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Ambassador Ariunbold held meeting with MP Yasmin Ratansi to exchange views on the Parliamentary Friendship Group and MP Dane Lloyd to discuss bilateral economic cooperation

 

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Ambassador of Mongolia to Canada, H.E. Yadmaa Ariunbold, attended the annual Prospectors and Developers Conference PDAC2020 organized in Toronto on March 1-4th, 2020.

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In Toronto, the Ambassador held meeting with Madam Yasmin Ratansi, MP for the riding of Don Valley East of Toronto, exchanged views on future collaboration with the Parliamentary Friendship Group. Ambassador Ariunbold also met with Mr. Dane Lloyd, MP from Alberta, to discuss bilateral economic cooperation. Ambassador Ariunbold delivered opening remarks at CERBA Eurasia Mining Conference 2020 organized by Canada-Eurasia-Russia Business Association on the sidelines of PDAC2020. In his remarks, the Ambassador highlighted opportunities of investment environment in Mongolia safeguarded by Mongolia-Canada Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement. Mining sector representatives from Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also attended the event.

 

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Liberal MP out of caucus after employing sister for years using public funds

Yasmin Ratansi to sit as Independent, will 'await guidance' from ethics commissioner

Several former employees claim Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi has had her sister on the payroll for years using public funds. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

A Toronto MP is leaving the Liberal caucus after CBC News found she had employed her sister in her constituency office for years using public funds— a violation of parliamentary rules. 

Yasmin Ratansi announced her departure late Monday on Facebook. 

"I made an error in judgment by employing my sister in my constituency office, and I have remedied the situation, but this does not excuse the error I made," she wrote. 

Ratansi said she will continue sitting as an Independent, representing her constituents in Don Valley East, and will "await guidance" from the ethics commissioner.

The statement comes more than 30 hours after CBC News asked her office for comment on the issue.

Several former staffers told CBC News Ratansi tried to cover up the relationship by having her sister use a fake first name and telling some staff to keep their family connection quiet.

"I think it's horrific that a member of Parliament that's entrusted to behave honourable and ethically can get away with impunity," said a former employee. "It really questions the integrity of the institutions."

Ratansi, a backbencher, is a trained accountant and became the first Muslim woman elected to the House of Commons in 2004. She lost the seat in 2011 and won it back in 2015. Ratansi is the chair of the standing committee on environment and used to be the vice-chair of the committee overseeing federal government departments' expenses.

Her sister Zeenat Khatri has worked as her constituency assistant for much of her time in office, according to six former staffers. 

During her early years as an MP, it was against the rules to hire "immediate family" including parents, spouses and children, but not siblings. That changed in 2012 when the House's Board of Internal Economy updated its bylaws, said House director of communications Heather Bradley. 

'Blatant disregard'

Multiple sources said Ratansi employed her sister from at least 2005 to 2011, then hired her again in 2017. But that time, said the sources, Ratansi and Khatri told staff to call her "Jenny" rather than Zeenat — a name she hadn't used in the office before. CBC News has seen one business card bearing the name "Jenny Khatri."

"Yasmin told us explicitly — my sister will be coming to work in our office," said that same former employee. "She was going to assume a different name, so she was going to be referred to as Jenny. 

"The idea was we bring her in but try to conceal her identity, keep her hidden, keep her tucked away so that people don't find out that her sister is employed in the office."

CBC News spoke to five former employees who worked for Ratansi's office between 2015 and present and a sixth person who worked for her more than a decade ago. They spoke on condition of confidentiality, citing fear of retaliation from Ratansi herself and of potential harm to their careers.

Two former employees said Ratansi and Khatri went to great lengths to cover up their family connection from constituents.

"The fact that she hired her sister and it's against the rules ... it just feels wrong, it is unethical and blatant disregard of the rules," said another former staff member. 

Multiple former employees said they saw Khatri hide in a spare office when members of the public came in. They said Khatri was worried that a volunteer or constituent might recognize her as Ratansi's sister.

Sources also said Khatri instructed some employees to make sure she wasn't photographed at public events — unless she was attending as a family member rather than as Ratansi's constituency assistant.


 
Ratansi photographed with family including her sister Zeenat Khatri, left of Ratansi in a floral dress, who is also listed as her constituency assistant in the government's online directory. (Facebook)

"You might not like it, but you're bound to sort of keep that secret, or else," said one former staffer. "We were forced to, as staff members, to basically be complicit in unethical behaviour … it hurts to basically choke that down and not say anything."

Other staffers claim they were kept in the dark. One former employee said they believed the pair were not related and, when told that Ratansi and Khatri are siblings, said "the wool was pulled over my eyes."

As of Monday, Khatri was still listed as Ratansi's constituency assistant on the government's online directory. More than 24 hours after CBC News asked Ratansi for comment, her Liberal website had been taken down.

'It's a hard day' says government whip

Chief government whip Mark Holland said he was not aware of the issue until contacted by CBC News on Monday. He said the House rules are clear and it's "essential they be respected."

"We try to have rigorous systems and processes but clearly this was not caught and now it has to go to the ethics commissioner to figure out what the appropriate restitution is," he told CBC News.

"It's a hard day. I was elected in 2004 with Yasmin, so it's a very difficult day. But I think taking responsibility for her lapse in judgment, stepping way from caucus … these are the right steps."

'Not good leadership' 

Chris MacDonald, an associate professor who teaches business ethics at the Ted Rogers School of Management in Toronto, says there are good reasons why the public frowns on nepotism and expects public figures to hire on merit.

He said the claim that Ratansi covered up her sister's hiring is more troubling than the hiring itself. He said it suggests a guilty mind and an attempt to keep information from constituents and voters.

"Once there is an attempt to cover it up, then it makes it pretty clear that even the person doing the hiring realizes there's something fishy here," he said. 

"If these allegations are true, it's a disturbing picture of abuse of power, of a misuse of a position that involves trust and public resources."

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The last comment was somebody comparing Duffy remaining in the Senate and when I asked howcome that person could mention Duffy and I couldn't both comments went "Poof" before managed to save it

 

 

Mark Johnston
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Liberals helping out family members via government contracts. Now where have I seen that before?
 
 
Anthony Benoir
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Reply to @Mark Johnston: it is the Liberal way has been for many decades
 
 
Vernon Beck
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Reply to @Mark Johnston: On the other side of the fence
 
 
Mark Johnston
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Reply to @Vernon Beck: Can you think of any examples?
 
 
Paul Hendrick
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Reply to @Mark Johnston: why from conservatives, of course. they are both the same evil.
 
 
Gordon Richards
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Reply to @Paul Hendrick: ... then name one
 
 
Art Rowe
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Reply to @Mark Johnston:
AH, yet another of our ""honorable" members of parliament who have been shown to be very conspicuously less than honorable.
Making it even more egregious is the fact that she deliberately planned and carried out the deception of using a fake name for her sister.
She should never be allowed back in to parliament, independent or not.
Pity there isn't an automatic expulsion and byelection.
 
 
Art Rowe
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Reply to @Mark Johnston:
Naturally the other parties have never had a member who did anything wrong. No Siree Bob.
 
 
Patrick Hamilton
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Reply to @Art Rowe: You are correct, Sir....but Liberal Party supporters seem to brush these kinds of wrongdoings off with a shrug......or worse....crickets.....
 
 
Jon Smythe
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Reply to @Mark Johnston: Examples? Lets start with a gazebo.
 
 
Art Rowe
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Reply to @Mark Johnston:
The ethics commissioner should make her repay the Canadian people all the salary she paid her sister.
 
 
Rob Champ
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Reply to @Art Rowe: With interest.
 
 
Rob Smith
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Reply to @Mark Johnston: This is being sanctioned and she is out of the party.

The Conservatives engage in similar types of quid pro quo.

Who's son did Kenney hire in his War Room how many of his buddies work there?

How many scandals with charges were there under the last conservative government?
 
 
Edward (E) Merij
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I have no love for the Liberals, but what Ratansi did was not illegal, and not entirely wrong. Yes, it may be a violation of parliamentary rules, but perhaps that particular rule needs review -- especially since siblings WERE allowed, at one time. Bottom line -- if her sister was best qualified for the job, when advertised, why not hire her? Now, if the sister were hired w/o the job being posted, or hired over a better candidate, that's a different story. But the CBC has not made those details clear in this article.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Rob Champ: and a fine
 
 
Doug Saunders
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Reply to @Mark Johnston: Just appalling
Telford's spouse, WE, Maggie .. so many scandals 

 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Mark Johnston: "Can you think of any examples?"

Does this ring any bells for you?

Michael Sona could face prison time in Guelph robocalls case
24-year-old former Tory staffer only person charged in 2011 federal election controversy
Laura Payton · CBC News · Posted: Jun 28, 2013 1:22 PM ET 

Awaiting moderation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
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Methinks its interesting that certain comment sections go on for days after their best before date has expired N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henri Hunter 
Time to strenghten penalties for blatant nepotism cases. Mandatory resignation and return of taxpayer money/and/or severe+ fine.
 
 
David Amos
Awaiting moderation
Reply to @Henri Hunter: Methinks you are preaching to quite a choir N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bill White
Sad to see so many Liberals struggle with ethics.
 
 
David Amos
Awaiting moderation
Reply to @Bill White: What struggle?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nick Salva
Another one bites the dust.
 
 
David Amos
Awaiting moderation
Reply to @Nick Salva: Not yet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rick Woodcock
Looks like it was business as usual in her office until the CBC story came out. Now some of her employees are speaking up. They shouldn't have to wait, for fear of reprisals, to come forward.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Rick Woodcock: Methinks they wish to forget why the Commission on Public Sector Integrity exists N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rick Woodcock
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Apparently she told staff to stop work on immigration requests from South Asian people because "they" are untrustworthy, and had vitriol laced remarks about certain ethnic and religious groups. It's 2020. Why is she still an MP?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Rick Woodcock: Why is Duffy a Senator?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Larry Porter
This type of behavior will not only continue, but will rise till there's a penalty.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Larry Porter: Fraud is against the law
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Larry Porter
No problem here! After all it's the LPC way!! They just follow in their leaders footsteps!!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Larry Porter: Methinks many would agree that all political parties play the same wicked game N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim Dandee
To hear Trudeau say he was deeply disappointed is the pinnacle of hypocrisy.
Awaiting moderation
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Jim Dandee: Welcome to the circus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
james fraser
Not an error in judgement. She knew it was wrong and tried to conceal the truth for years. There should be a mechanism for the people to remove their representatives, before the next election, who blatantly break the rules.
 
 
Rick Woodcock
Reply to @james fraser: Kind of like a bank robber saying it was just an error in judgement after being caught.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Rick Woodcock: At least bank robbers are arrested before they make such claims
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mike Thompson
What's the surprise it's part of the Liberal handbook, belly up to the trough and feed.
 
 
David Smythe
Reply to @Mike Thompson:
As opposed to what? Letting corporations belly up so that you can "earn" a spot on the board of directors after office?
Politicians make a lot of bad decisions for their own self interest.
 
