis of urgency and in relation to
our role in serving the constituents of Scarborough Southwest. If you
are not a constituent of Scarborough Southwest, please reach out to
your local of Member of Parliament for assistance. To find your local
MP, visit: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

Moreover, at this time, we ask that you please only call our office if
your case is extremely urgent. We are experiencing an extremely high
volume of calls, and will better be able to serve you through email.

Should you have any questions related to COVID-19, please see:
www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http://www.canada.ca/coronavirus>

Thank you again for your message, and we will get back to you as soon
as possible.

Best,


MP Staff to the Hon. Bill Blair
Parliament Hill: 613-995-0284
Constituency Office: 416-261-8613
bill.blair@parl.gc.ca<mailto:bill.blair@parl.gc.ca>

**
Merci beaucoup d'avoir pris contact avec le bureau de l'Honorable Bill
Blair, D?put? de Scarborough-Sud-Ouest.

Veuillez noter que par mesure de pr?caution en mati?re de sant? et de
s?curit?, notre bureau de circonscription ne tiendra pas de r?unions
en personne jusqu'? nouvel ordre. Nous continuerons ? fournir des
services pendant nos heures de bureau habituelles, tant par t?l?phone
que par courrier ?lectronique.

En raison du volume ?lev? de courriels que nous recevons, notre bureau
classe les demandes par ordre de priorit? en fonction de leur urgence
et de notre r?le dans le service aux ?lecteurs de Scarborough
Sud-Ouest. Si vous n'?tes pas un ?lecteur de Scarborough Sud-Ouest,
veuillez contacter votre d?put? local pour obtenir de l'aide. Pour
trouver votre d?put? local, visitez le
site:https://www.noscommunes.ca/members/fr

En outre, nous vous demandons de ne t?l?phoner ? notre bureau que si
votre cas est extr?mement urgent. Nous recevons un volume d'appels
extr?mement ?lev? et nous serons mieux ? m?me de vous servir par
courrier ?lectronique.

Si vous avez des questions concernant COVID-19, veuillez consulter le
site : http://www.canada.ca/le-coronavirus

Merci encore pour votre message, et nous vous r?pondrons d?s que possible.

Cordialement,

Personnel du D?put? de l'Honorable Bill Blair
Colline du Parlement : 613-995-0284
Bureau de Circonscription : 416-261-8613
bill.blair@parl.gc.ca<mailto:bill.blair@parl.gc.ca>
< mailto:bill.blair@parl.gc.ca>



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:14:56 -0300
Subject: Re: Methinks it would not be wise to bet the farm on anything
a cop or lawyer or politician has to say N'esy Pas Cleveland Allaby?
To: Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca, rick.lafrance@pcnb.org,
bobhatheway@gmail.com, cleveland.allaby@me.com, Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca,
robert.mckee@gnb.ca, greg.byrne@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca,
kris.austin@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@pcnb.org, claude.williams@pcnb.org,
duncan@dlmca.ca, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "Furey, John"<jfurey@nbpower.com>,
francineqs@gmail.com, stephan.richard1@gmail.com,
awlebrun@hotmail.com, charlesdoucet850@gmail.com, "David.Lametti"
<David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>, "Nathalie.Drouin"
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen"
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca, "Larry.Tremblay"
<Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
<Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca,
Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Bill.Morneau@parl.gc.ca,
Serge.Cormier@parl.gc.ca, Rob.Moore@parl.gc.ca,
John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
ssducks@xplornet.ca, shawn_morrison_1974@icloud.com,
Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, premier.ministre@gnb.ca, Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca,
Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Alex.Axiotis-Perez@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
Premier@ontario.ca, newsroom@globeandmail.com


---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)"<Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:41:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks the lawyers Joël Etienne and
Christian Michaud, the RCMP, the CBC and Higgy et al must be well
aware of my emails and the blog I created on July 8th and updated
today N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Thank you for taking the time to write to us.

Due to the high volume of emails that we receive daily, please note
that there may be a delay in our response. Thank you for your
understanding.

If you are looking for current information on Coronavirus, please
visit www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://www.gnb.ca/coronavirus>.

If this is a Media Request, please contact the Premier’s office at
(506) 453-2144.

Thank you.


Bonjour,

Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps de nous écrire.

Tenant compte du volume élevé de courriels que nous recevons
quotidiennement, il se peut qu’il y ait un délai dans notre réponse.
Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension.

Si vous recherchez des informations à jour sur le coronavirus,
veuillez visiter
www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://www.gnb.ca/coronavirus>.

S’il s’agit d’une demande des médias, veuillez communiquer avec le
Cabinet du premier ministre au 506-453-2144.

Merci.


Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre
P.O Box/C. P. 6000
Fredericton, New-Brunswick/Nouveau-Brunswick
E3B 5H1
Canada
Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144
Email/Courriel: premier@gnb.ca/premier.ministre@gnb.ca



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On 8/12/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)"<Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:28:26 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks it would not be wise to bet the
> farm on anything a cop or lawyer or politician has to say N'esy Pas
> Cleveland Allaby?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for taking the time to write to us.
>
> Due to the high volume of emails that we receive daily, please note
> that there may be a delay in our response. Thank you for your
> understanding.
>
> If you are looking for current information on Coronavirus, please
> visit www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://www.gnb.ca/coronavirus>.
>
> If this is a Media Request, please contact the Premier’s office at
> (506) 453-2144.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Bonjour,
>
> Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps de nous écrire.
>
> Tenant compte du volume élevé de courriels que nous recevons
> quotidiennement, il se peut qu’il y ait un délai dans notre réponse.
> Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension.
>
> Si vous recherchez des informations à jour sur le coronavirus,
> veuillez visiter
> www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://www.gnb.ca/coronavirus>.
>
> S’il s’agit d’une demande des médias, veuillez communiquer avec le
> Cabinet du premier ministre au 506-453-2144.
>
> Merci.
>
>
> Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre
> P.O Box/C. P. 6000
> Fredericton, New-Brunswick/Nouveau-Brunswick
> E3B 5H1
> Canada
> Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144
> Email/Courriel: premier@gnb.ca/premier.ministre@gnb.ca
>



