Those affected by new capacity restrictions will now be eligible for some federal supports, the government announced Wednesday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
The federal government is expanding access to pandemic financial supports, as much of the country grapples with surging COVID-19 infections and new restrictions are implemented across the country.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the measures in a news conference Wednesday, in which he appeared virtually. Trudeau said he was following local public health advice after six members of his staff and security detail tested positive for COVID-19.
"For the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit and the Local Lockdown Program, you'll be able to apply if you're subject to capacity limiting restrictions," Trudeau said.
Capacity restrictions are part of new measures imposed recently in several provinces in response to rapidly rising COVID-19 infections. Ontario and Quebec have been particularly hard-hit by the latest wave of the pandemic, with the latter hitting a record new case count Wednesday with 6,361.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland explained that the government would be changing what they considered to be a "lockdown," widening the eligibility for businesses and employees.
Employees in regions where governments have introduced capacity restrictions of 50 per cent or more will now be eligible for the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit, if they've lost more than half their income.
It means more Canadians are now able to take advantage of the $300-per-week program.
Similarly, employers who are subject to capacity restrictions of 50 per cent or more and face current-month declines in revenue of at least 25 per cent can apply for the Local Lockdown Program, which grants wage subsidies from 25-75 per cent depending on revenue loss.
The expanded eligibility is expected to cost $4 billion, the government said in a release. The new regulations will apply retroactively to Dec. 19 and last until Feb. 12, 2022.
WATCH | Trudeau announces expanded supports for more businesses, employees:
Trudeau announces new measures in response to rising Omicron cases
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Duration 1:30
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian government will offer businesses support, and will deliver rapid tests to provinces and territories. 1:30
The changes announced today are to programs that were enabled by the passage of Bill C-2, which received royal assent last week. But until now, no one had been eligible for the benefits because a full lockdown had not been declared in any part of the country.
Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses, responded quickly on Twitter, calling the changes "good news [and] a direct recommendation from CFIB."
Kelly noted, in particular, the shift to a revenue decline of 25 per cent, noting "The bar remains high, but this is a significant improvement."
WATCH | Head of small businesses group on pandemic support changes:
The federal government expands eligibility for pandemic benefit programs
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Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, joins Power & Politics to discuss Ottawa's expansion of eligibility for COVID-19 benefit programs. 6:38
Concerns over GIS payment timing
In the fiscal update delivered earlier this month, the Liberals announced a one-time payment for seniors who had their GIS or Allowance payments clawed back because they received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit or the Canada Recovery Benefit.
The government committed almost $742 million to that effort in the fiscal update. The update said the money is accounted for in the 2022-23 financial year.
The NDP told CBC News that they had concerns the payments to vulnerable seniors would not start flowing to seniors until the next fiscal year began.
The NDP said that some seniors were worried they were not going to receive their payments until May, causing them significant financial issues in the meantime.
Pressed to clarify the timing of the payments, Freeland did not give a firm timeline, saying her government remains committed to solving the issue and were working as quickly as possible.
"I would like to assure seniors, though, that we're aware of their needs. Seniors who qualify for the GIS are among the most vulnerable people in Canada and we are working really hard to get this done as soon as possible," Freeland said.
Freeland also said there were some technical challenges with organizing the payment.
The NDP accused the Liberals of adding to seniors' stress as they try to pay bills during the holidays.
"They created this situation for low-income seniors by essentially punishing them for taking the pandemic support they really needed. The very least they can do is be clear about when they're going to fix it," said Rachel Blaney, the party's critic for seniors said in a statement.
Uncertain holiday planning
Members of the government sought Wednesday to convey a message that Freeland described as one "which is careful, which is prudent, which is focused on following the science."
Ministers present at the news conference were asked several times to react to a speech made by U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday, in which he said it was alright for Americans to keep their holiday plans — if they're vaccinated.
Freeland responded by saying "Canada is not the United States."
She noted this country's higher vaccination rate, and lower mortality rate during the duration of the pandemic.
WATCH | U.S. President Joe Biden addresses Omicron concerns ahead of holidays:
Biden: vaccine could be difference between 'life and death'
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Duration 1:05
U.S. President Joe Biden issued a plea to the unvaccinated Tuesday to get the COVID-19 shot, saying they are putting their loved ones at risk and causing hospitals to become overrun again. 1:05
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scott barclay
But they won't re-qualify seniors for the GIS.
David Amos
Reply to @scott barclay: Bingo
Spencer McGregor
I'd like to see all the undeserving companies pay back the billions in benefits that they wrongfully claimed... Taxpayers are paying for CEO bonuses and record profits for private companies
David Amos
Reply to @Spencer McGregor: Me Too
Carole Lowes-Kotiesen
Reply to @Spencer McGregor: The stock market has nothing to so with profits, It's the Granddaddy of speculation.
scott barclay
The employers who will reap these benefits will be franchises and corps that are already awash with cash, as well as the small business.
David Amos
Reply to @scott barclay: FYI I have been trying to talk to Todd Barclay too Do you know him?
scott barclay
Reply to @David Amos: Do not. Sorry.
David Amos
Reply to @scott barclay: Thanks anyway
David Amos
Guess who has been calling and talking to associates of Dan Kelly all morning
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: and guess how many times you were hung up on
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Just once
David Amos
"Finance minister wouldn't confirm when one-time payments for seniors who had GIS clawed back would be coming" Whereas the CRA deleted my SIN many years ago that bit of news won't affect me because the Feds never gave me the GIS I am entitled Methinks I should sue N'esy Pas?
Steven Scott
Reply to @David Amos: That would have been a good hard luck story if it were true ...
Michael Cain
Reply to @David Amos: how do you sue if you don't exist?
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: Federal Court File No T-1557-15
David Amos
Reply to @Steven Scott: Truth is stranger than fiction
Michael Cain
Reply to @David Amos: you must be wasting everybody's time on some basis of principle; making mockery of the judicial system, making broad allegations about anything and anybody who comes near you, everybody is a witness, you are more of a pain in the butt then anything else, got the Blogger beat anyway. Was your political career just another joke? Burke had everybody beat in the last debate
Michael Cain
Reply to @Michael Cain: correction Gerald Bourque, quote on bilingualism "Let's put Mr. Gallant back in office, he's put us in debt in both official languages!"
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: So you say
However what have you done about anythnig other than whine about everything under the sun?
Michael Cain
Reply to @David Amos: never whine, I was a union activist before retiring; like to think I helped a few people, saved their job, got some extra pay due, succeeded in adjudication cases; lost interest due to the politics, enjoying what is left of life now
Harvey York
Reply to @Michael Cain: looks like you've got old Davie pegged pretty accurately.
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: I bet I know who you really are eh Mr IT Guy??. Check your next email In the "Mean" say Hoka Hey to your buddies Chucy and Gerry for me will ya?
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: So you claim At least I have a real name that can be found on ballots and lawsuits
Michael Cain
Reply to @David Amos: if you would say something so one could understand, it may help your communication skills, N'est-ce pas?
Bill Bradley
Reply to @David Amos: yep that sure screams sane to me...
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: Methinks if I where wrong about Chucky's IT Guy from Asbestos, Quebec he would be man enough to answer my email to Higgy et al N'esy Pas?
Tagg Yurich
This kind of massive deficit spending is crushing the futures of Canadian children across the country. It's hard to believe that Captain Sitslikeagirl will surpass his fathers destructive debt accumulation.
Harvey York
Reply to @Tagg Yurich: "Captain Sitslikeagirl" LOL! love it!
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Of course you would
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"Reply to @David Amos: you must be wasting everybody's time on some basis of principle; making mockery of the judicial system, making broad allegations about anything and anybody who comes near you, everybody is a witness, you are more of a pain in the butt then anything else, got the Blogger beat anyway. Was your political career just another joke?…”
Vaughn Barnett said he will continue to help people in the legal system in an activist role through his new group, Legal Administration Watchdogs. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Legal gadfly Vaughn Barnett is back, promising to stay on the right side of the justice system this time--while openly acknowledging he may land himself in legal trouble again.
The Fredericton-area activist spent three weeks in jail earlier this year after a judge ruled he was doing the work of a lawyer without being licensed to practice law.
He and his supporters cast his actions as a fight for social justice on behalf of people who can't afford lawyers.
Barnett is still convinced he was in the right but says he'll be more cautious now working with a group he's established called Legal Administration Watchdogs, or LAW.
"I intend to shift the focus my activity that is more clearly of an activist nature, hence this group," he said.
"My position was and still is that I have never violated the injunction. Call it a difference of opinion about the legal interpretation, if not something worse, but that's my position. Having said that, I'm still going to try to abide by Chief Justice DeWare's opinion."
In February Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare sentenced Barnett to 100 days in jail for new violations of a 2000 court injunction aimed at restricting him from working as an unlicensed lawyer.
Robert MacKay, a Moncton supporter of the new group, says Barnett is someone who doesn't fit in to conventional expectations but has a "certain chutzpah" about doing what he can to help people.
"He is trying to do the right thing and he's trying to do it within the parameters," he said.
The New Brunswick Law Society, the self-governing organization for lawyers in the province, sought the ruling.
Group focused on activism
Barnett says he knows the society will be watching his new group closely and he figures there's a chance they'll take him to court again.
"Probably, yes," he said.
"The law society might say that I'm still practising law because I'm still making legal arguments to help people," he said.
"My response is now that the people I'm helping are people in general. I'm not helping people so much in specific cases except using those cases to illustrate larger problems. So I'm engaging in the kind of activism that a lot of people would engage in."
Barnett's new group is made up of a half-dozen what he calls "very dedicated" activists who believe the justice system isn't fair and accessible to people who lack the means to hire lawyers.
"It's basically like a two-tier system," said Fredericton activist André Faust, who joined the group recently. "It's a rich person's game. … There are people who do not have the finances, or psychologically they're not at a level of comprehending this complex system."
Law society executive director Marc Richard was on vacation Thursday and could not be reached for comment.
But, in February, Richard said the society has a committee including Department of Justice and court officials that is working to improve access to justice. Someone like Barnett "has to respect the court order, the system that's in place," he said.
Lawyers licensed by the society are subject to a code of ethics and to disciplinary proceedings, and must carry liability insurance — requirements that the society says are in place to protect clients if something goes wrong.
Faust said existing systems to help people without lawyers, like the providing of duty counsel, meet the minimum constitutional requirement but often don't provide effective legal representation.
"That's basically a production line," he said. "Get them in, get them through and out."
Not a licensed lawyer
Fredericton activist André Faust said existing systems to help people without lawyers often don’t provide effective legal representation. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
In 2000 a judge ordered Barnett to stop doing legal work for clients. Barnett has a law degree but is not a member of the New Brunswick Law Society, which means he is not licensed to practice law.
In 2007 a Court of Queen's Bench judge added to the initial order by requiring Barnett add to any written reference he made to his law degree the disclaimer "not licensed to practice law" in type twice as large.
Earlier this year the law society took Barnett to court over two new cases.
In one, the society argued he referred to himself as a "legal researcher and advocate" for a woman suspended from her job, whom he called his "client." He asked her employer for the "legal justification" for her suspension.
In the second case, he tried to negotiate with the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board on behalf of a friend, calling himself her "legal advisor."
Barnett acknowledged in a January hearing he was "trying to walk a fine line" and argued if he crossed it, it was because of his "honest interpretation" of an ambiguous court order.
But DeWare called Barnett "an extremely intelligent man" who was "fully aware of the scope and nature of the court order in place." She sentenced him to 100 days in jail.
Three weeks into his sentence, he applied for a "temporary absence," a form of house arrest, and was released.
'More careful now'
One example of what Barnett and the new group will take on is what they say is the poor treatment of employees at a New Brunswick nursing home. Workers who complained got nowhere with the province, he said.
"There may be legal issues involved in our campaign, but surely we must have the right to hold agencies accountable for what we consider to be legal violations," he said.
He says much of what he does will be similar to what he did before, but with "a shift from case work to activism for general groups of people. … I'm still going to apply my legal skills in all of this, as I believe I have the right to do."
Barnett, who has not ruled out appealing DeWare's ruling, says he'll tell people he can't provide legal advice and will refer them to lawyers -- as he has always done, he said.
"Unfortunately not a whole lot can change because I don't feel I was breaching the injunction in the first place," he said. "I'm just going to be more careful now."
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David Amos Methinks the Fat Fred City Finest, legions of lawyers and nearly everyone else in the "Capital District" know that the "activists" Vaughn Barnett, André Faust and their blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc have a LOT to learn about ethical conduct N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Ethical? Have you read the demeaning nicknames and foul language you use in emails to spam anyone with dozens of CCs? Ethical! Best one I've heard in a while thanks ya fierce political animal!
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: The only difference between you and these guys is they're out to help the downtrodden while you only build "cases" for yourself and whine on about it online all day.
Johnny Almar
Reply to @Ray Oliver: You get them too? He can’t help himself. Mental illness and all you know.
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks its rather obvious that two nasty spindoctors without the sand to use their real names just admitted receiving my emails N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Who am I???
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: A shill working with the RCMP
Ray Oliver Reply to @David Amos: Didnt your nurses tell you not to speculate like that about people out to get ya?
Vaughn Barnett As the person being reported on here (Vaughn Barnett), I would like to make a couple of clarifications/corrections: 1) I was not using titles such as "legal researcher and advocate" (any longer) or "legal advisor" - and the friends I was assisting had no misunderstanding of my non-lawyer status; 2) The nursing home targeted by our group is York Care Centre, and the government agencies that failed to investigate its workplace abuses (bullying/discrimination, unfair workloads, retaliation) are the Employment Standards Branch and the Labour and Employment Board.
David Amos
Reply to @Vaughn Barnett: Did the Fat Fred City Finest ever respond to you about my documents and the CD you gave them nearly 10 years ago?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Oh yes the illustrious wiretap tapes of which have no meaning to them in their jurisdiction. Been hunting anyone on the Most Wanted list lately?
David Amos
Reply to @Vaughn Barnett: True or False?
---------- Original message ---------- From: Advocacy Collective Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:03:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Delivery of your material To: David Amos
Mr. Amos:
Earlier today, I delivered your material to the city police via their neighbourhood place in the Capital Credit Union strip mall on Hughes Street, Fredericton. Unless there is some remaining issue about this matter, I will now ask you to refrain from any communications with me, by e-mail or otherwise - and if you do send me e-mails, please do not assume that I will read them, for I intend to treat them as Spam. Thank you, and good luck with any worthy cause you may be pursuing.
Vaughn "Wannabe Lawyer" Barnett
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: LOL he ignores you like all the others. Even a fellow "activist". Rock Bottom
David Amos
Reply to @Vaughn Barnett: BTW DeWare just like many others was well aware of my concerns long before she became a Judge
David Amos Reply to @Vaughn Barnett: Methinks your "activist" friends André Faust and Chucky Leblanc are nervous about the fact that the RCMP took their pictures when they came to Federal Court in Fat Fred City in order to watch me argue the Crown Nobody wants to admit knowing about my concerns N'esy Pas?
John Laverdure the cbc shows it's anti poverty activist bias by starting the article calling mr barnett "legal gadfly".. most provinces allow legal advice when it is not paid. the new brunswick law society is engaged in selective prosecution. many people with law degrees but who are not licenced to practice law work for pay for corporations or in government administrative law, and give their employers legal advice. this is clear persecution of the poor.
David Amos
Reply to @John Laverdure: I agree but see below
Dallas Mcquarrie Sounds like the Law Society can't stand the competition. Poor people simply don't have the same access to the justice system as wealthier people, and the Law society is as blind as the scales of justice to the daily reality of preferential treatment for the wealthy and discrimination against the poor in the justice system. But then again, the Law Society's members are doing very well for themselves, thank you very much, with the existing system. Talk is cheap, so we can expect lots more talk about 'fixing the system,' but don't hold your breath waiting for the folks who are profiting from the status quo to change it.
David Amos
Reply to @Dallas Mcquarrie: I remember you quite well and truly believe your talk is cheap as well.
David Chiasson They put this Guy into Jail but Rita Godin a former Crown Prosecutor in Bathurst can get a Pediatrician to Lie on the stand with a Fabricated Testimony and not a thing happens,just bye bye ,no charges nothing. The Judge and the Crown Prosecutors office was complicit in a Crime against Myself and Children and yet this guy get 3 weeks?
David Amos
Reply to @David Chiasson: I agree with your indignation
Trust that I made it my business to prove that justice is a myth
Matt Steele Just follow the money , and you will probably find out why lawyers don't want lay people helping folks with legal issues . Many lawyers charge over $300 dollars per hour ; and they don't want anyone cutting in on their cash cow . Cost for legal help is the reason why so many Canadians are denied justice
Jake Quinlan
Reply to @Matt Steele: As I was reading article, I was formulating a comment in my mind that started with "follow the money". You pretty much summed it up. That said, are any non-lawyer lawyers going to be accountable for bad advice? This applies to many professions.
Jason Inness
Reply to @Matt Steele: And, what makes it worse is they become politicians (or advisors in the Justice department) and create laws that are intentionally convoluted and difficult, with lots of loopholes and "exceptions", so that the common person needs a lawyer to perform work in that area.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Jason Inness: McKenna was great at it !He and his SANB buddies created laws in the NB constitution , then made them pretty well irreversible ! And with the help of Judges to boot 1
Jos Allaire
Reply to @Lou Bell: Not too many can even hold a candle to McKenna, and certainly not you!
David Amos
Reply to @Jos Allaire: Methinks many would agree that I make the lawyer Franky Boy a very nervous camper on nearly a daily basis N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver Reply to @David Amos: You cross no one of any significance in this worlds minds. Not a single one.
Norman Albert Snr It is a big club and we ain't in it. No way on god's green earth should it take 4 years to get before a judge on a civil matter. Lawyers drag this out like it was a ping pong game. Your serve.
David Amos
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: YUP
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: Because its tied up with pointless matters they have to navigate around. Point in case anything Amos has ever done in his entire schi zo lifetime
Justin Gunther
People "showing up to court" via telephone is a ludicrous practice that must stop immediately. Rugby huddles yes, but court appearances no? Get it together, where a Plexiglas faceshield if you're that scared, your honours.
This is COMPLETELY unacceptable.
Justin Gunther
Reply to @Justin Gunther: I don't proofread on hte BCB because it's often not worth my time and I have other thigns to do. You figure out what I mean by that.
David Amos
Reply to @Justin Gunther: FYI I had a hearing in Federal Court in Fat Fred City byway of the telephone Trust that I used it to my advantage much the Crown's chagrin. Download and listen to it sometime Methinks you must know how to find my work by now N'esy Pas?
Bill Vasseur
I like that line , Dept. of Justice & Law Society have " a committee to improve access to Justice", Why is there even a problem in accessing justice in the first place?
John Grail
Reply to @Bill Vasseur: All animals are equal. But some are more equal than others.
David Amos
Reply to @John Grail: Methinks that depends on time and location For instance bugs eat beached whales N'esy Pas?
David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal Building!!!
I am always in a constant battle with myself between logic and emotion. From life experience, most of my mistakes in life were the results of decisions arising from emotional responses, rather than those based on logic.
I ‘ve come to realise that logic is only a structured systematic thought process for example if condition A exists then the result has to be this. or if you remove every possible explanation and you are left with one, that has to be the correct one.
Logic by itself, without emotion, cannot keep our species alive because is only an abstract thought process and this thought process is not a drive for survival, while the process is useful in developing strategies to get what we want it is not directly responsible for our survival.
Emotions, on the other hand, seems to be the main driving force to keep our species alive and at the individual level, it is emotions that dictate why we behave as we do. Related to emotions and why we behave there are three other properties, motivation and drive which can work for us or can work against us depending on what we are responding to.
One of the best theoretical frameworks that I have found as a base to understand the relationship between behaviour and emotion is the self-determination theory.
The beauty of the self-determination theory is that it simplifies our emotional drives into three basic needs. 1. Autonomy. Is the universal urge to be causal agents of one’s own life and act in harmony with one’s integrated self. 2. Competence, Seek to control the outcome and experience mastery and 3. Relatedness, Is the universal want to interact, be connected to, and experience caring for others. (Ryan, & Deci, 2000).
The implication of the theory is that if any, any combination or all are not met, the chances of experiencing negative emotions such as anxiety, fear, depression and others is greatly increased. In other words, a state of unhappiness and if these are not met between people conflict can arise.
In an upcoming video, I will be discussing police aggression, investigation and interrogation of innocent people using the logic of the theory of self-determination. The discussion will look at two frames of reference one from the police and the other from the person(s) frame of reference and how the interaction between the two can have serious negative impact on the lives of the innocent person. Reference: Ryan, R., & Deci, E. (2000). Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being (1st ed.). American Psychologist. Retrieved from
Federal Court across the street from the Fat Fred Cit Finest cop shop and one block from Chucky’s welfare abode (Do you have any idea how many times they are mentioned in the complaint?)
Corner of Queen and Westmoreland Street? What time?
2 in the afternoon I thought you studied law and read my emails? http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All Order (time and place) dated 30-MAR-2017 rendered by S. Bazinet, Judicial Administrator and signed by Judicial Administrator fixing the Cross-Appeal to be heard at Special Sitting in Fredericton on 24-MAY-2017 to begin at 14:00 Filed on 31-MAR-2017 cc’s sent to parties entered in J. & O. Book, volume 298 page(s) 409 – 409 Transmittal letters placed on file
There is a thing called information overload, I appreciate the reminder, I am just going over the documentation that you posted on the previous response. You have packaged well, While I haven’t read everything yet but I am assuming it is related to the hearing. At least If I am not called away and I can attended I will be well briefed on your case at hand. As I told before I don’t read all of your E-mail because of the shear volume. I assuming that you are representing your self and you have done your homework.
Clearly you did not read this email but I did post it within my blog and LOTS of politcal people know about it http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/i-acknowledge-crowns-emails-perhaps-it.html If any your fans care they can listen to the fun hearing about judges and cops over the phone with another Bay of Fundy Frog named Leblanc who did not wish to meet me in court on April 10th.
———- Original message ———- From: “Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)” Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:53:28 +0000 Subject: RE: Yo Chucky Leblanc I had quite a hoedown about Yankee wiretap tapes of the MOB in Federal Court yesterday with Harper’s favourite constitutional lawyer who is now a Judge with the same last name as you Please enjoy To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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Perhaps you and your activist pal Andre Faust should have a long talk with all your politcal buddies including the strange turncoats ASAP? After all your barring from you beloved “Old Maison” is also mentioned within my lawsuit N’esy Pas Chucky “Cry Baby” Leblanc?
Published on Apr 2, 2017 Dominic Cardy is the new Chief of Staff of the New Brunswick P.C. Party!!!
Judge-moving bill aims to help Dominic LeBlanc, Tory MLA charges Kirk MacDonald says Liberals drafted bill to help put Jolène Richard and André Richard on court
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Nov 24, 2016 6:03 PM AT
DOMINIC CARDY Director Strategic Issues (Office of the Official Opposition) Legislative Assembly Phone : (506) 453-7494 Fax : (506) 453-3461 Email : Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca
Furthermore you and at least one of your other wannabe lawyer activist buddies Mark Darcy cannot claim that you did not know about my lawsuit six weeks before I met Justice Richard Bell, Leanne Murray’s former law firm partner in Federal Court one block down the street from you in Fat Fred City in 2015 N’esy Pas?
Me versus Chucky Leblanc and the Fake Left etc Published on Nov 6, 2015
That said I must continue say that you crooked little Bay of Fundy Frogs (some with Scottish genes) do get around EH? (That is what you and Abel Leblanc call yourselves N’esy Pas?)
Tell Dominic Leblanc to say hey to one of your cousins and his other crooke pals on the bench i Fedal Court for me will ya?
‘Potential misconduct’ probe launched into judges after CBC revelations Tax court justice seen on video attending KPMG-linked party By Harvey Cashore, Kimberly Ivany, Nicole McCormick, Gillian Findlay, CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2017 6:23 PM ET
The Honourable René Leblanc, was a lawyer with the Department of Justice Canada in Ottawa, and was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court on April 11, 2014.
Mr. Justice LeBlanc received a Bachelor of Civil Law from Université Laval in 1979 and was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1980. He worked in private practice with the law firm of Lazarovitch, Cannon, Lemelin & Rourke in Québec City before joining the Legal Services Unit of the Secretary of State of Canada in 1982. In 1986, he joined the Department of Justice Canada as a litigator and was appointed Senior General Counsel in 2006. In that capacity he appeared before all levels of court.
During his time with the Department of Justice he was designated as one of a small group of lawyers to represent the Attorney General of Canada before the Supreme Court of Canada. He was also a member of the national committee responsible for reviewing all aspects of litigation before the Supreme Court of Canada involving the government of Canada. His main area of practice was civil litigation and constitutional law. Justice LeBlanc has been a frequent conference speaker to his colleagues at the Department of Justice and has served as a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Civil Law. He is also co-author of a book on the recourses and procedure before the Federal Courts (Letarte, Veilleux, LeBlanc et Rouillard-Labbé, Recours et procédure devant les Cours fédérales, Montréal, LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2013). This book was published in 2013 and is the only publication in the French language dealing with that subject matter.
Your right I didn’t read that email, I currently have issues with my email server, I haven’t received any email for over three weeks. At first I thought It was with my email client microsoft outlook. Anyway I hope to have that resolved shortly,,, (Maybe CISIS is re routing may emails … just kidding … lol)
Any way I went through your statement of claim, I hoped that you have included the statement of defense as well.
??????? What defense? I have done NOTHING wrong. The smiling bastards practiced wrongs against me kinda like your “Occupy” pal Scotty Baby Agnew and Menard his lawyer/wife did only a lot worse. Furthermore the Crown has offered no defense whatsoever other than trying every trick in the book to make the complaint evaporate. Did you forget you have had this info for quite some time and that you criticized the sound quality of the recording of the court and even offered to fix it?
The statement of defense is from the respondent. You presented your statement of Claim as the plaintiff then the respondent presents a statement of defense. I would think that that process would exist at the appeal level. If not at the appeal level then it should have taken place somewhere in the process prior to the appeal..
So one the 24 this a cross-appeal, I am slowly starting to see the picture, not clearly though, The 24 should give me more insight. You have to admit that the issues that you seem to bring up a very complicated and I definitely don’t have the experience or knowledge to even give an educated opinion at this time. If the time is available for me I will be attending on the 24th, The only thing that could prevent me from attending is illness or work. As of today, the 24 is clear for me.
Methinks you should quit complaining about the sound quality and listen to the first to hearing. FYI I appealed a decision about a motion to dismiss that I won because I am ethical and the judge was not. Now the Crown wants another kick at the can and I am looking forward to kicking them in the balls again but this time in front of quite likely three more corrupt judges Get it yet?
Some times it seems like you pull things out of thin air, I never mention sound quality in this thread, there might have been other audios that I listen to were quality might have been an issue, but on these three I never said anything about sound quaility. I listen to all three audios, that took almost 2 1/2 hours. The reason that I took the time was to be able to when I attend your hearing on the 24 that I will have at least some clue to what’s going on.
The other thing that I find is that you make assumptions that I have extensive knowledge about your situation.
I have lost count of the number of emails that I have received, you supply all kinds of data, That which is analogous to scientific report that contains only the data, with discussion assuming that the reader will know the abstract, the introduction, the procedure/methodology, discussion, results, and the conclusion.
I just have bits and pieces, the order I don’t know. From what I have been able to extrapolate, because don’t come write out and spell it out I have to make inference, which is can be erroneous. It seems that 1. you were arrested for no reason and placed for psychiatric evaluation, and that you have been banned from the legislative building, I know nothing about the circumstances for those results.
A person could with all you information provided spend years to write a thesis to get an understanding.
From the audio, you seem to have a better handle on the legal aspect than I do. I have to borrow a quote from Danny Watters former criminal lawyer “You don’t learn about law in law school, you learn law when you are practicing it”. Well you have been practicing. In the first auto the xmas one the Judge acknowledged that were experience with court procedure.
Trust that you last comment pissed me off. Anyone who know me well knows that when I go quiet I am angry. I was not going to respond to last comment because i was so insulted.
This morning I rethought it and said what the Hell why not stress test your ethics one last time before May 24th.It should prove interesting to me to see if you have the balls to allow it to be posted within your own blog. I know that your buddy Chucky Leblanc the self described biggest bullshitter in the province of NB never would.
I must say that you Fake Left dudes in Fat Fred City and elsewhere are sly with your wording and have rather convenient memories. BTW say Hey to your college buddies Johnny “Never Been Good” Bosnitch and Torturous Tony Tracy for me will ya? I may be as dumb as post but at least like Forest Gump you clever dudes can’t fool me because I am too stupid. However it is well known that I have a very good memory and that I keep better records than any court clerk.
That said even though you may not get your emails. I get no notice from your provider that they were blocked . Plus everybody and his dog knows at least one of the emails I sent you and your buddies in UNB et al has been properly filed in the Federal Court of Appeal since March 8th, 2017. FYI I have backed off sending emails through no choice of my own GOOGLE has deleted two of my emails account in the past week for the benefit of the RCMP and the FBI before I meet three more stooges they call judges from Ottawa in Fat Fred City. Now you wish updates as to what I am up to perhaps you should check my Twitter account that Pam Ross everybody else within the Council of Canadians blocks because I busted her balls in front of her friends when I pointed to her bragging to Chucky about breaking her eggs N’esy Pas?
Furthermore I explained to you exactly who I was in our one and only phone conversation as soon as I knew you were one of the dude in the Occupy Fredericton nonsense. After we talked i introduced you to Bill Csapo of Occupy Wall St and my former friends Julian Assange and Birgiitta Jonsdottir of Wikileaks.
You should not deny this email after it has been all over the Internet for years. Remember how you mentioned that you were starting this blog. When you asked if I wished to be Anonymous I shook my head. Why the Hell would I wish to be anonymous? I had already told you that i had ran for public office four times thus far after i had sued more lawyers than most folks could name before the Yankees attempted their extra ordinary rendition nonsense on me in 2003. My document are published all over the Internet and in the public records of many courts in Canada and the USA just because Scotty Baby Agnew (formerly chief spin doctor on the web for the Irving Empire) and his lawyer wifey Menard (former leader of the Green Party of NB) lie about that the obvious facts it does not follow that they can make simple truths go away.EH?
This email to you that i inserted below is still published within Chucky Leblanc’s and Sally Brook”s other buddy named Andre old blog about my rants Correct?
Saturday, 30 March 2013 Fwd: Methinks it didn’t do your hero Mr Soros and his “Occupy” minions any good to delete my webpage N’esy Pas Mr Faust???
———- Forwarded message ———- From: David Amos Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:10:33 -0300 Subject: Methinks it didn’t do your hero Mr Soros and his “Occupy” minions any good to delete my webpage N’esy Pas Mr Faust??? To: “George.Soros” , Julian.C.Renaud@gmail.com, woodsideb , andre, police , oldmaison, “peter.dauphinee” , radical , merv ,nmoore , “Jacques.Poitras”, “Wayne.Lang” Cc: “ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca” , David Amos, “macpherson.don”, andremurraynow, evelyngreene ,sallybrooks25 , acampbell , “terry.seguin”
After all It has been discussed in writing and SAVED many times since late 2011
———- Forwarded message ———- From: Occupy Fredericton Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:32:24 -0400 Subject: Re: Andre I want to believe you but I looked at your facebook and shook my head To: David Amos
Hi, David it was a pleasure speaking with you, on Sunday, unfortunately a family crises developed while I was speaking with you, I do hope to be able to resume conversation with, but I have to admit there a bit of a learning curve that is involved in getting to fully understand the whole, It’s like you providing me with many pieces of a puzzle and I have to put it together, but I am up to the challenge.
The intention of the Facebook is to foster critical thinking, so I don’t interfere much unless, the posts are direct attack on the posters. When I first started the page it was easy to police the nature and the context of the post, but currently the flow is very high and there is really no way for me to check everything out. For most cases I will only view videos if the are less then three minutes, longer ones I tend to listen for about a min, but I do spot listens.
There is not enough time in the day .. to be thorough.
There is another site that I am working on, the Left eye, which I hope to have up and running by the end of the December. If I publish any of your research to you wish to be credited, or remain anonymous? That was the site that I was working on before I became involved the the Occupy movement..
“you fake, fat, psychopathic, would be truther — that told josh you had ran occupy and that it was hijacked after it had started (which is a blatant lie, my guess would be that you are in bed with the international socialists if you really think that).”
Yawn Kinda like the pot trying to call the kettle black EH? The qannabe elected baker is clearly as chubby as his mindless butt buddy is skinny
As for me I am right at 200 lbs. That clearly less than Joshy Baby and far more than the pencil necked arsehole he loves who has a red flag posted in is Facebook to ID imself.
Occupy anyone? (Look at the date I became a member) How about Wikileaks and Iceland too?
———- Forwarded message ———- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:19:35 +0000 Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: 9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com Technical details of permanent failure: Account disabled
On 1/12/12, David Amos wrote:
> Franky Boy McKenna oversees this park in the Big Apple and the > Attorney General of New Brunswick admitted long ago i had issues with > McKenna and his bankster associates. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bod5_Yvhd4k > > http://occupywallst.org/users/DavidRaymondAmos/ > > From: David Amos > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:22:00 -0300 > Subject: i just called from 902 800 0369 (Nova Scotia) > To: 9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com > > http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html > > I am the guy the SEC would not name that is the link to Madoff and > Putnam Investments > > http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-a465-72722b47e7f2 > > Notice the transcript and webcast of the hearing of the US Senate > banking Commitee is missing? please notice Eliot Spitzer and the Dates > around November 20th, 2003 in te following file > > http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf > > From: “Julian Assange)” > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:15:46 +0000 (GMT) > Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland’s plan for a press safe haven > To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com > > FYI: Al-Jazeera’s take on Iceland’s proposed media safe haven > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE > > More info http://immi.is/ > > Julian Assange > Editor > WikiLeaks > http://wikileaks.org/ > > > From: Birgitta Jonsdottir > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000 > Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the > first email I ever sent you > To: David Amos > > dear Dave > i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i > find some time > keep up the good fight in the meantime > > thank you for bearing with me > i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters > and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and > the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:) > plus all the matters in relation to immi > > with oceans of joy > birgitta > > Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. > > Andre Gide > > Birgitta Jonsdottir > Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884 > http://this.is/birgitta– http://joyb.blogspot.com– > http://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir > > >>> >> On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:35 AM, David Amos wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> I truly enjoyed talking to you. More to the point I am happy you >>> >>> took >>> >>> the time to listen to mean old me. I was impressed with your openess >>> >>> and honesty. In return I took a bit of time to study you more >>> >>> closely >>> >>> on the Internet and I am now even more impressed to view the artist >>> >>> in >>> >>> you. To hell with the politics and the money for a minute. At the >>> >>> risk of sounding odd your sincere soul that I sensed in your voice >>> >>> came shining through the various webpages. An honest person >>> >>> practicing >>> >>> the wicked art of politicking is a rare thing indeed. I must confess >>> >>> that I grinned at the possibility of crossing paths with another >>> >>> kindred soul when I saw you employ the expression Me Myself and I >>> >>> because I often use that expresssion >>> >>> >>> >>> I also sent you another email to your politcal email address on June >>> >>> 24th, 2010 right after you spoke on CBC. (I can resend it if you >>> >>> wish) >>> >>> When you folks ignored that and my calls and only sent me nasty >>> >>> responses I gave up on Iceland and IMMI because I had made everyone >>> >>> well aware I had no respect for Assange and corrupt parliamentarians >>> >>> whatsoever. Assange became the big celebrity after releasing the >>> >>> video >>> >>> from Iraq but I felt sorry for the kid who went to jail that had >>> >>> given >>> >>> him the stuff. Obviously I sent you folks the email below long >>> >>> before >>> >>> Assange made the scene in Iceland. Rest assured that I sent him >>> >>> evidence of my concerns about Iceland or he would not had sent me >>> >>> his >>> >>> bragging emails the following March. >>> >>> >>> >>> Now that Assange is in jail with no hope of bail like I was a couple >>> >>> of times after CBC has been yapping about him for weeks I was >>> >>> feeling >>> >>> a little vindictive so I opted to tease some of his friends and fans >>> >>> (such as McCarthy and CBC) by reminding them that I was still alive, >>> >>> not in jail and kicking like hell. (A host of cops in seven cars >>> >>> pounced on my son (who was visiting me) and I at 2;30 in the morning >>> >>> right after the results of the recent election was annnounced >>> >>> Although >>> >>> I managed to run them off this time need I say it really pissed me >>> >>> off >>> >>> and saddend me to put him on a bus back to Boston) >>> >>> >>> >>> I did not send you that email with the pdf files attached from my >>> >>> new >>> >>> Yahoo address but you will get it in a bit. Heres hoping you will >>> >>> enjoy it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best Regards >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———- >>> >>> From: David Amos >>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:33:10 -0300 >>> >>> Subject: RE: Iceland and Bankers Whereas the politicians ignore me >>> >>> maybe some fellow bloggers will listen to me eh? >>> >>> To: jong@althingi.is, kristjanj@althingi.is, olofn@althingi.is, >>> >>> petur@althingi.is, rea@althingi.is, ragnheidurr@althingi.is, >>> >>> sdg@althingi.is, sij@althingi.is, siv@althingi.is, >>> >>> tryggvih@althingi.is, ubk@althingi.is, vigdish@althingi.is, >>> >>> thkg@althingi.is, thorsaari@althingi.is >>> >>> Cc: margrett@althingi.is, thorgerdur@thorgerdur.is, >>> >>> saari@centrum.is, >>> >>> ha030002@unak.is, svanurmd@hotmail.com, baddiblue@gmail.com, >>> >>> dominus@islandia.is, birgitta@this.is, einar@smart.is >>> >>> >>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———- >>> >>> From: David Amos >>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:23:15 -0300 >>> >>> Subject: Fwd: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I >>> >>> smiled >>> >>> To: johanna@althingi.is >>> >>> Cc: “Jacques.Poitras” , Dan Fitzgerald >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———- >>> >>> From: David Amos >>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:52:42 -0300 >>> >>> Subject: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I smiled >>> >>> To: wmreditor@waynemadsenreport.com, lenbracken@hotmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———- >>> >>>> From: David Amos >>> >>>> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:24:42 -0300 >>> >>>> Subject: Fwd: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious >>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years? >>> >>>> To: vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov, >>> >>>> horwitzd@dsmo.com, wrobleskin@dsmo.com, >>> >>>> wolfem@dicksteinshapiro.com, >>> >>>> Lisa.Baroni@usdoj.gov, ssbny@aol.com, service@ssbla.com, >>> >>>> rwing@lswlaw.com, rriccio@mdmc-law.com, lmodugno@mdmc-law.com, >>> >>>> griffinger@gibbonslaw.com, mmulholland@rmfpc.com, >>> >>>> kmalerba@rmfpc.com, >>> >>>> tlieverman@srkw-law.com >>> >>>> Cc: webo , John.Sinclair@nbimc.com, >>> >>>> Norma.Kennedy@nbimc.com, jan.imeson@nbimc.com, mc.blais@pcnb.org >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I wonder if any lawyer will bother to read this email, understand >>> >>>> it >>> >>>> and call me back >>> >>>> >>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———- >>> >>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is >>> >>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:06:39 +0000 >>> >>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious >>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years? >>> >>>> To: David Amos >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Dear David Amos >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding to >>> >>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our >>> office. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a web >>> site >>> >>>> http://www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical >>> >>>> information >>> >>>> regarding the economic crisis in Iceland. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Tilvísun í mál: FJR08100024 >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Frá: David Amos >>> >>>> Dags: 29.01.2009 19:17:43 >>> >>>> Til: johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.stjr.is, postur@for.stjr.is, >>> aih@cbc.ca, >>> >>>> Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is, >>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca, >>> >>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com, >>> egilla@althingi.is, >>> >>>> william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is, >>> >>>> Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is, >>> cdhowe@cdhowe.org, >>> >>>> desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca, “oldmaison@yahoo.com” >>> >>>> , “t.j.burke@gnb.ca” , Dan >>> >>>> Fitzgerald , jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.is >>> >>>> Afrit: fyrirspurn@fme.is, audur@audur.is, fme@fme.is, >>> >>>> info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is >>> >>>> Efni: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious question. >>> >>>> Why >>> >>>> have you people ignored me for three years? >>> >>>> ——————————————————— >>> >>>> >>> >>>> FYI Some folks in Canada are watching your actions or lack thereof >>> >>>> more closely than others. As you well know I am one. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> http://www.topix.com/forum/world/canada/TJHJ5HP501LN7C4MV#lastPost >>> >>>> >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc >>> >>>> >>> >>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/2006/05/harper-and-bankers.html >>> >>>> >>> >>>> You folks should not deny certain responses that I have received >>> >>>> over >>> >>>> the course of the last few months from your country CORRECT? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> From: David Amos >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:57:55 -0300 >>> >>>> Subject: Re: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of >>> >>>> Iceland >>> >>>> To: postur@for.stjr.is >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thanx >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On 10/8/08, postur@for.stjr.is wrote: >>> >>>> David Raymond Amos >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and >>> >>>> waits >>> >>>> attendance. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thank you. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> From: Fjármálaeftirlitið – Fyrirspurn >>> >>>> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:23:41 -0000 >>> >>>> Subject: Staðfesting á móttöku >>> >>>> To: David Amos >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið hefur móttekið erindi yðar. Erindinu verður >>> >>>> svarað >>> >>>> við fyrsta tækifæri. Vakin er athygli á heimasíðu >>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitsins, http://www.fme.is. Þar má finna ýmsar >>> >>>> upplýsingar ásamt svörum við algengum spurningum: >>> >>>> http://www.fme.is/?PageID=863. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) of Iceland confirms the >>> >>>> receipt of your e-mail. Your e-mail will be answered as soon as >>> >>>> possible. We would like to point out our website, >>> >>>> http://www.fme.is. >>> >>>> There you can find information and answeres to frequently asked >>> >>>> questions: http://www.fme.is/?PageID=864. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Kveðja / Best Regards >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið / Financial Supervisory Authority, Iceland >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Sími / Tel.: (+354) 525 2700 >>> >>>> >>> >>>> From: David Amos >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:53:47 -0300 >>> >>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the >>> >>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy? >>> >>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is, >>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca, >>> >>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com, >>> >>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca >>> >>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca, >>> >>>> lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca, >>> >>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca >>> >>>> >>> >>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this >>> >>>> letter ASAP EH? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right >>> >>>> >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc >>> >>>> >>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/5352095/Tony-Merchant-and-Yankees >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me at 506 >>> 756 >>> >>>> 8687 >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Veritas Vincit >>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
Well, well, I just checked the previous post you claimed pissed you off, I can’t see anything in there that would even be offensive. I have taken attacks on my person from you than anyone else. You will not find anywhere where I personally have said anything derogatory about you so I really don’t understand the motives to your continuous attacks on myself and respective colleagues. You are slowly starting to push my patience with you.
I think that I have gone the extra mile to allow you to tell your story, Tell me now If I attend your hearing on the 24 I am I going to be exposed to verbal abuse and attack on my persons. I have been up front, I’ve told you that you provide a continuous flow of information that is way beyond the time that I can read, process and synthesize, there is just not enough hours in the day.
I have many other things going on in my life, my family, advocacy, research and a list of things to do.
I have also told you that you make certain assumptions that I am supposed to know, of which I don’t.
I know your intent is to try to educate me about the multiple issues that you are dealing with which I can understand your passion, but due to the complexities of your issues, I don’t have the time. As I putting 16+ hour days. When you consider sleep, hygiene and food, that doesn’t leave much time for me.
I really don’t understand why you are continuously kicking me in the nuts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this week that the government will provide $19 billion to the provinces and territories to help fund a 'safe restart' of the Canadian economy. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
The federal government will provide New Brunswick with $200 million to help boost its economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced Friday as the province finished its 12th week of recovery and second week in the Atlantic bubble.
Public Health announced a second day of no new positive tests, leaving only three active cases in the province.
The direct transfers are part of a comprehensive agreement to help those governments cover some of their budgetary costs over the next six to eight months as they reopen and prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19. "We are all in this together, and we have shown our desire to make sure that Canadians can safely move forward with their lives during this pandemic," said Premier Blaine Higgs in a statement Friday.
"This agreement will help us in our efforts to address concerns facing New Brunswickers in adjusting to our new normal."
The agreement provides:
Funding to support the acquisition of personal protective equipment for health-care and non-health-care sectors;
Support for child care and senior care facilities;
Direct funding to improve the sustainability of Canada's health-care systems;
Assistance for municipalities.
The province also has access to supplies from an enhanced federal stockpile of personal protective equipment.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the deal on Parliament Hill on Thursday after speaking with the premiers earlier in the day. 2:45
In a news release, Higgs also said the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for comprehensive action to secure the future of Canada's health-care systems and he is looking forward to further discussions among the first ministers to make health care sustainable for all Canadians in the future.
No new active cases of COVID-19
The three active COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick include two cases in the Moncton region and one in the Fredericton region. All are travel-related but none are related to the Atlantic bubble, which started July 3, when all four Atlantic provinces opened their borders to each other.
Since the first case of COVID-19 was reported March 11 in New Brunswick, 168 people have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness. A total of 163 people have recovered. In June, there were two deaths related to COVID-19 at a long-term care facility in Atholville.
This vehicle with a Tennessee licence plate was driving around Fredericton, with a sticker on the back that read: 'Yes, we isolated for 14 days.' (Elizabeth Fraser/CBC News)
A total of 48,096 tests have been done.
According to the province's dashboard, traffic through the Aulac crossing into New Brunswick has been fairly steady, and reached about 4,900 travellers on Thursday. In all, 8,378 personal vehicles and 3,822 commercial vehicles entered through seven checkpoints.
What to do if you have a symptom
People concerned they might have COVID-19 symptoms can take a self-assessment test on the government website at gnb.ca.
Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.
David Amos Methinks there a two snap elections in the near future N'esy Pas?
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @David Amos: One can only hope man.
Norman Albert Snr So is it all going to Irving or shared? What was I thinking? poor get squat.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: Ask Federal Liberals . They're the ones who've dictated where it's to go !
Norman Albert Snr
Reply to @Lou Bell: Is Wayne Long Federal? Done!!
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: How many hours a day does Irving consume your thoughts? Its concerning
Norman Albert Snr
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Thy Masters Call?
Norman Albert Snr
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Until they are taken to task for all their indiscretions and I breathe it will be top of my list. Some with short memories may think otherwise.
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: The only big business we have in our backyard so the spotlight is always on. Move somewhere more populated and prosperous, how different do they operate than any other billion dollar company? But keep it up, your doing Gods work..
Norman Albert Snr
Reply to @Ray Oliver: You move. I will stay here and man the gates. Too many moving as a result of poor income employment. Irving is the second biggest employer here after the government. Guess who is providing all those low income jobs that label us as the poverty capital of Canada.
Norman Albert Snr
Reply to @Ray Oliver: If there were a god there would be no Irving's or their kind. "The New Testament quotes Jesus as saying that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: Keep the revolution going! The devil they are! What a waste of time and effort that seems so dedicated its energy used on something else in need would be meaningful
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: And thy masters didnt call, that's as suspicious as anytime I poke at Amos about his gloating he jumps to me being a Mountie LOL. I think the 24/7 Irving bash on here no matter the article is somewhat humorous
We are living in a world that is data driven, however, some of that data collected includes personal information which can be sold, can be used to monitor behaviour, or be retain for future use good or bad.
As an individual, you should be able to get your personal information from whoever has collected, and in an ideal world that is the way it should be. In reality, that is not how it works.
The right to information and the protection of personal act does not go far enough, currently, it seems to focus more on government and its affiliated agencies. It doesn’t have too many teeth when it comes to private business when a person is requesting information about themselves. The only restriction that is placed on business is that they can not arbitrarily give out that information, however, there are circumstances that the law allows them to do so.
Included below is a primary on the protection of information (2001), that gives a good overview what information can be collected and what information cannot. While it is a bit antiquated there are still some concepts at are still useful.
To avoid andy confusion this is not intended as legal advice, It is always best to see a lawyer to get a legal explanation of any legal matters which you may encounter from time to time.
13 thoughts on “An introduction to the Protection of Personal Information Act: NB”
YO Mr Faust you have admitted knowing Chucky Cry Baby Leblanc back in 2008. Correct? So how do you explain Chucky violating my privacy when the RCMP falsely arrested me without a warrant etc on behalf of your ex cop buddy Carl Urquhart and others. When the cops kept me too long in their jail with no charges they conned a mindless shrink to have a bunch of cops tackle me and then have a nasty unionized nurse inject my arse full of drugs and file me in the the looney bin of the DECH. Chucky made certain all his fans knew about immediately while I was still locked up in La La Land.
The RCMP in Fat Fred City Pt 1
Go Figure why I hold the Fake Left in Fat Fred City in contempt
Trust that your friend Chucky and his so called “Wingnuts” Sally Brooks and Evelyn Greene and their old pal Andre Murray wanted to know everything about the shit that went down in the DECH before your Occupy Fat Fred City and Scotty Baby Agnew’s Occupy New Brunswick were underway.
I did not find it funny Be I crazy or not my privacy was definitely violated bigtime by your buddy Chucky N’esy Pas?
Who do you think advised Chucky to take his blog down after I caught him his buddies such as TJ Burke and his corrupt cops buddies with their pants on the ground? However your Fake Left union buddies in Fat Fred City still have their blog still about Chucky’s malicious actions to this very day
I never heard of you until we had our telephone conversation x number of years ago. In the course of our recent conversation you did tell me about being banned from the legislature.
The reason for you banning I just learned about by following your link that you supplied to QSLS site.
Outside of what you tell me about your experience with Charles I know nothing of. Those issues are between you and Charles, and It’s really non of my business, correct. However from the information that you are providing me I am getting a better insight into your history.
Andre Murry I only know of him through his videos, I have never met the person. I never really became involve on the social activism scene until occupy. During the 80’s and early nineties I was, but as a result of working away from Fredericton kept me from continuing.
So If I understand correctly you were arrested by the RCMP and taken to the DECH, That is odd, to DECH and not to a detention centre.
You are foggetting the shit that went down with Occupy AFTER I called you
The only thing that I recall was the forced dismantling of the Occupy Camp and the Lawsuit, nothing else really comes to mind.
I have heard of cases where the mental health act has been used to commit (to silence opposition), The bad son of a bitch was the Leftenant’s warrant which could effect have someone committed to Centra Care and Restigouche in indefinitely. On that comes to me is the Bonnar Case, In this case, the person was committed for 17 years. It’s been a long time ago, but I think the committal papers were signed by a Juge. From what I remember he was committed for stealing a purse. It wasn’t, and I don’t remember the group that intervened for his release. Both the Mental Health act and the leftenant governer’s warrants have in the past been abused to get rid of people.
From what I gathered from your video this RCMP made up some facts against you to justify detaining for observation at the Dr Everette. However, you were able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the psychiatrist’s that there was no issue with you.
In response from what you say you launched a lawsuit against the crown for unlawful detention, so I have to ask the obvious, what was the outcome of your lawsuit?
One thing that I have to point out you continuously make references about events, circumstances that I am supposed to know something about which I don’t, the second is that it seems you hold me guilty by association, which is very much like being Judged in the court of public opinion where the court will accept no alternative explanations if it contradicts their opinion.
Mentioned emails to occupy Fredericton emails, but I wasn’t to one responsible for reading the emails so I would not have been aware of these emails.
Occupy New Brunswick I wasn’t involved with, Occupy Fredericton, on the other hand was enough for me to handle. As for the other core “Occupier’s” Occupy Fredericton was very time-consuming, One of the core burnt himself out towards the end.
I forget when I started to receive emails from you, but one thing I can say is that I never flagged them as Junk, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that I read all of them either.
As earlier mentioned the Issues that you have with Charles and others I know nothing about.
I have learned of you strictly through our contacts, Like I’ve said until you called me I didn’t know who David Amos was. The order of events, I received your telephone call, I didn’t hear anything else from you then at some point I started to receive emails. As previously said, since I didn’t know the context or the background to each of the emails I could figure out what you were trying to tell me.
Its a good thing for my Clan that i keep very good records N’esy Pas? Perhaps you should check yours?
Remember this shit. It went down before I called you then things got worse after that N’esy Pas?
David Raymond AmosOccupy Fredericton BTW I ran for a seat in Parliament in Fredericton
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David Raymond Amos RE Me versus Wall Street years ago October 22 at 8:32pm · LikeUnlike
David Raymond Amos Here is some of my old documents October 22 at 8:37pm · LikeUnlike
Occupy New Brunswick Nobody cares David. Should be obvious even to you by now. Sunday at 9:41pm · LikeUnlike
David Raymond Amos Interesting that Scott Agnew formerly of Canada East is your leader and that you alll support his slander of me and delete my responses So much for your notion of democracy and free speech EH? Sunday at 11:25pm · LikeUnlike
Occupy Fredericton This is a leaderless, grassroots movement. “You all” is definitely too inclusive, because I have no idea what slander you’re referring to. – DH Yesterday at 1:48am · LikeUnlike
David Raymond Amos One of your leaders IS Scott Agnew Yesterday at 1:51am · LikeUnlike
David Raymond Amos Furthmore a lot of you in Fredericton ID youralvs to your bloggging Butt buddy Chucky Leblanc You the french dude ho loves to call me a Hells Angel CORRECT? Yesterday at 1:55am · LikeUnlike
Occupy New Brunswick Like I said… biggest conspiracy theory lunatic in the province, if not the country . And BTW, I’m leading nobody. I’m one of many facilitating Occupy in NB. And If I have slandered you David, sue me. You threaten to sue people multiple …times a day. Put your money where your mouth is. And BTW, for the record, if its written, as it is on the internet, its libel, not slander. Also, to prove slander or libel, you have to prove what I have said is false. Where have I ever said anything about you that is false David?See More 17 hours ago · LikeUnlike
Occupy New Brunswick Keep up the derogatory remarks like butt buddy though. That’ll get you banned from most of the Occupy pages I;m familiar with. 17 hours ago · LikeUnlike
David Raymond Amos Thanks for admitting that you are Scott Agnew formerly of Canada East aka the evil Irving Empire I know the diderence between slander and libel for instance you ans your OCCUPY pals calling me a pedophile in here is libel As far as slander …goes YOU and YOUR Green Meanie ex wife Alison Menard SAID it in FALSE allegations to the the RCMP BEFRE I was falsely arrested in 2008. NOW that you lost your big job with IRVING you lament in Rogers media about what I DID sue many YANKEES about many years ago. Well Scotty Baby TRUST that I will sue YOU your ex wife , te RCMP and your little dog too The Occupy arsehles in at Fred City should be starting to wonder why I am recording their names fas they introduced themselves within Chucky Leblanc Youtube channel and blogSee More 3 hours ago · LikeUnlike
Occupy New Brunswick Bahahaha.. David you have been threatening to sue me, the Prime Minster, The RCMP, THe FBI and a dozen other for YEARS now. Your first threat to sue came in 2007. This is 2011. What are ya waiting for “Biker Boi”? Where’s the lawsuit? …I’ve been checking my mail every day for 4 years hoping and praying each day to receive a Notice of Motion from you and I;m disappointed each and every day. Stop teasing me Davey. Sue me please… or shut the F up! you talk a good talk… to bad you can’t actually do what you say.See More 38 minutes ago · LikeUnlike
Occupy New Brunswick And BTW, can you show me where I called you a pedophile? You record everything right? So play it back fro me. Where did i call you a pedophile? 37 minutes ago · LikeUnlike
David Raymond Amos Occupy New Brunswick David I just followed your suggestion and Googled what you told me to and read online that you are a convicted pedophile. Is that correct? If not, what were you convicted of? 21 hours ago 8 minutes agoUnable to post comment. Try Again
David Raymond Amos Occupy New Brunswick Trust me, you want to ban this guy now. He;s the biggest conspiracy theory lunatic in NB and is WELL acquainted with the RCMP. bad news guys. 8 minutes agoUnable to post comment. Try Again
David Raymond Amos David Raymond Amos For the Public record your name is Scott Agnew and your wife/lawyer is/was Alison Menard The top local cop that I have been bitching to about you too is Wayne Lang Sunday at 10:26pm 8 minutes agoUnable to post comment. Try Again
David Raymond Amos David Raymond Amos FYI all anyone has to do to gt to the bottom of this is Google Scott Agnew Charles Leblanc or better yet Google Scott Agnew David Amos Sunday at 10:43pm · 8 minutes agoUnable to post comment. Try Again
David Raymond Amos Occupy New Brunswick Occupy Nova Scotia… meet the biggest conspiracy theorist ever to come out of New Brunswick, Mr David Amos. As a New Brunswicker, I apologize in advance for his lunacy. David is well known to more than oner RCMP detachment us here.
