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Premier Blaine Higgs sports a red T-shirt during Friday's news briefing in support of truck drivers who continue to work during the pandemic. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)
Latest
1 active case of COVID-19
Canada and United States keep border closed
Court of Queen's Bench moves to Fredericton Convention Centre
River Watch program ends for the year
Daycares reopen next week
Mount Allison University to offer on-campus classes and online delivery
Fredericton transit goes back to normal — sort of
More Saint John parks reopening this weekend
Lobster fishery opens in northern part of the province today
What to do if you have symptoms
Premier Blaine Higgs said he's disappointed that unemployed New Brunswickers aren't applying for jobs in agriculture and fish processing plants, as employers are scrambling to find workers.
Last month, the New Brunswick government banned any new temporary foreign workers from entering the province as a way of reducing the risk of COVID-19. Since then, Premier Blaine Higgs has been calling on New Brunswickers and foreign workers already in the province to fill vacancies in the agricultural and seafood-processing sectors.
"These jobs are crucial to New Brunswick," said Premier Blaine Higgs during Friday's news briefing.
Over the past two days, the provincial government hosted a virtual job fair to help connect New Brunswickers looking for jobs with employers.
But there are still roughly 70,000 people still out of work across the province and Higgs said there are plenty of "well-paying" jobs left that pay up to $23 an hour.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, says one active case of COVID-19 remains in the province. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)
"If our campaign has not been as effective as it could've been, shame on us," Higgs said.
Higgs said he isn't sure how many vacancies are still available. But earlier this month, he said there were 600 farm and fish plant vacancies in agriculture and fish processing.
"It is concerning that out of 70,000 people we're not able to meet the demands that are a fraction of that."
Nonetheless he plans to work with New Brunswick companies to find the workers they need. And when asked whether he regrets his decision to ban foreign workers, Higgs made reference to the province's lone active case.
"Every decision we've made to this point has been related to public health considerations coming first and foremost."
1 active case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick
New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health has announced that another person has recovered from COVID-19 in the province.
It has been nine days since the province has reported any new cases.
But Dr. Jennifer Russell is reminding the public to protect themselves over the upcoming long weekend by keeping to their respective two family household bubbles and following physical distance guidelines.
"I want everyone to enjoy this holiday weekend but I want everyone to be safe," said Russell at Friday's news briefing.
New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs warns people to follow public health rules over the long weekend. 3:08
As residents gear up for the summer months, Premier Blaine Higgs said this Victoria Day long weekend will not look the same as usual.
"We won't be able to visit our friends and family from outside of New Brunswick," he said. "Our borders are still restricted and we can't plan trips to other provinces right now."
There have been 120 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick and 119 of them have recovered from the disease.
There is still one active case remaining in New Brunswick.
"We must act as if the virus is all around us," Russell said.
Canada and United States keep border closed
Premier Blaine Higgs said Friday that the Canada-U.S. border will remain closed past May 21 for an additional 30 days.
Higgs said there was a general consensus from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and fellow premiers to keep the borders closed.
"We need to maintain our commercial activities, there's no doubt about that, but the border security is considered something that is worth protecting at this point in time." Now that the New Brunswick COVID-19 curve is flat, risk lies at the borders. What’s considered essential and non-essential travel, and how is New Brunswick making sure people coming in are following safety rules? 2:09
Higgs expects the federal government to make an announcement about the border closure next week. He said New Brunswick borders could remain closed for the entire summer if needed.
On Thursday, Higgs said the province could reopen border with Quebec as early as July
"All of the discussions that we had were around following the tracks that we're on, understanding we're opening up in the same vein and continuing to work with public health authorities.
Court of Queen's Bench moves to Fredericton Convention Centre
The Department of Justice and Office of the Attorney General announced Friday that the Court of Queen's Bench in the judicial district of Fredericton will be moving to the Fredericton Convention Centre.
In a news release, the province said department officials have finalized an agreement with the City of Fredericton through at least the end of 2020. Details of the agreement will not be disclosed.
"The decision is meant to accommodate spacing requirements to hold jury selections and jury trials. It will also ensure the continuity of all Court of Queen's Bench matters, including family court hearings," the news release said. "The move will allow provincial court matters to continue being held at Fredericton's existing justice building."
The province's judiciary has announced that, as of June 1, all matters currently on the docket of the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench will proceed on their respective dates as scheduled. However, jury trials will resume as of Aug. 15.
River Watch program ends for the year
After 10 weeks in operation, the River Watch Program for the 2020 freshet season has ended.
Water levels along the St. John River basin continue to decrease and are returning to normal levels.
"The freshet this year looked nothing like 2018 and 2019," said Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart. "While we are grateful for this, the New Brunswick Emergency Management Organization and its River Watch partners were ready to respond."
The program started March 9 and provided information on the status of rivers and the potential for ice jams and other flood issues throughout the spring freshet season.
Daycares reopen next week
Daycares across New Brunswick will begin reopening on Tuesday, as part of the COVID-19 recovery plan. They've been shut for everyone but essential workers since March. Some daycares laid off workers and closed completely, but others kept their employees and kept charging parents.
As part of the reopening rules, children won't be able to mingle outside their self-contained groups of no more than 15. Children and staff will have their temperatures checked every morning, one adult per family should be designated for drop off and pick up, and there will be strict cleaning protocols.
At Friday's news briefing, Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said maintaining the two-household bubble is vital to the safe operation of daycares and early childhood education centres
"If each child in a daycare has close contact with only one other household, the risk of spreading the virus is greatly reduced," she said.
It is also important that parents and staff do not enter a daycare if they are feeling unwell.
Mount Allison University to offer on-campus classes and online delivery
Over the upcoming fall-term Mount Allison University plans to offer a combination of on-campus classes and online alternate delivery.
In an email to students, the university said classrooms, labs, and studios will undergo a number of adjustments consistent with public health guidelines, and the continuing need for physical distancing.
Additional planning around the specifics of course delivery is also underway.
Residences will be open this fall to accommodate students.
"Residences, the dining hall, and food services on campus always operate with a central focus on the well-being of students."
Over the summer months, the university said a number of new health and safety measures will be put in place for fall. The university said new measures are designed to support student health upon arrival and throughout the academic year.
Fredericton transit goes back to normal — sort of
As businesses start to reopen, city transit services in New Brunswick's capital will get somewhat back to normal next week.
Starting Tuesday, Fredericton city transit will run hourly throughout the work week, resembling their Saturday schedule, according to Meredith Gilbert, the city's manager of transit and parking.
Buses have cut back to running every three hours during the pandemic.
"Essentially, it's similar to what we normally run on Saturdays, we just won't be offering our peak time half-hour service Monday through Friday," Gilbert said.
Buses are still limited to a maximum of nine passengers at a time.
Although it's not required, the city is urging passengers to wear a mask while using city transit. Fredericton city transit will offer hourly services starting next week. (City of Fredericton)
Since the COVID-19 outbreak in March, Fredericton Transit started cleaning city buses twice a day. Plexiglass shields have also been installed to further protect drivers, as buses will begin accepting fares again.
More Saint John parks reopening this weekend
Several Saint John parks are reopening just in time for the long weekend, said Tim O'Reilly, the city's deputy commissioner of parks and recreation.
Rainbow Park Playground, Station One Skate Park, Rockwood Park Playground, Forest Hills Playground and Dominion Park Playground and Basketball Court will reopen Saturday. Shamrock Park Tennis Courts 1 to 5 and horseshoe pits will also reopen.
"The ones we are all opening are … the larger facilities of higher quality [and] the ones more typically used by the public," O'Reilly said.
Playground equipment will be sanitized with a water-bleach mixture twice daily and hand sanitizer will be provided at each of the locations. Visitors are also required to stay two metres apart.
"It is going to be quite resource-intensive in order to follow those safety guidelines, so we are starting with those few."
If people abuse the hand sanitizer or do not obey the two-metre distancing rule, O'Reilly said the parks will close again.
"It really is a partnership between the city and the public."
