After I read this notice I got on the phone and called CBC, VIAFOURA and 3 lawyers. Then I began to build this blog while waiting for one of the 3 lawyers to call me back before I send out the email I promised then publish it here before Canada Day.
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For the record the people in CBC and VIAFOURA played dumb as usual. However one of the lawyers listened closely and answered me honestly. He seemed to be an OK dude but he was also busy with his kids in the backgroud. So I figured I would give him a chance to check my work. I hope he get backs to me. On the other hand I have no doubt one the other two local lawyers knew exactly who I was and will never return my calls or answer me in writing. His assistant made fun of me then hung up. All she cared about was how I knew her name and got her number. Need I say that call was to the office of the Fed lawyers in Halifax I have been arguing since 2015?
Methinks the Crown's mindless minions picked a very bad day to pick another fight with me. I may explain it later. Anyway as far as comment sections in CBC go I can always register again pretending to be somebody I am not just like the Trolls they support do but what would be the point? I have the right to free speech in a website support by my taxpaying dimes. Furthermore if somebody thinks I libeled them within CBC they have the right to sue me or better yet make a complaint to the RCMP in order to have the Crown try to prosecute me under Section 300 of the Canadian Criminal Code CORRECT?
So what the Hell I gave it a shot. Perhaps the third time is the charm? NOPE my third ID lasted only 7 hours or so. It did not survive until the closing time for 3 news items of the day about the USA.
Here is the first blog with my first comment of the day etc.
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/06/methinks-in-spirit-of-full-disclosure-i.htmlThursday, 28 June 2018
Methinks in the spirit of full disclosure I should inform the folks "I'm Back".
Well my third ID with CBC lasted about 7 hours in 3 "News" Items about the USA.Here are the other two
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-travel-washington-larry-kudlow-1.4727170
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fbi-director-deputy-attorney-general-republican-hearing-1.4726349
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On October 17th, 2015 I registered in my true name with CBC in order to make comments while running in the election of the 42nd Parliament and arguing the Crown in the Federal Court of Canada. The comment section of this CBC "News" article speaks for itself particularly in light of the election results two days later. However I will only post her what CBC allowed me to publish in the Crown's domain before polling day.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
Candidates running in Fundy Royal are appealing to the middle class in the typically Tory-dominant riding, with a focus on jobs and the economy.
The Conservatives have strong roots in the southern New Brunswick riding — this area has given its support to the Conservatives in every election for the past century, save for 1993, when Liberal Paul Zed won office.
In 2011, Conservative incumbent Rob Moore captured nearly 60 per cent of the vote.
Moore said he hopes the party's record, with its focus on the economy and direct benefits to people, will earn him another term in office.
The Tory incumbent pointed to programs, such as the Universal Childcare Benefit, as well as family income splitting and pension income splitting, that has left more money in the pockets of Canadians.
But, he said, he has also delivered on bringing federal cash to his ridinng.
Moore says the biggest question he's heard at the door is how the next government will move the regions's economy forward.
He says the answer lies in TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Energy East pipeline.
"The [Irving Oil] refinery is employing many people in our region, there's a lot of spinoff benefits, and if we can bring that resource from Alberta to New Brunswick to be refined and sold from our port, that is a great economic opportunity," said Moore.
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau campaigned in Sussex earlier in the campaign. The Liberals are hoping to knock off the Tories for only the second time in a century. (Courtesy Alaina Lockhart/Facebook)
"That's the majority of Fundy Royal," said Lockhart, who has owned Lockhart's Weddings and Special Occasions Inc. since 2004.
"People working everyday to make ends meet and the fact that we have a national campaign focused on strengthening the middle class to put more money in their pockets to then stimulate the economy, I'm encouraged by that," she said.
Lockhart says her party's focus on seniors through initiatives like affordable housing, strengthening the Canada Pension Plan and guaranteed income supplement would benefit the region.
"They worked hard their whole lives and we need to make sure they have secure retirements," she said.
NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie says she's sensing an eagerness for change in the large riding.
McKenzie, an electrical engineer living in St. Martins, threw her name in after becoming "discouraged and disillusioned by the current government."
" be part of the economy and have jobs," she asid.
"The current government's focus on the prairie provinces in the oil and gas industry left New Brunswick and the Atlantic provinces neglected, and we actually had a three year recession here."
McKenzie says the NDP's focus on small business would better serve the area's economy.
"Our agricultural industry should be flourishing, we have to make sure we protect the family farm, there's fishing, forestry, I'm proud of our tourism initiatives, so much is a good fit to the NDP," she said.
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The proposed Energy East pipeline could add new jobs to the communities inside Fundy Royal, according to Conservative MP Rob Moore. (Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters)
"The pipeline is a bad idea for people locally and we heard about the pipeline spills in northern Alberta and Michigan, and that ... oil they hope to bring in through the pipeline is impossible to cleanup," Coburn said.
"It's a bad idea nationally because it's all going to be exported … And it's going to contribute so much to the greenhouse gases we're trying to avoid to the globe, and exacerbate global warming terribly."
Coburn says she has heard encouragement for her party at the door, a big turnaround from when she first stepped into the political arena in 2010.
"Now I feel I'm finally not talking into the wind as I have been a long time about environmental issues," said Coburn.
"People are aware of the environmental problems we experience, and we're going to experience if we don't make some changes. That's a positive change from when I first ran."
Fundy Royal contains parts of the counties of Albert, Kings, Queens, Saint John and Westmorland and includes St. Martins, Salisbury, Sussex and Petitcodiac, as well as part of Quispamsis.