On 8/7/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whereas the RCMP, thier lawyers and their political bosses don't like
> to read things perhaps they may enjoy reviewing some videos I made
> after the Feds falsely arrested me and assaulted me  the DECH in Fat
> Fred City 2008
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjonbmIti-o
>
> The RCMP in Fat Fred City Pt 1
> 326 views
> Oct 15, 2010
> MaritimeMalaise
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IXzuc4QFLY
>
> RCMP in Fat Fred City Pt 2
> 73 views
> Oct 9, 2010
> MaritimeMalaise
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq9WozWEyAI
>
> Speak of the Devil and Cst. Mark Blakely of the RCMP appears
> 372 views
> Oct 9, 2010
> MaritimeMalaise
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9tFll72Wcs
>
> A Clip of Yankee Police surveilance wiretap tape 139 Sgt Moe loved this CD
> 44 views
> Oct 9, 2010
> MaritimeMalaise
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 09:38:25 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Bill Blair, Irwin Lampert and the
> RCMP should check work very closely today N'esy Pas?
> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com
>
> Thank you very much for reaching out to the Office of the Hon. Bill
> Blair, Member of Parliament for Scarborough Southwest.
>
> Please be advised that as a health and safety precaution, our
> constituency office will not be holding in-person meetings until
> further notice. We will continue to provide service during our regular
> office hours, both over the phone and via email.
>
> Due to the high volume of emails and calls we are receiving, our
> office prioritizes requests on the basis of urgency and in relation to
> our role in serving the constituents of Scarborough Southwest. If you
> are not a constituent of Scarborough Southwest, please reach out to
> your local of Member of Parliament for assistance. To find your local
> MP, visit: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
>
> Moreover, at this time, we ask that you please only call our office if
> your case is extremely urgent. We are experiencing an extremely high
> volume of calls, and will better be able to serve you through email.
>
> Should you have any questions related to COVID-19, please see:
> www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http://www.canada.ca/coronavirus>
>
> Thank you again for your message, and we will get back to you as soon
> as possible.
>
> Best,
>
>
> MP Staff to the Hon. Bill Blair
> Parliament Hill: 613-995-0284
> Constituency Office: 416-261-8613
> bill.blair@parl.gc.ca<mailto:bill.blair@parl.gc.ca>
>
> **
> Merci beaucoup d'avoir pris contact avec le bureau de l'Honorable Bill
> Blair, D?put? de Scarborough-Sud-Ouest.
>
> Veuillez noter que par mesure de pr?caution en mati?re de sant? et de
> s?curit?, notre bureau de circonscription ne tiendra pas de r?unions
> en personne jusqu'? nouvel ordre. Nous continuerons ? fournir des
> services pendant nos heures de bureau habituelles, tant par t?l?phone
> que par courrier ?lectronique.
>
> En raison du volume ?lev? de courriels que nous recevons, notre bureau
> classe les demandes par ordre de priorit? en fonction de leur urgence
> et de notre r?le dans le service aux ?lecteurs de Scarborough
> Sud-Ouest. Si vous n'?tes pas un ?lecteur de Scarborough Sud-Ouest,
> veuillez contacter votre d?put? local pour obtenir de l'aide. Pour
> trouver votre d?put? local, visitez le
> site:https://www.noscommunes.ca/members/fr
>
> En outre, nous vous demandons de ne t?l?phoner ? notre bureau que si
> votre cas est extr?mement urgent. Nous recevons un volume d'appels
> extr?mement ?lev? et nous serons mieux ? m?me de vous servir par
> courrier ?lectronique.
>
> Si vous avez des questions concernant COVID-19, veuillez consulter le
> site : http://www.canada.ca/le-coronavirus
>
> Merci encore pour votre message, et nous vous r?pondrons d?s que possible.
>
> Cordialement,
>
> Personnel du D?put? de l'Honorable Bill Blair
> Colline du Parlement : 613-995-0284
> Bureau de Circonscription : 416-261-8613
> bill.blair@parl.gc.ca<mailto:bill.blair@parl.gc.ca>
> < mailto:bill.blair@parl.gc.ca>
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Telford, Katie"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 09:38:24 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Bill Blair, Irwin Lampert and the
> RCMP should check work very closely today N'esy Pas?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> Hello,
>
> Please note that I am currently away from the office.
>
> For any urgent matters during my absence, please contact Alex
> Axiotis-Perez
> (Alex.Axiotis-Perez@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<mailto:Alex.Axiotis-Perez@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>).
>
> ***
>
> Bonjour,
>
> Veuillez noter que je suis présentement absent du bureau.
>
> Pour toute question urgente pendant mon absence, veuillez contacter
> Alex Axiotis-Perez
> (Alex.Axiotis-Perez@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<mailto:Alex.Axiotis-Perez@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>).
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario
> <Premier@ontario.ca>
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 09:38:23 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Bill Blair, Irwin Lampert and the
> RCMP should check work very closely today N'esy Pas?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly
> valued.
>
> You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read,
> reviewed and taken into consideration.
>
> There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the
> need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your
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> response may take several business days.
>
> Thanks again for your email.
> ______­­
>
> Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de
> nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations.
>
> Nous tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en
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>
> Dans certains cas, nous transmettrons votre message au ministère
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>
> Merci encore pour votre courriel.
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 09:43:41 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Bill Blair, Irwin Lampert and the
> RCMP should check work very closely today N'esy Pas?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 12:23:11 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Irwin Lampert Re what you and the RCMP say in
> CBC
> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com
>
> Thank you very much for reaching out to the Office of the Hon. Bill
> Blair, Member of Parliament for Scarborough Southwest.
>
> Please be advised that as a health and safety precaution, our
> constituency office will not be holding in-person meetings until
> further notice. We will continue to provide service during our regular
> office hours, both over the phone and via email.
>
> Due to the high volume of emails and calls we are receiving, our
> office prioritizes requests on the basis of urgency and in relation to
> our role in serving the constituents of Scarborough Southwest. If you
> are not a constituent of Scarborough Southwest, please reach out to
> your local of Member of Parliament for assistance. To find your local
> MP, visit: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
>
> Moreover, at this time, we ask that you please only call our office if
> your case is extremely urgent. We are experiencing an extremely high
> volume of calls, and will better be able to serve you through email.
>
> Should you have any questions related to COVID-19, please see:
> www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http://www.canada.ca/coronavirus>
>
> Thank you again for your message, and we will get back to you as soon
> as possible.
>
> Best,
>
>
> MP Staff to the Hon. Bill Blair
> Parliament Hill: 613-995-0284
> Constituency Office: 416-261-8613
> bill.blair@parl.gc.ca<mailto:bill.blair@parl.gc.ca>
>
> **
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 09:17:08 -0300
> Subject: Attn Irwin Lampert Re what you and the RCMP say in CBC
> To: irwinlampert@gmail.com, glemieux@lemcolaw.ca, "Larry.Tremblay"
> <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
> <Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca,
> Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca, "Bill.Blair"<Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>,
> "Barbara.Whitenect"<Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca>, "carl.urquhart"
> <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "barbara.massey"<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Newsroom
> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, Nathalie Sturgeon
> <sturgeon.nathalie@brunswicknews.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
> "Friday.Joe"<Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca>
> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Shane.Magee"
> <Shane.Magee@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-management-reviews-police-investigations-1.5670446
>
>
> Internal RCMP reviews find illegal arrests, incomplete investigations
>
> Management reviews give previously hidden look at quality of RCMP
> investigations
> Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2020 6:00 AM AT
>
> "Irwin Lampert, a provincial court judge in Moncton who retired last
> year, said he would be surprised if some of the issues found in the
> older reports continued to this day.
>
> "I saw very very few examples of police officers who would obviously
> violate an accused's rights under the charter," Lampert said of his
> time on the bench, referring to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
>
> "Some were through inadvertence rather than malfeasance. In some cases
> they just didn't realize that they were doing something wrong and it
> would be pointed out to them and you would hope that it wouldn't
> happen again."
>
> New Brunswick is among three provinces where Crown prosecutors must
> approve charges before they are laid in court.
> Court issues
>
> A 2017 review of the Hampton detachment is generally favourable, but
> describes prosecutions abandoned or dropped.
>
> In three of 45 cases brought to the Crown by police, the evidence
> didn't support the charges. Issues with arrests in two of the 45 cases
> led to the Crown not prosecuting. The report pointed to a lack of
> supervision as a contributing factor.
>
> "When supervision is not taking place, solvable, prosecutable cases
> could result in acquittals or charges forwarded when not warranted,
> bringing liability to the organization and members," the report says."
>
>
>
>
>  30 Comments
>
>
>
> David Amos
> Methinks the RCMP should also review my lawsuit N'esy Pas?
>
>
>
>
>
> Bill Henry
> I cannot think of a worse job than being a police officer. Working
> nights, deaths, domestic violence, distrust in law enforcement, and
> while trying to do your job the best you can, the very real
> possibility you make a split second mistake, and you yourself end up
> in jail the rest of your life!
>
> Terry Tibbs
> Reply to @Bill Henry: Paperwork, and the lack of the proper paperwork,
> could hardly be lumped in with split second mistaken decisions.
>
> Dan Moore
> Reply to @Bill Henry: Yes, policing is a difficult job, if it is your
> worst job don't become a police officer. We should demand only the
> best suited become police officers and you clearly don't fit the bill.
> Also be aware that in that 'split second' mistake that could end you
> up in jail could also take the life of an innocent person as we have
> seen happen in the US time and again though less so in Canada, it
> still occurs. Being a police officer should not put you above the law
> rather place you under greater scrutiny as it is their job to enforce
> it. All aspects of it including presumed innocence and other
> constitutional rights.
>
> David Amos
> Reply to @Terry Tibbs: The RCMP are still playing dumb about falsely
> arresting me even after I sued the Crown and are inviting me to do so
> again Go Figure
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Matt Steele
> Irwin Lampert, a provincial court judge in Moncton who retired last
> year, said..... "Some were through inadvertence rather than
> malfeasance. In some cases they just didn't realize that they were
> doing something wrong and it would be pointed out to them and you
> would hope that it wouldn't happen again."
> That pretty much sums the problem up right there where police are not
> held accountable for their actions , and the people in the position of
> over seeing the Justice System let it slide , and hope that the police
> will do better . That combined with the militarization of the police
> is rapidly eroding the public's trust in the police and Justice System
> . You need to look no further than what is currently happening in the
> U.S. to see where things are eventually heading .When the only tool
> that the police have is a hammer , then every problem starts to look
> like a nail .
>
>
> David Peters
> Reply to @Matt Steele:
> Imo, you picked out the most important sentence in that article, but I
> have a completely different take on it.
>
> To me it shows there are checks and balances in place, in the system,
> that are working.
>
> However, I feel that the law & order bureaucracy in Canada is too
> insulated and lacks real transparency and accountability. Elections
> and short term limits for Judges, Crown Prosecutors and police chiefs
> would help solve the problem.
>
>
> David Amos
> Reply to @Matt Steele: Methinks you Irwin Lampert should check my work
> N;esy Pas?
>
>
>
>
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> Judges’ Association and the Canadian Association of Provincial Court
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> number of years I was a member of the New Brunswick Judicial Council,
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Kevin Leahy <kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:38:43 -0400
> Subject: Re: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge (857 259
> 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:38:40 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge
> (857 259 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:38:41 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge
> (857 259 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:38:32 -0400
> Subject: Re: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge (857 259
> 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>,
> internalaffairs@pd.boston.gov, mediarelations@pd.boston.gov,
> Robert.Ridge@pd.boston.gov, N.Decosta-Klipa@boston.com,
> John.Conroy@pd.boston.gov, "Dale.Morgan"<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, news-tips
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> Cc: richard.dahill@pd.boston.gov, "Larry.Tremblay"
> < Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>, "Gilles.Blinn"
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>
>
>
> 'If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue'
>
> By Teresa Hanafin, Globe Staff
>
> Good morning! It's Friday, June 28, the 179th day of the year. Sunrise
> in Boston was at 5:09 a.m.; sunset will be at 8:25 p.m. for 15 hours
> and 16 minutes of sunlight. The waning moon is 17 percent full.
>
>
> US Senator Kamala Harris's challenge to former VP Joe Biden's comments
> about working with segregationists in Congress and his opposition to
> federal court-ordered busing got the most attention after the
> Democratic debate last night. And Biden seemed unprepared in his
> rather rambling answer.
>
> By the way, it will be interesting to see how Biden tries to clean
> things up when he speaks this afternoon at Jesse Jackson's Rainbow
> PUSH Coalition Convention in Chicago.
>
> And predictably, conservatives almost immediately began attacking
> Harris, including by launching a coordinated campaign on Twitter in
> which accounts pretended to be black people offended that she would
> claim to be black (and all used the exact same wording):
>
> "Kamala Harris is *not* an American black. She is half Indian and half
> Jamaican. I'm so sick of people robbing American Blacks (like myself)
> of our history. It's disgusting ... These are my people not her
> people. Freaking disgusting."
>
> Because, you know, racists would look at Harris throughout her life
> and say, "Oh, she has black skin, but she's actually half Jamaican, so
> we won't discriminate against her."
>
> For the record, Harris was born in Oakland. Her mother, Shyamala
> Gopalan Harris, was a Tamil Indian, a breast cancer scientist who
> immigrated to the US from Madras (present-day Chennai) in 1960. Her
> father, Donald Harris, is a Stanford University economics professor
> who emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at
> the University of California at Berkeley.
>
> Progressives in the US House are still fuming today over Speaker Nancy
> Pelosi's decision to accept the Senate version of the border funding
> bill instead of the House version that had more protections for
> migrant kids held in detention and restricted how the Trump
> administration could spend the money.
>
> Pelosi tried to add those elements to the Senate bill, but House
> moderates threatened to withhold their support if she did. So it's the
> Senate bill, with money for the Pentagon to send more soldiers to the
> border and no health and care standards for the detention centers,
> that goes to Trump for his signature. Vox has a good rundown of the
> differences between the bills.
>
> Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka
> about their ongoing trade war.
>
> I missed this for yesterday's newsletter: The two friends whom writer
> E. Jean Carroll told about her alleged rape by Trump immediately after
> it happened in the mid-90s have identified themselves and publicly
> corroborated her account.
>
> Here's a New York Times podcast interview with the women.
>
> One friend, Lisa Birnbach, an author best known for co-authoring "The
> Official Preppy Handbook" in 1980, urged Carroll to go to the police.
> The other, Carol Martin, a longtime news anchor for WCBS-TV in New
> York, advised Carroll not to tell anyone because she believed that
> Trump would use his army of lawyers to make her life hell.
>
> Carroll, who blamed herself for the assault -- as far too many women
> do -- stayed silent. Until now.
>
> Mass. Governor Charlie Baker, still in London, meets with US
> Ambassador Woody Johnson. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is at the US
> Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. I wonder if
> they've ever met in say, Albany.
>
> Finally, let's end with Rudyard Kipling's most famous poem, "If—".
> Pretty good use of the English language, I'd say.
>
> If you can keep your head when all about you
>      Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
> If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
>      But make allowance for their doubting too;
> If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
>      Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
> Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
>      And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
>
> If you can dream — and not make dreams your master;
>      If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim;
> If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
>      And treat those two impostors just the same;
> If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
>      Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
> Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
>      And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
>
> If you can make one heap of all your winnings
>      And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
> And lose, and start again at your beginnings
>      And never breathe a word about your loss;
> If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
>      To serve your turn long after they are gone,
> And so hold on when there is nothing in you
>      Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
>
> If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
>      Or walk with Kings — nor lose the common touch,
> If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
>      If all men count with you, but none too much;
> If you can fill the unforgiving minute
>      With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
> Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
>      And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son!
>
>
>
> On 6/27/19, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:14:34 -0400
>> Subject: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083)
>> on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
>> To: internalaffairs@pd.boston.gov, mediarelations@pd.boston.gov,
>> Robert.Ridge@pd.boston.gov, N.Decosta-Klipa@boston.com,
>> John.Conroy@pd.boston.gov
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "Dale.Morgan"
>> < Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
>> news-tips <news-tips@nytimes.com>, Newsroom
>> < Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "darrow.macintyre"
>> < darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>
>>
>> https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/04/08/charlie-baker-rachael-rollins
>>
>> How a policy dispute between Charlie Baker and Rachael Rollins
>> suddenly turned personal
>> "We are allowed to disagree with each other, but what you are not
>> going to do is disrespect this office."
>>
>>
>> "Gov. Charlie Baker and Rachael Rollins have purportedly hit the
>> “reset button,” but the Suffolk Country district attorney still thinks
>> there’s something “funny” about the way she — the first woman to hold
>> the Boston-area prosecutor job — has been treated.
>>
>> The two elected officials clashed over the weekend, after Baker’s top
>> public safety official sent Rollins a letter last week asking her to
>> revise some of her new policies — including not prosecuting certain
>> misdemeanor crimes. In a press conference Friday, the Democratic
>> district attorney shot back at the Republican administration,
>> suggesting that “not everyone gets the benefit of the Baker family,”
>> alluding to groping allegations against the governor’s son last year."
>>
>> https://bpdnews.com/news/2019/1/4/recent-promotions-two-members-of-the-bpd-receive-promotions-during-ceremony-at-bpd-headquartersnbsp
>>
>> The men and women of the BPD would like to congratulate John Conroy on
>> his promotion from Sergeant Detective to Lieutenant and Robert Ridge
>> on his rating of Sergeant Detective. We wish them the best of luck in
>> their new chapters with the BPD.
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400
>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the
>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins
>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister
>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr?
>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com,
>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca,
>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com,
>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
>> andre@jafaust.com>
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, DJT@trumporg.com
>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.camcu@justice.gc.ca,
>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
>>
>>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Amos,
>>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>>>> of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
>>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>>>
>>>> Department of Justice
>>>>
