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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/carbon-tax-higgs-1.6041288
Higgs income tax cut signals a shift in Conservative carbon policy, say economists
‘Conservatives should want to tax things that are shrinking'
The Higgs government's latest move on carbon taxes is winning applause from conservative thinkers and economists who say it's another sign of a shift among right-leaning politicians on the issue.
The province's modest income tax cut to partially offset the carbon tax is a good policy choice and a better option than more spending on climate programs, according to fiscal hawks and small-government advocates.
"This is a very, very positive move for Conservatives to take a serious look at," says Ken Boessenkool, an economist at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and a onetime advisor to former prime minister Stephen Harper.
"I'm glad he's moving forward. … If we're going to have a carbon tax, we should want it to be as neutral as possible, as economically positive as possible and frankly as conservative as possible."
Economist Maria Lily Shaw at the Montreal Economic Institute, a libertarian think-tank, says other provinces with Conservative governments should follow Higgs's example.
"I hope they follow the steps of New Brunswick," she says.
Maria Lily Shaw, an economist at the Montreal Economic Institute, says New Brunswick is setting an example other provinces should follow. (Zoom)
Earlier this month Progressive Conservative Finance Minister Ernie Steeves introduced legislation to cut the provincial income tax to make up for part of this year's increase in the carbon tax. It will reduce income taxes for 420,000 New Brunswickers by a small amount.
The bill was approved by a committee of MLAs on Tuesday and is expected to be passed into law next month.
The tax cut uses $28 million of the $163 million in carbon tax revenue to fund the income-tax cut. While it's small, Boessenkool says it's an important shift in taxation that should help the economy and advance conservative goals.
"Conservatives should want to tax things that are shrinking — greenhouse gases — rather than things that are growing — income."
Ken Boessenkool, an economist at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and a onetime advisor to former prime minister Stephen Harper, said if there's going to be a carbon tax, it should be as neutral as possible. (Submitted by Ken Boessenkool)
Shaw says a tax cut is especially helpful in New Brunswick, where she says people pay higher taxes. "They really do deserve it."
A carbon tax is also more likely to keep government from growing too bloated, Boessenkool says, because it hitches public finances to a source of revenue, emissions, that will probably shrink over time.
Higgs initially joined a fight by several PC and conservative premiers against the federal carbon pricing plan, but he reluctantly decided to comply in 2019 after the Trudeau government was re-elected.
Last year he offset his new provincial carbon tax with a cut to the gas excise tax, a cut that remains in place this year. But after Ottawa warned that cutting the gas tax even deeper wouldn't be allowed this year, he opted for an income tax cut instead.
The PC government is also spending some of the revenue, putting $36 million in a fund for climate projects. The Opposition Liberals say the $28 million paying for the income tax cut should go into that fund too, to pay for even more climate projects.
But Boessenkool says that's illogical and suggests Liberals don't have faith that the tax itself, a policy introduced by their federal party, will reduce emissions.
"The purpose of a carbon tax is not to make government bigger," he says. "The purpose of the carbon tax is to introduce market based mechanisms to get people to use less carbon."
Under the national climate plan, Ottawa leaves it up to the provinces what to do with their carbon tax revenue as long as the price itself meets the federal standard.
But, not all fiscal hawks are applauding Higgs for embracing a conservative-oriented carbon tax.
"What we'd rather see is the carbon tax get repealed," said Renaud Brossard of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
While the CTF is happy Higgs is offsetting some of the impact, he disagrees with Boessenkool that a carbon tax can serve fiscally conservative goals.
Renaud Brossard of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said he'd like to see the carbon tax repealed altogether. (Renaud Brossard)
He says CTF members became "irate" when federal Conservative leader Erin O'Toole recently embraced a carbon price and that attitude isn't going to change. "I don't think there's such a shift happening."
During the committee debate this week, Steeves said a single person making $25,000 a year would see their taxes cut by $42 this year. Someone making $40,000 would save $81 and someone making $80,000 would save $83.
Half of the benefits of the tax cut will go to people making between $43,835 and $87,671, while people earning below $43,835 will get 36 per cent of the savings.
Conservatives are increasingly coming to realize that without a credible climate change plan, we're not going to get elected.
- Ken Boessenkool , an economist at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University
The Opposition Liberals argued that the tax cut should be tweaked to do even more for lower income people, and Boessenkool says one option would be a rebate for people in that category.
Steeves said other government programs already exist to help those people and the tax cut was designed in part to send a message about the province.
"It's about framing things and getting people to want to move to New Brunswick, getting people to grow here in New Brunswick," he said. That comment prompted Green MLA Kevin Arseneau to label the tax cut little more than a marketing plan.
Boessenkool says the income tax cut may also be designed to help with the framing of Conservative politicians.
"Conservatives are increasingly coming to realize that without a credible climate change plan, we're not going to get elected," he said. "But I certainly am heartened that Conservatives are taking this issue seriously."
Shaw calls the Higgs tax cut only "partially positive" because it's small. She says the Progressive Conservatives should use all of the $163 million in carbon tax revenue to fund a much larger income tax cut.
Boessenkool agrees. "I'm a big fan of whatever penny gets raised by the carbon tax being sent back in the form of income tax cuts," he says. "My answer would be 'absolutely.'"
He won't say whether anyone from the Higgs government has contacted him for advice on its carbon tax policy.
"When my phone rings, I answer it, yeah, so I'll just leave it at that."
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What Does the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Get From Its Right-Wing US Partner?