Several trails in Rockwood Park will be reduced to one-way traffic beginning Saturday to help encourage physical distancing.
Lily Lake Loop, Clean Air Trail, Fisher Lakes Loop, Harrigan Lake Loop will be marked with signage to indicate which direction visitors are allowed to travel.
Lobster fishery opens in northern part of the province today
Licensed lobster harvesters in four zones that run from Miramichi Bay to Chaleur Bay in northeastern New Brunswick left wharfs around 6 a.m. Friday morning. (Gail Harding/CBC)
About 665 licensed lobster harvesters in four zones that run from Miramichi Bay to Chaleur Bay in northeastern New Brunswick will be allowed to leave wharves at 6 a.m., weather permitting.
Maritime Fishermen's Union president Gaëtan Robichaud said he, like many fishermen, have been busy getting their traps and boats ready for a season shortened to six weeks.
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
David Amos Methinks Higgy et al are gonna have an interesting long weekend scheming about what to do on the 26th N'esy Pas?
Rick Grayson
Reply to @David Amos: what is your theory in regards to what the Premier and his party will be scheming about? I would really love to hear it, or are you going to do your normal song and dance when asked a question. The song and dance I refer to is something about the premier or the RCMP. So if you actually have something to contribute other than off hand comments why not say it?
David Amos
Reply to @Rick Grayson: Methinks it a waste of my precious time to play your silly "guess what my name is" game anymore as you flip from one ID to another I already proved my point about you and your associates Nesy Pas?
In the "Mean"time say Hey to Higgy or Batman or the Great Gatsby ot Mr Oliver or Mr Jones etc you choose Tell your RCMP buddies and their other cop pals that I will look forward seeing them again in Federal Court
JJ Carrier Well, I'm heavily disappointed the PC Party of N.B. put in charge a man who was a failed CoR leader who had it out for non-English in N.B. for years...He was given the right of running the province, in minority position, that once almost killed the right-wingers from the Parti Acadien and CoR so that one-sided leaders like him couldn't rise...Now we also have a failed minister from Nackawic running CoR Lite in cahoots with him, the man who killed the N.B. NDP in his cabinet, and a wannabe part-time Liberal in opposition...There is no true majority in this province and the pool of great MLAs we had for decades of all stripes no longer exists...Other than that, way to go Friday t-shirt guy...And you're welcome
Jos Allaire
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Oui Mon-um. Higgs = Grew truth Tchu!
David Amos
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Methinks your SANB buddies and the irving Clan will be happy to see that you crawled out from under your rock N'esy Pas?
Auditor general backs Higgs in federal dispute over infrastructure spending
"We need to get a handle on looking after the assets that we have," says Kim MacPherson
Robert Jones· CBC News· Posted: May 15, 2020 5:00 AM AT
Auditor General Kim MacPherson said efforts by Premier Blaine Higgs to rework the province's $673.2 million infrastructure agreement with Ottawa to do more spending on the repair of decaying structures has merit. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
A campaign by New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs to rework the province's $673.2 million infrastructure agreement with Ottawa to allow for more meat and potatoes spending to fix decaying structures has gotten little federal support so far, but the effort has merit according to New Brunswick's auditor general
"The Premier's position very much aligns with what we've been saying in a number of our reports when it comes to maintaining our infrastructure," said Kim MacPherson in an interview Thursday
"We have a lot of infrastructure for a very small population base that needs to be maintained and we have a lot of aging infrastructure, so I would agree that we need to get a handle on looking after the assets that we have."
Higgs has been sparring with the federal government over his desire to change the terms of a 10 year infrastructure deal signed between Ottawa and the government of former premier Brian Gallant in 2018.
The agreement involves $673.2 million of federal money that can be used to help finance qualifying provincial or municipal infrastructure projects but Higgs has been complaining the categories are too narrow and some money is directed where it is 'not needed'.
Diversion of funds necessary, says Higgs
Former premier Brian Gallant and then federal infrastructure and communities minister Amarjeet Sohi signed a 10 year, $673.2 million infrastructure agreement in March 2018. Premier Blaine Higgs has been asking Ottawa to reopen the deal to allow for more repairs to existing infrastructure. (Submitted/GNB)
According to the terms of the deal, about three quarters of the federal funds -- $512.3 million -- are to be used to help build new public transit networks and other green infrastructure projects including clean energy and wastewater treatment facilities. The remainder are for various local community, rural and indigenous projects.
Higgs wants to divert large portions of funding into more mundane but foundational needs, like fixing dilapidated assets the province already owns.
"The request we've made to the federal government is to have more flexibility in projects the funds can actually be used for," Higgs said during a news conference Wednesday.
"We are looking at areas where we can maintain current infrastructure or to upgrade current infrastructure and that could apply to hospitals or schools or roads or bridges."
"I am trying to defer future expenses that are coming, that we know of, because of the condition of some of our assets and the more that I can do them now with this funding, rather than do something else that's not needed, it's going to help us recover quicker."
Decaying bridges, nursing homes and more
The Jemseg Bridge was closed to traffic and decommissioned in 2015 after an inspection showed unsafe conditions. An inspection in 2013 had also recommended its closure but was ignored. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
For years MacPherson has been warning about decaying infrastructure in New Brunswick and the need for the province to invest adequately in repairing and maintaining it.
In 2013, her department found that 293 bridges in the province, 11 per cent, were in poor condition and in need of "significant maintenance work".
In 2016 she reported provincial nursing homes required $285 million in repairs and maintenance work and later this year she is scheduled to report on the condition of provincial public schools.
"We've had a lot of reports on capital assets where we have deferred maintenance issues," said MacPherson
Premier Blaine Higgs said he wants to divert large portions of funding into more mundane but foundational needs, like fixing dilapidated assets the province already owns. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)
"I have said in past reports, only buy and build new assets if you're taking others out of service and there's a business need for this new asset."
Higgs has said only about 10 per cent of the federal infrastructure money is discretionary and the rest is proving difficult to move around. He said while it is easy to get money approved to buy electric buses under the program, the province's needs are more basic than that.
'Best value'
The Hammond River covered bridge was closed in 2016 after an excavator fell through its decking. Blaine Higgs says New Brunswick's dilapidated infrastructure needs more attention. (CBC)
He claims repairing old assets will create as many jobs as building or acquiring new ones. He also argues provincial and federal revenues in the future have been made uncertain by the COVID-19 pandemic and it is a mistake to create new assets not knowing if New Brunswick will have the money required to maintain them.
"I'm trying to get the best value I can going forward because whatever I spend today is something somebody's got to deal with tomorrow," said Higgs "I don't want to have a New Brunswick that is in trouble a year from now."
But so far the Trudeau government has not been inclined to change the arrangement.
One week after New Brunswick auditor general Kim MacPherson published a list of provincial bridges in poor condition, one of the worst - the Lorneville causeway in Saint John - collapsed (CBC)
In a statement, the press secretary to federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna said green infrastructure funding includes money that can be spent to upgrade existing assets.
Chantalle Aubertin claimed money can be used to make schools and hospitals "more resilient" and existing streets and sidewalks can be retrofitted to make room for "new pathways and bike lanes that will help Canadians physical distance while staying active and healthy."
"We also continue to move forward with provinces on long-term projects, from better public transit to high-speed broadband to wastewater and clean energy," said Aubertin.
Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of price regulation in 2006.
David Amos Methinks the Auditor General always knows what side of the bread the butter is on and when to board the gravy train and with whom N'esy Pas?
michael levesque
Reply to @David Amos: you should run for the Liberals cause you talk like a Liberal you don't make sense?
David Amos
Reply to @michael levesque: Methinks Higgy's fan club is far more redundant that I am N"esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others Methinks Higgy should agree that Geoff Irvine and Nat Richard of the Lobster Council of Canada and of course Brian Gallant, Kevin Vickers Franky Boy McKenna and Dominic Leblanc told folks to ignore me N'esy Pas?
Middle and high school students to process lobster after temporary foreign worker ban
New Brunswick plant owners say processing will move to Nova Scotia and P.E.I.