>>>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
>>>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>>>>>
>>>>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
>>>>> ilian.html
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>>>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>>>>> cards?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>>>>> 6
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>>>> United States Senate
>>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>>>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>>>>> tapes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this
>>>>>> previously.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:09:31 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Perhpas your buddy Ralph Goodale should
>> cantact the Yankee Governor Charlie Baker and finally have the
>> warrants for my arrest erased EH Franky Boy McKenna?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:09:12 -0400
>> Subject: Perhpas your buddy Ralph Goodale should cantact the Yankee
>> Governor Charlie Baker and finally have the warrants for my arrest
>> erased EH Franky Boy McKenna?
>> To: "Frank.McKenna"<Frank.McKenna@td.com>,
>> barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, washington field
>> < washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Brenda.Lucki"
>> < Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, gov.press@state.ma.us,
>> bob.ross@state.ma.us, "Furey, John"<jfurey@nbpower.com>, jfetzer
>> < jfetzer@d.umn.edu>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, sfine
>> < sfine@globeandmail.com>, "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
>> "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "David.Akin"
>> < David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
>> < Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news
>> < news@dailygleaner.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, jbosnitch
>> < jbosnitch@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, wharrison
>> < wharrison@nbpower.com>, "David.Lametti"<David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>,
>> mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
>> < Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
>> < hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
>>
>> Brendan Moss, Press Secretary, Governor's Office
>>   (617) 725-4025
>>   gov.press@state.ma.us
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Hon.Ralph.Goodale  (PS/SP)"<Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:03:41 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Barbara Massey I just called AGAIN
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Merci d'avoir ?crit ? l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
>> S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile.
>> En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
>> adress?e au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
>> retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Soyez assur? que votre
>> message sera examin? avec attention.
>> Merci!
>> L'Unit? de la correspondance minist?rielle
>> S?curit? publique Canada
>> *********
>>
>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of
>> Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
>> addressed to the Minister, please note there could be a delay in
>> processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
>> carefully reviewed.
>> Thank you!
>> Ministerial Correspondence Unit
>> Public Safety Canada
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/26/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.goc411.ca/en/95200/Barbara-Massey
>>>
>>> Barbara Massey
>>> Barbara Massey works as Executive Director and Senior General Counsel
>>> for Justice Canada.
>>> Barbara can be reached at 613-843-6394
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo"<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier
>>> Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we
>>> confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau)
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017.  In my absence,
>>> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at  (613) 843-6394.
>>>
>>> Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017.  En mon absence,
>>> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394.
>>>
>>> Thank you / Merci
>>> Liliana
>>>
>>>
>>> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
>>> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
>>> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
>>> 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
>>> M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
>>> Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
>>> Ottawa, Ontario
>>> K1A 0R2
>>> Tel: (613) 843-4451
>>> Fax: (613) 825-7489
>>> liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>> Sandra Lofaro
>>> Executive Assistant /
>>> Adjointe exécutive
>>> (613)843-3540
>>> sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/27/17 11:28 >>>
>>>
>>> Good Day
>>>
>>> Please view attachments
>>>
>>> Before I file my next lawsuit please explain why my documents which
>>> included a letter to you and an unsigned draft of a motion that you
>>> did not want me to file that I sent you in confidence as per your
>>> request were filed in the Public Record then argued by the Crown and
>>> even quoted from by Judges of the Federal Court of Appeal?
>>>
>>> Whereas the clerks of Federal Court are reluctant to file my brief
>>> and its exhibits Jan Jensen should at very least give his copy to his
>>> associate Paul Adams ASAP.EH?
>>>
>>> This is Canada Post's tracking history of my documents
>>>
>>> Tracking Number PG399580893CA
>>>
>>> FREDERICTON, NB
>>> HALIFAX, NS
>>> Accepted
>>>
>>> Out for delivery
>>> Date received 2017/06/26
>>> Current date 2017/06/27
>>> Expected delivery 2017/06/27
>>> Delivery details
>>>   ServiceXpresspost
>>>
>>> Expected delivery is 2017/06/27
>>>
>>> Perhaps somebody should start acting ethically before the lawyers Bill
>>> Pentney and John Laskin take a seat on the bench N'esy Pas Mr Prime
>>> Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???? Better yet have your lawyers even
>>> bothered to read paragraph 83 of my first lawsuit yet?
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Caverly Director:
>>> Courts Administration Service
>>> 1720-1801 Hollis St.
>>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3N4
>>> Phone: 902-426-9619
>>> Fax: 902-426-5514
>>> Email: elizabeth.caverly@cas-satj.gc.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>>
>>> PROCEEDINGS QUERIES
>>> Recorded entry(ies) for A-48-16
>>>
>>> Court number information Court Number : A-48-16
>>> Style of Cause : DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>> Proceeding Category : Appeals Nature : Appeal (S.27 - Interloc.) -
>>> Others
>>> Type of Action : Non-Action
>>>
>>>
>>> 70 records found for court number A-48-16 Doc Date Filed Office
>>> Recorded Entry Summary
>>>
>>> - 2017-06-26 Fredericton Memorandum to file from Catharine M. Wilson
>>> dated 26-JUN-2017 On June 26, 2017, the Appellant/Respondent on
>>> Cross-Appeal submitted a post hearing brief per the direction of Webb,
>>> J.A., dated 08-JUN-2017, which is being sent to the FCA for direction
>>> as the document was submitted late and exceeds the number of pages.
>>> placed on file.
>>>
>>> - 2017-06-08 Ottawa Acknowledgment of Receipt received from both
>>> parties by email with respect to the Directions dated June 8, 2017
>>> placed on file on 08-JUN-2017
>>>
>>> - 2017-06-08 Ottawa Written directions of the Court: The Honourable
>>> Mr. Justice Webb dated 08-JUN-2017 directing "Please advise the
>>> parties that Mr. Amos has the right to submit a brief summary (not to
>>> exceed 5 pages) to explain the exact conflict that, in his view,
>>> arises in this matter with any of the judges assigned to this appeal
>>> and to submit any additional documents that are relevant to this
>>> issue. This summary and documents are to be submitted on or before
>>> June 23, 2017. [...]" received on 08-JUN-2017 Confirmed in writing to
>>> the party(ies)
>>>
>>> - 2017-05-26 Fredericton Letter from the respondent to Appellant,
>>> provided by Appellant (copy of the letter) dated 26-MAY-2017 The
>>> Respondent mentions they want communication from Appellant in written
>>> letters by mail only, from now on. received on 26-MAY-2017
>>>
>>> - 2017-05-24 Fredericton Request received from MR
>>> - 2017-05-24 Fredericton Request received from Appellant for CD audio
>>> of the hearing on 24-MAY-2017 for transcript. Tarriff: $15 paid placed
>>> on file on 24-MAY-2017
>>>
>>> - 2017-05-24 Fredericton This matter comes on for hearing on
>>> 24-MAY-2017 at Fredericton before The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb The
>>> Honourable Mr. Justice Near The Honourable Madam Justice Gleason
>>> Appearances: David Raymond Amos (self-litigant) 902-800-0369 for the
>>> appellant Jan Jensen 902-426-8177 for the respondent Language of
>>> Hearing: E Court Usher: Jason Kennedy Duration: on 24-MAY-2017 from
>>> 14:03 to 15:58 Courtroom : Courtroom No. 1 - Fredericton Court
>>> Registrar Michel Morneault Total duration: 1h55min Before the Court:
>>> Cross-appeal Result: reserved Comments: DARS Z005130 was used for the
>>> recording of the hearing Minutes of Hearing entered in Vol. 222
>>> page(s) 411 - 413 Abstract of Hearing placed on file
>>>
>>> 33 2017-04-24 Fredericton Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of
>>> Appellant/Respondent on cross-appeal sworn on 24-APR-2017 confirming
>>> service of doc.32 on Respondent/Appellant on cross-appeal by
>>> Xpresspost on 24-APR-2017 filed on 24-APR-2017
>>>
>>> 32 2017-04-24 Fredericton Book of Authorities with copy on DVD
>>> consisting of 1 volume(s) on behalf of Appellant/Respondent on
>>> cross-appeal Filed on 24-APR-2017 3 copy(ies) for the Court stored in
>>> Ottawa One copy placed in Annex
>>>
>>> 31 2017-04-20 Halifax Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of
>>> Jan Jensen confirming service of doc #30 upon Appellant by courier on
>>> 20-APR-2017 filed on 20-APR-2017
>>>
>>> 30 2017-04-20 Halifax Book of Authorities consisting of 1 volume(s) on
>>> behalf of HMQ (cross-appeal) Filed on 20-APR-2017 3 copy(ies) for the
>>> Court stored in Ottawa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo"<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 12:44:06 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: Yo Mr Jensen see attached file I see that you corrupt
>>> FEDS are on the attack bigtime as of May 24th N'esy Pas? (Away from
>>> the office/absente du bureau)
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> I will be away from the office until June 2, 2017.  In my absence,
>>> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at  (613)
>>> 843-6394.
>>>
>>> Je serai absente du bureau jusqu'au 2 juin 2017.  En mon absence,
>>> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613)
>>> 843-6394.
>>>
>>> Thank you / Merci
>>> Liliana
>>>
>>>
>>> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
>>> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
>>> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
>>> 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
>>> M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
>>> Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
>>> Ottawa, Ontario
>>> K1A 0R2
>>> Tel: (613) 843-4451
>>> Fax: (613) 825-7489
>>> liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>> Sharon Dickson
>>> Executive Assistant /
>>> Adjointe exécutive
>>> (613)843-3540
>>> Sharon.Dickson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)"<Charles.Murray@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000
>> Subject: You wished to speak with me
>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over the
>> years.
>>
>>
>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and
>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response to
>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a
>> productive use of either of our time.
>>
>>
>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate
>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be
>> given due consideration.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>> Charles Murray
>>
>> Ombud NB
>>
>> Acting Integrity Commissioner
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:48:58 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>> From: "David Raymond Amos"davidramos333@yahoo.ca
>>>>> Subject: I already know that you are as crooked as Hell Mr Leger. I am
>>>>> fishing for an honest cop not another corrupt bureaucrat. i am just
>>>>> proving that you know the truth Get it?
>>>>> To: Marc.Leger@gnb.ca
>>>>> CC: Day.S@parl.gc.ca, John.Foran@gnb.ca, pat.bonner@saintjohn.ca,
>>>>> lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, infoam@fredericton.cbc.ca,
>>>>> infomorning@moncton.cbc.ca, infomorning@halifax.cbc.ca,
>>>>> webo@xplornet.com, Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> alltrue@nl.rogers.com, samperrier@hotmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
>>>>> Scott.A@parl.gc.ca, amerrino@gmail.com, deanr0032@hotmail.com,
>>>>> wickedwanda3@adelphia.net, rfowlo@comcast.net, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> bmulroney@ogilvyrenault.com, pcollin@cpa-acp.ca, Dion.S@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> Casey.B@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject: Mr. Amos
>>>>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:41:22 -0300
>>>>> From: "Leger, Marc (DPS/MSP)"Marc.Leger@gnb.ca
>>>>> To: "David Raymond Amos"davidramos333@yahoo.ca
>>>>> David Amos,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not able to address your concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your calls and emails are not welcome and I would like you to stop
>>>>> communicating with me by phone and email
>>>>>
>>>>> Marc Léger
>>>>> Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre
>>>>> Public Safety / Sécurité publique
>>>>> (506) 453-7412 marc.leger@gnb.ca
>>>>> Working together to build a safer New Brunswick / Travaillons ensemble
>>>>> pour bâtir un Nouveau-Brunswick plus sûr
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:01:57 -0700
>>>> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: I just called Alan Roy again about
>>>> my right to health care, my missing 1965 Harley, the Yankee Wiretaps
>>>> tapes in its saddlebag and Federal Court and his assistant played dumb
>>>> as usual
>>>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> (Français à suivre)
>>>>
>>>> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
>>>> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>>>
>>>> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
>>>> ‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>>>
>>>> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>>>
>>>> Merci.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:42:09 -0400
>>>> Subject: Attn Marc Richard and John McNair I just called AGAIN Say hey
>>>> to my Brother in Law W. S. Reid CHEDORE and his brother of the law
>>>> David Lutz QC for me will ya?
>>>> To: MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, John.McNair@snb.ca,
>>>> "serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, Erin.Hardy@snb.ca,
>>>> David.Eidt@gnb.ca
>>>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Good Day Sir
>>>>>
>>>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>>>
>>>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>>>>
>>>>> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>>>>>
>>>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>>>
>>>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>>>
>>>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>>>
>>>>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>>>
>>>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>>>
>>>>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: 20151223
>>>>>
>>>>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>>>>
>>>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>>>>
>>>>> PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>>>>
>>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>>>
>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>>>
>>>>> Plaintiff
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>>
>>>>> Defendant
>>>>>
>>>>> ORDER
>>>>>
>>>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>>>>> December 14, 2015)
>>>>>
>>>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>>>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>>>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>>>>> in its entirety.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>>>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>>>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>>>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>>>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
>>>>> he stated:
>>>>>
>>>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>>>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>>>>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>>>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>>>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>>>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>>>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>>>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>>>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>>>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>>>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>>>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>>>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>>>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>>>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>>>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>>>> Police.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>>>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>>>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>>>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>>>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>>>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>>>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>>>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>>>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>>>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
>>>>> is no order as to costs.
>>>>>
>>>>> “B. Richard Bell”
>>>>> Judge
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>>>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>>>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>>>>
>>>>>   I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
>>>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
>>>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
>>>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>>>>
>>>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>>>> most
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
>>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
>>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
>>>>> dudes are way past too late
>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci ,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 83.  The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>>>
>>>>> January 13, 2015
>>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>>>
>>>>> December 8, 2014
>>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>>>
>>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>>>
>>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>>>
>>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>>>
>>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>>>
>>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject:
>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>>
>>>>> January 30, 2007
>>>>>
>>>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>>>
>>>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>>>> Minister of Health
>>>>>
>>>>> CM/cb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>>>> From: "Warren McBeath"warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
>>>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON"bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> "Paul Dube"PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>
>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sunday, 19 November 2017
>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
>>>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
>>>> The Supreme Court
>>>>
>>>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>>
>>>> Amos v. Canada
>>>> Court (s) Database
>>>>
>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>> Date
>>>>
>>>> 2017-10-30
>>>> Neutral citation
>>>>
>>>> 2017 FCA 213
>>>> File numbers
>>>>
>>>> A-48-16
>>>> Date: 20171030
>>>>
>>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>>> CORAM:
>>>>
>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>>> and
>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
>>>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
>>>>
>>>> THE COURT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Date: 20171030
>>>>
>>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>>> CORAM:
>>>>
>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>>> and
>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT
>>>>
>>>> I.                    Introduction
>>>>
>>>> [1]               On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
>>>> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
>>>> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
>>>> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
>>>> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
>>>> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
>>>> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
>>>> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
>>>> (Claim at para. 96).
>>>>
>>>> [2]               On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
>>>> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
>>>> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
>>>> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
>>>> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
>>>> Prothontary’s Order).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [3]               On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
>>>> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
>>>> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
>>>> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
>>>> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
>>>> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
>>>> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
>>>> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
>>>> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
>>>> cross-appeal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> II.                 Preliminary Matter
>>>>
>>>> [5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
>>>> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
>>>> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
>>>> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
>>>> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
>>>> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
>>>> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
>>>> several judges but did not name those judges.
>>>>
>>>> [6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
>>>> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
>>>> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
>>>> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
>>>> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
>>>> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
>>>> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