Atlas Network ‘has reshaped political power in country after country,’ report says.
David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. He blogs at AlbertaPolitics.ca, where this column first appeared. Follow him on Twitter at @djclimenhaga.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, a self-described non-partisan tax watchdog and taxpayer advocacy group once headed by Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney, has always been tight-lipped about the sources of its own funding and support.
This may be mildly ironic, given its vocal demands for transparency in government policy, but as a private organization that aggressively fundraises for small donations — it claims to receive about 30,000 individual donations yearly – it is certainly within its legal rights to do so.
However, given the CTF’s tight ties to conservative Canadian political parties and its vocal advocacy of policies those parties support — often co-ordinated with conservative candidates through public policy pledges— it is troubling that mainstream media never seems to press the organization on this issue, and continues to treat it as if it were a non-partisan authority on tax policy.
I have asked CTF operatives on more than one occasion if they have foreign donors and have always been informed the group’s policy is not to publish its donors’ names, addresses, or the amount or nature of their support.
You can read the CTF’s description of its privacy policy, wherein it claims to be protecting donors from being targeted by “government officials, petty politicians, agitated union activists and various other stalwarts of the entitlement state.”
As an aside, the CTF also has a page on its website devoted to defending the fact, which I first reported on AlbertaPolitics.ca in 2013, that while it claims to be a large organization with more than 100,000 adherents, its only actual members entitled to see its financial reports are the people who sit on its board, usually five.
No one is asking the CTF to give up names of individual donors, of course. Most of them are doubtless sincere individuals of limited means who have been persuaded to part with a few dollars by the organization’s tireless fund-raising. However, the possibility an organization that plays an influential role in Canadian democracy is getting support from abroad is another matter.
So it was interesting while researching a recent post on the so-called Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a Calgary-based organization that specializes in litigation supporting social conservative causes headed by former CTF Alberta director John Carpay, to learn the CTF has a relationship described as a “partnership” with the Arlington, Virginia-based Atlas Network.
The Atlas Network— previously known as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation — was founded in 1981 by Antony Fisher. The wealthy far-right Briton bankrolled market-fundamentalist think tanks in several countries, including the Fraser Institute in Canada. Knighted by Margaret Thatcher’s government a month before his death in 1988, Sir Antony was one of the most influential figures in the establishment of the libertarian Internationale that now dominates conservative parties around the world.
From its headquarters in the Washington suburb, the Atlas Network is an international conduit for right-wing cash and other forms of assistance, supporting 485 market-fundamentalist and social-conservative “partners” in 95 countries, according to its website. Atlas “partners” include a dozen entities in Canada.
Checking a reference that the JCCF was on the group’s list of Canadian partners, lo and behold, there was the CTF as well.
Of course, we don’t know exactly what the CTF receives from the Atlas Network, or whether it receives support from other foreign sources, but we can now say with confidence the CTF is supported by an influential right-wing U.S. organization that boasts it “inspires and incentivizes” like-minded groups in 29 countries. Atlas says on its website, in a page devoted to what it calls philanthropic effects to reduce poverty, that in the past two and a half years it has “has invested $1,975,000 in reforms expanding economic choices” in those countries.
As for its partners, the Atlas Network says there are no costs to them, but “you will have access to apply for training, grants and award opportunities.”
When asked directly if the CTF has received grants, training, awards or other support from Atlas, CTF President and CEO Troy Lanigan said, for the record, that he does not “share donor confidentiality.” Those who wish to deduce from this that Atlas is confirmed as a donor are, presumably, free to do so.
Since we are nowadays in a lather about the threat of Russian interference in North American and Western European democracy through the use of social media and domestic fifth columnists, not to mention the efforts of foreign environmentalists, perhaps we should also be looking at the pernicious influence on Canadian democracy of well-financed right-wing ideological support networks from other countries such as the Atlas Network.
According to a report last year in The Intercept, the Atlas Network “has reshaped political power in country after country,” and “has also operated as a quiet extension of U.S. foreign policy.”
The report by journalist Lee Fang, notes that the Atlas Network is financed, in turn, partly by foundations run by the notorious Koch Brothers. The Intercept journalist said think tanks in Latin America associated with Atlas have received “quiet funding from the State Department and the National Endowment for Democracy, a critical arm of American soft power.”
Atlas is said to have distributed about $5 million US to groups it supports worldwide in 2016, Fang wrote.
According to the Atlas website, it has accepted a dozen Canadian organizations as partners — half of them market-fundamentalist think tanks including the Fraser Institute, whose never-ending stream of press releases attacking public policy by Liberal and NDP governments seems to show up in uncritical mainstream news coverage virtually daily.
Two more are litigation groups specializing in right wing causes — both of which have appropriated the initials CCF. Another appears to be a society devoted to proselytizing the nutty cult-like beliefs of the so-called “Austrian School” of economics.
The final three are Preston Manning’s eponymous Calgary training centre for right-wing activists (whose former communications advisor now acts as the CTF’s Alberta director), the CTF itself, and an international organization of similar Astro-Turf groups that appears to be run out of the CTF’s offices in Regina and be headed by Lanigan.
Most of the Canadian entities supported by the Atlas Network have been granted charitable status by the Canada Revenue Agency.
As for Atlas, in Greek mythology, he was the Titan condemned to hold up the sky for eternity, although often portrayed holding up the Earth. His figure is a favourite of extreme market-fundamentalists, used in the title of the daffy far-right “philosopher” Ayn Rand’s unreadable novel, Atlas Shrugged.