 
Terry Mains
Reply to @Mike Thompson: I totally agree with you
 
 
Paul Hendrick
Reply to @Mike Thompson: you forgot to mention the conservative handbook, since they are both exactly the same.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Paul Hendrick: I concur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brett Mclaughlan
Well well, surprise surprise, another that apparently forgot to read the ethics guidance.
 
 
Gordon Richards
Reply to @Brett Mclaughlan: she knew the guidelines. Then intentionally broke them.
 
 
Fredd Joisteck
Reply to @Brett Mclaughlan:
Maybe she experienced it differently.
 
 
Tim Mayer
Reply to @Brett Mclaughlan: What's the point of reading the guidance if you have no intention of following it anyway?
 
 
Dan Desormeaux
Reply to @Brett Mclaughlan: she obviously read the updated guidelines, how else did she know it was wrong the second time?
 
 
Brett Mclaughlan
Reply to @Dan Desormeaux: she got caught
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Brett Mclaughlan: BINGO
 
 
John Carey
Reply to @Brett Mclaughlan: She was not caught. She was thrown under the bus. Perhaps she did not agree with Mr Trudeau. Lots of strong Liberal women under the bus for doing that. 

 
David Amos
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Reply to @John Carey: Methinks I am reading things different than you N'esy Pas?

MP who left Liberal caucus made offensive remarks and mistreated staff, former employees allege
Yasmin Ratansi announced departure from caucus after being contacted by CBC News about hiring her sister
Ashley Burke · CBC News · Posted: Nov 10, 2020 5:00 PM ET   


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kyle Doherty
This surprises who?? The pile under that rug is bulging... but that doesn't mean much to the Liberal support groups!! Bring it on they say!! 
 
 
David Amos
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 Reply to @Kyle Doherty: Welcome to the circus 
 
 
Doug Saunders
Reply to @Kyle Doherty: Just appalling
Hopefully the party will come to terms with the fact that this is not ok
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Kyle Doherty: Methinks I should inform folks about an interesting coincidence that occurred just before this story broke. I happened to be talking personally to a certain ambassador in Ottawa who will go unnamed until I talk to him again. Anyway he seemed like an honest man and promised to call me back in 15 minutes. However when he didn't do as promised even after I had forwarded to him an old email to where he had asked me to send it so that we could discuss it So I called him again near the end of the day. I left a voicemail because he did not pick up that time. Within it I registered my disappointment and he had yet to call back Now in retrospect it is very easy for me to understand why because of this very story.

I suspect the Feds know everything because everybody in the know knows that the CSE for the benefit of "The Five Eyes" listen in to all calls to the embassies in Ottawa and have done so since WWII just like the NSA does with the embassies I talk to in the UN and Washington etc N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: I just gave up on the dude

"In Toronto, the Ambassador held meeting with Madam Yasmin Ratansi, MP for the riding of Don Valley East of Toronto, exchanged views on future collaboration with the Parliamentary Friendship Group. Ambassador Ariunbold also met with Mr. Dane Lloyd, MP from Alberta, to discuss bilateral economic cooperation. Ambassador Ariunbold delivered opening remarks at CERBA Eurasia Mining Conference 2020 organized by Canada-Eurasia-Russia Business Association on the sidelines of PDAC2020. In his remarks, the Ambassador highlighted opportunities of investment environment in Mongolia safeguarded by Mongolia-Canada Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement. Mining sector representatives from Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also attended the event." 

 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: BINGO 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
christopher smith
The try at covering it up suggests that more than expulsion from caucus is required.
 
 
Rosco Rizuto
Reply to @christopher smith: Agree. It wasn't a mistake or a misunderstanding it was done with intent and intent to hide.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @christopher smith: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rhiannon Simms
Both should be fired.
Both should be required to payback their wages for the time frame the sister was employed by the MP.
Both should be barred from any publicly funded positions for life.

As long as there are no real consequences, politicians will continue to disregard ethics.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Rhiannon Simms: "As long as there are no real consequences, politicians will continue to disregard ethics."

That fact had become blatantly obvious to many people before I came home to run in the election of the 38th Parliament Furthermore to add to my indignation the Commission of Public Sector Integrity that was created in 2007 over a year after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament has done nothing but assist in the cover up of my concerns ever since even when i sued the Queen and 2015 and filed their documents in the docket of the Federal Court of Appeal etc. Now a lawyer who quit as its chair just before I ran in the election of the 42nd Parliament is Parliament' Ethics Commissioner? Ask me why nothing in politicking surprises me anymore. In fact long ago I Double Dog Dared anyone to do so and put in writing and everybody knows the Public Records of many courts etc clearly show that many politicians and the Crown's many lawyers and judges obliged me many times beginning in 2004

Methinks political science is not as difficult to understand as rocket science is. It has nothing to do with logic or integrity. Rockets would not fly without obeying the rules of the natural world yet politicians soar ever higher in their strange world while ignoring all rules dreamt up by other politicians or even common sense N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Hmmm 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim Dandee
Canada is desperate for good leadership.
 
 
Douglas Locke
Reply to @Jim Dandee: this is a fine display of leading by example.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Dandee: The whole world is

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-sona-could-face-prison-time-in-guelph-robocalls-case-1.1338631

 

Michael Sona could face prison time in Guelph robocalls case

24-year-old former Tory staffer only person charged in 2011 federal election controversy

Michael Sona will be prosecuted on a more serious indictable offence after being charged with robocalls that targeted Guelph, Ont., voters in the last federal election. The maximum penalty for the indictable offence includes five years in prison. (PMO)

The Crown prosecutor is going after serious prison time in the Guelph, Ont., robocalls case, choosing to pursue Michael Sona for an indictable offence over misleading phone calls in the last federal election.

Sona, 24, is the only person charged so far in a broad investigation into complaints of misleading or harassing phone calls, allegedly intended to drive supporters of opposition parties away from the polls during the 2011 federal campaign.

Croft Michaelson, the federal lawyer leading the case for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, confirmed to CBC News that the office wants to "proceed by indictment" against Sona.

Sona is charged with the hybrid offence of wilfully preventing or endeavouring to prevent a voter from casting a ballot. A hybrid offence is one where the Crown can choose to prosecute the charge as a less serious summary offence or the more serious indictable offence.

The maximum penalty for the summary conviction is a $2,000 fine and one year in jail, while the maximum penalty for the indictable conviction is a $5,000 fine and five years in prison.

Federal court found 'campaign to mislead voters'

Sona was the director of communications for Guelph Conservative candidate Marty Burke and one of a number of campaign workers mentioned in court documents filed over the past two years as Elections Canada investigators followed the trail of someone using the pseudonym Pierre Poutine to orchestrate automated phone calls that directed some Guelph voters to the wrong polling stations.

Sona started as a Conservative Party intern and worked for several MPs, including James Moore, Rob Moore and Eve Adams. He was working in Adams's office when the investigation was first reported and had to quit after his name was leaked to the media as the alleged perpetrator of the calls.

Sona has consistently denied having anything to do with the vote suppressing phone calls.

The calls in Guelph weren't the only ones to target voters.

A Federal Court judge ruled in May that voter suppression calls were widespread across the country. Judge Richard Mosley made the ruling after a court challenge that could have removed seven Conservative MPs from their seats. The MPs were challenged by voters in their ridings who alleged the MPs benefited from the pattern of harassing and misleading calls

Mosley said he was not making a finding that the Conservative Party, its candidates or the suppliers providing live and automated robocalls were directly involved in "the campaign to mislead voters," though he said that the most likely source of the information used to make the misleading calls is the Conservative Party's database.

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-demand-remedial-action-mp-yasmin-ratansi-1.5799244

 

Conservatives demand remedial measures for MP who left Liberals after hiring sister

New video shows Ratansi saying her sister is 'adopted, actually'

 

Ashley Burke, Kristen Everson· CBC News· Posted: Nov 12, 2020 11:34 AM ET 

 


Several former employees claim former Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi has had her sister on the payroll for years using public funds, which is against the House of Commons' Members bylaws. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

The Conservatives sent a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons today demanding that action be taken against now-Independent MP Yasmin Ratansi for employing her sister for years in contravention of parliamentary rules. 

Ratansi, a longtime MP who represents Don Valley East, announced on Facebook late Monday night she was leaving the Liberal caucus after learning CBC News would be publishing a story revealing that she had employed her sister as her constituency assistant since 2017, and that former employees claimed she tried to cover it up.

Several former staffers claim Ratansi told employees to call her sister, Zeenat Khatri, by a different name — "Jenny." Those employees also said they saw Khatri hide under her desk or in another room when people came into the office who might recognize her. Staff also were told not to photograph her sister at events, the former employees claim.

"This is just another example in a long line of arrogant and entitled behaviour by Liberals, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leading by example," wrote the Conservatives' ethics critic, Michael Barrett, in the letter to Speaker Anthony Rota today.

"Ms. Ratansi knew it was wrong to employ her sister with taxpayer dollars, yet she went to great lengths to cover up this information. Canadians deserve better from their elected leaders."

Barrett asked Rota to bring the case to the Board of Internal Economy (BOIE), the body that governs the administration and finances of the House of Commons. The party said it wants to see "appropriate remedial measures" taken. Earlier in the week, the Conservatives also called for Ratansi's immediate resignation.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is a member of the BOIE. He told Vassy Kapelos, host of the CBC's Power and Politics, that the BOIE was not previously aware that Ratansi had her sister on the payroll. 

"No, of course we didn't know, or the Board of Internal Economy would have corrected that," said LeBlanc. "If the House administration had known that, they would have obviously put an end to it."

LeBlanc said if House administration decides to recommend remedial steps "that are appropriate, we would of course support that."

"Anybody who misuses taxpayers money in a way that doesn't follow the clear rules that everyone understood, or should have understood, should be held accountable," he said.

In a Facebook post now deleted from Ratansi's account, the MP said she reported the case to the ethics commissioner last week. That move came after Ratansi learned CBC News was investigating the story. 

Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion confirmed today he has written a "letter of concern" to Ratansi giving her 30 days to respond.

#EthicsCommissioner Dion wishes to confirm he has written a letter of concern to MP @Yasmin_Ratansi about her actions under subsection 27(4) of the Code, giving her 30 days to respond.
 

 

Video shows Ratansi calling Khatri 'my adopted sister'

A member of the public, meanwhile, flagged to CBC News a new video of Ratansi talking about the case. 

Last Wednesday, while chairing the Standing Committee on the Environment, Ratansi's microphone accidentally went off mute while she was taking a call about the matter involving her sister. She is seen leaning over, off camera, and saying, "Hi, listen, Zeenat is my adopted sister, actually."

WATCH | Ratansi refers to Khatri as 'my adopted sister':


Ratansi microphone unmuted while taking a call during an environment committee on Nov 4. 0:09

The video also shows Conservative MP Brad Redekopp, who was in the middle of talking at the time, saying, "Hello," shortly after being interrupted. That prompted Ratansi to pop back up and stop talking.