Connell Smith· CBC News· Posted: May 15, 2020 5:30 AM AT
Russel Jacob, owner of Westmorland Fisheries in Cap Pele, said he had about 25 high school and middle school students in orientation at his plant Thursday. (Submitted by Russel Jacob)
With lobster processing set to begin Sunday, desperate New Brunswick seafood plants are turning to high school and even middle school students to fill the gap left by temporary foreign workers.
The decision by the Higgs government to block foreign workers amid the coronavirus pandemic has left processors in the province saying they have only about half the workforce they need, while counterparts in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are ready to go "full tilt."
"[The province] pulled the rug from under our feet," said Russel Jacob, owner of Westmorland Fisheries in Cap Pele.
Premier Blaine Higgs said unemployed New Brunswickers and students on summer break can fill some of the 600 job vacancies that were to be filled by foreign workers.
But Jacob describes a virtual job fair launched by the province this week as a waste of time and money that brought "zero" results.
He said he had about 25 high school and middle school students in orientation at the plant Thursday.
Lower expectations
The students will start work Monday, when they will be assigned the easiest jobs, Jacob says.
His own 13-year-old son will be among them.
"When they all heard my son was working, well then word got around and they started applying," he said. "It's good money for them, but it's only a patch, temporarily, for us."
A pre-COVID-19 group photo on the Westmorland Fisheries recruiting page shows the flags of several countries, including Jamaica. (Westmorland Fisheries)
Middle school students must have permission from their parents and will make about $13 an hour. High school students will be paid about $15 an hour.
Jacob expects they will not perform nearly as well as the experienced foreign workers.
Lobster season in eastern New Brunswick begins Friday, with processing expected to kick off Sunday.
A few kilometres away in Grande-Digue, Luc Doiron of Suncoast Seafood says that in many cases, high school students do not last more than a few days.
Doiron was able to add only five or six New Brunswickers to his workforce to replace 120 foreign workers who were turned away two weeks ago.
Some university students among recruits
He managed to recruit a further 20 students from Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia who will complete their quarantine on Monday.
COVID–19 emergency rules say out–of–province workers with proof of employment may enter New Brunswick, but must self-isolate once here for 14 days prior to commencing work.
He expects his plant will at best be able to achieve 50 per cent of its normal production levels.
"Our competition in Nova Scotia and P.E.I., they have all their workforce because they've been able to bring in their foreign workers," said Doiron. "So they are going to be able to go at it full tilt, while we're going to have to be limiting our access."
Doiron says 60 per cent of his best workers have been coming to the plant for the past five years from Mexico. They took jobs in Nova Scotia after learning they could not enter New Brunswick. He fears he will now lose them for good to Nova Scotia processors.
In a statement Thursday, spokesperson Erika Jutras of New Brunswick's Department of Post–Secondary Education, Training and Labour, said a new fisheries labour force adjustment committee is working closely with industry to identify solutions.
"We are working with many employers through WorkingNB and have contacted university students as well," said Jutras. "We are also promoting these opportunities to EI and [Canada emergency response benefit] applicants."
David Amos Methinks Higgy et al know Russel Jacob and Luc Doiron and their associates should be not laughing at me this weekend N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: For the record I tried to contact both fellas at suppertime but I never heard back from either of them and don't expect to. Methinks Higgy et al would no doubt agree that their buddies Geoff Irvine and Nat Richard of the Lobster Council of Canada and of course Brian Gallant, Kevin Vickers Franky Boy McKenna and Dominic Leblanc told them to ignore me just like everybody else tries to do N'esy Pas?
Lobster fishery opens in northern N.B. Friday morning
Fishermen face uncertainty with price and markets for their catch
Gail Harding· CBC News· Posted: May 15, 2020 6:21 AM AT
The 2020 lobster season is scheduled to open Friday at 6 a.m. after a two-week delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Gail Harding/CBC)
The 2020 lobster fishing season for lobster fishing area 23 in northern New Brunswick is set to open Friday morning after a two-week delay because of COVID-19.
About 665 licensed lobster harvesters in four zones that run from Miramichi Bay to Chaleur Bay in northeastern New Brunswick will be allowed to leave wharfs at 6 a.m., weather permitting.
Maritime Fishermen's Union president, Gaëtan Robichaud said he, like many fishermen have been busy getting their traps and boats ready for a season shortened to six weeks.
Wharfs across the region were busy Thursday as traps were baited and loaded onto the boats in preparation for opening day.
The federal government announced an aid package to help fisherman in a season expected to see lower prices and no demand for their catch.
Licensed lobster harvesters in four zones that run from Miramichi Bay to Chaleur Bay in northeastern New Brunswick left wharfs around 6 a.m. Friday morning. (Gail Harding/CBC)
"We have to digest it. There's a good amount of money that's being put aside for the fishing industry, and we needed something like that," said Robichaud.
"But there's always the details that are to come that we want to look at, to see if our members are going to be eligible for that money."
Trudeau pledged close to $470 million to support fish harvesters. The package includes a new $267.6 million benefit to cover 75 per cent of losses for fish harvesters who expect an income drop of 25 per cent this season, up to about $10,000.
Trudeau said the federal government is also introducing a $201.8-million non-repayable grant program to pay up to $10,000 to fish harvesters who own their own businesses. The size of the grants will depend on the fish harvesters' historic revenue, said the Prime Minister's Office.
The government is looking to help some harvesters who say they won't generate enough income to file for employment insurance next year.
Adding to the uncertainty is the lack of a market to purchase the fishermen's catch.
"We know the markets are not there. Where our fish, our lobsters that are from the northern part of New Brunswick is mostly processed and it goes to casinos, cruise lines, restaurants mainly in the States. A lot of you see a lot of that is all closed."
Maritime Fishermen's Union president, Gaëtan Robichaud said there is a lot of uncertainty in the fishery this year. (CBC)
Robichaud said they're hoping those key markets open up.
"If that lobster can't move from the plant we are very scared that within a couple of weeks maybe we will be limited or it'll be hard to bring all our catches."
Robichaud said it will only be a matter of time for fishermen to know what adjustments will be made.
"But at least today I know there will be some kind of help for me," he said referring to the aid package.
Fishermen also have to deal with new COVID-19 safety protocols on the wharfs and on the boats. Only boat captains and crew and fish buyers are permitted on the wharfs. Captains will have to perform a daily pre-board screening to make sure crew members don't have any symptoms of the virus, cleaning and disinfecting of frequently-touched surfaces and implementing two-metre distancing while working.
David Amos Methinks Higgy et al would no doubt agree that their buddies Geoff Irvine and Nat Richard of the Lobster Council of Canada and of course Brian Gallant, Kevin Vickers Franky Boy McKenna and Dominic Leblanc told the fishermen to ignore me just like everybody else tries to do N'esy Pas?
David Amos Methinks Higgy et al know who the Feds are buying votes for with our money N'esy Pas?
janice small I agree Lobster prices for a long time have been out of reach for many consumers and the words sound nice when politicians say buy your local Lobster and support your fisherman...It all good and well when they are over charging us $12.00 lbs and up....Then they scream foul when its $6.00 lbs..
Danny Devo
Reply to @janice small: This seedy industry is playing Canadians bigtime.
Guy Richard Leave the lobster in the ocean, not worth the price, save a whale.
Eugene Peabody
I wouldn't want your job,keep up the good work bring in those delicious lobster.I hope things get better for the fishermen so they can have a successful season.
Danny Devo
Reply to @Eugene Peabody: Yes and it would be great if this secretive industry could give us a break. Instead of ripping and shipping to China, maybe leave some for Canadians at a decent price, instead of fleecing them to the max for their own resources. Oh let me guess...the resources belong to the corporations.
Danny Devo
It's a good thing these markets are closed. Canadians have been getting ripped off for lobster long enough, while our ocean is being plundered for export. Ban export and reduce the fishery. Also, ban all toxic cages infesting the coastline and killing our ecosystems. These filthy cages are a disgrace. Is our long haired PM funneling cash to these disgusting operations as well? I sure hope not. Trudeau wouldn't know a fish if one slapped him upside the head. He is doing nothing except promoting ...