It’s time for the left to take back the noble figure of Atlas, condemned by an unjust pantheon of the celestial one per cent to bear the weight of the entire world while they use it as their playground.
About
Michel Kelly-Gagnon
Michel Kelly-Gagnon is a Canadian lawyer and businessman born in 1971. He graduated in law from the Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1994. He is currently the president and CEO of the Montreal Economic Institute.
Career
After practicing law with Colas & Associates, Kelly-Gagnon went into business as an associate of Formatrad, an in-house employee training firm. In 1998, he assumed leadership of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI). The annual budget was $15,000 in 1998 and rose to $ 1 400 393[1] by 2005. To achieve this growth, he explained that he raised funds from corporations and wealthy individuals in Canada and the US by offering to represent their interests.[2]
In 2006, he became the president of the Quebec Employers Council where he changed an operational deficit of $110,196[3] the year before his arrival, into a $205,804[3] surplus after his first year. In 2009, he returned to the MEI as president and moved the organisation from a $269,342[4] deficit for financial year ending December 31, 2008 to a $153,188[5] surplus (as of December 31, 2009) in the context of a severe recession. From 2006 to 2009, he also served on the board of directors of Quebec Workers Compensation Board (CSST). He is also member of the Mont Pelerin Society, president of the advisory committee of Global Ressources Humaines, and he is in the board of directors of the Fondation universitaire Pierre Arbour, the John W. Dobson Foundation, and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF).
Kelly-Gagnon was one of six individuals from the province of Quebec honoured in Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 2008 awards.
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Economist
Maria Lily conducts research using government websites, among other sources, and ensures the accuracy and integrity of the data contained in our work. She is always on the lookout for new data and information that could be of interest to the general public and enhance our publications. Besides the free coffee and her wonderful coworkers, what Maria likes the most about her work is collaborating with professionals and experts in various fields who share their views about what’s happening on the ground.
Maria Lily holds a master’s degree in economics from McGill University. Prior to her graduate studies, she studied at the Université de Montréal and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics. She completed the honors program and earned a mention of excellence, in addition to being involved in the Economics Students’ Association at the Université de Montréal (AÉÉSÉUM). She joined the MEI team in September 2020. In her free time, Maria likes to stretch her legs outside, either downhill skiing, going for a walk, or hiking up a mountain.
Board of Governors
Randall Birks
Randall Birks is the Chief Investment Officer and Vice-President at Birinco Inc, a Montreal based merchant bank. Previously he was a Partner and the Head of Research at a multi-family investment office in New York. Mr Birks has also worked at HSBC in NY and State Street Corp, a financial services company, in Boston. Mr. Birks holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Master’s degree in Investment Management from Boston University. He completed his BA in East Asian Studies at McGill with a year abroad in Tokyo at Jochi Daigaku (Sophia University). Further he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Birks Family Foundation where he chairs the Investment Committee.
Eric Boyko
Eric Boyko is co-founder and president (since 2007) of Stingray Digital Inc., an international company dedicated exclusively to digital media. He founded eFundraising.com, Corp. in 1991 and was its president until recently. A graduate from McGill University, Mr. Boyko has a specialization in accounting and became a certified general accountant in 1997. Winner of the Top 40 under 40 prize for 2006, he is a member of the board of directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada, of the Montreal Development Program, of the Young Presidents’ Association (YPO), of French for the Future and of the Anges financiers from the Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal.
Reuven Brenner
Reuven Brenner worked with Bank of America, Knowledge Universe, Bell Canada, with investors in Canada, the US and has been involved in the private equity markets as partner in Match Strategic Partners. He has pursued entrepreneurial ventures and has been serving on company boards, and was also expert witness in cases covering financial, anti-trust and bankruptcy matters. Brenner also testified before US Congressional Commissions and Canada’s Senate’s Banking and Finance Committee He holds the Repap Chair at McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management since 1991, and is on the Board of McGill’s Pension Fund. He authored books published by University of Chicago, Cambridge University Press and Presses Universitaires de France. His articles appeared in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Post, Asia Times, Le Figaro and The Financial Times. Forbes dedicated a cover story to his works and endeavors, received the Killam Award, and is elected fellow of the Royal Society.
The Honourable Baljit S. Chadha, P.C.
The Honourable Baljit Singh Chadha is a highly respected and successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and engaged citizen. Born in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1951, Mr. Chadha obtained his undergraduate science degree (B.Sc.) at the University of Bombay before immigrating to Canada. He obtained a Diploma in Business Administration (DBA) at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Concordia University in Montreal. He also holds corporate director certification (ICD.D) from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Beginning with just a rented desk and 100% borrowed capital, Mr. Chadha founded his own business, Balcorp Limited, in Montreal in 1976, later opening offices in Bombay and New Delhi. Balcorp is now an international marketer of a broad range of products and services. Mr. Chadha is known for his depth of knowledge and expertise in international trade and strategic planning, both within his own company and across the breadth of his growing global business interests. In 2003, the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, named Mr. Chadha to the Security Intelligence Review Committee, as well as to the Queen’s Privy Council of Canada.
Mario Charpentier
Mario Charpentier is the Managing Partner and one of the six founders of BCF Business Law, today numbering more than 180 professionals in Quebec. Mr. Charpentier has over 25 years of experience in corporate taxation related to areas of mergers and acquisitions, financing and tax and financial planning. Since 1995, he has participated in more than 250 private, public or venture capital financings related to trans-border transactions involving American and European businesses. Mr. Charpentier is an officer of the Fondation du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal (CHUM), a life officer of the Fondation du Barreau du Québec and member of the expert panel of the Québec Manufacturing Fund of the Caisse et dépôt de placement du Québec.