Sunday at 9:36pm.Kristofor Hughes Yeah, I read through some of his document. Seems like he’s being shot down by every politician and legal professional in the western hemisphere, mostly for lack of substance, relevancy, and credibility… 8 minutes ago
My records show that this is the first email i sent to Chucky Cry Baby Leblanc and you Occupy dudes as soon as he announced the stet of Occupy Fat Fred City.
As I told you on the phone later when Chucky first made mention of a dude named Andre in the occupy movement in fat fred City, I thought that guy was his blogging buddy Andre Murray. However one I talked to him I could tell that had no involvement in Occupy.
Once Chucky showed videos of you and your Occupy buddies I remembered you and the boat in Saint John. I connected the dots and called you then sent you some emails. Hell i even introduced you to the top contact dude in Occupy Wall St..Remember? In return you have played dumb ever since. The obvious question is Why?
Well at least you and Chucky Cry Baby Leblanc cannot deny that i sent this email to his very nasty blogger buddy whom I call Purple Violent Press, Banksters, the RCMP, The Fat Fred City Finest, the corporate media, you and your Occupy Fat Fred City pals and also to one of your political opponents when you ran for a seat on the City Council the following year N’esy Pas?
———- Original message ———- From: David Amos Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:36:18 -0300 Subject: ATTN The New Brunswicker RE Bush’s upcoming visit and Occupy Fredericton whereverelse PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO CHUCKY LEBLANC’S FAKE LEFT COHORTS To: occupyfredericton@gmail.com, “oldmaison@yahoo.com”, thenewbrunswicker, thepurplevioletpress Cc: “Wayne.Lang” , “Barry.MacKnight”, “david. allgood”, “Jacques.Poitras” , acampbell , “mclaughlin.heather”, maritime_malaise
i should prove to be an interesting stress test of your ethics to see if you allow my latest comment to be posted so that your fans can read it N’esy Pas?
Well I am not sure what questions you are referring to but when I do ask questions is to find out what the issue is was there a wrong committed. I try to keep away from speculation, and most of the time I am successful..
So far all that I have been able to decipher is that something happened back the around 2008 , where the RCMP detained you took you to the Dr. Everett Chalmers for observation. And at one point you were banned for the legislature.
Have been paying more attention to your emails.. but they all seem to be making reference to things that happen long ago. It is a challenge to try and connect the dots and come up with something that is coherent.
Another thing is that I don’t discuss you or our conversations with anyone. Except for when I a responding to your posts.
If you noticed is that give you the forum to express you thoughts and experiences. The only time something that you post is when my auto spam catcher puts you in the spam box, but once I see it I clear it.
I think who the auto spam works is keywords, that is why most of your post goes through without a hitch and other fall in spam.
The Crown did not approve a charge of libel against Fredericton blogger Charles LeBlanc following a complaint filed with the Fredericton Police Force that was investigated by police from Edmundston. (CBC)
Another charge of libel against Fredericton blogger Charles LeBlanc has not been approved by the Crown after an investigation by members of the Edmundston Police Force.
Edmundston police were asked to investigate a complaint made against LeBlanc to the Fredericton Police Force.
Because of LeBlanc's contentious history with Fredericton police, the force asked the Edmundston department to do look into the complaint.
In November 2016, two members of the Edmundston Police Force arrested LeBlanc near the New Brunswick Legislature in Fredericton and told him he was being investigated for defamatory libel.
It was the second time police investigated LeBlanc for libel. In 2012, Fredericton police charged him with criminal libel under Section 301 of the Criminal Code for his blog posts about a Fredericton police officer.
The New Brunswick attorney general later ordered the charge dropped because Section 301 had been found unconstitutional in other jurisdictions. Under 301, it doesn't matter for a conviction whether a person who publishes a libel knows the material was false.
New investigation in 2016
Later, Edmundston police pursued its libel investigation of LeBlanc under Section 300, which states:
"Every one who publishes a defamatory libel that he knows is false is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years."
'That's basically the end of the road.'- Gilles Lee, Edmundston police chief
LeBlanc filed a complaint with the New Brunswick Police Commission about his arrest in November.
The commission recently informed him it was reopening the investigation into his complaint since it had been informed a charge against him was not approved by the Crown.
New Brunswick Police Commission executive director Steve Roberge confirmed the existence of the letter to LeBlanc, which states Edmundston police Chief Gilles Lee advised the commission that charges against LeBlanc were not approved by the Crown.
"That's basically the end of the road," Gilles said in an interview. "That's the way we see it."
LeBlanc's rocky history with Fredericton police goes back to 2009, when he posted video of Fredericton officers making a violent arrest of a man outside a city nightclub. One of the officers was subsequently charged with assault but was acquitted in court.
Former ombudsman Bernard Richard filed a report in 2012 stating Fredericton police needed to provide mandatory training to members on how to deal with emotionally disturbed people. (CBC)
In June 2011, a Fredericton police officer issued LeBlanc a ticket for not wearing a bicycle helmet.
In July 2011, LeBlanc posted comments and a photo of the constable who issued him the ticket, referring to him as a "fascist cop" and "sexual pervert Quebecois Const."
The constable initiated the defamatory libel complaint against LeBlanc that led to the 2012 charge that was later abandoned.
In 2012, the City of Fredericton hired former ombudsman Bernard Richard to review the Fredericton Police Force's handling of the initial criminal libel case.
Richard said the force should have "farmed out" the investigation of the initial complaint about LeBlanc.
Richard also recommended the force provide its members with enhanced mandatory training on dealing with emotionally disturbed people.
The Edmunston police chief would not confirm that its investigation of LeBlanc was related to the same blog posts that provoked the libel investigation by Fredericton police.
A little Deja Vu from the Maritimes for the lawyers Michel Bastarache and Rob Talach
---------- Original message ---------- From: "OfficeofthePremier, Office PREM:EX"<Premier@gov.bc.ca> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 01:23:46 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: A little Deja Vu from the Maritimes for the lawyers Michel Bastarache and Rob Talach To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 04:59:25 -0400 Subject: Re: A little Deja Vu from the Maritimes for the lawyers Michel Bastarache and Rob Talach To: Snap <snapvancouver@snapnetwork.org
>> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:18:26 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Leona Alleslev MP I just called and >> Tweeted you as well correct? >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> >> Thank you for contacting The Globe and Mail. >> >> If your matter pertains to newspaper delivery or you require technical >> support, please contact our Customer Service department at >> 1-800-387-5400 or send an email to customerservice@globeandmail.com >> >> If you are reporting a factual error please forward your email to >> publiceditor@globeandmail.com<
mailto:publiceditor@globeandmail.com> >> >> Letters to the Editor can be sent to letters@globeandmail.com >> >> This is the correct email address for requests for news coverage and >> press releases. >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:18:17 -0400 >> Subject: ATTN Leona Alleslev MP I just called and Tweeted you as well >> correct? >> To: Leona.Alleslev@parl.gc.ca, "hon.ralph.goodale" >> <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "andrew.scheer" >> <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki" >> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier" >> <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant" >> <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "Liliana.Longo" >> <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "David.Akin" >> <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "darrow.macintyre" >> <darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre >> <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy" >> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, >> therien.mike@brunswicknews.com, huras.adam@brunswicknews.com, news >> <news@kingscorecord.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com> >> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo"<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >>> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400 >>> Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier >>> Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we >>> confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau) >>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> >>> I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017. In my absence, >>> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at (613) 843-6394. >>> >>> Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017. En mon absence, >>> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394. >>> >>> Thank you / Merci >>> Liliana >>> >>> >>> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r. >>> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale >>> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC >>> 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin >>> M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage >>> Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69 >>> Ottawa, Ontario >>> K1A 0R2 >>> Tel: (613) 843-4451 >>> Fax: (613) 825-7489 >>> liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> >>> Sandra Lofaro >>> Executive Assistant / >>> Adjointe exécutive >>> (613)843-3540 >>> sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com> >>> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:29:03 -0700 >>> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con >>> Dominic Cardy so say you all? >>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com >>> >>> (Français à suivre) >>> >>> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please >>> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca >>> >>> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick, >>> svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca >>> >>> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca >>> >>> Merci. >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:28:58 -0400 >>> Subject: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con Dominic Cardy so say you all? >>> To: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca, Ghislaine.Saikaley@clo-ocol.gc.ca, >>> mylene.theriault@ocol-clo.gc.ca, nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca, >>> "hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc" >>> <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca>, oldmaison@yahoo.com, >>> "Katherine.dEntremont"<Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>, >>> andre@jafaust.com, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, briangallant10 >>> <briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm@pm.gc.ca, >>> "Jack.Keir"<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jody.carr"<jody.carr@gnb.ca>, >>> "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, kelly@lamrockslaw.com, >>> "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, >>> anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com, >>> kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com, "randy.mckeen" >>> <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald >>> <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com>, adam@urquhartmacdonald.com, >>> "carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon" >>> <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, MulcaT >>> <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, >>> "heather.bradley"<heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca>, Geoff Regan >>> <geoff@geoffregan.ca> >>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "kirk.macdonald" >>> <kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca, jbosnitch >>> <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, >>> "Rachel.Blaney"<Rachel.Blaney@parl.gc.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>, >>> "elizabeth.thompson"<elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca>, "David.Coon" >>> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, >>> Tim.RICHARDSON <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, info@gg.ca >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: "Cardy, Dominic (LEG)"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca> >>> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:02:30 +0000 >>> Subject: RE: RE A legal state known as "functus" For the Public Record >>> I talked to Mylene Theriault in Moncton again and she told me that >>> same thing she did last year >>> To: "Wright, Hamish (LEG)"<Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca> >>> Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> >>> Hamish, >>> >>> Did you contact Mr. Amos about the elk? How many elk were there? Were >>> the police involved and if so did they wear the antlers you bought them? >>> >>> DC >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Patrick Bouchard <patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >>> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:44:18 -0400 >>> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you, >>> Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of >>> the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister >>> Goodale? (AOL) >>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> >>> I will be AOL until July 6th 2017. >>> >>> I will not have access to Groupwise. >>> >>> I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com >>> depending on data coverage. >>> >>> ********************************************************* >>> >>> Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017. >>> >>> Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise. >>> >>> Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel >>> thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cpl.Patrick Bouchard >>> RSC 5 RCMP-GRC >>> Sunny-Corner Detachment >>> English/Français >>> Off: 506-836-6015 >>> Cell : 506-424-0071 >>> >>>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/22/17 16:43 >>> >>> >>> >>>> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/contact/index >>>> >>>> Atlantic Region >>>> Commissioner’s Representative:Mylène Thériault >>>> Heritage Court >>>> 95 Foundry Street, Suite 410 >>>> Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 5H7 >>>> Telephone: 506-851-7047 >>>> >>>> BTW I called this dude too and left a voicemail telling him to dig >>>> into his records and find what he should to give to his temporary boss >>>> ASAP >>>> >>>> Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator >>>> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages >>>> 30 Victoria Street, 6th Floor >>>> Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0T8 >>>> Telephone: 819-420-4718 >>>> E-mail: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca >>>> >>>> Clearly I have very good reasons to make these calls N'esy Pas Mr >>>> Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger and Mr Speaker Geof Regan??? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- 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 >>>> >>>> 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? >>>> >>>> >>>> Vertias Vincit >>>> David Raymond Amos >>>> 902 800 0369 >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a year end interview with The Canadian Press in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Another year, another crisis.
For Justin Trudeau, it's become something of a routine.
Of his six years as prime minister, only one — his first — has been what might be considered a normal year of governing, with the usual ups and downs.
His first mandate was upended in the second year by the potentially calamitous election of Donald Trump south of the border.
His second had barely begun when COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the planet.
And now he's heading into the first full year of his third mandate faced with what public health experts fear will be the worst wave yet of the pandemic, fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant.
And that's not the only crisis his minority Liberal government is facing. There's the climate crisis, the inflation crisis, the affordable housing crisis, the labour shortage crisis, the debt crisis — even a national unity crisis, according to the Conservatives.
With Trudeau about to turn 50 on Christmas Day — or about to mark "the twentieth anniversary of turning 30," as he likes to think of it — some Liberals privately predict the coming year will be the one in which he decides he's had enough, that it's time to let someone else wrestle with the unrelenting upheavals.
WATCH | Trudeau still negative after staff members test positive for COVID-19:
Trudeau still negative after staff members test positive for COVID-19
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that he and his staff are following public health guidelines after some staff members tested positive for COVID-19. 2:19
Trudeau himself insists he intends to lead the Liberals into the next election, whenever it comes. But it begs the question, given the unprecedented challenges behind and ahead of him: why would he want to?
In a year-end interview with the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press, Trudeau acknowledged his tenure so far has been a relentless series of crises.
But it has also been "an extraordinary privilege to be able to serve Canadians who are so focused on being able to do the right things and get through these crises."
What motivates him now, he said, is imagining what can be accomplished if the tools developed to get through the last few difficult years are applied to things like climate change, housing, reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and generally "building a better future for Canadians."
A sense of urgency
"What we've been able to develop as tools to be there for Canadians through unbelievably difficult times will allow us to do more and faster and better by Canadians into the coming years once we are through these (current crises)," Trudeau said.
"That's something that really excites me and I'm looking forward to the challenges the next number of years will bring."
Trudeau appears to have adopted a sense of urgency for his second, consecutive minority government, determined to get things done in short order. He shrugged off suggestions that he's focused on legacy building or trying to make up for lost time.
Rather, he said the onset of the pandemic proved government can move at lightning speed in a crisis to deliver programs that make a tangible difference to Canadians' lives. The challenge now is to apply that same "habit of mind" to other priorities.
The threat of Omicron
During the brief four weeks of the new parliamentary session before the Christmas break, his government managed to deliver on its four immediate legislative priorities. With the co-operation of opposition parties, it was able to pass bills banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ Canadians, implementing new, more targeted pandemic aid programs, cracking down on harassment and intimidation of health-care workers and creating 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers.
The willingness of opposition parties to collaborate suggests Trudeau may be able to keep his foot on the gas, at least in the short term.
At the very least, his minority government seems relatively stable and shouldn't have to worry about being defeated in a confidence vote any time soon. Having campaigned bitterly against Trudeau's decision to call an election last summer in the midst of the fourth wave of COVID-19, it would seem folly for any opposition party to bring down the government amid an even more rampant fifth wave.
But the emergence of Omicron may yet turn the new year — and Trudeau's agenda — upside down again.
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Omicron 'now predominating' in several areas across Canada, Tam says
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Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, says modelling shows the country could have a very high number of cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus by the beginning of January. 3:41
He boasts that Canada's economy has bounced back further and faster than most of its peer countries because of the hundreds of billions his government poured into pandemic aid programs to keep Canadians and businesses afloat.
But that recovery is fragile and could easily be undone, says economist Armine Yalnizyan. While Canada has regained all the jobs lost during the first wave of the pandemic, there's been a decline in the quality of jobs and an unexplained loss of women aged 55-64 from the workforce. And there are a lot of "zombie businesses" that have essentially been kept on life support by government aid programs.
Should Omicron lead to another round of lockdowns and trigger another recession, she says, "We're starting from worse than where we were before."
Omicron threatens to intensify choked supply chains, labour shortages and deficits, not to mention the strain on an already burnt-out health system. None of it, Yalnizyan says, is in the federal government's control but it will have to "offset the impact of those things."
As she sees the big picture, Trudeau's government "is heading into 2022 with a debate about what is the role of government on its hands, how big a presence should it have."
For the last 40 years, Yalnizyan says, the federal government has offloaded responsibility on the provinces and relied on a nostrum of "more markets, less government."
Now, "all of the provinces are cash-strapped, all of the electorates in all of these provinces need more from their governments, markets can't fix what's ailing us right now (because) markets are the ones that are hurting."
Consequently, she says: "We're looking at an inversion of the overarching narratives of our day and how these guys handle it is up for grabs. I don't know how they're going to handle it."
In 1984 on my Father's last birthday his Papa Pierre took a famous walk in the snow. Methinks on "the twentieth anniversary of turning 30," Trudeau The Younger would be wise to put on the old lawyer snowshoes and follow the same path order to each a similar conclusion N'esy Pas?
Tia McFarlane. shown here at her Beresford home in northern New Brunswick, has been waiting more than two years for the removal of a pituitary tumour. (Alexandre Silberman/CBC)
Tia McFarlane has been desperately trying to get an appointment for a neurosurgeon, more than two years after her diagnosis with an expanding pituitary tumour.
The wait for that long-awaited phone call from the surgeon's office continues as her health steadily declines, taking away her mobility and blurring her vision.
McFarlane, 45, now relies on a walker to get around her home in Beresford, about 10 kilometres north of Bathurst. She had a makeshift ramp installed to be able to access the front door.
"I struggle because I don't know what's going on," she said. "It's just really frustrating."
The pituitary gland, at the base of the brain, controls the growth and the function of other endocrine glands. A tumour can cause a number of health complications but can be treated with medication and surgery.
In situations where the tumour expands, removing it quickly can help prevent adverse impacts.
'A ticking time bomb'
The health complications began gradually three to four years before an official diagnosis.
McFarlane was experiencing migraines, blurred vision and hair loss in clumps
"I knew something was wrong, I just didn't know what was wrong at the time," she said.
A hormone level was unusually high in her body, which prompted her gynecologist to refer her for an MRI. The scan detected a pituitary prolactinoma, a non-cancerous tumour, which was diagnosed by a neurologist in Bathurst in September 2019.
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Tia McFarlane says she's still waiting for an appointment with a neurosurgeon more than two years after a tumour was diagnosed 3:32
The tumour began growing in 2015 and is now pushing on McFarlane's optic nerve and motor centre.
"It's basically being told you have a ticking time bomb in your head," she said. "It was really hard to accept."
The next step was a referral to a neurosurgeon at the Moncton Hospital for removal of the tumour, which was now blurring her vision. The neurologist told McFarlane in 2019 to expect an opening for a consultation in early 2020.
Then the pandemic swept across New Brunswick, putting another layer of pressure on the health-care system and reducing services. That call from the neurosurgeon never came, and she is still waiting.
'I don't feel like myself'
McFarlane waited a year and a half for the second MRI, done in this year, and is still waiting for a third.
It's been more than a year since she last saw a neurologist, despite multiple referrals and dozens of calls.
In July, she started to experience pain and losing feeling in her feet. She currently uses a walker to get around and is also waiting to see a rheumatologist.
McFarlane needed to have a ramp installed to access her home after she started experiencing mobility problems. (Alexandre Silberman/CBC)
With reduced mobility, McFarlane's hobbies of collecting sea glass on the beach, crafting and volunteering through her church have become nearly impossible.
"The loss of use of my legs and hands have taken away so much from me," she said. "I don't feel like myself."
Growing wait for specialists
New Brunswickers are increasingly facing challenges accessing timely care from health care specialists. Throughout the pandemic, that problem has grown worse.
The president of the New Brunswick Medical Society said wait lists for specialists have been growing in recent years.
Dr. Mark MacMillan said a lack of resources such as sufficient support staff limits the ability to provide care for patients efficiency.
"This is obviously an issue about physician retention and recruitment, but it's also an issue in terms of the system itself," he said in an interview.
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Dr. Mark MacMillan, president of the New Brunswick Medical Society, says physician recruitment and retention and a lack of resources are contributing to the problem. 0:27
Wait times vary in the province and can be especially long for surgical intervention, rheumatology and other internal medicines.
Many New Brunswickers also lack easy access to a primary care provider, making it difficult to get referrals to a specialist. Nearly 40,000 people are on the list to get a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
MacMillan said physicians are doing their best but often lack tools, such as accessible to timely diagnostic imaging or hospital resources. More specialists are also needed.
"We don't want to have anyone in New Brunswick wait any longer than they absolutely have to to see a specialist, but unfortunately we are working as fast and as efficiently as we can," he said.
Losing hope
McFarlane has frequently tried calling the neurosurgeon's office for an update on her referral but hasn't been able to speak to someone. She's still searching for answers and wants to know if her tumour has grown since the last scan.
Appointments with other health-care providers, such as a nurse practitioner, have become challenging since the pandemic.
McFarlane said the lack of updates on her condition has left her in despair and worried she'll completely lose her eyesight while waiting. She questions if her vision could have been saved if the surgery hadn't been delayed.
"My life has pretty much stopped, and I don't know what to do," she said.
"We are being failed by our Medicare system right now. We shouldn't have to wait so long and suffer."
Alexandre Silberman is a video journalist with CBC New Brunswick based in Moncton. He has previously worked at CBC Fredericton, Power & Politics, and Marketplace. You can reach him by email at: alexandre.silberman@cbc.ca
U.S. ruling says the province still doesn't have a market-based pricing system. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
New Brunswick's attempts to fix its system for calculating private woodlot sales to sawmills have failed to persuade the U.S. government that the province has a free market in timber pricing.
Last year, Kim Adair-MacPherson, the auditor-general at the time, said the province had made "significant improvements" to address one of the U.S. rationales for slapping countervailing duties on New Brunswick wood.
At the time, the Higgs government hoped this might spell relief for New Brunswick exporters.
But the recent U.S. ruling upholding softwood duties says the province still doesn't have a market-based pricing system because the Crown wood supply and a handful of major industrial buyers continue to dominate.
The U.S. Commerce Department calls it an "oligopsony," a market where a small number of large buyers can influence the price paid for a commodity.
Former Auditor-General Kim Adair-MacPherson previously said the province has made 'significant improvements' in response to U.S. concerns. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
It says with the province acting as the largest supplier of wood through Crown land licences, prices paid by mills to private woodlots can't help but be pushed downward.
"Oligopsonistic conditions continue to exist in New Brunswick that contribute to the distortion of the market for private-origin standing timber in the province," says last month's U.S. ruling, which reaffirmed punishing duties on New Brunswick wood sold south of the border.
Adair-MacPherson's 2020 audit citing a better process for counting private wood sales represented a potential lifeline to the forest industry and amounted to an update of a 2008 finding by her predecessor.
That earlier audit said data on sales were often incomplete and sample sizes were sometimes too small, making it difficult to assess whether the Crown royalty rate reflected market conditions.
It also said a small number of mills "directly or indirectly control so much of the source of the timber supply in New Brunswick means that the market is not truly an open market."
That meant it was impossible "to be confident that the prices paid in the market are in fact fair market value," it said.
The U.S. timber industry seized on the wording of the 2008 audit to persuade Washington to end New Brunswick's exemption from duties on timber heading to U.S. buyers.
The U.S. views Canadian wood as overly subsidized, making it cheaper than American wood. The duties charged to U.S. buyers are designed to to level the playing field.
No real changes, U.S. says
Adair-MacPherson's 2020 audit said the province had improved how it measures wood sales from private woodlots by using larger samples, adopting third-party verification and making participation in the survey mandatory.
But the U.S. ruling says the audit also confirmed that there had been no real change to the problematic ownership structure in the forest industry.
The government's dominance as a wood supplier, and the power of four large companies buying most of both Crown and private wood, "impedes the independence of the prices for private-origin standing timber charged by private woodlot owners," it says.
That echoes the views of New Brunswick private woodlot owners, who complain the province's refusal to raise royalty rates on Crown wood prevents them from charging more for their wood to take advantage of high lumber prices.
"When you have the biggest supplier who isn't concerned about making money and competing directly with those that need to make money, the system doesn't work," Rick Doucett, president of the New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners, said in June.
U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood exports have doubled. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The U.S. ruling making the same point was one of two issued by the Biden administration last month adjusting duties on Canadian wood following an annual review.
Wood from most New Brunswick mills will be hit with combined countervailing and anti-dumping duties of 17.9 per cent. Wood from J.D. Irving Ltd. will be charged 15 per cent.
In a statement, New Brunswick's Department of Intergovernmental Affairs said the U.S. is ignoring the fact that Crown stumpage rates for softwood are higher than fair market values of private wood.
Spokesperson Johanne LeBlanc said the U.S. was continuing to rely on "comments taken out of context from an obsolete report from over 13 years ago." She said the U.S. "ignored" the 2020 audit.
In fact, the U.S. ruling devotes 16 pages to analyzing the 2020 audit and explaining why it didn't persuade officials in Washington.
It said the New Brunswick government provided "insufficient information" to show the market had changed, and its claim that there's more private wood being sold was "not meaningful" because it did not compare that to Crown wood sales at the same time.
It also pointed out the province has ignored other parts of Adair-MacPherson's 2020 audit.
While it called the new measuring process "a valid tool" to help set Crown timber rates, it noted the province wasn't using it to update the rates annually as required by law.
The rates had not been updated to match the provincially calculated average stumpage price since 2015, she said, a finding the U.S. flagged in its ruling.
Province's response does not address 'oligopsony'
The province's statement did not address the U.S. finding of an oligopsony.
Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland was not made available for an interview. He said last year that his department was "working toward" updating the rates every year as required.
Other provinces have increased their royalty rates in response to soaring timber prices over the last year, but New Brunswick has not.
Lumber prices hit $1,700 US per thousand feet of two-by-four lumber in May 2021, about five times what they were when provincial royalty rates were set in 2015. The current price of more than $1,000 remains more than double the 2015 price.
The gap allows mills to pay the province, and woodlot owners, the lower rate while charging U.S. customers the higher price.
Earlier this year Holland said he prefers "stable, steady" stumpage rates that don't rise and fall with the price of lumber.
The province said it's committed to working with stakeholders to find "a just solution" to the U.S. duties.
On Tuesday, the Canadian government announced it was filing a formal challenge of the duties under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement.
Methinks this Xmass Eve seems a lot like Ground Hog Day N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
With this government, we are forced to pay hefty taxes while they squander the 💰 and give free reign to our resources for practically nothing. It reminds me of Prince John and the sheriff of Nottingham with no Robin Hood 🏹 in sight.
David Amos
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Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Yo Chicken Little What am I chopped liver??
Donald Gallant
If the courts decide to create some new landlords re disputed the price of lumbers from the lands in NB is sure to go up. Way up.
And that will end the price differences. .
Michael Cain
Reply to @Donald Gallant: When the courts decide to return the land to the original people New Brunswick will benefit
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: So says Mr Faust
Al Clark
Reply to @Michael Cain: The courts have not been asked to do any such thing. The () just want their fair share of the $. Keyword fair. As in more than irv is currently paying US.
Michael Cain Reply to @David Amos: not very good at riddles; Mr Faust is a scholar who sells his soul to the Devil, maybe like "I owe my soul to the company store"
There are some interesting parallels on Parliament Hill between 1971 and 2021. (Olivier Plante/CBC)
Inflation and economic disruption persists, an ongoing trade spat with the United States continues to threaten the economy and a Prime Minister Trudeau leads the country less than a year away from what would turn out to be a near-disastrous election.
The year is 1971 and the cause of the economic crisis is different than it is today, just as is the U.S. president.
Fifty years ago today, the House of Commons was in the middle of one of its shortest winter breaks ever, disbanding on Dec. 23 and returning on Dec. 28.
The length of the holiday break was a subject of great "anguish" for MPs, "who have to go long distances home to celebrate Christmas with their families and constituents and then come back here on Monday," according to Ged Baldwin, then House leader for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.
And when the House did reconvene after the festivities, the world was very much changed, at least for prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau; he was congratulated on the birth of his first child, Justin Trudeau.
NDP House Leader Stanley Knowles noted it was the first time the Commons sat to congratulate a PM on the birth of their child; and the House did so with its own nerdy style of humour that's still recognizable 50 years later.
"I am entitled, on a parliamentary issue, to say to the prime minister that he will have joy and happiness. There will be problems, of course, but it will be useless in the debates that may take place from time to time to employ 75C. It just will not work," said Baldwin.
In 1971, standing order 75C was the recently implemented rule for time allocation, a means by which the government can limit debate and speed along legislation. It's still controversial to this day, as standing order 78(3).
Trudeau replied that he hoped to use another rule, one which would have required multi-party consent, before saying what is almost certainly the first pun on our current prime minister's name: "But one way or another, the baby has arrived 'just-in' time to have agreement."
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret, carrying their son Justin, are checked by returning officers to cast their federal election ballots in Ottawa Oct. 30, 1972. (Peter Bregg/The Canadian Press)
"This is one case where I would be able to tell [Justin] that I have had advice from people of all parties who have had some experience in the rearing of children and that there will be a multi-party approach to this," Pierre Trudeau joked.
It was a incredibly important moment for Trudeau, according to his biographer John English.
"[1971] was a terrible year for Trudeau," aside from his marriage and the birth of his son, English said.
An attempt at constitutional reform had failed, he was falling in the polls and economic concerns were running high.
Despite this, 1971 was life-changing.
"The birth of his son was what he wanted more than anything else," English said.
Trade 'irritants' with U.S. dominated debate
The birth of the current prime minister, at a time when his father was at the helm, was not the only parallel between today's politics and those of a half-century ago.
Tax reform is another one; the bill the government was looking to pass ahead of Christmas introduced the first tax on capital gains. Today, the Liberals continue to discuss more progressive taxation, though they've rejected calls to increase capital gains taxes.
But perhaps the most striking similarity is the preoccupation of federal politicians with an ongoing trade spat with the United States, who in the "Nixon Shock" of earlier that year saw the U.S. untether its dollar from the gold standard, slap import surcharges on other countries (including Canada) and make moves to cancel the Autopact.
U.S. president Richard Nixon (right) talks to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau while they sit in armchairs at the White House in Washington, D.C., in December 1971. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Nixon Shock was an incredible blow to Canada that set off a flurry of negotiations that were challenged by the absence of good feelings between Trudeau and Nixon.
"He was wearing long hair at the time, which of course, immediately puts you in trouble with the Republicans," English said.
Trudeau's trip to the U.S.'s arch-enemy, the Soviet Union, earlier in the year, during which he asserted an independent foreign policy and tightened bilateral diplomatic ties, had not helped in building bridges with Nixon, said Robert Bothwell, a Canadian historian and professor at the University of Toronto.
The bad blood between the two leaders continued even though "Nixon really admired what Trudeau had done in the October Crisis" of 1970, Bothwell said.
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduces President Richard Nixon to members of the welcoming line at Ottawa airport on Nixon's arrival April 13, 1972. (Peter Bregg/The Canadian Press)
Just before a meeting during Trudeau's visit to Washington in December 1971, Nixon called Trudeau a "pompous egghead" and a "son-of-a-bitch," in recordings made in the Oval Office that were released by the Nixon Library in 2008.
But the US.-Canada trade issue was more inflamed than perhaps deserved, Bothwell said.
"The Americans were doing things that they didn't really particularly understand, I don't think Nixon did. And I don't think the Canadians did either," he said.
Eventually the trade spat "petered out," Bothwell said. Trudeau went to to Washington earlier in December and an international settlement was reached on some issues, including the import surcharge.
The Autopact survived as well, a supremely important win at a time, Bothwell said, the Canadian auto industry was going "gangbusters" and pulling the wider economy along with it.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sign the renegotiated North American free trade pact in 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
English said he saw parallels between the way both Trudeaus handled conflict with the United States, the Nixon Shock and Trump's renegotiation of NAFTA.
"I think both father and son recognize [the need] to try and keep the flame low, try to minimize it and try to turn the cheek as much as you can. Because you can't turn it totally, because if you do it would be political suicide in Canada. You can't be seen to be weak vis-a-vis the United States," he said.
Inflation on the horizon
Then, just as now, a key concern of the conservative opposition was the cost of living. Several questions in the House were dedicated to rising inflation when it returned Dec. 28,1971. The inflation rate was just under five per cent, near the start of a major inflationary period in Canada. Canada's inflation rate in November, 2021 was 4.7 per cent.
Asked in the House about a warning from the OECD that inflation could increase in 1972, Pierre Trudeau was sanguine.
"Well, Mr. Speaker, we are taking these warnings seriously, and all the more so in that we ourselves are aware of that ever present danger of a recurrent inflationary push ... If anything has to be announced we will announce it in the usual manner," he replied.
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau rides a camel Jan 12, 1971 in the village of Benares, India, where he dedicated a water well. (Peter Bregg/The Canadian Press)
The economic malaise at the time was becoming more widespread. There was also a related issue of the entrance of baby boomers into the labour market, Bothwell said. That generation had helped install the elder Trudeau in office, but became a major challenge for his economic policy, as the government grappled with how to help millions of young Canadians find jobs.
During a period of stronger Canadian nationalism and anti-Americanism, Canada was looking abroad for new partners, including in Asia. Now 50 years later, many of those same diversification urgings persist, such as the renewed push for a free trade deal with India.
The more things change
There are many differences, of course, between then and now: the Soviet Union dominated the international stage, while today it does not exist.; Pierre Trudeau had, the previous year, re-established relations with China while now relations between the two countries are in tatters and economic issues were driven by factors that were more mundane than a global pandemic.
By 1971, Bothwell said, economists were just beginning to think that the economic system which had dominated since the Second World War might not be working properly anymore. And the Liberals, who had long dominated Canadian politics, were headed toward near-defeat in the 1972 election.
Despite those difference, the transcripts of debates in the House of Commons from 50 years ago sound remarkably similar to those Canadians can watch today. And there's one undeniable parallel, according to John English.
"So much is different, but Canada is still a country and we still have a Trudeau as prime minister."
Justin Trudeau, who turns 50 on Dec. 25, has been in the public eye since birth. His father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, served as Canada's prime minister from 1968 to 1979, and then from 1980 to 1984. Here, mother Margaret Trudeau sits in a car with baby Justin outside the Inn on the Park before a visit with friends in Toronto on March 24, 1972. (Dick Loek/The Toronto Star/Getty Images)
Both Trudeau's have been disasterous for our nation.
donald fraser
Reply to @Edwardo Law: i think is just the opposite
jasmin harsheem
Reply to @donald fraser: I think Trudeau did what was right in a pressure filled time
Gary Parks
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: prorogued and called a frivolous election?
sara hays
Reply to @Gary Parks: a 600 million one and don't forget about WE
donald fraser
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: exactly right
jasmin harsheem
Reply to @donald fraser: The deniers are unhappy...but thats fine
Walt Evans
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: Sorry (Justin's favorite word) but you are wrong, and 30% of voters have been wrong the past 3 elections.
Cailean Au
Reply to @sara hays: or the infrastructure slush fund created in 2016.....you know the 30 billion they were spending but had no records of what they bought
Gary Parks
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: so he didnt prorogue and call a frivolous election during this "pressure filled time"?
james Jones
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: Then why won't he open the books to show how the money was spent?
jasmin harsheem
Reply to @Gary Parks: Who cares....that won't get you elected
donald fraser
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: i think a lot of cons are jelous they wish they had a leader like that
Michael Cain
Reply to @Walt Evans: sorry but you are wrong, 49% of the electorate did not vote because they were quite content having a Liberal government, so total support for Justin and company was 68%
Gary Parks
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: I'm not running for office, just marveling at how you ignore the things that dont support your opinion
james Jones
Reply to @jasmin harsheem: Deniers of what? Clearly you haven't been paying much attention to what trudeau has promised, what he's delivered and how much it has all cost.
Dougie Fowler
Reply to @donald fraser: What Leader? Like What?
Walt Evans
Reply to @Michael Cain: If you don't vote you are not part of the equation. 30% of voters elected this twit. So using Justin's favorite word "sorry" but you are the one that is wrong. Those that don't vote are just complacent lazies.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Walt Evans: your math is atrocious; 49% did not vote, so CPC are cheering about 16 % of the electorate!!! fact; If you don't vote you are accepting status quo
Robert Dyson
Reply to @Walt Evans: Thanks to apathy and poor turnout, about 21% of eligible voters chose this mess.
An aerial view of the Chignecto Isthmus, the low-lying strip of land connecting New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Climate change is considered a major threat to the area. (Mike Dembeck)
Hotter days, crumbling coastlines, rising seas and a reduction in timber supply: a new federal report paints a bleak picture of the impacts of climate change in Atlantic Canada in the coming decades.
The new Atlantic chapter of Canada in a Changing Climate, a rolling series of reports by the federal government, gives New Brunswick MLAs a lot to ponder as they begin work on a new provincial climate plan in early 2022.
"The report does highlight how varied the challenges are, and the solutions are, for each of the sectors, and also within each of the provinces," says University of Prince Edward Island climate scientist Stephanie Arnold, one of the lead co-authors.
Arnold says while policy debates focus on how to lower greenhouse gas emissions, there's been less attention to responding to impacts happening now.
"I think adaptation has maybe had less focus, but is equally important as we are dealing with a changing climate," she says.
"So this is a really good opportunity to show what needs to be done, what has been done, and also an indication of what more there is left to do."
Stephanie Arnold of UPEI co-authored the report. (Submitted)
The report describes regional challenges including "an inability to keep pace with the rate of change,""difficulties in coping with climate change impacts to natural systems," the complexity of multiple levels of governments seeking solutions, and a lack of adaptation planning in new development.
It points out a lack of land-use planning in some unincorporated areas of New Brunswick and a lack of climate risk assessments in most municipalities in the province.
In January the New Brunswick Legislature's committee on climate change and environmental stewardship will meet over two weeks to hear from experts on how to update the provincial climate action plan.
The federal government will also release its proposal for a clean electricity standard, including a net-zero-emissions electricity grid by 2035.
That will shape discussions about the Atlantic Loop, a plan to integrate electricity generation and transmission in the Atlantic provinces and Quebec to share hydroelectric power throughout the region.
Louise Comeau of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick says a conference scheduled for January about climate change in the province won't be 'a sleeper.' (CBC)
New Brunswick will also release a major study on the flooding risk to the Chignecto Isthmus, the only road and rail link between Nova Scotia and the rest of Canada.
"There's a lot going on, which means the New Brunswick process shouldn't be a sleeper," says Louise Comeau of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.
The new federal report is a synthesis of more than a decade's worth of climate science.
Among its projections:
Sea levels are expected to rise within 75 to 100 centimetres before the end of the century.
Some areas in the region, including the Northumberland Strait coast in New Brunswick, are particularly susceptible to erosion because of the type of sandstone and the location of many communities in low-lying areas.
The reduction in seasonal sea-ice cover is leading to extreme winter storms hitting coastlines harder.
Daily temperatures are increasing. In Fredericton, there were an average of nine days each year with 30-degree-or-higher temperatures in the 1980s. That will increase to 16 days a year this decade and to 53 days per year in the 2080s.
Key forest species are projected to decline in growth or abundance, which could hurt the forestry sector and communities that rely on forestry jobs.
While farmers could benefit from a longer growing season and a chance to cultivate "higher-value crops," farms will face a higher risk of crop damage from extreme weather and new pests and diseases.
Adaptation planning for severe weather events needs more focus, the report says (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
"Adaptation funding has often manifested as a higher 'cost of doing business' through reactive measures," the report says. "However studies show that the benefits of planned actions to adapt to climate change in Canada generally exceed the costs."
The Higgs government's capital budget for 2022-23 includes increased infrastructure spending on climate adaptation and mitigation, and its local government reform includes bolstering land-use planning province-wide.
"We do need our land-use planning to move beyond indications of 'consider climate change' to 'you will not build here,'" Comeau says.
Not much hope with the 🦕 government we now have in power❗I'm in the process of liquidating all the real estate I won while the getting's good.
Marguerite Deschamps
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Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: "own"
Scott Arnold
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Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: not just this government, all the Governments, no one is better than the other .. .in fact, I'd not be surprised if they were all cut from the same cloth ...
David Amos
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Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks thats a wise move before the housing bubble on both sides of the 49th bursts again In Hard Times liquidy is a neccessity N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
Not much hope with the 🦕 government we now have in power❗I'm in the process of liquidating all the real estate I own while the getting's good.
Marguerite Deschamps
I reposted yours as well David: David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks thats a wise move before the housing bubble on both sides of the 49th bursts again In Hard Times liquidy is a neccessity N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
One more reason, of course❗However, 💲on both sides of the 49th keep popping up in cyberspace even more than Bitcoin and Ether or other cryptos.
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: A flash in the pan in more ways than one. Methinks Wiseguys are buying gold and silver etc N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Good . And perhaps a move to Quebec would do us all well !
Lou Bell
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Great ! I hear there's property in the Gaspe' ! A move there would be of a great benefit to all of us here !
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Loulou DumBell: I never said that I was moving. I'm a stayin❗I do not need to own any real estate to stay here. But I can leave any time I want and come back anytime I want . And I do not need your suggestion as to where I should go.
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Loulou DumBell: As for the land, it's going to go back to its rightful owners, the Wolastoqey Nation. They're the only ones with the guts to take on the ♆😈♆ Empire.
Joe Vert
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: never happen.
valmond landry
reduction in timber supply make me laugh who is clear cutting our forest in order to ship our timber abroad while we have here in the province a shortage and whatever we can have is at a ridiculous price don't blame nature for this stupedness
Lou Bell
Reply to @valmond landry: NB is nothing more than a pimple on an elephants rear when it comes to demand for wood products .
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Loulou DumBell: ...speaking of the huge pimple on the (‿ˠ‿) ...
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: LMAO
valmond landry
Reply to @Lou Bell: the pimple on the elephant rear is your buddy higgy the dancer two steps forward and one step back
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @valmond landry: What a fool he was, eh Valmond❓
valmond landry
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: your absolutely right 100%.
Shauna Case and Alex Vietinghoff, founders of the satirical website the Manatee, delight in poking fun at all things New Brunswick — including themselves. Here, they pose for an engagement photo with the toilet paper they hoarded during the pandemic. (Alex Vietinghoff)
To some people, New Brunswick might not seem the most exciting province in the country.
It might seem like a less razzle-dazzle version of upscale provinces like British Columbia, a less boasty version of powerhouse provinces like Ontario.
In fact, there are rumours — hotly denied and never openly spoken of — that some people refer to it as No Funswick.
Shauna Chase and Alex Vietinghoff are not those people.
To this Fredericton couple, born and raised No Funswickers, New Brunswick is such a hotbed of hilarity, outrageous goings-on and bizarre political antics they had to create a website to hold it all.
That website is The Manatee, and if you've ever taken even a casual look at it, three things probably happened: 1) you laughed out loud, 2) you bookmarked it and 3) you realized New Brunswick might just be the Most Funswick province of them all.
Who needs onions when you have manatees?
It started in 2014.
Chase and Vietinghoff were just friends back then, with a mutual fondness for the sort of sass and sarcasm served up on The Onion, a U.S.-based satirical website.
"We'd send each other Onion articles" and muse about how New Brunswick sort of has an Onion flavour of its own, Chase said.
It was a fact few seemed to be aware of.
There were other Canadian satirical websites, but they rarely covered anything that happened in Atlantic Canada.
"It was like they didn't know about the Maritimes," Chase said.
She and Vietinghoff mused that maybe they should start their own website.
"And so we decided to do that."
Vietinghoff proposed to Chase in 2020, adhering to strict COVID-19 public health protocols, of course. In this re-enactment, he proffers her the engagement ring, taped to a stick, from a safe distance. (Facebook)
Together, they birthed the Manatee, writing posts about news events and local personalities and bringing on other writers who shared their vision.
It didn't take long before the Manatee got noticed.
One of their earliest stories, a satirical Halloween post warning New Brunswickers that the government had imposed a curfew on trick or treating, caused quite a kerfuffle.
"Anyone found going door to door past 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31 will be fined a minimum of $100, up to a maximum of $500 depending on the number of children in their group and the amount of effort put into the costumes, with smaller fines for more creative families," the post warned.
New Brunswickers, who weren't yet accustomed to being Manatee'd, were outraged. They phoned their mayors, they phoned police, they phoned whoever they could think of who could do something to put a stop to this crackdown on Halloween fun.
"People freaked out," Chase said. "The Fredericton police had to issue a statement that it wasn't true [because] they got so many calls."
That put the Manatee on the map, and its writers haven't looked back since.
A Manatee story titled 'New Brunswick's 10 most beautiful clear-cuts, ranked' featured this photo of an underrated tourism attraction, noting 'the juxtaposition of new growth struggling to reach beyond the dead trees creates a stark contrast that delights onlookers.' (The Manatee)
Seven years later, the website has perfected the art of snarkasm and has built a robust catalog of favourite targets.
Irving-owned everything is a favourite whipping boy.
"People are obsessed with the Irvings," Chase said. "It's something that's controversial in New Brunswick, the Irving family and everything they do. So it's pretty easy to make fun of that."
Hence you'll find headlines like this one: "Irvings buy naming rights to every child born in 2020."
"If you're pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next few months, your baby could be named by and after the Irving Group of Companies," the Manatee warned in that September 2019 story.
Provincial and municipal politicians are treated to frequent snark baths.
Nuisance deer, sports and COVID-19 also come in for almost weekly roastings, and on a good day, the Manatee can take out two targets with one arrow, as it did in this story in November: "Omicron COVID comes from anti-mask N.B. deer, says Public Health."
New Brunswick's health-care struggles have spawned countless headlines. Take the government's desperate scramble to cope with hospital staff shortages by rotating emergency department closures at various hospitals.
The Manatee's take? "New Brunswickers shooting themselves in order to be admitted to ER," with quotes from fake patients who'd successfully busted in.
"Yeah, it's already starting to heal quite nicely," said patient David Oates, rubbing his fingers over his swollen bullet wound. "It was painful, I'm not going to lie to you, but when the nurses saw it, they ushered me right in."
Basically, Chase said, nothing is off-limits, and if it seems like it should be off-limits, then it's probably going to be one of the site's most popular posts.
The Irvings are favourite Manatee subjects. This 2019 post warned parents that baby-naming rights were being handed over to the Irving family. (The Manatee)
Reality got you down? Rewrite it!
The key to effective satire, Chase said, is having it firmly rooted in reality. It has to have an element of absurdity, and if you're really lucky, has an almost magically therapeutic, blood-pressure-lowering effect on the reader.
It's a way to help people cope with stress by letting off steam and nervous energy, much as sports do but without the physical effort and unpleasant perspiration.
"The stories that do the best are based on real events," putting of a humorous spin on nettlesome reality, Chase said.
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Chase and Vietinghoff, who are now married, both write for the website, with Chase also handling administrative duties and Vietinghoff handling video.
Three other writers — Shawn Rouse, Brandon Hicks and Paul Lewis — round out the main contributors stable and have been writing for the website since it began.
The writers have honed their style over the years, learning as they go, and are constantly delighted by New Brunswickers' endearing willingness to laugh at themselves — with occasional, extremely heated exceptions.
Chase learned that the hard way, when she posted what she thought was a fairly innocuous story.
The headline was "Report: Nobody wants to go to your games night."
"I didn't think anything of it when I posted it, but before long people were emailing me personally to tell me off," Chase said.
Despite the occasional negative feedback, Chase and Vietinghoff plan to let the Manatee continue exposing New Brunswick's underbelly as long as people keep wanting to see it.
It won't ever make them rich, but that was never the plan, Chase said.
It's always been a labour of love, with all contributors, including themselves, writing as volunteers and with the revenue from ads generating just enough to cover the web hosting fees.
"I think it's really cool that despite us not being able to offer anyone money, they still do it, and have been doing it for years," Chase said. "It's a lot of work, but it's really fun to do."
Robert William Trusted by a Community Administrator.
Reply to @David Amos: c and g and jc feel threatened, by me, a tracker, affixed to my post.
David Amos
Reply to @Robert William: Perhaps we should talk
Robert William Trusted by a Community Administrator.
Reply to @David Amos: sorry, my mistake, c b c's fault, go figure
Myc Baker
Most days it’s difficult to tell if an article is CBC or manatee…
David Amos
Reply to @Myc Baker: C'est Vrai
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @David Amos: replying to yourself, nice.
David Amos
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Dream on
Geoff MacDonald
Reply to @Myc Baker: Very true. The quality of reporting here is questionable here at the best of times. Remember ladies and gentlemen, if it's woke, it's a joke.
David Amos
Reply to @Geoff MacDonald: Trust that I am not joking about these clowns
Alex Vietinghoff is a freelance cinematographer and videographer based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is best known for his cinematography, editing, and documentary filmmaking, but is also the co-founder of The Manatee, a satirical news website. Little-known fact: Alex is also a professional narrator/voice actor and has been the voice of numerous commercials, ads and videos that have aired on television, radio and the web.
Alex Vietinghoff is a filmmaker, videographer and editor based in New Brunswick, Canada. For work enquiries please e-mail alexvietinghoff@gmail.com
Resumé
I’m a filmmaker, cinematographer, multimedia specialist, and avid craft beer fan. I have years of experience in journalism,marketing, and communications, but I love being behind a camera; telling stories with eye-catching visuals.
Experience
Horizon Health Network Dec 2018 – Present Creative Communications Advisor
Creating engaging visual content for Horizon’s web platforms and social media. Special focus on video, photography, and animation. Working with the communications team to develop video content that furthers the Horizon brand strategy.
CBC New Brunswick 04/2018 – 02/2021 Digital Associate Producer
Casual Digital Associate Producer and back-fill for Video Producer and Videographer positions. Responsibilities include posting to CBC N.B. social media, conceptualizing videos, shooting, editing videos and using After Effects to create animations and visual effects to increase video production value and polish.
SarCatStic Media
2010 – Present
Director/Cinematographer
Producing promotional videos, short documentaries and award-winning short films with a special focus on travel and adventure documentaries. Managing online video channels and interacting with viewers. Freelance video production for various companies and clients. Notable clients include Maclean’s, Bell, CBC, and the Government of New Brunswick.
The Manatee 10/2014 – Present Co-founder, Video Editor, Writer, Web Editor
Atlantic Canada’s satirical news website. Boasts province-wide readership across New Brunswick and thought-provoking, entertaining articles. Won the 2015 Saint John Salty award for New Brunswick’s “Coolest Blog.” In 2016 The Manatee expanded from only covering New Brunswick stories to covering all of Atlantic Canada.
Beerocracy 10/2015 – 03/2017 Co-Creator/Editor
Beerocracy is a feature documentary and TV series about the New Brunswick craft alcohol industry; it’s potential for economic growth, job creation, and as a tourism driver, as well as the challenges that could prevent it from growing. I am the cinematographer, co-director, editor, English narrator, co-researcher, co-writer.
Trekkit TV 11/2013 – 2/2017 Adventure Documentary Filmmaker
Filming 30 minute TV episodes on travel, adventure, and nature exploration for television and web. Producing Trekkit videos for the smartphone app and promotions. Posting on Trekkit social media to build a united brand and engage a growing audience.
Outreach Productions
01 / 2014 – 07/2015
Videographer/Multimedia Creator
Meeting with clients to understand their needs for branding and video/multimedia production. Finding and telling stories through a visual medium. Pitching a product, writing, filming and editing the product, all while integrating the client as part of the creative process. Part of a team effort to create high-quality corporate branding and promotions. Additionally, narrating videos, updating numerous social media channels in English and French and creating graphics animation. From July 2015 on, working in a freelance capacity for videography and editing.
The Northern Light
05 / 2012 – 08 / 2012
Multimedia Reporter
Summer internship. Reported on local news, events, and politics for a weekly print publication and online. Captured video and images for web use and photo galleries.
Freelance Voice-Over Artist
2007 – Present
Voice Artist
Narrating documentaries, commercials, tutorials, dubbing videos in English and French, taking direction from sound designers and directors in studios or recording from home studio.
Education
St. Thomas University (CA)
2008 – 2012
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) , Journalism
Off-Campus representative (2009-2010) Student Senator (2010-2011) VP Student Life (2011-2012) STU Singers (2010-2012) The Aquinian (student newspaper) (2011-2012)
Honors
“Best low-budget NB documentary” -Silver Wave Film Festival (2015)
“Excellence in Sound Design” -Silver Wave Film Festival (2014) Saint John Salty Award for New Brunswick’s “Coolest Blog” (2015) Tom McCann Memorial Trophy (2012) SRC Leadership Award (2012) N.B. Youth Environmental Leadership Award(2007) Junior Achievement Individual Sales Award (2005)
Hi David, calling people at their houses and harassing them actually is illegal, like you did to me. Satire fortunately is not illegal. Please do not contact us for any reason.