The Lobster Council of Canada was established in 2009 to bring together all Canadian lobster industry stakeholders including harvesters, live shippers, processors, First Nations, and governments to work on projects of mutual benefit.
The mandate of the Lobster Council of Canada is to enhance the value of the Canadian lobster sector in a sustainable fashion by addressing the issues of importance to the industry. The organization aims to:
Focus discussion and action around identified industry challenges.
Set goals and targets that will strengthen the sector’s competitive position and enhance Canada’s overall capacity to meet the changing demands of markets.
Provide direction on market access issues including sustainability certification, food safety, traceability requirements, to name a few.
Coordinate sustained marketing initiatives regionally, nationally and internationally that promote the Canadian lobster industry.
Lead industry/government relations and create a shared understanding of key challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
Communicate internally to industry to create improved awareness of the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing the industry and to build trust and confidence.
Communicate externally to customers by highlighting the positive attributes of lobster to further build the Canadian “brand” through promotional and educational campaigns.
Facilitate efforts to improve returns to the industry through innovation and the identification and implementation of changes that will improve the overall value-chain.
Board of Directors
Eugene O’Leary, Guysborough County Inshore Fishermen’s Association, Past President
Catherine Boyd, Clearwater Seafoods Ltd., President
Pam Perrot, Beach Point Processing Company, Treasurer
Monty Way, Fish, Food and Allied Workers, Secretary
Charlie McGeoghan, Lobster Fishers of PEI
Bernie Berry, Coldwater Lobster Association
Roger Leblanc, Maritime Fishermen’s Union Local 9
Peter Connors, Eastern Shore Fishermen’s Protective Association
Kevin Hardy, Fish, Food and Allied Workers
Ronnie Heighton, Gulf Nova Scotia Fleet Planning Board
Martin Mallet, Maritime Fishermen’s Union
Leo Muise, Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance
Nat Richard, Cape Bald Packers Ltd.
Philip Milligan, Milligan’s Fisheries Ltd.
Jerry Amirault, Lobster Processors Association of NS & NB
Terry Zinck, Xsealent Seafoods Ltd.
Ryan Tremere, By the Water Shellfish
Les Ginnish, Amqotom Resource Management Council
John Couture, Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources
Executive Director – Geoff Irvine
After moving East from Quebec at the age of two, Geoff grew up in the village of Smith’s Cove on the shores of the Annapolis Basin in Digby County, Nova Scotia. An Acadia University graduate with a degree in History and Political Science, Geoff is the current President of Acadia’s Alumni Association.
Geoff has enjoyed a 15+ year career in the seafood industry (with a four year “sabbatical” leave in university advancement). He has extensive experience with live, raw, salted and frozen seafood products in retail, raw material inspections, sales, marketing, international trading, event, project and business management. Geoff has developed his knowledge of the business in large and small company settings and was Managing Director and partner in Harbour View Seafoods Ltd., from 1998 to 2006. Geoff has been the Executive Director of the LCC since its inception.
Heres a little Deja Vu for local fisherman, Dominic Leblanc, the ghost of Keith Ashfield and YOU to enjoy today EH Johnny "Never Been Good" Williamson???
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Information Morning - Moncton Lobster Council of Canada urges federal government to listen to fishermen 00:00 11:24 Geoff Irvine is the executive director of the Lobster Council of Canada. 11:24
Lobster fishermen create wall of empty traps at protest against closures Fishermen rally in Caraquet against latest closure of fishing area to protect endangered whales Elizabeth Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2018 4:14 PM AT
Heres a little Deja Vu for local fisherman, Dominic Leblanc, the ghost of Keith Ashfield and YOU to enjoy today EH Johnny "Never Been Good" Williamson???
W all know why the Paliamentarians and the their buddy David C Coon and his many Green Meany pals have been calling me names for years. However it does not follow the fellas in Norway will as well. N'esy Pas Arty Baby MacKay?
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Lobster fishermen create wall of empty traps at protest against closures
Fishermen rally in Caraquet against latest closure of fishing area to protect endangered whales
Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News·
About 500 fishermen descended on Caraquet on Thursday to protest against the latest closure of a fishing area in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Gabrielle Fahmy/CBC)
Nearly 500 fishermen brought empty lobster traps to Caraquet on Thursday to protest against the closure of fishing areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence while endangered whales swim there.
The protest came after another round of fishing area closures was announced by Ottawa this week because five North American right whales were spotted between Miscou and the Gaspé Peninsula.
'Why does it have to be one or the other? Why does it have to be just the whales or just the fishermen?' - Carl Allen, Maritime Fishermen's Union
It's the sixth closure to be announced since the beginning of lobster season, and it includes a shallow coastal area where fishermen are seeking permission to drop their traps.
The closure, originally set for late Friday afternoon, will now begin Sunday at noon because of strong winds and concerns about safety, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said.
The fishing closures are among the steps taken by the department to try to save North Atlantic right whales.
Last year, 18 endangered whales were found dead — 12 off the Canadian coast and six off the U.S. Entanglement in fishing gear and collisions with ships were blamed in some cases.
"We've never entangled one in lobster gear in these areas, ever," said Carl Allen, president of the Maritime Fishermen's Union, who organized the protest.
"All the ones that were entangled in gear, it was snow crab gear out in deeper water, so why are we being targeted? Why are we closing areas right to the shore bank?"
A map shows where the fishing area closures are located. (CBC )
The closures have also applied to snow crab and other fisheries in the gulf.
Allen complained the federal government has not even talked to fishermen to come up with management plans or a protocol that would help the fishery and whales co-exist.
"I think the whole thing is a reactionary measure to the mess that was created last summer and there's no balance," he said.
"Why does it have to be one or the other? Why does it have to be just the whales or just the fishermen?"
Carl Allen, president of the Maritime Fishermen's Union, says lobster fishermen can co-exist with endangered whales, but they are being ignored by the Department of Fisheries. (Gabrielle Fahmy/CBC)
Allen said the closures not only hurt fishermen and processing plant workers but also local economies on the Acadian Peninsula.
"The boys are just here for a rally to support their community and to let the world know this is having an effect on the community at large," he said.
In accusing the Department of Fisheries of ignoring their proposals for "co-habitation" with whales, the fishermen said whales don't get close to the coast anyway.
But the federal department disagrees, claiming North Atlantic right whales, especially females and their young, can frequent those waters.
Booing the government
Acadie-Bathurst MP Serge Cormier was in Ottawa during the protest. Fishermen greeted the news with boos. (Gabriell Fahmy/CBC)
On Thursday, many fishermen created a wall of empty lobster traps in front of the entrance to the building where Serge Cormier, the Liberal MP for Acadie-Bathurst, has an office.
Demonstrators booed Cormier's secretary, when she told them the MP was in Ottawa.
Earlier this week, Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc acknowledged people are being affected by the zone closures and said the department will try to lengthen the lobster fishing season in the fall.
"I have said over and over again, we will try and replace the number of days of lobster fishing that they will lose because of these closures possibly in the fall," he said.
"We think in September it might be possible to reopen the fishery."
With only about 450 left in the world, North Atlantic right whales are a protected species.
The Fisheries Department has said the closed fishing grounds in the gulf total just under 13,000 square kilometres, including the area that will close Sunday.
Leaving traps at home
The most recent lobster closure will take place on Sunday at 12 p.m. (Gabrielle Fahmy/CBC)
According to some fishermen, the latest closure is the worst one yet.
Russell Vibert of Miscou Island said he will be forced to take out all 300 of his lobster traps from the water.
"There's a small little area we can move in, but it's going to be impossible for all the fishermen to fit into that area," he said.
The 50 or so fishermen from Miscou Island have about 12,000 traps, he said, and the smaller area won't accommodate everyone.
He's decided to bring his traps home.
"If we all try to fit into the area, we're going to lose our traps because they're going to get cut, they're going to get broken."