The Conservatives have strong roots in the southern New Brunswick riding — this area has given its support to the Conservatives in every election for the past century, save for 1993, when Liberal Paul Zed won office.
In 2011, Conservative incumbent Rob Moore captured nearly 60 per cent of the vote.
Moore said he hopes the party's record, with its focus on the economy and direct benefits to people, will earn him another term in office.
- AUDIO: Green candidate: Stephanie Coburn
- AUDIO: Liberal candidate Alaina Lockhart
- AUDIO: NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie
- AUDIO: Conservative candidate Rob Moore
The Tory incumbent pointed to programs, such as the Universal Childcare Benefit, as well as family income splitting and pension income splitting, that has left more money in the pockets of Canadians.
But, he said, he has also delivered on bringing federal cash to his ridinng.
Moore says the biggest question he's heard at the door is how the next government will move the regions's economy forward.
He says the answer lies in TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Energy East pipeline.
"The [Irving Oil] refinery is employing many people in our region, there's a lot of spinoff benefits, and if we can bring that resource from Alberta to New Brunswick to be refined and sold from our port, that is a great economic opportunity," said Moore.
Liberals focus on seniors, middle class
The Liberals are trying hard to knock off the Tories. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has already appeared in Sussex, the largest community in the riding.
Liberal candidate Alaina Lockhart said she is trying to appeal her campaign to the middle class."That's the majority of Fundy Royal," said Lockhart, who has owned Lockhart's Weddings and Special Occasions Inc. since 2004.
"People working everyday to make ends meet and the fact that we have a national campaign focused on strengthening the middle class to put more money in their pockets to then stimulate the economy, I'm encouraged by that," she said.
Lockhart says her party's focus on seniors through initiatives like affordable housing, strengthening the Canada Pension Plan and guaranteed income supplement would benefit the region.
"They worked hard their whole lives and we need to make sure they have secure retirements," she said.
Hopeful for change
NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie says she's sensing an eagerness for change in the large riding.
McKenzie, an electrical engineer living in St. Martins, threw her name in after becoming "discouraged and disillusioned by the current government."
People want our youth back, we want to have reasons to stay here.- NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzieThe region has lost a lot of its youth because of the Harper government's lack of focus on the economy, she said.
" be part of the economy and have jobs," she asid.
"The current government's focus on the prairie provinces in the oil and gas industry left New Brunswick and the Atlantic provinces neglected, and we actually had a three year recession here."
McKenzie says the NDP's focus on small business would better serve the area's economy.
"Our agricultural industry should be flourishing, we have to make sure we protect the family farm, there's fishing, forestry, I'm proud of our tourism initiatives, so much is a good fit to the NDP," she said.
Lost youth
The proposed Energy East pipeline is popular in many parts of the southern New Brunswick riding, but the Green candidate said it is the wrong way to attract investment.
Stephanie Coburn, the Green Party candidate for Fundy Royal, says the promise of 14,000 direct and indirect full-time jobs across Canada is "hugely exaggerated.""The pipeline is a bad idea for people locally and we heard about the pipeline spills in northern Alberta and Michigan, and that ... oil they hope to bring in through the pipeline is impossible to cleanup," Coburn said.
"It's a bad idea nationally because it's all going to be exported … And it's going to contribute so much to the greenhouse gases we're trying to avoid to the globe, and exacerbate global warming terribly."
Coburn says she has heard encouragement for her party at the door, a big turnaround from when she first stepped into the political arena in 2010.
"Now I feel I'm finally not talking into the wind as I have been a long time about environmental issues," said Coburn.
"People are aware of the environmental problems we experience, and we're going to experience if we don't make some changes. That's a positive change from when I first ran."
Fundy Royal contains parts of the counties of Albert, Kings, Queens, Saint John and Westmorland and includes St. Martins, Salisbury, Sussex and Petitcodiac, as well as part of Quispamsis.
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David Amos
It appears that the CROWN Corp known as CBC has failed its MANDATE once again and acted in a very partisan fashion in ignoring my name on the ballot. Correct? The real question is will the CROWN even allow this comment to be posted?
David Amos
@David Amos FYI
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/factscan-plans-to-test-political-claims-during-election-1.2951761
Tall tale-telling politicos, take heed: You could soon find your claims put through the truth grinder by the folks at FactsCan, a newly launched website that aims to provide an independent, non-partisan fact-checking service during the upcoming federal election.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/factscan-plans-to-test-political-claims-during-election-1.2951761
Tall tale-telling politicos, take heed: You could soon find your claims put through the truth grinder by the folks at FactsCan, a newly launched website that aims to provide an independent, non-partisan fact-checking service during the upcoming federal election.
■FactsCan website
According to co-founder Dana Wagner, who also works as a researcher at Ryerson University in Toronto, the team behind the site wants to help voters "separate out the truth from spin, distortion, omission, error and lies."
"Our goal is to enable Canadians to critically engage in political-speak, and to encourage politicians to be honest and accurate with their words," she told CBC News via email.
Unlike many countries, she noted, Canada does not have a major fact-checking outlet — and FactsCan is hoping to change that before the next election.