CBC News asked Ratansi for a comment on Sunday about the allegations. More than four days later, CBC has still not received a response to the claims, despite repeated requests.

In the Facebook post that has since been pulled down, Ratansi apologized for hiring her sister.

"To the constituents of Don Valley East and to anyone I may have disappointed by my error of judgment, I take full responsibility, and to all I do apologize," Ratansi wrote on her Facebook page at 9:38 p.m. on Monday.

CBC News reported her sister worked as her constituency assistant from 2005-2011 and from 2017 to present, according to multiple former employees. As of 2012, it was against MPs' bylaws to employ immediate family members, including a sibling.


Ratansi is photographed with family, including her sister Zeenat Khatri (left of Ratansi in a floral dress), who is also listed as Ratansi's constituency assistant in the government's online directory. (Facebook)

MPs have their own operating budgets and are allowed to pay constituency assistants a maximum salary of $89,700 a year, according to the House of Commons. That means Ratansi could have paid her sister up to $269,100 over three years.  

Claims of also ignoring immigration files 

Ratansi is also facing claims she told staff to stop working on South Asian constituents' immigration and family reunification cases because she felt they were "untrustworthy" or suggested they "lied" because of their ethnicity. 

CBC News agreed to protect the identities of the sources, who say they fear harm to their careers and retaliation from Ratansi herself after speaking out.

Former staff claim they heard Ratansi direct "at lot of vitriol" at certain ethnic and religious groups.

WATCH | Former employee describes offensive comments allegedly made by MP:

A former employee of Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi describes comments he heard Ratansi make about constituents. CBC News has obscured his face and changed his voice to protect his identity. 0:47

The former employees CBC News spoke to also claim Ratansi created a "toxic and verbally abusive environment" in the office. The sources claim Ratansi publicly yelled at staff about their work and called people "stupid" for simple mistakes, such as leaving paperwork in the printer or taking photos she didn't like.

The government's chief whip, Mark Holland, said Monday night his "understanding is Ms. Ratansi is disputing" the allegations about her statements and treatment of staff.

Now that Ratansi is an Independent MP, he said, it's up to the House of Commons' chief human resources officer to "adjudicate" the matter. Holland encouraged employees to report their complaints formally.

 

 

 

 

 

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MP who left Liberal caucus made offensive remarks and mistreated staff, former employees allege

Yasmin Ratansi announced departure from caucus after being contacted by CBC News about hiring her sister

Ashley Burke· CBC News· Posted: Nov 10, 2020 5:00 PM ET

 


MP Yasmin Ratansi announced this week she is quitting the Liberal caucus after CBC News learned she had been employing her sister at her constituency office for years, violating parliamentary rules. (Facebook)

Four former employees of Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi — who left the Liberal caucus this week after admitting she employed her sister for years on the public dime — allege she repeatedly made offensive comments and created a "toxic and verbally abusive" environment at her office. 

The former staffers say Ratansi mistreated employees by yelling at them, insulting their appearances and publicly ridiculing their work. 

"It was like walking on eggshells every single day," said a former employee. "You'd come into work knowing that she was going to yell ... She was going to cut someone down and you just hope it wasn't you."

CBC News agreed to protect the identities of the sources, who say they fear harm to their careers and retaliation by Ratansi herself after speaking out.

WATCH | Ex-employees say Toronto MP mistreated them:

Former employees raise new concerns about the work environment created by Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi, who is leaving the Liberal caucus after CBC News found she employed her sister for years against parliamentary rules. 1:55

Multiple sources said that, when constituents from South Asian communities called about family reunification and immigration cases, Ratansi on some occasions told staff to stop working on some of their files because she felt the individuals involved were "untrustworthy" or suggested they "lied" because of their ethnicity.

After CBC News contacted Ratansi for comment, and to ask why she was employing her sister at the office, the MP announced on Facebook late last night she told the Prime Minister's Office she is leaving the Liberal party. Ratansi acknowledged that she had hired her sister as her constituency assistant — a violation of parliamentary rules — but did not address the claims about her behaviour in the workplace.

"To the constituents of Don Valley East and to anyone I may have disappointed by my error of judgment, I take full responsibility, and to all I do apologize," Ratansi wrote on her Facebook page at 9:38 pm. 

Ratansi has not responded to CBC's request for comment submitted on Sunday, despite repeated requests for a response. On Monday night, she said she referred the matter to the Ethics Commissioner last week — after CBC News' investigation began.

MPs have their own operating budgets and are allowed to pay constituency assistants a maximum salary of $89,700 a year, according to the House of Commons. That means Ratansi could have paid her sister up to $269,100 over three years.  

The government's chief whip Mark Holland said his "understanding is Ms. Rantasi is disputing" the allegations about her statements and treatment of staff. Now that Ratansi is an Independent MP, he said, it's up to the House of Commons' Chief Human Resources Officer to "adjudicate" the matter and Holland encouraged employees to report their complaints formally. 

"We are absolutely committed to ensuring that all workplaces of all members in our caucus are safe workplaces that are positive, supportive and free of any form of harassment," said Holland, adding that no formal complaints have been filed against Rantasi.

The Conservatives are calling on Ratansi to resign immediately.

"One thing is clear — Trudeau MPs continue to believe that they are entitled to a different set of rules than average Canadians," said Conservative ethics critic MP Michael Barrett. "That employing their sister with taxpayer dollars is OK, as long as they don't get caught."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced questions today about Don Valley East MP Yasmin Ratansi, who has now left caucus to sit as an independent. 1:11

Asked about Ratansi hiring her sister, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the case "unacceptable" and lamented the fact that such acts can tarnish the reputation of all MPs. 

"I am deeply disappointed by the news I learned yesterday from Ms. Ratansi and how she handled the office," he told a press conference. "It is unacceptable and I expect there to be a thorough followup by the House administration on this."

Allegations of racist comments

Ratansi, a backbencher and a trained accountant, became the first Muslim woman elected to the House of Commons in 2004. She lost the seat in 2011 and won it back in 2015. She is currently the chair of the Commons standing committee on the environment.

Asked about Ratansi hiring her sister, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the case "unacceptable" and lamented the fact that such acts can tarnish the reputation of all MPs. 

"I am deeply disappointed by the news I learned yesterday from Ms. Ratansi and how she handled the office," he told a press conference. "It is unacceptable and I expect there to be a thorough followup by the House administration on this."

Several former employees claim MP Yasmin Ratansi repeatedly made offensive comments to staff at her office. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Several former staff members claim they heard Ratansi casually make comments they considered "racist" by applying stereotypes to Chinese, South Asian and Caribbean constituents and communities. 

"She said that there are too many Chinese in [the] riding and [she did not want] any more Chinese," said a former employee. "She also said that constituents shouldn't sell their houses to the Chinese because they don't vote."

"There was definitely a lot of explicit as well as casual racism that I observed and heard during my time in that office," said another former employee. "A lot of vitriol directed to certain ethnic groups, religious groups."


A former employee of Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi describes comments he heard Ratansi make about constituents. CBC News has obscured his face and changed his voice to protect his identity. 0:47

Multiple sources said they heard Ratansi discourage staff from working on some South Asian communities' immigration files because she felt some came to Canada illegally and couldn't be trusted.

"Yasmin maintained a certain scepticism toward certain groups of people," said a former staff member. "Stereotypes, really, and [she] used those stereotypes to basically dictate action on certain immigration files."

It's not the first time Ratansi has come under fire for her remarks. She was accused of "victim blaming" in 2017 in response to comments she made about sexual violence during a panel discussion, VICE reported.

A member of the audience told VICE that Ratansi said "'sexual violence happens because women sexualize themselves' and that when it comes to dealing with sexual harassment, women should have thicker skin and treat the encounters 'like a water off a duck's back.'"

Ratansi originally denied making the comments, then apologized. 

'It was an abusive and toxic environment'

The former employees CBC News spoke to also claim Ratansi created a "toxic environment" at the office. Two former employees said they felt Ratansi was frustrated by her lack of career advancement and took it out on staff.

"It was always scary, because you never know what will happen when she comes into the office," said a former staffer. "Whether she's in a good mood or bad mood ... It was an abusive and toxic environment."

The sources claim Ratansi publicly yelled at staff about their work and called people "stupid" for simple mistakes, such as leaving paperwork in the printer or taking photos she didn't like.

 

A former employee of Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi alleges a toxic environment at her office. CBC News has obscured her face and changed her voice to protect her identity. 0:18

In some cases, the comments were aimed at employees' appearances, said the sources. One former staffer said Ratansi called some staff members "fat." Another said said Ratansi told some staff members on more than one occasion that she was selecting other staffers to attend public events because they looked "like shit."

CBC News spoke to a fifth former employee who said that while Ratansi is opinionated, they never felt they were being mistreated or heard any troubling comments. 

'This is not good leadership,' said ethics expert

Two other former employees of Ratansi's office defended her and said the claims made against her contradicted their experiences of working with her. Both said they did not hear the MP make inappropriate comments and did not witness staff being treated badly.

Chris MacDonald is a professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management who teaches business ethics. He said the claims, if true, raise serious questions about Ratansi's leadership style.

"This is not good leadership, this is not good management and it shouldn't be tolerated," he said. 

"I think the overall pattern here, if substantiated, is one that should worry Canadians. This is not what we expect from our elected officials and it's not the kind of example they should be setting."

About the Author

Ashley Burke

Reporter

Ashley Burke is a senior reporter with CBC's Parliamentary Bureau. Have a story idea? Email her at ashley.burke@cbc.ca

 

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:13:36 -0400
Subject: After Mongolian's Embassy called me back today I noticed
their lawyer pal David Lutz is now blocking my emails
To: ottawa@mfa.gov.mn, dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
"Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca, Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca,
Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca, jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca,
mcu@justice.gc.ca, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
"Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Frank.McKenna"
<Frank.McKenna@td.com>, "francis.scarpaleggia"
<francis.scarpaleggia@parl.gc.ca>, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
"maxime.bernier"<maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "nathan.cullen"
<nathan.cullen@parl.gc.ca>, ashley.aldebol@nelsonmullins.com,
"brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"
<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
"blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, David.Wilkins@nelsonmullins.com,
krisaustin <krisaustin@peoplesalliance.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson"
<Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca>, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca, "Nathalie.Drouin"
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"
<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, "Jack.Keir\"<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>,
\"jody.carr\""<jody.carr@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, mdcohen212
<mdcohen212@gmail.com>, "Mark.Blakely"<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"Dale.Morgan"<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mark.Wright"
<Mark.Wright@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Alaina.Lockhart"
<Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca>, "bruce.northrup"
<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "Bill.Oliver"<Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca>,
"Ross.Wetmore"<Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, votejohnw <votejohnw@gmail.com>,
"Karen.Ludwig"<Karen.Ludwig@parl.gc.ca>

Perhaps they should hire somebody ethical to speak for them in the
Maritimes instead a crooked liberal lawyer N'esy Pas??