Losing 2 weeks of fishing
Vibert said losing two weeks of the season will impact 25 per cent of his haul. Ottawa doesn't realize the effect of the closures on the fishermen's livelihood, he said.
"It's a hard pill to swallow," said the longtime lobster boat captain.
"We're a little island in northeastern New Brunswick and it's our only livelihood and it's all we have."
Russell Vibert, a lobster fisherman from Miscou Island, says he will be forced to remove all of his lobster traps from the water this week. (Gabrielle Fahmy/CBC)
James Stewart, another fisherman on Miscou, said he'll wait until the last possible moment before he removes his traps.
"It's a really small piece of the pie," he said of the area left. "We'll catch all the lobsters in no time."
Meanwhile, the Lobster Council of Canada has said it wants buyers, especially in the U.S., to be aware the industry is doing everything it can to help protect the right whales — even while it costs them money.
"The place where the whales are is new, but Canadian harvesters dealing with whales is not new," said Geoff Irvine, executive director of the council.
"And that story needs to be told. And there's been some pressure from the American body politic and all of that puts pressure on us."
Over the past 12 years, he said. the Atlantic lobster industry has worked closely with government to reduce risks to whales.
Fishermen have been on the lookout for the animals, reported gear losses and imposed self-suspensions on fishing.
He said the amount of rope being used has been reduced and new gear is also being tested. "The U.S. is our biggest market. And we want to make sure that the story gets out there that we're doing positive things up here."
Information Morning - Moncton
Lobster Council of Canada urges federal government to listen to fishermen
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Geoff Irvine is the executive director of the Lobster Council of Canada. 11:24
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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 >
Th snobby bastard doesn't fool mean me anymore than you or the ex cop Fantino orthe VERY corrupt lawyer Ward Elcock did in way back in 2003 as the War in Iraq was beginning and Harper wanted in on the fight? Remember when CSIS boss and the RCMP worked with the liberals and tried hardto help Ashcroft send me to Gitmo in order to shut me up? If not ask the DFAIT who kept their jobs to check their records closely.
How do you bastards sleep nights knowing about that you are covering up how the DND and the Liberals helped Bush plan the War on Iraq? I have been bitching about this for years and long before the CBC starting reading what Wikileaks wasrelasing CORRECT?
Ask your spindoctor Mr Baconfat why he bloggged about it AGAIN after I had proven to legions of people that I had been torturing the DND and the Military Police about his revelaions EH Petey Baby MacKay?
Remember when the lawyer Elock got the Deputy job to counsel the mindless Gordy Baby O'Conner in 2006? I made you and your former underlings in DEFAIT well aware I called and left the old CSIS bastard who lied at the Arar Inquiry and a personal message. Paul Dewar should remember it was about the same time Baird was tabling the Accountabily Act and Flaherty was putting his first budget in print. Dewar can't deny it. He answered me in writing. EH Dewar?
Anyway once I called our sneaky buddy maritime Brent Babock wasn't long calling me from Boston on his Blackberry and asking me many questions. I told him to talk to YOUR underlings in Beantown such as Josie Maguire and the CSIS agent who met in Sheriff Cabral's Jail LONG before when you were ever the Minister of Foreign Affairs EH Petey Baby Mackay?
What a snob Fonberg is he fires a bnch of people then tries to strut his stuff before Parliament and anyone watching CPAC must have noticed it
It was fun to watch tonight. Leave it to The Dark Lord of Subway Stop's old buddies in the National Post to put a neocon spin in things in order to pay back Jason Kenney for allowing a conviceted criminal who threw away his Canadian citizenship back into Canada. Some ethical journalist we have EH?
The money he and you neocons spent on your corrupt friends from many countries during the Olympics and the G8 and G20 meetings in 2010 should Never be forgotten by any Proud Canadian. However their are many gohost around the world that would love to have a little pow wow in an after life as he goes to meet his maker. Elcock is not investigating human smuggling after CSIS and the RCMP covered up such things for years. Of that I have no doubt. If you don't belive me ask the Indian folks Harper keeps trying to make amends with. Lots of kids were taken from their loving native Canadian parents and sent to religious schools NEVER to be seen again. How does Harper and Bush or anyone apologize to the dead?
BTW It is rather amazing how many Russians are checking my work lately. The Russians are not dumb and they love their money just like you do. However its more interesting that the Saudi's and Lookheed Maritn are often checking me out since I spoke all over the world about Prez Obama, zionists and Madoff on GCN etc in 2009.
Many Members of the Canadian House of Commons have been checking out yur spindoctor Mr Baconfat's evil blog since he pounced on me at the same point in time 2009. The Newfy lawyer Jack Harris and his old client Byron Prior must agree that there are no coincidences when it come to the actions of Mr harper and the te boyz in blue N'esy Pas?
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Mr Harper I made your cohorts well aware that I was playing fierce hard ball politicking with Yankee neocons BEFORE the nasty lawyer Ezy Levant let you take his chance to get a seat in Parliament CORRECT?
Better yet at part of this email doesn't Graham Thomson of Post Media and Premier Redford understand?
The Edmonton Journal has published this zionist spin doctor's words for years even when he was spinning for the liberals and putting down his latest hero Harper
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca> Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 09:49:31 -0600 Subject: A 7.62 solution for Robin Reid David Amos and Charles Leblanc, and Stephen Harper the GOOD To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
One year tomorrow! Amos the pig, his family and Robin the cunt on the demise! Stephen Harper the good. The blog proves his "goodness".
As my blog says "Canada's new natural governing party" Canada can only get better and better!
Trust that I remember you people The Dark Lord of a Subway Stop who once owned some of you gets out of jail on Friday and wants to return to Canada correct?
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ombudsman de Radio-Canada <Ombudsma@radio-canada.ca> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:24:41 -0400 Subject: Faire suivre : Fwd: I tried to call you all The pdf files hereto attached prove that I am no liar and the mp3 and te wav files in the next two emails speak volumes To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Dear David Amos:
I acknowledge receipt of you three e-mails attached. The Radio-Canada Ombudsman has a mandate to determine whether information programs of Radio-Canada has broadcast fully respect CBC/Radio-Canada*s journalism policy. Radio-Canada's Office of the Ombudsman is completely independent of Radio-Canada program management and thus does not intervene in the editorial process prior to the broadcast of information programs. You can read the mandate of the Ombudsmans web sites: http://www.radio-canada.ca/apropos/ombudsman/ and http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/
Great. Thanks for the response. It saves time and unnecessary expense and redundancy because as I said, your local ATV Station is getting a hard copy and Mr. Pozen will receive his upon my return to the USA. I will attach hardcopy of this email to those documents so they will understand that I am serious about my complaints. But I will remain true to my word and not forward this email to anyone outside of your company. Trust that I am seeking friends not more foes. I truly believe that CTV should capitalize on this story but I am somewhat dubious after I saw how Bell Canada employed its media to slam the people striking against Aliant last night. Please never forget I have been compelled to play the wicked political game and I do understand the argument at the bottom of this email. I am very much against the huge mergers at the Global Level. I am certain every lawyer and politician knows why. Best Regards David R. Amos
Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We will then provide you with a reply.
Martine Turcotte Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique BCE Inc. / Bell Canada 1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700 Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7 Tel:(514) 870-4637 Fax: (514) 870-4877 email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade Tel: 514) 870-4638 email: diane.valade@bell.ca
I did not receive a response from you to the last email so I am not certain if you received it. I must inform you that I will be closing my briefcase in Yahoo for public view at the end of the week. I have a great deal of material to add and I only wish certain parties to view it. I opened it for you the other day as an act of good faith. Mr. Pozen can check my work in the dockets of the various courts around Boston they are a matter of Public Record my files are not. As you can see by this and some following emails. I am very busy dealing with criminal matters first before filing civil complaints in the USA. As I told you when you called a lot has been happening. I have made a lot of cops mad at me and I don't trust them a bit particularly after the Police Commission is willing to check their work so i have been busy watching my back and covering my butt. However that does not mean that I have not thought about our conversation and was curious about a few things.