Léon Courville
Léon Courville holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Carnegie-Mellon University. Most of his career has been devoted to teaching and research in economics and management at the University of Rochester and mostly at l’École des HEC. In 1984 he joined the National Bank of Canada where he later became president and chief operating officer. He has published research papers as well as books. His book The storm; Navigating the New Economy won the Coppers Lybrand management book of the year. His active retirement project is his winery le Domaine les Brome started in 1999. He is also associate professor in economics at HEC Montréal where he chairs the Montreal Structured Finance and Derivatives Institute. He sits on the boards of directors of PSP Investments and the Foundation of the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec.
Jean-Guy Desjardins
Mr. Desjardins graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales and holds the designation of CFA. The chairman and CEO of Fiera Capital, he has worked in the investment management field since 1969. He sits on many boards of directors, including those of financial services firm Fonds FMOQ Inc. and HEC Montréal. Mr. Desjardins was a member of the Bank of Canada’s board of directors for five years and was elected lead director in 2007. He also served as chairman of the special committee of the Bank’s independent directors responsible for recruiting governor Mark Carney.
Daniel R. Dorey, MBA
As a business leader, Daniel Dorey has accumulated 20 years of experience in the sectors of corporate mergers, business development and real estate investment. He is Managing Director of OneCap Financial and a principal in Symetrix Realty Corp. From 1996 to 2003 Mr. Dorey was president of Oxford Quebec, a division of Oxford Properties Group. He also presided over the U.S. division of Oxford and was chairman of the board of MTEC Construction. Prior to Oxford Mr. Dorey was the driving force behind the success of another real estate management firm (Koral Properties) which, under his direction, became one of the major players in its field in Quebec. Koral was sold to Oxford in 1996.
Marcel Dutil, C.M.
Marcel Dutil is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Canam Inc., which specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of construction products and solutions in Canada, the United States, and elsewhere in the world. Mr. Dutil has been awarded honorary doctorates from the Université du Québec in Montréal, the Université de Montréal, and the Université de Sherbrooke. He is a Member of the Order of Canada and a Knight of the Ordre national du Québec.
François Hudon
François Hudon was Head, North American Customer Contact Centres for BMO Bank of Montreal from June 2014 to June 2020. From 2001 to 2014, he assumed the role of Senior Vice-President, Quebec Division of BMO Bank of Montreal. Mr. Hudon holds a degree from HEC Montréal and has broad experience in personal and commercial banking as well as experience in human resources, sales, marketing and business development. He is involved in various social and community activities and is President of the Marie-Enfant Foundation.
George F. Lengvari Jr.
Between 1968 and 1994 George F. Lengvari Jr. practiced International Fiscal and Transactional Law in Montreal. From 1994 to 2009 he was Vice Chairman of Weider Health and Fitness, a Los Angeles based holding company with operations in publishing, vitamins and nutrition as well as fitness equipment. He was the Vice Chairman of Schiff Nutrition International a NYSE listed company. He is also the founder of an international licensing group, as well as Chairman of Lengvari Capital Limited, a private equity investment company. Mr. Lengvari resides in London, England.
Bernard Lord
Bernard Lord was premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. At age 33, he became one of the youngest premiers in Canadian history. During his two terms in office, he succeeded in reforming the way a number of public services were provided. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Medavie. He holds three honorary doctorates and in May 2007 became the first professor in residence of the McGill University Health Centre’s Institute for Strategic Analysis and Innovation, established to promote innovation in public policy on health care. Mr. Lord will work at developing strategic studies on health care policy, with a focus on bringing greater responsibility to citizens in managing their health.
Reford MacDougall, C.M.
Following two years at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales and four years at McGill University where he earned a B.A degree, Mr. MacDougall worked for five years as a financial journalist based in Montreal. His background also includes 40 years in all phases of the financial business, two years in politics and two years with the Adam Smith Institute, a free market think tank based in London, England. He was also part of the original group which started the Montreal Economic Institute more than 20 years ago. In 2004 he was made a member of the Order of Canada for his fund raising efforts on behalf of more than 30 charitable organizations.
Dr. Eleanor Nicholls
Eleanor Nicholls has worked in both academia and business. She was President of a private investment company and also worked as managing director of a private construction company with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Eleanor holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from McGill University and an M.A. from University of Toronto. She has taught at Dawson College. Eleanor sat on the Fund Council of the Board of Governors of McGill University and received a Special Award for Dedication given by the Alumni. There are many organizations in Montreal that have benefited from Eleanor’s work, including the Canadian Railway Historical Museum. Eleanor is also a Director of the Fraser Institute. Presently, Eleanor is a Director of an internet media company.
Adrien D. Pouliot
Adrien D. Pouliot obtained his law degree from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1979 and practised commercial law with the Ogilvy Renault firm until 1984. He then joined family broadcasting company CFCF Inc., becoming chief operating officer in 1989 and serving as chief executive from 1993 until the company’s sale in 1996. Mr. Pouliot was principal shareholder and president and CEO of Entourage Solutions Technologies from 1999 to 2005. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Draco Capital Inc., a private equity fund. Mr. Pouliot was Chairman of the MEI Board from 1999 to 2007.