RURAL GUY
@David Amos was going to hold my nose and vote con until I seen your name right at the top of the ballot. I instantly checked yours without even looking any further. I've never seen such a poor choice for prime minister for our three main parties, ever. when harper polls as good as he is, kinda tells you something about the other two, yuk
David Amos
@David Amos FACTS
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/reporting-to-canadians/acts-and-policies/management/human-resources/2-2-21/
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/reporting-to-canadians/acts-and-policies/management/human-resources/2-2-21/
STATEMENT
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1. Respect for Democracy
Subject to the Broadcasting Act, CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall uphold the Canadian parliamentary democracy and its institutions by:
1.1 Respecting the rule of law and carrying out their duties in accordance with legislation, policies and directives in a manner that is and appears to be non-partisan and impartial.
1.2 Loyally carrying out the mandate of CBC/Radio-Canada as set out in the Broadcasting Act, for which it is accountable to Parliament and Canadians.
1.3 Providing decision makers of CBC/Radio-Canada with the information, analysis and advice they need, always striving to be open, candid and impartial.
2. Respect for People
CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall respect human dignity and the value of every person by:
2.1 Treating every person with respect and fairness
David Amos
@RURAL GUY Thank You for the vote of confidence Kind Sir
David Amos
Clearly there are FIVE candidates not merely four.
http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=13004&EV=41&QID=-1&PAGEID=17
and everybody knows it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=13004&EV=41&QID=-1&PAGEID=17
and everybody knows it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
CT
@David Amos I'm sorry they ignored you,you have great points but you should really pick a demographic that is smarter.Here people vote for cons without ever using their brains.Sad really when all they represent are Irving ,the potash corp and their minions.They are owned by them and they don't even know it.
David Amos
Go figure
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pirate-party-s-james-wilson-aims-to-lead-party-nationally-1.2511054?cmp=rss
CBC writes lots about people who BS a lot then don't bother to put their name on a ballot. Yet I have done so FIVE times and they have never said a peep other than bar me from the airwaves and try to have their pals in the other CROWN Corp known as the RCMP arrest me. Page 14 of this old pdf file of mine is the reason why.
http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pirate-party-s-james-wilson-aims-to-lead-party-nationally-1.2511054?cmp=rss
CBC writes lots about people who BS a lot then don't bother to put their name on a ballot. Yet I have done so FIVE times and they have never said a peep other than bar me from the airwaves and try to have their pals in the other CROWN Corp known as the RCMP arrest me. Page 14 of this old pdf file of mine is the reason why.
http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
David Amos
I must Say I am rather impressed at CBC's sudden fit of Integrity to allow my posts to stand the test of time for a few hours at least. (: Rest assured that I have been saving digital snapshots just in case they delete and block me as usual :)
In return here is an old scoop about CTV that CBC and everybody else and his dog has been ignoring for 11 very long years after I ran in the election of the 38th Parliament against the aptly named lawyer Rob Moore.
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/08/re-bce-and-jean-pierre-blais-of-crtc.html
----- Original Message -----
From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: I am curious
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
David Amos
Anybody bother to notice I am the only person posting here with a real name and it is the same name that is on the ballot in Fundy Royal?
Do ya think the lawyer Rob Moore "The True Conservative" or any of the others would dare to debate me in writing with their true name within a website funded by the taxpayer and controlled by questionable public servants? How about outside the CROWN"s domain within the Yankee website called Twitter? That is where I play very serious Political Hard Ball. See for yourself or ask Rob Moore's hero Stevey Boy Harper if I am a liar or not.
https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
tony forward
I may be a little confused here, Is there not 5 candidates in this Riding.. Humm. Seems you forgot the Independent candidate, David Amos is running, heard him on the radio and has a u tube following, Funny how u tube has become become more accurate than the CBC. Shame on you, CBC. Lets just see if you will post this comment,,,
David Amos
@tony forward For the record CBC is well aware that I am the fifth candidate. Hance Colburne of CBC moderated the debate in Hampton on Oct 7th one before CBC posted on their website on Oct 14th his interview with Rob Moore on CBC airwaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyNx6QEHqRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyNx6QEHqRA
David Amos
BTW Rob Moore and I know the truth about Randy Quaid's questionable arrests in Canada and the USA. More importantly so does Randy I know that for a fact.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/randy-quaid-release-jail-vermont-1.3274216
"I never worried about being found guilty or any of that for any of these charges because I know the truth, and I know the facts are going to come out at some point, and today was a good sign of that," Randy Quaid said
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/randy-quaid-court-appearance-1.3262238
"Quaid and his wife Evi, a Canadian citizen, have been living in Montreal since February 2013."
"Robert Gervais, an official with the Immigration and Refugee Board, confirmed in an email to CBC News that a detention review hearing for Quaid is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
But the reason for the actor's arrest is unclear.
Quaid, 64, was detained Tuesday morning after attending a regular check-in with CBSA officials in downtown Montreal.
Quaid's lawyer, Mark Gruszczynski, declined to shed light on the affair or to reveal the reason for Quaid's arrest."
That said lets just say that I have no doubt whatsoever what spawned CBC's latest malevolent actions against me. Methinks it had everything to do with my spit and chews yesterday about Mitt Romney and Justin Trudeau N'esy Pas?
The records within 3 of my blogs published yesterday versus that of CBC's should speak volumes to anyone with half a clue between their ears.
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/06/trudeau-has-boxed-himself-in-with-his.html
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/06/methinks-mindless-mitt-romney-evil-old.html
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-comical-case-of-old-wet-red-hen-in.html
https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos@FloryGoncalves and 49 others
I see that CBC is still playing politics even after my contacts to their bosses today EH? Methinks their lawyers are aware that this blog is far from done N'esy Pas?