Regards, Shawn
Cc: everyone on this crazy train
> On Oct 2, 2019, at 9:53 AM, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://themanatee.net/kiss-nb-wins-provincial-election-in-startling-upset/ > > > KISS NB wins provincial election in startling upset > 0NB, News, Politics > September 24, 2018 > Posted by Rudy Walters I called this number and left a message (506 389-2601) > > KISS NB wins provincial election in startling upset > > New Brunswick — In a shocking turn of events, Gerald Bourque and the > KISS NB party have won the New Brunswick provincial election. > > This result surprised everybody as KISS NB, or “Keep It Simple > Solutions, New Brunswick,” were hovering around 0.5 per cent in the > polls heading into today’s election. Experts are scrambling to > determine what caused this sudden shift in popularity. > > KISS NB won all nine ridings in which they had candidates running, and > are in line to form a minority government. The Liberals, Conservatives > and People’s Alliance each won eight seats, the Green Party took seven > seats, the NDP picked up six seats and three independents were > elected. > > The other parties would not commit to forming a coalition government. > > “Those third parties split the vote; if they had stayed out of things > then the people would have the Conservative government they > desperately need!” exclaimed an upset Blaine Higgs. “I’m not about to > work with any other parties to provide a watered-down version of what > we came to offer.” > > Brian Gallant was also quick to brush aside the possibility of a > coalition government. > > “Sure, we could join forces with the Green Party and NDP which would > give us the highest seat count, but who would they make premier? Me! I > made that mistake once, but being in opposition is much easier — > nobody asks you tough questions or expects you to live up to your > promises. Being premier is actually really hard.” > > Even KISS NB voters seemed surprised by tonight’s results. > > “I never really thought about who I was voting for,” explained Bruce > Mullin of Miramichi. “I knew about all the other parties and I can’t > stand them. I thought I would send a message by voting for somebody > who had absolutely no chance of winning. I guess most people had the > same idea!” > > Apathy in the established parties wasn’t the only draw for KISS NB, > though. Andrew Steeves of Petitcodiac, who wore a jean jacket and > smelled like he was celebrating the marijuana legalization a little > early, provided some insight on why he voted KISS NB. > > “A few of my friends thought it would be funny to spoil our ballots to > stick it to the man. Before I had a chance to draw pentagrams and > devil horns all over it, I noticed the KISS party was running. I > didn’t even know KISS was an option. 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---------- Original message ---------- From: "Gallant, Brian (LEG)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 05:57:11 +0000 Subject: RE: Good Boy Teddy now lay back down and take a nap To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ---------- From: "Gallant, Brian (LEG)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:45:31 +0000 Subject: RE: Wow on the same day Acker is whining to CBC NB Power's lawyers want to argue the documents I sent him in 2007 after he stole my Harley and the year before Carl Urquhart and Greg Thompson had me alsely arrested To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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> ---------- Original message ---------- > From: Viafoura <support@viafoura.zendesk.com> > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:25:42 +0000 > Subject: [Request received] Fwd: YO Pierre Poilievre I just called and > tried to reason with David Lametti's minions and got nowhere fast > Surprise Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas P... > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > ##- Please type your reply above this line -## > > Your request (2907) has been received and is being reviewed by our > support staff. > > Please note, for non system critical tickets we will reply within 24 > hrs between 9am - 6pm (Eastern Standard Time) Monday - Friday > (excluding holidays). > > To add additional comments, reply to this email. > > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/auditor-general-report-kim-macpherson-1.4980002 > > 'Living beyond our means': Auditor general troubled by debt growth > > Kim MacPherson says New Brunswick's net debt has reached $13.9B, while > funded debt hits $17B > Elizabeth Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Jan 16, 2019 12:04 PM AT > > 134 Comments > Commenting is now closed for this story. > > > Marguerite Deschamps > Je pense qu'il nous faut les jeux de la francophonie afin de nous > faire oublier tous ces tracas. Ha! Ha! > > Marc Martin > @Marguerite Deschamps > > > > > > > > > > cheryl wright > I think we need an overhaul of all of our crown corporations. nb > power, nb liquor, nb cannabis and their ceo salaries. we also need a > way to increase revenue NOT spending, at least not without a good > return. whenever we get a new person in charge they don't need to get > new paint and furniture in their rooms. we don't need to change names > of of committees and organizations every 3 months - it is a waste of > money > > > Marc Martin > @cheryl wright > > *nb liquor, nb cannabis * > > These are the only 2 that actually makes money provide good jobs with > good benefits and you want to sell them to private ? Why ? So you can > save money on booze and pot ? > > > cheryl wright > @Marc Martin never once said to sell or privatize but rather take a > look at the bonuses and salaries of the ceos > > > Marc Martin > @cheryl wright > > Maybe of NB Power, but I doubt the people from nb liquor,and nb > cannabis earn the same thing.. > > > Kevin Perley > @Marc Martin Considering the recent layoffs are Cannabis NB, and the > fact that article said some of those folk were making $23 an hour to > work in retail, yes. My wife is a level 2 dental assistant and she > doesn't make that much money. > > > Fred Brewer > @Marc Martin > Whoa, slow down there Marc. NB Cannabis has not been in operation for > a full year yet, so how can you claim they make money? They recently > had a massive layoff. I think 60 NB Cannabis employees got laid off. > > > Gil Murray > @Fred Brewer I don't think M. Martin ever lets facts get in the way of > his opinions. > > > Marc Martin > @Kevin Perley > > *and the fact that article said some of those folk were making $23 an > hour to work in retail, yes. My wife is a level 2 dental assistant and > she doesn't make that much money.* > > So because your jealous you want them to sell the corporation to > private so they can create minimum salary jobs....I am glad your not > the finance minister... > > > Marc Martin > @Fred Brewer > > Well firs they are always sold out....Seems to be the business is > doing good, and those massif lay off are because they don't have > enough stuff to sell to keep the employees. > > > Gil Murray > @Marc Martin > Really? > Poor inventory planning due to lack of wholesale supply? > Poor cash flow planning to ensure JiT inventory demands can be met? > Revenue projections exceed actual income before non-cash adjustments? > How many more do you want? > > > Marc Martin > @Gil Murray > > *Poor inventory planning due to lack of wholesale supply? * > > Who says that you ? Like I will believe you..... > > *Poor cash flow planning to ensure JiT inventory demands can be met? * > > I have no idea where you get your info from, you have access to these > documents ? > > *Revenue projections exceed actual income before non-cash adjustments? * > > They do ? I haven't seen any documentation for that, have you ? > > > Ha ha > > > Harold Benson > @Marguerite Deschamps The litigant should appear anytime now. > > > Tim Raworth > @Marguerite Deschamps Ahh, No. > > > > > > > > > > > Marc Martin > They should have sold NB power instead of listening to the population > who didn't want too sell it to a province they hate because of their > language... > > > Rosco holt > @Marc Martin > Nope, the only thing wrong with NBPower is government meddling. > Sorry, but I prefer control over a basic necessity like electricity to > stay in the province. > > Privatization has never delivered the savings that was promised. Just > look at our phone/ internet bills. > > > Paul Estey > @Marc Martin I would have to say that Shawn Graham not winning a > second term after announcing his decision to sell the Utility would > say that he didn't have the support of the majority of the Province. > Again it had nothing to do with Language as you constantly harp > about....its individuals like yourself that are dividing this province > on the 2 linguistic groups....you make everything a language issue.... > > > Marc Martin > @Rosco holt > > *Nope, the only thing wrong with NBPower is government meddling. * > > eh we are losing 1 million a day each time Point Lepreau is closed, we > are going to have to pay over 4 billion to repaire or demolish > Mactaquac...What about the 4.5 billion we where going to get for the > sale and all the salaries we would have saved.... > > > Marc Martin > @Paul Estey > > *Shawn Graham not winning a second term after announcing his decision > to sell the Utility would say that he didn't have the support of the > majority of the Province.* > > Id say ATCON had a bigger influence. The only reason why he didn't > sell was because he wanted to gain votes amongst the English > population, up north there was even petitions to sell NB Power. > > *Again it had nothing to do with Language as you constantly harp > about....I* > > Actually it did, the backlash over this sale... » more > > > Marguerite Deschamps > @Marc Martin, they like to harp about the language issue all the time, > yet they accused us of doing it. Who started playing the language card > first one here as is most often the case? > > > Rosco holt > @Marc Martin > Nope again. Mainly the private sector wanted NBPower sold and Graham > dealings in the backroom, saying you'll know the details of the deal > after it signed rubbed me the wrong way, just has the extra mural deal > has. > > When a copy of the agreement comes out most of it is heavily > edited(blacked out) out of the privacy and the protect of business > secrets. > > Politicians can't be trusted. > > > Tim Raworth > @Marguerite Deschamps Is like was said before, the only reason Hydro > Que wanted NB Power was to block Muskrat falls. After the 10 year rate > freeze [ next year] our rate would go through the roof. Also > purchasing would have moved to Que so local business would be left > out. Its was simply a bad deal. > > > Marc Martin > @Tim Raworth > > *After the 10 year rate freeze [ next year] our rate would go through the > roof* > > Your not too good at math are ya ? How much money would you have saved > in electricity bills ? a few thousand at least. To that you can remove > 4.5 billion on our province depth we would have paid less taxes !!! > Another few thousand at least right ? How about all the salary we > would have saved and the million a day Point Lepreau cost us each time > its closed ??? Better yet no Mactaquac to refurbished at 4.5 billion > +... > > *Also purchasing would have moved to Que so local business would be > left out. Its was simply a bad deal.* > > And so ?« less > > > Marc Martin > @Rosco holt > > * saying you'll know the details of the deal after it signed rubbed me > the wrong way* > > The deal was out here was even a conference and news on this..They > where buying NB Power and all the effectives with it, Point Lepreau > was going to be their after it was completely renovated, Mactaquac was > going to be theirs. Millions over millions we have have saved... > > > Rosco holt > @Marc Martin > You really believe what politicians say? > I don't trust any of them especially when they hide to do their > dealings and no, we wouldn't have save anything, Quebec would have > made us pay. > > They were only interested in transmission to block NFLD and would have > resold the rest. > > > > > > > > Lou Bell > Well at least 10 % of the province is just below borderline bilingual > after 50 years . The other 90 % are not, no matter how much the > government tries to paint it ! All for votes ! > > > Marc Martin > @Lou Bell > > Stats say the opposite. > > > > > > > > Jeff LeBlanc > Boy I can't wait for those Francophone Games! That'll distract us from > our debt problem real good! > > > Marguerite Deschamps > > > @Jeff LeBlanc, I knew it all along that you were looking forward to those > games! > > > > > > > > > > Tim Raworth > The National Post published a report done by the Frazer Institute in > 2012. Its findings report that Ontario spends the most on bilingual > services, $600 million. New Brunswick, Canada’s only officially > bilingual province, spends the second most annually at $85 million. > Quebec rounds out the top three with an annual bilingual cost of $50 > million. Its time to stop the bleeding. > > > Roland Godin > @Tim Raworth > The majority of members of parlement are and have been unilingual > English, we could throw the mismanagement of public finances at them > by thrumping the issue, eh! As for les langues officielles just 0,06% > of the debt, am I being short changed...et voilà. > > > Tim Raworth > @Roland Godin That was 2012 and I am sure is much more than that now. > And does not include things like Francophone games etc. How many > teachers, nurses etc. could we hire or retain with that money. Its > funny how when the English says something, the French reply back, its > all about language. But from where I sit, its you folks are the ones > that "its all about language, Yours" Nothing else matters. > > > Marc Martin > @Tim Raworth > > *Frazer Institute in 2012* > > You fail to mention the author of that editorial has been found > criticizing over and over the French language and none of the amount > have proof behind it , its all speculation. > > > Tim Raworth > @Marc Martin So say you. > > > Marc Martin > @Tim Raworth > > Says what he wrote..you cant deny facts. > > > Roland Godin > @Tim Raworth > And effort spells the same in les deux langues officielles...EH! > > > > > > > > > Albert Wade > The province is bankropt. Time for third party management. When will > someone admit that bilingualism isn't sustainable? > > > Roland Godin > @Albert Wade > Agree with you, the English langue officielle is unbalancing the > budget...eh! > > > Emilien Forest > @Roland Godin > > Completely.. > > > Dan Lee > @Roland Godin > Sigh......your right............ > > > Marc Martin > @Albert Wade > > Where do you see this is because of bilingualism in the article? > > > Rosco holt > @Albert Wade > Trickledown economy is unsustainable. >
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Thursday, 16 June 2016 Kim MacPherson and her fellow Chartered Accountants can tell her buddy Terry Seguin of CBC that she is under "Oath" to the Queen I am suing but the people within the Gobal oversight of her chosen profession should not care
---------- Original message ---------- From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 11:00:54 +0000 Subject: RE: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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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.
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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 >
Vehicles line up in Grand Bay-Westfield on Wednesday morning to pick up rapid test kits. They were later told the kits did not arrive and went home empty-handed. (Submitted by Peter Whitney)
Many residents who lined up for hours in hopes of picking up a rapid test kit on Wednesday came away empty-handed but full of questions.
As the province grapples with record COVID-19 case numbers and the developing Omicron-variant threat, testing backlogs have grown and residents have been told to lean on free rapid tests to help curb transmission.
Dr. Jennifer Russell and Premier Blaine Higgs both urged New Brunswickers last week to acquire a supply of rapid test kits before the holidays, saying a significant number of recent cases were initially detected through rapid testing.
But for many, the tests are proving hard to come by.
Saint John resident Charles Waddell said he took time off work Wednesday to drive to the mobile site in Grand Bay-Westfield after two futile previous attempts to get rapid tests at Saint John's Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal.
When he got there, "there were cars lined up for half a kilometre," Waddell said.
"An hour and 10 minutes into waiting in this line, cars are driving by yelling things out the window. … They're saying 'There's no tests, they're not even set up, nobody even showed up.'"
Waddell said he later heard via social media that the kits had not arrived at the Grand Bay-Westfield site, and that the cruise terminal site was also out of kits.
Residents shared similar frustrations in other regions, posting on social media that the Fredericton site had run out of tests by mid-afternoon Wednesday.
In Edmundston, former mayor Cyrille Simard told CBC News that the pickup location at Edmundston Regional Hospital had also run out.
"I passed by to get some tests at [3 p.m.] and was told to come tomorrow as they ran out," Simard said.
Waddell questioned why this sort of pertinent information wasn't made available on the Horizon Health Network or government of New Brunswick websites.
"Me, I'm old, I'm in my 50s, I'm not even on social media," he said. "So I wasted a big part of my day."
People line up to pick up rapid tests in Fredericton last Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Fredericton test pickup site ran out of tests less than two hours after it opened. (Mrinali Anchan/CBC News)
Not enough test kits available, Horizon says
Public Health did not immediately respond to emailed questions Wednesday about whether there's a shortage of the rapid test kits in the province.
"Right now we have 189,000 kits or 1.5 million tests on hand," she said at a Dec. 21 news conference. "We anticipate another 500,000 tests this week and another 750,000 tests arriving the first week of January."
However, Horizon said Wednesday that not enough test kits are being delivered to its pickup locations.
"Horizon can confirm the number of Point of Care Test (POCT) kits being supplied to our hub and mobile pickup locations is insufficient to meet the current public demand," community vice-president Jean Daigle said in an email.
Daigle said Wednesday'shiccups at both the Saint John cruise terminal and Grand Bay-Westfield mobile pickup site were caused by a delivery delay, with the expected kits not arriving until "well after" the clinic was scheduled to open.
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"Given this unexpected situation, the decision was made to close the site for the day and reopen on Thursday, Dec. 30 at 1 p.m. using the stock that arrived from this late delivery," he said.
Daigle noted Horizon is working with the government to address these issues and apologized for the inconvenience to residents.
"We are working with our on-site teams to help ensure that anyone waiting in line to receive a kit can be notified when supplies are running low in order to reduce the number of people waiting unnecessarily," he said.
In the meantime, some residents said the lack of available kits has them on edge.
Saint John resident Dick Murphy, who was also in that long lineup in Grand Bay-Westfield, acknowledged that the swift and unexpected arrival of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has complicated things for the province but said residents have all been told to test frequently with the rapid kits.
"We're trying to be conscientious and follow the rules," Murphy said.
"If the expectation is that if you are feeling a little off, and the front line of the whole thing is to give yourself a rapid test, then I guess it does concern me."
Methinks its rather obvious that only the lemmings are permitted to lament N'esy Pas?
Maxime Babineau
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Reply to @David Amos: N'est-ce pas
David Amos
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Reply to @Maxime Babineau: Not if you speak Chiac
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: BTW I already explained this to you correct? So why rub it in?
Maxime Babineau
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Reply to @David Amos: You must be using a different chiac than I have ever heard. The idea is to blend both languages together so I can't figure out your "y".
Al Clark
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Reply to @David Amos: You lament a LOT! = lemming?
David Amos
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Reply to @Maxime Babineau: Perhaps you should scroll down to review what I already explained to you and your buddy Al?
David Amos
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Why is it lemmings come to mind?
David Smith
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Reply to @David Amos: In your case ..alleged mind.
David Smith
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Reply to @David Amos: What happened to your other names? lol
David Amos
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Reply to @David Smith: I only have one name and its been on 7 ballots and many legal actions etc Correct?
David Smith
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Whatever happened to N'esy Pas? lol
Al Clark
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Reply to @David Amos: One name with MANY ID variations ;-)
David Amos
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Reply to @David Smith: Methinks my "alleged" mind deems this to be far more important news yet no comments are allowed thus far N'esy Pas?
Reply to @David Amos: Why do you say "N'esy Pas?" Do you mean to be insulting?
David Amos
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Reply to @Maxime Babineau: Ask Higgy and his blogger buddy Chucky why I speak and write Chiac
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Reply to @Maxime Babineau BTW Please notice who lamented about my not using Chiac within this thread Hence I accommodated him Correct?
Laurie Savage
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@David Amos you can call yourself one when you're in the ICU
David Amos
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Reply to @Laurie Savage: Dream on They won't admit me into the ICU unless I pay them in advance
Methinks everybody knows that Higgy et al have denied my right to Free Health Care for political reasons N'esy Pas?
David Amos
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Lou Bell
Feds are letting us down AGAIN ! Like with the vaxs they're slow with the test kits .
Mike McCormick
Reply to @Lou Bell: wrong.
Christopher Harborne
Reply to @Lou Bell: They state in the article that it's a logistics problem with Public Health or Horizon/Vitalite. You're going to have to set your sights on Higgs to lay this blame.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Lou Bell: "Right now we have 189,000 kits or 1.5 million tests on hand," she said at a Dec. 21 news conference. "We anticipate another 500,000 tests this week and another 750,000 tests arriving the first week of January."
Michael Cain
Reply to @Lou Bell: read the article
Maxime Babineau
Reply to @Lou Bell: Thanks for the deactivation
Maxime Babineau
Reply to @Lou Bell: You do know that we have received the kits right? I'm sure that if we ask they will take on the responsibility of overseeing that they now get to the handout stations. So don't try blaming the feds for the incompetence on our end.
Maxime Babineau
Reply to @Maxime Babineau: You do know that we have received the kits right? I'm sure that if we ask they will take on the responsibility of overseeing that they now get to the handout stations. So don't try blaming the feds for the incompetence on our end.
Maxime Babineau
Reply to @Lou Bell: wrong
David Amos
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New Brunswick saw 38 people lose their lives to accidental opioid overdoses in 2020, the highest toll since at least 2005, according to figures kept by CBC News. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)
Thirty-eight people died from accidental apparent opioid overdoses in 2020 in New Brunswick, according to new figures from the federal government.
It's the highest toll of accidental opioid overdoses in the province since at least 2005, according to figures kept by CBC News, as the country faces an opioid overdose crisis, described by some as a shadow pandemic.
While New Brunswick's numbers fluctuate and are not as stark as those in some other provinces — British Columbia recorded nearly 1,700 accidental opioid deaths in 2020, federal data shows — they're still cause for concern, according to chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell.
"There is no question that during COVID, during the pandemic, that mental health and addictions issues and substance-use disorders have definitely increased in terms of number of people being affected, and the severity of the types of symptoms that they see," she said.
Russell co-chairs the special advisory committee on the epidemic of opioid overdoses, along with Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer of Canada.
They released modelling this month indicating that opioid deaths are projected to remain high or increase, with as many as 1,600 to 2,000 people in Canada predicted to lose their lives to opioid overdoses in each quarter of 2021.
"A number of factors have likely contributed to a worsening of the opioid overdose crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, including the increasingly toxic and unpredictable drug supply; increased feelings of isolation, stress, anxiety and depression; and the limited availability or accessibility of health and social services for people who use drugs, including life-saving harm reduction and treatment," a statement from Tam and Russell says.
Figures from New Brunswick show 13 people died of accidental opioid overdoses between January and June 2021. Those figures sometimes climb as autopsies are completed.
"Will this continue to get worse? I think that can happen based on what is happening with the pandemic," Russell said earlier this month in response to a question about opioid overdoses in New Brunswick.
"Certainly in British Columbia, that has been the trend."
Loss of 38 lives 'devastating'
Hearing that 38 people lost their lives in 2020 is "devastating" for Dr. Sara Davidson.
She is the medical director of River Stone Recovery Centre in Fredericton, a clinic providing "trauma-informed treatment for substance use disorder, with a focus on opiate and stimulant replacement therapy." She sees these deaths as preventable.
Dr. Sara Davidson says the province needs to treat underlying issues, such as trauma and homelessness, before it can address substance use disorder. (Gary Moore/CBC)
"There's so much stigma that's associated with substance use disorder," Davidson said.
"It continues to be something that's very hidden. A lot of people that are dying of overdoses are dying because they're using alone, and COVID-19 has just really exaggerated the amount of isolation that everybody is experiencing."
Many of her clients are dealing with mental health problems, trauma and poverty on top of substance use disorder.
Combined with the pandemic and challenges accessing mental health services, it has created what Davidson described as "a perfect storm."
"It's a tragedy because it is actually a preventable condition," Davidson said.
"It's a treatable condition. It's just one that if we remove the veil of stigma, we'd be able to bring it back into being a health care issue, which it is, and then help it not be a disorder anymore."
Overdose prevention site saw about 200 visits in 18 days
In Moncton, the province's first overdose prevention site has been open for less than a month, but has already seen about 200 visits from 50 different people.
The site, open at Ensemble Greater Moncton's downtown office, offers people a place to test their drugs and use them.
This is the room at Ensemble Greater Moncton where people are able to use their drugs. (Submitted by Debby Warren)
After they use, people can hang out in what they call the "chill-out chairs" to make sure they don't have a negative reaction to what they've taken.
"That's 200 possibilities of people who may have injected elsewhere and may not have had somebody to give them Naloxone or access to 911 or any of that," said Joanne Marshall-Forgie, an overdose prevention site co-ordinator with Ensemble Greater Moncton. Naloxone is a medication that can help reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Marshall-Forgie, who works in the consumption room with clients, sees the time people spend at the clinic after using their drugs as vital.
That's the opportunity for staff to chat with clients, who may ask to see a nurse or for help getting into affordable housing.
"Because of the [overdose prevention site], research has shown that people are more likely to access rehab services, more likely to access opportunities for detox, more likely to access health care," she said.
For now, its budget means the overdose prevention site can only stay open during Ensemble's business hours, but Marshall-Forgie would eventually like to see the site open 24 hours a day.
Of the 50 clients who have used the overdose prevention site in its first 18 days, she estimated all but five or six people are precariously housed. Some stay in a shelter, but many are sleeping rough.
"Overdoses are still happening at night outside, where people do not have protection," she said.
Unclear when additional overdose prevention sites could open
Davidson said she's been in talks with Ensemble Greater Moncton to look at developing a safe injection site in Fredericton, with wraparound support that helps people access services such as mental health support.
Implementing overdose prevention sites was listed as a priority in the province's addiction and mental health action plan for 2021 to 2025, but the report doesn't specify when additional sites might open.
New Brunswick has seen more than 2,500 take home Naloxone kits distributed in the province since 2018, according to the province. (Sarah MacMillan/CBC)
Along with safe consumption sites, Davidson said, the province needs greater care for "concurrent disorders," when people are dealing with both addiction and mental health problems, along with homelessness.
"Until all of those are holistically looked at, then we're not really going to be able to help end the issues related to substance use disorder."
According to the province's most recent report on opioid surveillance, 2020 also saw "the highest proportion of hospitalizations for accidental poisonings and the lowest proportion of intentional poisonings."
"The total number of opioid-related poisoning hospitalizations in 2020 were within an expected range; however, there is a notable peak in the proportion of individuals aged 60-69 years compared to previous years," the report says.
Since 2018, more than 2,500 take home kits of Naloxone have been given out through distribution sites in the province.
Karissa Donkin is a journalist in CBC's Atlantic investigative unit. Do you have a story you want us to investigate? Send your tips to NBInvestigates@CBC.ca.
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.1,2 It is a prescription drug that is also made and used illegally. Like morphine, it is a medicine that is typically used to treat patients with severe pain, especially after surgery.3 It is also sometimes used to treat patients with chronic pain who are physically tolerant to other opioids.4 Tolerance occurs when you need a higher and/or more frequent amount of a drug to get the desired effects.
In its prescription form, fentanyl is known by such names as Actiq®, Duragesic®, and Sublimaze®.4,5
Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, are now the most common drugs involved in drug overdose deaths in the United States. In 2017, 59.8 percent of opioid-related deaths involved fentanyl compared to 14.3 percent in 2010.
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David Amos Why is it lemmings come to mind?
David Smith Reply to @David Amos: In your case ..alleged mind.
David Smith Reply to @David Amos: What happened to your other names? lol
David Amos Reply to @David Smith: I only have one name and its been on 7 ballots and many legal actions etc Correct?
David Smith Reply to @David Amos: "Correct?"
Whatever happened to N'esy Pas? lol
Al Clark Reply to @David Amos: One name with MANY ID variations ;-)
David Amos Reply to @David Smith: Methinks my "alleged" mind deems this to be far more important news yet no comments are allowed thus far N'esy Pas?
River Stone Recovery Centre has a multidisciplinary team, composed of:
Medical Director (Physician)
Nurse Manager (RN)
Pharmacist
Case Managers
LPNs
Administrative Workers
Peer Support Workers
Project & Research Coordinator
Security Guards
While operating as an emergency drop in centre, the Phoenix Learning Centre team included:
Outreach Coordinator
Peer & Non-Peer Support Workers
Cleaner
Security Guards
Volunteers
Advisory Committee
The challenges faced by people experiencing substance use disorder are complex and multifaceted, and we recognise the need to work across silos and forge strong relationships across sectors and all levels of government and community.
We are thankful to our advisory committee for their ongoing commitment and guidance:
Dr. Imelda Perley, UNB Elder-in-Residence
Dr. Theveshen Padayachee, Psychiatrist, Addictions and Mental Health
Kelly Gallagher, Clinic Manager, St. Mary's Health Centre
Dr. Lacey Blythe, Hospitalist, DECH
Jennifer Little, RN Manager, DECH ER
Marchell Coloumbe, Fredericton Homeless Shelters, Board Member
Const. Mike Bamford, Fredericton Police Force
Amy Mooers, Social Development Supervisor for Housing and Income Support.
Partners
We have sought input from and work in conjunction with relevant stakeholders including:
Individuals experiencing substance use disorder
First Nations Communities
Horizon Health Network: Emergency Department physicians and staff, Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre, medical experts and other substance use disorder treatment practices
Addictions and Mental Health physicians and staff
Social Development (Capital Region)
City of Fredericton
Community-based organizations: Fredericton Homeless Shelters, Out of the Cold Shelter, John Howard Society, AIDS NB
Two consulting agencies assisted with the establishment of River Stone Recovery Centre and Phoenix Learning Centre:
All In Research & Innovation (Human-Centred Design)
Two Roads Management Consulting (Management & Health Services)
CPP premiums set to rise in January, a bigger jump than planned
Changing contribution rates now would require approval from Parliament and 7 provinces
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Information regarding the Canada Pension Plan is displayed on the Service Canada website. CPP premiums are set to rise in January. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Jan. 1 is going to feel like Groundhog Day for all those paying into the Canada Pension Plan. Like last year, contributions are going up again by more than originally planned, and the reason again lies with the unique impacts of the pandemic on the labour market.
Here's a rundown of what's happening.
Why CPP premiums are going up
The increase is part of a multi-year plan approved by provinces and the federal government five years ago to boost retirement benefits through the public plan by increasing contributions over time. The increases started in 2019.
A KPMG note in November said the maximum employer and employee contributions will hit $3,499 each in 2022, an increase from $3,166 this year. For self-employed contributions, the maximum amount will be $6,999, up from $6,332.
What makes 2022 different (or the same as 2021)
The pension plan requires contributions to go up alongside the upper limit on earnings that are subject to those premiums.
For next year, the earnings ceiling, known as the yearly maximum pensionable earnings or YMPE, was supposed to be $63,700, an increase of $2,100 from the 2021 limit. But the actual amount is going to be higher at $64,900, for a 5.3 per cent increase, which is the largest in three decades.
The reason is due to the pandemic's lingering effects on the labour market.
The formula to calculate the earnings limit looks at what people are earning on average each week, and compares changes between 12-month periods that end June 30.
What has happened during the pandemic is that average weekly earnings have jumped because there are fewer people working in lower-paying jobs. Without them, the average increase appears more dramatic than what it is.
What happens next
Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole had called on the government to push off this year's bump, saying it wasn't the right time for another premium increase with inflation driving up the cost of living for consumers, and many small businesses still trying to build back their revenues.
Any changes to contribution rates or the earnings ceiling where contributions top out would need the approval of Parliament and seven provinces representing at least two-thirds of the national population — a higher bar than what's required to amend the Constitution.
So premiums are going up.
But there's more
The changes to the Canada Pension Plan aren't done. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to work with provinces to increase by 25 per cent the amount paid out in CPP benefits to widows and widowers.
EI premiums are going up as well once a two-year federal freeze on increases thaws next year. Premiums are set to rise thereafter from $1.58 per $100 of insurable earnings, to $1.83 by 2027. The yearly increases are the maximum amount allowed by law and need to go up to refill the EI fund after it was drained by pandemic-induced demand.
The government's fall economic statement projected that the EI account would come back to balance by 2028.
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Many boomers are retiring soon, libs are getting ready for the boooooom. If you haven't saved by now, sorry, you're sheet out of luck. A tracker, beside my name, ignore.
mcnally duncan
Reply to @Robert William: are they tracking you ? are you considered a subversive ? LOL
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Dennis Sharp dances with his daughter, Alicia, at her wedding in September. Dennis's bypass surgery has been cancelled six times at Saint John Regional Hospital. (Submitted by Alicia Sharp)
Dennis Sharp was in his hospital bed, awaiting heart surgery that had already been cancelled five times, when he read about the health-care staff shortages at Saint John Regional Hospital on Wednesday.
However, no outbreaks had been declared and there has been "no disruption to services," Margaret Melanson, vice-president quality and patient-centred care with the Horizon Health Network, said Wednesday.
That statement surprised Sharp, and angered his daughter, Alicia Sharp.
"I hope that it's a misunderstanding," she said, "but services are being disrupted, whether that's what they want the general public to believe or not."
Sharp said her father has been waiting for two weeks for an available ICU bed so that he can have quadruple bypass heart surgery.
On Thursday morning, it was cancelled a sixth time.
"Every time it's been cancelled either because there's no ICU beds or there's no ICU nurses to staff the ICU beds," she said. "He could very well die waiting for the surgery."
CBC News has reached out to Horizon Health Network for updates on the staffing shortages and COVID-19 situation at Saint John Regional Hospital.
As of Wednesday, there were 95 health-care staff off work at Saint John Regional Hospital related to COVID-19. (CBC)
More health-care staff expected to be on sick leave
On Thursday afternoon, Public Health reported a record 572 COVID-19 cases in the province.
In a news release, Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said the province was preparing for the possibility of more health-care staff absences, and said mitigating the impact on the health system "is the top priority."
"Regional health authorities and Extra-Mural/Ambulance New Brunswick continue their efforts to prepare the system for both an increase in hospitalizations and the possibility of more health-care staff out on sick leave," Shephard said, adding that New Brunswickers should stay away from emergency departments unless absolutely necessary.
Public Health also reported that there are 40 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 16 of them in ICU.
"The rate of people hospitalized and in ICU continues to most greatly impact people who are unvaccinated," the department said Thursday.
Meanwhile, Sharp said her family has no choice but to continue to hope for the surgery to proceed, but they're angered by how the situation has been aggravated by people who have chosen not to get vaccinated.
"[My father] followed all the rules all through COVID, he's triple vaccinated, we've kept our bubble small," she said. "It's frustrating to see that the people who haven't followed the rules all along still take priority."
While attending Friday morning's news conference virtually, Premier Blaine Higgs announced he tested positive for COVID-19 in a rapid test and is isolating with his family. (GNB/YouTube)
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has announced he has tested positive for COVID-19 after completing a rapid test.
Higgs participated virtually in a news conference Friday morning to update the public on COVID-19 testing, isolation and contact tracing in light of the dominant Omicron variant.
The premier said he came into close contact with others who were positive and is now awaiting a PCR test result. Higgs, who had received two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine and a booster shot, said he is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms in the form of a cough, sore throat and head congestion. He is isolating with his family.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conveyed his best wishes Friday for the premier's recovery.
Sorry to hear that you’ve tested positive for COVID-19, @PremierBHiggs - though I’m glad your symptoms have been mild. As you and your family isolate, and as you recover, Sophie and I are keeping you all in our thoughts.
"At the current rate of growth, we could see as many as 1,000 new cases every day within a week," said Health Minister Dorothy Shephard at the news conference.
She said while hospitalization numbers remain relatively low, that is likely to change in the days ahead.
WATCH | N.B. braces for major impact from Omicron:
N.B. braces for major impact from Omicron
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Duration 6:15
Fearing that cases of the Omicron variant will overwhelm New Brunswick hospitals, Health Minister Dorothy Shephard announced Friday that they will move to emergency services only. 6:15
The provincial government announced that non-urgent and elective surgeries and procedures are being cancelled due to the strain on the province's health-care system from the COVID surge.
"We're on the precipice of the most serious situation our province has seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began," Shephard said.
The minister was not able to provide a figure for the number of procedures that are now cancelled. The provincial update came as New Brunswick once again broke its record for new COVID-19 cases.
On Friday, the province announced 682 new cases. Active cases now total 3,522.
There are 45 people in hospital with 21 in intensive care. Of those in hospital, 29 are over the age of 60 and 11 people are on a ventilator. No one under 19 is currently hospitalized.
A person between the ages of 50 and 59 in the Saint John region has died as a result of COVID-19.
As well, Correctional Service Canada has confirmed that three inmates and seven staff members at Atlantic Institution in Smiths Crossing have tested positive for COVID-19.
The new cases reported Friday break down this way:
Moncton region, Zone 1
228 cases.
Saint John region, Zone 2
265 cases.
Fredericton region, Zone 3
43 cases.
Edmundston region, Zone 4
100 cases.
Campellton region, Zone 5
3 cases.
Bathurst region, Zone 6
26 cases.
Miramichi region, Zone 7
17 cases.
Changes in booster eligibility, PCR testing, isolation requirements
The province announced that in January it will reduce the age eligibility for those seeking a booster vaccination dose.
To preserve the supply of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine needed for future booster clinics for those aged 12 to 29, groups that are currently eligible for boosters will be offered Moderna, regardless of which vaccine was administered for previous doses.
PCR testing has been limited to select groups as of Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.
For those who are symptomatic, but under the age of 50 and do not live in a vulnerable setting, they are advised to take point-of-care rapid tests.
A positive rapid test will be treated as a positive result for COVID-19 and people will be asked to register their result through a new form that will be available online next week. They will also need to follow new isolation guidelines.
PCR tests will now be reserved for:
People in areas at highest risk, including health-care workers and those who live or work in long-term care. facilities, homeless shelters and correctional facilities.
People who are symptomatic and aged 50 and over.
People who are symptomatic and immunocompromised or pregnant.
People who need a PCR test for travel.
People who are identified as a priority by Public Health.
Isolation requirements have also changed for individuals who are either vaccinated or unvaccinated and their vaccinated, asymptomatic, close household contacts.
Vaccinated people who have tested positive will need to isolate for five days, while those who are unvaccinated will need to isolate for 10 days.
Close contacts outside of a household will be asked to mask continuously, avoid vulnerable settings and people, and limit their contacts as much as possible for at least 10 days.
Upon release from isolation, people must wear a mask continuously and avoid vulnerable settings and gatherings for the next five days. If a close contact develops symptoms, they will be directed to take a rapid test, unless they meet the requirements for a PCR test.
Due to the high number of cases and lack of resources, contact tracing among the general public is no longer feasible. Instead, people who test positive will be asked to notify their close contacts and members of their household. Case and contact tracing will be reserved mostly for people in vulnerable settings to help prevent transmission among those who are most likely to be hospitalized.
Hospitals reduce services
Both the Horizon Health Network and Vitalité Health Network are reducing services and managing bed capacity to adapt to staffing challenges in managing the pandemic.
Horizon says 59 surgeries have been cancelled since Dec. 20, and noted that 468 staff members cannot work due to COVID-19. The breakdown includes:
300 staff members in the Saint John area.
75 staff members in the Fredericton/Upper River Valley area.
67 staff members in the Moncton area.
26 staff members in the Miramichi area.
All Horizon hospitals are at over 90 per cent occupancy, except for the Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville.
Non-urgent medical procedures and elective surgeries will be postponed, unless patients are contacted by Horizon to re-schedule.
Non-urgent ambulatory outpatient clinic and professional services are to be postponed. This includes: laboratory services, blood and specimen collection and diagnostic imaging appointments.
For Vitalité hospitals, the following services are being maintained or have been changed:
Inpatient care and services: Care and services provided to inpatients will be maintained in all hospitals.
Emergency departments: All emergency rooms will be open.
Surgical services: Reduced activities; elective surgeries will be postponed.
Ambulatory care services: Reduced activities.
Oncology and hemodialysis services: Services will be maintained.
Medical imaging services (x-rays, scans, etc.): Reduced activities.
Phlebotomy (bloodwork): Patients can come in for their blood tests.
General visits are still completely prohibited in all hospitals. Exceptions are in place for patients who are eligible for a designated support person, unless otherwise stated for specific hospitals.
Return to classroom delayed
Beginning Jan. 11, all students from kindergarten to Grade 12 will begin learning from home until Jan 21.
Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Dominic Cardy announced a delay to in-class learning for all students until the week of Jan. 17, when the decision will be reassessed.
In the coming days, the minister said there will be discussions with schools and staff on how to support vulnerable students and families who rely on school services.
The current interim measures for school sports and extracurricular activities will remain in place during this time.
New Brunswick reported a backlog pf about 3,490 requests for tests on Friday, (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Private clinics say they're open to helping the New Brunswick government clear up a worsening backlog in requests for COVID-19 PCR tests.
As the province reported a backlog of about 3,490 requests on Friday, representatives from Distribution Ad Valorem and SRX Health Solutions said the companies would be open to partnering with the government to boost its testing capacity.
"It would be our pleasure to help the government and support the Canadian people in whatever capacity we can," said Stephanie Nazywalskyj, spokesperson for SRX Health Solutions, which operates a COVID-19 testing centre in Moncton, in addition to others across the country.
"It's of huge interest, but whether the government will respond very favourably, we don't know yet."
Marie-Pierre Beaubien, president of Distribution Ad Valorem, said her company would also be open to partnering with the province on testing.
The company operates testing centres at the airports in Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John, where clients pay a fee to receive either a rapid antigen test or a PCR test.
Currently, PCR test samples have to be sent to a lab in Nova Scotia to be processed, but Beaubien said the company will be able to boost its capacity in the next few days after acquiring a machine that will allow it to independently process PCR tests in Moncton.
Distribution Ad Valorem, which offers PCR testing at New Brunswick's three largest airports, would be open to partnering with the provincial government to bolster its COVID-19 testing capacity, said company president Marie-Pierre Beaubien. (Submitted by Distribution Ad Valorem)
"We haven't had any discussion on [partnering] with Public Health of New Brunswick, but if they do approach us in that case, we'll be open to have discussions on that if we do have the capacity of helping them," she said.
The Department of Health didn't respond Friday when CBC News asked if it was open to partnering with private companies to boost testing capacity in the province.
The province has experienced backlogs in its COVID-19 testing capacity off and on throughout the pandemic. It became significantly worse in recent weeks, when record numbers of new cases were reported almost daily, including 572 on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Public Health reported a backlog of about 2,500 requests in the Saint John region, 450 in the Fredericton region and 150 in the Moncton region. Though the backlog dropped to about 2,200 in the Saint John region on Thursday, it climbed to 750 in the Fredericton region, and 540 in the Moncton region.
In a news release Thursday, the province said more resources and extended hours have been allotted to the Saint John assessment centre to help clear the backlog, and members of the Canadian Red Cross are on site to assist.
Other provinces have seen similar strains on testing, forcing some to limit who they offer lab-based PCR tests to.
Facing the same problem, the Manitoba government announced Wednesday that it had struck a deal with Winnipeg firm BioScision Diagnostics. The company says it has offered to process as many as 1,000 tests per day.
MLAs urge action on combating backlog
As the Omicron variant led to surging case numbers in other parts of the world, the provincial government should have taken notice and bolstered its testing capacity early, said Edmundston-Madawaska Centre MLA Jean-Claude D'Amours, who serves as Opposition health critic for the Liberals.
Even in his riding, where no backlogs have been reported, residents have complained of waiting more than 100 hours to receive results, he said.
D'Amours said turning to the private sector might not be the perfect solution for addressing the backlog, but it might be necessary.
"The first thing that the provincial government needs to do is to look around what the other provinces are doing in the country," D'Amours said.
"And I know that in some cases, they are asking for any resources to help. If those resources are coming from the private sector, is that the perfect solution? Probably not, but what else … can the government present to us that will solve the actual situation?"
Liberal health critic Jean-Claude D'Amours said the government should have acted earlier to bolster its PCR testing capacity. (CBC)
Green Party Leader David Coon said provincial health workers have been working flat out during the pandemic, and the current backlog appears to be a result of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton hitting a "ceiling" in its testing capacity.
With that, the province should respond by using the Saint John Regional Hospital's lab to analyze samples, Coon said, adding he wasn't opposed to seeking help from the private sector.
"I think at this point, whatever arrangements can be made to ensure that we eliminate the backlogs and keep ahead of the testing should be done," said Coon.
"The sooner we can get the capacity increased for the PCR test, the better. It's an essential tool. It's an essential tool not only to ensure people are isolating, but to ensure people [know when they] can return to to work."
Methinks everybody is out for the big COVID score N'esy Pas?
Graeme Scott
Reply to @David Amos: Nothing wrong with that. See a demand for a service or product, provide that service or product, make money. That's how our economy works.
Gerald Celente
Reply to @Graeme Scott: That is definitely how the pharmaceutical companies work. Profit is the driving factor in production - not health. They could just as easily be making and selling Agent Orange. Wait a minute... What about Monsanto and Bayer?
David Amos
Reply to @Graeme Scott: Methinks there is no doubt the greedy people you admire will get a lot more of our Health Care Funds now that your hero Higgy has tested positive for COVID-19 and non-urgent surgeries cancelled much to the chagrin of many folks who need bypass etc N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Gerald Celente: Bingo
phil mckay
Conservatives have defunded our healthcare system so it doesn’t work….and then sell it off piece by piece
Graeme Scott
Reply to @phil mckay: Do the math. The Liberal Party of Canada has been in power federally for a majority of the years since Medicare came into being in the '60's. They share equal blame for the decline in federal funding of medicare from 50% at it's inception to near 20% today.
David Amos
Reply to @Graeme Scott: How do you explain Higgy et al refusing to give me a Medicare Card and the doctors he adore demanding that I pay them in advance for their tests on my old ticker???
Jimmy Belafonte
Cha ching
David Amos
Reply to @Jimmy Belafonte: Well put
Rob Sense
Fear the evil private sector...mouhahaha!
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense: I am too dumb to know fear and my Labrador puppy does not have enough sense to get out of the rain. However we are just wise enough to never trust anything a politician, taxman, lawyer or cop claims. Methinks that makes us typical Maritimers N'esy Pas?
Jimmy Belafonte
Grifters gonna grift.
David Amos
Reply to @Jimmy Belafonte: Par for the course
Rick MacMillan
It didn't take long for the vultures to land. Keep your grubby hands off our health care, please.
Colin Seeley
Reply to @Rick MacMillan: Should read like take your hands off our grubby health care.
David Amos
Reply to @Colin Seeley: I thought you were a nurse???
Michael Cain
PCR test samples have to be sent to a lab in Nova Scotia to be processed? kidding, right?
Maxime Babineau
Reply to @Michael Cain: The PCR tests that are administered by the private company are sent to NS. The CHUDGLD in Moncton is only processing tests administered by the province.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Maxime Babineau: yup, that's what it reads
David Amos
Reply to @Maxime Babineau: Do you have a stake in this wicked game?
Hive Blockchain Technologies is finishing building its bitcoin-mining operation in Saint-André. (Shane Fowler/CBC News)
Nestled between a junkyard and a cedar mill in the rural community of Saint-André is the spot where developers expect nearly one per cent of the world's bitcoin will be mined.
For the last several months, the Vancouver-based company Hive Blockchain Technologies has been building four highly specialized warehouses that will host thousands of computers.
Those individual computers are known as "miners," and they run 24 hours a day to make their owners bitcoin.
"When this facility is complete, we'll have about 18,000 of these machines operating," said Aydin Kilic, the president and chief operating officer of Hive. "It's almost one per cent of the entire bitcoin mining network is going to be right here in Saint-André."
Aydin Kilic, the president and chief operating officer of Hive Blockchain Technologies, showcases 'a miner,' a small computer specifically designed for mining bitcoin. (Shane Fowler/CBC News)
Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency, a digital form of money that has risen in value and popularity around the globe in the last decade. Instead of a physical currency, bitcoin is strictly digital.
Bitcoin also operates without a central banking system. Instead, all bitcoin transactions are tallied on a digital ledger called the blockchain.
Bitcoin mining operations like the one in Saint-Andre act as the bank for bitcoin, constantly tallying the worldwide transactions on the blockchain. Bitcoin mining operations are made up of hundreds, often thousands, of computers creating a decentralized banking network.
The reward for tallying those transactions is bitcoin. And the more computers a person or company dedicates to tallying those transactions, the more bitcoin is paid out.
That's why Hive has built bitcoin mines in Quebec, Sweden and Iceland, and is finishing construction in Saint-André.
Bitcoin mine a boon to northwestern New Brunswick
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Duration 3:29
Rural community of Saint-André has fewer than 1,000 people but is host to what may become one of the largest bitcoin mining operations in Canada. 3:29
Two of the buildings in Saint-André are complete, while technicians are now installing 100 metres of computers, stacked seven high, in a third.
Construction workers are heating the frozen ground and pouring the foundations of a fourth building, which Kilic expects will be completed in the first half of next year.
Once completed, Kilic said, he expects the entire facility to mine about five bitcoin a day.
Over the past year, a single bitcoin has been valued between $30,000 and $85,000 Cdn.
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Some people might assume such an operation would be more at home in Silicon Valley. Why build one in a northern New Brunswick community of fewer than 1,000 people?
According to Kilic, the decision came down to four factors: a favourable tax rate, stable government, access to affordable electricity, and most important, the temperature.
"If you want to talk about optimal environments, well, Saint-André is optimal, and we love it here," Kilic said. "We've got cool, dry temperatures."
Hive has two warehouses full of bitcoin miners in operation, with a third being completed. A forth warehouse, on the right, is expected to be completed in the spring of 2022. (Shane Fowler/CBC News)
Each exterior wall of the warehouses features massive slats that allow cool outside air to drift inside.
That air wafts through a wall of filter paper that runs the entire length of the building. The cold filtered air then flows directly into the mining computers, cooling them.
Once that air is heated by the computer processors, it's pushed toward the centre of the building by the fans built into each miner. It then exits through the roof of the building. It's all done without ductwork or fans, other than the ones built into each computer.
"We've got a beautiful passive design," Kilic said. "A very novel design where we use the cool, dry climate without having to have air conditioning."
With thousands of computers running non-stop, the heat that is generated is tropical, even to Saint-André Mayor Marcel Levesque, who has toured the plant.
"It's crazy, it's crazy," said Levesque. "You never imagine seeing so many computers in a building. Never."
Vancouver-based Hive Blockchain Technologies employs 70 people from the Saint-André area as it constructs its bitcoin mining plant. Once completed, the operation will provide about 20 full-time positions. (Shane Fowler/CBC News)
Air conditioning would also contribute to the astronomical amount of power being used. According to Kilic,the mining operation will eventually consume about the same amount of electricity used to power more than 7,000 homes.
"In total, the four-building campus will be 70 megawatts when it's complete," said Kilic.
Being in an area near where electricity is generated — at the Grand Falls, Tobique Narrows and Sisson dams — also factored into the decision to build in Saint-André. It's also near where N.B. Power transmission lines intersect, ensuring plenty of electricity for the power-hungry plant.
A few new jobs
Currently, Hive employs about 70 people. Most are from the Saint-André and Grand Falls area, and are involved in construction. When it's completed, Kilic expects the operation will employ 20 people, who will work mostly to maintain the miners and for security.
They includes Luc Ouellette from Grand Falls, who said that even though he's worked at Hive for nearly two years, his friends and family still have a hard time understanding what he does for a living.
Luc Ouellette, Hive’s regional director in New Brunswick, is from nearby Grand Falls. He's been working on the bitcoin mining project for nearly two years. (Shane Fowler/CBC News)
"They don't even know, most of them," said Luc Ouellette, Hive's regional director in New Brunswick. "I tell them what we're doing here, and they really want to visit us and see what's going on.
"It's a big opportunity for us to work locally with next-generation stuff. Being part of that is great."
They also mine Ether David. But true, a crash in ₿itcoin would spell bad news for Hive.
Denis Reagan
Reply to @David Amos: N'est-ce-pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Denis Reagan: So you say as is your right.
However I say it and write it my way in New Brunswick and Louisiana. Trust that mes très chers amis on both sides of the Medicine line and I just chuckle at the snobby people who look down on our chosen lingo.
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks its gonna be a Not So Happy New Year for many greedy people. However I trust that you know why I will enjoy the circus N'esy Pas?
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Bonne et heureuse année a vous 🎉🎉🎉🥂
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Now it is
Alex Stevens
So much for being concerned about the environment, burning of fossil fuels, carbon footprints, etc. Maybe, a better use for all that power, would be to use it to power over 7000 homes.
Rob Franklin
Reply to @Alex Stevens: It might have worked if they had designed a recovery and delivery system in this new construction. But alas, that would cost money wouldn't it.
David Amos
Reply to @Alex Stevens: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
Rene Cusson
All that work and environmental and power wasted...all to get into a fad money that has no backing at all that you can't even use in daily life. Since you have to turn crypto back into regular money in order to DO anything (stores do not take crypto), this isn't a "currency" it's simply "investing in a <whatever> and hoping to sell it for more later". If you can't buy a single apple or gas for the car with it, then it's useless, so if you have to trade it back into normal "money" later on, then you just confirmed it's not a currency.
The only difference is your invested <whatever> in this case does not physically even exist, pretending they do costs thousands in computer resources and wasted electricity needlessly, and the only people who would think to accept them are just a few other crypto-chasers. Might as well invest in Pokemon cards or collector Lego sets, at least they physical exist and you don't have to waste megawatts of power "mining" them.
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Rene Cusson: Most country currencies have to be turned back into some other currency as one moves along and most of them lose substantial value to the point that some countries (San Salvador, for one) are adopting cryptos as their currency.
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Fools and their money are soon parted.
Michel Pelletier
We will be paying more for electricity down the road. Cypto is not money it's probably a fade.
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Pelletier: Yup
danny rugg
Dumb things humans did , someday a chapter in a history book.
David Amos
Reply to @danny rugg: True
Allan J Whitney
We DO need more power consumption to accelerate burning New Brunswick forests to generate "green" power.
David Amos
Reply to @Allan J Whitney: Surely you jest
Alison Jackson
"Climate change? Nothing to see here!" cried all of the Bitcoin possessed citizens constantly shaming everyone online for not doing their part in reducing needless power consumption.
These guys remind me of those goldminers who went to the Yukon back in the 1800's to strike it rich. Most of them invested everything they had and died broke and penniless.
Ghaba Gool
Reply to @Alison Jackson: I think you are missing some understanding of the benefits. If you are interested, check out the short doc called "This Machine Greens". You can find it on youtube.
Bitcoin mining can often be set up to make sustainable energy projects more feasible such as a hydroelectric project. If there doesn't exist the demand for the power generated, **at all times of day**, the project may be considered unprofitable or unfeasible.The Bitcoin network is the buyer of last demand and can take up any excess power when consumers are not demanding it. This counterintuitively lowers the cost of electricity for consumers as the grid is balanced.
Remember, simply using power is not bad for the environment. It all depends how the power is created.
David Amos
Reply to @Ghaba Gool: Dream on
Wayne Hodges
They forgot to talk about the contractors that didn’t get paid or almost went bankrupt building the first three buildings
David Amos
Reply to @Wayne Hodges: Thats interesting Please do tell more
Pierre Cyr
Maybe the demand for power will get NBPower to go ahead with that expanded hydro project on the local dam. But yes proof of work is power demanding which is why most coins are moving to proof of stake. It wont be a significant issue in a few years.
David Amos
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Reply to @Pierre Cyr: Hush now Please don't give Higgy and Mikey Holland any more crazy ideas to employ within the mandate of Bill 77
Danny Debdee
Reply to @David Amos: Gaetan and NB Power had plans to use excess power produced at PLNG in 2017. If they would of gone forward with this plan, NBP would be in a much better position. Unfortunately, they listened to old boomers like yourself and missed out on an opportunity of a lifetime.
Pierre Cyr
Reply to @Danny Debdee: Local story here is that the company had to partner with NBPower to build extra generating capacity. I thought this article would have shed light on that. It was long rumored that an expansion for the hydro damn to generate an extra 100 mw on top of the current ~66 mw was in the works. Im wondering what will happen to the site if bitcoin moves to proof of stake instead of proof of work like most altcoins are doing. Hopefully they can repurpose it...
carlos gaspar
Reply to @Pierre Cyr: in ocean falls, bc, the old lumbermill dam has been repurposed for a bit mining operation...
David Amos
Reply to @Danny Debdee: Methinks you must have checked my work within the EUB Nesy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks it must be a big faux pas to even mention Bill 77 N'esy Pas?
Danny Debdee
Bitcoin and crypto is the future of money and finance. Those who are spouting off about it contributing to climate change or how it is a fad, are uninformed
Sean Pendragon
Reply to @Danny Debdee: please explain how so
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Sean Pendragon: Too complicated to explain. Small 🧠 would never understand.
It demonstrates how hard these codes are to crack.
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: So?
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David Amos: I suppose of the dude dies, the secret dies with him. And poof goes the ₿itcoin❗
David Amos
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Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: A clever crook is still a crook Furthermore are you certain he is truly dead?
Les Cooper
Mining in NB. Isn't that a big No No??
David Amos
Reply to @Les Cooper: LMAO
Corrie Weatherfield
The article says . . . "Instead of a physical currency, bitcoin is strictly digital." . . . sorry, but is that not true of most "traditional" currency already ? Who pays cash anymore? I think bitcoin etc is a scam from beginning to end.
Winston Gray
Reply to @Corrie Weatherfield: cash is based off gold, lol
Fred Sanford
Reply to @Winston Gray: Hasn't been so since 1971.
Corrie Weatherfield
Reply to @Winston Gray: . . . well . . . that was quite a while ago . . . when the US was on the gold standard I believe the fixed price of gold was $35. an ounce . . . probably there was a move to allow speculation on gold because of some government ideas and "inflation" . . . in any case gold is no longer set at $35. an ounce and has not been for many years
David Amos
Reply to @Corrie Weatherfield: "I think bitcoin etc is a scam from beginning to end. "
Me Too
David Amos
Reply to @Winston Gray: Nope its based on debt
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David Amos: The same as government fiat.
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Have ever checked my work?
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David Amos: Out hero Elon stated that cryptos are worthless and so is💲. And I concur.
Tasha Robitaille, left, and Cory Belcourt 'took a big leap' and moved from Ontario to the Kingston Peninsula with their daughters, Rockie, 4, and Nova, 2, in June. (Submitted by Tasha Robitaille)
Six months ago, Tasha Robitaille and Cory Belcourt left their Ontario home, bought 40 acres of heavily forested land on New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula and turned their lives upside-down.
And somehow, Robitaille says, nothing has ever felt more right.
For some time, Robitaille and Belcourt had been feeling the pull of nature. They both had steady jobs, Belcourt as a plant manager and Robitaille as a business owner and doula, but they longed to spend more time outdoors.
The births of their two daughters deepened that longing.
Then the pandemic hit, with its lockdowns and isolating restrictions, and suddenly, Robitaille said, they just knew it was time.
"Things were just getting really difficult, I was home with both girls ... and Cory was working a lot of hours. The pandemic definitely got to us so we needed to make a big change, to feel like our family was healthier and closer together."
They had a specific lifestyle in mind. They wanted to live simply, sustainably, on a sprawling plot of land and in a close-knit community.
"New Brunswick just kept popping up as an answer to all of these things," Robitaille said.
Drone footage of Robitaille's and Belcourt's property on Route 845 of the Kingston Peninsula. (Atlantic Drone Photography)
They found a 40-acre plot of forested land on the Kingston Peninsula, near Kingston Corner and backing onto Mount Misery, and immediately knew they'd found what they were looking for.
"We made some big decisions really fast," Robitaille said. "We sold and bought a house within a span of a week, and arrived just in time to plant our garden."
They bought chickens and ducks, they hiked the trails that snaked through their property, they picked apples, they had bonfires and barbecues and spent their days outdoors with their daughters, two-year-old Nova and four-year-old Rockie.
It was like a dream, Robitaille said.
But the dream was just beginning.
Cory Belcourt, seen here with his daughter, Nova, prepares for construction. (Submitted by Tasha Robitaille)
Tiny-home project takes root
For years, Robitaille and Belcourt had talked about building a sustainable guest house on their property.
"It's always been a passion of mine to have something off-grid, or a tiny home, a low-footprint cabin," Robitaille said.
Now, with 40 sprawling acres of land, much of it with spectacular views of the peninsula or Mount Misery, they realized they could expand their "tiny" plan.
They discussed building a handful of cabins to rent out to people who wanted to experience homesteading and a completely off-grid lifestyle in the woods.
At that point, Robitaille said, they committed to going all in.
Their trail hikes took on a new purpose: scouting out the perfect tiny-cabin sites.
Robitaille and Belcourt hiked the property's trails, scouting out the perfect sites for each of the five cabins. (Submitted by Tasha Robitaille)
"We followed our instincts," Robitaille said.
"We did a lot of walking and we just tried to instinctively find a ... really safe, cozy and beautiful spot in the forest. And then we went to work and created off-trails to those five cabins that are all private from each other."
Construction begins
Belcourt began clearing the sites, and they ordered five European pine cabin kits, each cabin measuring 108 square feet with a seven-foot loft bedroom.
In October, construction began. By late December, all five cabins were completed and the project was christened: La Belle Cabane, a reflection of the fact that the couple are francophones. Three of the cabins are now available for rent at labellecabane.com.
The cabins are heated with woodstoves, the lights are solar-powered, the cooking is done on a fire grill. The bathroom is an outhouse, and a community herb and vegetable garden and free-range chickens provide a daily supply of fresh produce and eggs.
To Robitaille, it felt right in her bones.
A loft bedroom in one of the cabins. (Shannon Park photo)
Robitaille said she and Belcourt, both of whom are Métis from Ontario, grew up listening to the stories of their fur-trading forebears, people who lived off-grid before there was a word for it.
"We've heard a lot of stories of our ancestors that lived in these little cabins," she said.