Yves Rabeau
Yves Rabeau is full professor in the Department of Business Strategy at the Université du Québec à Montréal’s École des sciences de la gestion. He has also taught Management and Economics at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, as well as Economics at the Université de Montréal’s Department of Economic Sciences. Mr. Rabeau has been a guest professor in France, Poland, and Romania, and has worked as a consultant for several large Canadian companies. He has authored many books, research papers, technical studies, and articles in scientific and business reviews. His last book discusses the evolution of the telecommunications industry in Canada. Mr. Rabeau holds a PhD in Economics Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Maureen Sabia
Maureen Sabia holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from McGill University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. She was called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Maureen has been the principal of her own consulting practice since 1986. Her work consists of assisting business with organizational and strategy issues. She has expanded her private sector experience into the boardroom. She was appointed Chairman of the Board of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited in March, 2007, after serving as Chairman of its Audit Committee, a member of its Management Resources and Compensation Committee and Chairman of its Social Responsibility Committee. Maureen is a director of Canadian Tire Bank, where she serves as a member of the Governance and Conduct Review Committee. She was named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network in 2009. In June 2011, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for her role in supporting the advancement of women in the corporate sector, and for strengthening corporate governance. In June 2012, she was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Dennis Sharp
Mr. Sharp graduated from Queen’s University in geological engineering and has extensive experience in the energy field. He is the past Chairman of UTS Energy Corporation, an oilsands company, which was recently acquired by Total E&P Canada Ltd. Mr. Sharp is a director of Azure Dynamics Corporation and previously served on the boards of EnCana Corporation and Command Drilling Corp. He was a Governor and Chairman of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) that produces more than 95 percent of Canada’s crude oil and natural gas. Mr. Sharp is a member of The Alberta Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists.
Guy Tremblay
Guy Tremblay is Partner at BCF. From 1997 to 2011, he was Co-managing National Partner at Heenan Blaikie, one of the leading law firms in the country. Over the years, Mr. Tremblay has built a reputation for excellence in employment law and labour relations. Lawyer and member of the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines et en relations industrielles agréés du Québec, Mr. Tremblay has been ranked among the leaders in its field by several specialized publications. A seasoned negotiator and shrewd strategist, he has been a key player in many labour disputes. His legal expertise combined to an extensive business experience makes him a sought-after counsel. Thus, he was president of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec and currently serves as director of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers. He is also involved in the board of directors of several non-profit organizations.
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Hélène Desmarais
Chairman of the Board
Hélène Desmarais, holder of a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from HEC Montréal, is president and chief executive officer of the Centre d’Entreprises et d’Innovation de Montréal, Canada’s largest incubator of technology companies. Ms. Desmarais chairs several other boards, including those of the Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain, HEC Montréal, the Société de développement économique Ville-Marie and the Société d’investissement jeunesse. She also heads the advisory boards of the faculty of medicine of the University of Montreal and of the Conference of Montreal.
Jean Bernier
Director
Jean Bernier sits on the Board of Directors of Circle K. Until December 2017, he was Group President Fuel Americas and Operations North-East at Couche-Tard. Prior to joining Couche-Tard, Mr. Bernier was Executive Vice President of Valero Energy Corporation as well as President of Ultramar Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Valero where he was responsible for Valero’s retail operations as well as corporate functions of communications, supply chain management and information services. From 1996 to 2011, Mr. Bernier held various senior management roles with Ultramar Ltd, including Vice-President–Retail Operations in 1998-1999 and President since 1999. Prior to joining Ultramar Ltd, Mr. Bernier served for nine years in a variety of senior management positions at Provigo, Inc. and has previously held President, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer level positions. Mr. Bernier holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Waterloo, Ontario as well as a Bachelor’s Degree from the Université de Montréal.
Stéphan D. Crétier
Director
Stéphan Crétier, MBA, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Garda World Security Corporation. Garda provides a full range of security services including armored transportation of currency and valuables, protection of persons and premises, and electronic security solutions. The company also conducts special investigations.
Jacques Drouin
Director
Jacques L. Drouin has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and executive positions. After 15 years working for BMO Nesbitt Burns, KPMG Corporate Finance, and Deloitte Corporate Finance as an expert in private and public financings and M&A transactions, Mr. Drouin became the CFO and eventually the CEO of one of the largest upstream O&G process equipment providers in the world, trading on the TSX, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. At Keira Capital, Mr. Drouin, as Co-President, covers the energy and industrial sectors for both financing and M&A transactions. In 2009, he was honoured as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ and received an “Oilweek Magazine Rising Stars” award.
Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy
Director
Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy has taught economics at HEC Montréal since 1992. She also taught economics for several years at the University of Montreal and at UQAM. She is the author of La face cachée des politiques publiques, published in 2006 by Les Éditions Logiques, and she produced a Quebec adaptation of the 6th edition of Microeconomics, by Pyndick and Rubinfeld. Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy is also a columnist with Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec. She worked during part of 2008 as a senior economist with the Fraser Institute. She holds a master’s degree in management from HEC Montréal, with a specialization in applied economics and a thesis on the federal budget deficit. Her research interests focus on assessing public policy.
Richard Garneau
Director
Richard Garneau was President and CEO of Resolute Forest Products from January 1, 2011 to January 31, 2018. He served as President and CEO of Catalyst Paper Corporation from 2007 through 2010 and as Vice President of pulp and paper operations with Domtar Inc. from 2005 through 2007. He also held a variety of roles at Norampac, Copernic.com, Future Electronics, St. Laurent Paperboard, Finlay Forest Industries, and Donohue Inc. Richard Garneau is a chartered professional accountant.