>>>> c. F-7:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
>>>> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
>>>> Appeal.
>>>> […]
>>>>
>>>> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
>>>> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
>>>> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
>>>> […]
>>>> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
>>>> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.
>>>>
>>>> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
>>>> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
>>>> juges de la Cour fédérale.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
>>>> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
>>>> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
>>>> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
>>>> section.
>>>> [8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide
>>>> that:
>>>> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>>>> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
>>>> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
>>>> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
>>>> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
>>>> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>>
>>>> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
>>>> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
>>>> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
>>>> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
>>>> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
>>>> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
>>>> matière civile et pénale.
>>>> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>>>> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
>>>> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
>>>> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
>>>> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
>>>> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>>
>>>> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
>>>> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
>>>> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
>>>> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
>>>> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
>>>> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
>>>> compétence en matière civile et pénale.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
>>>> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
>>>> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
>>>> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
>>>> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
>>>> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
>>>> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
>>>> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
>>>> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
>>>> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
>>>> appeal book.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
>>>> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
>>>> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
>>>> conflict in any matter related to him.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
>>>> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
>>>> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
>>>> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
>>>> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
>>>> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
>>>> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
>>>> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
>>>> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
>>>> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
>>>> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
>>>> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
>>>> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
>>>> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
>>>> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
>>>> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
>>>> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
>>>> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
>>>> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
>>>> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
>>>> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
>>>> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
>>>> such judge had a conflict.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
>>>> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
>>>> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
>>>> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
>>>> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
>>>> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
>>>> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
>>>> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
>>>> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
>>>> was a member of such firm.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
>>>> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
>>>> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
>>>> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
>>>> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
>>>> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
>>>> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
>>>> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
>>>> Court of Canada over 10 years ago.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
>>>> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
>>>> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
>>>> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
>>>> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
>>>> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
>>>> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
>>>> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
>>>> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
>>>> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
>>>> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
>>>> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
>>>> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
>>>> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
>>>> [16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
>>>> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
>>>> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
>>>> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
>>>> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
>>>> apprehension of bias:
>>>> 60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
>>>> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
>>>> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
>>>> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias:
>>>> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
>>>> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
>>>> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
>>>> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
>>>> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
>>>> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
>>>> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
>>>> unconsciously, would not decide fairly."
>>>>
>>>> [17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
>>>> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
>>>> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
>>>> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
>>>> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
>>>> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
>>>> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
>>>> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
>>>> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
>>>> (4th) 193).
>>>>
>>>> [18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
>>>> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
>>>> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
>>>> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
>>>> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
>>>> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
>>>> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
>>>> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
>>>> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
>>>> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
>>>> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
>>>> 27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
>>>> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
>>>> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
>>>> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
>>>> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
>>>> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
>>>> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
>>>> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
>>>> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
>>>> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
>>>> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
>>>> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
>>>> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
>>>> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
>>>> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
>>>> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
>>>> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
>>>> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
>>>> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
>>>> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
>>>> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
>>>> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
>>>> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
>>>> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
>>>> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
>>>> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
>>>> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
>>>> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
>>>> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
>>>> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
>>>> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
>>>> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
>>>> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
>>>> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
>>>> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
>>>>              To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
>>>> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
>>>> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
>>>> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
>>>> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
>>>> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
>>>> 31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
>>>> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
>>>> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
>>>> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
>>>> his former firm for a considerable period of time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
>>>> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
>>>> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
>>>> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
>>>> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
>>>> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
>>>> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
>>>> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
>>>> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
>>>> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
>>>> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
>>>> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
>>>> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
>>>> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
>>>> events from over a decade ago.
>>>> (emphasis added)
>>>>
>>>> [19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
>>>> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
>>>> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
>>>> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
>>>> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
>>>> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
>>>> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
>>>> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
>>>> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
>>>> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
>>>> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
>>>> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
>>>> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
>>>> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
>>>> Webb hearing this appeal.
>>>>
>>>> [20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
>>>> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
>>>> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
>>>> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.
>>>>
>>>> [21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
>>>> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
>>>> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
>>>> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
>>>> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
>>>> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.
>>>>
>>>> [22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
>>>> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
>>>> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
>>>> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
>>>> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
>>>> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
>>>> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
>>>> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
>>>> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
>>>> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.
>>>>
>>>> [23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
>>>> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
>>>> to recuse himself.
>>>>
>>>> [24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
>>>> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
>>>> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
>>>> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
>>>> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.
>>>>
>>>> [25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
>>>> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
>>>> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
>>>> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
>>>> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
>>>> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
>>>> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
>>>> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
>>>> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
>>>> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
>>>> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
>>>> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> III.               Issue
>>>>
>>>> [26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
>>>> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
>>>> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
>>>> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
>>>> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?
>>>>
>>>> IV.              Analysis
>>>>
>>>> A.                 Standard of Review
>>>>
>>>> [27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
>>>> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
>>>> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
>>>> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
>>>> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
>>>> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
>>>> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
>>>> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
>>>> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
>>>> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
>>>> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
>>>> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
>>>> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
>>>> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
>>>> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
>>>> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
>>>> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
>>>> (Hospira at paras. 82-83).
>>>>
>>>> [28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
>>>> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
>>>> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
>>>> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
>>>> interfere.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order?
>>>>
>>>> [29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
>>>> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
>>>> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:
>>>>
>>>> 17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
>>>> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
>>>> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
>>>> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
>>>> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
>>>> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
>>>> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
>>>> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
>>>> (…)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
>>>> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
>>>> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
>>>> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
>>>> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
>>>> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
>>>> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
>>>> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
>>>> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
>>>> [footnotes omitted].
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
>>>> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
>>>> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
>>>> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
>>>> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
>>>> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
>>>> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
>>>> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
>>>> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
>>>> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
>>>> para. 27).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
>>>> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
>>>> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
>>>> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
>>>> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
>>>> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
>>>> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:
>>>>
>>>> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
>>>> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;
>>>>
>>>> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
>>>> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and
>>>>
>>>> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
>>>> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
>>>> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
>>>> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
>>>> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).
>>>>
>>>> [32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
>>>> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
>>>> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
>>>> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
>>>> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).
>>>>
>>>> [33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
>>>> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
>>>> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:
>>>>
>>>> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
>>>> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
>>>> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
>>>> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
>>>> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
>>>> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
>>>> of process…
>>>>
>>>> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
>>>> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
>>>> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
>>>> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
>>>> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
>>>> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
>>>> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
>>>> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
>>>> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).
>>>>
>>>> [34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
>>>> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.
>>>>
>>>> [35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
>>>> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
>>>> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
>>>> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
>>>> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
>>>> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
>>>> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
>>>> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
>>>> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
>>>> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
>>>> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
>>>> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
>>>> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
>>>> supporting a cause of action.
>>>>
>>>> [36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
>>>> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
>>>> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
>>>> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
>>>> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
>>>> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
>>>> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).
>>>>
>>>> V.                 Conclusion
>>>> [37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
>>>> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
>>>> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
>>>> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
>>>> without leave to amend.
>>>> "Wyman W. Webb"
>>>> J.A.
>>>> "David G. Near"
>>>> J.A.
>>>> "Mary J.L. Gleason"
>>>> J.A.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
>>>> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
>>>>
>>>> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
>>>> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
>>>> DOCKET:
>>>>
>>>> A-48-16
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> STYLE OF CAUSE:
>>>>
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PLACE OF HEARING:
>>>>
>>>> Fredericton,
>>>> New Brunswick
>>>>
>>>> DATE OF HEARING:
>>>>
>>>> May 24, 2017
>>>>
>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
>>>>
>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>
>>>> DATED:
>>>>
>>>> October 30, 2017
>>>>
>>>> APPEARANCES:
>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
>>>> (on his own behalf)
>>>>
>>>> Jan Jensen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>>
>>>> SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
>>>> Nathalie G. Drouin
>>>> Deputy Attorney General of Canada
>>>>
>>>> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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Ottawa taps former cabinet minister Ralph Goodale as U.K. high commissioner: sources