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/06/oh-my-very-corrupt-crown-corp-known-as.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fbi-director-deputy-attorney-general-republican-hearing-1.4726349
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos@FloryGoncalves and 48 others
FYI it is the private company @viafoura that has a contract with CBC to employ
moderators to block Canadian citizens EH#RCMPNS
moderators to block Canadian citizens EH
For More Information Contact:
Suzanne Huber-Taheri
Director of Marketing, Viafoura
suzanne@viafoura.com
1-416-389-5474
https://viafoura.com/news/pelmorex-corp-calls-on-viafoura-to-help-expand-active-community-membership-by-over-50-percent/
Yankees to review before Canada Day EH? BTW the 2nd lawsuit I filed just
before the 4th of July, 2002 was truly wickedly wonderful even if I do say so
myself N'esy Pas?
ENJOY YA BASTARDS
https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmosWhereas the Crown Corp known as CBC decided to ban me again until Canada Day
perhaps their lawyers should review the lawsuit I filed in the USA on Canada Day
in 2002? Page 14 this file proves CBC and@StateDept received true copies
N'esy Pas?#RCMPNS
perhaps their lawyers should review the lawsuit I filed in the USA on Canada Day
in 2002? Page 14 this file proves CBC and
N'esy Pas?
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos@FloryGoncalves and 49 others
Your account has been banned until 7/1/2018. Reason: We have banned this account
for 3 days because we believe it is in violation of our Terms of Use, specifically
repeated uncivil comments and personal attacks. For more information, please visit:
http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/submissions.html
for 3 days because we believe it is in violation of our Terms of Use, specifically
repeated uncivil comments and personal attacks. For more information, please visit:
http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/submissions.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/david-smith-jtornado-power-1.4723537
Court brushes aside arguments in criminal appeal of unilateral power
Last year, the Liberals amended the Judicature Act to take away the unilateral power to transfer judges
New Brunswick's top court has suggested it's fine with the unilateral power that Court of Queen's Bench Justice David Smith used to have — before the Liberals took it away last year.
The court brushed aside arguments Tuesday in a criminal appeal that Smith's former power to transfer judges had compromised the independence of two judges who heard three of the Operation J-Tornado drug trials.
The lawyers were trying to overturn the convictions of Shane Williams, Anthony Edison and Joshua Kindred.
The Court of Queen's Bench judges in the trials, William Grant and Thomas Christie, both admitted wiretap evidence obtained through warrants signed by Smith in 2014.
Grant and Christie lacked the independence to rule on Smith's warrants because, in theory, Smith had the power to punish them by transferring them, the two lawyers argued.
But Chief Justice Marc Richard, in one of his first cases as head of the appeal court, clearly didn't buy that.
"Do we know of one example where a justice was moved by a chief justice against their will as a punishment for them doing their job?" he asked.
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Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice David Smith has transferred 13 judges since becoming chief justice in 1998. (Acadia University)Nathan Gorham, the lawyer for Williams and Kindred, did not offer an example.
Instead, he argued that Smith's unilateral power created the possibility of such punishment — and that undermined public faith in the judge's independence.
"It's about looking at the objective structure of the court to determine if there are sufficient guarantees of independence," he said.
Richard was not convinced, saying the argument would mean any warrant signed by Smith could not be reviewed by a trial judge.
"You're saying no judge in New Brunswick can rule on a warrant … issued by the chief justice of the Court of Queen's Bench," he said. "That's got to be your position."
Last year, the Liberal government of Premier Brian Gallant amended the Judicature Act to take away Smith's unilateral power to transfer judges on his court. Now, Smith must seek the consent of the provincial justice minister.
Smith complained that was a violation of his court's independence.
The drug trials took place before the Liberal amendments, when Smith could move judges on his own.
Gorham and Charles Bryant, the lawyer for Edison, argued judges must also be independent of their own chief justice.
In 2014, Smith authorized three warrants that allowed police to monitor private e-mails and ultimately convict Williams, Kindred and Edison, along with several others. The police investigation was part of a major Saint John-area drug probe named Operation J-Tornado.
The three men were convicted on separate trials but police relied on the same evidence. The information gathered from the wiretaps approved by Smith was key to the convictions.
Richard said there has never been an issue with a chief justice's administrative powers before.
"Nobody has raised this. This has not been a concern for anybody."
Bryant argued that because of the controversy over the curtailing of Smith's powers, including a private exchange of letters between judges on the issue that became public, the perception of the issue is now more important.
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Charles Bryant, Anthony Edison's lawyer, argued that trial judges who heard his client's case were 'insufficiently independent' of Chief Justice David Smith. (CBC) But Richard was again having none of it.
"The argument you're putting forward is that your client could not be tried the moment the chief justice signed the warrants," he said.
Richard and the two other justices hearing the appeal, Margaret Larlee and Kathleen Quigg, avoided wading into the debate over the Liberal amendments to the Judicature Act.
The Liberal government argued it needed to curtail Smith's powers because his frequent transfers were creating a "revolving door" in smaller communities, with judges appointed there and then soon transferred to larger centres.
Richard mused at one point that maybe the solution would be for governments and the courts to avoid the issue altogether.
"What about no transfers at all?" he asked. "You accept the appointment you accepted and you stay there."
After the hearing's afternoon break, Richard signalled that the three justices were dismissing the Judicature Act arguments.
He told the federal lawyer arguing against the appeal, Michael Taylor, that he did not have to bother responding to the independence issue.