"Everyone would be close-knit, sharing each other's hobbies and cooking together and all of that good stuff."
The cabins seemed like they'd have been right at home in those adventures, Robitaille said.
Drone footage of one of the five tiny-home cabins, The Coyote, nestled in the woods of the Kingston Peninsula. (Atlantic Drone Photography)
Homage to Indigenous roots
The couple's Métis roots have been woven into many layers of the La Belle Cabane project.
"That's really important to us," Robitaille said.
"So we provide medicines in the cabins, the cabins are named very intentionally in line with our medicine wheel."
As well, each of the cabins – the Eagle, the Coyote, the Bear, the Elk and the Turtle – feature local Indigenous art and decor.
The goal is to blend the interior, the exterior, the setting, and above all, the experience, in a way that opens visitors' eyes to the possibilities Robitaille and Belcourt found in their new home.
"We wanted to find freedom in the forest," Robitaille said.
"That's one of the main reasons we moved to New Brunswick, was to have more freedom with our family and our lives and our kids. And that's what we hope other people will find here as well."
Cory Belcourt and Tasha Robitaille. (Shannon Park photo)
La Belle Cabane is all about finding freedom in the forest. We are currently working on our off grid eco glamping cabins. The booking link will be released end of December!
New Brunswick's population grew by 5,075 over the summer, the largest increase in one quarter in 46 years. Immigrants and Canadians arriving from other provinces were behind the increase. (Laurie Clifford/Facebook)
Hayley Burrell moved to southeastern New Brunswick from Ontario at the beginning of the pandemic, got a real estate licence and now sells houses to people who are a lot like her.
"I'd say 95 per cent of the buyers that I've had this year have been from Ontario," said Burrell.
"People are going on Facebook and searching 'moving to New Brunswick', or they're doing the same thing on Instagram, and asking questions about what is, you know, what's life like there if I want to move my family there?"
The sudden attraction to life in Eastern Canada has been an ongoing and potentially transformational side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic for New Brunswick.
Fuelled by a swell in immigration and a parade of Canadians moving east, the Maritime provinces have been flooded with years' worth of newcomers in a matter of months.
Hayley Burrell moved to New Brunswick from London, Ont., at the beginning of the pandemic, and as a real estate agent says most of her clients in 2021 were people moving from out of province just like her. 'No regrets at all,' she says of the experience. (Facebook)
Just before Christmas, Statistics Canada reported that over July, August and September the three Maritime provinces added a combined 13,470 people. That made the once shrinking region the fastest growing part of Canada during the summer, ahead of British Columbia.
Individually, Prince Edward Island was the fastest growing jurisdiction, but all three Maritime provinces were among Canada's top four growth spots, according to Statistics Canada analyst Stacey Hallman.
"P.E.I., Nova Scotia, B.C. and New Brunswick are the four," she said.
New Brunswick's share of this summer's population growth surge was 5,075. It's the largest increase in one quarter in New Brunswick since the 1970s, and in just 92 days equalled the province's entire population growth over 16 years, between 1996 and 2012.
Added to more than 8,000 people gained earlier in the pandemic, New Brunswick's population is suddenly up to 794,300.
It's a number that gloomy demographic projections just two years ago suggested the province might never reach, and even the most optimistic models did not see coming for several years.
The average price of houses sold in New Brunswick in November was the cheapest in Canada at $253,009, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. The average price in Ontario was $931,324. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
It's a stunning development in a province that has been fretting for decades about its stagnant population growth.
In August 2019, just months before the beginning of the pandemic, the New Brunswick government announced revamped plans to try to boost the attraction of newcomers to rescue the province from pending labour shortages caused by retiring baby boomers.
"Population growth is crucial to the future success of our province," said Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Trevor Holder.
"The attraction and retention of new Canadians is critical to helping us increase our province's population and meet the needs of our employers."
The effort was launched at about the same time Statistics Canada constructed nine population projections for New Brunswick out to 2043 based on a variety of different scenarios.
None of the projections foresaw New Brunswick reaching 794,300 people before 2024. Six of the nine did not see it happening at all in 2043, and one projection saw the province shrinking by 35,000 people over 25 years.
It's a possibility the province took seriously and felt international immigration was the best chance to avoid. The idea thousands of Canadians would spontaneously begin moving to the region was not seriously considered.
The New Brunswick government is hoping thousands of newcomers will help replace aging baby boomers in the province's workforce. (Laura Meader/CBC)
In the first 15 years of the 2000s, New Brunswick lost a net average of 1,500 people per year to other provinces, including a high of 3,240 in 2014. Turning that flow in the opposite direction has always been a hope but not something the government formally planned on as a solution to its population troubles.
But it has happened anyway.
Boasting Canada's cheapest house prices, New Brunswick began showing up in the search engines of thousands looking for some space and a place to plant roots they could afford.
Burrell said her own decision to sell her home in London, Ont., and come to New Brunswick was driven by an internet search for a better work and home life balance. Most of the people who are buying homes through her tell a similar story.
"It's more affordable. They're looking for a different pace of life," Burrell said.
Jordan and Jess Owens, with their daughter Irie, were one of the first Ontario couples to land in New Brunswick during the pandemic. They hunted online for a house they could buy for under $100,000 and landed in Saint John. (CBC News/Graham Thompson )
Since the beginning of 2020, that pull has been strong. New Brunswick has had a net gain of 6,900 people from other provinces, with over half of those gains coming from Ontario.
Burrell said it is not a trouble-free transition for everyone. A few have run into problems accessing health care, including finding a family doctor, but she has heard few complaints beyond that.
"It's still overwhelmingly people saying that they don't regret the move, and they're happy they made the decision," she said. "Overwhelmingly.
"We've been back to Ontario to visit twice. And it's wonderful to see family and friends, but we can't wait to get back to New Brunswick both times that we've come. No regrets at all. It was the best thing we could have done for ourselves."
Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.
Hmmm Methinks I should make a few calls N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Guess who I called first
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: my guess would be someone who either didn't want to hear from you or someone who has no clue who you are and instantly regretted answering the phone
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Nope
Michael Price
So that is another 5,075 people with no doctor excellent news
Dan Stewart
Reply to @Michael Price: Maybe some of them are Doctors....
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Stewart: Dream on
José Elduque
The perspective of a newcomer. Came here from Alberta because my work told me to. I can not "work from home". So i guess i was lucky to get here already with a good job. I DID NOT make mint selling my house in Alberta so i am not one of those richy rich from Toronto. Got here (Fredericton area) and house prices were just insane with people buying sight unseen and dropping 60k-100k above asking. Decided to downsize so we wouldn't be house poor. Got a nice mini-home on a decently sized piece of land in a quiet area. Grossly overpaid for it but it was that or being homeless. Was the market really THAT competitive? Probably. Did the real-estate agent manipulate the situation for a bigger commission? No doubt in my mind. At least we are warm and we got enough to eat. It's all good.
Now after a couple of months what do we think? Love it. So much less stressful. People are not nearly as self centred. They are much more welcoming. As long as you adapt to the lifestyle that is. The area is beautiful. Not everything is perfect mind you. Healthcare sucks, bureaucracy is a pain, gas cost an arm and a leg but all in all, good place to live. If i don't have to move again, i could see setting roots here.
Al Clark
Reply to @José Elduque: The perspective of a visitor to alberta a few times; if it's the land of opportunity why is everyone so glum? The only smiles I saw there was a few Asian ladies outside their church. Here people don't look down when they meet you on the sidewalk. They smile and say hi.
David Amos
Welcome! Reply to @José Elduque: Welcome to my neck of the woods. I hope you enoy Higgys circus half as much as I do
Simeon Elliott
They must be coming here for our wonderful healthcare.
David Amos
Reply to @Simeon Elliott: Not all of us I still don't have a healthcare card
James Risdon
This is wonderful news. Welcome to all of you who are new to the province!
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @James Risdon: Kudos James❗
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Do you mean King James???
Douglas James
Unfortunately, for many of these people reality will set in soon enough. There is a reason there has been outward migration for decades.
Jeff Brewer
Reply to @Douglas James: The surface "loving and nice people" only applies to the short visitor. NB is very clanish and doesn't readily accept outsiders. When things get rough in the economy, and they will, we will see how the outsiders are supported by true Maritimers
James Risdon
Reply to @Jeff Brewer: With love, respect and dignity no doubt.
Therese Benoit
Reply to @Douglas James: I agree Douglas, people are lazy and entitled. You forget many of the new comers are bringing their jobs with them, they will work remotely.
David Amos
Reply to @Douglas James: C'est Vrai
Methinks the Crown started the outward migration tradition in 1755 N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Jeff Brewer: Define "True Maritimers"
Jeff Brewer
They are not coming here. They are escaping there. This will end very badly.
Edwin Crandall
Reply to @Jeff Brewer: Was thinking the exact same. Escaping to our non covid Province. Ooops. It will revers itself soon enough. Great Province and I love it here but not for everyone.
David Amos
Reply to @Edwin Crandall: True
Jimmy Belafonte
Find out in 5 years who stuck it out. 0.
David Amos
Reply to @Jimmy Belafonte: Some folks do stay I know my ancestors did
Jim Lake
Sure would be nice if we could attract some skilled, reputable, respectful and service-focused tradespeople to SW New Brunswick. Unfortunately, it’s like the Wild West here. While there are some exceptional people in the trades, many are inept, have no clue what customer service is, can’t manage their business, can’t accurately estimate jobs, don’t show up when they say they will, don’t answer their phones and don’t return voice mail messages … I could go on and on. NBers really need to start utilizing the Better Business Bureau and Google & Yelp reviews to warn others about shoddy trades businesses.
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Lake: You seem bitter
Fred Brewer
It is too bad we are losing all that momentum, thanks to Higgs throwing caution to the wind.
He celebrated victory with the infamous chicken dance, and that was all she wrote. Covid does not care that anyone thinks they have it under control. We let our guard down and now we pay the price.
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Fred Brewer: "He celebrated victory with the infamous chicken dance, and that was all she wrote." - 🤭😂
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: It was the beginning of the end of our covid success story. Higgs was high on success and threw caution to the wind and followed his hero Jason Kenney down the garden path to covid chaos.
James Risdon
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Do think that it really made a difference considering the massive spike in cases due to Omicron across the country?
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Trust that I saved a video of it
Marcel Belanger
Welcome to all, hope you enjoy it here as much as we do. Although it does take some getting used to I suppose.
David Amos
Reply to @Marcel Belanger: Of that I have no doubt
Johnny Lawrence
When you have some of the best leadership in the country and are running things better than most of course people will want to come here.
Marcel Belanger
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: 🤔when d'ya think that will happen.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Marcel Belanger: that question means you have been asleep for the last few years, rise n shine.
Marcel Belanger
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: "When" the libs win the next election ?
Marcel Belanger
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: I really wish I had been asleep.
Marcel Belanger
Reply to @Marcel Belanger: That should be "had and was asleep" since the chicken dance seems to be dragging on.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: joke of the day
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: They are flocking here despite Higgs❗
James Risdon
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: I like to think they are coming here because they've heard that this is where I live and they want to be in the same province as the great James Risdon.
valmond landry
Reply to @James Risdon: wow strong wind from the north east
James Risdon
Reply to @valmond landry: I call 'em as I see 'em. ;-)
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Marcel Belanger: do you miss tax and spend gov'ts who get caught in scandals all the time, just watch Ottawa if you miss it that much.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @James Risdon: maybe you are right, keep em coming.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Higgs used our carbon investment from feds to balance his budget, conned us to subsidize our carbon tax rebate, and decided he wanted to be king because it was his way or the highway, so had an election DURING A PANDEMIC! and with a massive voter turnout of 66.14%, Higgs wins with 26% majority! Boy, do we need election reform!
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Higgs is greasing the big wheels, you mean.
Marcel Belanger
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: 🎼 puc-a-puc-a-puc-a-puc … puc-a-puc-a-puc-a-puc. cluck cluck cluck, cluck cluck cluck. Is that how the $250k chicken dance goes, I forget.. but it was money well spent ?????
Al Clark
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Maybe higgy will fall and hit his head and give us PR. Otherwise, dream on ;-)
Al Clark
Reply to @Michael Cain: You forgot wasted a bunch of our money on his buddy lawyers ridiculously fighting a tax that is refunded to all but the rich.
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks its just another one of those things that Higgy does that most folks fail to appreciate N'esy Pas?
N.B. RCMP call for independent investigation after man dies following police shooting
1 officer received non-life-threatening injuries
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A man died from his injuries after an incident involving two RCMP officers early Friday in New Brunswick. (Matthew Bingley/CBC News file photo)
New Brunswick RCMP say Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team will conduct an investigation into a shooting incident involving police early Friday that resulted in a man's death.
According to a media release, RCMP say two members of the Hampton Detachment responded to a call at Kingston, N.B., residence at 3:47 a.m.
Police met the man who was the subject of the complaint. The situation eventually resulted in both members firing their guns, the release states.
The man was taken to hospital, where he died. Police say first aid was applied at the scene.
One of the officers is at home with non-life-threatening injuries from the incident.
New Brunswick RCMP requested the external investigation. Police won't comment on the details of the incident, saying it would be inappropriate during an investigation.
The Serious Incident Response Team said an investigator is at the scene.
While attending Friday morning's news conference virtually, Premier Blaine Higgs announced he tested positive for COVID-19 in a rapid test and is isolating with his family. (GNB/YouTube)
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has announced he has tested positive for COVID-19 after completing a rapid test.
Higgs participated virtually in a news conference Friday morning to update the public on COVID-19 testing, isolation and contact tracing in light of the dominant Omicron variant.
The premier said he came into close contact with others who were positive and is now awaiting a PCR test result. Higgs, who had received two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine and a booster shot, said he is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms in the form of a cough, sore throat and head congestion. He is isolating with his family.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conveyed his best wishes Friday for the premier's recovery.
Sorry to hear that you’ve tested positive for COVID-19, @PremierBHiggs - though I’m glad your symptoms have been mild. As you and your family isolate, and as you recover, Sophie and I are keeping you all in our thoughts.
"At the current rate of growth, we could see as many as 1,000 new cases every day within a week," said Health Minister Dorothy Shephard at the news conference.
She said while hospitalization numbers remain relatively low, that is likely to change in the days ahead.
WATCH | N.B. braces for major impact from Omicron:
N.B. braces for major impact from Omicron
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Fearing that cases of the Omicron variant will overwhelm New Brunswick hospitals, Health Minister Dorothy Shephard announced Friday that they will move to emergency services only. 6:15
The provincial government announced that non-urgent and elective surgeries and procedures are being cancelled due to the strain on the province's health-care system from the COVID surge.
"We're on the precipice of the most serious situation our province has seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began," Shephard said.
The minister was not able to provide a figure for the number of procedures that are now cancelled. The provincial update came as New Brunswick once again broke its record for new COVID-19 cases.
On Friday, the province announced 682 new cases. Active cases now total 3,522.
There are 45 people in hospital with 21 in intensive care. Of those in hospital, 29 are over the age of 60 and 11 people are on a ventilator. No one under 19 is currently hospitalized.
A person between the ages of 50 and 59 in the Saint John region has died as a result of COVID-19.
As well, Correctional Service Canada has confirmed that three inmates and seven staff members at Atlantic Institution in Smiths Crossing have tested positive for COVID-19.
The new cases reported Friday break down this way:
Moncton region, Zone 1
228 cases.
Saint John region, Zone 2
265 cases.
Fredericton region, Zone 3
43 cases.
Edmundston region, Zone 4
100 cases.
Campellton region, Zone 5
3 cases.
Bathurst region, Zone 6
26 cases.
Miramichi region, Zone 7
17 cases.
Changes in booster eligibility, PCR testing, isolation requirements
The province announced that in January it will reduce the age eligibility for those seeking a booster vaccination dose.
To preserve the supply of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine needed for future booster clinics for those aged 12 to 29, groups that are currently eligible for boosters will be offered Moderna, regardless of which vaccine was administered for previous doses.
PCR testing has been limited to select groups as of Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.
For those who are symptomatic, but under the age of 50 and do not live in a vulnerable setting, they are advised to take point-of-care rapid tests.
A positive rapid test will be treated as a positive result for COVID-19 and people will be asked to register their result through a new form that will be available online next week. They will also need to follow new isolation guidelines.
PCR tests will now be reserved for:
People in areas at highest risk, including health-care workers and those who live or work in long-term care. facilities, homeless shelters and correctional facilities.
People who are symptomatic and aged 50 and over.
People who are symptomatic and immunocompromised or pregnant.
People who need a PCR test for travel.
People who are identified as a priority by Public Health.
Isolation requirements have also changed for individuals who are either vaccinated or unvaccinated and their vaccinated, asymptomatic, close household contacts.
Vaccinated people who have tested positive will need to isolate for five days, while those who are unvaccinated will need to isolate for 10 days.
Close contacts outside of a household will be asked to mask continuously, avoid vulnerable settings and people, and limit their contacts as much as possible for at least 10 days.
Upon release from isolation, people must wear a mask continuously and avoid vulnerable settings and gatherings for the next five days. If a close contact develops symptoms, they will be directed to take a rapid test, unless they meet the requirements for a PCR test.
Due to the high number of cases and lack of resources, contact tracing among the general public is no longer feasible. Instead, people who test positive will be asked to notify their close contacts and members of their household. Case and contact tracing will be reserved mostly for people in vulnerable settings to help prevent transmission among those who are most likely to be hospitalized.
Hospitals reduce services
Both the Horizon Health Network and Vitalité Health Network are reducing services and managing bed capacity to adapt to staffing challenges in managing the pandemic.
Horizon says 59 surgeries have been cancelled since Dec. 20, and noted that 468 staff members cannot work due to COVID-19. The breakdown includes:
300 staff members in the Saint John area.
75 staff members in the Fredericton/Upper River Valley area.
67 staff members in the Moncton area.
26 staff members in the Miramichi area.
All Horizon hospitals are at over 90 per cent occupancy, except for the Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville.
Non-urgent medical procedures and elective surgeries will be postponed, unless patients are contacted by Horizon to re-schedule.
Non-urgent ambulatory outpatient clinic and professional services are to be postponed. This includes: laboratory services, blood and specimen collection and diagnostic imaging appointments.
For Vitalité hospitals, the following services are being maintained or have been changed:
Inpatient care and services: Care and services provided to inpatients will be maintained in all hospitals.
Emergency departments: All emergency rooms will be open.
Surgical services: Reduced activities; elective surgeries will be postponed.
Ambulatory care services: Reduced activities.
Oncology and hemodialysis services: Services will be maintained.
Medical imaging services (x-rays, scans, etc.): Reduced activities.
Phlebotomy (bloodwork): Patients can come in for their blood tests.
General visits are still completely prohibited in all hospitals. Exceptions are in place for patients who are eligible for a designated support person, unless otherwise stated for specific hospitals.
Return to classroom delayed
Beginning Jan. 11, all students from kindergarten to Grade 12 will begin learning from home until Jan 21.
Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Dominic Cardy announced a delay to in-class learning for all students until the week of Jan. 17, when the decision will be reassessed.
In the coming days, the minister said there will be discussions with schools and staff on how to support vulnerable students and families who rely on school services.
The current interim measures for school sports and extracurricular activities will remain in place during this time.
On New Year's Eve, the provincial government announced it would be limiting PCR testing to high-risk populations and shortening the isolation period for vaccinated people with COVID-19. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
Faced with a growing strain on the health-care system due to the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the provincial government announced on New Year's Eve that it would be scaling back PCR testing for those in the general population.
"If we hit a rate of 1,000 cases a day, we could see more than 160 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across New Brunswick by mid-January," Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said during a press conference on Friday that provided an update on the province's response to a surge in Omicron cases.
Which test to take?
As of 11:59 Tuesday, PCR tests will only be available for select populations deemed high risk. That includes:
People in areas at highest risk, including health-care workers and those who live or work in long-term care facilities, homeless shelters and correctional facilities.
People who are symptomatic and aged 50 and over.
People who are symptomatic and immunocompromised or pregnant.
People who need a PCR test for travel.
People who are identified as a priority by Public Health.
Anyone who doesn't qualify for a PCR test will have to take a rapid test.
"Everyone else including people who are symptomatic but under the age of 50, and not in a vulnerable setting will take point of care rapid tests instead," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health.
A positive rapid test will be treated as a positive result, which means it doesn't have to be confirmed by a PCR test. If you test positive at home you'll now need to register your test results online through a new form that will be available on the Government of New Brunswick COVID-19 website next week.
Rapid tests have been in short supply in the province. But Public Health says 504,000 more tests are expected to arrive on Jan.6, and another two million will arrive Jan. 7-12.
Shortened isolation requirement
Those who do test positive, either from a rapid test or PCR test, now have reduced isolation requirements depending on vaccination status.
Vaccinated people who test positive will need to isolate for five days, while those who are unvaccinated will need to isolate for 10 days.
Household close contacts are also being asked to follow the same guidance based on their vaccination status.
"If we hit a rate of 1,000 cases a day, we could see more than 160 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across New Brunswick by mid-January,' said Health Minister Dorothy Shephard. (GNB/YouTube)
The shorter isolation requirements are meant to "help prevent staff shortages among those who support critical infrastructure, including health care, long-term care, power, water, law enforcement, transportation, food security, child care and education," according to the province.
Even after isolation is complete, people are being asked to wear masks at all times and stay away from gatherings and vulnerable settings for another five days.
If a close contact develops symptoms, they will be asked to take a rapid test unless they meet the requirements for a PCR test.
New Brunswick isn't the only province to reduce isolation requirements. Russell stated the move is based on the latest science.
"We know that the period of contagiousness is shorter. We know that the time that the virus is shed is shorter."
The change would potentially allow people to return to work provided their symptoms have improved or subsided for at least 24 hours.
Reduced contact tracing
Those who test positive for COVID-19 are also expected to do their own contact tracing now.
"With this rapid growth in cases we do not have the resources to track down every single new case of COVID-19 and their direct contacts," said Russell.
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell said resources are no longer available for widespread contact tracing. (GNB/YouTube)
Close contacts are people that have been within two metres of an active case 15 minutes or more. If you test positive, you should reach out to anyone you've had close contact with within the two days before your symptoms started. If you received a positive test without symptoms, you should contact anyone you were in touch with two days before you took your test.
Guidance for families seeking child care
If a child or staff member at a child-care facility develops one new or worsening symptom of COVID-19, then they should stay away until they have a negative rapid test, according to Early Childhood Development Minister Dominic Cardy.
But he clarified that if they have constant or recurring symptoms, such as seasonal allergies, they may continue to attend the child-care facility and no rapid test is required.
Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Dominic Cardy. (GNB/YouTube)
I guess what we don't need to know is this... From the British paper The Guardian... "Whistleblower warns baffling illness affects growing number of young adults in Canadian province" Several new cases in New Brunswick involve caretakers of those afflicted, suggesting a possible environmental trigger.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Murray Brown: What a joke ! Sounds like the " National Enquirer " of Britain ! Appears someone has pieced the " mysterious illness with COVID and come up with their own " NEW " virus ! " Whistleblower " is the key to the nonsensicle piece of crap .
Pete Parent
Reply to @Murray Brown: that is the mystery brain disease cluster that has been ongoing since 2019 ,primarily in the moncton ,acadian peninsual area. They have been talking about it for awhile now right here in NB. That British paper is looking for something new to write.
Blair Churchill
Reply to @Lou Bell: "Sounds like""appears" - yep another expert opinion.
Wonder how pathetic their policies have been helping parents get their kids vaxxed?
Cbc seemed to have dropped the ball on that segment….
Blair Churchill
Reply to @phil mckay: no that was intentional
Lou Bell
Reply to @phil mckay: Try your social media ,they've your answers !
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Yea Right
Dave Shimla
Reply to @David Amos: jou doesn't realize cbc has a Facebook page, youtube page and twitter LOL all social media sites, tht must all be fake news eh lou!!?? Hahaha
Whistleblower warns baffling illness affects growing number of young adults in Canadian province
Several new cases in New Brunswick involve caretakers of those afflicted, suggesting a possible environmental trigger
A whistleblower in the Canadian province of New Brunswick has warned that a progressive neurological illness that has baffled experts for more than two years appears to be affecting a growing number of young people and causing swift cognitive decline among some of the afflicted.
Speaking to the Guardian, an employee with Vitalité Health Network, one of the province’s two health authorities, said that suspected cases are growing in number and that young adults with no prior health triggers are developing a catalog of troubling symptoms, including rapid weight loss, insomnia, hallucinations, difficulty thinking and limited mobility.
The official number of cases under investigation, 48, remains unchanged since it was first announced in early spring 2021. But multiple sources say the cluster could now be as many as 150 people, with a backlog of cases involving young people still requiring further assessment.
“I’m truly concerned about these cases because they seem to evolve so fast,” said the source. “I’m worried for them and we owe them some kind of explanation.”
At the same time, at least nine cases have been recorded in which two people in close contact – but without genetic links – have developed symptoms, suggesting that environmental factors may be involved.
One suspected case involved a man who was developing symptoms of dementia and ataxia. His wife, who was his caregiver, suddenly began losing sleep and experiencing muscle wasting, dementia and hallucinations. Now her condition is worse than his.
A woman in her 30s was described as non-verbal, is feeding with a tube and drools excessively. Her caregiver, a nursing student in her 20s, also recently started showing symptoms of neurological decline.
In another case, a young mother quickly lost nearly 60 pounds, developed insomnia and began hallucinating. Brain imaging showed advanced signs of atrophy.
The Vitalité employee, who asked not to be named because they were unauthorized to speak publicly and feared repercussions for speaking out, said they decided to come forward because of growing concerns over the speed with which young people have deteriorated.
“This is not a New Brunswick disease,” said the employee. “We’re probably the area that is raising the flag because we’re mostly rural and in an area where people might have more exposure to environmental factors.”
But in January, the province of New Brunswick is widely expected to announce that the cluster of cases, first made public last year after a memo was leaked to the media, is the result of misdiagnoses, which have mistakenly grouped unrelated illnesses together.
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The Special Neurodegenerative Disorder Clinic, also called the Mind Clinic, in the city of Moncton is the clearing house for cases referred from within the region as well as neighbouring provinces. Prospective cases have typically stumped doctors and resisted a battery of standardized neurological tests used to rule out certain conditions.
Using a case description guideline developed by a team of neurologists and epidemiologists, the clinic decides if the patients warrant further investigation or if they may have a known illness or disease. Determining who becomes part of the cluster is subjective, largely because the brain is notoriously difficult to study. Certainty is often only obtained after the patient dies and the cerebral tissue can be fully tested.
Despite the striking details surrounding the newer cases, the province has worked to tamp down fears. In October, officials suggested that the eight fatal cases were the result of misdiagnosis, arguing that instead of suffering from a shared neurological illness, the victims had died of known and unrelated pathologies.
But experts familiar with the cluster are alarmed, largely because of the age of the patients. Neurological illnesses are rare in young people.
“The fact that we have a younger spectrum of patients here argues very strongly against what appears to be the preferred position of the government of New Brunswick – that the cases in this cluster are being mistakenly lumped together,” said a scientist at the Canada’s public health agency, who specializes in neurodegenerative illnesses but was unauthorized to speak.
In October the province also said an epidemiological report suggested there was no significant evidence of any known food, behaviour or environmental exposure that could explain the illness.
Tim Beatty’s father Laurie, a retired hardware employee, died in 2019 after the onset of mental confusion around Christmas marked the beginning of his rapid deterioration.
Beatty says the family was “gobsmacked” when he learned his father was one of eight people a pathologist controversially declared was improperly diagnosed and had instead died of Alzheimer’s.
Beatty and his sister have pleaded to have their father’s remains tested for neurotoxins, including β-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), which some have suggested could be the culprit behind the illness.
In one study, high concentrations of BMAA were found in lobster, an industry that drives the economies of many of New Brunswick’s coastal communities. The province’s apparent resistance to testing for suspected environmental factors has led to speculation among families that the efforts to rule out the existence of a cluster could be motivated by political decision making.
“If a group of people wanted to breed conspiracy theorists, then our government has done a wonderful job at promoting it,” said Beatty. “Are they just trying to create a narrative for the public that they hope we’ll absorb and walk away from? I just don’t understand it.”
Documents obtained through freedom of information requests and seen by the Guardian showed scientists at the country’s public health agency were considering BMAA as a possible cause, but needed the province to order the testing.
“I don’t know why the province wouldn’t just simply do the science and look. They have my dad’s remains. We’ve given them full permission to do toxicology and do what needs to be done,” said Beatty. “Yet, nothing has been looked at.”
But experts nonetheless warn that testing itself is also more difficult than the public realizes.
While some medical tests can provide quick and definite results other types of investigation require far more work.
“What people are talking about really amounts to a full research investigation, because then we know what we’re looking for precisely,” said the federal scientist who was familiar with both the cluster and the testing process. “Right now we don’t have a way to interpret simple data that you might get when testing a person’s brain tissue for a particular toxin. For example, how much are ‘elevated’ levels of a neurotoxin compared to the rest of the public? And when does that become a cause for concern?”
The scientist said teams are ready to begin the research, but “New Brunswick has specifically told us not to go forward with that work”.
Those familiar with the cluster are bracing for a January report, written by the province’s oversight committee, which will determine if the 48 cases are genuinely suffering from a neurological illness or the result of misdiagnosis by neurologists.
Amid mounting tension between specialists and the provincial government, a source familiar with the Mind Clinic say the postings for several jobs at the clinic – a social worker, an administrator and a neuropsychologist – were recently made temporary, the budget would no longer be recurrent and the clinic would be converted into a Alzheimer’s and geriatric clinic. Health minister Dorothy Shephard told reporters on 1 December that speculation the clinic would be shut down was untrue.
“We keep telling the patients that the country is behind them, and that the tests will be done so that we can figure this out. We tell them we will get to the bottom of this so that we can help them,” said the Vitalité employee. “And so far, that hasn’t happened. But they need us.”
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Methinks all the doctors, lawyers and particularly the LIEBranos know why Higgy ain't crazy about appointing a mental health advocate anytime soon N'esy Pas???
Paul Ouellet of Moncton is calling on the provincial government to finally appoint a mental health advocate after a motion was passed unanimously in the legislature more than two years ago. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
A longtime advocate for people suffering with mental illness hopes 2022 will be the year the New Brunswick government finally makes good on a promise that's more than two years old.
Paul Ouellet lobbied for years for New Brunswick to appoint a mental health advocate. He celebrated in November 2019 when a motion passed unanimously in the legislature to introduce the position, but nothing has happened since.
"To me that is unacceptable," he said. "That a motion voted unanimously over two years ago has not yet been actioned."
Introduced by the Liberals, the original 2019 motion called on the Progressive Conservative government to create an independent legislative officer position, to represent people with mental health issues and their caregivers.
When the Higgs government refused, the motion was amended to create a mental health advocate position, but that has never been budgeted for, nor acted upon.
Ouellet has two siblings with schizophrenia, and he has helped to care for them for decades.
He has seen firsthand the difficulties that families like his face trying get patients the help they need.
Ouellet has fought for adequate home care for his sister on several occasions and has seen her spiral into psychosis requiring hospitalization when no care providers were available to help her manage her medication.
He now worries she will have to move into a special care home since the health system cannot provide what she needs.
"Mentally ill individuals don't have a voice," said Ouellet, a retired civil servant. "Those individuals in the community that I journey with, who suffer from mental illness, and I accompany them to the clinic and other appointments that they have, I so often see that they're not fully understood and they're not capable to speak for themselves."
Wish list for new year
In a letter to Health Minister Dorothy Shephard in October, Ouellet outlined his top priorities for the new year.
In addition to the appointment of a mental health advocate for New Brunswick, he asked that the mental health court that operates in Saint John be expanded to Fredericton, Bathurst, Edmundston, Miramichi and Moncton.
He is also calling for a mental health addiction treatment centre in Moncton that would be exclusively for women.
CBC News tried to ask Shephard why the province hasn't yet appointed a mental health advocate, and when someone will be appointed.
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard introduced a plan to improve mental health services in the province in 2021, but it did not include any mention of the appointment of a mental health advocate. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
No one from the Department of Health has responded.
Ouellet has received a letter from Shephard in which she explained that work continues on multiple initiatives. He said her response was not what he was hoping for.
"I sometimes wonder if our high ranking officials in government are sensitized to mental illness. I ask myself that question because … it has been a need for years."
Ouellet is calling on Shephard and the Higgs government to finally appoint an advocate to represent the concerns of those who are all too often unable to get the help "they truly and deeply need."
"We definitely need an advocate position to be there for those most vulnerable in our province — the mentally ill. They need someone to be there to help them navigate the system, someone to be there to make sure their rights are respected, and that they're treated with dignity."
Mental health plan not enough
In February, Shephard laid out a five-year action plan to improve mental health services in the province.
It includes a promise for same-day service at walk-in clinics across New Brunswick, and a provincial youth centre based in Moncton by 2024.
It did not include any mention of appointing a mental health advocate.
Ouellet said that after decades of helping his sisters and brother and many others navigate the mental health care system, the plan simply does not go far enough.
Paul Ouellet goes through the detailed files he keeps about the care of his sister who suffers from severe schizophrenia. He has helped to care for his siblings with mental illness for decades, and believes that without his advocacy they would be dead. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
"If I would not have been journeying with them for the past 47 years, I don't think honestly that they would be alive today," he said of his siblings.
"I can be the advocate for them — but those are only a few in my family that I'm journeying with and a few in the community. How about those others in the province who don't have anyone to talk to, anyone to express their frustration, their difficulty to navigate the system?"
Vanessa Blanch is a reporter based in Moncton. She has worked across the country for CBC for more than 20 years. If you have story ideas to share please email: vanessa.blanch@cbc.ca
This government likes to bandy about the term "mental health" when it provides them with a justification for keeping schools open (and the economy rolling) during a pandemic. It is a hollow reference to a serious matter when used to justify political decisions. Especially when we see no serious effort to address the concerns of those who suffer from mental illness in real terms.
David Amos
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Reply to @.Jim .Jackson: I ran for public office 7 times despite the fact that Higgy et al call me crazy and they send me butter tarts
David Amos
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Reply toDavid Amos: Figures
Alex Butt Proof positive that the government (all parties) are all talk and very little action. Unless it adds to the bottom line or appeases the wants of the likes of the irvings, we get prettty much nothing for our representation and tax dollar. Just look at the condition of our health care, schools, infrastructure, roads and the list goes on an on.
David Amos
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Reply to @Alex Butt: Methinks when apathy rules the day we get the governments we deserve N'esy Pas?
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: The truth hurts EH?
Sarah Brown
our mental health system is in sad shape and has been sorely neglected with the onset of COVID almost 2 years ago. the minister of health is in over her head on this file as well as many other health related files and she does not have the confidence of many people. Sad state of affairs in this province on many fronts.
Maxime Babineau
Reply to @Sarah Brown: Can't imagine why people don't have confidence in her.
David Amos
Reply to @Sarah Brown: Yup
Derek Grant
They are of the belief that it's too much of a $$$$ sinking ship - once people go past the tipping point.
David Amos
Reply to @Derek Grant: Who is they?
Graeme Scott
Mental healthcare has always been the red headed stepchild of our healthcare system. Sadly, given deteriorating conditions and the near breakdown of "regular" healthcare in recent years it is hard to imagine that situation improving anytime soon.
Ferdinand Boudreau
Reply to @Graeme Scott: What has been done so far? Nothing I can see. Talk is cheap.
Graeme Scott
Reply to @Ferdinand Boudreau: Exactly!
David Amos
Reply to @Graeme Scott: Try bucking the system and see how fast they call you crazy and use the system to try to lock you up
Johnny Lawrence
Mental health is an issue that unfortunately gets overlooked way to often. You only need to come on these boards a time or 2 to see what happens when it is left unchecked.
Alison Jackson
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: It's frightening to see it. But you also have to factor in social media's part of helping to push people to the edge. Paranoia, distrust of authority, wanting the entire world to share your personal views drives some to becoming unstable. If social media was gone, a lot of mental health issues would probably vanish with it.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Alison Jackson: I certainly agree that social media is a huge part of the problem.
Norman Albert Snr
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Speaking from first party experience. WE have seen your post.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: don't you have some irrational union somewhere to support? I am sorry I spent time on here humiliating them and their greedy efforts and those like you who blindly supported them.
David Amos
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Reply to @Norman Albert Snr: LMAO
David Peters
Get gov't cronyism out of the medical treatment sector.
David Amos
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Reply to @David Peters: Good luck with that
Bill Henry
Dot will add this to her resume. She would consider herself an expert here as well. Lol
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Bill Henry: she hasn't considered herself an expert on anything, she gets information from experts from her department and acts accordingly, you must be new to this process.
David Amos
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Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Obviously you ain't EH?
Timothy Walton
Proper mental health support would probably be cheaper than building even more jails.
Donald Gallant
Reply to @Timothy Walton: Please define proper mental health supports ? Who? What? Where ?
David Amos
Reply to @Donald Gallant: Social Workers, Assistance To The Needy, Everywhere
Nicholas Murphy
How about not taxing therapy sessions?
David Amos
Reply to @Nicholas Murphy: Dream on
Blair Churchill
No one from the Department of Health has responded - there is the priority. Throw money at symptoms, not the issues, thats their solution. But the government is good at dividing people and wasting money.
David Amos
Reply to @Blair Churchill: Bingo
Charles Oliver
Just a matter of appointing someone and its been 2 years . I would say they have no intention of helping. Thanks to Paul Oulette for trying to do something and appoint a mental health advocate, this is badly needed in New Brunswick. The Higgs government seems to feel the only thing worth doing in NB begins with Irving.
David Amos
Reply to @Charles Oliver: Surprise Surprise Surprise
Paul Ouellet, 70, has been caring for his sister Lorette, 65, for the past 40 years. He says the government must find a way to ensure people who require regular home support, including medication management, receive those services as the pandemic continues. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
Paul Ouellet's sister has been in and out of the psychiatric ward at the Moncton Hospital four times in the past five months.
Lorette Ouellet suffers from chronic acute schizophrenia and since the pandemic began, and home-support workers stopped visiting her apartment twice a day, she hasn't taken her medication regularly and has spiralled into psychosis.
The Department of Social Development has said that home-care workers are considered essential and have been maintained during the pandemic, but this has not been the experience of Paul and his family.
"I was told that this is an essential service, the medication management, but Social Development is not capable through the agencies to get the staff," said Paul.
"And I'm sorry, but if any minister of any department says that essential services are in place — they're not."
In the year before the pandemic began, Lorette, 65, had been living in her apartment with support and had not been in the hospital for nearly a year. Since May, she has been in her home for a total of 38 days, and in hospital for 155 days.
Extramural, Social Development unable to meet needs
Paul said the shortage of home-care workers, which was made worse by the pandemic, has meant there isn't anyone to ensure Lorette takes her medication regularly.
In October, Lorette's family physician referred her case to the extramural program, asking that when she is released from hospital that a health-care worker administer Lorette's medication "in her own apartment twice daily to maintain her mental stability." On the referral form the doctor wrote, "This will need to be done long term."
Paul recently learned that extramural has turned down that request.
Officials with the Department of Social Development have also refused to provide the full-time medication management Lorette used to receive.
In a letter to Paul dated June 12, 2020, Dorothy Shephard, who was social development minister at the time, wrote that there have been some situations "where services have had to change" as a result of COVID-19.
Dorothy Shephard, when she was social services minister, says some services have had to change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
Shephard went on to explain that while medication management is an "important need," home-support agencies have been advised to "at a minimum ensure that clients are contacted for reminders around their medications."
Ouellet calls that response "disappointing" since people with severe mental illness require more than a reminder.
Without someone standing at Lorette's side, making sure she swallows her medication, Paul knows his sister won't take it because of the side-effects.
"Sometimes they think in their mind that they're fine, they don't need the medication," Paul said. "Lorette has often told me that voices are telling her not to take her medication."
Eric Beaulieu, the deputy minister of social development, also responded to Paul in a letter dated Aug. 24, saying that medication management will not continue.
"It is important to note that while home support workers can assist with medication reminders, they are unable to administer medication to any client," Beaulieu wrote.
'Easy way out' for health system
Paul now worries that he will be pressured into breaking a promise he made to Lorette years ago, when he became her power of attorney.
Paul said he's been asked by officials with the Department of Social Development to put his sister into a special care home.
To me, they're passing the buck on mental illness. If the essential services would be in place the way they're supposed to be, we would not be in this situation today.
- Paul Ouellet
"[Lorette] asked me two things: never to allow for shock treatments to be given to her because of the symptoms and the effect on her, and never to put her away in a home," Paul said.
"And I told her, 'Lorette, you can take my word. I will not allow that to happen.'"
Paul is angry that he and his sister have been forced into this "heartbreaking situation," which he believes has been caused by a lack of government will to attract, train and retain home-care workers and to pay them a reasonable wage.
"It's an easy way out for the health system to just put her away and throw away the key," he said.
Paul Ouellet goes through the detailed files he keeps about the care of his sister who suffers from severe schizophrenia. He has helped to care for his siblings with mental illness for decades, and believes that without his advocacy they would be dead. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
Paul, who is 70, has worked hard over the decades to advocate for his sister and get her the home services she needs to live on her own.
When asked if he could see any benefit to Lorette going to a special care home, he quickly replied, "No, I don't think that it would be better."
In the past, Paul said, his sister has tried to live in group homes and "it didn't work."
"It is her wish to be able to go back home and to be back in her environment. And if something happened to her at home, I would dearly miss my sister Lorette that I very much love, but it would have happened according to her wishes."
"To me, they're passing the buck on mental illness. If the essential services would be in place the way they're supposed to be, we would not be in this situation today."
Paul advocates for people across the province who suffer from mental illness, and said many of them are in similar situations.
"During the pandemic, they have been neglected," he said.
Paul Ouellet, 70, has been caring for his sister Lorette, 65, for the past 40 years. He says the government must find a way to ensure people who require regular home support, including medication management, receive those services as the pandemic continues. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
A mental health advocate is demanding medication management and other basic home-care services be provided to those with mental illness after his sister, who has acute-chronic schizophrenia, was hospitalized twice in the past month.
Since the pandemic began, Paul Ouellet has watched his younger sister spiral into psychosis because personal support workers are not available to make sure she is taking her medication.
"There was no one available to go in and to provide this medication management to my dear sister Lorette and she was left on her own," Ouellet explained.
Before the pandemic began, a personal support worker would visit Lorette, 65, at her apartment each day to help her with housekeeping, shopping, getting to and from appointments and most importantly, making sure she was taking her medication regularly and in the correct doses.
In this prescription written in March, 2020, a doctor warns that Lorette will require her medication to be monitored if she is "to maintain stability in her mental condition." Despite the prescription, Paul Ouellet has been told no one is available to provide that service to his sister. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
Since the pandemic, Lorette and many other New Brunswickers are no longer receiving these basic and critical services because there is a shortage of home care workers.
Haley Flaro, executive director of the non-profit group Ability New Brunswick, said the shortage of personal support workers was already "a crisis," and since the pandemic began the problem has only gotten worse.
Ability New Brunswick provides support to New Brunswickers living with a mobility disability.
"We certainly have seen a reduction in the availability of workers," she said, explaining that many home-care workers left their jobs when federal benefits were introduced.
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit provides $500 per week for 12 weeks. For home-care workers in New Brunswick, who by and large work part-time and earn only slightly more than minimum wage, it was "more lucrative" than working.
"So it's actually put people in a position where it's safer, better and financially more stable to not work during this period," Flaro said.
Haley Flaro, the executive director of Ability New Brunswick, says many clients of the non-profit are going without adequate home care because there are no workers available to provide it. (Submitted by Haley Flaro)
The federal benefits, according to Flaro, have led to "significant reductions in home support" for many of her clients.
"Many are living in unsafe environments because they can't get the right care they need," she explained.
"Many are at risk of hospitalizations or unnecessary nursing home placements, so the home-support worker crisis that we were already experiencing in New Brunswick has been escalated by the pandemic."
Burden shifting to families
While Ouellet understands why some home-care workers have left their jobs during the pandemic, it has left his sister with no one to ensure she takes her medication, washes regularly and has groceries in the fridge.
It is not her fault that she's not taking the medication as prescribed.
- Paul Ouellet
While he talks to Lorette every day and reminds her to take her pills, Ouellet said he can usually tell within a few minutes whether she is.
"I would talk to her, yes, but Lorette would say, 'Paul I'm taking my medication. Paul I'm taking my medication.' What else can I do?
"It is not her fault that she's not taking the medication as prescribed."
Flaro said family and friends are trying to fill the gaps, but she worries it is leading to increased burnout.
"We're quite concerned and trying to work with families around that because the burden has really been increased on their shoulders."
A plea for help
When asked to describe his sister, Ouellet smiled and said Lorette is "a beautiful person" with "a lovely soul."
She was studying languages at university when the symptoms of acute-chronic schizophrenia appeared in her early 20s.
You can't help when you meet her but to love her…the suffering that she goes through on a daily basis it's so sad.
- Paul Ouellet
At her best, Ouellet said, she is a great conversationalist who loves to go to church. At her lowest moments, when she isn't taking her medication, Lorette becomes very anxious, frustrated and then begins to withdraw.
"She will call me and she'll say, 'Hi Paul.' I'll say, 'Oh hi Lorette, how are you doing?' And she does not answer. She does not answer. And then I'll say, 'Lorette,' I'll say, 'Is there something wrong? Is there something you would like to share with me?' And she doesn't talk. And those are some of the symptoms that she's starting to go into a psychosis."
He worries about his sister from the time he wakes up in the morning, until he goes to bed at night.
"When I'm with her she'll talk to the voices and say, ''Keep quiet, keep quiet.' She suffers the agony with her illness."
Hospitalized twice in less than a month
Sifting through his stacks of notes, Ouellet double checks the dates of Lorette's latest admission to hospital.
Paul Ouellet goes through the detailed files he keeps about the care of his sister who suffers from severe schizophrenia. He has helped to care for his siblings with mental illness for decades, and believes that without his advocacy they would be dead. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
Her first stay in the psychiatry ward came on April 30. She was released on May 21, but there was still no home-care worker available to ensure she was taking her medication.
Ouellet pleaded with Lorette's health-care team to ensure medication management was in place before they sent her home.
"They just said they didn't have anyone to to look after the medication management. And I said, 'Well until you do … I suggest that you just keep her in the hospital because I can assure you, in my humble opinion, that if we release her from the hospital in the state that she's in, that within a day or two she will be readmitted.'"
Two days after her release from hospital, Ouellet was dialling 9-1-1 at 11 o'clock at night.
"I received a phone call from neighbours in the apartment building…they call me and they told me, 'Paul we can hear Lorette screaming in her apartment. She's screaming. Her door is closed and we can hear her screaming in the hallway.'"
Ouellet immediately headed over to her apartment to try to help his sister, along with paramedics and RCMP officers.
With tears in his eyes, he describes how she resisted going back to the hospital.
"She said, 'I don't want to go there, I don't like it'," Ouellet said. "She just dropped on the floor. She did not want to be re-hospitalized."
As she was put on a stretcher, his sister stopped speaking and stared at everyone "with glossy eyes."
Paul Ouellet wrote a letter to Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard on April 30 when his sister was hospitalized for the first time because there was no home care worker available to ensure she was taking her medication regularly. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
For Ouellet, it is excruciating to watch his sister suffer, especially when it could be prevented if there was a home-support worker available to help her.
"It's very troublesome. It's very heart-breaking," he said.
"When I see the care that she is not getting and I say, 'If I wasn't around, where would she be? How would she be treated? And not only her — each and every person in New Brunswick suffering from mental illness."
Letter to minister
After his sister's first hospitalization, Ouellet sat down and wrote a letter to Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard, explaining why he believes medication management should be considered an essential service.
Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard says better collaboration between the regional health authorities and the Dept. of Social Development is needed to ensure people are not released from hospital without adequate supports. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
He suggested another department take over the provision of the service if Social Development is unable to.
"Perhaps that essential service could, do you suppose, be rendered by the extra-mural nurses within the Department of Health," he wrote.
Ouellet hopes the provincial government will find a way to solve the problem soon.
"Who knows how long the pandemic is going to last. Even if it goes away, are we going to have another episode of the pandemic in the fall or next winter? We need to solve it now. It's urgent."
On Thursday read part two of this series on home care in New Brunswick. We will hear from a home-care worker who has continued to work since the pandemic began. On Friday, Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard will respond to concerns about the availability of home-care workers and what her government is doing to improve the situation.
Paul Ouellet has had to be an advocate for three siblings with mental illnesses, including his sister Lorette, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia 40 years ago. (CBC)
A Moncton man is counting on the provincial government to follow through on the proposed creation of a mental health advocate position.
"My big dream is that someday we will be able to say the majority of those in the province suffering from mental health are treated with respect and dignity," Ouellet said.
"They don't have the tools to defend themselves."
A Liberal motion to create an advocate position passed unanimously last week in the legislature. However, the motion is non-binding, and the government is not required to allocate any money in the budget for it.
Ouellet said a mental health advocate would help New Brunswick's vulnerable population, providing an impartial and independent voice for people with mental health problems and their families.
"Very often, their basic needs are not met."
Patients needing help
"Right now, we have no one to be there for those that are the most vulnerable of our society," Ouellet said. He has also been meeting politicians and officials to create the position.
Ouellet recalled a mental health patient who badly needed a mattress and box spring to sleep on. He said the individual made contact with the Social Development and was told the provincial department does not assist people with that particular need.
"When that person discussed it with me, I thought there has to be someone, somewhere that will eventually listen to the need of that person."
Ouellet became aware of the need for an advocate decades ago after his sister Lorette was diagnosed with acute, chronic schizophrenia — a biochemical brain disorder that affects a person's ability to determine what is reality and what is not — in her last year of university. She's now in her sixties.
Living without
Ouellet said New Brunswickers dealing with mental illness aren't always treated with respect and don't often have the resources or the self-esteem to get help.
So they end up going without.
"A mental health advocate is going to be, for every person in this province, a great, great help."
Ouellet said he'll keep a close eye on government's next budget and is hopeful it will include money for an advocate and the resources that person will need.
"We need someone," he said. "It is most definitely a step in the right direction."
Lorette Ouellet, who has schizophrenia, was left in her apartment infested with bed bugs for days without care. (Radio-Canada)
A Moncton man is speaking out after his sister with schizophrenia was left in her apartment for days without her caregivers and deteriorated so much she's now in a catatonic state in hospital.
Paul Ouellet said his sister Lorette Ouellet, 62, has acute chronic schizophrenia. She spent more than a week in the apartment without care after a social worker told caregivers to stay away because of a bed-bug infestation.
Several care providers usually stop by Lorette's apartment during the week to bring meals, help clean the apartment, help her bathe and ensure she's taking her medication.
But that all stopped for more than a week because of confusion over the response to the discovery of the bed bugs.
Crawling with bugs
"It's my sister Lorette who informed me that there were bed bugs in her apartment and also not only in her bed, but she had them on her," Ouellet said.
"She would tell me that she's picking away at these bugs on her body and she's putting them in a bottle."
Ouellet said he told the landlord, a social worker and the Department of Social Development after he found out about the bed-bug infestation on July 13.
It's more than disturbing. It's human life.
- Paul Ouellet, brother
He said he was told by the social worker that Lorette needed to be removed from her apartment while the infestation was tackled and that the apartment would be sprayed in a few days.
But the brother said the apartment wasn't sprayed for two weeks and Lorette was never removed.
"It was not sprayed until the 27th of July because of the failure of the Social Development [Department]," he said.
Meanwhile, according to Ouellet, the social worker told Lorette's care providers that they could stop visiting Lorette because the apartment was being cleared of bed bugs.
Blaming Social Development
Paul Ouellet said his sister is now on the psychiatric ward at the Moncton Hospital. (Radio-Canada)
"The social worker had notified the employees and they were told, you know, 'You don't need to go in for the care because of the bugs in the apartment,' but he never bothered to inform me or the [Community Mental Health Centre in Moncton]," Ouellet said.
Paul Ouellet said it was "most definitely" up to the Department of Social Development to help out his sister.
In an email to CBC News, the department said it would not comment on the specifics of any particular case because of privacy concerns but that it takes "the health and safety of all its clients extremely seriously."
The email said the department isn't responsible for removing its clients from infested apartments, unless the apartment is owned by the department.
'Lamentable' condition
Paul Ouellet called a mobile mental health unit after he learned about his sister's deteriorating condition.
He said the nurse who went to the apartment and helped bring Lorette to the hospital described her condition as "lamentable."
He said the nurse said if Lorette had stayed there for the night, she would not have made it.
"She was not surviving," he said.
Lorette is now on the psychiatric ward at the Moncton Hospital.
"She doesn't want to eat and she's just staring at you constantly — her eyes all glossy," Ouellet said.
He said "disturbing" doesn't even begin to describe what's happened to his sister.
Sarah Morin is a reporter with CBC New Brunswick. She grew up in Thunder Bay and London, Ont. and moved to Fredericton for university. You can follow her on Twitter @sarrymorin or send a story tip to sarah.morin@cbc.ca.
A mental health docket program will be returning to Saint John provincial court this fall. (Brian Chisholm/CBC)
The return of a specialized docket at the Saint John courthouse will go a long way to helping people who have landed in court because of mental health issues, say lawyers and other experts on New Brunswick's criminal justice system.
The provincial government announced Monday that it is restoring a mental health docket program that was suspended in 2013 after the judge who oversaw it retired.
The court is a sledgehammer where a cushion would have worked better.
- David Lutz, defence lawyer
The program helps create a treatment plan for offenders suffering from a mental illness, rather than putting them through the regular court system.
Veteran criminal lawyer David Lutz, who has represented clients who went through the former program, said it is sorely needed.
In his experience with clients who are mentally ill, their criminality was simply an extension of their mental health issues, he said.
Criminal defence lawyer David Lutz welcomes plans to bring back a court program that helps mentally ill offenders. (CBC)
"They were in need of guidance, as opposed to prison or other sanctions," Lutz said.
"What I found the court did is that it looked at the offender and set out to find a way to prevent them from reoffending by treating their mental health issues."
Addressing offenders' mental health, instead of penalizing them through the court system, is probably less expensive and more beneficial to the community in the long run, he said.
"When people come in with all these issues that most of us don't have, the court is a sledgehammer where a cushion would have worked better," he said.
Courts not for seriously ill
Most people who are mentally ill often don't understand why they've ended up in the criminal justice system to begin with, he said.
Martin Fineberg, another longtime criminal lawyer in Saint John, said he believes anyone with a serious mental illness should not go through the regular court system.
"Too many times you see people who, it's obvious to the lawyers, that it's a mental health issue that shouldn't be dealt with in criminal court," he said.
"I don't know a criminal lawyer who hasn't had that thought run through their mind in their career."
Mary Ann Campbell, the director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at University of New Brunswick, has conducted two studies on the specialized program.
Her research, which followed participants for many years, found that those who completed the program typically had a lower rate of reoffending.
"We know that the program has the ability to really change the things that drive the criminal behaviour," she said.
"It makes them more stable in their life, in terms of having their needs met."
Judge hopes program will expand
The province has not said who will supervise the Saint John court program when it comes back.
In 2009, a task force on improving mental health service recommended the provincial government set up more mental health courts in New Brunswick as way of reducing the high number of mentally ill people in jail.
That task force was led by then-provincial court judge Michael McKee.
McKee praised the return of a mental health docket to Saint John but said he hopes the province will eventually expand it.
"Now, true, I think it's pretty obvious that there will be an initial cost to introduce it provincewide, but I think that with time the benefits and advantages would far outweigh the initial costs," he said.
"The results in Saint John speak for themselves. Eighty-five per cent or more of people who went through it have not returned to the court system. Which is quite substantial, and a good indication that treatment is a lot more effective than jail."
A provincial government spokeswoman said it's too early to determine if and when other judicial districts will have access to the program.
"The focus at this time is to establish the model in Saint John, where the program existed before, and there is a great need," said Geneviève Mallet-Chiasson, a communications officer with the Department of Justice and Public Safety.