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:34:48 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Hereto attached is a recent photo of the sign of the
Consulate of Mongolia in Hampton NB Anyone want to call me a liar now?
To: ottawa@mfa.gov.mn, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:02:45 -0400
Subject: Hereto attached is a recent photo of the sign of the
Consulate of Mongolia in Hampton NB Anyone want to call me a liar now?
To: ottawa@mfa.gov.mn, dayja <dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca>, david@lutz.nb.ca,
info@redsealnotary.com, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Gerald.Butts"
<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
>, Joe Friday
<Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca>, "Michael.Wernick"
<Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca
>, "jan.jensen"
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, MulcaT
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, "andrew.scheer"
<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>

On 6/29/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps your fellow lawyer/LIEbrano buddy Senator Joe Day will explain
> this email and the documents hereto attached EH David Lutz QC???
>
> Mongolia Embassy in Canada
> 151 Slater Street, Suite 503
> Ottawa Ontario
> K1P 5H3
> Phone+1-613-569-3830
> Email ottawa@mfa.gov.mn,
>
> Consulate of Mongolia in Hampton,
> 4 Centennial Road
> Hampton, NB
> E5N 6N2
> 506) 832-1500
> (506) 832-1470
> david@lutz.nb.ca
>
>
> Methinks its High Time the RCMP explains why the evil Yankee lawyer
> David Wilkins tried to have me arrested at Xmass time 2006 and YOU
> politcal dudes cover up everything before and  since N'esy Pas???
>
> BTW I heard Mindless Minister Melanson bullshitting Maritimers on CBC
> this morning and just shook my head at the nonsense of it all
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/information-morning-fredericton
>
> Roger Melanson - Softwood
> Terry Seguin talks to the Minister responsible for trade policy after
> the Americans end our long-standing exemption from softwood lumber
> duties.
> Jun 28, 2017
>
> Interesting that Google blocked the ast email to me but many lawyers
> got it. And to think this malicious issues was resolved recently
> before you quit as well EH Commissioner Blais of the CRTC and Mr Kee
> and Mr Drummond of Google?.
>
> Message blocked
> Your message to david.raymond.amos@gmail.com has been blocked. See
> technical details below for more information.
>
> Perhaps I should have labeled this email as follows
>
> WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Wilkins David.Wilkins@nelsonmullins.com
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:40:23 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Softwood Tariffs Thanks for asking Ms
> Amyotte Here is a little that I crossed paths with the evil Yankee
> lawyer David Wilkins many years ago N'esy Pas Mr MONEY Minister
> Morneau?
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> I will be out of the office Monday, June 26 through Friday, June 30.
> I will be checking emails sporadically.  If you need immediate
> assistance please contact Ashley Aldebol at 864-373-2319 or
> ashley.aldebol@nelsonmullins.com
>
> Confidentiality Notice
>
> This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to
> which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that
> is proprietary, privileged, confidential or otherwise legally exempt
> from disclosure.
>
> If you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to read,
> print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. If
> you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
> immediately either by phone (800-237-2000) or reply to this e-mail and
> delete all copies of this message.
>
> Iam tired of typing stuff nobody reads so I will allow some old videos
> to tell the tale.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1azdNWbF3A
>
> Me,Myself and I
> David Amos
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7c4VjtY3-M
>
> Maritime Lumber Bureau
> David Amos
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Ir55k6kMY
>
> Maritime Lumber Bureau 2
> David Amos
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mHgQexo7Bg
>
> LAWYERS KNOW THE RCMP ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO ANYONE
> MaritimeMalaise
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>
> RCMP Sussex New Brunswick
> David Amos
>
> Published on Apr 4, 2013
>
> January 30, 2007
>
> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>
> Mr. David Amos
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>
> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
> Graham of the RCMP °J" Division in Fredericton.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
> Minister of Health
>
> CM/cb
>
> CLEARLY THE RCMP/GRC AND THE KPMG PALS DO NOT KNOW
> HOW TO READ LET ALONE COUNT BEANS EH?
>
> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
> From: "Warren McBeath"warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,
> John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
> "Bev BUSSON"bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube"PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and
> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
> policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:40:26 +0000
> Subject: Réponse automatique : Softwood Tariffs Thanks for asking Ms
> Amyotte Here is a little that I crossed paths with the evil Yankee
> lawyer David Wilkins many years ago N'esy Pas Mr MONEY Minister
> Morneau?
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Bonjour,
>
> Veuillez prendre note que le bureau sera fermé du 23 juin au 3 juillet.
> The office will be close on June 23 till July 3
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
> fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:40:30 +0000
> Subject: RE: Softwood Tariffs Thanks for asking Ms Amyotte Here is a
> little that I crossed paths with the evil Yankee lawyer David Wilkins
> many years ago N'esy Pas Mr MONEY Minister Morneau?
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
> correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
> comments.
>
> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
> électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
> commentaires.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Green Party of Canada | Parti vert du Canada info@greenparty.ca
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:40:44 +0000
> Subject: Re: Re: Softwood Tariffs Thanks for asking Ms Amyotte Here is
> a little that I crossed paths with the evil Yankee lawyer David
> Wilkins many years ago N'esy Pas Mr MONEY Minister Morneau?
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> -- Please reply above this line --
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo"<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400
> Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier
> Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we
> confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017.  In my absence,
> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at  (613) 843-6394.
>
> Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017.  En mon absence,
> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394.
>
> Thank you / Merci
> Liliana
>
>
> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
> 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
> M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
> Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1A 0R2
> Tel: (613) 843-4451
> Fax: (613) 825-7489
> liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
> Sandra Lofaro
> Executive Assistant /
> Adjointe exécutive
> (613)843-3540
> sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:29:03 -0700
> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con
> Dominic Cardy so say you all?
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> (Français à suivre)
>
> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>
> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>
> Thank you.
>
> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
> ‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>
> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>
> Merci.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:28:58 -0400
> Subject: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con Dominic Cardy so say you
> all?
> To: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca, Ghislaine.Saikaley@clo-ocol.gc.ca,
> mylene.theriault@ocol-clo.gc.ca, nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca,
> "hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
> <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
>, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
> "Katherine.dEntremont"<Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>,
> andre@jafaust.com, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, briangallant10
> <briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm@pm.gc.ca,
> "Jack.Keir"<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jody.carr"<jody.carr@gnb.ca>,
> "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, kelly <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>,
> "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
> anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
> kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com, "randy.mckeen"
> <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
> <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com>, adam <adam@urquhartmacdonald.com>,
> "carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
> <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, MulcaT
> <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>,
> "heather.bradley"<heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca>, Geoff Regan
> <geoff@geoffregan.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, "kirk.macdonald"
> <kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca, jbosnitch
> <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
> "Rachel.Blaney"<Rachel.Blaney@parl.gc.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
> "elizabeth.thompson"<elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca>, "David.Coon"
> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
> Tim.RICHARDSON <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, info ,"<info@gg.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Cardy, Dominic (LEG)"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:02:30 +0000
> Subject: RE: RE A legal state known as "functus" For the Public Record
> I talked to Mylene Theriault in Moncton again and she told me that
> same thing she did last year
> To: "Wright, Hamish (LEG)"<Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Hamish,
>
> Did you contact Mr. Amos about the elk? How many elk were there? Were
> the police involved and if so did they wear the antlers you bought
> them?
>
> DC
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Patrick Bouchard <patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:44:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you,
> Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of
> the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister
> Goodale? (AOL)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be AOL until July 6th 2017.
>
> I will not have access to Groupwise.
>
> I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com
> depending on data coverage.
>
> ******************************
***************************
>
> Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017.
>
> Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise.
>
> Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel
> thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre.
>
>
>
> Cpl.Patrick Bouchard
> RSC 5 RCMP-GRC
> Sunny-Corner Detachment
> English/Français
> Off: 506-836-6015
> Cell : 506-424-0071
>
>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/22/17 16:43 >>>
>
>
>> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/contact/index
>>
>> Atlantic Region
>> Commissioner’s Representative:Mylène Thériault
>> Heritage Court
>> 95 Foundry Street, Suite 410
>> Moncton, New Brunswick  E1C 5H7
>> Telephone: 506-851-7047
>>
>> BTW I called this dude too and left a voicemail telling him to dig
>> into his records and find what he should to give to his temporary boss
>> ASAP
>>
>> Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
>> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
>> 30 Victoria Street, 6th Floor
>> Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0T8
>> Telephone: 819-420-4718
>> E-mail: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca
>>
>> Clearly I have very good reasons to make these calls N'esy Pas Mr
>> Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger and Mr Speaker Geof Regan???
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: NATALIA OLIVEIRA JOHNSTON natalia.johnston@cbc.ca
>> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:46:30 -0700
>> Subject: Out of office Re: RE The CBC report of Peter Hyslop versus NB
>> Power and a Perfect Storm in Fredericton tomorrow. Trust that all the
>> lawyers within McInnes Cooper know that nobody speaks for me unless I
>> say OK
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Please note that I am in meetings all day June 14 and 15 and will have
>> limited access to my emails.
>>
>> If your matter is urgent, please contact the Montreal reception line
>> at 514-597-4094.
>>
>> --
>> *Natalia Johnston*
>> Legal Assistant
>> to Dustin Milligan, Katarina Germani and Azim Remani
>>
>> Tel. (416) 205-2306
>> Fax (416) 205-2723
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:16:38 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Laura Lee Langley, Karen Hudson and Joanne Munro I just
>> called all three of your offices to inform you of my next lawsuit
>> against Nova Scotia
>> To: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
, Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca,
>> Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>
>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/NSDeputies.html
>>
>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/LLLangley-bio.html
>>
>> Laura Lee Langley
>> 1700 Granville Street, 5th Floor
>> One Government Place
>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5
>> Phone: (902) 424-8940
>> Fax: (902) 424-0667
>> Email: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
>>
>> https://novascotia.ca/just/deputy.asp
>>
>> Karen Hudson Q.C.
>> 1690 Hollis Street, 7th Floor
>> Joseph Howe Building
>> Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
>> Phone: (902) 424-4223
>> Fax: (902) 424-0510
>> Email: Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca
>>
>> https://novascotia.ca/sns/ceo.asp
>>
>> Joanne Munro:
>> 1505 Barrington Street, 14-South
>> Maritime Centre
>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5
>> Phone: (902) 424-4089
>> Fax: (902) 424-5510
>> Email: Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>>
>> If you don't wish to speak to me before I begin litigation then I
>> suspect the Integrity Commissioner New Brunswick or the Federal Crown
>> Counsel can explain the email below and the documents hereto attached
>> to you and your Premier etc.
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>
>> Good Day Sir
>>
>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>
>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>
>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>> suggested that you study closely.
>>
>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>
>> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>>
>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>
>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>
>> April 3rd, 2017
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>
>>
>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>
>>
>> The only hearing thus far
>>
>> May 24th, 2017
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>
>>
>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>
>> Date: 20151223
>>
>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>
>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>
>> PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>
>> BETWEEN:
>>
>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>
>> Plaintiff
>>
>> and
>>
>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>
>> Defendant
>>
>> ORDER
>>