The three justices were more interested in arguments from Gorham and Bryant about the affidavits used to admit the warrants at the trial. The lawyers argued they lacked required certification from an oaths commissioner and did not include a date when they would expire.
Larlee said she found the lack of a duration on the warrants "troubling."
Bryant said that kind of sloppiness was unacceptable for affidavits that allowed police to eavesdrop on citizens. That kind of intrusive investigation has to meet a high standard, he said.
The appeal court will rule on those arguments at a later date.
The court brushed aside arguments Tuesday in a criminal appeal that Smith's former power to transfer judges had compromised the independence of two judges who heard three of the Operation J-Tornado drug trials.
The lawyers were trying to overturn the convictions of Shane Williams, Anthony Edison and Joshua Kindred.
The Court of Queen's Bench judges in the trials, William Grant and Thomas Christie, both admitted wiretap evidence obtained through warrants signed by Smith in 2014.
Grant and Christie lacked the independence to rule on Smith's warrants because, in theory, Smith had the power to punish them by transferring them, the two lawyers argued.
But Chief Justice Marc Richard, in one of his first cases as head of the appeal court, clearly didn't buy that.
"Do we know of one example where a justice was moved by a chief justice against their will as a punishment for them doing their job?" he asked.
Instead, he argued that Smith's unilateral power created the possibility of such punishment — and that undermined public faith in the judge's independence.
"It's about looking at the objective structure of the court to determine if there are sufficient guarantees of independence," he said.
Richard was not convinced, saying the argument would mean any warrant signed by Smith could not be reviewed by a trial judge.
"You're saying no judge in New Brunswick can rule on a warrant … issued by the chief justice of the Court of Queen's Bench," he said. "That's got to be your position."
Amended Judicature Act
Last year, the Liberal government of Premier Brian Gallant amended the Judicature Act to take away Smith's unilateral power to transfer judges on his court. Now, Smith must seek the consent of the provincial justice minister.
Smith complained that was a violation of his court's independence.
The drug trials took place before the Liberal amendments, when Smith could move judges on his own.
Gorham and Charles Bryant, the lawyer for Edison, argued judges must also be independent of their own chief justice.
Operation J-Tornado
In 2014, Smith authorized three warrants that allowed police to monitor private e-mails and ultimately convict Williams, Kindred and Edison, along with several others. The police investigation was part of a major Saint John-area drug probe named Operation J-Tornado.
The three men were convicted on separate trials but police relied on the same evidence. The information gathered from the wiretaps approved by Smith was key to the convictions.
Richard said there has never been an issue with a chief justice's administrative powers before.
"Nobody has raised this. This has not been a concern for anybody."
Bryant argued that because of the controversy over the curtailing of Smith's powers, including a private exchange of letters between judges on the issue that became public, the perception of the issue is now more important.
"The argument you're putting forward is that your client could not be tried the moment the chief justice signed the warrants," he said.
Richard and the two other justices hearing the appeal, Margaret Larlee and Kathleen Quigg, avoided wading into the debate over the Liberal amendments to the Judicature Act.
The Liberal government argued it needed to curtail Smith's powers because his frequent transfers were creating a "revolving door" in smaller communities, with judges appointed there and then soon transferred to larger centres.
Richard mused at one point that maybe the solution would be for governments and the courts to avoid the issue altogether.
"What about no transfers at all?" he asked. "You accept the appointment you accepted and you stay there."
After the hearing's afternoon break, Richard signalled that the three justices were dismissing the Judicature Act arguments.
He told the federal lawyer arguing against the appeal, Michael Taylor, that he did not have to bother responding to the independence issue.
The three justices were more interested in arguments from Gorham and Bryant about the affidavits used to admit the warrants at the trial. The lawyers argued they lacked required certification from an oaths commissioner and did not include a date when they would expire.
Larlee said she found the lack of a duration on the warrants "troubling."
Bryant said that kind of sloppiness was unacceptable for affidavits that allowed police to eavesdrop on citizens. That kind of intrusive investigation has to meet a high standard, he said.
The appeal court will rule on those arguments at a later date.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 06:46:40 -0800
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Hey did anybody but me notice that CBC deleted ALL
of the comments about the "Not So Happy Dentist" getting chucked out of the House
on PEI before Xmass?
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: Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.caDate: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 14:46:41 +0000
Subject: Thank you for contacting the Office of Elizabeth May, O.C., M.P
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for contacting me. This response is to assure you that your
message has been received. I welcome and appreciate receiving comments
and questions from constituents.I receive a much larger volume of correspondence (postal and email)
than the average MP. All emails are reviewed on a regular basis,
however due to the high volume of emails my office receives, I may not
be able to respond personally to each one.
My constituents in Saanich-Gulf Islands are my highest priority. If
you are a constituent, please email elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca
>. To help me serve you better,
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Thank you once again for contacting me.
Elizabeth May, O.C.
Member of Parliament
Saanich - Gulf Islands
Leader of the Green Party of Canada
---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 10:46:36 -0400
Subject: Hey did anybody but me notice that CBC deleted ALL of the comments about
the "Not So Happy Dentist" getting chucked out of the House on PEI before Xmass?
To: oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>,
"elizabeth.may"<elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>,
jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>,
"blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>,"randy.mckeen"<randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>,
BrianThomasMacdonald <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
"kirk.macdonald"<kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>,"carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>,
"steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>,
newsroom<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "jeremy.keefe"<jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>, "David.Akin"<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, Ezra <Ezra@therebel.media>,
"darrow.macintyre"<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, "Paul.Harpelle"<Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
"justin.trudeau.a1"<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca> "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "guy.caron"<guy.caron@parl.gc.ca>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>,
Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
"Alex.Johnston"<Alex.Johnston@cbc.ca>, jesse <jesse@viafoura.com>,
"hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
Deric.MacKenzie-Feder@justice.