I was glad to receive your call and impressed by the fact that you were more than willing to receive the material and a copy of the wiretap tape in particular. Your stated willingness to uphold the law was a rare statement to me. However I was curious why you only mentioned my voicemail to Mr. Pozen and not the email to your company and the news program that it owns. Did they not inform you as well? If they didn't I am not surprised because I have some other rather interesting denials from the Media. the most interesting would have to be from the PBS program called Frontline when I introduced its producer Michael Sullivan to the US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan. Now that is a story well worth W5 telling. Too bad they showed me their ass. As a courtesy to you and a further act of good faith, I will not forward this email to anyone else until after I return to the USA and nothing has been resolved between BCE and I and I am compelled to name it in my complaint. I would find it very hard to believe that Mr, Pozen does not know everything he needs to know about me right now.
I had also called a lawyer, Steven Skurka who had a week long little special on CTV . I had tried to inform him that I knew my rights his assistant hollered at me. You from speaking to me yourself that I am not a rude character. I found it too funny to be treated that way and I had resolved to serve him this stuff byway of the local ATV Station that had presented his smiling talking head to me. That is why I was telling you that you could get this stuff from the local ATV station. I found it quite strange that you did not rely on them to send it on to you. Thus I must make an extra copy to comply with your request.
I know the date stamp on the forwarded email is incorrect but that is because my old laptop goes to the first year in it when I boot up and sometimes I am too busy or tired to bother changing it. However MSN tracks it with the true date. Brad Smith and I have a bone to pick as well and I have been checking his work rather closely since he ignored my letter to him last year. His boss Bill Gates is gonna be very angry and Brad Smith and Steve Balmer in the near future if I have anything to do with it. If you do act ethically and immediately I will settle with your company very cheaply in comparsion to the bottom lines of my first two complaints. In fact I will be so impressed I will immediatlely offer you a better job than the one you have now. Please study the material I will provide you closely and ask me any thing you wish.
I will do as I promised and send the material you requested as soon as I can put it all together. Right now I am on the move and far away from my printer. Is the following your correct address? Perhaps you should consider sending someone to the my meeting with the Police Commission in Fredericton next week in order to hear me speak of these matters to law enforcement before I return to the USA. Once I do return there I will serve the Mr. Pozen the material as promised and call him to testify in my pending trial. The following emails should explain some of my concerns to you. My wife will be in Canada next week as well to pick up our kids. I will allow you to speak to her if you wish. She has had a nervous breakdown over the legal crap and I do have her Durable Power of Attorney pursuant to M.G.L. 201 B. Mr. Pozen can ask Robert S. Creedon Jr. about that document. I argued it with him before the entire Judicuary Commitee on Sept. 18th 2003.
I will call you in a minute to make certain that you get this and the following emails.
David R. Amos
Martine Turcotte 1000 de la Gauchetiere Ouest Floor 41 Montreal, Quebec H3B 58H Canada Tel: (514) 870-4637 Fax: (514) 870-4877
I think is time to let a little something out of the bag for the benefit of a few Maritimers who think they know something about the Media.I did notify CBC, the Rogers crowd and Harry Steele's folks that I knew a little bit about the Media and that I had written a book about it. Problem is I need an editor and I believe I may have found one.He comes in the form of a disenchanted newspaper man. But the thing is I want to put it on the web for all to read for free so there is no money in it for him. So I guess I wiil sue some big company with a Prima Facia complaint and settle for a lesser amount out of court. Lets just say I am looking hard at you dudes. I had zeroed in on the Yankee media long ago and I am certain folks within the Ottawa Citizen and Democracy Watch had checked my work(Hey Duff say hey to Dan for me) I have crossed paths with many of Globemedia's people many times for many reasons and I can easily prove it. What I haven't bothered to tell them that I knew the reason Gobal etc never mentioned me was Frank McKenna and the Irving influence because basically that was a no brainer anyway. However If Globemedia and all their cohorts didn't think I knew about the influence Robert Pozen in Boston, you had best think again. then give Mr. Spitzer, Mr. Galvin, Mr. Shelby and Mr. Donaldson a call and drop my name along with Mr. Nesters and Mr. Koski's and tell them my stuff is off to the Arar Commission I am heading back to the USA to call Mr. Pozen and many folks he calls friends to court. Perhaps in Ottawa Bill Rowe will truly speak for the common man after all if the worm turns on his buddies. How do you people sleep at night? What say you? Why not get honest with the world and I will settle cheap? I will give one of your lawyers something real soon before I serve Mr. Pozen his just due byway of this lawyer Jeffrey N Carp MFS Investment Management 500 Boylston Street Boston MA 02116-3741 617-954-5747 Perhaps he should call Putnam investments or the Brookline Savings bank and say hey to Mr Chapman and Mr Tripp for me. I just called Bob Pozen at 617 954-5707 and introduced myself so that he can never say that he never heard my name. MFS set to agree to second settlement · MFS set to agree to second settlement By SINCLAIR STEWART
00:00 EST Wednesday, March 31, 2004
By SINCLAIR STEWART
00:00 EST Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Sun Life Financial Inc.'s Boston-based mutual fund arm will agree to a $50-million (U.S.) settlement today with U.S. regulators over allegations the firm directed trading commissions to brokerages in exchange for preferential treatment, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sources said Massachusetts Financial Services Co. will announce a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning that will also include "compliance reforms," in addition to a token $1 disgorgement penalty.
Eric Morse, a spokesman for MFS, declined to comment. A spokesman for the SEC refused to discuss any talks with the firm.
The embattled fund company is hoping this settlement will enable it to move beyond the intense public and regulatory scrutiny it has endured in the past several months.
In early February, MFS agreed to a $350-million settlement with the SEC and New York State Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer for allegedly permitting improper trades in some of its bigger funds. That figure included $225-million in penalties and restitution to investors, along with $125-million in fee reductions spread out over the next five years.
The fallout within MFS, which manages about $140-billion in assets, was also considerable. Its two highest-ranking officials -- chief executive officer John Ballen and president Kevin Parke -- were each fined and slapped with temporary suspensions by the SEC, leading to their departures from the firm. Long-serving chairman Jeffrey Shames also retired in the aftermath of MFS's problems, and was replaced by Robert Pozen, formerly a senior executive at Fidelity Investments and onetime associate general counsel at the SEC.
Mr. Pozen has been charged with cleaning up the mess, and tightening the firm's internal controls.
He has already hired new legal and compliance officers, added monitoring staff, and imposed a ban on so-called "soft dollar" transactions. The firm also prohibited the practice of directing trading fees to brokerages in exchange for being placed on a preferred list of customers and receiving better visibility for its funds.
This latter arrangement, known in industry circles as "pay for play," is at the centre of MFS's pending settlement with the SEC. Sources said the current settlement talks advanced fairly quickly because of the voluntary compliance improvements MFS has undertaken.
In a recent interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Pozen attacked the basis of the regulator's case as "very weak" and said it should have raised this as a problem when it conducted audits of the company.
Nevertheless, he said he hoped to settle the matter quickly, in large part to avoid a costly legal battle and prevent nervous investors from pulling their money out of MFS funds. So far, the damage has been contained to one major client, the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, which fired MFS last month as lead manager on a $664-million portfolio.
The SEC is investigating about a dozen other fund companies for directed brokerage, although sources say MFS will settle individually, rather than as part of a group.
Last fall, brokerage powerhouse Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $50-million to settle charges it failed to tell investors it was promoting funds with which the firm had a special arrangement. Morgan Stanley had a "Partners Program" of 14 funds, including MFS, that paid "substantial" fees in return for the brokerage steering their funds to investors, the SEC claimed.
The regulator indicated a few months ago it would begin investigating a number of fund companies for directing commissions, but did not say which firms it would target.
Sun Life revealed in a filing that MFS was under investigation for this practice just a couple of weeks after its first settlement with the SEC and Mr. Spitzer. The news came as a surprise to most observers, some of whom criticized the insurer's CEO, Donald Stewart, for not disclosing this probe earlier.