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Reply to @David Amos: Methinks plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 

 

Ottawa taps former cabinet minister Ralph Goodale as U.K. high commissioner: sources

CBC News· Posted: Oct 05, 2020 2:15 PM ET


The federal government wants former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale to serve as Canada's next high commissioner to the United Kingdom. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

The federal government has tapped former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale to serve as Canada's next high commissioner in the United Kingdom, CBC News has learned.

While the longtime Saskatchewan MP is Ottawa's pick for the job, the U.K. has not officially approved the appointment, according to confidential sources who spoke to CBC News on the condition they not be named.

Goodale, who lost his Regina-Wascana seat in the 2019 federal election, would take over the job from Janice Charette, who was appointed in 2016 after serving as clerk of the Privy Council.

As high commissioner, Goodale — who has held a number of federal portfolios during his political career, including finance and public safety — would be responsible for charting a path forward on a bilateral trade deal.

While the United Kingdom left the European Union in January, the terms of the EU's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada continue to apply until the end of this year.

Since losing his seat, Goodale has served as a special adviser to the Trudeau government on the destruction of a commercial airliner by Iranian military forces in January.

With files from Vassy Kapelos and Chris Hall

 

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David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Methinks plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Deja Vu Anyone?

POLITICAL DOGMA

Harper's a lapdog for Bush, Martin's a German shepherd,
says former N.B. premier

Canadian Press June 2004

To hear former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna tell it, political debate is going to the dogs.

In Regina, Sask., to help Finance Minister Ralph Goodale win re-election, Mr. McKenna suggested at a rally that opposition leaders offered up a dog's breakfast to voters during the televised leaders debates.

Mr. McKenna described NDP Leader Jack Layton as "an annoying yappy little terrier," Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe as a "French poodle," and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper as "a lapdog for George Bush."

Showing his true dogma, Mr. McKenna had nothing but praise Tuesday for his pet choice. The prime minister, Mr. McKenna said, was "a noble German shepherd standing up for the interests of Canada."

"What does Jack Layton have to lose? He can yap away. No one expects him to win Very much .. . No one attacks aim because he's irrelevant."
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: 13 Very long years later

Former N.B. premier Frank McKenna to head search for next RCMP commissioner
Commissioner Bob Paulson announced June 30 retirement earlier this year
Alison Crawford · CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2017 4:16 PM ET

"Frank McKenna, a former ambassador to the U.S. and New Brunswick premier, will head a selection committee to find the next RCMP commissioner. (Chris Young/CP)

They say Mounties always get their man — but former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna is going to help get the next top Mountie.

CBC News has learned the federal government has asked McKenna to head a selection committee of up to 10 people who will meet early this summer to begin the process of finding a replacement for Commissioner Bob Paulson, who is retiring on June 30.

The group will be asked to present a short list of candidates from which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will choose Canada's next top cop.

According to a letter informing some of his colleagues about the process and obtained by CBC News, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said that while the RCMP embodies the best of Canada in being upstanding, loyal and committed to the pursuit of justice, the force has major issues that need to be addressed.

"Internal challenges — including abuses of power, allegations of race-related biases, infringements on civil liberties, bullying and workplace harassment — have harmed its reputation and the morale of members," wrote Goodale.

He added that the selection committee's terms of reference would be made public soon."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ed Kingston
Elmer " unemployed " Fudd needed a j o b
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ed Kingston: Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Doug Butler
Oh, please yet another Liberal well past his "best before" date.
 
 
David MacKinnon
Reply to @Doug Butler:
too bad that the conservatives lost the last election, eh!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David MacKinnon: Nope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeffery Callery
Sooey....
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jeffery Callery: Shhh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christopher Kay
He is quite a fitting candidate and it is PM's time to payback for all that he Goodale has done over many years for the party.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Christopher Kay: Yea Right Methinks he knows where all the bones are buried Hence he got to pick the best job available N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jonathan Chow
Might it not be time for Ralph to call it a day?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jonathan Chow: Dream on
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rob Laidlaw
I wonder what position tabbara will get.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Laidlaw: Surely you jest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jake Mann
Ralphie still slopping at the trough!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jake Mann: Tut Tut Tut
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rob Laidlaw
More jobs for the boys when they get thrown out by the voters. Can’t get rid of these parasites.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Laidlaw: Welcome to the circus

Fredericton to take closer look at Black Lives Matter report on police

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Methinks everybody knows that I raised a lot of Hell when Leanne Fitch and my political foe Landslide Annie McLellan were preparing to secretly cover up the RCMP blatant incompetence in Portapique N'esy Pas?

 

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/10/fredericton-to-take-closer-look-at.html

 

 
 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-blm-police-1.5751686 

 

 

 

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Methinks if folks truly cared police protocol etc. they would have checked my work in Federal Court in Fat Fred City years ago N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Fredericton to take closer look at Black Lives Matter report on police

Group urges more public oversight of police operations

 

Lauren Bird· CBC News· Posted: Oct 06, 2020 9:47 AM AT

Black Lives Matter Fredericton organizer Husoni Raymond presented report to city council on Monday night. (Logan Perley/CBC)

Black Lives Matter Fredericton is calling for a public hearing into police operations and community safety in the city. 

Husoni Raymond, one of the organizers of Black Lives Matter Fredericton, said police have too many varied responsibilities, and more public input is needed into police operations.

"There is no civilian oversight of police to actually help determine the scope, determine the budget allocations, or to hold police accountable in any way," he told a meeting of council in committee.

Raymond highlighted several problems with the way the Fredericton Police Force operates, including a lack of transparency regarding policy and budgeting, he said.

"When we talk about reallocating police funding and reconsidering the way in which we do community safety, it's about making sure that not just this one group of people have the responsibility, or we're charging them to address all these problems, but more of a community-oriented or community solution to these problems."

Coun. John MacDermid said the recommendation was a good starting point.

Council moved to have staff review the recommendation and report back on the information Raymond presented. 

"That will give both council time to think about what you've presented to us as individuals," said MacDermid. "It will give staff some time to really dig down into some of those jurisdictional issues, whether it's with the relationship between municipality and the province, but also what other municipalities are doing in terms of this."

No one on council or with the police department would speak with reporters after the meeting. Instead, city communications manager Wayne Knorr gave a statement:

"Certainly tonight was about listening," he said. "The city needed to make space for this important discussion. And staff have been, as you heard, instructed to bring back a report with more detail for council's consideration."

No date was set for the staff report to come back to council.

For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here.

 

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David Amos
Welcome back to the circus 
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Got something new ? Latest messages old and boring . Just taking up space . 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you should take you own advice N'esy Pas?
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: The " Me party " following along the lines of the SANB Liberals . Insignificant and one issue for each ! Francophones for the Liberals , and Dave for the We's !
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Lou Bell: FYI You forever proved long ago ta that you don't have the first clue Lou

Methinks Justice Bell formerly of he RCMP, his buddy Higgy a former wannabe leader of the CoR Party and my Mother's second husband a former Chief Electoral of NB should at least affirm that I was one of the founding members of the Anglo Society back in the eighties when Trudeau the Elder mandated the my dear Mother in Law who worked for the RCMP in Fat Fred City since 1954 like her Father Staff Sgt Jones before her had to learn French or quit the force N'esy Pas?

 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Lou Bell: no. That and cry me a river are his go to. Simple mind 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rudy Hicks
Fredericton Police has a long history of corruption, thugish behavior, and racism.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Rudy Hicks: Methinks you forgot incompetence I wager some older folks still recall how the first member of Fared City Finest was killed while on duty playing Lets just say he lost bigtime while playiing quck draw McGraw with his superior N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: FYI I was too busy laughing while remembering the nonsense mentioned above to type Fat Fred City Finest correctly 
 
 
James Edward
Reply to @David Amos: you could also make an argument that hiring a 38 yr old rookie woman police officer who was shot dead not two years later might have been a poor HR decision by our former chief (Fitch) who vanished within a year....only now to head up the portapique mass killing.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @James Edward: FYI The cop who met his demise along with her was one of corrupt dudes within Fat Fred City Finest involved in their theft of my Harley in 2007. After he was killed I learned that he had grown up in Sussex. He obviously hated me for some reason I will never understand because I never knew the kid. Perhaps somebody who worked me for backed over his bicycle. Hard telling not knowing.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @James Edward: Methinks everybody knows that I raised a lot of Hell when I learned that former Chief Fitch and my old political foe Landslide Annie were preparing to cover up in secrecy the RCMP blatant incompetence when the wacko who grew up Riverview went on his infamous rampage in a fake cop car. In less than a day I made big bad Billy Blair and Premier McNeil change their mind and have an open Inquiry. Trust that nobody was surprised when McNeil announced he was quitting a couple of days later N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @James Edward: trust that you would have liked my reply about portapique 
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: trust that it wouldve been moronic 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michy Tag
wah wah wah, cry cry cry, want want want that pretty much sums up everyone and everyuthing on the socialist left.
 
 
Rudy Hicks
Reply to @Michy Tag: So, you prefer Trump-style fascism?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michy Tag: I Wholeheartedly Agree
 
 
Chris McNee
Reply to @Rudy Hicks: no, I don’t thing he’s insinuating that at all. Nor is it a fascist comment or parallel.  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chris McNee: I concur 
 
 
James Edward
Reply to @Rudy Hicks: you don't have to be a fasci st to see this is a communist/lefti st organization. Communism has been more destructive than fascism by a lot.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @James Edward: Yup 
 
 
Ray Oliver 
Reply to @Rudy Hicks: There is a middle ground. We are only seeing extremes these days 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael durant
BLM is confronting Fredericton's entrenched establishment culture.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Michael durant: Methinks many riots south of the 49th easily proves that BLM has a very dubious agenda N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell 
Community policing a few years back appeared to be a good idea. Seeing and getting to know their officers seemed a good idea, and yet it appears to just have disappeared. Not sure if that's so , but it almost appears they'd prefer their officers just drive around in cars . In some areas a more visible presence , be it on foot , bike , or skateboard ( just kidding ) would be nice . In others it just wouldn't be possible , but they can't just throw everything in one bucket , stir it up , and get a " one idea fits all " scenario . Appears the police and fire departments just wanted to spend all their money and resources on the " play toys " of the big cities !
Also the " authoritarian mentality " of the police needs to be addressed. No matter how one wants to address their jobs , their mandate , like most all others, is TO PROVIDE A SERVICE " !!! " To serve and protect " means just that ! Not to bully , denigrate , or manhandle the people they serve , but to provide a service ! There are too many officers who appear to think otherwise ! 
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Lou Bell: Cry me another river and you will flood Fat Fred City
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Your insignificant input is noted ! As usual !
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Good because it is already gone after I blogged it
 
 
Lou Bell
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Reply to @David Amos: If people will look at the report I filed with ... .... ,,, years ago ................ ! Oh , sorry , that's your usual response !
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks everybody but you knows that it is a lawsuit I filed in Federal Court across from the cop shop in Fat Fred City while running in the election of the 42nd parliament Clearly its way past High Time for your nap N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas Wayne
African Canadians, visible minorities need to become police officers, only way to make real change
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Thomas Wayne: Yea Right
 
 
James Edward
Reply to @Thomas Wayne: So African immigrants? I think some people who are born in Canada might take issue with you using that terminology. 
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Thomas Wayne: Black officers should be patrolling the Black neighborhoods.. they'll get more respect and if a civilian is killed in the line of duty it won't go down the race ism path  
 
 
James Edward
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Ray there are no black neighborhoods in Fredericton. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SarahRose Werner
"police have too many varied responsibilities" - Possibly true. For example, I'm not sure that police are the best people to be doing wellness checks. This certainly bears further investigation. One area I see as particularly thorny are responses to reports of trespassing. A property owner or resident certainly has a right to call the police to remove a trespassing individual and to expect prompt action. However what the public sees is the police dealing forcefully with an individual who may be drunk, high and/or mentally ill. Is the property owner/resident supposed to have to wait until a social worker is available to assist the police? I don't know what the answer is on this one.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: I do
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Part of the problem is that that person who is removed today doesn't want or won't allow others to help , and tomorrow , or the next day , or the next , will be right back causing the same issues , again , and again , and again . And they'll be listed as one of the poor , neglected homeless that no one cares about . And it's an issue no one seems to want to acknowledge . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Edward
This globalist organisation has no clout here. Begone.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @James Edward: I concur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
john smith
nb did not vote ndp for a reason we dont need communistic ideals in this province
 
 
David Amos
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Kevin Cormier 
"civilian oversight of police".... its called elected officials. If people want to work on budget allocations, policy, etc. then put your name on a ballot.

"it's about making sure that not just this one group of people have the responsibility"... again, that group is our elected officials. The Utopian dream of government by committee (or by social media influencers) is such a joke.

Seems more and more people are experts on police protocol, budgets, etc.
 