Tis a good thing I keep better records than the VERY unethical Crown
Corp known as the CBC N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The
Younger" Trust that I don't care wherever ye may be on New Years Day
just like I didn't last year EH?
Feel free to compare when you come back from your vacation.
CBC
Deric.MacKenzie-Feder@justice.
Tis a good thing I keep better records than the VERY unethical Crown
Corp known as the CBC N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The
Younger" Trust that I don't care wherever ye may be on New Years Day
just like I didn't last year EH?
Feel free to compare when you come back from your vacation.
CBC
http://davidraymondamos3.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Coon, David (LEG)"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:02:20 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks David Coon and his boss Dizzy Lizzy May
will enjoy my comment about a "Not So Happy Dentist" on PEI the Xmass
N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for your email.
I’m out of the office and will be back on January 2nd, 2018. During
this period I will not be responding personally to my emails.
If you are looking for assistance of a personal nature & live in the
riding of Fredericton South, please contact my Constituency
Coordinator by email at Taeyon.Kim@gnb.caTaeyo
>To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for your email.
I’m out of the office and will be back on January 2nd, 2018. During
this period I will not be responding personally to my emails.
If you are looking for assistance of a personal nature & live in the
riding of Fredericton South, please contact my Constituency
Coordinator by email at Taeyon.Kim@gnb.ca
or 455-0936.
For media inquiries, please contact Shannon at
Shannon.carmont@gnb.ca
Best Regards,
David Coon
MLA Fredericton South & Leader of the Green Party
Merci pour votre courriel.
Je suis hors du bureau et reviendrai le 31 juillet 2017. Pendant cette
période, je ne répondrai pas personnellement à mes courriels.
Si vous êtes à la recherche d'une aide personnelle et habitez la
circonscription de Fredericton South, veuillez contacter ma
coordonnatrice de circonscription par courriel à
Taeyon.Kim@gnb.ca
Pour toute question concernant les médias, veuillez contacter Shannon
à Shannon.carmont@gnb.ca
Meilleures salutations,
David Coon
MLA Fredericton South et chef du Parti Vert
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:02:20 +0000
Subject: RE: Methinks David Coon and his boss Dizzy Lizzy May will enjoy my comment
about a "Not So Happy Dentist" on PEI the Xmass N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
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. Happy Holidays!
If this is a media request, please forward your email to
media-medias@gnb.camed
>. Thank you!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. Happy Holidays!
If this is a media request, please forward your email to
media-medias@gnb.ca
******************************
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné.
Joyeuses Fêtes!
Si ceci est une demande médiatique, prière de la transmettre à
media-medias@gnb.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:02:18 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks David Coon and his boss Dizzy Lizzy May
will enjoy my comment about a "Not So Happy Dentist" on PEI the Xmass
N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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This is the correct email address for requests for news coverage and
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Harpelle, Paul (ENB)"<Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:02:20 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks David Coon and his boss Dizzy Lizzy May
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Harpelle, Paul (ENB)"<Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:02:20 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks David Coon and his boss Dizzy Lizzy May
will enjoy my comment about a "Not So Happy Dentist" on PEI the Xmass
N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I am away from my office until January 3, 2018. I will be checking my
e-mails on occasion.
Je suis absent de mon bureau jusqu'au 3 janvier 2018. Je vérifierai
mon courriel occasionnellement.
---------- Original message ----------
From: Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:02:18 +0000
Subject: Thank you for contacting the Office of Elizabeth May, O.C., M.P
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for contacting me. This response is to assure you that your
message has been received. I welcome and appreciate receiving comments
and questions from constituents.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:02:15 -0400
Subject: Methinks David Coon and his boss Dizzy Lizzy May will enjoy my comment
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I am away from my office until January 3, 2018. I will be checking my
e-mails on occasion.
Je suis absent de mon bureau jusqu'au 3 janvier 2018. Je vérifierai
mon courriel occasionnellement.
---------- Original message ----------
From: Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:02:18 +0000
Subject: Thank you for contacting the Office of Elizabeth May, O.C., M.P
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for contacting me. This response is to assure you that your
message has been received. I welcome and appreciate receiving comments
and questions from constituents.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:02:15 -0400
Subject: Methinks David Coon and his boss Dizzy Lizzy May will enjoy my comment
about a "Not So Happy Dentist" on PEI the Xmass N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
To: oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>,
"elizabeth.may"<elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
To: oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>,
"elizabeth.may"<elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>,
jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>,
"blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>, "randy.mckeen"<randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>,
BrianThomasMacdonald <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
"kirk.macdonald"<kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, "carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
"steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>,
newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "jeremy.keefe"<jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>, "David.Akin"<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, Ezra <Ezra@therebel.media>,
"darrow.macintyre"<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, "Paul.Harpelle"<Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>
"Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
http://davidraymondamos3.
Thursday, 21 December 2017
Thursday, 21 December 2017
How boring is politicking in the Maritimes when a Green Meanie Leader
gets booted out of the House and nobody cares?
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:20:38 -0400
Subject: Re: YO Alex Johnston can you please explain this notice from CBC to me real slow?