>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>> December 14, 2015)
>>
>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>> in its entirety.
>>
>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
>> he stated:
>>
>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>
>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>> Police.
>>
>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>
>>
>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
>> is no order as to costs.
>>
>> “B. Richard Bell”
>> Judge
>>
>>
>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>
>>  I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>
>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>> most
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>
>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>
>> January 13, 2015
>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>
>> December 8, 2014
>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>
>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>> Stupid Justin Trudeau?
>>
>>
>> Vertias Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>
>> Subject:
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>
>> January 30, 2007
>>
>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>
>> Mr. David Amos
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>
>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>
>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>> Minister of Health
>>
>> CM/cb
>>
>>
>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>
>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>> From: "Warren McBeath"warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON"bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> "Paul Dube"PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>
>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>
>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>
>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>
>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>
>>  Sincerely,
>>
>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>> Traffic Services NCO
>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>> fax: 506-444-5224
>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>> to be..
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
>>
>> Kveðja / Best regards
>> Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>> to be..
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>>
>> Kveðja / Best regards
>> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
>> Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
>> Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
>> hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
>> now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
>>
>> Kveðja / Best regards
>> Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Green Party of Canada | Parti vert du Canada info@greenparty.ca
>> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:48:58 +0000
>> Subject: Re: RE A legal state known as "functus" That a new one on me
>> but Nelson Kalil knows been over a year and still he and his Language
>> Commissioner bosses don't call or write but at least their boss
>> Melanie Joly did last summer N'esy Pas?
>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> -- Please reply above this line --
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Joly, Mélanie (PCH)"hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca
>> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:50:24 +0000
>> Subject: Accusé de réception / Acknowledge Receipt
>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Mélanie Joly, ministre du Patrimoine
>> canadien.
>>
>> La ministre est toujours heureuse de prendre connaissance des
>> commentaires de Canadiens sur des questions d'importance pour eux.
>> Votre courriel sera lu avec soin.
>> Si votre courriel porte sur une demande de rencontre ou une invitation
>> à une activité particulière, nous tenons à vous assurer que votre
>> demande a été notée et qu'elle recevra toute l'attention voulue.
>>
>> **********************
>>
>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of
>> Canadian Heritage.
>>
>> The Minister is always pleased to hear the comments of Canadians on
>> subjects of importance to them. Your email will be read with care.
>> If your email relates to a meeting request or an invitation to a
>> specific event, please be assured that your request has been noted and
>> will be given every consideration.
>>
>>
>> On 6/22/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Guess who has been directed to file brief in the FCA about this
>>> malicious nonsense tomorrow???
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/official-languages-appointments-trudeau-1.4171882
>>>
>>> Government extends interim official languages commissioner
>>> Governor General signs backdated order-in-council, resolving vacancy
>>> that left office in legal limbo
>>> By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2017 4:12 PM ET
>>>
>>> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has moved to fill the
>>> vacant Official Languages Commissioner's position, adopting an
>>> order-in-council to renew Interim commissioner Ghislaine Saikaley's
>>> term until October or until the government names a long-term
>>> replacement.
>>>
>>> The order-in-council, signed Wednesday by Gov. Gen. David Johnston,
>>> resolves a problem that emerged when the government allowed the
>>> position to become vacant Saturday, leaving the official languages
>>> commissioner's office in a state of legal limbo.
>>>
>>> While Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters the order in
>>> council, which renews Saikaley until Oct. 17, was backdated to Friday,
>>> her spokesperson said the minister misspoke and it is actually
>>> backdated to Monday.
>>>
>>>     Trudeau government leaves official languages office in legal limbo
>>>     NDP calls for new committee to review appointments
>>>     Madeleine Meilleur takes herself out of the running
>>>
>>> The announcement by Joly came only minutes after Trudeau was forced to
>>> field questions in the House of Commons over why the government had
>>> allowed the commissioner's office to become vacant.
>>>
>>> "The Liberals have so mismanaged the process of selecting a new
>>> Commissioner of Official Languages that the office currently lacks the
>>> ability to do anything," said NDP MP Rachel Blaney. "Without a
>>> commissioner, the office falls into a legal state known as 'functus.'
>>> It sounds appropriate. The office cannot sign papers, deliver reports,
>>> or begin investigations."
>>>
>>> "When they could have easily extended the interim commissioner's term,
>>> why have the Liberals chosen to leave the office completely functus?"
>>>
>>> Trudeau responded by defending his government's new appointment
>>> process and its commitment to official languages.
>>>
>>> "We remain committed to finding the best candidate for the official
>>> languages position, and work at the Office of the Commissioner of
>>> Official Languages is ongoing," he told the House. "An announcement
>>> will be made shortly."
>>>
>>> The unusual situation that left an agent of Parliament's office
>>> vacant, without the legal authority to carry out some of its functions
>>> for four days, is the latest twist in the ongoing saga of the
>>> government's attempts to fill the vacancy left when former
>>> commissioner Graham Fraser's term expired.
>>> Meilleur appointment raised objections
>>>
>>> On Dec. 17, the government appointed Saikaley as interim commissioner
>>> for six months while it conducted a search for a new commissioner.
>>>
>>> In May, Joly nominated Madeleine Meilleur, a former Ontario Liberal
>>> cabinet minister, but Meilleur ended up stepping aside on June 7,
>>> following a furore over the appointment of someone with a political
>>> background to a normally non-partisan position.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, Saikaley's interim appointment quietly expired Saturday.
>>>
>>> Unlike most government bodies, the legal authority for the
>>> commissioner's office lies in the commissioner, not the office itself.
>>> If the commissioner's position is vacant the office falls into a legal
>>> limbo known as "functus officio," where it does not have legal
>>> authority to act.
>>>
>>> NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said the problem making appointments in the
>>> official languages commissioner's office is symptomatic of a bigger
>>> problem with the Trudeau government.
>>>
>>> "I think it's an indication of sheer incompetence [...] they're not
>>> good at governing. They're great at providing lines, they're
>>> extraordinary about emoting, they're great about communications, but
>>> there are actually some nuts and bolts things that you have to know
>>> how to do to make a government work and they just don't know how to do
>>> it."
>>>
>>> Mulcair said the government hasn't contacted him to consult on a new
>>> candidate for the job. The Official Languages Act requires the
>>> government to consult opposition leaders on the appointment.
>>>
>>> According to the rules, the appointment of the commissioner must be
>>> ratified by both the House of Commons and the Senate. With the House
>>> of Commons about to rise for the summer, Canada isn't likely to have a
>>> permanent official languages commissioner until the fall.
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
>>>
>>> http://www.clo-ocol.gc.ca/en/news/releases/2016/2016-12-19
>>>
>>>
>>> Ghislaine Saikaley Appointed Interim Commissioner of Official Languages
>>>
>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>
>>> Gatineau, December 19, 2016 – Ghislaine Saikaley has been appointed as
>>> Commissioner of Official Languages in an interim capacity by the
>>> Governor in Council.
>>>
>>> Mrs. Saikaley is an experienced federal government executive who was
>>> previously Assistant Commissioner for the Office of the Commissioner
>>> of Official Languages (OCOL), Compliance Assurance Branch. Mrs.
>>> Saikaley, under the Official Languages Act, can serve a term of up to
>>> six months. She will exercise all authority accorded to her position,
>>> ensuring normal and continued operations of the Commission’s mandate
>>> until a new Commissioner is appointed. Her biography can be found on
>>> OCOL’s website.
>>>
>>> The selection process for a permanent Commissioner of Official
>>> Languages ends on January 9, 2017. For more information, please visit
>>> the Governor in Council Appointments website.
>>>
>>> -30-
>>>
>>> For more information or to schedule an interview with the
>>> Commissioner, please contact:
>>>
>>> Nelson Kalil
>>>     Manager, Public Affairs
>>>     Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
>>>     Telephone: 819-420-4714
>>>     Toll-free: 1-877-996-6368
>>>     Cellular: 613-324-0999
>>>     E-mail: nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca
>>>     Follow us on Twitter and Facebook
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:37:51 -0400
>>> Subject: Yo Nelson Kalil remember Mean Old Me versus the RCMP before
>>> you changed posts and now write spin for the corrupt journalist
>>> appointed language Commissioner Graham Fraser by Harper?
>>> To: "atlantic.director"<atlantic.director@taxpayer.com>,
>>> "Graham.Fraser"<Graham.Fraser@ocol-clo.gc.ca>
,
>>> anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
>>> kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com
>>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, "nelson.kalil"
>>> <nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
>>> "Katherine.dEntremont"<Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>, andre
>>> <andre@jafaust.com>, "stephen.harper.a1"
>>> <stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>
, "justin.trudeau.a1"
>>> <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
, briangallant10
>>> <briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>
>>>
>>> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/aboutus/commissioner
>>>
>>> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/news/index
>>>
>>> Nelson Kalil
>>> Manager, Media Relations
>>> Telephone: 819-420-4714
>>> Toll free: 1-877-996-6368
>>> Cellular: 613-324-0999
>>> E-mail: nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca
>>>
>>> Better yet remember our recent conversation in ENGLISH?
>>>
>>> Well Please Enjoy Mr Kalil
>>>
>>> This is the docket
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>>
>>> These are digital recordings of  the last two hearings in Fredericton
>>> New Brunswick where I law down the LAW to judges in ENGLISH
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>
>>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>> Seems the the French bastards Chucky Leblanc is fired up too N'esy Pas?
>>>
>>> http://charlesotherpersonalitie.blogspot.ca/2016/03/peoples-alliance-leader-kris-austin.html
>>>
>>> Tuesday, 29 March 2016
>>> People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin speak at Rally in front of the
>>> New Brunswick Legislature!!!!
>>>
>>> https://youtu.be/11OdkVMVFFE
>>>
>>> Blogger Charles Leblanc was 100% wrong of Rally at the New Brunswick
>>> Legislature!!
>>>
>>> https://youtu.be/AbBViZ73WHc
>>>
>>> http://anglophonerights.net/our-partners/
>>>
>>> Discussing our project with Canadians for Language Fairness
>>>
>>> http://www.thejohnrobson.com/i-discuss-our-project-with-canadians-for-language-fairness/
>>>
>>> http://www.languagefairnessforall.org/events/
>>>
>>> Canadians for Language Fairness 2nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon
>>> Sunday, March 17, 2012 11 - 3 p.m.
>>> K.C.’s Country Inn – Vars, ON  (Immediately off 417 at Exit 88)
>>> Tickets are only $30.00 for an afternoon of rubbing elbows with
>>> Freedom Fighters of all kinds.All you can eat buffet. (Registration
>>> begins at 10 – speakers begin at 11)
>>> Speakers: Liz Marshall, head researcher recently named to the Judicial
>>> Review Board, Karen Selick of Canadian Constitution Foundation
>>> (interveners for Galganov/Brisson), Brian Lilley of Sun News will
>>> speak as well as autograph his book “CBC Exposed”, Ron Barr of Greater
>>> Ottawa Truckers Association, MPP Jack Maclaren, Tom Black OLA, Fred
>>> Litwin of Free Thinking Society, CLF’s Kim McConnell, Ade Oudemaid
>>> (OTAG, MTAG), & Libertarian GPR candidate Darcy Donnelly.
>>> RSVP iloveblue.beth@gmail.com or kimlian@bell.net or call, 613-443-0490
>>>
>>> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Beth Trudeau
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UHrVFPBbA
>>>
>>> Beth Trudeau From Canadians For Language Fairness Being Interviewed By
>>> Charles Adler
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH1bIdUtlRM
>>>
>>> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Ron Barr
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwDE4CK1vyM
>>>
>>> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Howard Galganov
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIJeuTCGwic
>>>
>>> http://cornwallfreenews.com/2012/09/stand-up-for-your-language-rights-howard-galganov-to-appear-before-south-stormont-council-september-26-2012/
>>>
>>> http://www.galganov.com/about-galganov/
>>>
>>> http://www.documentationcapitale.ca/documents/Galganov.pdf
>>> "
>>> Galganov, along with Jean-Serge Brisson, a local business owner, is
>>> challenging in provincial court a regulation on mandatory bilingual
>>> signage adopted on June 16, 2008 by the township of Russell. He claims
>>> that the regulation, by making French-only or English-only signs
>>> illegal, is threatening the French language in Ontario.[12] One
>>> Galganov associate is Elizabeth Trudeau, an official spokesperson for
>>> Canadians for Language Fairness, which battles forced bilingual
>>> legislation in Canada, claiming that it elevates "French speakers to
>>> first-class status and the rest of us to second and third-class
>>> status.".[
>>> Canadian Language Fairness Luncheon 2014-Rebecca Barr
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQgYpbXlocA
>>>
>>> Ron BARR,
>>> (613)884-5731
>>> ronbarr@rogers.com
>>> www.ronbarr.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Information FCA-CAF <Information@cas-satj.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:52:31 -0400
>>> Subject: RE: RE An additional 600 Gs for the PCO office to promote PM
>>> Trudeau's website versus additional funding in order to uphold the
>>> Rules of Federal Court and provide electronic filing services to
>>> Canadian citizens