Jonathan Hamel
Director
Jonathan Hamel is President, CEO and Director of Bullion Gold Resources Corporation (TSX-V: BGD), a publicly traded company involved in the identification, exploration, and development of viable mineral properties in the Province Quebec and British Columbia. Mr Hamel is a Director and Secretary of the Board at Vanstar Mining Resources (TSX-V: VSR), a gold exploration company with properties located in Northern Québec at different stages of development including the Nelligan Project (Discovery of the Year 2019 Award from the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association). He also acted as Chief Strategy Officer from 2018 to 2020 and Interim President and CEO during the 2020 management transition. A vocal advocate for decentralization and financial freedom, Jonathan Hamel is recognized as a pioneer of the Bitcoin community in Canada. He has contributed to numerous financial and technology conferences around the world and did multiple public interventions in front of elected officials, regulators, and medias across Canada. In addition to his 20 years of management experience, Mr. Hamel also acts as an Associate Researcher at the Montreal Economic Institute as well as Guest Lecturer on Financial Technology at École des dirigeants – HEC Montréal. Mr Hamel served on the Financial Innovation Committee of L’Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Québec) from January 2017 to December 2020. A great traveler and devoted road cycling fan, he rode on the 5 main continents on his bike.
Philip Infilise
Director
Philip Infilise is the Vice President, Resources at Quadra Chemicals and a member of its Executive Committee as well as CEO of Octium Solutions. He has been with Quadra since 2000 and was promoted to SBU Management, Mining in 2011 and became Business Manager for the newly created Mining Group in 2014. Philip Infilise is also a Board member and shareholder of Infilise Holdings Inc., a member of the Quadra Leadership Team, and has served on the Board of Hydro Technologies (Canada) Inc. since 2007.
Michel Kelly-Gagnon
Director
Michel was one of the cofounders of the Amis de la Liberté (Friends of Liberty) in the mid-1990s, and helped relaunch the MEI as of 1997, notably thanks to his skills as a fundraiser. After having been head of the MEI from 1999 to 2006, Michel was president of the Quebec Employers Council from March 2006 to December 2008. Early in his career, he practised law and then became an entrepreneur in the field of specialized business training. He served on the executive committee of the board of directors of the Quebec Workers Compensation Board (CSST) from 2006 to 2009. He was one of six Quebecers honoured in Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ 2008 awards. The winners were chosen from among 1,100 nominees.
Over the years, Mr. Kelly-Gagnon has served on several boards of directors, including that of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, which disburses several hundred million dollars a year in order to finance Canada’s scientific research infrastructure. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Atlas Network and a member of the board of directors of The John Dobson Foundation, which supports the teaching of entrepreneurial and free enterprise thinking to the general public. Michel is back at the helm of the MEI since January 2009. When he is at home, he loves petting his beloved Pablo (an adorable English Cocker Spaniel), drinking fine wine, and expanding his general knowledge.
A lover of liberty, he likes to declare, “We will triumph!” even if he sometimes doubts the veracity of this statement. Married for 24 years to a South American woman with panache, he is convinced that his son, an exceptionally mature teenager, will one day be the saviour of the free world. He constantly checks his emails while on vacation, a decades-long bad habit that he plans to stop “soon.”
Normand Lebeau
Director
Upon completion of a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of West Florida, Normand Lebeau joined Trans-Canada Glass Inc. as a Marketing Management trainee. In 1986, he left Trans-Canada and, along with another partner, founded what was to become one of the largest P.O.S. manufacturing firms in Canada. After successfully growing the business throughout Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa, Mr. Lebeau sold his equity position in late 1996 to join Mandrake Groupe Conseil as the president of the company’s Montreal office. His accomplishments also include being named Quebec Young Businessman of the Year in 1989, serving as Executive Vice-President of the Montreal Young Chamber of Commerce in 1991 and volunteering for the Quebec Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. Since 2008, Mr. Lebeau has been a mentor in the talent development program of the Young Chamber of Commerce of Montreal as well as for the Enablis foundation helping African entrepreneurs start a business in their home country. In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious trophy “Cross-border Assignment” at the IESF annual general meeting in Bangkok. An avid athlete, Mr. Lebeau was awarded a tennis scholarship in the NCAA after being ranked amongst the top junior singles players in Canada.
Guillaume Marion
Director
Guillaume is Partner, CFO at Diagram Ventures, a venture capital fund backed by Power Financial Corporation. Prior to Diagram, he was working in the United Kingdom in the investment banking division of HSBC in its Financial Institutions Group. Before that, Guillaume was based in Germany as part of Rocket Internet, the world’s largest incubator of technology start-ups, where he was CFO of a fintech portfolio company. He previously spent five years at PSP Investments, in Montreal, in its direct private equity group and in its internal hedge fund. Guillaume is a CFA, a CAIA, and holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School. He also sits on the board of directors of the Opéra de Montréal and the Mount Royal Club.
Marc Meunier
Director
For the past 25 years, Mr. Meunier has been the President and CEO of Groupe Formatrad Inc., a firm specializing in customized on-the-job training. He studied law at the Université de Sherbrooke and economics at Bishop’s University. After his studies, Mr. Meunier prepared a course on the economic analysis of law, to be jointly taught at Université de Sherbrooke with Professor Michael Krauss, now at the George Mason University School of Law. Mr. Meunier was called to the Quebec Bar in 1985. He was Director of Legal Services at the Quebec Chamber of Commerce, and practised law at Byers Casgrain, which has since become Dentons. It is around this time, in 1987, that he joined a group of businessmen in order to co-found the Montreal Economic Institute. He translated into French for the Paris publisher Les Belles Lettres some of the core texts of Ayn Rand’s moral philosophy, a work which appeared in 1993 and was reissued in 2008. Mr. Meunier also holds a master’s degree in music from the Vincent d’Indy School of Music and the Juilliard School of Music in New York, and has taught music at the college level.