To: "Alex.Johnston"<Alex.Johnston@cbc.ca>,
jesse <jesse@viafoura.com>, "hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>,
"ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
"Deric.MacKenzie-Feder"<Deric.MacKenzie-Feder@
"sylvie.gadoury"<sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>,
"elizabeth.may"<elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>,
BrianThomasMacdonald <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
"randy.mckeen"<randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, "kirk.macdonald"<kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>,
"carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
"steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>,
newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>,
"jeremy.keefe"<jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>,
"David.Akin"<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, Ezra, <Ezra@therebel.media>,,
"Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
"darrow.macintyre"<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, "Paul.Harpelle"<Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 03:15:53 +0000
Subject: RE: YO Alex Johnston can you please explain this notice from
CBC to me real slow?
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. Happy Holidays!
If this is a media request, please forward your email to
media-medias@gnb.camed
>. Thank you!From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:20:38 -0400
Subject: Re: YO Alex Johnston can you please explain this notice from CBC to me real slow?
To: "Alex.Johnston"<Alex.Johnston@cbc.ca>,
jesse <jesse@viafoura.com>, "hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>,
"ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
"Deric.MacKenzie-Feder"<Deric.MacKenzie-Feder@
"sylvie.gadoury"<sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>,
"elizabeth.may"<elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>,
BrianThomasMacdonald <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
"randy.mckeen"<randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, "kirk.macdonald"<kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>,
"carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
"steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>,
newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>,
"jeremy.keefe"<jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>,
"David.Akin"<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, Ezra
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 03:15:53 +0000
Subject: RE: YO Alex Johnston can you please explain this notice from
CBC to me real slow?
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. Happy Holidays!
If this is a media request, please forward your email to
media-medias@gnb.ca
******************************
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné.
Joyeuses Fêtes!
Si ceci est une demande médiatique, prière de la transmettre à
media-medias@gnb.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Green Party of Canada | Parti vert du Canada <info@greenparty.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 03:16:00 +0000
Subject: Re: YO Alex Johnston can you please explain this notice from
CBC to me real slow?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
-- Please reply above this line --
(Français à suivre)
On 12/21/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> What would that be if not my real name???
>
> Your account has been banned until 12/22/2017. Reason: Your username
> is not keeping within our Submission Guidelines, for more information
> please visit: http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/
> When your account reactivates in 1 day, please change your username to
> something that adheres to our Submission Guidelines.
>
> On 12/21/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>
>> Thursday, 21 December 2017
>> How boring is politicking in the Maritimes when a Green Meanie Leader
>> gets booted out of the House and nobody cares?
>>
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>
>> Green leader turfed from P.E.I. Legislature as sitting comes to dramatic
>> close
>> Bevan-Baker escorted from chamber after referring to 'farcical' debate
>> over legislation
>> By Kerry Campbell, CBC News Posted: Dec 20, 2017 9:28 PM AT
>>
>>
>> 11 Comments
>>
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> For the public record what is truly "farcical" to me is that this spit
>> and chew is about a Whistleblower Protection Act of all things.
>>
>> Perhaps the "Not So Happy" Dentist and his parliamentary cohorts
>> should check htheir email records over the Yuletide Season and dig
>> into their memories as well to see if they recall any conversations
>> with a certain whistleblower who has been falsely imprisoned in Canada
>> and the USA. Steve Murphy of ATV and everybody else knows since 2006
>> that he was denied the right to vote but still managed to run for
>> public office five times thus far. Nobody will admit that same
>> whistleblower has been suing the Crown in Federal Court since 2015 for
>> being illegally barred from all parliamentary properties in Canada
>> including PEI. Yet there have been 9 decisions in the matter thus far
>> that can be easily verified from the public record. The decision
>> exactly 2 years ago of Justice Richard Bell (the first judge Harper
>> appointed) should have been front page news across the country.
>> However not even the crickets will comment about it.
>>
>> Do tell does that statement ring any bells over the Xmass season while
>> I prepare to try put the matter before the Supreme Court of Canada and
>> file some more lawsuits ASAP? Or will CBC block me again and nobody
>> gets to even read it?
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> Methinks I already mentioned how much I love the circus N'esy Pas?
>>
>>
>> Janet Gaudet
>> Peter spoke the truth and he got punished for it. How ironic is that.
>>
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> @Janet Gaudet The irony is that Bevan-Baker should have asked the Sgt
>> at Arms and the Speaker why I have been suing PEI since 2015. Instead
>> he had himself evicted in the the last minutes in order to look like
>> some kind of hero. In a nutshell he is a player like all the rest.
>> Democracy is a myth.
>>
>>
>> Holly Pinkham
>> Buck Watts can do what he likes, as speaker, I suppose, but I
>> certainly don't agree with this unnecessary drama. Mr. Bevan used a
>> perfectly understandable and non-vulgar term to describe proceedings
>> that were clearly objectionable.
>>
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> @Holly Pinkham Ask yourself why the Green Party Leader only opted to
>> say the oh so terrible word in the eleventh hour?
>>
>> Better ask yourself why so few folks bothered to make comment about
>> the nonsense? I said nothing all day waiting to see if anything would
>> develop and now in mere minutes I have added my two bits worth matched
>> the total tally of the comments about the article.
>>
>>
>> Sandy Brace
>> Mr Devon Baker is a man of integrity and cares about people more than
>> about his ego and his bank account. He will not last in government
>> with those attributes I am afraid. You need to be unethical sheep to
>> stay within the click and have a place at the trough.