Moncton hospital's treatment of mental health patient being investigated
Moncton man 'relieved, extremely happy' Ombudsman investigating complaint
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Paul Ouellet has been helping his 60-year-old sister Lorette with schizophrenia since she was diagnosed with the mental illness in university. (CBC)
A Moncton man says he's pleased the provincial Ombudsman is investigating the alleged mistreatment of his sister, a psychiatric patient at the Moncton Hospital.
Paul Ouellet made a complaint to the Ombudsman's office concerning the way his sister Lorette was treated during her stay in the facility's psychiatric ward in January of this year.
"I was very much relieved, extremely happy, to hear that something is going to be done in regards to investigating the whole situation," said Ouellet. "I'm speaking here not only for my sister Lorette, who I dearly love, but also for each and every mental health patient ... here in the province of New Brunswick."
Ouellet received confirmation that the Ombudsman would be investigating this issue April 28th.
Schizophrenic patient Lorette Ouellet was taken from the psychiatric unit of the Moncton Hospital in police custody and charged with assaulting a nurse. (CBC)
Ouellet alleges that his sister, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, was falsely charged with assaulting a nurse.
She was arrested by RCMP, taken to a holding cell in just her hospital gown, and put in wrist shackles, he said.
The Crown dropped the charges on March 7.
Rare arrest at hospital
It's only the second time charges were laid in such a case at the psychiatric facility, to the recollection of Moncton Hospitals' Dr. Dinesh Bhalla.
"When we cannot contain the situation or we know that the situation is completely out of hand, then the police are called and they always come in and they treat the patient with dignity," said Dr. Bhalla. "They know that they are mental health patients and the RCMP work wonderfully with us in terms of de-escalating the situation first."
The Office of the Ombudsman would not comment on the investigation, citing confidentiality concerns.
Ouellet hopes the investigation will mean "being able to correct a situation that never should have happened."
Dr. Dinesh Bhalla says all efforts are made to keep psychiatric unit patients in concentrated nursing care at the Moncton Hospital. (CBC)
According to its website, typically once the Ombudsman decides to investigate a matter, the government organization concerned is given notice of the investigation.
Investigators will then begin gathering evidence in order for the Ombudsman to make his findings and recommendations.
The results are then published in the Ombudsman's Annual Report, and the affected government organization is encouraged to report back concerning its efforts to implement the recommendations.
In a written statement, the Horizon Health Network said it "will cooperate with the investigation of the Ombudsman, as we would with any investigation into the treatment of our patient."
Report co-author Donaldo Canales says the current lack of a mental health court in Saint John is sad to behold. (CBC)
The co-author of a report on Saint John's mental health court says he would like to see a firm date for its return to action in the province.
UNBSJ doctoral student Donaldo Canales has been studying the factors that contributed to participants in Saint John's mental health court not completing the program.
He and co-author Mary Ann Campbell reviewed all cases admitted to the Saint John court between 2000 and 2008. Friday, he presented their findings at the Saint John Regional Hospital as part of its Interprofessional Health Research Day.
The report on Saint John's mental health court was presented on Friday. (CBC)
Despite studying the factors that make a participant in a mental health court unsuccessful, Canales said they are incredibly helpful in reducing harm.
Participants who successfully completed the program were less likely to re-offend.
"When they do re-offend, they tend to re-offend for less serious offences," he said.
Saint John's mental health court has been closed since 2013 when Judge Alfred Brien, who oversaw it, retired.
Canales said the extended hiatus is sad to behold.
You don't want to keep delaying it and delaying it.
- Donaldo Canales, report co-author
While acknowledging it takes time to reopen the court, he would like to see the government establish a firm date for when it will do so.
"Right now the department is diligently working with stakeholders to align the necessary components for a robust mental health court, said Department of Justice and Public Safety spokesperson Anne Bull in an emailed statement. "There is no timeline yet when it is projected to resume."
Canales says mental health court's are needed in every major Canadian city to help tackle the needs of justice-involved individuals with mental illness.
"You don't want to keep delaying it and delaying it," he said.
Dr. Dinesh Bhalla says all efforts are made to keep psychiatric unit patients in concentrated nursing care at the Moncton Hospital. (CBC)
It's highly unusual for a patient in the psychiatric unit of the Moncton Hospital to be arrested and taken into police custody, says the chief of the psychiatry department at the hospital.
However, that is what happened to a 60-year-old woman with acute schizophrenia recently, leading a Moncton man to call for better services for people with severe mental illness.
Lorette Ouellet was taken into police custody after being charged with assaulting a nurse in the hospital.
Dr. Dinesh Bhalla said he can't discuss individual cases for privacy reasons, but he says all efforts are made to keep patients in concentrated nursing care.
"The violence in psychiatric patients tends to be unpredictable so it can escalate very quickly and the nurses have a protocol that they follow, a white code policy," said Bhalla. "They have to exhaust measures to contain the patient from either restraining them physically so that they won't hurt themselves which is really our prime aim."
Code White
Horizon Health Network uses Code White as an emergency code in its facilities to describe an emergency situation in which a person poses an immediate physical threat to themselves or others.
Bhalla says usually hospital staff can defuse the situation.
Schizophrenic patient Lorette Ouellet was taken from the psychiatric unit of the Moncton Hospital and taken into police custody after being charged with assaulting a nurse. (CBC)
"We've had 540 [Code White activations] all across Horizon in the past year," he said. "It's only been 40 times police have had to intervene."
"So when it escalates beyond a certain point where the nurse can not actually contain the patient … there's a whole team of people that actually get called in and they're there within a few minutes and then the white code is called."
Bhalla says sometimes physical or chemical restraints need to be used.
Patients are only removed from the hospital under extenuating circumstances, he said.
"When we cannot contain the situation or we know that the situation is completely out of hand, then the police is called and they always come in and they treat the patient with dignity. They know that they are mental health patients and the RCMP work wonderfully with us in terms of de-escalating the situation first."
Charges rare
Bhalla says Ouellet's case is only the second time he can recall where charges were laid.
The charges against Ouellet were withdrawn by the Crown on March 7.
Her brother Paul Ouellet believes a better system needs to be put in place for mental health patients who end up in the justice system.
Paul Ouellet has been helping his 60-year-old sister Lorette navigate life with schitzophrenia since she was diagnosed with the mental illness in university. (CBC)
"Definitely there should be a different, separate court for mental health patients," he said.
New Brunswick established a mental health court at the provincial court in Saint John in 2003.
But it was placed on hold in 2013 after the retirement of its founder, Judge Alfred Brien.
The province says it plans to bring back a mental health court, but there is no timeline.
Dr. Dinesh Bhalla supports the plan for a mental health court.
"It's an excellent concept. It gives the dignity of the patient, it keeps them away from the criminal justice system." he said. "It should be done as quickly as possible."
Bhalla says he would be willing to help with the reestablishment of a mental health court.
Mary Ann Campbell, the director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of New Brunswick, said the news of a return of the mental health court is fantastic. (CBC)
The New Brunswick government is considering a new plan for a mental health court, almost three years since the specialized court last sat in the province.
Anne Bull, a Department of Justice spokesperson, said in a statement that the now defunct mental health court in Saint John was an effective way of dealing with people suffering from mental illness or intellectual disability who are accused of breaking the law.
She said that the financial resources are not in place to allow for the "immediate restarting" of the court.
"That is why we are diligently working with stakeholders to align the necessary components for a robust mental health court," she said.
A mental health court was established in Saint John as a permanent program in 2003 and it was the only court of its kind in New Brunswick. It was overseen by now retired Judge Alfred Brien.
The court closed in July 2013.
According to the province, there is still no timeline for a new mental health court to be operating again.
It'd be nice if that is something that is available across the province, rather than in just one jurisdiction but you've got to start somewhere.
- Mary Ann Campbell, UNB
Mary Ann Campbell, the director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of New Brunswick, conducted two studies on the court system.
Campbell said the news of a return of the court is fantastic.
"It'd be nice if that is something that is available across the province, rather than in just one jurisdiction but you've got to start somewhere," she said.
Campbell said the separate system stood out for its approach to the people using it.
"The clients noted it was a more caring environment where the court had an interest in their welfare and they felt encouraged to do well," she said.
"[They] even felt the Crown attorney had more of their interest at heart than the very adversarial process that happens in a traditional court."
Campbell said the court consists of a team lead by a judge, but it could also include a probation officer, one or two mental health professionals, such a psychiatrist, a social worker, a nurse, a psychologist or a housing or addictions representative.
Re-offending rates
Drawing from her study of the system, Campbell said the mental health court program leads to lower or similar rates of new offences as the regular system.
"About 80 per cent or so of those that complete mental health courts generally do not commit a new offence in the one to three years after they leave the program," she said.
"It's those that don't complete it that are having compliance issues."
Bernard Richard, a former ombudsman in the province, said few resources were put into the mental health court.
"The costs of the courts are fairly low … it was just the approach that was different," he said.
Richard said a different way of doing things is necessary for people suffering from mental illness.
"We don't, in our society, punish people for being sick, that's not how we operate, yet in the criminal justice system we do exactly that," he said.
"I spent many hundreds of hours, if not thousands looking at Ashley Smith's situation, and certainly that ended up costing the system, taxpayers, obviously her family and herself dearly."
Richard, who was also New Brunswick's first child and youth advocate, investigated and reported on Smith's incarceration.
Smith, 19, originally from Moncton, died in 2007 while incarcerated in an Ontario prison. She had tied a piece of cloth around her neck while guards stood outside her cell door and watched.
Smith, who was incarcerated for the first time at age 15, was transferred 17 times among nine institutions in five provinces during the last year of her life.
An Ontario coroner's inquest included a five person jury hearing evidence from more than 80 witnesses over the course of almost 11 months of testimony in 2013.
Schizophrenic patient's court experience spurs call for change
Lorette Ouellet, 60, was hauled from a psychiatric ward, taken to jail and charged with assaulting a nurse
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Paul Ouellet has been helping his 60-year-old sister Lorette navigate life with schizophrenia since she was diagnosed with the mental illness in university. (CBC)
A Moncton man is calling for better services for people with severe mental illness after his mentally ill sister was charged with assaulting a hospital nurse and drawn into the justice system.
The Crown withdrew the assault charge against Lorette Ouellet on Monday.
Paul Ouellet said even though charges have been dropped, the experience has been stressful for his 60-year-old sister.
"This caused a lot of stress to her and to me, taking someone from the psychiatric ward in isolation and bringing them to a jail cell and treating her the way she's been treated is a crime to me," said Ouellet.
Johanne Landry, a lawyer who represented Ouellet free of charge, said her guess is the charges were dropped because there was not enough evidence to convict her client of assault.
Diagnosed in university
Ouellet was diagnosed with acute, chronic schizophrenia — a biochemical brain disorder that affects a person's ability to determine what is reality and what is not — in her last year of university, about 39 years ago.
It's not unusual for her to spend time in hospital because of her mental illness.
Lawyer Johanne Landry represented Lorette Ouellet for free when she was charged with assaulting a nurse in the psychiatric unit at the Moncton Hospital. (CBC)
During such a stay in the Moncton Hospital earlier this year, Ouellet was charged with assaulting a nurse.
Her brother said he doesn't believe it.
"She said, 'Paul, I did not at all hit her, or … I just managed to get her grip away from her arm and I walked to my bedroom,'" he said.
RCMP showed up at the hospital and Ouellet was taken from her isolation room in the psychiatric ward to an RCMP holding cell.
An officer "took her out of her room with the shackles on her wrists and in her robe from the hospital," said Paul Ouellet.
"It was a cold winter day and she left the hospital without a coat and without a hat or without any gloves."
Refused water in cell
When Lorette Ouellet was in the holding cell, her brother said she became thirsty because of the medication that she takes.
"My sister asked for some water to drink and she informed me that it was refused to her," Ouellet said.
When she told me that, my heart just broke.
- Paul Ouellet
"She said, 'I had to drink the water from the toilet bowl I was so thirsty. And when she told me that, my heart just broke."
She told her brother that she was then taken to court in shackles and wearing the same gown that she had when she left the hospital.
"She said, `I'm being treated like a criminal when in reality Paul, I did not assault the nurse,'" he said.
Horizon Health Network will not make public it's policy on calling police to deal with patients.
The RCMP said it won't comment on individual cases, but said water is offered to prisoners and in some instances they are offered a jump suit.
A spokesperson with the province's department of justice says the government recognizes the impact mental illness has on people and their families.
In an email, media relations officer Anne Bull wrote, "As government we have the responsibility to treat each and every individual with dignity and we take this responsibility very seriously. Within our justice and court system, each of our detainees is evaluated to determine their specific levels of care and attention, regardless of the source. Each is treated with the appropriate level of precaution and supervision as the situation dictates."
The government says there is no timeline, but that it plans to bring back a mental health court.
Mental health court
Ouellet said he is relieved the criminal matters have been dropped, but believed a better system needs to be put in place for mental health patients who have encounters with the justice system.
"Definitely there should be a different, separate court for mental health patients," he said.
"If we heard of this happening in undeveloped countries, we would be scandalized."
New Brunswick established a mental health court at the provincial court in Saint John in 2003.
But it was placed on hold in 2013 after the retirement of its founder, Judge Alfred Brien.
Farmer who says lasers killed his cows found unfit for trial
Werner Bock, of Petitcodiac, has delusional disorder, assessment finds
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A New Brunswick cattle farmer facing two charges of failing to care for his animals has been found unfit to stand trial.
A psychiatric assessment shows Werner Bock, of Petitcodiac, has a delusional disorder, the Moncton provincial courtroom heard on Friday.
Bock, who is charged with failing to provide proper food and water to his animals during the spring of 2011, disagreed with the results.
He claims lasers and heat rays killed his cows.
Judge Troy Sweet released Bock on the conditions that he keep the peace and report to Moncton Mental Health for assessment and treatment.
Bock is scheduled to return to court on June 19.
During the trial, Crown witnesses testified about a pile of carcasses under hay bales, a dead cow in a brook and others buried in the woods.
Bock contends the case against him is a conspiracy by the government, veterinarians, the RCMP and the CBC.
He had previously been ordered twice by the court to undergo a psychiatric assessment, but failed to comply both times.
Earlier this week, he was taken into custody so an evaluation could be completed.
While Bock was in custody, an animal protection officer from the New Brunswick SPCA checked his farm, the court heard. No cattle were found on the property.
Bock had previously told the court a psychiatrist had found him to be suffering from paranoia and he doesn't trust them.
Farmer Werner Bock who says lasers killed cows now in custody
Moncton-area farmer didn't see psychiatrist as ordered by judge, will now be sent for assessment
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A cattle farmer facing two charges of failing to care for his animals has had his case delayed again after he failed to see a psychiatrist, as he was twice instructed to do by a New Brunswick judge.
Werner Bock of Petitcodiac, who claims lasers and heat rays killed his cows, was taken into custody following a brief appearance in Moncton provincial court on Tuesday.
Judge Troy Sweet had asked Bock to go for a psychiatric assessment in August before rendering his decision in the case, but the accused refused to comply with that request, so the judge ordered him taken into custody so an assessment can be carried out.
Bock is facing two charges of failing to provide proper food and water to his animals during the spring of 2011.
He is scheduled to return to court on Dec. 6.
During the trial, Crown witnesses testified about a pile of carcasses under hay bales, a dead cow in a brook and others buried in the woods.
Bock contends the case against him is a conspiracy by the government, veterinarians, the RCMP and the CBC.
He previously told court a psychiatrist had found him to be suffering from paranoia and he doesn't trust them.
Moncton-area farmer testifies ‘lasers’ killed his cattle
Werner Boch charged with failing to provide proper food and water
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In a YouTube video, Werner Bock claims the spot visible on this cow's head is a burn mark. (YouTube)
A court case involving an eastern New Brunswick cattle farmer who claims heat rays killed his cows, has been adjourned until May.
Werner Boch is facing two charges of failing to provide proper food and water to his animals during the spring of 2011.
He took the stand in his own defence in Moncton provincial court on Friday.
Boch went through a booklet containing pictures of cows he says were burned by lasers or corrosive gases and described their injuries.
He previously posted a video on the internet, claiming there is a conspiracy against him. He said he lost up to 200 cows in the past 10 years and that authorities were refusing to take him seriously.
Under cross-examination on Friday, Boch said about 10 cows died on his farm during the spring of 2011. He also admitted he had seen injuries on the cows.
Boch told the court he wants to call some witnesses. A full day has been set aside on May 7.
The Crown presented its case in September.
A veterinarian testified he found a pile of carcasses buried under hay bales, another dead animal in a brook, and he was told of others buried in the woods.
Boch refused to allow a dead calf to be taken to the provincial lab, opting to instead perform his own autopsy, the court heard.
Werner Bock faces charge for failing to give one of his cows adequate medical attention
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A cattle farmer in eastern New Brunswick is on trial for failing to provide proper food and water to one of his cows, but argues there is a conspiracy against him.
Werner Bock said he believes his animals died either from corrosive gases or laser beams.
Bock is charged with failing to give one of his cows adequate medical attention but he told a Moncton provincial court last June that someone is after him and his animals.
Bock accuses the RCMP and veterinarians of ignoring what's happening on his farm near Moncton.
He said he's lost up to 200 animals in the last 10 years and he's posted a video on the internet where he claims to expose the mystery. The farmer said heat rays are to blame for the death of his cattle.
Tuesday, the Crown called the veterinarian who examined Bock's cows last spring. Out of a herd of 50 cows, 10 died.
Dr. Charles Mallet said that's 20 per cent of the herd, way above the norm of three per cent for most farms.
Mallet said Bock told him the veterinarians in Moncton and Fredericton are incompetent. He also described his visit to Bock's farm.
He said he found a pile of carcasses buried under hay bales, another dead animal in a brook, and he was told of others buried in the woods.
Bock objected to the veterinarian's expertise, saying Mallet is no expert on injuries caused by "direct energy weapons."
Bock said corrosive gases or laser are killing his cows. He refused to allow a dead calf to be taken to the provincial lab, opting to instead perform his own autopsy.
Bock said he has brought his concerns to four previous ministers of agriculture, as well as premiers Frank McKenna, Shawn Graham and David Alward. Bock told the judge, that the RCMP, the SPCA and provincial veterinarians are out to get him.
To back that up, he quoted a former chief inspector for the SPCA in New Brunswick. He said that person told him, "nobody is doing anything with your cattle. It's all in your head."
A Canadian farmer has lost at least 250 cows in the past 10 years. While the government has charged him and says he failed to feed them, the farmer claims the alien defense.
Werner Bock has posted plenty of YouTube videos in recent years detailing his cattle's malnourished appearance, sunken features and hair loss. He declares that his cows were the victims of "death rays," some form of alien weapon that's been covered up by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
"At least 250 head of cattle have died from what we call a death beam," Bock said on camera in May of last year. "Where the atmospheric air is manipulated into a death beam, focused on the noses of the animals."
The animals breath in the death beam and slowly die, the eastern New Brunswick farmer claims.
Story continues below That little dot on the end of the cow's nose? A death ray did it.
In a pre-trial meeting on Monday, Bock wanted to subpoena three veterinarians and three officers to testify in his favor. But the judge noted that those individuals, if they were relevant to the case, would be there to testify against him.
Bock wanted to call a vet who apparently found no evidence of burns on his cows. He also wanted to call an officer who he says assured him there were no aliens flying in the airspace above his farm.
The quick answer is definitely yes. Werner and I have been very busy of late defending his farm. Sorry for the slow response. He may respond more deeply later
I understand JD I bear you no malice. Thanks for acting ethically very quickly perhaps I should introduce you to a friend of mine if you don't already know of him already. He has lots of stuff pertaining to your interests. He does me the favour of storing som of my ducuments within his website. Just Google Checktheevidence. FYI If you are wondering who I am just Google the names of three stooges Amos Madoff Olsen I am that David Raymond Amos
I was asked to show up I chose not to go because I was on guard duty to stop house invasion. I go out when the house is occupied and these are the sacrifices when the RCMP do not look at proof when someone breaks and enters! Are you Pat Sawyer?
Patrick now that I know practically for sure this is you. Question is how long have you been playing this game maybe you never stopped since the well digger. If that is the case you tortured Tim And Camilla to make your point and I think they should know about this.
When you were Ira Hays you said Jim and Sharon gave me the dodge truck. If so why does Tim Alexander own the Neon I once had. Heard he had it stolen out of his parking lot. Who would steal an old dodge neon?
@David Amos Glen Canning is a pawn victim of RCMP. It looks to me they killed a kid to back bill C13 . Looks like the same exact plot in the case of Amanda Todd and especially that kid in the states. Same lawyers that backed the spawning of atheism in the United states same manipulators behind a big effort to get the internet normalized meaning even if you have a legitimate excuse to be angry you will be arrested as the aggressor. The people promoting the bills that lost children are in elite positions have friends and acquaintances. In Glen Canning's case he is a ex soldier slash writer even got awards from the PrimE MInister you and I both know Hapers dirty. Val Meradith's minority report and the grant Bristow affair which is high profile stalking and suicides got Harper in position to be Prime minister. Grant Bristow got hired as a body guard and at the same time he was messing with the Hitler fan club sneaking them into a political party while som other RCMP guy created or built the antiracistaction group they both attacked the political party called the grass roots reform party created by Preston Manning. His father was ernest manning who took over after they killed William, Aberhart for trying to set up public banking which later became Alberta treasury Branch. Knowing what I know you have no reason to troll a man that has lost his kid you simply expose the fact this is a set up to pass a bill that was rejected! Megan Meier killed herself and the parents well placed in the catholic community watched and suffered through the stalking and then received a foundation to input a bill again to normalize the net! These people had powerful friends to stop bullying and when their kid was dead they just happened to gain that power back for the crooked government running the trolls. The only problem with the internet is a push for anonymous people who think freedom of speech is pchycological warfare over the internet. You can not get away with that type of behavior if your masonic friends are killing children and turning netizens into pshycos and weirdos. Eventually even atheists see their is room for real Christianity and genuine people to speak out on what the real bullying is all about.
RCMP officer assured Werner Bock that aliens are not flying over his farm
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A cattle farmer from the Petitcodiac area is facing a charge for failing to give his cows adequate medical attention but he argues there is a conspiracy against him that involves heat rays harming his animals.
Werner Bock is charged with failing to give his cows adequate medical attention but he told a Moncton provincial court on Monday that someone is after him and his animals.
Bock accuses the RCMP and veterinarians of ignoring what's happening on his eastern New Brunswick farm.
He said he's lost up to 200 animals in the last 10 years and he's posted a video on the internet where he claims to expose the mystery. The farmer says heat rays are to blame for his cows’ deaths.
Bock goes on to say the authorities are refusing to take him seriously about the heat rays.
"This was covered up by the veterinarians and then it was covered up by the RCMP," he said in a video.
The video also shows pictures of thin cows that are losing their hair.
In a pre-trial meeting on Monday, Bock tried to subpoena three provincial veterinarians and three RCMP officers to testify.
Provincial Court Judge Jolene Richard noted two of the individuals will already be testifying. But they will be testifying against Bock as witnesses for the prosecution.
As for the others, the judge said she wasn't sure how relevant they would be to the trial.
Bock wants to call a veterinarian who found no evidence of burns on his cows.
He also wants to call a police officer he says assured him there were no aliens flying over his farm. Bock said he doesn't believe aliens had anything to do with the death of his cows. He said the RCMP dismiss his concerns and try to raise the issue of aliens to discredit his concerns.
The trial will be held in September.
Corrections
This story has been updated to add more context to Werner Bock's concerns about how he feels RCMP officers have not taken his concerns seriously.
Judge Michael McKee hoped more attention would be paid to mental health courts
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A New Brunswick judge is optimistic the provincial government's new strategy will help people who are suffering from mental illnesses.
Provincial Court Judge Michael McKee, who led a task force into improving mental health services, said the new mental health strategy announced this week by Health Minister Madeleine Dubé addressed many of his recommendations.
"They've addressed most of the recommendations, but not as focused as I had hoped some of them," McKee said.
However, McKee said he is disappointed the provincial government will not be setting up more mental health courts.
He said the only mental health court in the province has been successful in helping people.
"In Saint John, at the mental health court, 90 per cent had completed the requirements of the program in the mental health court and out of that number, 85 per cent of those never returned to court. So go figure," McKee said.
McKee said mental health courts are one way to reduce the high number of people in jail who are suffering from mental illnesses.
The judge said he believes those courts can help find other solutions to jail time for people suffering from a mental illness.
He said 69 per cent of people in jail have mental health issues.
Improved collaboration
The provincial government's new action plan on mental health calls for increased access to specialized services for those people suffering from mental health illnesses.
The goal of the action plan is to help people achieve a greater quality of life and to receive services and supports that work best for them. The health minister said there will be an emphasis on identifying and treating mental illness early.
The provincial government is committing to the establishment of so-called "treatment teams," which will respond to individual needs and ensure that housing, employment and treatment are provided to people with mental illnesses.
McKee said he is pleased the province will try to improve collaboration among the many agencies and professionals who help people with mental illness.
The provincial court judge is also philosophical about the time the province is giving itself to bring in the changes.
"I had recommended five years to implement the recommendations, they have upped it to seven years. So seven years is better than none," he said.
A long-time New Brunswick mental health activist is worried that the province's next government will forgo its obligations to the mentally ill.
Eugene Niles is a former warden of the province's largest prison and a past president of the New Brunswick branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.
Back in 1996 he said New Brunswick had one of the best mental health systems in North America, but now it has fallen behind.
The Liberal government committed to improving services for the roughly 10,000 people needing treatment across the province, but Niles said on Wednesday that it has never acted on the report it commissioned on the issue.
Former health minister Michael Murphy hired Judge Michael McKee to review the system in 2008.
"He spoke to professionals, he spoke to health-care givers, he spoke to families, he spoke to those in recovery," Niles said.
"He wrote a very comprehensive report and those recommendations should be looked at seriously by the government."
McKee released his report in February 2009. It contained 80 recommendations that called for a drastic overhaul of the mental health system.
The judge's report urged the provincial government to invest in early intervention, income support measures and to place a greater emphasis on keeping people with mental illnesses out of the legal system.
Liberals promised to address McKee's recommendations by spring 2010, and according to Niles, department officials have the plan.
But the mental health expert said the provincial government has not made the department's response public.
"Those kinds of reports after an election normally sit on the shelf for a long time," Niles said.
"New governments always have their own priorities. I'm urging the government to release it now, and let the new government, whoever they are, implement those recommendations."
More funding needed
Niles said the New Brunswick government has yet to create a network of mental health courts. He said the province is not fully funding the costs of anti-psychotic drugs, which is making some patients choose between taking their meds or paying their rent.
The mental health issue should be on politician's radar, Niles said, especially after a coroner's inquest into the Taser-related death of Kevin Geldart in police custody and the prison suicide of 19-year old Ashley Smith.
The election campaign started a week ago and while the five official political parties have crisscrossed the province making announcements, so far none have directly targeted reforming the mental health system.
Niles said the next government should address the fact that only 3.5 per cent of the Department of Health's budget is spent on mental health when the national average is closer to 5.5 per cent.
"More resources for the school system," Niles said, is one of the reforms he'd like to see implemented.
"A mental health court would be helpful in more than one area of the province. The cost is not horrendously high. Mental health services should receive their fair share of the budget."
Liberal Leader Shawn Graham said deputy ministers are studying recommendations from McKee's report.
"It's my understanding that the deputy ministers have been looking in each respective department so that they can come forward with a concrete plan of how we can work as one unit of government versus independent departments," he said.
Niles wants the report released now, so that whoever forms the next government can act on it.
Claudette Bradshaw is searching for funding for the specialized training centre
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Former federal Liberal cabinet minister Claudette Bradshaw is trying to set up a school in New Brunswick that would train employers, teachers and judges to recognize and work with people who suffer from mental illnesses.
Bradshaw crossed paths with people from all walks of life in her decades working with not-for-profit groups and in her experience as a federal politician.
She's heard from business people who need workers and she's met people who struggle with learning disabilities.
Bradshaw, who was the federal labour minister and the minister responsible for homelessness, said it's time for managers to realize the potential of people who have problems such as fetal alcohol syndrome or dyslexia.
"You are losing such a workforce that if your managers knew and if your company knew how to work with them you will get the best workforce that you have ever had in your entire … life," Bradshaw said.
Bradshaw said she is hoping to open a training school in New Brunswick where managers, teachers, police officers and judges would learn to recognize and help people with learning disabilities and mental illnesses to find their way.
The former federal cabinet minister said it was important that institutions, such as the courts, learn how to deal with people who may have forms of mental illness or other issues that affect their behaviour.
"What do we do about our courts when somebody shows up in court and guess what they're dyslexic, they [have] fetal alcohol syndrome, they have [a] mental illness. Do they deserve to go in prison? Can we help them in another way, if we knew what it was?" she said.
Funding search
Bradshaw said she is working on getting the funding so she can set up a training centre in New Brunswick and study the results for five years.
If it's successful, she hopes to see similar schools across the country. Bradshaw said she has high aspirations for the training centre so it can help people and communities.
This isn't the first initiative that Bradshaw has championed in recent months that aims to help people struggling with mental illness.
She is involved with a study by the Mental Health Commission of Canada that will invite 100 people to get off the streets, offer them a furnished apartment and all the professional help they need for the next three years.
The initiative, which is being operated in Moncton, Montreal, Winnipeg and Toronto, is intended to show there is a way to help people with mental illness.
Bradshaw has said she has been lured out of political retirement to spearhead these new initiatives as part of a promise she made to Ashley Smith.
Smith, a 19-year-old Moncton woman who struggled with mental illness, killed herself in prison two years ago.
She tied a ligature around her neck while in a segregation cell in an Ontario prison. A federal investigator said Canada's corrections and health systems failed her.
After Smith died, Bradshaw said when she stood in front of her coffin and told herself that the teenager would not be forgotten.
Judge's report calls for sweeping changes to N.B. mental health system
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A New Brunswick judge is calling for 80 recommendations to patch up the cracks in the province's mental health system.
Provincial Court Justice Michael McKee, who issued his view of the mental health system on Thursday, is urging the provincial government to invest in early intervention, income support measures and to place a greater emphasis on keeping people with mental illnesses out of the legal system.
Although many of the recommendations will require government funding, McKee said cost shouldn't keep the province from making changes.
"A readily made reason why we shouldn't implement is because it's going to cost too much? So I approached it knowing that and I think that many of these things can be implemented; they can be done quite easily," the judge said.
The report said the recommendations should be phased in over five years. Health Minister Michael Murphy requested the review in May 2008 to help revamp the mental health system.
One of the areas that McKee said had to be acted on immediately was getting government departments to make an effort to work together.
That is a similar recommendation to Bernard Richard, the province's child and youth advocate, who issued two reports in 2008 that dealt specifically with young people with mental illnesses and how he argued the system failed them.
Murphy to study report's recommendations
Murphy said he'll be studying McKee's suggestions, but can't say whether the province will follow all 80 recommendations.
He said he does agree with many of the problems highlighted in the report.
"The stigmatization of the mentally ill, the criminalization of the mentally ill in our court system and the silos of government not working together, that's something that's gone on for essentially decades and it has to be fixed," Murphy said.
McKee spent nine months listening to experts, groups and individuals to find out how mental health care can be improved. While the report took months to put together, Murphy promised on Thursday that it won't take that long for the government to decide how it plans to move forward.
McKee said roughly 2,000 people communicated with his commission in the last nine months. In his report, he referenced some of the tragic stories that he heard along the way.
McKee said one parent came to him to talk about his 23-year-old son, who committed suicide at the same time his name was placed at the bottom of a waiting list for mental health services. He heard about how a 26-year-old was released from a hospital with no home, with only enough medication for 24 hours and was unable to get a government health card.
"The groundswell of interest in the consultations demonstrated that mental health is everyone's business, and everybody has a part to play," the report said.
Approximately 20 per cent of New Brunswickers will experience a mental illness in their lives and the remaining 80 per cent will be affected by the illness of a relative, friend or colleague, according to the McKee report.
The provincial government is going to consult New Brunswickers on a new mental health strategy.
Health Minister Mike Murphy said Wednesday he has appointed provincial court Judge Mike McKee to head the task force.
McKee will spend the summer and fall talking to mental health professionals, patients and other groups. Existing provincial and national reports on mental health issues will also be reviewed.
The consultations will help develop a new mental health strategy so services are better able to meet the needs of residents, Murphy said.
Currently, mental health patients too often end up in the criminal justice system, Murphy said.
"The difficulty is that our jails in New Brunswick have become pseudo-mental health facilities and that's not right," Murphy said.
Geldart inquest recommendations not enough: sister
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The 25 recommendations from an inquest into Kevin Geldart's Taser-related death don't go far enough for his sister.
Karen Geldart said the inquest report released on Friday should suggest more than training for police and medical personnel.
"It was clear to me that even though the police officers were trained to use the Taser, they didn't seem to have a good understanding of when it is appropriate to use and when it is not," she said.
Kevin Geldart died on May 5, 2005, after RCMP officers used a Taser weaponas they tried to take him intocustody at aMoncton bar.Hours earlier, he hadwalked away from the psychiatric unit at Moncton Hospital where he was being treated for bipolar disorder.
At the end of an eight-day inquest, five jurors ruled his death was accidental,causedby "excited delirium" with contributing factors. Excited delirium is a condition in which a mentally ill person is acutely agitated, violent, sweating profusely and shows insensitivity to pain.
The contributing factors included multiple injuries from a Taser weapon.
"I'm glad that the process took place, certainly, and we have much more information about what happened that night than we ever would have had if there hadn't been an inquest, so I am grateful for that," said Karen Geldart.
The jury came up with 16 recommendations intended to ensure this kind of death doesn't happen again. Five recommendations were contributed by officials at the Southeast Regional Health Authority, and Chief Coroner Diane Kellyadded four of her own.
Along with more training in the use of Tasers, the inquest recommends more accountability. It was unclear during the inquest exactly how many times Kevin Geldart was hit with a Taser.
Kelly suggested police agencies in the province consider allowing an independent agency to conduct investigations when there has been a death in custody.
RCMP Sgt. Gerry Belliveau, an investigator on the Geldart case, said RCMP will consider the recommendations and deal with them as they see fit.
Hospital slow to react to Geldart's disappearance, says psychiatrist
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Final witnesses in the coroner's inquest into Kevin Geldart's deathevaluated response from the RCMP and Moncton Hospital, the two organizations that had contact withhim before he died.
Geldart, a psychiatric patient at Moncton Hospital, showed up at the Right Spot bar in Moncton the night of May 5, 2005. When staff noticed he was acting strangely, the RCMP were called. Police restrained Geldart using a Taser, in an attempt to return him to the hospital. Geldart died shortly after.
Witness and psychiatrist Gary Chaimowitz said Thursday the only lapse he could see in the hospital's procedure was the amount of time it took for staff to act once it was clear Geldart was missing.
Three days before the fateful altercation, Geldart, who was bipolar,had beeninvoluntarily checked into Moncton Hospital's psychiatric unit. After two days in the unit, he was moved from a secured area to an unlocked area, but he had no permission to leave the floor.
Geldart should have stayed on the unit that night, but he went out for a cigarette and didn't come back. Although he was supposed to be observed every 15 minutes, it took hospital staff over a half hour to notify police that Geldart was missing.
While Chaimowitz said the response was relatively quick, the hospital was clearly not meeting its own internal requirements, which was that Geldart be accounted for every 15 minutes.
"It took some time for people to recognize that this individual hadn't returned, and probably shouldn't have left the ward even for a cigarette," Chaimowitz said Thursday. "In my opinion, if your policy says don't leave the ward and somebody leaves the ward, immediately at that point you should respond."
The RCMP also looked at its own response in the Geldart case. Four of its officers tried to restrain Geldart at the Right Spot Bar and return him to the hospital. Even though Geldart was shocked by the Taser and pepper sprayed, the RCMP investigator found no criminal wrongdoing on the part of the officers, and found no use of excessive force.
The inquest into Geldart's death wraps up Friday, with recommendations from the jury and coroner.
A temporary condition, not an electronic stun gun used by Moncton police, was likely to blame for the death of a psychiatric patient, an inquest heard Wednesday.
Kevin Geldart, 34, who had walked away from the psychiatric unit at the Moncton Hospital, died in the Right Spot bar on May 5th, 2005, after police used a Taser in a bid to subdue him.
Ken Obenson, the pathologist who examined Geldart's body,told the inquest that in his opinion the primary cause of Geldart's death was "excited delirium," a condition in which a mentally ill person is acutely agitated, violent, sweating profuselyand showing an insensitivity to pain.
Geldart showed many of those symptoms, according to previous testimony from four police officers who confronted him at the Right Spot Bar in Moncton. The officers used pepper spray and a Taser, an electronic stun gun, to try to subdue Geldart, who was six-feet-six inches tall, weighed more than 350 lbs., and suffered from asthma.
Obenson said that because an agitated Geldart was wrestling with police, his adrenaline level would have been high.
His potassium level would also have been high, Obsenson said, and that would have protected his heart. However,once restrained, his potassium level would have dropped, Obenson said, and that would have lead to arrthymia, an upset in the heart's normal rhythm.
Obenson said the Taser, pepper spray and Geldart's obesity might have been contributing factors in his death. But even if those factors had not been present, he said, the outcome still would have likely been death.
However, if the condition of excited delirium were removed, and every other factor left in place, Obenson said, Geldart likely wouldn't have died.
A police officer testifying at the coroner's inquest into the death of a psychiatric patient has apologized tothe late man'ssister.
Kevin Geldart, a patient who walked away from the psychiatric unit at Moncton Hospital, died May 5th, 2005, after police usedan electric stun gunto help subdue him at a downtown bar.
Al Parker, a retired 30-year police veteran and former staff sergeant, testified Monday that when he answered a call to the Right Spot bar in Moncton two years ago, he knew he would be dealing with a psychiatric patient.
Parker said he knew he was in trouble when Geldart turned to look at him, his pupils dilated, his eyes glassy. Parker said Geldart looked like he was on drugs.
"I didn't mean for this to happen," Parker said, apologizing to Geldart's sister, Karen Geldart.
"I'm sure you didn't, and I'm sorry you'll all have to live with it," she replied, referring to other officers involved in the altercation.
All four police officers who were present that night testified that Geldart seemed to possess superhuman strength during the struggle that followed, and thatpepper spray andrepeated shocks from aTaser stun gun seemed to have little effect on him.
It was not clear how many times the Taser was actually fired. Two officers testified they used the stun gun that night.
Const. Pierre Luc Hache said he used the Taser three times, but a report he filed later said he had used it twice. Const. Zane MacLure said he used the Taser once, but that it could still have been firing after the initial contact.
All four said Geldart was fighting officers off, and almost overpowered them. They all testified that Geldart looked scared, and was sweating and refusing to go with police.
It took all four officers to wrestle Geldart down, tie his feet and cuff him. They testified it was only after they cuffed him that they noticed that Geldart had stopped breathing.
Parker said he wishes he'd had more information about Geldart's condition, and the effects of the medications he was on before arriving on the scene that night. He said he's often wondered why it's not the ambulance, rather than police, who respond to those calls.
He said police receive between 500 and 600 calls a year to deal with psychiatric patients.A half-dozen of those calls, Parker said,are for involuntary patients, such as Geldart,who have walked away from the psychiatric unit of a hospital.
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.
Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and theUS. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
This story has been updated with an explanation for why the plaintiff's name is being reported.
A Fredericton law firm has filed a class-action application against the University of New Brunswick after multiple students said a psychiatrist at the student health centre sexually assaulted them.
Since the suspension in November, the college has received a total of 18 sexual assault complaints against Bhargava from individual patients, most of them students, according to college registrar Dr. Ed Schollenberg.
Bhargava and UNB were both named in the class-action lawsuit application filed Monday by the plaintiff Morgan Jean Wilcox.
Erika Hachey, injury and insurance law partner at Moss Hachey Law, said the application is filed against Bhargava for sexual assault of various students who attended UNB, and against UNB "for the systemic failures to protect their students from Dr. Bhargava and his behaviour."
She called the victims a "particularly vulnerable group of students."
Wilcox filed the suit under her own name, which is not under a publication ban because this is not a criminal matter. Hachey said that in a class action, only the representative plaintiff is named unless other plaintiffs choose to share their names publicly. In criminal cases involving sexual assault, the complainant's name is protected under law and not published.
Fredericton psychiatrist Dr. Manoj Bhargava was suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in November 2020 and is named in a class-action lawsuit against him and the University of New Brunswick. (Facebook)
She said her firm decided to spearhead the class-action suit after Wilcox contacted them and asked to be the representative of the suit.
"She was a very recent victim of Dr. Bhargava at the Student Health Centre and speaking with her, she was very adamant she wanted to start a class action on behalf of all of the students that were affected by this," Hachey said.
The statement of claim alleges Bhargava prescribed medication he said would affect the patient's heart rate and blood pressure. Then he would frequently ask her to remove articles of underwear and clothing so he could take her blood pressure and heart rate and used "non-consensual sexual contact" to do so.
Hachey said the alleged sexual abuse was reported to UNB various times, but the details of when and how have not been outlined in the statement of claim.
Schollenberg said the complaints the college received contain almost identical allegations, where patients describe Bhargava asking them to remove under garments and then touching their breasts while checking their heartbeats or taking their blood pressure.
"More or less, slight variations, but generally all are pretty much the same thing," he said.
The allegations have not been proven in court, and a date is yet to be set to hear the case. UNB has not yet filed a statement of defence.
Hachey said that once a statement of defence is filed, the court can have a certification hearing. Only if the case has been certified can it proceed as a class-action suit.
Referring complaints to police
Schollenberg said the college involved the police recently, after suspending Bhargava.
"It became apparent that there may be more to this," he said.
He said the college asked some of the 18 complainants if they were interested in speaking to the police and passed on their information to the Fredericton Police Force if they said yes.
Alycia Bartlett, spokesperson for the Fredericton Police Force, would not confirm whether the police are investigating Bhargava.
"In general, we would not confirm whether a specific individual was the subject of a police investigation until such time as charges are laid in court, or there are operational reasons otherwise," she said in an email.
One complainant on the record
Hachey said Wilcox is the only person whose allegations are detailed in the statement of claim, but the class action has been filed on behalf of everyone who's experienced sexual assault by Bhargava. She said the firm is still trying to contact people affected.
"We have currently our representative plaintiff, but that's all you need to start a class action," she said.
Hachey said the plaintiff is "looking for action be taken on behalf of the students who had this happen to them and … for UNB to recognize the failures of the Dr. Bhargava and of themselves that led to the sexual assault of all these students."
Hachey said the timeline has not been outlined yet.
CBC did not get a response from UNB or Bhargava by publication time.
Corrections
A previous version of this story said the student health centre is run by Horizon Health. In fact, it is run by the university.
Fredericton psychiatrist Dr. Manoj Bhargava has been suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons. (Facebook)
A Fredericton psychiatrist was suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Tuesday after the college received several complaints about him that alleged misconduct toward patients.
Dr. Manoj Bhargava works at Fredericton Addiction and Mental Health, which is part of Horizon Health, and part time at the Student Health Centre at the University of New Brunswick.
Alison Larade began seeing Bhargava as a first-year student at St. Thomas University.
"It definitely was very traumatizing," she said Tuesday.
Allegations that Bhargava has mistreated patients at the Student Health Centre were shared on Instagram and Facebook late last week.
Alison Larade began seeing Bhargava as a first-year student. (Alison Larade)
After seeing an anonymous post on the Instagram account @accountabilityatunb Larade decided to share her own story.
"It was very emotional and I came to the conclusion that I wanted to speak out," she said.
Larade said that among other things, the psychiatrist performed physical exams and ask her to remove her bra while he used a stethoscope, saying it could interfere with the results. He said he then groped her breasts. Looking back, she felt she had been "groomed" to accept the behaviour.
Dr. Ed Schollenberg, registrar with the College of Physicians and Surgeons, said that since Thursday the college has received five complaints about Bhargava.
"It looks like this is a more widespread problem than you would see if you had just one complaint. ... Some of these are people who are no longer at UNB, they've moved on and they've heard about this and they're sending their concerns in.
"It's a little troubling in terms of potential magnitude."
Schollenberg said the complaints all describe alleged "improper touching."
"It also seems he was examining everybody in the same way, or at least all the patients we heard from were being examined in the same way."
The College of Physicians and Surgeons continues to investigate the allegations.
Bhargava has been working part time at the health centre operated by the University of New Brunswick. (Maria Jose Burgos/CBC)
More allegations are popping up at @accountabilityatunb.
"There are so many of us who went to him in our most vulnerable state seeking help, almost as our last option, to see a psychiatrist, and to get some form of mental health treatment," Larade said. "And to see that he's taken advantage of so many vulnerable people, and it wasn't just me, is completely heartbreaking."
Larade said she's been speaking and connecting with other women who say they had similar experiences with Bhargava.
She said she has made formal complaints to St. Thomas University, where she is still a student, and the University of New Brunswick.
The universities share the health centre, which UNB operates.
"UNB is not doing enough," said Larade. "I've reached out to the president multiple times … asking the president to speak with him and he's refused."
Larade called for more support from the school's administration.
St. Thomas said it has called on UNB to do a formal investigation into the matter on Monday.
Jeffrey Carleton, associate vice-president, said he still hasn't heard back.
"We just want to make sure there's an adequate response in relation to allegations and if it's alleged misconduct that there be a formal investigation done alongside with what the College of Physicians and Surgeons are doing," Carleton said.
In an emailed statement Tuesday afternoon UNB said it is not able to provide details at this time but it is actively working to address concerns. CBC News was told no one from the school was available for an interview.
Larade said she has also made a formal complaint with the police.
I have had significant dealings with the College and have not found them to be trustworthy. Notice how the initial complaint re: the student who had moved to Toronto was not taken seriously until the new ones were filed. They circle the wagons and do not protect the public in my opinion. Our citizens deserve better.
I suspect it would probably take more than one 'official complaint'. But I was more referring to CBC and other media that can certainly look at online sources like that for story ideas.
I am so proud of everyone of these patients that spoke out about this and am also proud of the board for actually doing something about it. I just hope he doesn't move somewhere else and begin practicing.
Professionals/specialists responsible for vulnerable populations (survivors of IPV, mental health issues, marginalized, etc) have UTMOST DUTY, more than any one else, to be righteous and correct, and must go to any length for upholding their profession…
Methinks its disgusting to read this These are the same people who laughed at my homelessness since 2004 when I first ran for a seat in Parliament while the RCMP, the FBI, the Fat Fred City Finest & many other corrupt cops harassed me.
Whereas Ms Smith is checking me out on Twitter perhaps I should fill her in on few things about my doings on boths sides of the 49th the first thing she should check is the the link right under "Go Figure"
Here is a shortcut for my fellow geeks in "Rabbit Town" which I call Fat Fred City
mr Memers help in Beantown today said I could not talk to him and wanted me to talk to a sales agent instead. Go figure why I laughed and told her that Mr Demers is gonna get an interesting email to say the least..
Anyway for mr Demers benefit i should introduce myself so this is Mean Old Me debating for a seat in Parliament recently
Looks like covert Yankee Feds are worried about Canadian Feds versus mean old me today EH?.
BTW danny Boy I wish you would pick sides and quit being so buddy buddy with my nasty French enemy Chucky Baby Leblanc. You and Richy Baby can't sit on the fence and be friends to he and his pal T.J. Burke and mean old me at the same time.
FYI Richy Baby asked my advice recently about running for leader of the PC Party and I just shook my head at the nonsense of it all and suggested that he sprout some balls and give T.J. Burke the documents and CD I gave around his birthday just before the smiling bastardfs locked me up.
When I look on the web and see that Chucky Baby and the new MLA the ex cop from Fat Fred City Carl Urquart crossed paths in Harvey and are now great pals, I see Red and wanna call Wally Stiles again.
For the record it was Carl Urquart and his buddy Greggy Baby Thompson the MP and Minister (they share and office a couple hundred yards from where I was staying for the past year just outside of Fat fred City) that made the false allegatiions that allowed the RCMP to get me locked up in the looney bin for a bit. The doctors who got sucked in by the RCMP bullshit about me were.
Manoj Bhargava Community Mental Health 65 Brunswick Street Fredericton NB E3B 5G6 Psy 04-02883 Guadalajara 1987 (506)-453-2132
Zlatko Banic 69 Bliss Carman Drive Fredericton NB E3B 9P2 Psy 03-02785 Novi Sad 1981 (506)-460-1905
Dr.Jane V. Findlater Everett Chalmers Hospital PO Box 9000 Fredericton NB E3B 5N5 EmM 75-01333 Dal 1974 ( 506)-452-5058 (506)-452-5645
Saturday, 8 December 2012 Chucky Leblanc and his wingnuts Saaly Evelyn and Jenn obviously know as much about Me versus the RCMP and Shrinks as the corrupt cops Bernadine Chapman and Lucie Dubois EH?
----- Original Message ----- From: Evelyn Greene To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: RE: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in Fredericton's lawyers?
H David. Thank you for the email. Do you mind if I sent it to my friend Sally who is going thru similar stuff as me? I am not sure what to think of Charles LeBlanc. Could you fill me in? Youare going to get an earful in the near future. Do you know that I tried to contact Barb Whitenect at Dept. of Health and the Minister of Health put a stop to the communication. Mr. Zed in Sussex said there are people who want me locked up. I have contacted Chief Commander of RCMP, Wayne Lang, and he will not look at the evidence I have that the police is covering up the CCTV video tape tampering when I got beaten up outside Ambulance N.B on May 13/11.
What do you think of Charles Le Blance these days?
Evelyn Greene (see attached letter that I gave the Crown, the police and the CBC and Daily Gleaner and Wayne Lang of RCMP--No one wants to touch the video and I have copies that I took last Friday to head of NB Police Commission who would not take them) Do you know someone in Ottawa or elsewhere who would look at the video tapes on CD that are evidence of crime?
> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:50:44 -0300 > Subject: Fw: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in Fredericton's lawyers? > From: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com > To: evelyngreene@live.ca; mbmurphy@coxandpalmer.com; jlaidlaw@coxandpalmer.com; oldmaison@yahoo.com; Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.ca; Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca; Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > CC: ken.ross@gnb.ca; maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca; Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca; thepurplevioletpress@gmail.com; danfour@myginch.com > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjonbmIti-o&feature=channel_video_title > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq9WozWEyAI&feature=channel_video_title > > From: "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)"<ken.ross@gnb.ca> > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:43:31 -0300 > Subject: Re: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in > Fredericton's lawyers? > To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com > > Got your messages Dave. I am in Toronto for meetings and will be back > in the office Friday. I will ask Barb Whitenect to follow up with you > in the interim. Yes Herby picked up ypur bike a while back. > > Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld > > > --- On Wed, 7/9/08, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Subject: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in > Fredericton's lawyers? > To: ken.ross@gnb.ca, Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca > Cc: rosaire.santerre@gnb.ca, Marc.Pitre@gnb.ca, David.Eidt@gnb.ca, > oldmaison@yahoo.com, Judy.Cyr@gnb.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca, > police@fredericton.ca, Carrie.Levesque@gnb.ca, anne.elgee@gnb.ca, > danny.copp@fredericton.ca, jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 3:03 AM > > KENNETH ROSS, Assistant Deputy Minister > Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health > Contact Information > Phone: (506) 457-4800 > Fax: (506) 453-5243 > > BARBARA WHITENECT, Director > Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health > Contact Information > Phone: (506) 444-4442 > Fax: (506) 453-8711 > EMail Address: Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca > > > Sorry to involve you but lets just say that I am really really pissed > off for very justifiable reasons. > > This should prove to some folks that at least I know how to read. > > http://www.ahsc.health.nb.ca/Programs/MentalHealth/rights.shtml > > I have no doubt whatsoever that you would more pissed than I am if > the malicious bullshit that happened to me last weekend had happened > to you. > > I will try to call you in business hours but I suspect in the end I > will wind up arguing this dude in court in short order. (On a lighter > note did Herby pick up my bike?) > > David Eidt > Legal Services > Office of the Attorney General > Tel: (506) 453-3964 > Fax: (506) 453-3275 > david.eidt@gnb.ca > > Best Regards > Dave > > > These emails and the bullshit from the news last year should to all > that I am as serious as a heart attack and far from mentally unstabe > but the cops have proven themselves to be monumental liars many times > > Subject: > Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400 > From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca > To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com > > > January 30, 2007 > > > WITHOUT PREJUDICE > > Mr. David Amos > > > Dear Mr. Amos: > > This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29, > 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP. > > Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have > taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve > Graham of the RCMP "J" Division in Fredericton. > > Sincerely, > > Honourable Michael B. Murphy > Minister of Health > > CM/cb > > Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote: > > Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500 > From: "Warren McBeath"warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca, > nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net, > motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com > CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com, > John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca, > "Bev BUSSON"bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, > "Paul Dube"PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has > forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n > > Dear Mr. Amos, > > Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over > the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not > ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns. > > As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position > is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process > testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the > Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these > services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this > instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done. > > As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false > imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that > Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the > US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in > Petitcodiac, NB. > > It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on > December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors. > > Sincerely, > > Warren McBeath, Cpl. > GRC Caledonia RCMP > Traffic Services NCO > Ph: (506) 387-2222 > Fax: (506) 387-4622 > E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > > charles leblanc oldmaison@yahoo.com wrote: > > Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll > sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get > all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com > To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca; > david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca; > stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca; > scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca; marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca; > walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca; > mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca; > dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca; > mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca; cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca; > jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca; > jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca > Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net; > oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com; > Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca; > info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca; > police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca; > Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com; > Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca; > Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM > Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I > would try to make him famous > > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=davidraymondamos&search=Search > > A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers, > politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas > > http://actionlyme.org/FBI_WIRETAPE_TAPES.htm > > FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006 > > Senator Arlen Specter > United States Senate > Committee on the Judiciary > 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > > Dear Mr. Specter: > > I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man > named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters > raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that > these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in > contact with you about this previously. > > Very truly yours, > Barry A. Bachrach > Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 > Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 > Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com > > > > http://davidamos.blogspot.com/. > > Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote: > David, > > I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit > and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time. > > Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl. > RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ > > > > http://gypsy-blog.blogspot.com/2008/03/media-restrains-itself-inexplicably.html > > Threat against Burke taken seriously > > By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN > dgleg@nb.aibn.com > Published Thursday May 24th, 2007 > Appeared on page A1 > An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and > Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him > recently. > > Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't > explain the nature of the threats. > > "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made > specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters > Wednesday. > > "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a > couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or > have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have > some > added protection and that added comfort." > > The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP security > unit. > > Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have > been in recent weeks. > > "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have > to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said. > "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own > personal safety." > > Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his > pattern of activity. > > "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife > feel awful nervous." > > Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a > lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick. > > "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my > family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in > general due > to my background and training. > > "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to > happen." > > Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns. > > "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats > have to be taken pretty seriously," he said. > > Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, > security in New Brunswick has been > beefed up. > > Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all > visitors are screened. > > The position of attorney general is often referred to as the > province's "top cop." > > Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as > the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually > prosecutes them. > > "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had > numerous > threats since Day 1 in office." > > Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with it. > > "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter > and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them > their punishment or their sanction," he said. > > Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated? > > "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied. > > Reporters asked when the threat would be over. > > "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said > Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source." > > Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government, > said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not > complimentary." > > "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security > of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch. > > "They look at each and every situation." > > Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former > premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did > have extra security staff assigned on occasion. > > He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the RCMP.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Diane.Lebouthillier@parl.gc.ca Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:28:30 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: The CRA covering for KPMG is merely matters of money but the Murders on the Highway of Tears are far more serious in nature So Here is a little Deja Vu for Stevey Boy Harper and Boby Paulson of the RCMP To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
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I am away until Monday, March 14th and will not have my blackberry with me. For an emergency, please call my assistant Véronique Léger at 862-9564. Thanks!
Je suis absent jusqu'au lundi 14 mars et je n'aurai pas mon blackberry avec moi. Pour une urgence, svp communiquer avec mon adjointe Véronique Léger au 862-9564. Merci!
----- Original Message ----- From: Harper, Stephen - M.P. To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: RE: They read this stuff Monday
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Everybody knows that politicians come and go It is wicked people like Margaret Bloodworth and Eva Plunkett that hang around and run the show. Say hey to them for me. Will ya?