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Good morning Mr. Amos,
>>>
>>> After reading carefully your email dated March 17, 2016, the Registry
>>> can suggest you to file  motion in writing under 359, 364 and 369
>>> Federal Court Rules to seek leave of the Court to file
>>> An electronic version for the Appeal book.
>>>
>>> Please find below the electronic link to the Federal Court rules:
>>> http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-106/page-32.html#h-132
>>>
>>> Should you require more information, please do no hesitate to contact
>>> the Federal Court of Appeal by email or at 613-996-6795.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: March-17-16 5:29 PM
>>> To: pm; justin.trudeau.a1; Henrie, Lise; Gosselin, Daniel; MulcaT;
>>> Carbonneau, Chantal; elizabeth.may; rona.ambrose.A1; aboutilier;
>>> Information FCA-CAF; FCA_MEDIA; Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1; mcu;
>>> bill.pentney; Bill.Blair.a1; david.hansen; jan.jensen; jill.chisholm;
>>> bob.paulson; Jonathan.Vance; nbpc; oldmaison; andre; markandcaroline;
>>> info@fja-cmf.gc.ca; william.brooks@fja-cmf.gc.ca; nmoore;
>>> Jacques.Poitras; Robert. Jones; steve.murphy; Tardif, Richard;
>>> info@pco-bcp.gc.ca; Karine Fortin; info; oic-ddc@pco-bcp.gc.ca;
>>> Michael.Wernick; Raymond.Rivet@pco-bcp.gc.ca; robyn@mediastyle.ca;
>>> news919; newsroom; lgunter; Ezra; brian
>>> Cc: David Amos; stephen.harper.a1; Alaina.Lockhart.c1; bruce.northrup;
>>> gopublic; jesse; investigations; iteam
>>> Subject: RE An additional 600 Gs for the PCO office to promote PM
>>> Trudeau's website versus additional funding in order to uphold the
>>> Rules of Federal Court and provide electronic filing services to
>>> Canadian citizens
>>>
>>> Hey
>>>
>>> I read the news the other day and saw red.
>>>
>>> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/05/privy-council-office-wants-600000-more-to-update-trudeaus-website.html
>>>
>>> Privy Council Office wants $600,000 more to update Trudeau’s website
>>> The Privy Council is asking for an extra $600,000 annually to
>>> “modernize” the prime minister’s “digital presence.”
>>>
>>> The funding requested by the Privy Council Office (PCO), which
>>> provides non-partisan support to the prime minister and cabinet, would
>>> bring the price tag of operating the pm.gc.ca website to $1.6 million
>>> this year.
>>>
>>>
>>> Everybody and his dog knows that before Justin Trudeau was sworn in as
>>> Prime Minister and he swore the oath of secrecy within the Privy
>>> Council office that I made him and all his Cabinet Ministers aware
>>> that the CROWN was in default in properly answering my lawsuit. For
>>> the past 5 months the CROWN's lawyers have not created a valid motion
>>> that meets the Rules of Federal Court.In fact the court and the CROWN
>>> tries hard deny this very simple rule in the Federal Courts Act
>>>
>>> Section 17 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other
>>> Act of Parliament, the Federal Court has concurrent original
>>> jurisdiction in all cases in which relief is claimed against the
>>> Crown.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Inside and outside of the court the Crown's attornies have proven to
>>> me on the record that they do not understand the Rules of Federal
>>> Court. How can I argue such people when they don't know the rules but
>>> keep on insulting me. The court has witnessed it all yet is more than
>>> willing to overlook the CROWN's so called errs and tries hard to
>>> dismiss a complaint that the defence has failed to answer properly
>>> during the past five months of delay tactics. Hence I am now before
>>> the Federal Court of Appeal and dealing with its rules as i prepare to
>>> file a few more lawsuits against the one very rich fancy lady whon we
>>> all must continue pay homage to for no reason that I will ever
>>> understand.
>>>
>>> Pursusnat to the aforesaid Rules of Federal Court recently I informed
>>> the Registry Office of the Federal Court of Appeal that I was planning
>>> to employ Section 345(2)(b). It was in order to comply with the
>>> Federal Court Rules in the creation of an appeal book the court
>>> requires rather than spend a lot of money that I do not have in making
>>> seven paper copies of  a very unnecessary document that are the size
>>> of the phone book in Toronto.
>>>
>>> The rule is very simple and it is as follows..
>>>
>>> 345(2)(b) if the appeal is brought in the Federal Court of Appeal, an
>>> electronic copy of or five paper copies of the book.
>>>
>>> That said I was informed that the court could uphold that rule because
>>> the government had not provided the funding for it to uphold the law?
>>>
>>> Why is it that a poor man can create such a document on an old second
>>> hand laptop yet the Federal Court of Canada does not have the
>>> capabilty to receive and record it?
>>>
>>> Yet at the same point in time I read that the government needs 1.6
>>> millions dollars to update Justin Trudeau's FaceBook and Twitter
>>> accounts etc. I have all such things and i can post and Tweet a great
>>> deal easily in my spare time when i am not busy arguing cops, lawyers,
>>> newsmen, bureaucrats and polticians in several countries who are all
>>> trying hard to play dumb before the worldwide economy crashes bigtime
>>> this this time
>>>
>>> Surely out of all the well paid people doing next to nothing within
>>> the PCO office one person could handle the Prime Minister's social
>>> media without any further expense to the Canadian taxpayer whatsoever.
>>>
>>> In my humble opinion before Canadians spend one more dime promoting
>>> the Prime Minister our government should find the money to uphold the
>>> laws it created for the benefit of us all. Big feeling Stevey boy
>>> Harper should have taugh the liberals one hard lesson ideed. It is not
>>> the Trudeau government it is OUR government and it is run with OUR
>>> money not Trudeau's. He is well paid and well kept in the job he
>>> campaigned hard to get. He should learn to economize or at least get
>>> by on a million dollars to run his website until times get much better
>>> N'esy Pas?
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fca-caf_eng/directions_eng/direction13
>>>
>>> Practice Direction - Electronic Service
>>>
>>> February 12, 2015
>>>
>>> The Federal Courts Rules have now been amended to allow for electronic
>>> service, electronic filing, and the use of electronic documents in the
>>> Federal Courts. The intent behind these amendments was to eliminate
>>> impediments to the eventual migration from paper records to electronic
>>> records in the Federal Courts and allow electronic processing of those
>>> records.
>>>
>>> The amendments to the Rules were not intended to set the deadline by
>>> which that migration was to occur. The migration to electronic records
>>> is dependent upon the Courts Administrative Service's technological
>>> infrastructure. While the Service has the ability to accommodate a
>>> limited form of electronic filing at this time, it requires a
>>> significant infusion of funds in order to give full effect to the
>>> modifications contained in the amendments to the Rules. The Service is
>>> actively pursuing this additional funding.
>>>
>>> As a result, the amendments to the Rules dealing with electronic
>>> filing and electronic records should be read as enabling, in the sense
>>> that they allow electronic filing and the use of electronic records by
>>> the parties as and when the Service acquires the capacity to give full
>>> effect to those amendments. That is not presently the case. Until
>>> further notice, proceedings in the Federal Court of Appeal will
>>> continue to be based on a paper record which is to be prepared and
>>> filed in the manner provided for such records.
>>>
>>> Accordingly, the options relating to the electronic filing and
>>> electronic records found in 71(1)(4) and (5), 71.1(2), 72.2, 72.3,
>>> 309(1.1)(b), 310(1.1)(b), 345(2)(b), 348(1)(b), 353, 354, 355, 364(1),
>>> 365(1) are not available to the parties.
>>>
>>> The rules relating to electronic service, which are dependent upon the
>>> parties' technology as opposed to the Service's, are available to the
>>> profession as of the coming into force of the amended Rules.
>>>
>>> «Marc Noël»
>>> Chief Justice
>>> Federal Court of Appeal
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fca-caf_eng/media_eng
>>>
>>> Guidelines on Public and Media
>>> The Open Court Principle
>>>
>>> The general rule in Canada is that court hearings are open to the
>>> public. Every court in Canada has significant statutory or inherent
>>> powers to ensure that its proceedings are conducted fairly and to
>>> protect the integrity of the court’s process, which includes the power
>>> to provide guidelines for public and media access to court
>>> proceedings.
>>>
>>> On Court premises, members of the public and media are requested to go
>>> about their business, bearing in mind the safety and dignity of all
>>> people involved in the proceedings.
>>>
>>>
>>> Access to Federal Court of Appeal Hearings The Federal Court of Appeal
>>> is an itinerant court and sits in various cities across the country to
>>> best accommodate the needs of the parties. Court hearings are open to
>>> the public unless, for special reasons, the Court directs that the
>>> hearing be held in private. The schedule of Federal Court of Appeal
>>> hearings is available at the following link:
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fca-caf_eng/hearings-auditions_eng
>>>
>>> Seating space in the courtroom is limited. Where interest in a
>>> proceeding is such that there is not enough seating space for all
>>> those who wish to attend, Court staff may have to limit the number of
>>> persons who enter the courtroom. The public is not allowed to remain
>>> standing during a proceeding.
>>>
>>>
>>> Use of Electronic Devices in the Courtroom The use of electronic
>>> devices in the courtroom is permitted, provided the devices are used
>>> in “silent” or ‘vibration” mode so as not to affect the decorum, the
>>> good order and the course of the proceedings.
>>>
>>> Accredited members of the media may record proceedings to verify their
>>> notes of what was said and done in Court, but not for broadcast. Media
>>> accreditation should be prominently displayed.
>>>
>>> It is not permitted to make or receive phone calls in the courtroom.
>>>
>>> It is not permitted to broadcast or to send text messages,
>>> observations, information, notes, photos, or audio and video recording
>>> from the courtroom to the outside.
>>>
>>> Media Coverage of Court Proceedings
>>> Media coverage of proceedings with audio-visual equipment is only
>>> permitted in accordance with the following guidelines:
>>>
>>> a.A media request to cover a specific proceeding must be made
>>> sufficiently in advance to allow for necessary permissions to be
>>> obtained.
>>> b.A decision as to whether to allow media coverage will be made by the
>>> Chief Justice, after consultation with the panel of judges hearing the
>>> particular case, as well as with the parties.
>>> c.The Chief Justice or panel of judges hearing the proceeding may
>>> limit or terminate media coverage to protect the rights of the
>>> parties; to assure the orderly conduct of the proceedings; or for any
>>> other reason considered necessary or appropriate in the interest of
>>> the administration of justice.
>>> d.Nothing in these guidelines shall prevent the Chief Justice from
>>> placing additional restrictions, or prohibiting altogether, media
>>> access to the Court's facilities.
>>> e.Only equipment which does not produce distracting sound or light
>>> shall be employed to cover proceedings.
>>> f.The Chief Justice or his designate may limit or circumscribe the
>>> placement or movement of the media personnel and their equipment.
>>>
>>> Media Contact
>>> For more information or to make a request for media coverage of court
>>> proceedings, please contact:
>>>
>>> Chantal Carbonneau
>>> Executive Director and General Counsel
>>> Federal Court of Appeal and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
>>> (613) 995-5063
>>> Chantal.Carbonneau@cas-satj.gc.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> This contact information is for media enquiries only.
>>>
>>> For information with respect to Federal Court of Appeal practice,
>>> procedure and forms, please contact the Registry Office.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/05/privy-council-office-wants-600000-more-to-update-trudeaus-website.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Privy Council Office wants $600,000 more to update Trudeau’s website
>>> The Privy Council is asking for an extra $600,000 annually to
>>> “modernize” the prime minister’s “digital presence.”
>>>
>>> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff regularly update his Facebook
>>> page, post messages on Twitter, and publish photos on Instagram,
>>> above.
>>>
>>> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff regularly update his Facebook
>>> page, post messages on Twitter, and publish photos on Instagram,
>>> above.
>>> By: Alex Boutilier Ottawa Bureau Reporter, Published on Sat Mar 05 2016
>>>
>>> OTTAWA—Public servants running the prime minister’s website want an
>>> additional $600,000 to “modernize (his) digital presence,” documents
>>> released by the government show.
>>>
>>> The funding requested by the Privy Council Office (PCO), which
>>> provides non-partisan support to the prime minister and cabinet, would
>>> bring the price tag of operating the pm.gc.ca website to $1.6 million
>>> this year.
>>>
>>> The website currently offers a photo gallery, background documents for
>>> policy issues, and news releases. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s
>>> staff regularly update his Facebook page, post messages on Twitter,
>>> and publish photos on Instagram.
>>>
>>> But according to the Privy Council the additional funding is needed to
>>> ensure the official site is keeping up in an increasingly digital
>>> world.
>>>
>>> “As Canadians are increasingly receiving and sharing information in
>>> digital formats, the requirements associated with pm.gc.ca have grown
>>> and become more numerous and complex with the addition of new content
>>> such as video, live streaming and social media,” Raymond Rivet, a
>>> spokesperson for the office, told the Star in a statement.
>>>
>>> “The use of new technology platforms and the increasing volume and
>>> complexity of requirements associated with these publishing demands on
>>> the PM’s website represent a significant shift and rising pressure for
>>> PCO web operations and associated IT support.”
>>>
>>> Rivet pointed to live-streaming services as a driver to the costs, and
>>> noted PCO commits the equivalent of four full-time staffers to
>>> maintaining and updating the prime minister’s website. If the funding
>>> is granted through this month’s federal budget, the team dedicated to
>>> pm.gc.ca would grow to six.
>>>
>>> But web development companies and marketing experts question the
>>> $1.6-million price tag.
>>>
>>> “Sometimes it’s hard to see what’s behind the scenes, but I just can’t
>>> imagine anything there that would require that kind of operating
>>> budget,” said Rick Silver, CEO of Toronto-based web development
>>> company WebPro.ca.
>>>
>>> “If somebody said how much to build something similar to this? It
>>> would be a stretch to say in the tens of thousands. Probably for
>>> $10,000 to $20,000 I could replicate this pretty easily.”
>>>
>>> Ian Capstick, owner of Ottawa’s MediaStyle and a former federal NDP
>>> adviser, said that the costs could include other services provided by
>>> the Privy Council’s communications branch.
>>>
>>> But Capstick said if his company had $1.6 million to play around with,
>>> pm.gc.ca would offer a lot more than press releases and pictures.
>>>
>>> “It should be cooler than it is, right? It should be more interactive
>>> than it is. It should do something as opposed to just give me press
>>> releases and pretty, shiny photos,” he said.
>>>
>>> Trudeau spokesperson Cameron Ahmad defended the price tag, saying it
>>> was necessary to ensure the prime minister’s website was “adequately
>>> funded” as the government moves to new platforms to get its message
>>> across.
>>>
>>> “The shift begins with ensuring that the prime minister’s website is
>>> adequately funded and operational to be compatible with the realities
>>> of the digital age,” Ahmed wrote in a statement.
>>>
>>
>