MFS is hoping to recoup some of the $175-million it must repay investors under the terms of the first settlement by suing firms and individuals that engaged in market timing and late trading of its funds. Market timing involves making frequent trades in and out of funds in order to cash in on minor pricing discrepancies. It is not illegal, but is usually prohibited by many fund companies, since the quick trading can raise administrative costs and undermine returns to investors.
----- Original Message -----
From: R. S. Webb
To: Amos David
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:50 AM
Subject: Fw: possble story
----- Original Message -----
From: R. S. Webb
To: Amos David
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: Fw: possble story
----- Original Message -----
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To: 'R. S. Webb'
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 3:03 PM
Subject: RE: possble story
Dear Mr. Amos,
I would like to thank you for your email to W-FIVE, sorry for the delay in responding.
We review every email and story idea that we receive here at W-FIVE and give it serious consideration. Your email has been forwarded to our executive and senior producer for review. If we are interested in pursuing your idea further, you will be contacted by one of our researchers.
Thanks again for your input. Your interest in our program is much appreciated.
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-----Original Message----- From: R. S. Webb [mailto:cei@nbnet.nb.ca] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:28 PM To: W-FIVE@ctv.ca Subject: possble story
I am a Canadian Citizen who thus far, as a plaintiff, has two Lawsuits in the US District Court of Massachucetts they are numbered 02-11686- RGS and 02-11687-RGS. They were removed to that Court from the Norfolk Superior Court by the US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan very improperly. However they shall remain there because of my status as a Canandian Citizen. Judge Sterns has not even held a Conference about the matters because he likely does not want to hear the matter because I have presented all Members of the Bar with their worst fear of a catch 22 problem. Accordinging to law he is late. I have complained of 47 defendants 34 of whom are State Defendants( the Attorney General, The Commission of Judicial Conduct Board of Bar Overseers etc) and 3 are Federal Treasury Agents. Some of the defendants are over two months late in their answer to the Summons. The smallest suit amounts to 188 million dollars in the form of relief. There is a lot to these matters and too much to briefly explain. But in a nutshell my wife's Aunt, who is buried beside Rose Kennedy, left my wife some money. It was stolen by her relatives in executing the estate. No news there. But the crooks are very well connected politically and every part of the old crony network in Boston covered for them. The crook and our cousin, Charles J. Kickham Jr of the Kickham Law Office on Beacon St, has been past President of Bar Associations. He has sat on the Board of Governors of Harvard Law School etc. I have given much information to many members of the press who have simply ignored some interesting facts. What should be somewhat newsworthy is how far a wild colonial boy has come in prosecuting Pro Se the most profund Yankee carpetbaggers. My next two lawsuits Under title 18 are wickedly righteous. I have left one copy of much information in Saint John New Brunswick at a lawyer's Office, Mosher and Chedore 33 Charlotte St if some one wishes to view them. I can be reached at this Cell number 506 434- 1379
David R. Amos
LAW
Canadian Media Deregulation Provides Insight Into FCC Proposal
Critics of consolidation say the integrity of the news is being undermined by the effects of concentrated ownership
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct inaccuracies. Please see the corrected version here.
The original version of this story (see below) posted on May 29, 2003 incorrectly stated that Canada's two national newspapers, The Globe and Mail and the National Post, recently laid off their online editorial staffs. According to globeandmail.com editor Angus Frame, there have been no recent editorial layoffs at globeandmail.com; the site's 18-person staff continues to write and edit stories that are published exclusively online. The National Post did not have dedicated online editorial staff, and did not have online editorial layoffs. The story also failed to acknowledge that the country's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, also has a significant online operation.
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to unveil new media ownership rules June 2 that some experts believe may change the face of American journalism.
The new rules would allow media companies to own television stations and newspapers in the same cities.
The FCC barred companies from owning newspapers and TV stations in the same market in 1975, but big media owners like the Tribune Co., Knight Ridder, MediaNews Group and the New York Times say it's time to lift that ban.
They argue that cross-ownership makes for better journalism: Staffers working for companies that own newspapers and TV stations in the same market can work together to create richer, multimedia news reports that can then run in the company's paper and on their stations and Web sites.
Advocates say the synergies of convergence lead to cost savings, increased advertising revenues and greater efficiencies.
Cross-ownership already exists in some markets: The FCC granted about 40 exemptions to the cross-ownership rule in cases where a company already had television or radio stations and a newspaper in a single city. The FCC also granted exemptions in larger markets after media mergers produced cross-ownership situations.
‘The concentration of ownership in a lot of major Canadian cities is of interest for a lot reasons, but mainly because it provides too much news coming through one pipeline.’ --Russ Mills, former publisher of the Ottawa Citizen
The Tribune Co., for example, owns television stations and newspapers in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Miami.
How further media consolidation and convergence would play out if the FCC does lift the ban on cross-ownership has been the subject of hot debate in the weeks leading up to the commission's June 2 vote.
Experts familiar with the rapid consolidation of media in Canada say the U.S. should look northward for some lessons on what loosening cross-ownership restrictions could mean to journalism in the U.S.
In Canada, the deregulation of cross-media ownership occurred gradually over the last 20 years. Within the past eight years, it has led to massive consolidation of media companies.
Most of Canada's news media -- including newspapers and broadcast stations in all of its major cities -- are in the hands of two media giants: CanWest Global Communications Inc., and Bell Globemedia -- a division of the country's largest telephone company, Bell Canada.
The rapid media consolidation in Canada has inspired an often-acrimonious debate over whether Canadian journalists are able to report objectively on social and political issues and whether the country's corporate media has allowed business interests to undermine the role of journalism in a modern democracy.
"Based on the experience in Canada, dropping restrictions on cross-ownership certainly hasn't worked out well," said Russ Mills, former publisher of the Ottawa Citizen in Canada's capital city, who was fired by CanWest in a fight over editorial independence.
"The concentration of ownership in a lot of major Canadian cities is of interest for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it provides too much news coming through one pipeline," he said. "When companies use ownership to control the news, and they do have the ability to do so, it hurts everyone."
Though the two media conglomerates said cross-media consolidation would improve online journalism, many media observers say online journalism at local papers has gone downhill in the wake of consolidation.
The country's two national newspapers, the National Post, half-owned by CanWest, and The Globe and Mail, owned by Bell Canada's media wing, Globemedia, have laid off the online reporters and editors at the two papers that once produced copy separate from print editions.
The two papers, former online staffers said, were the only ones in Canada that were doing something other than simply repurposing content from newspaper pages into newspaper Web sites.
Executives at Bell Globemedia and CanWest have defended the cutbacks, saying they were a result of cost-cutting efforts and consolidations undertaken after spending billions of dollars to acquire newspaper and broadcasting properties.
Consolidation accelerated in 1990s
Canada's restrictions on cross-media ownership were carved largely from regulatory decisions on broadcasting licenses made since the 1950s by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission -- Canada's version of the FCC.
By the mid-1980s, Canadian media experts say, exceptions to cross-media ownership rules had eroded the cross-ownership ban to the point that it was unenforcable and largely ignored.
By the mid-1990s, consolidation of Canadian media companies had accelerated on the strength of dot.com economics. And in 2000, CanWest, the second largest broadcaster in the country, announced a $3.5-billion deal to purchase a majority of the nation's newspapers -- including papers in the nation's 12 largest cities.
Within weeks, Jean Monty, Bell Canada's CEO at the time, announced that Canada's largest phone company had set its sights on owning both content and the multimedia pipelines into consumers' homes.
The decision prompted Bell Globemedia to purchase the Globe and Mail and the nation's largest TV network, CTV, in 2001.
Despite the rising consolidation of media outlets, the massive purchases of newspapers by CanWest Global and Bell Globemedia took many Canadian journalists and media-watchers by surprise.
CanWest and Bell executives convinced Canada's CRTC that convergence was necessary to attract advertising revenue and reduce costs if newspapers in many Canadian communities were to survive. And they promised that resources from new revenues would be devoted to improving the quality and reach of journalism through the Internet.