----- Original Message ----- From: David Amos To: rarespade@nfld.net Cc: Byron Prior Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:28 AM Subject: They read this stuff Monday
September 15th, 2004
Liliana Longo Senior General Counsel C/o Assistant Commissioner Gerry Lynch RCMP B Division Headquarters 100 East Hills Rd PO Box 9700 St. Johns NF A1A 3T5 RE: Corruption
Hey,
Please find enclosed an exact copy of all material served upon Lieutenant Governor Roberts by my friend Byron Prior. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as law enforcement authorities in order that it may be properly investigated. I have also enclosed a copy of the correspondence between the RCMP External Review Committee and I. As you review the same material they got, you can see the folks in BC were contacted almost one year ago. Apparently the dumb bastards don’t know how to read. If these are the best lawyers Anne McLellan has got to send against me, the government is about to be embarrassed big time by a simple Maritimer.
Whereas I have now received my answer from the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and the RCMP External Review Committee, I am about to file my own complaints. I have given up on my native land protecting my dumb ass. If you have any questions may I suggest that you take my matter up with Anne McLellan or Jack Hooper.
With respect to my friend Byron Prior’s sad complaint, let me be the first layman to congratulate the RCMP in the fine job they did covering up his matters for the benefit many corrupt politicians for some many years. It is too bad that the RCMP weren’t so diligent in upholding the law. Lets see if I can have any luck tearing the mask of virtue off of the RCMP and the likes of T. Alex Hickman for the benefit of all the simple folk like Byron and I.
Shame on all of you. Say hey to the cop in the picture that was guarding Harper on June 19th will ya? I need to know his name and summons him to court to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. He can bring his god along to help if he thinks it necessary but I would rather he bring his conscience. What say you? If I don’t get an answer from you by Oct3rd. I will be due to sue you too. What do you think should I complain of the RCMP in a court Newfoundland or New Brunswick?
I already know Byron’s answer.
Cya’ll in Court :)
David R. Amos
153 Alvin Ave.
Milton, MA. 02186
----- Original Message ----- From: Byron Prior To: David Amos Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:44 PM Subject: Re: Hey Mr . Irwin why not do the right thing and take your mail?
Good stuff David, keep the pot boiling & I'll be adding to it very soon. They want a circus that's what they're about to get. Byron
----- Original Message ----- From: David Amos To: Byron Prior Cc: Bachrach, Barry A. ; Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:36 PM Subject: Fw: Hey Mr . Irwin why not do the right thing and take your mail?
----- Original Message ----- From: David Amos To: cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:05 PM Subject: Hey Mr . Irwin why not do the right thing and take your mail?
It seems that CSIS is messing with my mail
Sent by last Thursday by Canada Post to RCMP General Counsel Liliana Longo c/o Ast. Commissioner Gerry Lynch in NFLD. I have now called NFLD and gave Gerry the tracking number and told him if he wants to read his mail he should send someone to find it. after all he is one of the second in Command of the RCMP and Longo is his lawyer.Canada Post won't say dick to me about it.
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Sent US Mail Saturday in Beantown all it had to do was go about a half a mile to the Canadin Consulate. Obviously I informed them but the thing is they don't know who else I told. Kinda of a double check one by phone and one by email.
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Here is what happened earlier: ACCEPTANCE, September 17, 2004, 10:30 pm, BOSTON, MA 02205
Anyway it ain't no matter to me now Their mail is filed in court for the public to view. If they want to piss and moan about it they can argue me later in court. They are public servants they should read their god damned mail. The Postal Service has a little explaining to do anyway over the Attorney General Robb Quinan and his Mail fraud anyway. I will just and this shit to it.
I knew old man Ronald Irwin would duck and run but arguing Longo should be fun,
What I did in Norfolk Probate Court today was way beyond fun it went way better than I dreamed it could. October 1st should prove to be quite a hoot after meeting Angie in court today. I wonder if Longo is a pretty as she is. She looks good in her picture anyway I am certain that she is a damn sight smarter than Angie. Angie is so stupid I almost feel ashamed for making her show me her ass. (Not really I am an ass man)
Now it appears all the Canadian Boobs have shown me their ass a well. Time to talk to the right Yankees just before the November Election and then head out as planned. i finally got the tape from the New Brunswick Police Commission and I will send a copy of it your way someday Byron. I made sure I mentioned you several times and showed them the documents but I didn't speak of what it was about but everybody will know they got something really kinda big.
I did to protect ya buddy. I also mentioned Barry once. I hope Barry called you today. I know the FEDS are likely listening and reading our emails so I recorded it here to protect the both of you and Collen Rowley as well. I cannot afford the time to wait for her to retire she is more valuable to me as an honest lawyer within the FBI before the Yankee federal election, not afterwards.
I also hear Jean and Joyse on the tape so it should protect their butts as well. I will order a copy of the Probate Court tape as soon as we can afford it. But it will likely be edited anyway.
Yo Ricky Baby Doucet you do still value my opinion correct? So while you and Premier Gallant and the Boyz were in Beantown having fun with the Governor Charlie Baker perhaps they should have said hey to his lawyers such Loni Povich for Mean Old Me. After all I did I did call your office before the Boyz in Red Coats landed in Beantown to party with Davey Boy Alward EH Loni?
---------- Original message ---------- From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)"<Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000 Subject: RE: Final Docs To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Will get right on this. Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts. R
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Premier meets with Massachusetts governor 08 March 2016
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BOSTON (GNB) – Premier Brian Gallant met with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to discuss areas of common interest such as investment opportunities and the need for more collaboration. This was the premier’s second meeting with Baker.
“We discussed the need for Massachusetts and New Brunswick to collaborate even more in the technology sector,” said Gallant. “We also discussed how increased infrastructure could help the natural gas prices in the New England and Maritime energy market. Massachusetts and New Brunswick have a long standing historic, geographic and economic relationship that we must continue to build upon.”
While in Boston, Gallant also participated in the Canadian Entrepreneurs in New England Roundtable. The Canadian Entrepreneurs in New England is composed of accomplished Canadian executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Charter Members help to advance Canadian entrepreneurship by mentoring promising companies and guiding them towards resources and partnerships in the industry.
“We discussed how we can further support New Brunswick businesses looking to access the New England market,” said Gallant. “As our province is the most export-driven economy in Canada, this is important for job growth in New Brunswick.”
Gallant also addressed members of the business community and industry from throughout New England when he participated in the New England Council Roundtable Breakfast.
The New England Council, the country’s oldest regional business organization, is an alliance of businesses, academic and health institutions, and public and private organizations throughout New England formed to promote economic growth and a high quality of life in New England. It represents more than 500 companies and organizations throughout the region.
“This was a great chance to showcase New Brunswick’s world-class technology sector and energy opportunities with the business community of New England,” said Gallant.
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Governor-elect Charlie Baker, who will be sworn in as governor next month, campaigned on bipartisanship. *By David Scharfenberg* Globe Staff December 08, 2014
Governor-elect Charlie Baker has chosen Lon Povich, who served in the administration of former governor William Weld and is currently general counsel for warehouse retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club, as his top lawyer.
The selection of Povich, the latest in a string of Democrats to take top posts in the Republican administration, won widespread praise in legal circles Monday.
“It’s a home-run appointment for the governor,” said Martin W. Healy, chief legal counsel and chief operating officer for the Massachusetts Bar Association. “He’s one of the brightest intellects in the legal community.”
The influence of the chief legal counsel varies from administration to administration, but the position can be among the most powerful in the executive branch.
William “Mo” Cowan rose from Governor Deval Patrick’s top lawyer to chief of staff, before Patrick appointed him as an interim US senator when John Kerry left the chamber to serve as US Secretary of State.
The chief legal counsel’s duties typically include shaping the legal response to major lawsuits against the state, vetting legislation, and overseeing judicial nominations.
Povich, 55, is familiar with the office. As deputy chief legal counsel for Weld, a Republican, he worked on a reorganization of the governor’s Cabinet, helped negotiate a pact with the Wampanoag tribe for a Southeastern Massachusetts casino that was never built, and developed a reputation as a lawyer at once formidable and approachable.
“Lon has a marvelous disposition,” said Brackett B. Denniston III, who was chief legal counsel for Weld and is now general counsel at General Electric. “He’s able to give tough-minded advice, but always in a way that is graceful.”
From time to time, friends say, Weld tapped Povich to write comic verse for public appearances.
“He’s a very gregarious person, very friendly,” said Michael Teteur, a long-time friend who is national chairman of the litigation department for law firm Foley & Lardner. “At Harvard Law School, Lon knew every one of the 550 people in our class. And people knew him.”
Povich, who was not available for an interview Monday, grew up in Bath, Maine, a small town north of Portland known for shipbuilding and a handsome downtown. His grandfather opened a clothing shop there in 1910 that his father ran into the mid-1990s. Twenty years later, the sign is still on the building, now home to an antiques shop.
Povich graduated from Dartmouth College before attending Harvard Law, where he met his future wife, Ilissa. He began his career as a law clerk for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s Chief Justice Vincent L. McKusick, oscillating between the public and private sectors in the decades that followed.
As an assistant United States attorney, he prosecuted white-collar crime during the savings and loan crisis before joining the Weld Administration. It was there that he got to know Baker, who served as health and human services secretary and, later, budget chief.
For a decade, Povich worked as vice president and general counsel at Boston Consulting Group and then moved to BJ’s Wholesale, eager to work for a publicly traded company, according to friends. A few years later, the company was taken private.
Povich has served on the board of the Greater Boston Food Bank and recently won the Good Apple Award for “demonstrated dedication to public service, fairness, and social justice” from the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice. He has two children, a daughter who teaches special education and a son who is at Dartmouth.
Baker, who has moved between government and the private sector, is forming a Cabinet in his own mold.
He tapped Republican state Representative Matthew Beaton, co-owner of a construction firm that promotes green building techniques, as his energy and environmental affairs secretary. Steven Kadish, his incoming chief of staff, worked at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and in the state’s health and human services bureaucracy, just like the governor-elect.
Kadish, like Povich, incoming secretary of housing and economic development Jay Ash, and incoming chief secretary Carlo Basile, is a Democrat.
“Assembling a team of experienced professionals committed to making Massachusetts great is our top priority and Lon joins a bipartisan team ready to hit the ground running in January,” said Baker, in a statement announcing the Povich appointment.
Povich, in a statement, called Baker “a dedicated public servant with the imagination and drive needed to make Massachusetts a better place to live.”
Observers say Baker’s approach to criminal justice issues will help determine the contours of Povich’s job.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants has called for an end to mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug offenders. And many in the legal community are pressing for better pay for assistant district attorneys, public defenders, and private attorneys appointed to defend the indigent.
“We’ll be there early on congratulating Lon on his appointment,” said Healy of the Massachusetts Bar Association, “but also trying to lobby him to do the right things and to make the right recommendations to the governor.”
Big news: Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will be hearing three cases in order to determine whether states should be allowed to ban same sex marriage and not recognize same sex marriages from other states.
Here in Virginia, it’s been an uphill battle to secure marriage equality for our LGBT friends, family, and neighbors. In October, we finally won that battle. But there are still *over a dozen states* that refuse to allow same sex couples to marry and receive the same benefits as other couples.
I’ve always said that every single Virginian should have the same opportunity to succeed, no matter their background or whom they love. We can’t stand idly by while states continue to violate the rights of their citizens by refusing marriage privileges to certain populations.
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Ask Chucky Leblanc's pals or your friends if anyone remembers me and my concerns about My Human and Civil Rights while I was assaulted etc in the DECH Looney Bin while Chucky and his buddies violated my privacy and blogged about it?
You and Chucky love to yap about such things N'esy Pas Andre Faust?
Longtime UNB lecturer alleges racism after being passed over for job Timothy Christie, who has taught part time at university for 10 years, has filed a human rights complaint By Connell Smith, CBC News Posted: Feb 20, 2018 4:00 AM AT
"Christie continues to work full time with Horizon Health and part time as a lecturer at UNB in Saint John."
Would you say that my Privacy was violated and that Horizon Health failed to settle with me?
Whereas this blog still exists to this very day, methinks my complaint is still ongoing. Furthermore many people within the QSLS Blog now work for you N'esy Pas Premier Gallant?
I'm not a David Amos fan but this email was sent to me last week.
I wonder what happen there??? Full Article ----------------------------- <...> Charles, David Amos had been picked up by the RCMP, upon false accusations, and put into the Chalmers Hospital.
This is a fate that is looming at the horizon for anybody who does not put up with the corruption in this country and especially in "the place to be". The dictators are running a tight ship, and they dont like it, when someone points out to them, that underneath that picturesque veneer is a big mess hidden.
Yesterday it was me and many others, today it is David, and tomorrow it can be You, and me again. Lets put petty bickering aside, and speak out against the real foe. Short before the mighty sowjet empire crumbled and fell, they used the same tactics, putting opponents into loonybins, people who did not appreciate their benevolent rulership, must be something wrong with their head. Think about it.
Danny Boy Thanx for defending me in chucky's blog.
And Thanx for blogging about my false imprisoment once again but this time it was the corrupt smiling bastards in my native land that did it to me. However I don't it is going to work out to well for them in the end than to one honest Doctor, a host of damned decent friends, one very Honourable Farmer friend, Werner Bock and some newfound blogger friends around the world.
The worm always turns it just that the bastard is very slow and one must be patient and keep your faith in mankind. The fact that Werner and you exist in theis wonderful old world forever proves to me thank not everyone is an evil bastard or a chickenshit.
Whereas The nasty French bastard Chucky leblanc is blogging about me once again and yet still blocking me as usual I will post my response to his comments about me with one word. BULLSHIT.
How was that for brief and to the point?
I will lay odds his latest blog about will go "poof" in cyberspace in short order so I made a point of saving as i ususally do and them emailing it to some of his political cronies for my benefit not theirs.
Monday, July 07, 2008 DAVID AMOS PICKED UP BY THE R.C.M.P.???
IMG_2389 Originally uploaded by Oldmaison I don't know if this is a joke?
I'm not a David Amos fan but this email was sent to me last week.
I wonder what happen there???
hello Charles!
Please keep me updated to what is happening inthe pictureprovinces capital and the forgotten hinterlands.
I like to make more comments, but it is to frustrating for me, a cyberspace dummy, to see to many labourosly written letters, getting lost in said realm
Charles, David Amos had been picked up by the RCMP, upon false accusations, and put into the Chalmers Hospital.
This is a fate that is looming at the horizont for anybody who does not put up with the corruption in this country and especially in " the place to be ". The dictators are running a tide ship, and they dont like it, when someone points out to them, that underneath that picturesque veneer is a big mess hidden.
Yesterday it was me and many others, today it is David, and tomorrow it can be You, and me again. Lets put petty bickering aside, and speak out against the real foe. Short before the mighty sowjet empire crumbled and fell, they used the same tactics, putting opponents into loonybins, people who did not appriciate their benevolent rulership, must be something wrong with their head. Tink about it.
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posted by Charles LeBlanc @ 3:04:00 PM 13 Comments
13 Comments: At 5:29 PM, July 07, 2008 , Anonymous said... I think the Guy is harmless. He May be off on another track somewhat but have seen worse like the sociopaths that work in Goverment and Police!
Do You think the Cows could have conspired to do it?
At 5:32 PM, July 07, 2008 , mikel said... Why not call the number and find out Charles? You may not be a 'fan', but you two have a lot in common. There was a post at Spinks last night that could be him, it was posted anonymously, but he's the only guy who calls people 'boy'.
You are always offering conspiracy stories about people out to get you, his actually make even more sense as he keeps evidence and talks about using the court system-even runs for parliament. By that token he's more 'dangerous' than you, and doesn't have a popular blog to keep him in the limelight enough to protect him.
Call the Chalmers and ask to speak with him and see what happens...
At 5:57 PM, July 07, 2008 , Charles LeBlanc said... Let the media use their contact to find out if this is true?
Not this blogger!!!!
I was sent an email and I blogged the issue.
My job is done!!!!
At 9:56 PM, July 07, 2008 , mikel said... The media is certainly not going to cover it, you are far better known and like you say, the media wouldn't cover your arrest at all. Fighting for people's rights is never 'done'. There are some people who did work for residential tenants acts and about YOUR ban. Ironically Mr. Amos' last blog was a link to www.charlesin thehouse.com asking why YOU got all the attention.
I seem to recall lots of blogs with pictures about the clown who was banned, but maybe past posters are right, and its only people who are nice to you that get any attention. Let's just hope people don't have the same attitude if it does happen that YOU get arrested. Whether you like somebody or not is irrelevant.
I don't know what Mr. Amos' story is and have never been able to follow it, but we certainly know from Charles' treatment and Bonnie O'dea's case that just about anything is possible.
At 10:28 PM, July 07, 2008 , Charles LeBlanc said... Listen Mike!!!
You cannot communicate with David!!!
It's an impossible task!!!!
I email him for an interview and he sent my request to everyone on his list.
What are his issues?
I don't know!!!!
Dan F tried to helped him and he turned against the guy.
Understand? You cannot do a story on a guy if he or she don't answer.
He sent me a picture and I blogged it. He quickly turned against me for using the picture.
I deleted the blog and pic. Tout fini!!! Understand Mike?
But you're right on one issue?
The Government could quickly get rid of the guy and nobody will ever know?
Scary eh?
He could end up like an Ashley Smith?
If he gets out? I'm sure we'll hear lots of story and I'm gonna get blasted for blogging his arrest.
See Mike? You can't win for trying?
Can't blame the media either.
C'est la vie!!!
Stay tuned!!
At 1:07 AM, July 08, 2008 , Anonymous said... He is a sick man. Hope he's getting some much-needed treatment!
At 6:38 AM, July 08, 2008 , Dan F said... "Mr. Amos' story is and have never been able to follow it"
David Amos: NB-NWO whistleblower Part 4 "When the Irving idiot Scotty Baby Agnew had the RCMP try to arrest me and have Google delete my blog about them and the nasty French Bastard Chucky Leblanc and then had Yahoo kill two of my email accounts, I laughed at them all and proved to the Irvings' lawyer and the MP Jim Prentice in a wink of an eye that I was far from done with them."
"Dan F tried to helped him and he turned against the guy."
Deservedly so - too many bloggers shoot their mouth off with nothing but ignorance or a corrupt agenda behind their words.
The longer the mindless Canadian and American populace let the Stasi lapdogs of the fiat-debt thieves run rampant over our land, the more repressive action you'll see against independent media.
At least everybody with a clue knows that Main $tream Media is fully co-opted, they'd print their newspapers with uranium-laced ink if their owners gave the command.
At 8:39 AM, July 08, 2008 , mikel said... Charles, don't mean to be contrary but virtually everything you've said about him has been said numerous times HERE about YOU. On numerous issues people have posted saying 'you just can't reason with the guy'. I don't particularly like being called 'mikey boy' and was often a target of Mr. Amos' criticism myself.
And like I said, if YOU were arrested there are lots who would say exactly the same thing as the above-'he needs help, I hope he gets it' and then move on.
The issue is not the PERSON, in order to raise the ire of lawyers, police, etc., you HAVE to be a bit of a malcontent. Most of us would just cry in our coffee and try to move on. The only reason Mr. Amos (and you I dare say) continue to tilt at windmills is BECAUSE you are belligerent, somewhat cantankerous SOB's.
I've heard Mr. Amos' called crazy, but then I've also heard YOU called crazy by a lot more people. We don't know the issue behind this, perhaps he IS crazy and maybe he was throwing rocks through people's windows.
You SHOULD blame the media, how many people tell YOU that they don't blame the media for ignoring all your letters? It's not pleasant is it? All it takes is a phone call to the DECH or the police station. Can you honestly say that if you get hauled away you wouldn't want people to put at least SOME effort into helping you? Will people just be going over to Spinks blog and saying 'well, he didn't give a rats ass about David Amos so why should we care about him?' I seem to recall a lot of effort in talking to Bonnie O'dea-was it just because she was nice to you and Mr. Amos wasn't? What the hell is the point of all that buddhist bullshit you keep posting when you don't even seem to pay attention to it. Sorry guy, don't mean to be belligerent, but being a blogger sometimes means rising above pettiness. Otherwise, it makes perfect sense that Irving's press ignores you-after all, you haven't been very 'nice' to them (and have been even more cantakerous towards them than Mr. Amos has been to you).
At 9:00 AM, July 08, 2008 , Anonymous said... Charles can be annoying. Amos is crazy and hopefully he'll get the help he needs in hospital.
At 11:05 AM, July 08, 2008 , just cruisin' through said... mikel, why don't YOU actually do something if you're so interested. Charles at least blogged it. What have YOU done?
At 12:26 PM, July 08, 2008 , Anonymous said... It is simply NOT TRUE, as Mikel suggests, that a person can be commited to a mental health facility on the basis of a phone call to hospital or police. That may have been true in 1950, but not today! If Mr. Amos has been hospitalized, it's on the basis of reliable evidence.
btw, I've had dealings with Mr. Amos. He very sincerely believes not only that all lawyers and all politicians and all cops and all civil servants are corrupt, but also that there is a massive conspiracy against him, involving all these people, and the CIA, which he belives is actively trying to kill him, and the media, and Charles, and many many many others. I'm just saying...
At 1:53 PM, July 08, 2008 , Charles LeBlanc said... Mike...Mike...Mike???
Look what Dan F posted?
He blames me for the deleting of his yahoo account.
I wonder why?
I just send his emails to my soam box. < Just like many people do with mine >
If I had a chance to know his concerns?
I would be behind him but I don't!
I did the guy one favor?
I blogged the issue so people would know he's been picked up by the R.C.M.P.!
Will David Amos be grateful for what I did?
Of course not!!!
Anyone who tried to help the guy? He turns against them!!!!
C'est la vie!!!
But lets wait and see what's going to happen?
The number is on the blog Mike. Call the guy who sent me the email.
At 1:59 PM, July 08, 2008 , Charles LeBlanc said... One more thing Mike?
If I'm ever picked up by the Police and sent to a mental ward?
I assigned three people to watch over my situation very closely.
In this line of business? You got to be prepare.
Especially when you go against the Irvings, the government and the Police!!!!
Everything is prepared!!!!
YEA RIGHT TELL ANOTHER ONE CHUCKY BABY. you know THREE HONEST PEOPLE WHO WILL BACK UP YOUR NONSENSE??? NEED I SAY BULLSHIT ONCE AGAIN???
FYI FOURTEEN HONEST MEN HAVE MY DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY. i TRUST EACH OF THEM WITH MY LIFE AND THE FUTURE OF MY SEED. EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM ARE DAMNED DECENT MEN WITH FINE FAMILIES WHO LOVE ME AS WIERD OLD UNCLE DAVE. THEY ARE ALL SEPTS TO MY CLAN IF YOU MAMA WISHES TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THAT IS SOMETIME.
Everybody and his dog knows you ain't no friend of mine Chucky Baby. You have never done me one favour yet but you have certainly slander me alot. I see that some of you friends are starting to see the real you and your bullshit don't fly anymore EH?
Too Bad So Sad. Live by the sword die by the sword as they say. I warned ya I was a hell of blogger when we first met in 2004 and gave you a computer Remember Frenchy? I just don't brag about it to the world tis all.
Tell your bullshitting buddy Mikey Baby Archibald that I never post Anon comments but there are a couple dudes in cyberspace that pretend to be me that do. Who knows one of them could be you. Correct?
You do a WCIE posting for from time to time in your name. N'est Pas? It ain't a big leap from there to pretending to be somebody else. Correct?
Danny Boy and Richy baby have integrity as for you Chucky you and your Fake Left friends in Fat Fred City don't even know what the word means.
You are so full yourself Chucky its unbeleivable Thus you must be made of bullshit N'est Pas?
I quite trying to post comments in your blog months. You know why as well as I It was the very same day you made your last blog about me go "Poof" Remember Frenchy?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25631432/ <...> One of the doctors who came up with the protocol said it's the safest option out there and that it is used all over the country.
But many people said that the injection was news to them, and a top medical ethicist said it's a troubling precedent.
The drug is called Midazolam, which is better known as Versed. People who have had a colonoscopy have probably had a shot of the drug for the procedure.
"The drug has an amnesia effect, and we use that therapeutically because one of the nice ways to take care of the discomfort is to make people forget that they've had it," said biomedical ethics and law enforcement expert Dr. Steven Miles. <...> "I've talked to my colleagues around the country, and none of the people from the south to the north to the east to the west have ever heard about this kind of program, this kind of use where they basically force an injection upon an individual knowing nothing about his or her medical condition," said ACLU Director Hedy Weinberg.
I repeat what planet are you from Chucky Baby? I gave you evidence of murder four years ago and gave Richy Baby the same stuff on Canada Day this year. I told you to give the stuff to Brad Green and you whimped out and attacked me and now Richy is playing dumb and won't give it to T.J. burke or his lawyer.
FYI Do what you wish with your god amned blog obviously I already saved it and posted in Danny boy's domain. You and yopur WCIEs have blocked me for years as your tagged teamed me with your Fake Left malice and yet you bastards feel free to allow corrupt cops and politicians to slander me in your blog as my family suffers through the trials of Job?
If there is ever a trial in Federal Court in Fat Fred City I will call you and Richy Baby and your Iron Horse of lawyer to testify about your maliciopus nonsense as we discuss hard copy of your blogs that I already saved long ago.
Say Hoka Hey to your little indian "Blogger General" and your buddies Scotty Baby agnew and his very nasty lawyer wife who is a bigtime buddy of your old pal Kelly Lamrock. Then them for me that I hope to to Cya'll in Court or Hell C'est la meme chose N'est Pas Frenchy?
At 1:59 PM, July 08, 2008 , Charles LeBlanc said... One more thing Mike?
If I'm ever picked up by the Police and sent to a mental ward?
I assigned three people to watch over my situation very closely.
In this line of business? You got to be prepare.
Especially when you go against the Irvings, the government and the Police!!!!
Everything is prepared!!!!
At 12:30 AM, July 09, 2008 , Anonymous said... there are people in need of the mental health services and if you fight against or speak out,you may be given these services against your will! It is a tool for those in power to use against the poor and uneducated!
At 5:10 PM, July 09, 2008 , Anonymous said... Let's see...Mr Amostruly believes politicians, civil servants and police are corrupt and out to harm or kill him. Hmmmmm...sounds like a blogger I know. If Amos was really picked up and taken to the psyc ward you hadbetter watch your back Charlie. You could be next. Be afraid...be very afraid.
At 11:47 AM, July 13, 2008 , Anonymous said... "You got to be prepare. Especially when you go against the Irvings, the government and the Police" Well Charels add a little Latin at the end of your rants and you start to sound a heck of a lot like Mr Amos.
Looks like covert Yankee Feds are worried about Canadian Feds versus mean old me today EH?.
BTW danny Boy I wish you would pick sides and quit being so buddy buddy with my nasty French enemy Chucky Baby Leblanc. You and Richy Baby can't sit on the fence and be friends to he and his pal T.J. Burke and mean old me at the same time.
FYI Richy Baby asked my advice recently about running for leader of the PC Party and I just shook my head at the nonsense of it all and suggested that he sprout some balls and give T.J. Burke the documents and CD I gave around his birthday just before the smiling bastardfs locked me up.
When I look on the web and see that Chucky Baby and the new MLA the ex cop from Fat Fred City Carl Urquart crossed paths in Harvey and are now great pals, I see Red and wanna call Wally Stiles again.
For the record it was Carl Urquart and his buddy Greggy Baby Thompson the MP and Minister (they share and office a couple hundred yards from where I was staying for the past year just outside of Fat fred City) that made the false allegatiions that allowed the RCMP to get me locked up in the looney bin for a bit. The doctors who got sucked in by the RCMP bullshit about me were.
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Have a look at the malicous nonse Depupty Dog is spewing out about me lately methinks he is finally shitting bricks.
For the record whatever happened between me and Doctors was intensely private and Chucky Baby had no right to blog about it whatsoever particularly while I was locked and could not respond.
Reread what the nasty bastards said of me. Only you defended me. Small wonder why Chucky was begging me to comment or offering to make the blog go "poof" eh? No doubt the light dawned on the marble heads of Mikey Baby Archibald or his dumb Iron horse of a lawyer. N'est Pas?
What if I were truly nuts or suicidal as Chucky claimed? Could that bullshit have tipped me over the edge? For the record I have a strong feeling the nasty bastard that talked of dealing with me and of my fear of the CIA is none other than T.J. Burke but I can't prove it. That said I have had no dealings with the CIA whatsoever. It was the US Secert Service, the US Marshalls, the FBI, The RCMP, National Security and the Department of Homeland Security the US Treasury and a host of others whom i have fought tooth and nail with over the years. Not once did I cross paths with the CIA except if you count when I was dealing with the 911 Commission just before Paul Martin flew down to Washington and met with a couple of them right after they left the oval office early. Check history. Maybe I will show you the proof sometime but I have sent you lots already that you have done nothing with. The Obama and McCain file or the Elections Canada files were both timely and wicked yet you didn't say boo about them. How Come? The other day you were quick to point out that I slipped up and forgot to attach a sound file. Hows that for confusing?
As you justifiably tear Stevey Boy Harper and his many cohorts brand new arseholes with your emails and blogs rest assured Chucky Leblanc will never back you up if you find yourself in hot water. Never forget I am the dude with the big stick to pound on the public corruption with not him. Murder is still a Capital Crime and there is no statute of limitations. Correct?
Why won't your buddy Chucky and his Fake Left friends help you?
I gave you the ticket to ride against the crooks on your birthday anyway and you did nothing with it as you just laughed at my family's troubles. Remember it was just before I got locked up for the weekend of July 4th and everybody and his dog had a lot of fun teasing me. Couldn't ya tell when we last met that I was really pissed off but obviously did nothing about it until my kids went back to the USA?
Furthermore I already helped you lots. I gave you the same documents and CD that I am showing in these Youtubes and told ya to give it to your MLA T.J. Burke and backed you up with many emails. I have no doubt you would get what you wanted in your concerns about money if you had the balls to do as I suggested. Instead I watch you and Chucky supporting the nasty bastards such as Carl Urqhart and you said to me that you wanted to run for leader of his god damned party? Incredible to say the least. Do you really think I would agree with such nonsense? Who the hell do you think is working against me just Santa Claus and the other fellas in red coats?
Anyone can see Chucky's and T.J. Burke's buddies in the RCMP who assaulted me on July 4th are harassing me in Fat Fred City and of how I have no respect for their severe lack of integrity. Why would i be different with anyone else? I did introduced you to one of the dearest things in life to me did I not? He is what is important not the games people play with me. As I said when I am ten years dead only he and his sisters will remember me and love me enough to visit my grave. Everybody else just wants to make a deal to their advantage.
Now T. J. Burke and his cohorts in Fat Fred City mean less than nothing to me. I am only hanging around Fat Fred City long enough to file some lawsuits I promised I would after the writ was finally dropped in the next election. then am offf and running and chasing the RCMP like hell. Hell I may even run for parliament somewhere else just for shits and giggles.
At least I got one response even if it did came from an ethical computer owned by a crooked lawyer.
Hell Dizzy Lizzy May ain't bothered to answer the Hard Copy of all the documents and CD that I sent her byway registered mail over a year ago. Check Youtube Timmy Baby.
I also noticed that your blogger buddy Chucky Leblanc claimed that your other buddy Jacky Boy Carr was filing a Human Rights complaint on behalf of rural folks that don't have a stab at high speed internet in "The Place To BE" ?
Well excuse me didn't Javky Boy's hero Little Bernie Lord promise that a long long time ago? But all these years later the Fat Cats and the welfare dudes in Fat Fred City have high speed wireless for free and rural folks are stuck with Xplornet at twice the rate and half the speed. Perhaps somebody should ask my friend Werner Bock his opinion about that sad fact. The high speed wireless line goes right though the middle of his farm but he cannot have access to it.
Didn't your Neo con buddies Kirk MacDonald and David Alward have a photo op giving the Barrett crooks in Woodstock a fat check for a cool million or so just before Bernie had the writ dropped in 2006? How come Jacky Boy Carr wasn't protesting the Human Rights of it all when he was running against and losing to that drunken lawyer from Chipman? I ran in that election too against the "Not So Good" Dr Ed Doherty while intervening in the Emera Pipeline matter remember? Or how about when Xplornet cancelled my email account through my farmer friend Werner Bock's account months after I had introduced him to Susan Butterfield? Ain't that interesting? Notice when the Town cops in Woodstock tried to run me out of town when I went up there to cross paths with the Barrett crooks amongst other things?
It certainly appears that everybody has Human Rights in "The Place to BE" excepting of course Werner Bock, my kids and I. Merely because arseholes such as Chucky Leblanc and you portray me as Public Enemy # 1 while others claim I am a pedophile who abuses my own Little Darlins?
Need I say that all you sneaky little snakes can lick each other's arses eat shit and die for all I care now Tiny Timmy. Insult me some more I will relish every word of it in court soon.
Here is a little proof that I am a man of my word.
From: Green Party of Canada Leader's Office leadersoffice@greenparty.ca Date: 2008/10/16 Subject: Thank you / Merci Re: So I am public enemy #1 EH Tiny Timmy? To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Thank you for your email to the Green Party of Canada Leader's Office. We are currently receiving a very high number of emails. A response to your email may take longer than usual. We appreciate your understanding. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merci d'avoir contacté le bureau de la Chef du Parti Vert du Canada. Nous recevons présentement un nombre important de courriel et notre de délai de réponse est donc plus long qu'en temps normal. Merci de votre compréhension, nous vous répondrons aussitôt que possible.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM Subject: So I am public enemy #1 EH Tiny Timmy? To: tim4nm@gmail.com, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, spinks08@hotmail.com, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, ken.cook@fredericton.ca, Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca, richard.dearden@gowlings.com, rick.miles@gnb.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com, fbinhct@leo.gov, forest@conservationcouncil.ca, "layton. j" Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca> Cc: don-ketchum@coldwellbanker.ca, dwayne@hayesrealty.ca, keving.price@pcnb.org, Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca, campaign@robertmacleod2008.ca, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca, info@votedebbiemccann.ca, nb.premier@gmail.com, premier@gnb.ca, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, danf@danf.net, injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, webo@xplornet.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com
What part of that statement should I find funny arsehole?
Since you can't read before you write perhaps you should watch some Youtubes
BTW You really should have listened to the links in this email BEFORE you decided to tease me about my false imprisonment in Fat Fred City like your blogger hero Chucky Leblanc did while I was locked up. I have Human Rights too Timmy Baby.
Although the sneaky doctors were quick to let me out of the Looney Bin the instant I served a pile of documents upon them the matter is FAR from over. Everybody forgot my right to privacy as the crooks within the "Place to BE" failed to con the doctors into calling me mentally ill. Everybody clammed up about it as soon as I discovered Chucky and Danny Boy's blogs. Now months later you decide to tease me after your hero stevey boy Harper got another minor kick at the can?
Have you got a lawyer Timmy baby? Perhaps he/she should listen to the the Yankee wiretap tapes within the links you admitted receiving as you insulted me.
Whereas you and Chucky and Spinksy to name a few all block Free Speech as I try to defend my family and myself while you arseholes make fun of our plight. I will post this and the other emails you received tonight in Danny Boy's blog about Chucky's blog about my false imprisonment. Feel free to argue me in public right here Timmy Baby.
Methinks I will make a Youtube about you and Chucky Leblanc and all your strange bedfellows in Fat Fred City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPkRu0dNPUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga2phTOe9es
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVg5vwndSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkdNTrHjpk8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMGvoUJDrCU
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: tim4nm@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:53 PM Subject: Re: So you are a Harper man EH Tiny Timmy? To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
I'm glad you liked that Dave. I would have enjoyed having my picture with Dion too if I knew sooner that he was coming. My source sent me a message that Harper was coming so off I went.
Nobody said no to me because they all know me or my family.
That photo op was sweet timing. Downside is I'm painted big time blue across Canada now.
Here in NM I'm trying to give everyone a shot but this woman running is ignoring me.
I called her yesterday to talk about her flyer and her campaign manager called me back. I said thanks but I'll speak to her too. Gave my daytime phone and said call me tomorrow.
She calls during the day at home and leaves a message basically blowing me off and that she's already talked to the mayor about stuff in the Village.
So what? Am I a piece of shit? I wanted to talk. Don't care about the mayor.
Not a good first impression.
Carr on the other hand has been friendly with me since I met him at the village golf tournament. Better first impression.
Now about you. Don't leave cryptic comments on the blog. My blog is to appear a nice happy place but I can't have public enemy number 1 (you) leaving mysterious messages. Okay?
So where are you? Were you in jail or something I saw? You okay now?
------Original Message------ From: David Amos Sender: To: Me Cc: premier@gnb.ca Cc: keving.price@pcnb.org Cc: Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca Cc: campaign@robertmacleod2008.ca Cc: bruce.fitch@gnb.ca Cc: Charles LeBlanc Cc: info@votedebbiemccann.ca Cc: nb.premier@gmail.com Cc: David Alward Cc: danf@danf.net Cc: injusticecoalition@hotmail.com Subject: So you are a Harper man EH Tiny Timmy? Sent: Oct 16, 2008 8:32 PM
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:38 PM Subject: If you wanna play Hard Ball so be it Call the RCMP and say Hoka Hey to T.J. Burke To: psquire@ctic.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca Cc: corporate.communications@firstam.com, cgaska@firstam.com, investor.relations@firstam.com, apeart@ctic.ca, debsmith@fnf.com, dkmurphy@fnf.com
This ain't no game Mr. Squires. I am as serious as a heart attack.
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:57 PM Subject: Methinks that your new blogger buddy Tiny Timmy should read before he writes EH Chucky Leblanc To: don-ketchum@coldwellbanker.ca, dwayne@hayesrealty.ca, keving.price@pcnb.org, Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca, campaign@robertmacleod2008.ca, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, info@votedebbiemccann.ca, nb.premier@gmail.com, premier@gnb.ca, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, danf@danf.net, injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, webo@xplornet.com Cc: "Harper.S@parl.gc.ca" Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, "spinks08@hotmail.com" spinks08@hotmail.com, "wally.stiles@gnb.ca" wally.stiles@gnb.ca, "william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca" william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "layton. j" Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, "ken.cook@fredericton.ca" ken.cook@fredericton.ca, "Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca" Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca, richard.dearden@gowlings.com, rick.miles@gnb.ca, Byron Prior alltrue@nl.rogers.com, "fbinhct@leo.gov" fbinhct@leo.gov, "forest@conservationcouncil.ca" forest@conservationcouncil.ca
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: tim4nm@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Remember me Don Ketchum and Dwayne Hayes? I am still mad as hell a Colwell Bankers To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Dang David, I usually love this stuff but I'm having a hard enough time focusing on my own crap right now.
I'll give it a shot because it's entertaining but forgive me if I don't remember everything.
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:34:19 To: tim4nm@gmail.com Subject: Fwd: Remember me Don Ketchum and Dwayne Hayes? I am still mad as hell a Colwell Bankers
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:14 PM Subject: Remember me Don Ketchum and Dwayne Hayes? I am still mad as hell a Colwell Bankers To: don-ketchum@coldwellbanker.ca, dwayne@hayesrealty.ca, keving.price@pcnb.org, "Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca" Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca, campaign@robertmacleod2008.ca, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca Cc: "oldmaison@yahoo.com" oldmaison@yahoo.com, info@votedebbiemccann.ca, nb.premier@gmail.com, premier@gnb.ca, "David.ALWARD@gnb.ca" David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net, Richard Harris injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, webo@xplornet.com
Coldwell Banker Classic Realty Manager: Don Ketchum Address: 27 Main Street Saint John, NB E2M3M9 Office Phone: (506) 632-1300 Fax: (506) 632-1301 Email: don-ketchum@coldwellbanker.ca
Yey I know the dumb newfy Fabian Manning is now in the Senate with the othe Maritimers the evil Dwarf Mikey Duffy. the nasty little frenchman Mockler along with the liberal crooks such as Irving's evil little lawyer Joe Day and Tony Merchant's dumb wifey but at least Google telling me of my goof proves that the rest of the crooks got this email as they try hard to pretend that I don't exist Correct?
Yea for the Integrity of dumb machines that can only count to one many times very fast when parliamentarians fail to uphold the public trust and protect the public interests EH?
If nothing else Tommy boy young can never say that I am not a man of my word N'est Pas Stevey Boy Harper? I bet you wish that dummies Dion, Ducceppe and layton had the reins of power right about now instead of you having to kiss Iggy's nasty arse twice a week EH?
I must say that you fancy dudes are incredibly funny in a very sick sort of way once one understands the scene. It is a small wonder to me why shakespeare is still so popular and timely throughout the centiuries. It is the same shit just a different day. Hell some of the fancy clothes are still the same.
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Now that all the budgets are in the red and lots of folks lost lots of money and our grandkids will be paying for you malice forever methinks that folks don't think I am so looney anymore. However I always knew that you and your liberal and neo con cohorts and most people who work high up for the CROWN were as crooked as hell.EH? Let just say I am gonna enjoy watching corporate media dudes and the CBC arseholes get the axe as the economy goes in the toilet.
Feel free to sue me if you disagree but i will lays odds that I sue you first.
Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:57:27 -0300 Subject: Yo Tommy Boy Young I wonder who in West Palm Beach just Googled "doria g. bachenheimer" to find mean old me? Could be Lord Conrad Black's little wifey? To: dgr@uottawa.ca, MartiK@parl.gc.ca, vancouverletters@metronews.ca, MartiK1@parl.gc.ca, agclarke@istar.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, vanlop1@parl.gc.ca, danf@danf.net, oldmaison@yahoo.com, victor.boudreau2@gnb.ca, injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, graham@grahamsteele.ca, rmoir@unbsj.ca, stoffp1@parl.gc.ca, tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com Cc: Michel.Chossudovsky@uottawa.ca, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov, afrey afrey@mayerbrown.com, Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is, jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mleger@stu.ca, jwalker@stu.ca, plee@stu.ca
BTW guess who is blogging this email with great glee?
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 23:24:32 -0300 Subject: RE: RE: [BULK] Perhaps your boss James Moore as Minister of Heritage should read what you bounced back to me real slow EH Lady? To: inquiry.admin@oliphantcommission.ca, b_mcloughlin@rogers.blackberry.net Cc: schreiberbarbel@aol.com, sennecke@karlheinzschreiber.ca, "Ignatieff. M" Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca, "Harper.S@parl.gc.ca" Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, "Duceppe. G" Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca, "Jack - M.P. Layton" Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, "Casey. B" Casey.B@parl.gc.ca, "Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca" Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca
Ms. Godbout.
Thank you for the ethical response. I find it interesting after your associates in the Air India Commission and in this Commission ignored me for so long and only after the Heritage Minister assistant offended me. That said I won't judge your motives because i am happy that you acknowleged that I exist even if Oliphant, Karlheinz Schreiber and his old buddy Brian Mulroney won't.
I may publish this email for the benefit of the public trust and to protect my Clan's rights and interests. I am certain that Barry McLoughlin and every lawyer working with you today withiin the Oliphant Commission would do the same.
I must say that it warms my mean old soul and helps to renew my faith in mankind to see a little integrity now and then. If anyone attempts to bother you for sending me a simple acknowledgement of my existence and concerns, please do not hestitate to let me know. As you no doubt can tell I am too dumb to know fear and fiercely defend decent folks against any malicious foe no matter who they may be.
Lets just say it is one of those things that I do that legions of parliamentarians, bureaucrats, lawyers and cops fail to appreciate. Trust that I don't care about the opinions of corrupt individuals who fail to uphold their oaths and the rule of law for their own benefit and not the benefit of the public interests and trust.
I may be wrong but if there is is one thing I know it is men. I believe Oliphant may have a surprise served upon him after all of Mulroney's words are properly recorded in the public record.. If so rest assured I will die laughing. I did in fact have a brief conversation with Karlheinz Schreiber when I said I did. When that sneaky old German judge called me back the next day and lied to me I dismissed the old crook in a hearbeat. However I do recognize the fact that that old coot ain't dumb and that he no doubt wants to stay in Canada and out of jail as long as possible. I think he knows that I ain't playing games with my children's future and he must beware of all the gossip about me versus the bankers and US Treasury Dept by now. Google my name and see for yourself. Hell even some lawyers a calling me back now and talking real nice to me. Methinks the crows smell money and political gain by siding with me after all these years.
Oliphant and his crew should be very careful that I don't sue them all personaly some day after their task to protect the public interest in this ridiculous sideshow is over. If I opt to do so relax you are the one person that I won't invite you to the circus merely because you displayed a little integrity with a simple email that I am entitled to anyway.
Best Regards Dave
-----Original Message----- From: "Admin, Inquiry" inquiry.admin@oliphantcommission.ca Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:30:59 -0400 Subject: RE: [BULK] Perhaps your boss James Moore as Minister of Heritage should read what you bounced back to me real slow EH Lady? To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Mr. Amos, I acknowledge receipt of the emails that you sent on May 19, 2009. Regards, G. Gail Godbout Sr. Administration Officer/ Agente principale d'administration Commission Oliphant Commission
-----Original Message----- From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:58 PM To: deirdra.mccracken@pch.gc.ca; sbindman@justice.gc.ca; jgj@aikins.com; Admin, Inquiry; rod_snow@davis.ca; dkcarroll@chcbarristers.com; newbroom2003@yahoo.ca; jim.hamm@rci.rogers.com; andrew.krystal@atlanticradio.rogers.com; graham@grahamsteele.ca; ryan; premier@gov.ns.ca; office; Edith. Cody-Rice; jacques_poitras; acampbell; tomp. young Cc: oldmaison@yahoo.com; Richard Harris; Akoschany; mackenzie.cg@forces.gc.ca; radjt@ppcli.com; rmaj@ppcli.com; mackay. p; thompson. g; pierre.lapointe@vac-acc.gc.ca; Jody.McDougall@vac-acc.gc.ca; pierrette.lacroix@elections.ca; janet.maclean@international.gc.ca; Dino.Testa@cpc-cpp.gc.ca; lucie.drouin@chrc-ccdp.ca; gsmith@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca; Peter.Cenne@cra-arc.gc.ca; DuquetteN@agr.gc.ca Subject: [BULK] Perhaps your boss James Moore as Minister of Heritage should read what you bounced back to me real slow EH Lady? Importance: Low
Then perhaps he should explain to you just how pigheaded sons of the certain Clans can be. If all else fails perhaps a clever lawyer will translate the meaning of my Clan's motto for you as you try to pretend that you care about our Heritage when in truth all you care about is keeping your job and your pension benefits. Correct?.
Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: deirdra.mccracken@pch.gc.ca Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 15:33:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Fwd: BTW Mark Taylor I called Sgt. Claude Tremblay 506-452-4252 and managed to have a talk with a cop about you and Leonard Gold. To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Please stop e-mailing me. Thank you.
----------------------------Deirdra McCracken Directrice des communications / Director of CommunicationsCabinet de l'hon. James Moore / Office of the Hon. James Moore Sent from my handheld.
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 01:48:19 -0300 Subject: RE: KRYSTAL THE INGENUOUS INGENUE COCKSURE CONVEYOR OF CRAP AND HIS POLITICAL COHORTS To: newbroom2003@yahoo.ca, jim.hamm@rci.rogers.com, andrew.krystal@atlanticradio.rogers.com, "graham@grahamsteele.ca" graham@grahamsteele.ca, ryan ryan@ryanwatson.ca, "premier@gov.ns.ca" premier@gov.ns.c, office office@liberal.ns.ca, "Edith. Cody-Rice" Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, jacques_poitras jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, acampbell acampbell@ctv.ca Cc: "tomp. young" tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" oldmaison@yahoo.com, Richard Harris injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, Akoschany Akoschany@ctv.ca
Too bad so sad that you dudes don't have the balls to have a name EH? You freely offer unsolicited advice to others about how to handle their legal affairs and trouble with the RCMP etc. However what good is it if such advice comes from a whimp who is not willing to stand behind his own words with a name either in his emails or blog? To put it bluntly you dudes are merely a worthless farts in cyberspace without a true ID. If you are all that clever and ethical why not run for public office and save all our poor souls? I did so four time thus far but to no avail other than ridicule from such ools as Kyrstal and the his cohorts in the RCMP and the CBC etc. Oh yea I forgot to run for public office you must have a name to put on the ballot.
That said I do agree with nearly every word you dudes opted to publish in a fine but very chickenshit fashion.
http://deepthroatcove.blogspot.com/
I agree furthermore Andy Baby is more than mere idiot as he claims. He is one nasty fucking arsehole in my humble opinion. But what do i know I am am just another pissed off Maritimer and Andy Baby is the know it all Upper Canadian who is A HERO IN HIS OWN MIND and the great I AM who thinks he is the king of Siam instead of just another PEEVISH, PETTY, PERVERSE and minor media whore like every other CBC or CTV dude etc etc..
Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos
From: Andrew Krystal andrew.krystal@atlanticradio.rogers.com Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:51:51 -0400 Subject: RE: Fw: Danny Williams and the real reasons for his "ABC," (Anything But Conservative), campaign in 2008 ( REVISED). To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
I can't read all of your emails when I see them come in because of volume.
I don't know you, so I wouldn't know who you were on the phone. Call in anytime and I fear not. Of what do I have to be afraid? I'm just doing a radio show and eentertaining people.
Tell me I'm an idiot on the air, whatever you wish. The more the merrier!
From: LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:01:47 -0500 Subject: Thank you for writing / Merci pour votre courriel To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
We would like to acknowledge receipt and thank you for your correspondence. Please be assured your comments and views are valued as all emails receive proper attention. If required, we will be providing a specific reply to your concern.
If you would like information concerning the work of our team of New Democrat MPs and our latest policies, please visit our website at: http://www.ndp.ca.
Again, thank you for writing.
All the best,
Office of Jack Layton, MP (Toronto-Danforth)Leader, Canada's New Democrats
Nous avons bien reçu votre correspondance et tenons à vous remercier. Sachez que nous tiendrons compte de vos commentaires, car tous les courriels reçoivent l'attention voulue. Nous répondons aussi directement à certaines préoccupations, le cas échéant.
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Nous vous remercions encore une fois de nous avoir écrit.
Sincères salutations,
Bureau de Jack Layton, député de Toronto-Danforth Chef du Nouveau Parti démocratique du Canada
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:01:03 -0400 Subject: i JUST CALLED AND TRIED TO TALK TO The "Honourable" Peter Cory AND HIS PEOPLE LAUGH AT ME? To: info@ocsec-bccst.gc.ca, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" oldmaison@yahoo.com, "moore.r@parl.gc.ca" moore.r@parl.gc.ca Cc: pm pm@pm.gc.ca, IgnatM IgnatM@parl.gc.ca, LaytoJ LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca, stoffp1 stoffp1@parl.gc.ca, duceppe.g@parl.gc.ca, "terry.seguin" terry.seguin@cbc.ca
From: IgnatM@parl.gc.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:29:31 -0500 Subject: Acknowledgement - Accusé réception To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Le français suit....
On behalf of the Leader of the Opposition, we would like to acknowledge receipt of your email.
Due to the large volume of correspondence we receive, it may take some time before we can respond, but please note that your thoughts are always appreciated and taken into consideration.
Thank you for taking the time to write to Michael Ignatieff.
Sincerely,
The Office of Michael Ignatieff, M.P.
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From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:39:20 -0700 Subject: Re: RE Mr Baconfat's timely response Trust that there is nothing wrong with my emails. Google makes certain of it To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, fundytides@gmail.com, "Paul. Harpelle" Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca, "thompson. g" thompson.g@parl.gc.ca, "rick.hancox" rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, "rick.doucet" rick.doucet@gnb.ca, "Brent.Taylor" Brent.Taylor@vac-acc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, spinks08@hotmail.com, "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com, nbpolitico nbpolitico@gmail.com, gypsy-blog gypsy-blog@hotmail.com, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net, "carl. davies" carl.davies@gnb.ca, Evatt Merchant emerchant@merchantlaw.com, mackay01 mackay01@canada.com, "MacKay.P" MacKay.P@parl.gc.cam, Mackay.P@forces.gc.ca, john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca, william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Public.Affairs-Affaires.Publiques@cse-cst.gc.ca, drbilldeagle drbilldeagle@hotmail.com, drcarley drcarley@drcarley.com Cc: info@gg.ca, info@pco-bcp.gc.ca, cse-seo cse-seo@sen.parl.gc.ca, BillRobinsonCanada@yahoo.ca, "terry.seguin" terry.seguin@cbc.ca
Again be advised that any communications from David Raymond Amos is spam. Be also advised that all e mails, limnks or attachments contain viruses as noted by Shaw security.
I would also inform all here that there are several outstanding warrants in the US for Mr Amos' arrest
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: fundytides@gmail.com; "Paul. Harpelle" Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca; "thompson. g" thompson.g@parl.gc.ca; "rick.hancox" rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca; "rick.doucet" rick.doucet@gnb.ca; "Brent.Taylor" Brent.Taylor@vac-acc.gc.ca; oldmaison@yahoo.com; spinks08@hotmail.com; "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com; "nbpolitico" nbpolitico@gmail.com; "gypsy-blog" gypsy-blog@hotmail.com; "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; "Barry Winters" sunrayzulu@shaw.ca; "carl. davies"<carl.davies@gnb.ca; "Evatt Merchant" emerchant@merchantlaw.com; "mackay01" mackay01@canada.com; "MacKay.P" MacKay.P@parl.gc.com; Mackay.P@forces.gc.ca; john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca; william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca; Public.Affairs-Affaires.Publiques@cse-cst.gc.ca; "drbilldeagle" drbilldeagle@hotmail.com; "drcarley" drcarley@drcarley.com Cc: info@gg.ca; info@pco-bcp.gc.ca; "cse-seo" cse-seo@sen.parl.gc.ca; BillRobinsonCanada@yahoo.ca; "terry.seguin" terry.seguin@cbc.ca Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:45 AM Subject: RE Mr Baconfat's timely response Trust that there is nothing wrongwith my emails. Google makes certain of it
Check the following links to government website and contact the new CSE Commissioner if you do not trust my attachment.
Minister of National Defence Mr. Dan Dugas Director of Communications 613-996-3100
Information: 1-866-377-0811/613-996-2353 After hours: 613-792-2973 www.forces.gc.ca
The Honourable Peter Cory, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada C/o Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner P.O. Box 1984, Station "B" Ottawa, ON K1P 5R5
I am the whistblower who caused this hearing and legions of people know it. Ask yourself where the Trancripts and webcasts of it went and when and why.
Whatever this zionist falsely claims is pure bullshit. There were no attachments to the email he just acknowledged. However no the is is one
FYI I do use this malicious former military spin doctor's actions to prove that others have received my info. Good luck with your conscience now EH ART MACKAY?
Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos
NOBODY SHOULD THREATEN TO KILL MY CHILDREN AND PUBLISH IT AND THINK THAT I WILL IGNORE THEM. IF THE RCMP REFUSE REFUSE TO ACT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT SO BE IT. I WILL SUE THE CROWN FOR ITS SUPPORT OF SUCH OBVIOUS MALICE
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:04:29 -0600 Subject: YOU and your crazy kids should die To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
September 29, 2009 Oh Dear the great unwashed writes again Does this sound "normal"? Does anyone know what it means?
If in fact you do return to your so called Zion in short order Methinks (The spelling of that was a big tell of Mr Baconfat's within Youtube N'esy Pas Cpl Kevin Jackson)your purported old buddy Gaby may want to have a long talk with you in confidence. In my humble opinion I don't think your old Mama will be able to protect your fat nasty arse this time N'esy Pas Mr Baconfat?Veritas VincitDavid Raymond AmosBTW Round # 3 is fought off the Internet in real space and time guess who get to pick the day and the ground? Bone up on the ART of WAR pussy you made a hell of an enemy who does thing as cool as a cucumber. Wiseguys know that revenge is a plate best served up cold EH Iggy?
So first thing is going to Eretz Yisrael is NOT referred to going to Zion by anyone. YOU couldn't find Eretz Yisrael on the best day you every had...and even that is moot...because YOU can not get a passport.