Caroline Montminy, CFA
Director
Caroline is an Investment Counsellor and Vice President at Burgundy Asset Management, where she manages portfolios for the firm’s private clients and foundations, and oversees the firm’s private wealth activities in the province of Quebec. Previously, Caroline was an Institutional Relationship Manager in the United States, with a special focus on university endowments and private foundations. Prior to joining Burgundy, Caroline was Director of Investor Relations and Marketing at Clairvest Group Inc., a private equity firm.Caroline holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree (Finance) from the University of Ottawa and an MBA (Investment Management) from Concordia University. She also completed a Certificate in Personal Financial Planning at HEC Montréal, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Caroline is a member of the Women of Influence executive committee at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and of Anges Québec. She has completed the Not-for-Profit Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
François Morin
Director
François Morin has over 30 years of experience in management, marketing, and corporate and government communications. Director General, Operations and Public Affairs, Quebec and Atlantic, for BMO Financial Group, he has worked for several global companies, including IBM, National RP, BRP, and Bell Business Markets. Over the years, he has collaborated on numerous fundraising campaigns carried out by charitable organizations, and he currently sits on the board of directors of the YMCA Foundation.
Pierre Simard
Director
Mr. Simard is President and Managing Member of Champlain Financial Corporation (Canada), based in Montreal, Canada and is a co-founder and Managing Director of Champlain Capital Management LLC in the U.S., a merchant banking firm with offices in San Francisco and Boston. Prior to co-founding Champlain Capital Management and founding Champlain Financial Corporation, Mr. Simard spent over fifteen years working in investment banking and corporate banking with Lazard Frères & Co., Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Lancaster Financial Corp and CIBC. Mr. Simard is currently on the Board of Directors of Genivar Inc. as well as on the Board of a number of private companies. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Miss Edgar’s & Miss Cramp’s School (ECS) in Westmount and of the Giant Steps School Foundation. Mr. Simard received a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Laval University, a Graduate Degree in Management from the Université Catholique de Louvain, and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University where he regularly teaches as a visiting executive.
Claude Thibault
Director
Claude Thibault is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Alithya Group. Mr. Thibault has more than twenty years of experience serving as CFO for a variety of companies, both private and publicly-traded, active in Canada and internationally. He has worked in a variety of sectors, including high-tech, manufacturing, distribution, and services. Previously, Mr. Thibault worked in financial advisory services for a decade at KPMG, and for five years as Vice President, Investment Banking, at Midland Walwyn/Merrill Lynch Canada. He has served on the boards of directors of two Crown corporations, and is a member of the advisory committee of a high-tech start-up. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, with the Corporate Finance qualification (CPA, CA-CF), and a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV). Mr. Thibault holds an MBA and an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Terry Tretiak
Director
Terry Tretiak is President of Lengvari Capital (Canada) Inc., an investment holding company. Terry has an MBA from HEC Montréal and is a graduate of McGill University. He started his career with Weider Health and Fitness before joining the Lengvari family office. Prior to being named President of Lengvari Capital, Terry was Vice President – International Licensing of Intaura Limited, a global brand licensor. Terry is a native Montrealer, but most of his career has been focused internationally, principally in London, England.
Marie-Eve McNicoll
Communications Adviso
Marie-Eve is responsible for writing press releases and for the organization’s media relations and communications. She is the point of contact for media representatives, notably for interview requests. She also takes care of editing, translating, and writing various kinds of publications and written communication.
Marie-Eve has a bachelor’s degree in communications (specializing in journalism and organizational communications) as well as a master’s degree in translation studies at Montreal’s Concordia University. From 2004 to 2015, she worked in the field of risk management, compliance, and governance for financial services firms in Australia. Marie-Eve joined the MEI team in February 2021. In her free time, she enjoys sports and cooking, especially Asian and Indian dishes, and she is learning to play the piano and the ukulele.
Who funds the MEI?
The MEI discloses the amount and the breakdown of its funding. As shown by the data presented below, a large majority of this funding comes from non-profit foundations.
However, it is the MEI’s policy not to reveal the identity of its donors. This is standard practice in Canada for research organizations like the MEI, if only for competitive reasons.
Indeed, since the MEI’s analyses deal with public policies affecting entire sectors—and not particular companies—the specific identity of a donor within a given sector adds no additional transparency (the fact, for example, that Bank ABC finances the Institute, while Bank XYZ does not). Revealing this information could, however, hurt the MEI’s competitiveness compared with other Canadian think tanks that raise funds in Quebec or across Canada in general.
In order to be as transparent as possible while maintaining its competitiveness, the MEI nonetheless divulges in a clear and detailed manner the amounts it receives for each economic sector in which its donors are active.
Moreover, no sector of economic activity represents a significant portion of the MEI’s funding, and no company makes a contribution representing more than 5.5% of its total budget. The MEI therefore has the elbow room to participate effectively in public debates.