 
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Kevin Cormier 
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David Amos
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Lou Bell 
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Tuesday, 6 October 2020
U.S. conspiracy theories and far-right movement have merged with
anti-mask sentiment in Quebec: journalist

 

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Replying to@DavidRayAmos @Bbawa and 9 others
@MaximeBernier @TheMenzoid @erinotoole and the dudes within Radio X (CHOI-FM) should at the very least tune into 4 minutes and 30 seconds in order to listen to what I said about their old buddy André Arthur on a Rogers Talk Show on April Fools Day 2006

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André Arthur
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
In office
2006–2011
Preceded by    Guy Côté
Succeeded by    Élaine Michaud
Personal details
Born    December 21, 1943 (age 76)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political party    Independent
Spouse(s)    divorced
Residence    Quebec City, Quebec
Profession    Journalist, radio host

André Arthur (born December 21, 1943) is a Canadian radio host and politician. He was the independent Member of Parliament for the riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier from 2006 to 2011. He is known for his outspoken style and anti-statist right-of-center politics in a province known for mainly supporting left-of-center policies, but has nonetheless earned widespread popularity, earning the nickname le Roi Arthur ("King Arthur").

Arthur consistently voted to support the government on confidence matters. As a result, the Conservative Party decided not to run a candidate against him in the 2008 and 2011 federal elections. This decision proved to be decisive in his 2008 re-election; Arthur retained the seat with only 33.5% of the vote, against 32% for Richard Coté of the Bloc Québécois.

In 2011, Globe and Mail noted in an interview that aired on CHOI-FM in Quebec City on Aug. 23, 2007, shortly after a Tory cabinet shuffle, tdirected some of his well-known on-air venom toward Stephen Harper's new team. He called Peter MacKay, dismissing him as "a loser" and "a ridiculous character". Stated that Jim Prentice was "not a bad" minister who spent all his time solving problems for the Prime Minister and Bev Oda "lamentable - unable to find her behind with her two hands". However, Quebec MP Maxime Bernier, defended his party choice not stating to field a candidate during the 2011 election by stating "Absolutely not. He is an independent and he has his freedom of speech," and "Who doesn't make mistakes in life?"[ Arthur was defeated in 2011 by the New Democratic Party candidate, Élaine Michaud.
 



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U.S. conspiracy theories and far-right movement have merged with anti-mask sentiment in Quebec: journalist

CBC reporter Jonathan Montpetit has been tracking far-right activity in Quebec for years

 

CBC Radio· Posted: Oct 02, 2020 7:17 PM ET

 

A man takes part in an anti-mask rally in Montreal on Sept. 30, 2020. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)


Anti-mask sentiment in Quebec is being fuelled by the province's far-right movement and unfounded conspiracy theories originating in the U.S., says CBC Montreal journalist Jonathan Montpetit.

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise across much of Canada, and Quebec has been hit hardest with upwards of 800 to 900 daily new cases this week. But the province is also home to one of the loudest and most visible opposition groups to COVID-19 restrictions.

Last month, thousands of people gathered in the streets of downtown Montreal for a march against the government's mandatory mask policy. Amidst the crowds, some waved American flags, carried Trump election campaign signs and donned QAnon symbols. 

Speakers at the rally accused the government and media of fear mongering and exaggerating the threat of the pandemic.

Montpetit, who's been tracking far-right activity in Quebec for years, spoke with Day 6 host Brent Bambury about the implications of this growing movement on the public health situation in the province.

Here is part of their conversation.

QAnon is a conspiracy theory based on the idea that Donald Trump is fighting a group of American liberals running a child trafficking ring. How does something like that get translated into Quebec?

I think the easiest way to answer that is to focus on the most prominent conspiracy theorist in the province, a guy by the name of Alexis Cossette-Trudel.

He, for the past two or three years or so, has been operating under a YouTube channel by the name of Radio-Québec and has built a fairly sizable following by effectively translating both the conspiracy theory into the French language, but also kind of making the conspiracy relevant, so to speak, to Quebec and other Francophone listeners in the world by using Canadian and Quebecois reference. 

He will kind of tweak the QAnon conspiracy to have references to Justin Trudeau, to François Legault and the public health director here [Horacio Arruda]. So that, I think, is how a conspiracy theory that is essentially about American politics has been able to gain a foothold here in Quebec.

He's quite an interesting figure. What do you think his aims are here, Jonathan? What kind of a constituency is he trying to build?

This is somebody who began his political involvement quite young. He was the head of the Parti Québécois' youth wing [and] about five years ago, he gets involved in far-right groups in Quebec and advocates themes familiar to people who follow the far-right in Quebec — anti-immigration, a lot of Islamophobic discourse — and then he begins to pick up the QAnon pro-Donald Trump mantra. 

Now, he sees Donald Trump as waging a war against globalization. I think there is part of his discourse that is aimed at nationalist resurgence, which we've seen in Quebec over the last several years, and he's kind of pitching QAnon in a way to try to appeal to people who feel the relevance of the Quebec state is being submerged by forces of globalization.


Marchers in a Montreal anti-mask rally carried signs protesting against COVID-19-related restrictions, and in support of U.S. President Donald Trump. (Jonathan Montpetit/CBC)

Alexis Cossette-Trudel is one leader who else is involved, Jonathan?

You also have, interestingly, a lot of evangelical groups. I was speaking to a Concordia, professor, who's an expert in this, who pointed out that most evangelical groups in Quebec are following the public health guidelines, but there are a not-insignificant number of them who are influenced by evangelical pastors in the U.S. who are pro-Trump and have been very vocal in their opposition to public health measures in the U.S., and their arguments are being picked up in Quebec.

They're very prominent in these anti-mask demonstrations and they have their own channels and media network that they're using to produce very polished videos with other leaders of the movement. 

I think that's a very interesting development because Quebec politics tend to be so secular and, certainly, the evangelical Christian groups are not something that we've seen often in the public sphere in Quebec and so I think it's interesting to see them use this movement to move into the limelight.


The march began outside Quebec Premier François Legault’s office near the McGill University campus, and wound through the streets. 1:00

The last time I spoke to you, we were talking about radio-poubelles, which [are] the far-right shock talk radio stations in and around Quebec City. At the time, they were stoking xenophobia. How are they involved in the anti-mask issue?

To the regimen, they've added anti-mask sentiment. They've had Alexis Cosette-Trudel on the very popular lunch hour show hosted by a guy named Jeff Fillion, who welcomed him, called him a "star" and said he admired his work as it was very detailed and very well-researched — that's a quote. 

So the radio station has given a platform to conspiracy theorists, but it's also used this populist libertarian rhetoric to kind of generate more skepticism about the public health measures in general. Not always drawing on conspiracy theories, but using the language of, "This is a tyrannical move by the government, this is a step towards dictatorship."

What's interesting is that it's become such an issue for the Quebec government that they recorded an ad specifically for Radio X listeners, encouraging them, "Don't get your news online. Don't get your news from conspiracy theorists. Go to trusted sources," and Radio X refused to air the ad.

Did the government push back in anyway? 

The mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, who has been vocal in the past in his criticism of radio poubelle, announced the other day that he was going to pull all of Quebec City's ads from the radio station. A series of other prominent advertisers also started pulling their advertising from the radio station. 

The radio station kind of pushed back saying, "Freedom of expression. We're renegades. We have the right to question and criticize the governments."

But I think what it really demonstrates is the extent to which public officials are concerned that the kind of rhetoric the kind of voices that are being heard on Radio X are becoming a public health problem.

 

Some demonstrators carried signs and wore t-shirts and hats denouncing government fear campaigns or suggesting that the lethality of COVID-19 has been overstated. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)

Quebec brought in new penalties this week to discourage anti-maskers…. Will they deter people, or are they going to give more life to the movement?

Quebec is in a situation right now where cases are going up, and the reason why cases are going up is that there seems to be a minority of people who aren't following the public health guidelines very carefully. That means, though, that the majority has to pay the price. 

So I think if anti-mask activists make very public displays of their defiance of the rules, there's going to be public pressure for the government to crack down because I think the perception is that they're kind of contributing to the worsening public health situation.

On the flip side, however, I think the government is also very wary about any heavy-handed action directed at the movement. 

In the past, Premier Legault has said he doesn't want to make martyrs out of these people. He doesn't want to give them more legitimacy by making them appear victims of government tyranny, but I think that the government will have a very fine line to tread in the days and weeks to come.


Written and produced by Samraweet Yohannes. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.

 


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Subject: YO Erin O'Toole I wonder how long your fellow lawyer Maxime
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Subject: Fwd: Attn Annamie Paul Now you know what CBC and everybody else knows
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Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected leader of the federal Green Party


Paul is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party
John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2020 5:00 PM ET

2003 Comments


Al Arres
Nutcases + Communists = Green Party

Ken Theule
Reply to @Al Arres:
Open your mind a little

Jim Ryan
Reply to @Al Arres: I think perhaps more of the nutcases are posting
on here. As for the communists ... lets get rid of healthcare,
schools, roads, police, fires etc ... all universal programs run by
the government and funded by taxpayers

David Amos
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David Amos
Trust that I contacted the latest Green Party leader as soon as i read
this article





Greg Lang
So yet another leader of a (sigh) federal party without a seat in the
HoC. This is a usless waste of tax payers money.

Bob Rodgers
Reply to @Greg Lang: How? The Green Party Pays her salary, not the
government of Canada.

David Amos
Reply to @Bob Rodgers: True




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< steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"barbara.massey"<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
michael.chong@parl.gc.ca, Erin.OToole@parl.gc.ca,
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Hannah.Thibedeau"
< Hannah.Thibedeau@cbc.ca>, "Catherine.Cullen"
< Catherine.Cullen@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
"mc \"Newsroom\""<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "Nathalie.Drouin"
< Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>