The day before yesterday in an e mail you spoke of "round 1" Yesterday's e mail spoke of round 2..Today it is round 3 ...Earlier todar you told Dana Durnford..this means war....whats next "defcon 1"! lol
Oh Dear what would an uneducated, couth, semiliterate child molester ..know about the Art of War.... Cheers Posted by Seren at 9:53 AM 0 comments
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ENJOY MR BACONFAT
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:29:24 -0400 Subject: Fwd: [Just Dave] New comment on For the record. I did warn Mr Baconfat I was a Hell of a blogger EH Chucky Leblanc? To: info@ocsec-bccst.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, moore.r@parl.gc.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca, IgnatM@parl.gc.ca, LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca, stoffp1@parl.gc.ca, duceppe.g@parl.gc.ca, terry.seguin@cbc.ca Cc: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca, danadurf danadurf@hotmail.com, Byron Prior alltrue@nl.rogers.com, "Jack.Keir2" Jack.Keir2@gnb.ca, "jack. carr" jack.carr@gnb.ca, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net, "spinks08@hotmail.com" spinks08@hotmail.com, "aleblanc.mla" aleblanc.mla@nb.aibn.com, "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com, nbpolitico nbpolitico@gmail.com, "Jacques.Poitras" Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, "tim. porter" Tim.Porter@gnb.ca, "Tim.RICHARDSON" Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca, tim4nm tim4nm@gmail.com, "tomp. young" tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com, andrew andrew@andrewhouse.ca, Tony Anderson tonyanderson40@eastlink.ca, "andrew.krystal" andrew.krystal@atlanticradio.rogers.com, "ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca" ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, bradthecarter bradthecarter@gmail.com, dean Ray deanr0032@hotmail.com, "Dean.Buzza" Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, dean dean@law.ualberta.ca, "dean.law" dean.law@mcgill.ca, "richard.costello" richard.costello@mcinnescooper.com, "richard. dearden" richard.dearden@gowlings.com, "rick. skinner" rick.skinner@dhs.gov, rick458 rick458@cox.net
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Raymond Amos noreply-comment@blogger.com Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:25:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Just Dave] New comment on For the record. To: David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:01:03 -0400 Subject: i JUST CALLED AND TRIED TO TALK TO The "Honourable" Peter Cory AND HIS PEOPLE LAUGH AT ME? To: info@ocsec-bccst.gc.ca, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" oldmaison@yahoo.com, "moore.r@parl.gc.ca" moore.r@parl.gc.ca Cc: pm pm@pm.gc.ca, IgnatM IgnatM@parl.gc.ca, LaytoJ LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca, stoffp1 stoffp1@parl.gc.ca, duceppe.g@parl.gc.ca, "terry.seguin" terry.seguin@cbc.ca
SO BE IT. METHINKS HE NEEDS A LAWYER.
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From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:39:20 -0700 Subject: Re: RE Mr Baconfat's timely response Trust that there is nothing wrong with my emails. Google makes certain of it To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, fundytides@gmail.com, "Paul. Harpelle" Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca, "thompson. g" thompson.g@parl.gc.ca, "rick.hancox" rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, "rick.doucet" rick.doucet@gnb.ca, "Brent.Taylor" Brent.Taylor@vac-acc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, spinks08@hotmail.com, "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com, nbpolitico nbpolitico@gmail.com, gypsy-blog gypsy-blog@hotmail.com, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net, "carl. davies" carl.davies@gnb.ca, Evatt Merchant emerchant@merchantlaw.com, mackay01 mackay01@canada.com, "MacKay.P" MacKay.P@parl.gc.cam, Mackay.P@forces.gc.ca, john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca, william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Public.Affairs-Affaires.Publiques@cse-cst.gc.ca, drbilldeagle drbilldeagle@hotmail.com, drcarley drcarley@drcarley.com Cc: info@gg.ca, info@pco-bcp.gc.ca, cse-seo cse-seo@sen.parl.gc.ca, BillRobinsonCanada@yahoo.ca, "terry.seguin" terry.seguin@cbc.ca
Again be advised that any communications from David Raymond Amos is spam. Be also advised that all e mails, limnks or attachments contain viruses as noted by Shaw security.
I would also inform all here that there are several outstanding warrants in the US for Mr Amos' arrest
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: fundytides@gmail.com; "Paul. Harpelle" Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca; "thompson. g" thompson.g@parl.gc.ca; "rick.hancox" rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca; "rick.doucet" rick.doucet@gnb.ca; "Brent.Taylor" Brent.Taylor@vac-acc.gc.ca; oldmaison@yahoo.com; spinks08@hotmail.com; "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com; "nbpolitico" nbpolitico@gmail.com; "gypsy-blog" gypsy-blog@hotmail.com; "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; "Barry Winters" sunrayzulu@shaw.ca; "carl. davies"<carl.davies@gnb.ca; "Evatt Merchant" emerchant@merchantlaw.com; "mackay01" mackay01@canada.com; "MacKay.P" MacKay.P@parl.gc.com; Mackay.P@forces.gc.ca; john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca; william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca; Public.Affairs-Affaires.Publiques@cse-cst.gc.ca; "drbilldeagle" drbilldeagle@hotmail.com; "drcarley" drcarley@drcarley.com Cc: info@gg.ca; info@pco-bcp.gc.ca; "cse-seo" cse-seo@sen.parl.gc.ca; BillRobinsonCanada@yahoo.ca; "terry.seguin" terry.seguin@cbc.ca Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:45 AM Subject: RE Mr Baconfat's timely response Trust that there is nothing wrongwith my emails. Google makes certain of it
Check the following links to government website and contact the new CSE Commissioner if you do not trust my attachment.
Minister of National Defence Mr. Dan Dugas Director of Communications 613-996-3100
Information: 1-866-377-0811/613-996-2353 After hours: 613-792-2973 www.forces.gc.ca
The Honourable Peter Cory, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada C/o Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner P.O. Box 1984, Station "B" Ottawa, ON K1P 5R5
Telephone: (613) 992-3044
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Posted by David Raymond Amos to The anti, anti Freemason, anti, anti Israel, and anti blog, blog at February 11, 2010 10:44 AM
From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:02:18 -0700 Subject: Re: [Just Dave] New comment on For the record. I did warn Mr Baconfat I was a Hell of a blogger EH Chucky Leblanc? To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Thursday, February 11, 2010 David Amos has found someone else to sponge off of So our "friend" has got out of jail. Or perhaps out of the looney bin, or found someone else to sponge off of. There is no chance of our fugitive David Amos finding, oe engaging in honest work!
Several years ago country and western singer Kenny Rodgers sang about "The Coward of the Country". David Amos is the pathological liar, pedophile, coward and virus of cyber-space. He is completely uneducated, unschooled, unread, and semi iliterate. He is an "animal" that can't rise to the purchase of a cell phone and has absolutely no credit. Who would anywhere listen to loser such as that?
This is not an "ethical whistleblower" as no one takes him seriously. He, it , is reduced to citing automated e mail responces as "proof" of his relevance as a "whistleblower....now that is pathetic, and evidence of mental illness......
David Amos is NOT a Canadian, he is a yank.......You tell Yanks...just not much...
David Amos has a criminal record for child molestation . As Stckwell Day said said many years ago.."an ethical criminal in general population" out to do the just thing ....and shank David Amos" He is a rat, a skinner and a goof! Posted by Seren at 10:43 AM
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: info@ocsec-bccst.gc.ca; oldmaison@yahoo.com; moore.r@parl.gc.ca; pm@pm.gc.ca; IgnatM@parl.gc.ca; LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca; stoffp1@parl.gc.ca; duceppe.g@parl.gc.ca; terry.seguin@cbc.ca Cc: "Barry Winters" sunrayzulu@shaw.ca; "danadurf" danadurf@hotmail.com; "Byron Prior" alltrue@nl.rogers.com; "Jack.Keir2" Jack.Keir2@gnb.ca; "jack. carr" jack.carr@gnb.ca; "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; spinks08@hotmail.com; "aleblanc.mla" aleblanc.mla@nb.aibn.com; "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com; "nbpolitico" nbpolitico@gmail.com; "Jacques.Poitras" Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca; "tim. porter" Tim.Porter@gnb.ca; "Tim.RICHARDSON" Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca; "tim4nm" tim4nm@gmail.com; "tomp. young" tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com; "andrew" andrew@andrewhouse.ca; "Tony Anderson" tonyanderson40@eastlink.ca; "andrew.krystal" andrew.krystal@atlanticradio.rogers.com; ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca; "bradthecarter" bradthecarter@gmail.com; "dean Ray" deanr0032@hotmail.com; "Dean.Buzza" Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca; "dean" dean@law.ualberta.ca; "dean.law" dean.law@mcgill.ca; "richard.costello" richard.costello@mcinnescooper.com; "richard. dearden" richard.dearden@gowlings.com; "rick. skinner" rick.skinner@dhs.gov; "rick458" rick458@cox.net Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:29 AM Subject: Fwd: [Just Dave] New comment on For the record. I did warn Mr Baconfat I was a Hell of a blogger EH Chucky Leblanc?
I am the whistblower who caused this hearing and legions of people know it. Ask yourself where the Trancripts and webcasts of it went and when and why.
Whatever this zionist falsely claims is pure bullshit. There were no attachments to the email he just acknowledged. However no the is is one
FYI I do use this malicious former military spin doctor's actions to prove that others have received my info. Good luck with your conscience now EH ART MACKAY?
Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos
NOBODY SHOULD THREATEN TO KILL MY CHILDREN AND PUBLISH IT AND THINK THAT I WILL IGNORE THEM. IF THE RCMP REFUSE REFUSE TO ACT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT SO BE IT. I WILL SUE THE CROWN FOR ITS SUPPORT OF SUCH OBVIOUS MALICE
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:04:29 -0600 Subject: YOU and your crazy kids should die To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
September 29, 2009 Oh Dear the great unwashed writes again Does this sound "normal"? Does anyone know what it means?
If in fact you do return to your so called Zion in short order Methinks (The spelling of that was a big tell of Mr Baconfat's within Youtube N'esy Pas Cpl Kevin Jackson)your purported old buddy Gaby may want to have a long talk with you in confidence. In my humble opinion I don't think your old Mama will be able to protect your fat nasty arse this time N'esy Pas Mr Baconfat?Veritas VincitDavid Raymond AmosBTW Round # 3 is fought off the Internet in real space and time guess who get to pick the day and the ground? Bone up on the ART of WAR pussy you made a hell of an enemy who does thing as cool as a cucumber. Wiseguys know that revenge is a plate best served up cold EH Iggy?
So first thing is going to Eretz Yisrael is NOT referred to going to Zion by anyone. YOU couldn't find Eretz Yisrael on the best day you every had...and even that is moot...because YOU can not get a passport.
The day before yesterday in an e mail you spoke of "round 1" Yesterday's e mail spoke of round 2..Today it is round 3 ...Earlier todar you told Dana Durnford..this means war....whats next "defcon 1"! lol
Oh Dear what would an uneducated, couth, semiliterate child molester ..know about the Art of War.... Cheers Posted by Seren at 9:53 AM 0 comments
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: "Van Buynder, Dr. Paul (DH/MS)" Paul.VanBuynder@gnb.ca; ken.ross@gnb.ca; "Penny Bright" waterpressure@gmail.com Cc: "drcarley" drcarley@drcarley.com; "jane burgermeister" janeburgermeister@gmx.at; "Alexander S Jones" jones.alexander39@gmail.com; "hazelbitsnaturals" hazelbitsnaturals@hotmail.com; "Alex Hunter" ahunter100@shaw.ca; "jacques_poitras" jacques_poitras@cbc.ca; chiefape@gmail.com; "danddbroadcasting" danddbroadcasting@gmail.com; "Murphy, Michael B. (Hon.) (JUS)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca; "Schryer, Hon. Mary (DH/MS)" Mary.Schryer@gnb.ca; "Graham, Shawn" Shawn.Graham@gnb.ca; "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; oldmaison@yahoo.com; "Richard Harris" injusticecoalition@hotmail.com; "Foster, Ken (DH/MS)" ken.foster@gnb.ca; "DH-MS (DH/MS)" DhMs@gnb.ca; "Richard, Jerry (DH/MS)" jerry.richard@gnb.ca; "Van Buynder, Jan (DH/MS)" Jan.VanBuynder@gnb.ca; "(DH/MS)OCMOH - Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health" PHCentralOfficeStaff@gnb.ca; "Barry Winters" sunrayzulu@shaw.ca; rebeccaphb@yahoo.com; "hubert" hubert@uinr.ca; "splitting_the_sky" splitting_the_sky@yahoo.com; "Mohawk Nation News" kahentinetha2@yahoo.com; "Ignatieff. M" Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca; "Jack - M.P. Layton" Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; "Duceppe. G" Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca; catharine.johannson@greenparty.ca; maureen.murphy@greenparty.ca; michael.bernard@greenparty.ca; Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; "andrew" andrew@andrewhouse.ca; "Byron Prior" alltrue@nl.rogers.com; "DannyWilliams" DannyWilliams@gov.nl.ca; "William J. Wagener" producer@onsecondthought.tv Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:40 PM Subject: So Dr Van Buynder are you and the politicians still attempting to call me crazy today? Also do you have apersonal lawyer?
I must ask Minister Mike Murphy how many Death Threats should I recieve and and how many times should my children be sexually harrassed before it is proper from me to sue the Crown and you as well? Call me crazy but I take such things kinda personal.
You and T.J. Burke got your knickers in quite a knot years ago over a mere weathergirl statement correct? What would you do Mikey if you got locked up in a hospital that you were master of disater of and assaulted and injected with drugs based on false allegations while bloggers where having a hay day violating your privacy. Then wait for over a year for an old friend to have it investigated. When i make inquiries as to the the results of an investigation everybody plays dumb orI am told by such people as Megan Cumby not to call back or I will be arrested AGAIN?? When I finally get talk to Doctor Banic he PRETENDS that he does not even remember meeting meinside the hospital that you oversaw as Minister. One thing I do know about myself is that I am very hard to forget once you have met even briefly. I am certain that the infamous blogger Chucky Leblanc and his old buddies the politcal lawyers Bernie Lord and Bruce Noble would have to agree with that simple statement.
On the topic of what I call the WHO FLU whats gonna happen if a lot of folks you serve and protect get sick and jam up the hospital just because they took Van Buynder's advice and people become aware of this email before the news broke about the flu shot today EH? Well Mikey Baby now that you are the Attorney General do ya wanna settle on behalf of the CROWN or wait until I sue ya personally too?
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Posted by David Raymond Amos to The anti, anti Freemason, anti, anti Israel, and anti blog, blog at February 11, 2010 10:51 AM
David Raymond Amos noreply-comment@blogger.com Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:52 PM To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
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Scroll down you can never deny that you didn't ask the RCMP to investigate my concerns long before the stock market took a dive. Now that all the taxpayers have top up your pension plan losses to the tune of what was 300 million a year, I must ask the obvious question. Do you think that you and all the overpaid bureaucrat have even earned your wages let alone deserve a pension when legions of taxpayers are losing their jobs and their life savings as well because people such as yourself refused to act within the scope of your employments since I first began making the CROWN aware of my concerns in early 2002???
In closing in must say the Dr may wish to call me crazy again because I don't show resopect to power or position. In my book respect is earned not demanded and I feel compeeld to remind him of an Oath TO DO NO HARM if he has no conscience at all. I am not crazy because I disagree with his decions and offer evidence to support that thinkinf. It is still supposed to be a democracy CORRECT? As far as that outspoken French dude on welfare Chucky Leblanc methinks he bites the hand that feeds way too much to suit mean old me. His constant bitching in his blog about shady six million daollar deal during the flood is chump change. If you wish to make abig splash locally look to the budgets then apply the same problem globally.
This email is about the heath of all people and the world economy. Get it stupid?
I guess i should forward this email to New Zealand because I thinking about moving there. I hear they like bike mechanics down there and i can't get a job to keep me out of the cold up here. It appears nobody wants me around because the politicans and the cops have put the word out. Thus before I go I really should keep my word file some some rather imporatant in Federal Court N'esy pas? Methinks for the benfit of my conscience and the well being of others I should file something about the FLU first. However I really think I should file about my rights under Section 2 of the Charter. everybody and hiis dog knows I was very illegally banished fot the Legislative properties in 2004 while I was running in the election of the 38th Parliament of Canada and are to chicken to talk about it because my lawsuit would be a slam dunk then CORRECT?
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•Working to keep the flu out of the pews •Ontario delays fall flu shots over H1N1 threat •Kids will require two H1N1 shots . Article Comments (63) Patrick White
Winnipeg — From Monday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 08:27AM EDT
.A “perplexing” Canadian study linking H1N1 to seasonal flu shots is throwing national influenza plans into disarray and testing public faith in the government agencies responsible for protecting the nation's health.
Distributed for peer review last week, the study confounded infectious-disease experts in suggesting that people vaccinated against seasonal flu are twice as likely to catch swine flu.
The paper is under peer review, and lead researchers Danuta Skowronski of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and Gaston De Serres of Laval University must stay mum until it's published.
Met with intense early skepticism both in Canada and abroad, the paper has since convinced several provincial health agencies to announce hasty suspensions of seasonal flu vaccinations, long-held fixtures of public-health planning.
“It has confused things very badly,” said Dr. Ethan Rubinstein, head of adult infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba. “And it has certainly cost us credibility from the public because of conflicting recommendations. Until last week, there had always been much encouragement to get the seasonal flu vaccine.”
On Sunday Quebec joined Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia in suspending seasonal flu shots for anyone under 65 years of age. Quebec's Health Ministry announced it would postpone vaccinations until January, clearing the autumn months for health professionals to focus on vaccinating against H1N1, which is expected to the more severe influenza strain this season.
“By the time the H1N1 wave is over, there will be ample time to vaccinate for seasonal flu,” Dr. Rubinstein said.
B.C. is expected to announce a similar suspension during a press conference Monday morning.
Other provinces, including Manitoba, are still pondering a response to the research.
New Brunswick is a lone hold-out, announcing last week it would forge ahead with seasonal flu shots for all residents in October, as originally planned.
So far, the study's impact is confined to Canada. Researchers in the U.S., Britain and Australia have not reported the same phenomenon. Marie-Paule Kieny, the World Health Organization's director of vaccine research, said last week the Canadian findings were an international anomaly and could constitute a “study bias.”
An international panel is currently scrutinizing the research data. “The review process has been expedited, so we're hoping for a response within days,” said Roy Wadia, spokesman for the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
Dr. Rubinstein, who has read the study, said it appears sound.
“There are a large number of authors, all of them excellent and credible researchers,” he said. “And the sample size is very large – 12 or 13 million people taken from the central reporting systems in three provinces. The research is solid.”
The vaccine suspensions do not apply for people over 65. Seniors are considered more susceptible to severe seasonal flu symptoms. At the same time, they carry antibodies from a 1957 pandemic that seem to neutralize the current version of H1N1.
Even if the statistical link is proven, the medical link between seasonal flu shots and H1N1 remains mysterious. One hypothesis suggests seasonal flu vaccine preoccupies the cells that would otherwise produce antibodies against H1N1.
But, according to Dr. Rubinstein, the research shows that people who received the seasonal shot during the 2007-08 flu season remained vulnerable to swine flu well into 2009 – an interval that should provide most immune systems ample restoration time.
“We don't understand the mechanism,” Dr. Rubinstein said. “At the present time it is quite perplexing.”
From: "Van Buynder, Dr. Paul (DH/MS)" Paul.VanBuynder@gnb.ca Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:02:56 -0300 Subject: RE: RE the WHO FLU and another instance in which an evil Zionist's wish is my command? To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, drcarley drcarley@drcarley.com, jane burgermeister janeburgermeister@gmx.at, Alexander S Jones jones.alexander39@gmail.com, hazelbitsnaturals hazelbitsnaturals@hotmail.com, Alex Hunter ahunter100@shaw.ca, Penny Bright waterpressure@gmail.com, jacques_poitras jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, chiefape@gmail.com, danddbroadcasting danddbroadcasting@gmail.com, "Murphy, Michael B. (Hon.) (JUS)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca, "Schryer, Hon. Mary (DH/MS)" Mary.Schryer@gnb.ca, "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)" ken.ross@gnb.ca, "Graham, Shawn" Shawn.Graham@gnb.ca, Dan Fitzgerald <danf@danf.net, oldmaison@yahoo.com, Richard Harris injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, "Foster, Ken (DH/MS)" ken.foster@gnb.ca, "DH-MS (DH/MS)" DhMs@gnb.ca, "Richard, Jerry (DH/MS)" jerry.richard@gnb.ca, "Van Buynder, Jan (DH/MS)" Jan.VanBuynder@gnb.ca, "(DH/MS)OCMOH - Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health" PHCentralOfficeStaff@gnb.ca Cc: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca, rebeccaphb@yahoo.com, hubert hubert@uinr.ca, splitting_the_sky splitting_the_sky@yahoo.com, Mohawk Nation News kahentinetha2@yahoo.com, "Ignatieff. M" Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca, "Jack - M.P. Layton" Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, "Duceppe. G" Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca, catharine.johannson@greenparty.ca, maureen.murphy@greenparty.ca, michael.bernard@greenparty.ca, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, andrew andrew@andrewhouse.ca, Byron Prior alltrue@nl.rogers.com, DannyWilliams DannyWilliams@gov.nl.ca, "William J. Wagener" producer@onsecondthought.tv
Dear Mr Amos,
I have received today numerous emails from you. My staff have also received a number of phone calls. They have been instructed not to respond and not to tolerate any abuse.
I would consider further calls and emails harassment and would need to involve the police. Please stop.
I am concerned from the tone of your emails that you may not be well at present. Can I strongly urge you to consult with your physician for a review as soon as possible.
Dr Paul Van Buynder Deputy Chief Medical Officer / Médecin-hygiéniste en chef adjoint New Brunswick Department of Health / Ministère de la Santé Nouveau-Brunswick Tel: (506) 444-2719 Fax: (506) 453-8702 Cell: (506) 470-1612 paul.vanbuynder@gnb.ca
-----Original Message----- From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 2:32 PM To: drcarley; jane burgermeister; Alexander S Jones; hazelbitsnaturals; Alex Hunter; Penny Bright; jacques_poitras; chiefape@gmail.com; danddbroadcasting; Van Buynder, Dr. Paul (DH/MS); Murphy, Michael B. (Hon.) (JUS); Schryer, Hon. Mary (DH/MS); Ross, Ken (DH/MS); Graham, Shawn; Dan Fitzgerald; oldmaison@yahoo.com; Richard Harris; Foster, Ken (DH/MS); DH-MS (DH/MS); Richard, Jerry (DH/MS); Van Buynder, Jan (DH/MS) Cc: Barry Winters; rebeccaphb@yahoo.com; hubert; splitting_the_sky; Mohawk Nation News; Ignatieff. M; Jack - M.P. Layton; Duceppe. G; catharine.johannson@greenparty.ca; maureen.murphy@greenparty.ca; michael.bernard@greenparty.ca; Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; andrew; Byron Prior; DannyWilliams; William J. Wagener Subject: RE the WHO FLU and another instance in which an evil Zionist's wish is my command?
Barry Baby
Scroll down Thanks to you this email is most excellent fodder for a lawsuit and a book or two as well.
Also THANX bigtime for publishing many malicious comments in and about my Youtube about you, sending me the proof that many others received the same emails as you have in recent days and then topping it all off by publishing a portion of my communictions with many people about the WHO FLU within your malicious blog.
BTW You did it all while I was talking to the Media dude for the Green Party about your blog. Not that was truly wickedly funny. talk about information overload.
In return for your malicious nonsense I will post this email in my blog. You know were to look already N'esy Pas Mr tough talking noname evil Zionist? Try to deny that you use UK font again will ya? It fun sometimes to expose your obvious BULLSHIT.
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For the record (that ain't a Yankee expression) in my humble opinion if the Green Party of Canada clues in, seizes the moment and climbs up the right side of this WHO FLU issue ASAP just as the Canadian Action Party already has done long ago Harper may have the election he seeks but without the results he longs for. Despite all their huffing and puffing we all know that Iggy and Layton fear an election greatly. However if honest Canadians have any luck at all it may turn out to be Stevey Boy Harper's Waterloo. Hell maybe even a few Greens, some CAP folks and a few more Independents may get elected to properly take a seat in the House of Commons and a chance to act ethically for the on behalf of the public's interests. If after the next can of worms is kicked over public corruption is discussed in a far more serious fashion during all the talks from the various soap boxes outside of the corrupt corporate media's domain a lot of professional politicians could be greatly embarassed. Do ya think CBC or CTV or Gobal will say two words about it all? However many bloggers and Youtubes may step up to the plate. It would be wonderful to turn the worm on all the political cromies and their corporate buddies. Wouldn't it be neat for Common Canadians Citizens to debate the Green Party and the Action Party etc without Harper or Iggy or Layton being allowed to muck things up with their Bullshit? Hell of a pipe dream EH Mr Duceppe?
Mr Baconfat perhaps while you are trying hard to impeach my character in your next round od evil posts you should consider publishing some of Becky's words too. Even though she hates mean old me nearly as much as you do at least she is on the right side of this issue. Thus you must hate her too correct? Maybe you should pick a fight with her? I know for a fact that she loves a good scrap.
Veritas Vncit David Raymond Amos
P.S. Say Hoka Hey to your pals in the PCO office for me will ya Mr Baconfat?
From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:05:06 -0600 Subject: Charlie! To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
September 25, 2009 Charles Manson...reborn David Raymond Amos "amerkan" pedophile, anti-Semite.... and Charlie Manson doppleganger?
David lift your hair up ...is there a swastika "tat" on your forhead? It would explain a lot of your behaviour (note the spelling lol)
Tell Werner not to cum in yer mouth...lol Posted by Seren at 9:59 AM 0 comments
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: "Barry Winters" sunrayzulu@shaw.ca; "dean Ray" deanr0032@hotmail.com; "Dean.Buzza" Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca; "dan. bussieres" dan.bussieres@gnb.ca; "danadurf" danadurf@hotmail.com; "drywallrocker" drywallrocker@hotmail.com; "Dryden.K" Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca; "dions1" dions1@parl.gc.ca; "Daniel.Conley" Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us; "DannyWilliams" DannyWilliams@gov.nl.ca; ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca; "shawn. graham" shawn.graham@gnb.ca Cc: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; "Ignatieff. M" Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca; "Jack - M.P. Layton" Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; "Duceppe. G" Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca; leader@greenparty.ca Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:48 AM Subject: Fwd: [Just Dave] New comment on Me and Bush.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Raymond Amos noreply-comment@blogger.com Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:43:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Just Dave] New comment on Me and Bush. To: David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com
David Raymond Amos has left a new comment on the post "Me and Bush":
BINGO EH MR Baconfat? I bet the diddler Dana Durnford and your buddy Dirty Dicky Dean ain't even got the first clue what this is about. In fact neither do you EH pussy?
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From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:49:29 -0300 Subject: RE the Russian President and dissidents to Obama Howcome his people NEVER answered my letters or emails or returned my calls To: info@rusembassy.ca, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" t.j.burke@gnb.ca, Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca, drbilldeagle drbilldeagle@hotmail.com Cc: VanLoan.P@parl.gc.ca, vanlop1@parl.gc.ca, "MichaelB. Murphy" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca, "PATRICK. MURPHY" PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:25:19 -0300 Subject: FYI THE DOINGS BETWEEN RUMSFELD, OBAMA'S MONEY DUDES AND ME SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF DR BILL To: jane burgermeister jmburgermeister@gmail.com Cc: Campbell Rebecca rebeccaphb@yahoo.com
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7625601/Rumdfeld-PhRMA
On 9/25/09, David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com wrote:
From: "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)" ken.ross@gnb.ca Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:43:31 -0300 Subject: Re: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in Fredericton's lawyers? To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Got your messages Dave. I am in Toronto for meetings and will be back in the office Friday. I will ask Barb Whitenect to follow up with you in the interim. Yes Herby picked up ypur bike a while back.
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
----- Original Message ----- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: Ross, Ken (DH/MS); Whitenect, Barbara (DH/MS); Murphy, Michael B. (DH/MS) Cc: Santerre, Rosaire (DH/MS); Pitre, Marc (DH/MS); Eidt, David (OAG/CPG); oldmaison@yahoo.com oldmaison@yahoo.com; Cyr, Judy (DH/MS); Burke, T.J. (Hon.) (JUS); police@fredericton.ca police@fredericton.ca; Levesque, Carrie (DH/MS); Elgee, Anne (DH/MS); danny.copp@fredericton.ca danny.copp@fredericton.ca; jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Sent: Wed Jul 09 07:03:13 2008 Subject: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in Fredericton's lawyers?
KENNETH ROSS, Assistant Deputy Minister Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health Contact Information Phone: (506) 457-4800 Fax: (506) 453-5243
BARBARA WHITENECT, Director Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health Contact Information Phone: (506) 444-4442 Fax: (506) 453-8711 EMail Address: Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca
Sorry to involve you but lets just say that I am really really pissed off for very justifiable reasons.
This should prove to some folks that at least I know how to read.
I have no doubt whatsoever that you would more pissed than I am if the malicious bullshit that happened to me last weekend had happened to you.
I will try to call you in business hours but I suspect in the end I will wind up arguing this dude in court in short order. (On a lighter note did Herby pick up my bike?)
David Eidt Legal Services Office of the Attorney General Tel: (506) 453-3964 Fax: (506) 453-3275 david.eidt@gnb.ca
These emails and the bullshit from the news last year should to all that I am as serious as a heart attack and far from mentally unstabe but the cops have proven themselves to be monumental liars many times
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.
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500 From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca, nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net, motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com, John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca, "Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,"Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
Dear Mr. Amos,
Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol
----- Original Message ---- > From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com > To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca; > david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca; > stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca; > scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca; marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca; > walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca; > mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca; > dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca; > mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca; cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca; > jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca; > jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca > Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net; > oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com; > Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca; > info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca; > police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca; > Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com; > Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca; > Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM > Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I > would try to make him famous > > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=davidraymondamos&search=Search > > A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers, > politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas > > http://actionlyme.org/FBI_WIRETAPE_TAPES.htm > > FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006 > > Senator Arlen Specter > United States Senate > Committee on the Judiciary > 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > > Dear Mr. Specter: > > I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man > named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters > raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that > these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in > contact with you about this previously. > > Very truly yours, > Barry A. Bachrach > Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 > Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 > Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com > > > > http://davidamos.blogspot.com/. > > Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote: > David, > > I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit > and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time. > > Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl. > RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN dgleg@nb.aibn.com Published Thursday May 24th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him recently.
Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't explain the nature of the threats.
"I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters Wednesday.
"The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have some added protection and that added comfort."
The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP security unit.
Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have been in recent weeks.
"When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said. "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own personal safety."
Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his pattern of activity.
"It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel awful nervous."
Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.
"(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general due to my background and training.
"I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to happen."
Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns.
"We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.
Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, security in New Brunswick has been beefed up.
Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all visitors are screened.
The position of attorney general is often referred to as the province's "top cop."
Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually prosecutes them.
"With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had numerous threats since Day 1 in office."
Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with it.
"I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them their punishment or their sanction," he said.
Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?
"I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.
Reporters asked when the threat would be over.
"I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."
Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government, said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not complimentary."
"I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.
"They look at each and every situation."
Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did have extra security staff assigned on occasion.
He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the RCMP.
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:43:58 -0300 > Subject: (: Yo Woodsman Werner and Danny Boy :) Your defence of me is > greatly appreciated THANX > To: webo@xplornet.com, danf@danf.net, Wayne.STEEVES@gnb.ca, > frederic.loiseau@fredericton.ca, tony.whalen@gnb.ca > Cc: injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, > abel.leblanc@gnb.ca, T.J.Burke@gnb.ca, jack.keir@gnb.ca, nbpc@gnb.ca, > arnold.hadley@gnb.ca, john.foran@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, > Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca > > At first I though you spelled Soviet wrong Werner but then I realized > it is how Germans' spell it. Now that is funny but it proved you > sincerity to Danny Boy Fitzgerald as well because he supplied the link > to it. > > http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/07/feds-institutionalize-determined-nb.html > > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowjet > > http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/07/off-duty-ns-cops-taunt-taser-digby-man.html > > http://govinjustice.blogspot.com/ > > http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.com/2008/07/david-amos-picked-up-by-rcmp.html > > http://gypsy-blog.blogspot.com/2008/06/pc-headquarters.html > > QSLS Politics > By Location Visit Detail > Visit 4,450 > Domain Name aliant.net ? (Network) > IP Address 142.167.95.# (Stentor National Integrated Communications > Network) > ISP Stentor National Integrated Communications Network > Location Continent : North America > Country : Canada (Facts) > State/Region : New Brunswick > City : Fredericton > Lat/Long : 45.95, -66.6333 (Map) > Language English (U.S.) en-us > Operating System Microsoft WinXP > Browser Internet Explorer 7.0 > Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SIMBAR=; .NET CLR > 1.1.4322) > Javascript version 1.3 > Monitor Resolution : 1024 x 768 > Color Depth : 32 bits > Time of Visit Jul 9 2008 1:32:02 am > Last Page View Jul 9 2008 2:14:38 am > Visit Length 42 minutes 36 seconds > Page Views 12 > Referring URL http://www.google.co...ceid=ie7&rlz=1I7DBCA > Search Engine google.com > Search Words daviis raymond amos scribd > Visit Entry Page http://qslspolitics....ed-citys-finest.html > Visit Exit Page > Out Click Post a Comment > http://www.blogger.c...=5380982293229221728 > Time Zone UTC-4:00 > Visitor's Time Jul 8 2008 8:32:02 pm > Visit Number 4,450 >
>> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:49:29 -0300 >> Subject: RE the Russian President and dissidents to Obama Howcome his >> people NEVER answered my letters or emails or returned my calls >> To: info@rusembassy.ca, Dan Fitzgerald >> danf@danf.net, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" t.j.burke@gnb.ca, Barry Winters >> sunrayzulu@shaw.ca, drbilldeagle drbilldeagle@hotmail.com >> Cc: VanLoan.P@parl.gc.ca, vanlop1@parl.gc.ca, "MichaelB. Murphy" >> MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca, "PATRICK. MURPHY" PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov >> >> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jzUtXehTJd_j3Mfd1oHKVna2eodwD9ANTO9G4 >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:25:19 -0300 >> Subject: FYI THE DOINGS BETWEEN RUMSFELD, OBAMA'S MONEY DUDES AND ME >> SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF DR BILL >> To: jane burgermeister jmburgermeister@gmail.com >> Cc: Campbell Rebecca rebeccaphb@yahoo.com >> >> http://www.scribd.com/doc/7625601/Rumdfeld-PhRMA >> >> Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board includes: >> David Bonior (member, House of Representatives, 1977–2003) >> Warren Buffett (chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway), who >> participated via speakerphone >> Roel Campos (former SEC commissioner) >> William Daley (chairman of the Midwest, JP Morgan Chase; former >> secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1997–2000) >> William Donaldson (former chairman of the SEC, 2003–2005) >> Roger Ferguson (president and CEO, TIAA-CREF, and former vice chairman >> of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve) >> Jennifer Granholm (governor, State of Michigan) >> Anne Mulcahy (chairman and CEO, Xerox) >> Richard Parsons (chairman of the board, Time Warner) >> Penny Pritzker (CEO, Classic Residence by Hyatt) >> Robert Reich (University of California, Berkeley; former secretary, >> U.S. Department of Labor, 1993–1997) >> Robert Rubin (chairman and director of the Executive Committee, >> Citigroup; former secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1995–1999) >> Eric Schmidt (chairman and CEO, Google) >> Lawrence Summers (Harvard University; managing director, D.E. Shaw; >> former secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1999–2001) >> Laura Tyson (Haas School of Business, University of California, >> Berkeley; former chairman, National Economic Council, 1995–1996; >> former chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1993–1995) >> Antonio Villaraigosa (mayor, City of Los Angeles) >> Paul Volcker (former chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, 1979–1987) >> >> Post a comment:
From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:32:22 -0700 Subject: Re: I just called and tried to talk to David Ganong as a Director ofSunlife and NOBODY cared to listen surprise surprise EH Chucky Leblanc To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Thursday, February 11, 2010 David Amos...has the attention span of a gnat Ahhh little Davey Amos, pedophile and uneducated seems to have a problem with memory. HE can post here whatever he wants, any argument he wants, any insult he wants....NO SPAM, NO year old posts, long winded address e mails list and no location data...You can tella Yank ...just not much.
Fuck yer kids recently?
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: feedback@ganong.com; "kelly. lamrock" kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca; "alan_white" alan_white@cbc.ca; "acampbell" acampbell@ctv.ca; conan.tobias@canadianbusiness.rogers.com Cc: "Barry Winters" sunrayzulu@shaw.ca; oldmaison@yahoo.com; "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:32 PM Subject: I just called and tried to talk to David Ganong as a Director ofSunlife and NOBODY cared to listen surprise surprise EH Chucky Leblanc
IT APPEARS THAT MR BACONFAT IS BECOMING RATHER REDUNDANT N'ESY PAS?
From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:34:25 -0700 Subject: Re: I tried to talk to you and then got pissed off did I not Art? Do ya blame me? To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
To all recipients of David Amos's spam, please be advised again that all his e mails and links contain viruses. Shaw security has advised me a others of the threat to your computer systems that his e mails present.
From: Barry Winters sunrayzulu@shaw.ca Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:35:48 -0700 Subject: Re: I just called and tried to talk to David Ganong as a Director of Sunlife and NOBODY cared to listen surprise surprise EH Chucky Leblanc To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, feedback@ganong.com, "kelly. lamrock" kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, alan_white alan_white@cbc.ca, acampbell acampbell@ctv.ca, conan.tobias@canadianbusiness.rogers.com Cc: oldmaison@yahoo.com, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net
Please be advised that David Raymond Amos' e mail, attachments and links have been found by Shaw Security to contain viruses.
Also be advised that there are several outstanding warrants for David's arrest in the US and he is on the United Nations no fly and terrorist watch list.
Interpol has a watch adisory on him due to charges of pedophilia.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:50:36 -0400 Subject: Fwd: RE Mr Baconfat's timely response Trust that there is nothing wrong with my emails. Google makes certain of it To: custrel@sunlife.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: fundytides@gmail.com; "Paul. Harpelle" Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca; "thompson. g" thompson.g@parl.gc.ca; "rick.hancox" rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca; "rick.doucet" rick.doucet@gnb.ca; "Brent.Taylor" Brent.Taylor@vac-acc.gc.ca; oldmaison@yahoo.com; spinks08@hotmail.com; "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com; "nbpolitico" nbpolitico@gmail.com; "gypsy-blog" gypsy-blog@hotmail.com; "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net Cc: "Barry Winters" sunrayzulu@shaw.ca; "carl. davies" carl.davies@gnb.ca; "Evatt Merchant" emerchant@merchantlaw.com Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:04 AM Subject: I tried to talk to you and then got pissed off did I not Art? Do ya blame me?
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From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 10:46:55 -0300 Subject: Never mind silly soccer games TD really should sit up and pay attention to money EH Mr Mulraine? To: millan.mulraine@tdsecurities.com, jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, Jeff.Harrington@ctv.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Cc: Frank.McKenna@td.com, shawn.graham@gnb.c, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Harrington Jeff.Harrington@ctv.ca Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:49:49 -0300 Subject: RE: Re The Canadian Blood Services To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Cc: agarland@nb.aibn.com, jim.wolstenholme@greenpartynb.ca
No, I have not. What are they?
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-----Original Message----- From: David Amos mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 8:18 AM To: Jeff Harrington Cc: agarland@nb.aibn.com; jim.wolstenholme@greenpartynb.ca Subject: Re The Canadian Blood Services
Jeff I called Dr Garland and Wolstenholme. There was no need to call you. You have known of my concerns for quite sometime. Correct?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Harrington Jeff.Harrington@ctv.ca Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 23:32:26 -0300 Subject: RE: Re The Canadian Blood Services To: David Amos
Hey David,
I never got your message... which number did you call?
From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com] Sent: Sun 04/07/2010 11:14 PM To: agarland@nb.aibn.com; jim.wolstenholme@greenpartynb.ca; Jeff Harrington; alan_white; krisaustin Cc: feedback@blood.ca; Van Buynder, Dr. Paul (DH/MS); Van Buynder, Jan (DH/MS); rick.hancox; peacocrs; Fred. Pretorius; fred.furlong; rick. skinner; PATRICK. MURPHY; william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca; Dean.Buzza; dean; fundytides; Robert. Jones; jacques_poitras; Jacques.Poitras; jonesr@cbc.ca; Edith. Cody-Rice; roy.macmullin@greenpartynb.ca; mike.milligan@greenpartynb.ca; Richard Harris; oldmaison. wcie; Duane.Rousselle; tracy Subject: Re The Canadian Blood Services
I called both of you this weekend and left messages. Need I say I would be surprised if either of you did not know who I am? Rest assured the newcomer to our province Paul.Van Buynder and his latest politcal boss who used to sell Mutual Funds for Sunlife certainly does EH Rick Hancox?
We all know why the CBC and CTV will never tell the whole truth about anything let alone say my name EH Kris Austin?
From: Andy Campbell Andy.Campbell@ctv.ca Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:49:31 -0300 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Check this out Robin To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
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From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 10:46:55 -0300 Subject: Never mind silly soccer games TD really should sit up and pay attention to money EH Mr Mulraine? To: millan.mulraine@tdsecurities.com, jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, Jeff.Harrington@ctv.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Cc: Frank.McKenna@td.com, shawn.graham@gnb.c, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Harrington Jeff.Harrington@ctv.ca Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:49:49 -0300 Subject: RE: Re The Canadian Blood Services To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Cc: agarland@nb.aibn.com, jim.wolstenholme@greenpartynb.ca
No, I have not. What are they?
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-----Original Message----- From: David Amos mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 8:18 AM To: Jeff Harrington Cc: agarland@nb.aibn.com; jim.wolstenholme@greenpartynb.ca Subject: Re The Canadian Blood Services
Jeff I called Dr Garland and Wolstenholme. There was no need to call you. You have known of my concerns for quite sometime. Correct?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Harrington Jeff.Harrington@ctv.ca Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 23:32:26 -0300 Subject: RE: Re The Canadian Blood Services To: David Amos
Hey David,
I never got your message... which number did you call?
From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com] Sent: Sun 04/07/2010 11:14 PM To: agarland@nb.aibn.com; jim.wolstenholme@greenpartynb.ca; Jeff Harrington; alan_white; krisaustin Cc: feedback@blood.ca; Van Buynder, Dr. Paul (DH/MS); Van Buynder, Jan (DH/MS); rick.hancox; peacocrs; Fred. Pretorius; fred.furlong; rick. skinner; PATRICK. MURPHY; william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca; Dean.Buzza; dean; fundytides; Robert. Jones; jacques_poitras; Jacques.Poitras; jonesr@cbc.ca; Edith. Cody-Rice; roy.macmullin@greenpartynb.ca; mike.milligan@greenpartynb.ca; Richard Harris; oldmaison. wcie; Duane.Rousselle; tracy Subject: Re The Canadian Blood Services
I called both of you this weekend and left messages. Need I say I would be surprised if either of you did not know who I am? Rest assured the newcomer to our province Paul.Van Buynder and his latest politcal boss who used to sell Mutual Funds for Sunlife certainly does EH Rick Hancox?
We all know why the CBC and CTV will never tell the whole truth about anything let alone say my name EH Kris Austin?
From: Andy Campbell Andy.Campbell@ctv.ca Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:49:31 -0300 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Check this out Robin To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
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---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:49:27 -0300 Subject: Check this out Robin To: robin reid zorroboy2009@hotmail.com, tony tony@peoplestandup.ca, ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com, andrew.krystal@atlanticradio.rogers.com, acampbell@ctv.ca, terry.seguin@cbc.ca, jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, mary.schryer@gnb.ca, david@davidmyles.com, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, drcarley@gmail.com, injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, ahunter100@shaw.ca, gilles.moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Cc: oldmaison@yahoo.com, advocacycollective@yahoo.com, jack.macdougall@greenparty.ca, Brookes.Merritt@assembly.ab.ca, krisaustin@panb.org
Thats nothing look at this and laugh as you think about tainted blood and the god damed RCMP etc.
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The idiots in Alberta Alberta don't scare mean old me Look where Obama's lawyer pals on Chicago were worried about me and the TD Bank that Franky Boy Mckenna is a boss of
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Better yet look where Alan Rock's pals were worried about me and the boss of the CSE John Adams whilst the G8 Dudes were meeting and the Russians were checking out what I sen to them while the G20 dudes were meeting
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From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:03:49 -0300 Subject: I just called all of three you and spoke to two as you know I can be reached at 506 485 2578 for a week or so FYI the fellas that all of you are meeting with right now know EXACTLY who I am. To: more@nb.aibn.com, ideas@revolutionstrategy.com, troy@troylifford.ca Cc: oldmaison@yahoo.com, krisaustin@panb.org, mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com, terry.seguin@cbc.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, acampbell@ctv.ca, jeff.harrington@ctv.ca, advocacycollective@yahoo.com, kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, jack.macdougall@greenparty.ca, terri.riedle@revolutionstrategy.com, t.j.burke@gnb.ca, toewsv1@parl.gc.ca
Politicking is a fierce and dirty bussiness small wonder all three of you did not wish to speak to me today EH?
I must say that Chucky's blog was fairly informative on April Fools Day of this year. However I suspect that you all studied his old blog published on April 1st, 2006 The nasty French bastard created it not long after I ran in Fredericton during the election of the 39th Parliament while he and all the other media ignored my name on the ballot. The blog he allowed me to post in was created long before I intervened in the New Brunswick Pipeline Project and then ran in the last provincial election in Saint John Harbour. I suspect that Derek Riedle did not vote for me if he lived in the Saint John Harbour riding where his business was first located but it was in his client's interests to study every word of it anyway EH Kelly Lamrock and TJ Burke?
After reading a judgement reported in the CBC today. Methinks I have the right to know who has been slandering me and violating my privacy for years BEFORE the litigation begins. The RCMP should reviw all the documents I gave them over the years reconsider why they labelled my concerns as a matter of Nationl Security then have a look at just two examples of Chucky's malicious publications and the many anonymous comments found within Chucky Leblanc's blogs.
Anonymous said... Charles your bigoted anti-bilingual friend is sounding more and more like David Amos which is good because we all know what a nutcase Amos is.
PS. Clearly the Feds know where to go to read some of my many words about YOU and your Fake Left cohorts in Fat Fred City and legions of others N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:49:50 -0300 Subject: Perhaps the lawyer Don Davies MP should read this blog into the parliamentry record. It supports your standing in the matter CORRECT EH Mr Harper
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Subject: Thanks for the return call Ms Snow You are the first person to do so Perhaps we should have a long talk ASAP? To: patient.advocate@rvh.nb.ca Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 8:07 AM
Compliments or complaints can be made by meeting with the Patient Advocate or by contacting her via mail, email or telephone. You do not need to identify yourself, but if you do it will help to identify and correct problems and will validate the complaint/compliment.
By Telephone: In the Fredericton area: 1-506-447-4426 All other areas call toll-free: 1-866-864-3300
In Writing: E-mail: patient.advocate@rvh.nb.ca Correspondence: Attention - Kathleen Snow Patient Advocate River Valley Health 700 Priestman Street P. O. Box 9000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5N5
Looks like covert Yankee Feds are worried about Canadian Feds versus mean old me today EH?.
BTW Danny Boy I wish you would pick sides and quit being so buddy buddy with my nasty French enemy Chucky Baby Leblanc. You and Richy Baby can't sit on the fence and be friends to he and his pal T.J. Burke and mean old me at the same time.
FYI Richy Baby asked my advice recently about running for leader of the PC Party and I just shook my head at the nonsense of it all and suggested that he sprout some balls and give T.J. Burke the documents and CD I gave around his birthday just before the smiling bastardfs locked me up.
When I look on the web and see that Chucky Baby and the new MLA the ex cop from Fat Fred City Carl Urquart crossed paths in Harvey and are now great pals, I see Red and wanna call Wally Stiles again.
For the record it was Carl Urquart and his buddy Greggy Baby Thompson the MP and Minister (they share and office a couple hundred yards from where I was staying for the past year just outside of Fat fred City) that made the false allegatiions that allowed the RCMP to get me locked up in the looney bin for a bit. The doctors who got sucked in by the RCMP bullshit about me were.
Manoj Bhargava Community Mental Health 65 Brunswick Street Fredericton NB E3B 5G6 Psy 04-02883 Guadalajara 1987 (506)-453-2132
Zlatko Banic 69 Bliss Carman Drive Fredericton NB E3B 9P2 Psy 03-02785 Novi Sad 1981 (506)-460-1905
Dr.Jane V. Findlater Everett Chalmers Hospital PO Box 9000 Fredericton NB E3B 5N5 EmM 75-01333 Dal 1974 ( 506)-452-5058 (506)-452-5645
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)" ken.ross@gnb.ca Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:43:31 -0300 Subject: Re: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in Fredericton's lawyers? To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Got your messages Dave. I am in Toronto for meetings and will be back in the office Friday. I will ask Barb Whitenect to follow up with you in the interim. Yes Herby picked up ypur bike a while back. Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
----- Original Message ----- From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com To: Ross, Ken (DH/MS); Whitenect, Barbara (DH/MS); Murphy, Michael B. (DH/MS) Cc: Santerre, Rosaire (DH/MS); Pitre, Marc (DH/MS); Eidt, David (OAG/CPG); oldmaison@yahoo.com oldmaison@yahoo.com; Cyr, Judy (DH/MS); Burke, T.J. (Hon.) (JUS); police@fredericton.ca ; Levesque, Carrie (DH/MS); Elgee, Anne(DH/MS); danny.copp@fredericton.ca, jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Sent: Wed Jul 09 07:03:13 2008 Subject: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in Fredericton's lawyers?
KENNETH ROSS, Assistant Deputy Minister Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health Contact Information Phone: (506) 457-4800 Fax: (506) 453-5243
BARBARA WHITENECT, Director Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health Contact Information Phone: (506) 444-4442 Fax: (506) 453-8711 EMail Address: Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca
Sorry to involve you but lets just say that I am really really pissed off for very justifiable reasons.
This should prove to some folks that at least I know how to read.
I have no doubt whatsoever that you would more pissed than I am if the malicious bullshit that happened to me last weekend had happened to you.
I will try to call you in business hours but I suspect in the end I will wind up arguing this dude in court in short order. (On a lighter note did Herby pick up my bike?)
David Eidt Legal Services Office of the Attorney General Tel: (506) 453-3964 Fax: (506) 453-3275 david.eidt@gnb.ca
Best Regards Dave
These emails and the bullshit from the news last year should to all that I am as serious as a heart attack and far from mentally unstabe but the cops have proven themselves to be monumental liars many times
----- Original Message ---- From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca; david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca; stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca; scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca; marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca; walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca; mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca; dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca; mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca; cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca; jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca; jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net; oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com; Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca; info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca; police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca; Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com; Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca; Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I would try to make him famous
A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers, politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas
http://actionlyme.org/FBI_WIRETAPE_TAPES.htm
FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006
Senator Arlen Specter United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Specter:
I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
Very truly yours, Barry A. Bachrach Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN dgleg@nb.aibn.com Published Thursday May 24th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him recently.
Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't explain the nature of the threats.
Interesting proxy EH Danny Boy? What is even more interesting is that nothing important sticks to my old blog anymore yet the mindless ads have no problem whatsoever Plus as you know I could not edit my old blog even if I wanted too
Since the IVRVING empire killed half the blog about Chucky lebalnc and the Yahoo email acconts that controled it
Tat said the bastard stalking my kids certainly knows you and Werner boch Why else would he pretend to be you as he fucked with my phone and that of my friends?
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According to a report, some companies in Canada headed by top-paid CEOs also received the Canada Emergency Wage subsidy, a COVID-19 government benefit. (Stefan Malloch/Shutterstock)
Canada's 100 top-paid CEOs had a stellar year in 2020, despite the onset of a pandemic which led to layoffs and financial woes for many workers, according to a new report.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) report examined the 100 highest-paid CEOs at publicly traded Canadian-based companies for 2020. It found that their average annual compensation totalled $10.9 million — $95,000 more than their average pay in prepandemic 2019.
"While [2020] was really a pretty bad year for most Canadians, particularly lower paid working Canadians, many of whom lost their jobs … it wasn't at all a bad year for CEOs," said David Macdonald, report author and senior economist with the CCPA, a think-tank that studies economic inequity.
MacDonald combined each CEO's base salary plus compensation, such as cash bonuses and stock options, to tally up their income totals.
According to his report, more than one third of the companies headed by those CEOs received the COVID-19 Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) either directly or indirectly through their subsidiaries or franchisees.
David MacDonald, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says the country's 100 top-paid CEOs make 191 times more than the average worker salary. (CBC)
MacDonald suggests that added subsidy helped some CEOs achieve revenue targets for lucrative bonuses, even though their companies may have suffered financially due to the pandemic.
"Many of these companies probably didn't need the [CEWS], but if there's federal money available, they were going to apply and they were going to take it," he said. "That was not what this program was meant for."
The federal government introduced CEWS in March 2020 to help companies minimize job losses as COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns were imposed. To qualify, companies simply had to show a drop in revenue during the pandemic.
According to the federal CEWS website, as of Dec. 19, Ottawa has paid out $99.13 billion under the program.
Companies respond
CBC News reached out for comment to several companies which, according to the CCPA report, received the CEWS and were headed by one of those 100 CEOs.
According to the report, David Klein, CEO of the cannabis company Canopy Growth, scored the top spot, earning just over $45 million in total compensation.
In an email to CBC News, Canopy Growth — which is based in Smiths Falls, Ont. — confirmed it did receive the CEWS, but did not specify the amount.
WATCH | Why some profitable companies got pandemic aid:
Some profitable corporations got pandemic support | The Big Spend
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Canada's federal wage subsidy has helped businesses keep workers on the payroll, but it came at a big cost to taxpayers: over $50 billion and counting. CBC’s The Big Spend investigation raises questions about why profitable companies got the money and how much they really needed it. 2:00
Canopy Growth said it met the requirements for the subsidy which "allowed the company to offset the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including strategically hiring approximately 1,000 team members."
Canopy Growth added that much of Klein's compensation for 2020 consisted of stock options which are tied to company performance, and that his pay was finalized in 2019, before the pandemic hit and the company applied for CEWS.
According to the CCPA report, the second-highest paid CEO in 2020 was Jose Cil with Restaurant Brands International (RBI), which owns Tim Hortons. The report states Cil's total compensation was close to $27 million.
RBI spokesperson Mary Lowe said the company did not apply for or accept the CEWS, but that a number of the 1,500 Tim Hortons franchise owners in Canada did receive the subsidy.
"They were 100% eligible for the wage subsidy as the government intended and many of them relied on it to keep restaurants open and keep tens of thousands of Canadians employed through the pandemic," Lowe wrote in an email.
Restaurant Brands International said it did not apply for, or accept the CEWS, but that some Tim Hortons franchise owners did receive the subsidy. (John Rieti/CBC)
Lowe did not say how much the franchisees received from CEWS in 2020.According to government data, 483 Tim Hortons franchises in Canada collected the subsidy.
When it comes to CEO pay, Lowe said that although RBI is headquartered in Toronto, it's a global company which competes in an international market. She added that a large portion of Cil's compensation won't pay out for upwards of five years and is contingent on future performance.
Based on his findings, MacDonald said that Canada's top-paid 100 CEOs now make 191 times more than the average worker salary in the country.
To help shrink the pay gap, Macdonald recommends the federal government tax top earners at a higher rate and get rid of tax loopholes that allow for some compensation to be taxed at a lower rate compared to regular income.
He also said higher taxes for well-paid CEOs would help refill federal government coffers after Ottawa paid out billions of dollars in COVID-19 benefits such as the CEWS.
"As we start to pay for the pandemic and pay for new programs, the people who've done the best should be asked to pay more," said MacDonald.
However, Ari Pandes, a finance professor at the University of Calgary, argues that there are valid reasons why CEOs make far more than the rest of us — even if the company they run recently collected the CEWS.
"The market for CEOs and talent is ultra-competitive," he said. "So if the company doesn't pay them [well], then they can go to another company."
Maybe the CBC financial reporters should verify their facts before running an article...they cannot confirm Mr Klein was actually compensated the amount they state, RBI did not even receive CEWS and "maybe" some TH franchisors which is not RBI by the way but independent small business entrepreneurs received. I get they want to prominently highlight the social justice NGO that Mr MacDonald represents, but get your facts straight...