When questions about convergence arose during CRTC hearings on both companies' broadcast licenses shortly after their newspaper purchases, they promised regulators that they would separate management of news-gathering operations by their television stations and newspapers.
Officials from the Canada National Newspaper Guild complained that keeping management separate would not prevent companies from forcing journalists to perform work for both newspapers and television, to the detriment of journalistic independence.
Critics -- including journalism professors, journalists, newspaper and broadcast union officials, and some government officials -- have argued that the quality of journalism has gone down, not up, as a result of convergence.
Joyce Smith, an assistant professor at Canada's Ryerson University, teaches online journalism and worked on the online staff at the Globe and Mail before those employees were laid off last year.
She said the one opportunity to see convergence succeed might have been missed by Bell Globemedia in its efforts to cut costs to recoup some of what it spent on media acquisitions.
"What I found interesting was that the actual idea of convergence wasn't a hit with people working with just the newspaper or just television," Smith said. "Where it really happened was with the online news team. There were things the TV folks could clearly do much better with the online newspaper. By pooling resources, it all did work much better.
"But in the tradition of journalism," she said, "reporters were asking, 'What does this mean for me? Does it mean that I have to file stories to the Web and then do stand-ups in newsroom, while doing my piece for the deadline at the end of the day?'
"Basically, (owners) wanted reporters to be one-man bands," Smith said. "That has been played and replayed here. It made sense from a business model, but journalists, especially those who have been around for a while, went into newspapers and TV for a reason. Some are great at doing both, but not everyone has the same aptitude. And no one has the time in the day to do it all. Some of the expectations were outrageous."
Canada reexamining changes
While U.S. media critics and media executives have been testifying over the past few weeks in Senate hearings on the proposed changes in the FCC's media ownership rules, Canada is busy reexamining what has come of its own cross-media consolidations.
Two inquiries are underway by Canadian government officials to explore the impact of cross-media ownership and consolidation on journalistic integrity and media responsibility.
The Canadian Senate's Committee on Transport and Communication began taking testimony at the end of April on those issues and is expected to report its findings within the next year.
A House of Commons committee on Canadian heritage is expected to release an 800-page report next month on its own yearlong investigation into the impact of media concentration and political efforts by corporations to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of Canadian media.
But media-watchers, who have a ringside seat on Canada's great media debate, say they are doubtful that government investigations will produce any new regulation on media conglomerates.
"The horse is out of the barn," said Arnold Amber, director of the National Newspaper Guild of Canada. "But the good news is that this has at least inspired a vigorous national debate on press freedom and responsibility."
Amber and other critics of media convergence said promises of more stories and better information from combining print and broadcast news staffs have largely failed in Canada.
"Bell Globemedia is talking about restructuring and selling off its media wing," Amber said. "The failure of convergence to bring in revenues was primarily responsible for the resignation of Bell Canada's CEO, Jean Monty," who stepped down in April 2002.
Geoffrey Elliot, vice-president of corporate affairs for CanWest, said that convergence has not led to revenues, or the reduced costs, the company had hoped for.
But Elliot, and other supporters of cross-media ownership, argues that all sides have benefited from consolidation.
"We are a family-owned business that saw an opportunity in which the whole was greater than the sum of the parts," Elliot said. "We saw substantial potential synergies on the sales side by putting television and newspaper assets together, since they both serve primarily advertising clients as sources of revenue, and serve a combination of local and national markets."
Amber said the companies likely saw their primary financial advantages from a convergence of back-office technologies -- combining circulation, sales, printing and management operations.
But it was something else that brought issues to a head in Canada over media consolidation and sharing newsroom resources: The loss of diversity of voices within the Canadian media took on new importance, observers say, after a series of events that led to accusations of censorship and political bias by CanWest's owners.
In December 2001, CanWest -- which owns 11 major dailies and 22 smaller papers in Canada -- issued a directive to its newspaper editors that they would be expected to run three editorials per week that reflected the position of CanWest’s owners on political or social issues.
The decision was met with a spate of criticism -- especially when editors were told that other local editorials were not to contradict those from corporate headquarters.
A byline strike ensued at the Montreal Gazette, and inquiries by the newspaper guild there led to findings that work by columnists and cartoonists was spiked when it conflicted with opinions from corporate headquarters.
Several journalists quit; some staffers published a protest Web site.
The furor finally boiled over into the public arena last June when Russ Mills, the publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, was fired by CanWest for running a series of stories and an editorial that outlined alleged political and financial irregularities in the administration of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
Elliot, the CanWest vice president, said the controversy arose because Mills failed to let CanWest's owners know in advance of the series or the editorial -- which called on Chretien, a friend of CanWest patriarch Israel Asper, to resign.
Mills said he had not sought permission for either the investigative series, or the editorial, because he believed in preserving "editorial independence."
The problem, Mills said, was that the new owners were trying to dictate local editorial policy from corporate headquarters.
Elliot described the concern over attempts at a national editorial policy -- which has since been largely abandoned –- as a tempest without substance.
He said CanWest’s owners were "well within their rights to propose national editorials," and that their actions were no different that those of other newspaper ownership groups prior to media consolidation.
"There has never been any effort to control what was published in news stories," he said.
Since his firing, Mills has become an outspoken critic of media consolidation in Canada, and he testified in April before the Canadian Senate committee conducting media hearings. He was also awarded a Neiman Fellowship at Harvard University and is the incoming dean of the journalism program at Algonquin College in Ottawa.
Meanwhile, Mills' firing prompted a public opinion poll by Canada's largest media union that found that the incident had caused the public to lose confidence in the media's editorial independence.
The results, union officials said, showed that Canadians were concerned about press freedom and wanted the government to look into problems associated with media concentration.
Peter Murdock, then vice-president of the communications union, told Canada Newswire that the poll "demonstrates that Canadians want their journalists protected from the whims and prejudice of media barons. It is a grim warning to media corporations and government that Canadians believe that the very integrity of the news that feeds our democracy is being undermined by the effects of concentrated media ownership."
It is clear that online journalism at Canada’s newspapers has changed dramatically under CanWest’s corporate control.
The company replaced independent newspaper Web sites with a common site, Canada.com, which allows consumers to access local news by clicking on the community they are interested in.
Elliot said community news on the Web site comes from local newspapers and television stations, and said that consolidating that information on a single Web site provides consumers better access to local news across the country -- as well as reduces costs.
Bruce MacCormack, former head of interactive media at CanWest, said supplementing newspaper and television content with a common Web site has made access to news more efficient and allowed the corporation to serve consumers better.
"The consumers of online media … were also television viewers and newspaper readers, and at different points in the day, different media were the best way to reach those people," MacCormack said.
"Someone watching television in the evening could be told about stories being developed for the next day's newspaper, which is read on the commuter train as people go to work," he said. "Then, during working hours, the Internet was the most effective way to get them up to date on news, and tease them for television use at night."
"These were handoff mechanisms that worked to reach people, so consumers and the public were able to access services in the most appropriate media, for whatever method they could best be served."
CanWest recently filed testimony with the FCC to support the relaxation of cross-media regulations in the U.S. That testimony challenges media critics on their central objections to cross-media ownership.
"Today's media market is the richest and most diverse in the history of modern media," the document says. "Cross-ownership has strengthened media companies and encouraged greater diversity and more sources of information.
"Experience," it adds, "simply does not support the contention of some opponents of cross-media ownership, that consumers would have access to fewer point of view, or would see only repackaged versions of the same content across multimedia platforms."
Smith, the Ryerson professor -- despite her criticisms of the handling of online media opportunities in Canada -- said she sees differences between media ownership consolidation in Canada and in the United States.
"In the U.S., because of the size of the market, the chance of one or two owners gobbling up everything, I think, would be less than in Canada," she said. "But there is some caution in that.
"If you are thinking about journalists, there are wonderful things about operating in a converged environment. It was really exciting thinking we could potentially have video, and it may be good for news consumers in the sense that (online video) will be a faster way of converging types of media.
"But you get a lot of the same stuff. There is no alternative. You are going to lose some (editorial) voices in the process."
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