On 1/26/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/derek-sloan-conservative-leadership-1.5436227
>
> Social conservative MP Derek Sloan running for Conservative
> leadership, promises 'bold ideas'
>
> Sloan is trying to position himself as an alternative to 'boring"
> candidates'
> Catherine Cullen · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2020 2:08 PM ET
>
>
> https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/derek-sloan(105178)#roles
>
> House of Commons *
> Ottawa, Ontario,
> Canada K1A 0A6
> Telephone: 613-992-5321
> Derek.Sloan@parl.gc.ca,
>
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rick-peterson-conservative-leadership-1.5436247
>
> Businessman Rick Peterson is taking a second run at the Conservative
> leadership
>
> 'I'm probably going to be the only candidate who has to meet a
> payroll,' Peterson tells CBC News
> Hannah Thibedeau · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2020 1:15 PM ET
>
> https://www.petersoncapital.ca/
>
>
> Rick Peterson - President
>
> More than 30 years in Canadian capital markets. Investment Advisor,
> institutional sales, investment banking experience at senior roles at
> Midland Walwyn Capital Inc, Merrill Lynch Canada, Yorkton Securities
> and HSBC Securities.
>
> Founded Peterson Capital in 2003; Conservative Party of Canada 2017
> leadership - candidate
>
> 780-868-6822
> rick@petersoncapital.ca
>
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> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC should agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:02:54 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC should agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what
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> From: Erin.OToole@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:02:54 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC should agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what
> everybody else knows N'esy Pas Bill Morneau?
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:02:27 -0400
> Subject: Methinks Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel of CBC should
> agree that Marilyn Gladu has every right to know what everybody else
> knows N'esy Pas Bill Morneau?
> To: Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, jbradley@canadian-republic.ca,
> tfreda@canadian-republic.ca, info@canadian-republic.ca,
> darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca, sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca,
> cra-arc.media@cra-arc.gc.ca, premier@ontario.ca,
> Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sturgeon.nathalie@brunswicknews.com,
> news@dailygleaner.com, Hannah.Thibedeau@cbc.ca,
> Catherine.Cullen@cbc.ca
> Cc: Marilyn.gladu@parl.gc.ca, motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
> pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca, erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca,
> andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, michael.chong@parl.gc.ca,
> Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>   Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/01/peter-mackay-set-to-enter-conservative.html
>
>
> Wednesday, 15 January 2020
>
> Peter MacKay set to enter the Conservative leadership race today
> https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
>
> David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
> I never heard of Marilyn Gladu so I called her to explain why MacKay
> made my day but her assistant was too busy to check my Twitter account
> to verify what I was saying was true so I told her to enjoy my email
>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/01/peter-mackay-set-to-enter-conservative.html
>
> #nbpoli #cdnpoli
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mackay-tweets-leadership-1.5427544
>
> David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
> Methinks everybody knows why MacKay just made my day Trudeau The
> Younger cannot deny that Petey Baby answered this lawsuit while Harper
> was still the boss N'esy Pas?
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>
>   #nbpoli #cdnpoli
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mackay-tweets-leadership-1.5427544
>
>
> Peter MacKay set to enter the Conservative leadership race today
> MacKay's leadership run has been in the rumour mill for months
>
> Catherine Cullen · CBC News · Posted: Jan 15, 2020 12:11 PM ET
>
> 1213 Comments
>
>
> David Sampson
> But will intelligent "progressive" conservatives ever forgive Peter
> for giving away a once proud national political institution to a horde
> of western based reform fundamentalists?
>
> Eugene Peabody
> Reply to @David Sampson: Not only can former PC members not trust him
> but Canadians cannot also.When a man.s word is no good ,he is the
> same.
>
> Anne Clarke
> Reply to @David Sampson: they will do anything to win right?
>
> Frank Paul
> Reply to @David Sampson: Nope.
>
> Neil Denman
> Reply to @David Sampson:
> I have those feelings too: I have a hard time forgiving that. But, at
> least there are signs that the next leader may be a PCer rather than a
> Reformer. Peter Mackay, Jean Charest...I'm no fan of either, but it's
> a step away from Harper and Scheer.
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @David Sampson: Methinks everybody knows why MacKay just made
> my day N'esy Pas?
>
> David Allan
> Reply to @Neil Denman:
> "I have those feelings too: I have a hard time forgiving that. But, at
> least there are signs that the next leader may be a PCer rather than a
> Reformer."
>
> He's a reformer now. He solidly demonstrated so with his last 9 years
> in Parliament.
> Or is he just an opportunist who doesn't really care aside from his
> quest for personal power?
>
> Sean Cronin
> Reply to @David Sampson:
> I will. It's ancient history now.
>
> Art Rowe
> Reply to @David Sampson:
> Like there was ever a doubt he would run?
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Methinks its comical that even Trudeau
> The Younger cannot deny that Petey Baby answered my lawsuit in Federal
> Court while Harper was still the boss N'esy Pas?
>
> Craig Hall
> Reply to @David Sampson: Nobody cares except the Liberals. And David
> Orchard.
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @Craig Hall: I still do
>
> David Linkletter
> Reply to @Frank Paul: cough robo calls to name but one
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @Craig Hall: BTW I remember talking to David Orchard in early
> 2004 about what went down and explained to him why I was preparing to
> run for a seat in the 38th Parliament Furthermore I put proof of our
> contact in a email which can still be found on the Internet to this
> very day
>
> David Raymond Amos
> Reply to @Craig Hall: By the same token I never heard of Marilyn Gladu
> until I read this article so I called her to explain why MacKay made
> my day but her assistant was too busy to check my Twitter account to
> verify what I was saying was true so I told her to enjoy my email
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 17:55:17 +0000
> Subject: RE: YO Tom Freda Say Hey Sylvie Gadoury the General Counsel
> of CBC for me will ya?
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>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Mr. Amos,
>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>> of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
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>>
>>> ---------- 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
>>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:33:00 -0400
> Subject: Re: Notice of Harassment I am certain that Rob Moore and the
> RCMP can explain my concerns with questionable lawyers and their
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> To: Pantea Jafari <jafari@jafarilaw.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Tugrul Pinar
> < admin@jafarilaw.ca>, "mgreene@sgimm.ca"<mgreene@sgimm.ca>,
> "media@blaineimmigration.com"<media@blaineimmigration.com>,
> "Sophia.Harris"<Sophia.Harris@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Blair"
> < Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
> "Mark.Blakely"<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "martin.gaudet"
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Barbara Massey <Barbara.Massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:28:58 -0500
> Subject: Re: Notice of Harassment (Out of Office )
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> I am out of the office until Wednesday, January 22, 2020, and will not
> be accessing my Emails.  For any urgencies, you may contact Jolene
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Harvey, Avocate générale, au 613 843 4892 ou avec mon adjointe admin.
> Sandra Lofaro 613 843 3540.
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>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Moore, Rob - M.P."<Rob.Moore@parl.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:28:33 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Notice of Harassment
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>
> On behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, P.C., M.P. thank you for your
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
> < fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:28:22 +0000
> Subject: RE: Notice of Harassment
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 10:55:46 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Here is the latest malicious trick pulled by
> CBC for the benefit of the LIEbranos just before the confidence vote
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> Subject: Automatic reply: Here is the latest malicious trick pulled by
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 06:55:07 -0400
> Subject: Here is the latest malicious trick pulled by CBC for the
> benefit of the LIEbranos just before the confidence vote on Brian
> Gallant
> To: "terry.seguin"<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, "Alex.Johnston"
> < Alex.Johnston@cbc.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>,
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> < david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>,
> "brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"
> < David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
> lorri.warner@justice.gc.ca, "jan.jensen"<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>,
> "Nathalie.Drouin"<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
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> < andrew.baumberg@fct-cf.gc.ca>, "Norman.Sabourin"
> < Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca>, "Gib.vanErt"<Gib.vanErt@scc-csc.ca>,
> "marc.giroux"<marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
> < Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
> < Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, washington field
> < washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Boston.Mail"<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
> english@rcinet.ca, "kennedy.stewart"<kennedy.stewart@parl.gc.ca>,
> pvanloan@airdberlis.com, nicola.diiorio@bcf.ca, "Nicola.DiIorio"
> < Nicola.DiIorio@parl.gc.ca>, "Catherine.Tait"<Catherine.Tait@cbc.ca>,
> "sylvie.gadoury"<sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca>, "Sophia.Harris"
> < Sophia.Harris@cbc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "macpherson.don"
> < macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com>, "David.Akin"
> < David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
> news919 <news919@rogers.com>, sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>, news
> < news@hilltimes.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, newstips
> < newstips@cnn.com>
>
> ethinks after all my phone calls emails, tweets, blogs and lawsuit CBC
> and Brian Galllant can never claim that they didn't know the score
> N'esy Pas?
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:11:27 +0000
> Subject: RE: Not long after CBC closed a comment section and erased
> one of my comments I hear Terry Seguin talking to Sophia Harris about
> money and shook my head
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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Legislature claims former Speaker can't sue, according to court documents

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Methinks Higg's lawyer buddy Teddy Baby Flemming and his minions have their work cut out for them as they attempt to argue the very greedy former Liberal Attorney General TJ Burke N'esy Pas?
 

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Legislature claims former Speaker can't sue, according to court documents

Province files statement of defence against Chris Collins's lawsuit over handling of harassment complaint

 

Jacques Poitras· CBC News· Posted: Oct 05, 2020 2:54 PM AT


In a statement of defence filed in Court of Queen’s Bench, the legislature asks the court to throw out Chris Collins’s claim because its handling of the complaint falls within the legislature’s traditional privilege and immunity from legal action. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

The New Brunswick Legislature says it can't be sued by former Speaker Chris Collins over how the institution handled a complaint of harassment against him.

In a statement of defence filed in Court of Queen's Bench, the legislature asks the court to throw out Collins's claim because its handling of the complaint falls within the legislature's traditional privilege and immunity from legal action.

Because of the legislature's "exclusive jurisdiction" over how it disciplines its own members and administers its internal business and proceedings, "the court has no jurisdiction" in the case, the filing argues. 

Even so, the legislature's statement of defence also says the Collins lawsuit is "frivolous, vexatious and without merit" and should be thrown out. 

Collins is also suing former Premier Brian Gallant. The former Speaker is not alleging defamation but breach of employment contract, breach of privacy and abuse of authority. 

Harassment complaint

The former Moncton MLA's lawsuit accuses Gallant and his staff of orchestrating the revival of an unfounded harassment complaint against Collins by an unnamed female former employee of the legislature under the then-Speaker's authority.

A 2018 investigation found the complaint was "founded in part" and Collins later offered what he called a "complete and unreserved apology" in front of reporters.

Collins was first elected as Liberal MLA in a by-election in Moncton East in 2007 and was re-elected in 2010 and 2014. When the Liberals took power in 2014 he became Speaker.

According to his statement of claim, he made comments to the employee that he considered "humorous and inoffensive" but that were "perceived as inappropriate." He also said 77 of the 80 allegations against him were unfounded.

Collins is also suing former premier Brian Gallant. The former Speaker is not alleging defamation but breach of employment contract, breach of privacy and abuse of authority. (CBC)

The legislature says in its statement of defence that its handling of the Collins complaint was "appropriate and balanced the rights" of Collins and the complainant. 

But it won't have to litigate the substance of the lawsuit if the court accepts the argument that the legislature can't be sued at all over its internal business--a centuries-old convention intended to protect elected members from interference by the Crown or the courts. 

Earlier this year the Ontario Court of Appeal cited the concept when it threw out a lawsuit by Senator Mike Duffy against the Senate over its investigation of his expense claims.

Maxime Faille, one of the lawyers who represented the Senate in the case, says the principle originated centuries ago to protect elected members from arrest or reprisals by the monarch.

"Parliamentary privilege originated from those early growing pains of democracy to protect this cardinal principle of democratic life, which is the separation of powers between the executive and Parliament," he says.

"There's a sphere of activity … that are considered to be the exclusive preserve of Parliament, and within those spheres the executive branch and the courts do not have the authority to interfere." 

That includes how elected members are disciplined for their behaviour, the heart of the Duffy case. The Ontario appeal court ruled that the Senate investigation fell within its "established parliamentary privilege to discipline its members" and the court had no grounds to interfere.
 

About the Author

Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.

 
 
 
 
 
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David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: I wonder if anyone wondered why I didn't Boo in July

Ex-premier Brian Gallant denies targeting career of former Speaker Chris Collins
Gallant and provincial government file joint statement of defence to lawsuit by former Moncton Centre MLA
CBC News · Posted: Jul 03, 2020 4:04 PM AT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks Higg's buddy Teddy has his work cut out as he attempts to argue a former Liberal AG N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOhn D Bond 
A strong offence does not translate into a good defence. Sounds like Collin's is trying to sue for something that the courts do not have jurisdiction on. Or the article perhaps doesn't have all the facts of the case. Either way will be interesting to see what transpires
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Methinks that is an understatement particularly if Collins finally decides to ignore his lawyer and act ethically for a change in order to admit that he and Gallant knew my lawsuit existed out of the gate in 2015 N'esy Pas?
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: You must be a multi millionaire whatwith all the lawsuits you've won over the years ! Or are you ???????????????
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @David Amos: Lets see as you were not mentioned in the article I will restrict my comments only to what was reported, not what is on the peripheral of the story.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: How many times have you seen me mentioned by any corporate media even though I ran for public office 7 times and sued the Queen?

Methinks you act just like the lawyer McKee who beat Collins in the 2018 election which i ran in as well Ask yourslf why Mckee is still trying hard to play dumb to this very day. Well anyone lawyer or not can Google their names and mine N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Why can you slander me but i cannot reply?
 
 
Rob Sense
Reply to @JOhn D Bond:
With him it is always peripheral
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense: Trust that I am still waiting for my reply to your pal to appear
 
 
Rob Sense
Reply to @David Amos:
Not that i would ever agree with @Lou Bell (Leonard McL) but what exactly did he call you that amounts to slander??
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense: Lou Bell uses her real name. Methinks its not wise for a tr o ll who loves o tease me to think me dumb enough to slander myself so he can get his rocks off If you truly seek the truth just ask your buddies in the RCMP of the many offenses or surf the internet with our names N'esy Pas?
 
 
Rob Sense
Reply to @David Amos:
Right! Whatever you said (please decypher the verbal diarrhea). I will convene all my RCMP buddies. We usually smoke pot and play cards on Monday anyways.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Rob Sense: Say Hey to the all fellas at the Masons Lodge tonight particularly the ones who are not cops or lawyers Some of them are pretty decent dudes like my Father was
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Rob Sense: I would lay odds I know what lodge you dudes were at tonight
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: It appears I struck nerve
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fred Brewer
When the government tries desperately (like this instance) to get a claim dismissed it usually means they are afraid of losing and will try any and all measure to avoid court.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Fred Brewer: Methinks you really should check my work N'esy Pas?