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Fundy Royal; Tory Stronghold

If you’re a gambler and looking for a safe bet in New Brunswick, look no further than old faithful Fundy Royal. With the exception of the Great Tory Massacre of 1993, the riding has been all different shades of blue as far back as the First World War. Even a consolidated left wing vote for a single challenger would likely not overthrow incumbent Rob Moore.

Rob Moore enters the race like a prize fighter against a pack untested ring rookies. Moore has been the member of parliament for Fundy Royal since 2004. He has won his last two victories with more than 50% of the vote, making him one of the few true majority winners for the Conservative Party east of the praries. Despite his undisputed success at the polls, his leader, Stephen Harper has never rewarded Moore with a really great cabinet post. He has had a couple minister of state posts, and served as a parliamentary secretary to a real Minister. Interestingly, Moore was born in Newfoundland, and spent the first half of his life in the United States before returning to Canada. This is interesting because the CPC slogans which railed against Michael Ignatieff (He didn’t come back for you) in the 2011 election proved so popular in the riding.

The Liberals hope to repeat the unexpected success of the 1993 election, when Paul Zed won the riding, with Alaina Lockhart. Lockhart is an accomplished businessperson and entrepreneur. She has also served as a municipal councillor for Norton and because of this, desires to work toward bringing all levels of government to work better together. However, it will be a difficult, if not totally impossible battle. The Liberals have come in third here in 2011 and 2008. In fact, previous Liberal candidate Linda Wilhelm only managed to attain 10% of the vote in 2011.

The New Democrats are currently polling a distant second in the riding. If you were a strategic voter and wanted an “anything but Conservative” result, the NDP would be your safest bet. At the time of this posting, the NDP are 8 points behind Rob Moore according to Eric Grenier of the CBC. Repping the NDP is Jennifer McKenzie; engineer, former school board chair, and champion of ethnic minorities. She may enjoy second place, but it is still going to be an uphill battle. In a riding that has never elected a New Democrat, and only flirted with voting outside the CPC once, McKenzie will have to work tirelessly.

And here begins the sideshow:

Greens are running Stephanie Coburn again. Coburn ran in 2011, only to come in last place with less than 5% of the vote. Coburn also ran in the 2010 and 2014 provincial elections. But this year the Greens are polling as high as 8% in Fundy Royal, so there is some degree of progress.

 

Ambassador Yadmaa ARIUNBOLD met with Honourable Mr. Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of Canadian Chamber of Commerce on February 19, 2020 to exchange views on potential of economic cooperation and trade diversification. Ambassador presented the letter of President of Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce to Honourable Mr. Perrin Beaty.

List of bilateral agreements between Mongolia and Canada

No

 Title

 Date

Agreements between the Governments of Mongolian and Canada

1

Монгол Улс, Канад Улсын Засгийн газар хоорондын Худалдаа, арилжааны тухай Хэлэлцээр

Agreement on Trade and Commerce between the Government of Mongolia and the Government of Canada

1994.06.08

June 08, 1994

2

Монгол Улсын Засгийн газар, Канад Улсын Засгийн газар хооронд Монгол-Канадын хамтын ажиллагааг хөгжүүлэх талаар солилцох захидал  

Exchange of letters on Canada-Mongolia development cooperation between the Government of Canada and the Government of Mongolia

1998.02.10

February 10, 1998

 

3

Монгол-Канадын хөгжлийн хамтын ажиллагааны тухай санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding on Development Cooperation between Mongolia and Canada

1998.02.10
Улаанбаатар

February 10, 1998

 

4

Найрсаг харилцаа, хамтын ажиллагааны тухай Тунхаглал

Declaration on Friendship and Cooperation between the Government of Mongolia and the Government of Canada

1998.09.29

September 29, 1998

 

5

Орлого ба хөрөнгийн татварыг давхардуулж ногдуулахгүй байх, татвар төлөхөөс зайлсхийх явдлаас урьдчилан сэргийлэх тухай Конвенци

Convention on avoidance of double taxation and prevention from fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital

2002.05.27

May 27, 2002

6

Ялтан шилжүүлэх тухай Монгол Улсын Засгийн газар, Канад Улсын Засгийн газар хоорондын гэрээ

Agreement on Transfer of Offenders between the Government of Canada and the Government of Mongolia

2004.10.20

October 20, 2004

7

Канад Улсын иргэдийг 30 хүртэлх хоногийн хугацаанд Монгол Улсад визгүй зорчихыг зөвшөөрсөн шийдвэрийг Монгол Улсын Засгийн газраас нотолсон тухай ноот бичиг

Exchange of letter accepting the decision to exempt Canadian nationals from visa to enter Mongolia for up to 30 days