>>
>>
>> Janet Gaudet
>> @Sandy Brace : I hope he will be re-elected. We need him in the
>> Legislature as this government is a farce. I'm completely disgusted
>> and fed up with what we've got running this province.
>>
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> @Sandy Brace That not the Baker I know
>>
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> @Sandy Brace "Mr Devon Baker is a man of integrity and cares about
>> people more than about his ego and his bank account."
>>
>> I meant the response above to be directed to you
>>
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> @Janet Gaudet "I'm completely disgusted and fed up with what we've got
>> running this province."
>>
>> Good for you for speaking up
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>
>> P.E.I. Green Party Leader quits dentistry
>> 'It became increasingly clear to me it was not something I could
>> sustain forever'
>> By Sara Fraser, CBC News Posted: Jul 11, 2016 5:12 PM AT
>>
>
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-green-leader-bevan-baker-removed-from-legislature-water-act-1.4459489
Green leader turfed from P.E.I. Legislature as sitting comes to dramatic close
Bevan-Baker escorted from chamber after referring to 'farcical' debate over legislation
The fall sitting of the P.E.I. Legislature came to a dramatic close Wednesday with Green party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker ordered removed from the legislative chamber for refusing to withdraw the word "farce."
In the final minutes of the fall sitting, the Public Interest Disclosure and Whistleblower Protection Act came up for third reading. Bevan-Baker introduced a motion to have it sent back to the legislature for further debate.
"In the last few days I have witnessed some of the most discouraging debates on legislation since I was elected two-and-a-half years ago," he told the house.
"We were given the sacred trust to bring forth strong and meaningful legislation that will enhance government transparency and accountability .... And we turned that debate Mr. Speaker, at times into a farce."
Government House leader Richard Brown rose on a point of order, taking issue with Bevan-Baker's statement, and in particular his use of the word "farce."
"I used the word intently and I used the word consciously," Bevan-Baker said, accusing government MLAs of voting down opposition amendments to bills before they'd been provided with written copies of the amendments.
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The Green party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker is removed from the legislature on Wednesday by the sergeant-at-arms. (P.E.I. Legislature)"If the purpose of this house is to carefully consider legislation that is going to affect each and every Islander, then surely we have to do that with the information in front of us, and we cannot do that if we are prejudging something … before we even see it. So I will not withdraw my remark. I think at times yesterday the display of the government side was indeed farcical."
Watts provided Bevan-Baker with one more chance to withdraw his remark before ordering the sergeant-at-arms to remove the Green party leader.
The Whistleblower Protection Act was one of three key pieces of legislation, debate over which kept the house sitting for 22 days — the second-longest fall sitting of the P.E.I. legislature since fall sittings began 20 years ago.
Numerous amendments to the act were introduced by both opposition parties, only to be voted down by government MLAs. Opposition attempts to amend another important bill, the Lobbyist Registration Act, were similarly defeated.
However, both opposition parties were able to exert some influence over the most important piece of legislation passed during the sitting, the province's Water Act.
Meanwhile, the PCs were able to pass an amendment which requires government to send new or amended regulations to the act to a provincial standing committee a minimum of 90 days before the regulations are enacted.
All told, government passed 17 of its bills in the fall sitting, while the Opposition saw one of its private member's bills pass, providing more protection under Workers' Compensation for Island workers suffering from PTSD.
In the final minutes of the fall sitting, the Public Interest Disclosure and Whistleblower Protection Act came up for third reading. Bevan-Baker introduced a motion to have it sent back to the legislature for further debate.
"In the last few days I have witnessed some of the most discouraging debates on legislation since I was elected two-and-a-half years ago," he told the house.
"We were given the sacred trust to bring forth strong and meaningful legislation that will enhance government transparency and accountability .... And we turned that debate Mr. Speaker, at times into a farce."
Government House leader Richard Brown rose on a point of order, taking issue with Bevan-Baker's statement, and in particular his use of the word "farce."
Unparliamentary word
Speaker Buck Watts ruled the word unparliamentary, and asked Bevan-Baker to withdraw the word from the public record."I used the word intently and I used the word consciously," Bevan-Baker said, accusing government MLAs of voting down opposition amendments to bills before they'd been provided with written copies of the amendments.
Watts provided Bevan-Baker with one more chance to withdraw his remark before ordering the sergeant-at-arms to remove the Green party leader.
The Whistleblower Protection Act was one of three key pieces of legislation, debate over which kept the house sitting for 22 days — the second-longest fall sitting of the P.E.I. legislature since fall sittings began 20 years ago.
Numerous amendments to the act were introduced by both opposition parties, only to be voted down by government MLAs. Opposition attempts to amend another important bill, the Lobbyist Registration Act, were similarly defeated.
Water Act amended
However, both opposition parties were able to exert some influence over the most important piece of legislation passed during the sitting, the province's Water Act.
So I will not withdraw my remark. I think at times yesterday the display of the government side was indeed farcical.— Peter Bevan-BakerThe government introduced its own amendment to the act that mirrored an amendment circulated by the Green party. The amendment removed what opposition parties were calling a "loophole" allowing cabinet to overrule a ban on fracking in the province.
Meanwhile, the PCs were able to pass an amendment which requires government to send new or amended regulations to the act to a provincial standing committee a minimum of 90 days before the regulations are enacted.
All told, government passed 17 of its bills in the fall sitting, while the Opposition saw one of its private member's bills pass, providing more protection under Workers' Compensation for Island workers suffering from PTSD.
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