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brian-gallant-province-defence-chris-collins-lawsuit-speaker-1.5636642


Ex-premier Brian Gallant denies targeting career of former Speaker Chris Collins

Gallant and provincial government file joint statement of defence to lawsuit by former Moncton Centre MLA

 

CBC News· Posted: Jul 03, 2020 4:04 PM AT


Former premier Brian Gallant has said he looked forward to the chance to 'dispel false claims' made in the allegations against him. (CBC)

Former Liberal premier Brian Gallant denies he abused the power of his office and engaged in unlawful conduct to hurt the career of the former Speaker of the New Brunswick legislature Chris Collins.

Gallant and the provincial government filed their joint statement of defence with the Court of Queen's Bench in Fredericton Friday to the lawsuit by Collins in May.

Collins, the former Liberal MLA for Moncton Centre, alleges he was the victim of harassment charges spurred on by Gallant's desire to punish him for being too independent.

In his statement of claim, Collins said allegations by a staffer he calls Jane Doe were originally dismissed by Gallant in 2016 as unfounded.

But he alleges that after he refused to do Gallant's bidding by letting a Liberal motion be debated in the legislature in February or March 2018, the accusation was revived and publicized to force him out.  

Collins was suspended as Speaker, pending an independent investigation, which meant he wasn't allowed to run as a candidate for the Liberals in his riding in that fall's provincial election. He ran as an independent and lost to Rob McKee.

Collins is suing for breach of employment contract, breach of privacy and abuse of authority. None of the allegations have been proven in court.

The province and Gallant, in their statement of defence, ask for the court action to be dismissed with costs.

"As to the whole of the statement of claim, the province and Mr. Gallant say that at all material times the province and/or Mr. Gallant acted lawfully, appropriately, in the public's best interest and in consultation with members of the Executive Council and senior government officials," the document states.

Chris Collins apologized in 2018 at the foot of the legislature with his wife, Lisette Richard, standing behind him, for something he said to a former employee of the legislature, which was deemed to be a partial violation of sexual harassment rules. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

"Any statements made, or actions taken by Mr. Gallant, public or otherwise, were true and/or made in relation to a matter of public interest and, in the alternative, are protected by the principles of qualified privilege and/or fair comment."

The legislative assembly is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. It has not yet filed a statement of defence.

A date for the case to be heard in court has not yet been set.

Didn't encourage complainant to file

In the statement of defence, Gallant denies being aware of the woman's allegations against Collins in 2016.

He also denies that he had a close personal relationship with the woman, who has never been identified publicly, or that he encouraged "Ms. Doe" to file the complaint against Collins in 2018.

Gallant contends he has never seen the complaint or the investigative report.

77 of 80 allegations deemed unfounded

The legislative administration committee, made up of MLAs from all parties, has said the investigation by Leslie H. MacLeod, an adjunct professor at Osgoode  Law School, concluded the allegations were "founded in part."

In July 2018, Collins offered a "complete and unreserved" public apology, though he said the "overwhelming majority" of the allegations against him had been deemed unfounded.

He said he had made comments to the employee that he considered "humorous and inoffensive" but that were "perceived as inappropriate."

According to his statement of claim, 77 of 80 allegations were deemed unfounded, while two instances of abuse of authority and one of harassment were deemed to have violated the harassment policy.

The investigation concluded the harassment allegation was founded "on the balance of probabilities," the court document states.

Quit party of own volition

Although Collins blames Gallant's actions for his 2018 election loss, the statement of defence notes Collins was able to "fully participate" in the general election as a candidate for Moncton Centre,

In addition, he quit the Liberal Party and/or the Liberal caucus prior to the election of his own volition, it states. He had been suspended only pending the outcome of the independent investigation.

"Had the plaintiff not quit and/or there had been no suspension, there was no guarantee that the plaintiff would have been the Liberal candidate for Moncton Centre, or any other riding, as the party had an open nomination policy for the general election."

With files from Jacques Poitras

 


 
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Matt Steele
Gallant was well known to throw hissy fits when anyone challenged him ; and if anything went wrong , he was always quick to blame others for his bad decisions . So it is not really surprising that Gallant would throw Collins under the bus if Collins questioned Gallant's authority 
 
 
Richard Dunn
Reply to @Matt Steele: I think the picture CBC used actually is a very telling one, he looks very angry.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Steele
At this point , does ANYBODY believe anything that Brian Gallant says as his credibility is next to none . Gallant certainly abused his position , and the province's finances , in his ONE term as Premier ; and now the taxpayer ends up paying for his mess again . Gallant is like Frank McKenna as N.B. just can't seem to get rid of them .
 
 
Jos Allaire
Reply to @Matt Steele: So you believe Chris Collins?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jack Straw
The problem with Brian Gallant s version of his story is that he did the same thing to the staff of Service New Brunswick when he ramrodded the new assessment system through. If I recall correctly some seniors not knowing better or too intimated to fight the government were simply going to pay up. Gallant being the man he is blamed the senior staff at SNB instead of accepting blame himself. Reminds me of a guy currently running the U S A. It s always someone else's fault. Gallant is an embarrassment to hard working, decent New Brunwickers.Hopefully he 'll leave the Province with his joke new job and not come back. It s no wonder this Province is in the mess it is when we elect individuals like Brian Gallant. I guess we deserve it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marc leblanc
The Murphy/Collins email was deliberately leaked to the media by the liberal elite to destroy Murphy's reputation.There's no doubt in my mind everyone knew exactly what the outcome would be and were deliberate in their actions 
 
 
 
 
 
Shawn Tabor
Infighting in the party and the taxpayer is on the hook for the bill I am guessing. WOW as the world turns.






 

Elon Musk's rural high-speed internet project in stiff competition

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Methinks after all the nonsense I witnessed today less is more with this topic in particular because it has nothing to do with Higgy's promise to bring high speed internet to my neighborhood ASAP N'esy Pas?

 

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/10/elon-musks-rural-high-speed-internet.html


 
 
 
 
 

Elon Musk's rural high-speed internet project in stiff competition

Canada's Telesat and Amazon's Jeff Bezos also in the low-Earth-orbit satellite game


Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: Oct 05, 2020 7:03 AM AT


Telesat's new LEO, or low Earth orbit, satellite. The company will offer 'big fat' broadband service to telecommunications companies and internet service providers on the ground. (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.)'

A telecommunications expert says there's no question Elon Musk can get his satellite internet service operating globally over the next year.

But Chris Forrester of Advance Television says the engineer and founder of SpaceX and Tesla is facing formidable competition for rural internet customers from another celebrity businessman, Jeff Bezos.

Bezos has his own spacecraft company, Blue Origin, and has created a satellite internet company of his own, Project Kuiper, with plans to launch 3,200 spacecraft into low earth orbit.

He's directed $10 billion US toward the venture.

"Amazon are a year or two away from launching their service," said Forrester, who points to the company's already existing relationships with millions of customers, many of whom subscribe to services such as Amazon Prime TV and Amazon Music.

"Potentially, Amazon is a much greater threat than anyone else."

Musk's Starlink service faces another formidable hurdle: the purchase cost for the flat plate antenna required by consumers wishing to pick up the broadband satellite signal.

Forrester says the antennas are widely used on ships, commercial aircraft and military vehicles, such as tanks. 


"They work very well, but they cost a fortune," he said.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos owns his own rocket company. He's put $10 billion US toward Project Kuiper. It will use 3200 low Earth orbit satellites to bring high speed internet to its customers. (Cliff Owen, AP Photo)

Even the cost for home use would be "many, many hundreds of dollars."

"The challenge for Starlink will be to bring that down to affordable levels," Forrester said. "If he can do that, his market is assured, in my view."

Even then Musk's satellite competition won't be over.

Existing telecommunications companies and internet service providers in New Brunswick will have an opportunity to be part of the satellite high speed internet world through a home-grown Canadian company.

Telesat is also getting into the low Earth orbit satellite game using a slightly different business model.

Telesat with work with Telcos and internet service providers, beaming what the company calls "big fat trunks," fibre optical quality broadband signals, down to existing infrastructure in rural communities. 

The local, on-the-ground companies will send the broadband signal on to homes using fibre optic cable or wireless transmission towers. 

"Our satellites are actually more complex, I would say, than Starlink," said Michellel Beck, Telesat's vice-president North American Sales. "We've got certainly more advanced capabilities on our satellite, which frankly allows us to deliver more throughput per satellite."

Telesat's service is not as far along as Starlink or Project Kuiper. The company plans to place orders for construction of its 298 satellites this fall. 

They will orbit further out than Starlink's, at between 1,000 and 1,300 kilometres above the Earth.

The Ottawa-based company hopes to launch its service in Canada late in 2022 and globally a year later.

 

About the Author

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

 
 
 
 
 
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David Amos 
Methinks after all the nonsense i witnessed today less is more with this topic in particular because it has nothing to do with Higgy's promise to bring high speed internet to my neighborhood ASAP N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos 
Methinks many Maritmers in NB should agree that Higgy's buddies in Xplornet controlled by family of the Chair of NB Power in our province since 2006 or so culd use some competition ASAP N'esy Pas?

Ed Barrett, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Barrett is co-CEO of Barrett Corporation, a North American investment and management company. He is CEO of Barrett Diversified Inc., which operates wholesale distribution companies in Canada and the US, and is co-founder, significant shareholder, and serves on the Board of Xplornet Communications, a leading broadband and communications company in Canada. In addition to NB Power, Mr Barrett serves on the Board of Wajax Industries, a public company traded on the TSX which is a leading mobile equipment and industrial supplies company in Canada, two private companies based out of New Brunswick, Atlantic Industries and Apex industries, and is Past Chair and Board member of Crandall University. Mr. Barrett also serves on the Board of Directors for Nav Canada, a private sector, non-share capital corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS), and for Medavie Blue Cross, a not-for-profit health services partner for individuals, employers and governments across Canada.

Headquartered in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Xplornet Communications Inc. (formerly Barrett Xplore Inc.) is Canada’s leading rural broadband provider, with customers and dealers in every province and territory. Xplornet aims to bridge the urban/rural digital divide by ensuring that every Canadian, regardless of where they live, has access to broadband, thereby enabling them to compete effectively in the global economy and gain access to essential government and educational services.
 
 
Jack Rodnies
Reply to @David Amos: Usually i agree with you but your assessment of Xplornet is totally off my good friend, Xplornet was bought by a new york based company Stone peak infrastructures
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Jack Rodnies: I wasn't aware of recent doings but it does not surprise me. Out of the gate knew of the link to McKenna and the Clinton buddies in the Big Apple and of them using Bellmedia IPs etc. My YouTube videos will easily confirm that I took on the Barrett Boys and their lawyer/CEO such a Johnny "Never Been Good" Maduri of Telus and Yankee SEC infamy beginning in 2007 when they attacked me. I first began studying the rich dudes in Woodstock in earnest while I was running in the provincial election and Bernie Lord gave the Barretts a cool million loonies just before the writ was dropped. BTWI have spoken with Maduri and old Ed personally Maduri was very nasty and Ed was nice as he lied to me just as most wealthy politically appointed dudes do.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jack Rodnies: I did reply
 
 
Ed Roberts
Reply to @David Amos: You can hype Xplornet all you want. Bottom line is it's the worst service ever created run by the worst support. I can't believe that a US company was dumb enough to buy out Xplornet without reading all the complaints about it. Once Starlink gets up and running in Canada Xplornet will be forever forgotten.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fred Brewer
Chris Forrester says "Amazon are a year or two away from launching their service," That's funny because Amazon has yet to launch a single satellite. Perhaps he meant to say that Amazon are a year or two away from launching their FIRST satellite, and then that will be followed by another 2,999 satellites according to the FCC. The FCC has allowed Amazon six years to get 3,000 satellites into orbit, so it will take some time before Amazon can "launch" its internet service. Meanwhile Starlink already has 715 satellites in orbit and has applied to FCC for a total of 30,000.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Surprise Surprise Surprise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
john smith
everyone should listen to elon's latest podcast interview and listen to what he thinks of this dog and pony show gov around teh world are flexig on people
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @john smith: Welcome to the circus
 

















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