2013.06.04
Улаанбаатар

8

Хөрөнгө оруулалтыг хөхиүлэн дэмжих, харилцан хамгаалах тухай Монгол Улс, Канад Улс хоорондын хэлэлцээр

Foreign Investment and Protection Agreement between the Government of Mongolia and the Government on Canada

2016.09.13
Улаанбаатар

September 13, 2016

9

Хөгжлийн тусламжийн тухай Монгол Улсын Засгийн газар, Канад Улсын Засгийн газар хоорондын харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of
Mongolia and the Government of Canada on development cooperation

2016.09.08
Улаанбаатар

September 08, 2016

Agreements between Government Institutions 

 

1

Монгол Улсын ХХААЯ, Канад Улсын хөдөө аж ахуйн департаментын хооронд хөдөө аж ахуйн салбарт хэрэгжүүлэх хөтөлбөр болон төслүүд

Programs and projects on agriculture between the Ministry of Food and Agriculture of of Mongolia and the Department of Agriculture of Canada

2002.11.25

November 25, 2002

 

2

Сэлэнгэ аймаг, Саскачеван мужийн хоорондын эдийн засаг, техникын хамтын ажиллагааны Эрмэлзэх бичиг

Letter of Intent on Economic and Technical cooperation between Selenge province and province of Saskatchewan

 

2002.11.27

November 27, 2002

 

3

Монголын ХХААЯ, Канадын Хүнсний Хяналтын Алба хоорондын хамтран ажиллах тухай баримт бичиг

Letter of cooperation between the Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Mongolia and Canadian Food Inspection Agency

2004.10.20

October 20, 2004

 

4

Тогтвортой хөгжиж буй хотуудын санаачилга хөтөлбөрийн хамтын ажиллагааны тухай Харилцан ойлголцох Санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding on Sustainable Cities Initiative Cooperation between the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the Department of Industry of Canada

2004.10.20

October 20, 2004

 

5

Монгол Улсын зэвсэгт хүчний цэргийн албан хаагчдыг Канад Улсад цэргийн сургалтад хамруулах тухай Монгол Улсын БХЯ, Канад Улсын Үндэсний Батлан хамгаалах яам хооронд харилцан ойлголцох санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in Defense sector between the Department of National Defence of Canada and the Ministry of Defence of Mongolia

2004.10.20

 

October 20, 2004

 

6

Өргөн хүрээнд түншлэх тухай Хамтарсан мэдэгдэл

Joint Statement on Expanded partnership between Mongolia and Canada

2004.10.20

October 20, 2004

7

Монгол Улсын нийслэл Улаанбаатар хотын захиргаа, Канад Улсын Аж үйлдвэрийн яам хоорондын тогтвортой хөгжиж буй хотуудын санаачлага хөтөлбөрийн хамтын ажиллагааны тухай харилцан ойлголцох санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding on Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) Cooperation between the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the Department of Industry of Canada 

2004.10.20

 

8

Монгол Улсын Үйлдвэр, худалдааны яам болон Канадын худалдааны бодлого, эрх зүйн төв хооронд хамтран ажиллах тухай Санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding on Сooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Mongolia (MIT) and Centre for Trade Policy and Law of Canada

2006.11.03

November 03, 2006

 

9

АМГТХЭГ ба Кингстон хотын Хатан хааны нэрэмжит Их сургуулийн хооронд геологи, уул уурхайн салбарт сургалт судалгаа шинжилгээний талаар хамтран ажиллах тухай харилцан ойлголцлын Санамж бичиг
Memorandum of Understanding between the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia and Queen`s University at Kingston, Canada on Collaborative Training and Research in Geology and Mining

2007.07.28

July 28, 2007

 

 

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ХХААХҮЯ, Канад Улсын Хөдөө аж ахуй, хүнсний яам хооронд Хөдөө аж ахуйн салбарт мэдээлэл, технологи, худалдааны солилцоог дэмжих, хамтын ажиллагааг хөгжүүлэх тухай Харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia and the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food of Canada on Cooperation in the Field of Agriculture and Allied Sectors

2010.09.28

September 28, 2010

 

 

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Монгол Улсын Төрийн албаны зөвлөл, Канад Улсын Төрийн албаны комисс хооронд Төрийн албаны өөрчлөлт шинэчлэлтийн туршлага, мэдээлэл харилцан солилцох тухай Харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between the Civil Service Council of Mongolia and the Public Service Commission of Canada on Cooperation

2010.09.28

 

September 28, 2010

 

 

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Монгол Улсын Стандартчилал, хэмжил зүйн газар, Канад Улсын Стандартын байгууллага хооронд Стандартчилалын мэдээлэл, туршлага солилцох салбарт хамтран ажиллах тухай Харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between the Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology and the Standards Council of Canada on Cooperation

2010.09.28

 

September 28, 2010

 

 

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ЗТБХБЯ, Канадын Бритиш Колумб мужийн Ойн шинэчлэл, хөрөнгө оруулалтын агентлаг хоорондын хамтын ажиллагааны тухай санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Roads, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development of Mongolia and the Forestry Innovation and Investment of British Columbia on Cooperation

2010.09.28

September 28, 2010

 

 

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ЗТБХБЯ, Бритиш Колумбийн Технологийн дээд сургуулийн Барилга, хүрээлэн буй орчны сургууль хоорондын хамтын ажиллагааны тухай санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Roads, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development of Mongolia and the School of Construction and the Environment of the British Columbia Institute of Technology on Cooperation

2010.09.28

September 28, 2010

 

 

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Батлан хамгаалахын салбарт хамтран ажиллах, айлчлал солилцооны тухай Монгол Улсын Батлан хамгаалах яам, Канад Улсын Үндэсний Батлан хамгаалах яам хоорондын харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Defence of Mongolia and Ministry of National Defence of Canada on cooperation in the field of defence and exchange of bilateral visits.

2012.03.26

March 26, 2012

 

 

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БСШУЯ, Бритиш Колумбийн Их сургууль хамтын ажиллагааны Санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia and the University of British Columbia

2013.05.31

May 31, 2013

 

 

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Монгол Улсын Үйлдвэр хөдөө аж ахуйн яам болон Канадын Арилжааны корпораци хооронд Хөдөөгийн малчдын амьдралын түвшинг дээшлүүлэхэд хамтран ажиллах тухай Харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture and Trade Corporation of Canada

2013.10.25

 

October 25, 2013

 

 

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Монгол Улсын Хөдөө аж ахуйн Их сургууль болон Канадын Саскачеваны Их сургуулийн хоорондын Харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between Mongolian State University of Agriculture and University of Saskatchewan

2013.10.25

October 25, 2013

 

 

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Монгол Улсын Боловсрол, соёл, шинжлэх ухааны яам болон Канадын Олон улсын боловсролын товчоо хоорондын Харилцан ойлголцлын санамж бичиг

Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia and The Canadian Bureau for International Education

2014.10.17

October 17, 2014

Mongolia

History in brief 

A large number of ethnicities have inhabited Mongolia since prehistoric times. Most of these people were nomads who, from time to time, formed confederations that rose to prominence. The first of these, the Xiongnu, were brought together to form a confederation by Modun Shanyu in 209 BC. 

In 1206, Chinggis Khan (also known as Genghis Khan) founded the Mongol Empire, the largest empire in history. The Mongol Empire’s territory extended from present-day Poland in the west to the Korean peninsula in the east, from Siberia in the north to the Arab peninsula and Vietnam in the south, covering approximately 33 million square kilometers. In 1227, after Chinggis Khan’s death, the Mongol Empire was subdivided into four kingdoms. In 1260, Chinggis Khan’s grandson, Kublai Khan, ascended the throne of one of the four kingdoms that encompassed present-day Mongolia and China. In 1271, Kublai Khan formally established the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty was the first foreign dynasty to rule all of China until it was overthrown by the Chinese Ming Dynasty in 1368. 

The Mongol court returned to its native land, however, centuries of internal conflict, expansion and contraction brought them fall into Manchu Qing dynasty.  They conquered Inner Mongolia in 1636. Outer Mongolia was submitted in 1691. For the next two hundred years Mongolia was ruled by the Qing Dynasty until 1911. Mongolia declared its independence in 1911 under the Bogd Khan, the spiritual leader of Mongolia’s Tibetan Buddhism. However, the Chinese government still considered “Outer Mongolia” as part of it and invaded the country in 1919. 

In 1921, People’s Revolution won in Mongolia with the help of the Russian Red Army and thus Mongolia became the second socialist country in the world. After Bogd Khan’s death in 1924, the Mongolian People’s Republic was proclaimed and the first Constitution was adopted. 

Mongolia was under a Soviet-dominated Communist regime for almost 70 years, from 1921 to 1990.  In the fall of 1989 and the spring of 1990, new currents of political thought began to emerge in Mongolia, inspired by the glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union and the collapse of the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe. In March 1990, a democratic revolution that started with hunger strikes to overthrow the Government led to the peaceful renouncement of communism. Mongolia’s renouncement of communism led to a multi-party system, a new constitution and a transition to a market economy. 

Over the past two decades, Mongolia has transformed itself from a socialist country with a planned economy into a vibrant multi-party democracy with one of the world’s fastest growing economies. 

Mongolia is the world’s second largest landlocked country and occupies a territory of 1.56 million square kilometers. Mongolia is located in Northern Asia, bordered by Russia in the north and China in the south, east and west. Mongolia is the world’s least densely populated country, with a population of more than 2.9 million people living in a vast area of 1.56 million square kilometers. Ulaanbaatar is Mongolia’s capital and largest city and home to approximately 45% of the country’s population. 

Ethnic Mongols comprise approximately 94.9% of the population, Kazakh 5% and Turkic, Chinese and Russians make up the remaining population. 

Buddhism is major religion in Mongolia with a small number of Muslims, Christians, and Shamans reside in Mongolia. 

The official language is Mongolian and is spoken by 90% of the population. Many Mongolians speak English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German and other western European languages. 



The Nomadic Mongolians | Mongolia - On the Edge of the Gobi (Full Documentary) | TRACKS

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On the edge of the Gobi desert sits the country Mongolia. When this
was filmed in 1974-1975 it was seen as a remote and inaccessible
country, a country very few westerners had visited or even seen
through the media. This was the first time westerners were allowed to
film inside the country, and the camera team was always accompanied by
an interpreter and a TV organiser as the Mongolians were anxious to
show the best possible image of the country. In this documentary, we
will meet nomadic Mongolians and get a closer insight into their day
to day life.

The documentary series “Disappearing World” was originally broadcasted
between 1970-1975.
As an anthropological landmark of its time, the series tells the story
of traditional communities endangered by the modern world’s
progressions.
The series stands as a historical document of daily life in remote and
threatened societies, such as the Cuiva, Embera and Panare Indians of
Colombia, the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara, the Kurdish Dervishes and
the Meo of China.

TRACKS publishes unique, unexpected and untold stories from across the
world every week.

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