David Amos
Reply to @Adam Park: "I get they want to prominently highlight the social justice NGO that Mr MacDonald represents, but get your facts straight"
I remember when the opposition parties asked for accountability for covid benefits being rolled out and the Liberals responded that they were playing politics at the time.
Michael Winiarz
Reply to @Kurt Fellows: Easy when you are not responsible and get to play both sides. Businesses need help yesterday but take a couple of months to make sure that accountability is primary so said they...
ROB UNRAU
Reply to @Michael Winiarz: and you never hold Justin responsible but always deflect and blame to others for Justin's decision.
Andrew Stat
Reply to @ROB UNRAU: Justin had, and still has, a minority government. Nice try though.
Bobby Wynott
Reply to @Kurt Fellows: Our society judges those who choose to act underhandedly vs those who enable it, it's baked in our laws.
So while the government program could have been tighter everyone would have complained anyway - took too long, too many hoops... it was a lose-lose situation fo the government.
The issue is that just because you can, should you? I lost my job, decided to stay home with my kids and did not take CERB despite qualifying. We made cuts to spending and got by. While I understand the CEOs had a mandate to deliver, it is unfortunate their owners wouldn't grant them grace to reduce profit instead of sucking up public funds like pigs at a trough.
Ryan Tasker
Reply to @Bobby Wynott: Just think about it... that CEO making the average $10 million could have easily taken a 1/3rd hit and they wouldn't have had to rely on CEWS. Yet they chose to take MORE compensation at the expense of the taxpayer.
You're 100% correct in that the underhanded are looked at much worse.
Greg Lang
Reply to @Kurt Fellows: Just before xmas PP asked the finance committee where the money was coming from.....crickets. No one MP could answer the question.
Michal Scur
Reply to @Kurt Fellows: oh please be real. we know the accountability was aimed at CERB recipients (ie. workers). not businesses receiving CEWS. for example, the ontario PCs gave out 200 million in support to businesses that didnt qualify. i doubt they will claw that money back. they only claw back money that workers got.
Charles Waggon
Reply to @Kurt Fellows: Accountability is not in Justin's DNA, and surrounded by sycophants and incompetents, the party has done all in its power to prevent accountability. Dishonest, divisive govt
David Amos
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Reply to @Charles Waggon: Methinks Sophia Harris should send all the documents I sent her in 2002 to the economist David MacDonald and his cohorts sometime soon N'esy Pas???
Michael Winiarz
Reply to @Charles Waggon: Yet it is those who immorally begged, asked for and took the money are good people in your eyes?
Martin Howser
Reply to @Kurt Fellows: well yeah, but if they’d done what the Cons wanted them to do, they’d still be running assessments on each applicant
Rembrandt Garland
Reply to @Kurt Fellows:
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Content deactivated Federal Overspending = This happened under Justin's dad as well after his overspending of the 70s, early 80s. I was working at the Federal dockyards in Esquimalt. We were SO overstaffed that when I came to work, my boss would give me a book and say, "Stay out of sight!" I was a young punk at that time and thought it was awesome. Always voted Liberal. I was bought! Then the national financial collapse came. Mortgage rates sky-rocketed to 18%. Many people lost everything. Don't vote Liberal anymore.
Stanley Beemish
Reply to @Greg Lang: it didn’t warrant one. Just Pp making his usual squeaky noises. Out of general revenue, paid into by every tax paying citizen and corporation. Our elected officials control this, including the illustrious Mr. Poutine😎
Rembrandt Garland
Reply to @Stanley Beemish: Better than being a puto like you, Stan! 👹
Evan Hoffer
Reply to @Andrew Stat: Actually in the first round of covid "relief" they had a majority government, so it wouldn't have mattered what opposition wanted. But either way it doesn't matter if its a majority or minority, the liberals and JT are still the leader of this country and bare responsibility even if they are currently propped up by the shady NDP.
Greg Lang
Reply to @Stanley Beemish: Not one MP could answer the question. So to me, one of millions paying the employees wage, I want an answer. They know where the spend was going, but not how it was going to be funded. You say GEN rev? From where?
Mike Dowden
Reply to @Kurt Fellows: The opposition wanted to give businesses more... and to do it faster. 'PP and the loudmouths' were going to whing no matter what was done or how fast it was done cause that is all they know how to do... but they would have been spittle-spewing raving lunatics if businesses had started to fail while the gov took the time to audit thousands upon thousands of applications. To pretend otherwise is to remove oneself from being taken seriously.
Rob D'Hood
I remember a certain Pierre Polivere letting us know this would happen.
Roger Grenich
Reply to @Rob D'Hood: yea, pretty sure he said it the very second the liberals dreamt up they’re vote buying scheme.
Michal Scur
Reply to @Rob D'Hood: if you genuinely honestly think that the PCs would not give out millions to corporations if given the chance then you are beyond naive. both parties dance to the same corporate tune. see ontario PCs giving unqualified businesses 200 million in relief.
Korey Derp
Reply to @Michal Scur: Thats a far cry from 99 Billion.
David Amos
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Reply to @Rob D'Hood: Of course he works within the realm of the PCO just like his buddy Trudeau does
Stanley Beemish
Reply to @Rob D'Hood: since when did Mr. Poutine matter. I weep for the voters of his riding.
Michal Scur
Reply to @Korey Derp: wait so 200 million of taxpayer money going to unqualified businesses is ok now? i remember when people here screamed and cried about a handful of unqualified people getting 10 grand through CERB. or maybe its the recipients that are the problem?
John Carey
Reply to @Michal Scur: No. It is the fault of the Trudeau Liberal government that gave away the money without appropriate checks. When an organization is stupid enough to blindly give away money, the fault is not with those who received the money for asking. Not like the Trudeau Liberals care - not their money. Sunny ways!
Mike Dowden
Reply to @John Carey: Ahh, yes, cause reformers wouldnt be here praising little PP for ranting about delays if the gov actually had taken the time to audit thousands upon thousands of applications? There are plenty of legitimate things to complain about from this gov. Stretching this far to whing just takes away any credibility there might have been.
ROB UNRAU
Sunny ways for Justin but cloudy sky's for taxpayers.
Edward Andrews
Reply to @ROB UNRAU: Get in your cage and be quiet, lord sparkle socks knows best.
Porfirio Rubirosa
Reply to @ROB UNRAU: it's all about the Foundation
David Amos
Reply to @ROB UNRAU: True
David Amos
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Reply to @Edward Andrews: Surely you jest Our little lord sparkle socks ain't got a clue but his Papa Pierre knew when it was best to take a long walk in the snow and decide to quit
David Amos
Reply to @Porfirio Rubirosa: Yup
Edward Andrews
Reply to @David Amos: Yeah I jest. It took 30 years to undo the damage of big spud and little spud is trying to out do his dad but is half as intelligent though does have twice the ego
John Carey
Reply to @Edward Andrews: Mr Trudeaus number one priority is number one.
This 24-unit building at 700 Mountain Rd. in Moncton sold to a Quebec company in 2020 for $1.8 million. Three weeks ago, tenants were notified of $100 rent hikes and the end of free utilities beginning in April. (Shane Magee / CBC News)
Gail MacDonald is 66 but doesn't see retirement in her immediate future after the new owner of her Miramichi apartment building gave notice of a $200 rent increase.
"I kind of thought this was going to be my place I would stay here until whenever and now that's all up in the air and I'm concerned about what's going to happen next," MacDonald said.
The small apartment building she has lived in for six years sold in early December for $330,000, more than double its assessed value, and rent increase notices were delivered to tenants that week to take effect March 1.
MacDonald's current rent on her modest one bedroom is "super good" at just $450 per month, she acknowledges. But a sudden jump to $650, which is a 44 per cent increase at one time, is difficult to make room for in a limited budget on short notice, she said.
"I'm a poor working senior. I've got rheumatoid arthritis. I'm not sure how long I'll be able to work so I'm concerned about where I'm going to land."
It is the kind of increase forbidden in some provinces.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he does not believe in rent control under normal circumstances but in October announced, because of the pandemic and an unexpected jump in Nova Scotia's population, it will be used to protect tenants until the end of 2023. (Robert Short/CBC)
Earlier this week, Ontario announced rent increases for tenants will be limited to 1.2 per cent for 2022 after being frozen at zero per cent as a pandemic relief measure in 2021.
Nova Scotia announced in October a two per cent rent increase limit for 2022, a measure new Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston said he felt "obligated" to impose, despite his own misgivings about rent control.
Like New Brunswick, Nova Scotia has experienced a recent surge in population, but housing availability has not kept pace, according to Houston, who said rents would be controlled until the end of 2023 to allow new housing to be built.
"We know enough right now to take action, and we're obligated as a government to do so," he said.
"Tenants need help and they need certainty."
That's not the case in New Brunswick, where the province has said rent control has the effect of restricting new housing development. So landlords face fewer restrictions on how high rents can be raised.
Charles Tramble, 84, and his wife Pauline, 67, have lived in the same Fredericton apartment building for 33 years. New owners notified them of a $675 per month increase in their rent on Dec. 11. The province is investigating. (Ed Hunter/CBC News)
"Let's not put measures in place to put artificial controls on the free market, and let's let it grow," Premier Blaine Higgs told the legislature a year ago.
In an email, MacDonald's property management company said all seven units in the building received the same increase to $650 and blamed the previous owner for not keeping rents up to date.
"This is primarily what has led to the notable increase upon purchase," wrote John Terry with CTB Tenant Management Services.
"We chose to give three months notice, regardless of long term or short term tenant status, to give all tenants equal opportunity to consider their options."
But MacDonald's not the only tenant facing double-digit increases in the new year.
In Moncton, occupants of a 24-unit building at 700 Mountain Road received letters on Dec. 15 announcing $100 rent hikes and the loss of free utilities as of April 1, an effective 20 per cent increase on one bedroom units.
And in Fredericton on Dec. 11 a group of tenants on Shore Street, including two tenants in their 80s, received notices of 2022 rent increases of between 40 and 67 per cent.
In each case, the apartment buildings were recently purchased by investors for prices substantially above their assessed values. That may saddle new owners with increased financing and tax costs, but tenant advocates argue double-digit rent hikes delivered to some renters go well beyond those costs.
"In my understanding, in some cases [increases] far outstrip the increase in the operating costs that landlords are experiencing," said Tobin Leblanc Haley with the New Brunswick Coalition of Tenants Rights.
University of New Brunswick sociologist Tobin LeBlanc Haley is a member of the New Brunswick Coalition of Tenants Rights and said the continuing imposition of large rent increases proves the need for some kind of rent control. (Ryerson University)
"If you have people experiencing these dramatic increases, at what point do we acknowledge there is a problem that requires attention?"
Property taxes on MacDonald's building are increasing about $400 in 2022. That's about $5 per apartment per month.
She accepts an increase in her rent of some amount is justified, but not $200 at once.
"It has to be regulated somewhat," MacDonald said.
"Where's everybody supposed to live? Only the rich people get to live?"
Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.
Wisconsin dairy farmer Dave Daniels is seen in this photo taken last year. The U.S. says complex Canadian rules made it hard for Americans to export the amounts they were promised under the new North American trade deal. (Alex Panetta/CBC)
This item is part of Watching Washington, a regular dispatch from CBC News correspondents reporting on U.S. politics and developments that affect Canadians.
What's new
Canada has lost the first-ever dispute case under the new North American trade agreement, with a panel siding with the U.S. and saying Ottawa flouted part of its obligation to open the dairy market.
The three-member panel — made up of a Uruguayan diplomat who was once ambassador to Canada, a Canadian trade lawyer based in the U.S., and a U.S. trade lawyer named to the panel by Canada — agreed that Canada violated its promise to allow slightly more dairy imports by imposing unfairly complicated rules.
The U.S. says Canada now has a few weeks to comply with the ruling, or face the possibility of a trade penalty such as a tariff.
The finding comes amid a succession of trade disputes between the countries that risk souring the bilateral relationship.
"We prevailed — as we thought we would," a senior official in the U.S. Trade Representative's office told reporters in a briefing Tuesday.
"Now the goal is to work with Canada.… The end goal is not to put retaliatory tariffs in place."
The report was released to the countries in a full confidential version just before the holidays, on Dec. 20; a 53-page public version was released Tuesday.
The Canadian government also claimed a partial victory: It noted that the panel otherwise upheld Canada's system of supply management of its dairy sector.
What's the context
Dairy was one of the hardest-fought issues in negotiating the new Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade (CUSMA), and was resolved in the final days of negotiating.
The Canadian government worked to prevent new imports, under pressure from producers concentrated in Central Canada.
They argued that Canada's tightly controlled system allows for stable farming communities without the wild price fluctuations that have periodically battered U.S. farms.
For the U.S., exporting more dairy was a top priority.
Its allies argued that the tight Canadian controls unfairly shut out competition, and innovation, and can lead to higher prices for consumers.
In the end, the U.S. gained a small opening.
A series of measures in Chapter 3 of the new trade agreement allowed the U.S. some additional exports to the tune of more than three per cent of Canada's market.
But when it came time to implement the agreement, Canada left domestic processors in charge of allocating import permissions, known as tariff-rate quotas.
This angered the U.S. industry and government: both the Trump administration and the Biden administration moved forward with a case against Canada.
They argued that by giving Canadian producers control over 80 per cent of the import quotas they created an undue hurdle to cross-border sales.
One USTR official put it this way in Tuesday's briefing: an American producer would hope to talk directly to their customer in Canada, say a grocery store, about import rights, instead of their competitors.
He said those buyers in Canada, and their customers, have an incentive to allow imports to flow — unlike the producers.
The first panel decision under the new trade pact agreed with the U.S.; it said Canada violated Article 3.A.2.11(b) of the agreement, which says tariff-rate quotas should not be allocated to producer groups.
WATCH | Canada threatens U.S. with tariffs over EV tax credit dispute:
Canada threatens U.S. with tariffs over EV tax credit dispute
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Duration 2:01
In a letter to top U.S. senators, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Trade Minister Mary Ng threatened to impose tariffs on American goods and suspend parts of the USMCA trade agreement unless U.S. officials scrap a proposed electric vehicle tax credit. 2:01
What's next
The U.S. says Canada has 45 days to comply, from the time it received the confidential panel report. In other words, until Feb. 3, 2022.
After that, the U.S. says it would have the right to impose penalties — perhaps a tariff.
The scope of that penalty would have to be equivalent to the value of the damage allegedly done to American dairy producers.
It would be up to the U.S. to calculate that dollar amount, and if Canada disagrees it could further challenge the U.S. calculation.
"Of course we hope not to go down that path," said a U.S. official at Tuesday's briefing. "We obviously want to talk to them. And find a positive solution to the dispute."
The Americans at the briefing stressed that the U.S. otherwise has a great relationship with Canada, in other areas.
However, this dispute decision comes at a stormy moment in the relationship.
Canada has, itself, threatened to suspend pieces of the new trade deal that are dear to the U.S.
Ottawa is furious about Buy American-type provisions related to electric vehicles in a large budget bill and promising retaliation if the idea proceeds.
That separate dispute is currently in limbo: one senator, Joe Manchin, has blown up talks over the budget bill and wants to start all over.
The Canadian government said in a statement that it has "taken note" of the decision, takes its obligations seriously under trade agreements and will work with the Canadian dairy industry on next steps.
Alexander Panetta is a Washington-based correspondent for CBC News who has covered American politics and Canada-U.S. issues since 2013. He previously worked in Ottawa, Quebec City and internationally, reporting on politics, conflict, disaster and the Montreal Expos.
Methinks Sophia Harris should send all the documents I sent her and the Yankees in 2002 to the economist Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Trade Minister Mary Ng sometime soon N'esy Pas??
Patrick Anglin
Reply to @David Amos: Wow, Wrong and 20 years out of date. I doubt it improved with age...
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Anybody recall my debates about Dairy Farmers and NAFTA etc going back to 2004???
Uruguay? Can't say I trust any state official from an American nation. Why not EU? So when does our vastly more valuable and contentious softwood lumber dispute get 'resolved'?
Jan Lenova
Reply to @Patrick Anglin: or how 'bout that "Canadian trade lawyer based in the U.S" ? How fixed is that by the USA ?
David Amos
Reply to @Jan Lenova: Good Question However when was the last time you trusted a lawyer???
Jan Lenova
Reply to @David Amos: I haven't even trusted our govts, ever since, and including, Mulroney, but then we're not alone.
Peter Homatco
Reply to @Patrick Anglin: softwood from Russia feeds the UE market Einstein.
David Amos
Reply to @Jan Lenova: Do you know who I am???
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: HAHAHAHAHAHA
Al Johnson
It shouldn't take a trade panel ruling to make Canada honour its treaty commitments. Our treaty commitments should've been honoured since day 1.
David Amos
Reply to @Al Johnson: The same reasoning holds true for the Yankees Correct?
Al Johnson
Reply to @David Amos: Obviously yes the Americans too. However, this story is about our own failure to honour our treaty.
David Amos
Reply to @Al Johnson: Soft wood????
Hugh MacDonald
As the cows would say, "Let's mooooooo-ve on".
David Amos
Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: No Way Jose. Methinks I have the bull by the horns Hence it is no time to let go N'esy Pas?
Jan Lenova
Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: more like as the cons would say, "let's sign anything America wants"
Brian Boys
China is hungry for infant formula, and is bankrolling very large goat farms and formula plants in ON.
David Amos
Reply to @Brian Boys: Too Too Funny If True
Jan Lenova
Reply to @David Amos: Actually, Canada did invent "pablum".
David Amos
Reply to @Jan Lenova: Your point is???
Jan Lenova
For starters, Canada needs to finish our TMX port of (international) market export and get going piping crude internationally. There's a huge Asia/Pacific market there for decades more. That net export pipeline is for the benefit/interest of all Canadians, and NOT Americans. A country that can not be largely self-sufficient, and a net exporter, is doomed to remain a profitless fetcher of raw materials at cheap firesale prices, while it's superpower neighbour to the south laughs at us. Is that what Canada has become.?
David Amos
Reply to @Jan Lenova: Methinks you should Google Trump Cohen Amos TPP FATCA and NAFTA ASAP Nesy Pas?
Jan Lenova
Reply to @David Amos: along with FIPA too ?
David Amos
Reply to @Jan Lenova: NOPE
Louie Latour
Whoa, did I just read a real news article on CBC and not opinion disguised as news?? Now I feel dirty :).
David Amos
Reply to @Louie Latour: LMAO
Brian Gibson
And did anyone else think Canada would come out ahead in a deal from the inept Trudeau leadership
Reply to @Brian Gibson: "And did anyone else think Canada would come out ahead ..." Of course not, but NAFTA was/is not good for Canada, but Mulroney knew that as well.
Jan Lenova
Reply to @Brian Gibson: When Mulroney was trying to sell NAFTA to Canadians, Trudeau (senior) tried to warn us that trying to make any "fair" deal like NAFTA with America, is like a minnow trying to make a deal with a shark. As today proves. Trudeau(senior) was prophetically correct.
David Amos
Reply to @Jan Lenova: How long have I been saying the same thing???
David Sampson
Canada’s supply/management system is extraordinarily beneficial for dairy farmers guaranteeing fixed profits demanding high prices for Canadians that out-of-step with global dairy prices. Dairy/cheese operations, primarily in Quebec, have been extremely successful in denying imports into Canada that might jeopardize their monopoly and control of an industry. All forcing Canadians to pay significant higher prices for all dairy products. We were told to adjust and we didn’t. Shame on us!
Reply to @David Sampson: You actually wrote "Shame on us." It is kind of hard to accept that you're not shaming. Canadians on a fixed budget get assistance from our government. A lot of the time, that fixed budget is completely made up of money from the government. One can get buy on a low cost healthy diet quite well. Those on fixed incomes often seem to think that their dignity is connected to their ability to eat more expensive prepared foods instead of their ability to support themselves. Oatmeal, rice and beans, carrots, cabbage and potatoes - those use to be staples.
Koffi Babone
Reply to @David Sampson: You want competition from imported products? Nothing prevents you from buying imported US dairy products or European cheese, it is available, I saw some the other day at a large surface warehouse. There is a very famous pricey Canadian outdoor clothing company that sells both in Canada and the US. Why is it that their products are cheaper in the US than in Canada? Friends of mine have said that they saved 200$ on an outdoor jacket by purchasing it in the US...
The quota system is country wide, not just Qc. It was created to protect farmers from the vagaries of Mother nature and will become more important with climate change. Look at what happened in BC: severe droughts, forest fires, flooding, cold snaps. Dairy producers in BC have had a very difficult year and you want to flood the BC market with US imports? That is the best way to run the dairy producers into the ground. How many of you want local products, are against factory farming??? And by factory farming I mean dairy farms that have thousands of animals, not a few hundred. Milk is one commodity that is local, transportation of milk over long distances isn't exactly ideal because milk doesn't freeze well. Look at the milk in your fridge, where is it from? Your own province. Prices of dairy are also local, they are not the same from province to province.
David Amos
Reply to @David Sampson: True
John Zagar
Not seading a tear, the Canadian dairy indusrty has gouged Canadian consumers for decades, yet plays the poor old dairy farmer every second they get
Reply to @Michael C Banton: "Now do how Harper selling Stelco to US Steel helped Canadians? Jobs were lost forever, and Canada's ability to produce steel for domestic use was devastated and rely on Foreign steel instead of Canadian produced products? I'll wait "
But but Harper is just such a lazy 'argument'...
(and when did Canada buy Stelco , anyway? Or did Stephen Harper personally own it?)
Neil Turv
Reply to @Robert Jones: My favourite part about the "But Harper" argument is that our current PM loudly and repeatedly has stated he will be nothing like the former PM.
Yet time and time again the best defense they can come up with for most of his actions seems to be "Harper did it too." Which isn't helping the side of the argument they think it is.
David Amos
Reply to @John Zagar: Nor I
David Amos
Reply to @Robert Jones: True
David Amos
Reply to @Neil Turv: Oh SoTrue
Marguerite Deschamps
I will not drink US adulterated milk, period❗
Arthur Eller
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Nothing wrong with American dairy products.
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Arthur Eller: Drink it if you wish. I do not trust the US one bit on anything❗
Luc Newsome
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Vaccines?
carol e. kudla
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: you will if it's not labelled
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @carol e. kudla: Nope, I do not drink milk.
David Amos
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Reply to @Luc Newsome: Good question
David Amos
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Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Trust that I drink enough Moo Juice for both of us
Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos, left, looks on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference on Parliament Hill Wednesday. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
With the Omicron-driven pandemic wave sweeping the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians are growing more angry and frustrated with people who still refuse to get vaccinated.
Trudeau said that while most Canadians have stepped up to get their shots — putting Canada near the top of the list of countries with the highest vaccination rates — the unvaccinated remain a problem.
"It's not just about governments and health workers frustrated that there are Canadians who still continue to choose to not get vaccinated. It's fellow Canadians as well," he said.
"When people are seeing cancer treatments and elective surgeries put off because beds are filled with people who chose not to get vaccinated, they're frustrated.
"When people see that we are in lockdowns or serious public health restrictions right now because of the risk posed to all of us by unvaccinated people, people get angry."
Watch: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pleads with the unvaccinated to get the shot:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pleads with the unvaccinated to get the shot
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Duration 2:12
Trudeau said that the best way out of the pandemic is still for Canadians to get their vaccines as soon as possible 2:12
According to CBC's vaccine tracker, almost 87 per cent of Canadians aged 5 and older have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 80.6 per cent are fully vaccinated against the virus.
While those rates are high, Trudeau said the record case numbers being driven by the Omicron variant are leading to more and more hospitalizations and forcing cancellations of elective surgeries, putting Canadians' health at risk.
"That front line health worker who's giving you your first dose of the vaccine, even now in January 2022, will be immensely pleased to be able to give you that first dose of vaccine, even today," Trudeau said. "Because they'd much rather be giving you an injection of vaccine than intubating you in an ICU."
Trudeau made his comments after French President Emmanuel Macron said that his own frustration with vaccine holdouts has led to legislation designed to "piss off" the unvaccinated.
Facing an election in April, Macron unveiled a draft bill that would make it mandatory for people to show proof of vaccination to enter a restaurant or cinema or to take the train.
Macron also said the unvaccinated are "irresponsible" and that he plans to make their lives so complicated that they'll feel compelled to get the shot.
Meanwhile, Conservatives continue to coddle the anti vaxxers. Shame!
James Wake
Reply to @Bubba Anderson: Must have been a devastating blow to your bias when Liberal MP Yves Robillard travelled outside Canada, in contravention of party instructions and was censured a few weeks ago.
Bubba Anderson
Reply to @James Wake: He was censured, unlike the dozens of unvaccinated Conservative MP'S, with the make believe medical exemptions.
David Amos
Reply to @Bubba Anderson: Surprise Surprise Surprise
French parliament suspends COVID-19 debate after Macron says he wants to 'piss off' the unvaccinated
Opposition politicians slam French president's comment
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French President Emmanuel Macron, seen here in a photo taken Dec. 17, 2021, touched off a political storm when he said he wanted to 'piss off' people who haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19. (John Thys/Reuters)
French parliament suspended debate on a new COVID-19 law early on Wednesday as opposition lawmakers demanded explanations from President Emmanuel Macron about comments in which he said he wanted to "piss off" unvaccinated people.
With a presidential election looming in April, in which he is expected to run, Macron may have calculated that enough people are now vaccinated — and upset with those who have not been vaccinated — for his comments to go down well with voters.
But the interview with Le Parisien newspaper, published late on Tuesday, was widely condemned by opposition lawmakers, who forced the suspension of the debate over the new restrictions.
The draft bill will make it mandatory for people to show proof of vaccination to enter a restaurant, cinema or take the train.
'Irresponsible'
In the interview, Macron also said unvaccinated people were "irresponsible" and that he planned to make their lives so complicated that they would end up having a vaccine.
"Irresponsible people are no longer citizens," he said, in another comment criticized by the opposition.
"A president cannot say such things," lawmaker Christian Jacob, who chairs the opposition conservative les Républicains party, told parliament. "I'm in favour of the vaccine pass but I cannot back a text whose objective is to 'piss off' the French."
Jacob went on: "Is that your objective, yes or no? We cannot keep debating without having a clear answer on that."
Other opposition politicians echoed Jacob's comments and demanded Prime Minister Jean Castex come to talk to them. The session was suspended shortly before 2 a.m local time and was due to resume at 3 p.m.
Vaccination rate among Europe's highest
France has historically had more vaccine skeptics than many of its neighbours, and pandemic restrictions have triggered many street protests, but it now has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the European Union. Nearly 90 per cent of French people aged 12 and over have been vaccinated.
In the interview, in which he responded to questions from a small group of Le Parisien readers, Macron did not say whether he would run for re-election but said he "would like to."
WATCH | Putting more pressure on unvaccinated may not work, says specialist:
Putting more pressure on unvaccinated may not work, says specialist
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Duration 1:15
Those who still won't get a COVID-19 vaccine probably can't be pushed into it with more punitive measures, says Toronto respirologist Dr. Samir Gupta. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters) 1:15
The "piss off" comments — "emmerder" is a slang verb that can also be translated as "annoy"— was made in response to one of these readers, a nurse, who asked him about surgeries postponed for some vaccinated people because hospitals are busy treating non-vaccinated sick with COVID-19.
For months, people have had to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test at many public venues. But as infections with the Delta and Omicron variants surge, the government has decided to drop the test option in the new bill.
Passengers were seen in videos vaping, dancing, drinking and crowd surfing on a Dec. 30 Sunwing flight from Montreal to Cancun. (Le Journal de Montreal)
A group of Quebec influencers and reality show stars could be facing thousands of dollars in fines, after videos surfaced showing them partying without masks on board a Sunwing flight from Montreal to Cancun.
Images from the Dec. 30 flight showed passengers ignoring public health measures, jumping and dancing in the aisle, vaping and openly passing around a bottle of hard liquor on the plane. In one video, a person could be seen crowd-surfing while the plane was in the air.
The federal government released a statement Tuesday, saying the departments of Transport, Public Safety and Health have all launched investigations into the incident.
There could be fines of up to $5,000 from Transport Canada for each offence on board, it said.
Additional fines and even jail time could follow if passengers were found to be endangering others, or if they provide falsified information upon their return to Canada.
WATCH | Unruly passengers party on Sunwing flight:
Maskless passengers danced, vaped, drank on Sunwing flight
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Duration 1:00
Videos taken on a Sunwing flight from Montreal to Cancun on Dec. 30 showed passengers ignoring public health measures, jumping and dancing in the aisle, vaping and passing around a bottle of alcohol. 1:00
'Slap in the face'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he was "extremely frustrated" seeing the videos.
"It is a slap in the face to see people putting themselves, putting their fellow citizens, putting airline workers at risk by being completely irresponsible."
He said Transport Canada is taking the situation "extremely seriously" and would be continuing its investigation.
CBC News reached out to several of the people seen on the flight, but has not yet received a response.
The plane was privately chartered by 111 Private Club, a promoter that organized the six-day, all-inclusive event in Cancun. In its advertising for the event, the promoter had claimed the plane would have a DJ.
James William Awad, who operates the company, tweeted Tuesday that the group "respected all instructions given by Sunwing" and that the alcohol was sold to them on board, calling the event a "success."
He later posted another tweet, saying he is taking the matter "very seriously."
"A simple party on a plane did all this buzz," he wrote, noting he would "take a moment" to rethink everything.
I take this matter very seriously. A simple party on a plane did all this buzz. I will take a moment to sit down and re think everything. Especially how I can do things better next time. Give me a moment to understand the situation better.
Sunwing said it notified Transport Canada after holding its own investigation, saying "the behaviour of a group of passengers was unruly and contravened several [regulations]."
The group was scheduled to return to Montreal today. Sunwing said it reached out to the organizers with terms and conditions for them to board.
"Unfortunately, the group did not accept all of the terms," it said in a statement to CBC News.
As a result, Sunwing cancelled the return flight. It said it would co-operate with Transport Canada's "full investigation" into the matter.
Air Transat said in an Instagram post Wednesday that it became aware that some of the passengers were attempting to return to Canada on its flights.
"We confirm that they will be denied boarding," it said.
Air Canada also said "to the extent that we can identify the passengers who were part of the group" it too would deny them boarding "to ensure the safety of other passengers and its crew."
Danger to plane, crew
Aviation experts say the behaviour on the plane was not only violating pandemic public health measures, but risked the safety and security of those onboard.
Mehran Ebrahimi, who heads an aerospace industry research unit at the University of Quebec at Montreal, pointed to the vaping on board as an example.
"That could set off the fire alarms, which could be very dangerous. It would signal a fire aboard, and the captain wouldn't know where it was from," he explained.
"These people think because they paid, because they're pseudo-influencers, they think they can do whatever they want," Ebrahimi said.
According to the federal government's statement about the flight, someone found guilty of endangering the lives of others and causing harm could face up to three years in prison and up to $1 million in fines.
Rena Kisfalvi, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees local that represents about 1,000 Sunwing flight attendants, called for strict consequences.
"These passengers who do not comply [with regulations], will they be charged? Will they be denied boarding in the future? Are they being placed on a no-fly list?" she asked.
"Maybe we, as a government, need to take this step to tell the travelling public: 'look, we're serious here.'"
With files from Kate McKenna, Alison Northcott, Radio-Canada and The Canadian Press
Methinks many of his fellow Quebecers enjoy rotting Mr Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's fancy socks and leaving him "extremely frustrated" N'esy Pas?
Randy Ellis
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Reply to @David Amos: Always funny when some partisan nincompooop posts to the wrong article.
David Amos
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Reply to @Randy Ellis: I quoted from this article so who are you calling a partisan nincompooop particularly in light of the fact that I ran against them all as a Independent 7 times???
Sheila Larcher
sure sure these entitled shits will face any penalty. Thatès not how this world works!
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So are you coming to court on May 24th to hear me argue about you people?
Text of my lawsuit
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
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 two hearings
Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
and 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
I thought you studied law and read my emails?
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
Order (time and place) dated 30-MAR-2017 rendered by S. Bazinet, Judicial Administrator and signed by Judicial Administrator fixing the Cross-Appeal to be heard at Special Sitting in Fredericton on 24-MAY-2017 to begin at 14:00 Filed on 31-MAR-2017 cc’s sent to parties entered in J. & O. Book, volume 298 page(s) 409 – 409 Transmittal letters placed on file
You have packaged well, While I haven’t read everything yet but I am assuming it is related to the hearing.
At least If I am not called away and I can attended I will be well briefed on your case at hand.
As I told before I don’t read all of your E-mail because of the shear volume.
I assuming that you are representing your self and you have done your homework.
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/i-acknowledge-crowns-emails-perhaps-it.html
If any your fans care they can listen to the fun hearing about judges and cops over the phone with another Bay of Fundy Frog named Leblanc who did not wish to meet me in court on April 10th.
https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
———- Original message ———-
From: “Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)” Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:53:28 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Chucky Leblanc I had quite a hoedown about Yankee
wiretap tapes of the MOB in Federal Court yesterday with Harper’s
favourite constitutional lawyer who is now a Judge with the same last
name as you Please enjoy
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné.
———- Original message ———-
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 12:52:57 -0400
Subject: Yo Chucky Leblanc I had quite a hoedown about Yankee wiretap tapes of the MOB
in Federal Court yesterday with Harper’s favourite constitutional lawyer who is now a Judge with the same last name as you Please enjoy
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, patrick_doran1@hotmail.com, sunrayzulu@shaw.ca, eps@edmontonpolice.ca, cps@calgarypolice.ca, bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca, brian@brianruhe.ca,
radical@radicalpress.com, paul@paulfromm.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,news@kingscorecord.com, peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com, macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com, nmoore@bellmedia.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca, CRAIG.DALTON@gnb.ca, Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, premier@gnb.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca,
Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, mike.obrienfred@gmail.com, leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.com, leader@greenparty.ca, postur@for.is, postur@irr.is, birgittaj@althingi.is, jody.carr@gnb.ca, hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca, Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca
Cc: oldmaison@yahoo.com, sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca, andre@jafaust.com, john.gamblin@bellaliant.net, cmunroe@glgmlaw.com,
Liberal / Assistance nbd_cna@liberal.ca, Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca, James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov
Perhaps you and your activist pal Andre Faust should have a long talk
with all your politcal buddies including the strange turncoats ASAP?
After all your barring from you beloved “Old Maison” is also mentioned
within my lawsuit N’esy Pas Chucky “Cry Baby” Leblanc?
Published on Apr 2, 2017
Dominic Cardy is the new Chief of Staff of the New Brunswick P.C. Party!!!
https://youtu.be/VxoIR7pB6JU
Methinks this is the reason why.
Fat Fred City Circle Jerk
Published on May 29, 2016
https://youtu.be/PQEr_ygDYy4
Kirk MacDonald says Liberals drafted bill to help put Jolène Richard
and André Richard on court
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Nov 24, 2016 6:03 PM AT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kirk-macdonald-dominic-leblanc-judge-moving-bill-1.3866450
DOMINIC CARDY
Director Strategic Issues (Office of the Official Opposition)
Legislative Assembly
Phone : (506) 453-7494
Fax : (506) 453-3461
Email : Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca
Furthermore you and at least one of your other wannabe lawyer activist
buddies Mark Darcy cannot claim that you did not know about my lawsuit
six weeks before I met Justice Richard Bell, Leanne Murray’s former
law firm partner in Federal Court one block down the street from you
in Fat Fred City in 2015 N’esy Pas?
Me versus Chucky Leblanc and the Fake Left etc
Published on Nov 6, 2015
https://youtu.be/icdihncTPLQ
Frogs (some with Scottish genes) do get around EH? (That is what you
and Abel Leblanc call yourselves N’esy Pas?)
Tell Dominic Leblanc to say hey to one of your cousins and his other
crooke pals on the bench i Fedal Court for me will ya?
‘Potential misconduct’ probe launched into judges after CBC revelations
Tax court justice seen on video attending KPMG-linked party
By Harvey Cashore, Kimberly Ivany, Nicole McCormick, Gillian Findlay,
CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2017 6:23 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/judges-probe-potential-misconduct-1.4013170
The Honourable René Leblanc,
The Honourable René Leblanc, was a lawyer with the Department of
Justice Canada in Ottawa, and was appointed a Judge of the Federal
Court on April 11, 2014.
Mr. Justice LeBlanc received a Bachelor of Civil Law from Université
Laval in 1979 and was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1980. He
worked in private practice with the law firm of Lazarovitch, Cannon,
Lemelin & Rourke in Québec City before joining the Legal Services Unit
of the Secretary of State of Canada in 1982. In 1986, he joined the
Department of Justice Canada as a litigator and was appointed Senior
General Counsel in 2006. In that capacity he appeared before all
levels of court.
During his time with the Department of Justice he was designated as
one of a small group of lawyers to represent the Attorney General of
Canada before the Supreme Court of Canada. He was also a member of the
national committee responsible for reviewing all aspects of litigation
before the Supreme Court of Canada involving the government of Canada.
His main area of practice was civil litigation and constitutional law.
Justice LeBlanc has been a frequent conference speaker to his
colleagues at the Department of Justice and has served as a part-time
professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Civil Law. He is
also co-author of a book on the recourses and procedure before the
Federal Courts (Letarte, Veilleux, LeBlanc et Rouillard-Labbé, Recours
et procédure devant les Cours fédérales, Montréal, LexisNexis Canada
Inc., 2013). This book was published in 2013 and is the only
publication in the French language dealing with that subject matter.
Any way I went through your statement of claim, I hoped that you have included the statement of defense as well.
What defense? I have done NOTHING wrong. The smiling bastards practiced wrongs against me kinda like your “Occupy” pal Scotty Baby Agnew and Menard his lawyer/wife did only a lot worse.
Furthermore the Crown has offered no defense whatsoever other than trying every trick in the book to make the complaint evaporate.
Did you forget you have had this info for quite some time and that you criticized the sound quality of the recording of the court and even offered to fix it?
FYI I appealed a decision about a motion to dismiss that I won because I am ethical and the judge was not. Now the Crown wants another kick at the can and I am looking forward to kicking them in the balls again but this time in front of quite likely three more corrupt judges Get it yet?
The other thing that I find is that you make assumptions that I have extensive knowledge about your situation.
I have lost count of the number of emails that I have received, you supply all kinds of data, That which is analogous to scientific report that contains only the data, with discussion assuming that the reader will know the abstract, the introduction, the procedure/methodology, discussion, results, and the conclusion.
I just have bits and pieces, the order I don’t know. From what I have been able to extrapolate, because don’t come write out and spell it out I have to make inference, which is can be erroneous. It seems that 1. you were arrested for no reason and placed for psychiatric evaluation, and that you have been banned from the legislative building, I know nothing about the circumstances for those results.
A person could with all you information provided spend years to write a thesis to get an understanding.
From the audio, you seem to have a better handle on the legal aspect than I do. I have to borrow a quote from Danny Watters former criminal lawyer “You don’t learn about law in law school, you learn law when you are practicing it”. Well you have been practicing. In the first auto the xmas one the Judge acknowledged that were experience with court procedure.
This morning I rethought it and said what the Hell why not stress test your ethics one last time before May 24th.It should prove interesting to me to see if you have the balls to allow it to be posted within your own blog. I know that your buddy Chucky Leblanc the self described biggest bullshitter in the province of NB never would.
I must say that you Fake Left dudes in Fat Fred City and elsewhere are sly with your wording and have rather convenient memories. BTW say Hey to your college buddies Johnny “Never Been Good” Bosnitch and Torturous Tony Tracy for me will ya? I may be as dumb as post but at least like Forest Gump you clever dudes can’t fool me because I am too stupid. However it is well known that I have a very good memory and that I keep better records than any court clerk.
That said even though you may not get your emails. I get no notice from your provider that they were blocked . Plus everybody and his dog knows at least one of the emails I sent you and your buddies in UNB et al has been properly filed in the Federal Court of Appeal since March 8th, 2017. FYI I have backed off sending emails through no choice of my own GOOGLE has deleted two of my emails account in the past week for the benefit of the RCMP and the FBI before I meet three more stooges they call judges from Ottawa in Fat Fred City. Now you wish updates as to what I am up to perhaps you should check my Twitter account that Pam Ross everybody else within the Council of Canadians blocks because I busted her balls in front of her friends when I pointed to her bragging to Chucky about breaking her eggs N’esy Pas?
https://www.scribd.com/document/347506186/A-duly-recorded-Registry-Email-Message-and-My-Response
Furthermore I explained to you exactly who I was in our one and only phone conversation as soon as I knew you were one of the dude in the Occupy Fredericton nonsense. After we talked i introduced you to Bill Csapo of Occupy Wall St and my former friends Julian Assange and Birgiitta Jonsdottir of Wikileaks.
You should not deny this email after it has been all over the Internet for years. Remember how you mentioned that you were starting this blog. When you asked if I wished to be Anonymous I shook my head. Why the Hell would I wish to be anonymous? I had already told you that i had ran for public office four times thus far after i had sued more lawyers than most folks could name before the Yankees attempted their extra ordinary rendition nonsense on me in 2003. My document are published all over the Internet and in the public records of many courts in Canada and the USA just because Scotty Baby Agnew (formerly chief spin doctor on the web for the Irving Empire) and his lawyer wifey Menard (former leader of the Green Party of NB) lie about that the obvious facts it does not follow that they can make simple truths go away.EH?
This email to you that i inserted below is still published within Chucky Leblanc’s and Sally Brook”s other buddy named Andre old blog about my rants Correct?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/03/fwd-methinks-it-didnt-do-your-hero-mr.html
Saturday, 30 March 2013
Fwd: Methinks it didn’t do your hero Mr Soros and his “Occupy” minions any good to delete my webpage N’esy Pas Mr Faust???
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:10:33 -0300
Subject: Methinks it didn’t do your hero Mr Soros and his “Occupy” minions any good to delete my webpage N’esy Pas Mr Faust???
To: “George.Soros” , Julian.C.Renaud@gmail.com, woodsideb , andre, police , oldmaison, “peter.dauphinee” , radical , merv ,nmoore , “Jacques.Poitras”, “Wayne.Lang”
Cc: “ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca” , David Amos, “macpherson.don”, andremurraynow, evelyngreene ,sallybrooks25 , acampbell , “terry.seguin”
After all It has been discussed in writing and SAVED many times since late 2011
http://www.nycga.net/members/davidraymondamos/
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Occupy Fredericton
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:32:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Andre I want to believe you but I looked at your facebook
and shook my head
To: David Amos
Hi, David it was a pleasure speaking with you, on Sunday, unfortunately a
family crises developed while I was speaking with you, I do hope to be able
to resume conversation with, but I have to admit there a bit of a learning
curve that is involved in getting to fully understand the whole, It’s like
you providing me with many pieces of a puzzle and I have to put it
together, but I am up to the challenge.
The intention of the Facebook is to foster critical thinking, so I don’t
interfere much unless, the posts are direct attack on the posters. When I
first started the page it was easy to police the nature and the context of
the post, but currently the flow is very high and there is really no way
for me to check everything out. For most cases I will only view videos if
the are less then three minutes, longer ones I tend to listen for about a
min, but I do spot listens.
There is not enough time in the day .. to be thorough.
There is another site that I am working on, the Left eye, which I hope to
have up and running by the end of the December. If I publish any of your
research to you wish to be credited, or remain anonymous? That was the
site that I was working on before I became involved the the Occupy
movement..
Thanks Andre Faust .. 🙂
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:56:27 -0300
Subject: Re: Josh Steffler Greg Hill and Ryan Elson and their BULLSHIT
about my doings with “Occupy Wall St” etc
To: josh steffler , stop_codex, xtofury@gmail.com, grenouf, maryann4peace ,
“mark.lord” , David Amos, andre ,andremurraynow , police, law , evelyngreene,
sallybrooks25 hiddenfromhistory1 , dbaines@png.canwest.com, Shirley.Bond.MLA@leg.bc.ca, chief@vpd.ca, leader , adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca,
danny.copp@fredericton.ca
Cc: kderosa@timescolonist.com, “Wayne.Lang”, “Leanne.Fitch”, oldmaison ,
lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
“you fake, fat, psychopathic, would be truther — that told josh you
had ran occupy and that it was hijacked after it had started (which is
a blatant lie, my guess would be that you are in bed with the
international socialists if you really think that).”
Yawn Kinda like the pot trying to call the kettle black EH? The
qannabe elected baker is clearly as chubby as his mindless butt buddy
is skinny
As for me I am right at 200 lbs. That clearly less than Joshy Baby and
far more than the pencil necked arsehole he loves who has a red flag
posted in is Facebook to ID imself.
Occupy anyone? (Look at the date I became a member) How about
Wikileaks and Iceland too?
http://www.nycga.net/members/davidraymondamos/
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:29:20 -0400
Subject: Re: “Occupy” Wall St and the former spokesperson Bill Csapo
It appears that your email and phone number no longer function WHY???
To: wcsapo@gmail.com, RT-US , “Frank. McKenna” ,
matt_burton1987@hotmail.com, “birgittaj@althingi.is” , birgittajoy ,
birgitta , atlantic66girl@hotmail.com, brother.chao@gmail.com,
9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com, wmreditor@waynemadsenreport.com,
lenbracken@hotmail.com, robin reid , “j.kroes” , “Barry.Shaw” ,
“Mackay.P” , bairdj , daniel.towsey@yahoo.com, stoffp1@parl.gc.ca
Cc: occupyfredericton , OccupyBostonMedia , OccupyS , alex_d_29@hotmail.com
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:32:30 -0400
Subject: Andre meet Bill Csapo of Occupy Wall St He is a decent fellow
who can be reached at (516) 708-4777 Perhaps you two should talk ASAP
To: wcsapo
Cc: occupyfredericton
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:19:35 +0000
Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
Account disabled
On 1/12/12, David Amos wrote:
> Franky Boy McKenna oversees this park in the Big Apple and the
> Attorney General of New Brunswick admitted long ago i had issues with
> McKenna and his bankster associates.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bod5_Yvhd4k
>
> http://occupywallst.org/users/DavidRaymondAmos/
>
> From: David Amos
> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:22:00 -0300
> Subject: i just called from 902 800 0369 (Nova Scotia)
> To: 9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
>
> I am the guy the SEC would not name that is the link to Madoff and
> Putnam Investments
>
> http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-a465-72722b47e7f2
>
> Notice the transcript and webcast of the hearing of the US Senate
> banking Commitee is missing? please notice Eliot Spitzer and the Dates
> around November 20th, 2003 in te following file
>
> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
>
> From: “Julian Assange)”
> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:15:46 +0000 (GMT)
> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland’s plan for a press safe haven
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> FYI: Al-Jazeera’s take on Iceland’s proposed media safe haven
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
>
> More info http://immi.is/
>
> Julian Assange
> Editor
> WikiLeaks
> http://wikileaks.org/
>
>
> From: Birgitta Jonsdottir
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000
> Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the
> first email I ever sent you
> To: David Amos
>
> dear Dave
> i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i
> find some time
> keep up the good fight in the meantime
>
> thank you for bearing with me
> i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters
> and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and
> the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:)
> plus all the matters in relation to immi
>
> with oceans of joy
> birgitta
>
> Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
>
> Andre Gide
>
> Birgitta Jonsdottir
> Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884
> http://this.is/birgitta– http://joyb.blogspot.com–
> http://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir
>
>
>>> >> On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:35 AM, David Amos wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> I truly enjoyed talking to you. More to the point I am happy you
>>> >>> took
>>> >>> the time to listen to mean old me. I was impressed with your openess
>>> >>> and honesty. In return I took a bit of time to study you more
>>> >>> closely
>>> >>> on the Internet and I am now even more impressed to view the artist
>>> >>> in
>>> >>> you. To hell with the politics and the money for a minute. At the
>>> >>> risk of sounding odd your sincere soul that I sensed in your voice
>>> >>> came shining through the various webpages. An honest person
>>> >>> practicing
>>> >>> the wicked art of politicking is a rare thing indeed. I must confess
>>> >>> that I grinned at the possibility of crossing paths with another
>>> >>> kindred soul when I saw you employ the expression Me Myself and I
>>> >>> because I often use that expresssion
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I also sent you another email to your politcal email address on June
>>> >>> 24th, 2010 right after you spoke on CBC. (I can resend it if you
>>> >>> wish)
>>> >>> When you folks ignored that and my calls and only sent me nasty
>>> >>> responses I gave up on Iceland and IMMI because I had made everyone
>>> >>> well aware I had no respect for Assange and corrupt parliamentarians
>>> >>> whatsoever. Assange became the big celebrity after releasing the
>>> >>> video
>>> >>> from Iraq but I felt sorry for the kid who went to jail that had
>>> >>> given
>>> >>> him the stuff. Obviously I sent you folks the email below long
>>> >>> before
>>> >>> Assange made the scene in Iceland. Rest assured that I sent him
>>> >>> evidence of my concerns about Iceland or he would not had sent me
>>> >>> his
>>> >>> bragging emails the following March.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now that Assange is in jail with no hope of bail like I was a couple
>>> >>> of times after CBC has been yapping about him for weeks I was
>>> >>> feeling
>>> >>> a little vindictive so I opted to tease some of his friends and fans
>>> >>> (such as McCarthy and CBC) by reminding them that I was still alive,
>>> >>> not in jail and kicking like hell. (A host of cops in seven cars
>>> >>> pounced on my son (who was visiting me) and I at 2;30 in the morning
>>> >>> right after the results of the recent election was annnounced
>>> >>> Although
>>> >>> I managed to run them off this time need I say it really pissed me
>>> >>> off
>>> >>> and saddend me to put him on a bus back to Boston)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I did not send you that email with the pdf files attached from my
>>> >>> new
>>> >>> Yahoo address but you will get it in a bit. Heres hoping you will
>>> >>> enjoy it.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Best Regards
>>> >>> Dave
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>> >>> From: David Amos
>>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:33:10 -0300
>>> >>> Subject: RE: Iceland and Bankers Whereas the politicians ignore me
>>> >>> maybe some fellow bloggers will listen to me eh?
>>> >>> To: jong@althingi.is, kristjanj@althingi.is, olofn@althingi.is,
>>> >>> petur@althingi.is, rea@althingi.is, ragnheidurr@althingi.is,
>>> >>> sdg@althingi.is, sij@althingi.is, siv@althingi.is,
>>> >>> tryggvih@althingi.is, ubk@althingi.is, vigdish@althingi.is,
>>> >>> thkg@althingi.is, thorsaari@althingi.is
>>> >>> Cc: margrett@althingi.is, thorgerdur@thorgerdur.is,
>>> >>> saari@centrum.is,
>>> >>> ha030002@unak.is, svanurmd@hotmail.com, baddiblue@gmail.com,
>>> >>> dominus@islandia.is, birgitta@this.is, einar@smart.is
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>> >>> From: David Amos
>>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:23:15 -0300
>>> >>> Subject: Fwd: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I
>>> >>> smiled
>>> >>> To: johanna@althingi.is
>>> >>> Cc: “Jacques.Poitras” , Dan Fitzgerald
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>> >>> From: David Amos
>>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:52:42 -0300
>>> >>> Subject: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I smiled
>>> >>> To: wmreditor@waynemadsenreport.com, lenbracken@hotmail.com
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>> >>>> From: David Amos
>>> >>>> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:24:42 -0300
>>> >>>> Subject: Fwd: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>> >>>> To: vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov,
>>> >>>> horwitzd@dsmo.com, wrobleskin@dsmo.com,
>>> >>>> wolfem@dicksteinshapiro.com,
>>> >>>> Lisa.Baroni@usdoj.gov, ssbny@aol.com, service@ssbla.com,
>>> >>>> rwing@lswlaw.com, rriccio@mdmc-law.com, lmodugno@mdmc-law.com,
>>> >>>> griffinger@gibbonslaw.com, mmulholland@rmfpc.com,
>>> >>>> kmalerba@rmfpc.com,
>>> >>>> tlieverman@srkw-law.com
>>> >>>> Cc: webo , John.Sinclair@nbimc.com,
>>> >>>> Norma.Kennedy@nbimc.com, jan.imeson@nbimc.com, mc.blais@pcnb.org
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I wonder if any lawyer will bother to read this email, understand
>>> >>>> it
>>> >>>> and call me back
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>> >>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
>>> >>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:06:39 +0000
>>> >>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>> >>>> To: David Amos
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Dear David Amos
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding to
>>> >>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our
>>> office.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a web
>>> site
>>> >>>> http://www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical
>>> >>>> information
>>> >>>> regarding the economic crisis in Iceland.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Tilvísun í mál: FJR08100024
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Frá: David Amos
>>> >>>> Dags: 29.01.2009 19:17:43
>>> >>>> Til: johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.stjr.is, postur@for.stjr.is,
>>> aih@cbc.ca,
>>> >>>> Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>> >>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>> egilla@althingi.is,
>>> >>>> william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is,
>>> >>>> Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is,
>>> cdhowe@cdhowe.org,
>>> >>>> desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca, “oldmaison@yahoo.com”
>>> >>>> , “t.j.burke@gnb.ca” , Dan
>>> >>>> Fitzgerald , jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.is
>>> >>>> Afrit: fyrirspurn@fme.is, audur@audur.is, fme@fme.is,
>>> >>>> info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is
>>> >>>> Efni: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious question.
>>> >>>> Why
>>> >>>> have you people ignored me for three years?
>>> >>>> ———————————————————
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> FYI Some folks in Canada are watching your actions or lack thereof
>>> >>>> more closely than others. As you well know I am one.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://www.topix.com/forum/world/canada/TJHJ5HP501LN7C4MV#lastPost
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/2006/05/harper-and-bankers.html
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> You folks should not deny certain responses that I have received
>>> >>>> over
>>> >>>> the course of the last few months from your country CORRECT?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> From: David Amos
>>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:57:55 -0300
>>> >>>> Subject: Re: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of
>>> >>>> Iceland
>>> >>>> To: postur@for.stjr.is
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thanx
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On 10/8/08, postur@for.stjr.is wrote:
>>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and
>>> >>>> waits
>>> >>>> attendance.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thank you.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> From: Fjármálaeftirlitið – Fyrirspurn
>>> >>>> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:23:41 -0000
>>> >>>> Subject: Staðfesting á móttöku
>>> >>>> To: David Amos
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið hefur móttekið erindi yðar. Erindinu verður
>>> >>>> svarað
>>> >>>> við fyrsta tækifæri. Vakin er athygli á heimasíðu
>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitsins, http://www.fme.is. Þar má finna ýmsar
>>> >>>> upplýsingar ásamt svörum við algengum spurningum:
>>> >>>> http://www.fme.is/?PageID=863.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) of Iceland confirms the
>>> >>>> receipt of your e-mail. Your e-mail will be answered as soon as
>>> >>>> possible. We would like to point out our website,
>>> >>>> http://www.fme.is.
>>> >>>> There you can find information and answeres to frequently asked
>>> >>>> questions: http://www.fme.is/?PageID=864.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Kveðja / Best Regards
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið / Financial Supervisory Authority, Iceland
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Sími / Tel.: (+354) 525 2700
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> From: David Amos
>>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:53:47 -0300
>>> >>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the
>>> >>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy?
>>> >>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>> >>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>> >>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca
>>> >>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca,
>>> >>>> lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>>> >>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this
>>> >>>> letter ASAP EH?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/5352095/Tony-Merchant-and-Yankees
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me at 506
>>> 756
>>> >>>> 8687
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
I think that I have gone the extra mile to allow you to tell your story, Tell me now If I attend your hearing on the 24 I am I going to be exposed to verbal abuse and attack on my persons.
I have been up front, I’ve told you that you provide a continuous flow of information that is way beyond the time that I can read, process and synthesize, there is just not enough hours in the day.
I have many other things going on in my life, my family, advocacy, research and a list of things to do.
I have also told you that you make certain assumptions that I am supposed to know, of which I don’t.
I know your intent is to try to educate me about the multiple issues that you are dealing with which I can understand your passion, but due to the complexities of your issues, I don’t have the time. As I putting 16+ hour days. When you consider sleep, hygiene and food, that doesn’t leave much time for me.
I really don’t understand why you are continuously kicking me in the nuts.