When the MEI takes a position, it does so in an entirely independent manner based on economic rationality and the available empirical evidence. As explained in this article from the MEI’s President, we have remained consistent and intellectually coherent in our approach since the start of our operations. Those who accuse us of being in the service of donors do not understand the logic of our funding. We do not take positions on particular subjects because certain companies support us; it’s the other way around, which is to say that companies support us because we defend coherent positions on topics of interest to them.
What this funding represents in absolute terms (2020)
| Foundations | 74,60% | $1,809,554 |
| Oil and gas sector | 5,28% | $128,000 |
| Financial sector | 5,26% | $127,510 |
| Individuals | 4,27% | $103,456 |
| Holding companies | 2,47% | $60,000 |
| Other | 2,39% | $58,000 |
| Internet and new technologies sector | 1,26% | $30,530 |
| Telecommunications sector | 1,24% | $30,000 |
| Forestry sector | 1,03% | $25,000 |
| Retail sector | 0,87% | $21,000 |
| Pharmaceutical sector | 0,41% | $10,000 |
| Manufacturing sector | 0,33% | $8,000 |
| Professional services sector | 0,31% | $7,500 |
| Printing and media sector | 0,20% | $5,000 |
| Real estate sector | 0,04% | $1,000 |
| Construction sector | 0,04% | $1,000 |
| TOTAL | 100,00% | $2,425,550 |
Independence
As an independent think tank, the MEI maintains a “Chinese wall” between its researchers and its Donors. Its publications and videos are not submitted to Donors or their representatives for approval or editing before they are released.
Charitable status
The MEI is a registered Canadian charity. Our mission is to provide economic education. As such, the MEI does not participate in partisan activities. Its public interventions are meant only to analyze the relevance of public policies, their costs and benefits, and their impact on individuals and on private and public organizations. Our work remains the same regardless of who proposes or opposes specific policies.
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The People Behind The Commission
These are the people who were active with the Commission as it wrapped up its activities in late 2019 and early 2020.
Commissioners
Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission was formed by a group of experienced, policy-minded economists from across the country. With hundreds of years of combined experience, they have helped design, implement, and analyze policies for governments across Canada.
CHRIS RAGAN
Chair, Canada's Ecofiscal CommissionDirector, Max Bell School of Public Policy
Department of Economics, McGill University
Formerly
Clifford Clark Visiting Economist, Finance CanadaSpecial Advisor to the Governor, Bank of Canada
ELIZABETH BEALE
EconomistFormerly
President and CEO, Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
PAUL BOOTHE
Ivey Business School, Western UniversityFormerly
Deputy Minister, Environment CanadaDeputy Minister, Finance, Saskatchewan
MEL CAPPE
School of Public Policy and Governance, University of TorontoFormerly
President IRPPClerk of the Privy Council
Mel Cappe is Professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto. From 2006- 2011 he was President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Prior to that for four years he was High Commissioner (Ambassador) for Canada to the United Kingdom. Before that he served as Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service.
Earlier in his career he held senior economic and policy positions in the Departments of Finance and Industry. He was Deputy Secretary to the Treasury Board, Deputy Minister of the Environment, Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development, Deputy Minister of Labour and Chairman of the Employment Insurance Commission.
He has graduate degrees in Economics from the Universities of Western Ontario and Toronto and honourary doctorates from both. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals.
BEV DAHLBY
School of Public Policy, University of CalgaryFormerly
Member of the Technical Committee on Business Taxation
DON DRUMMOND
School of Policy Studies, Queens UniversityFormerly
Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, TD BankAssociate Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
STEWART ELGIE
Institute for the Environment, University of OttawaExecutive Chair, Smart Prosperity Institute
GLEN HODGSON
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute, and Chief Economist for International Financial Consulting Ltd.Formerly
Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, Conference Board of Canada
JUSTIN LEROUX
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics, HEC Montréal
RICHARD LIPSEY
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
NANCY OLEWILER
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FRANCE ST-HILAIRE
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LINDSAY TEDDS
Associate Professor & Scientific Director, Fiscal and Economic Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
The is always another side Correct? It has been said that one should not believe anything until it has been officially denied Methinks the recent news about UFOs proves that to be true N'esy Pas?
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-false-george-soros-claims-idUSKBN23P2XJ
Fact check: False claims about George Soros
Update September 23, 2020: Further details have been added to paragraph six of this article so that it covers Soros’ description of his time in hiding as a teenager.
Social media users have been sharing an image online that makes several disparaging and false claims about George Soros. Some of these claims include Soros being a former Nazi, Soros “swearing to destroy the U.S.A.”, Soros owning ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter, and Soros paying for protesters. Examples can be seen here and here.
George Soros is a billionaire philanthropist and founder of Open Society Foundations. He has been the target of multiple conspiracy theories and misinformation on social media (here). Previous Reuters fact checks debunking claims about Soros can be found here and here.
Open Society Foundations told Reuters via email that the claims made toward Soros in these posts are “false” and “do a disservice to the very bedrock of our democracy, as enshrined in the First Amendment.”
SOROS IS NOT A FORMER NAZI
Reuters debunked a false claim that a photograph shows a young Soros in a Nazi uniform (here). During the time Nazis were active, Soros would not have met the age requirements to be in the Schutzstaffel. Soros and his family were Hungarian Jews who lived in Budapest during the war, disguising their identities for safety. In 1947 at the age of 17, Soros moved to London to attend university (more here).
By the time Soros was 17, the fall of Nazi Germany had already happened. Soros could not possibly have been involved in the Nazi party which was active between 1920-1945. He is also a Hungarian Jew, further disproving this theory. In a 1998 60 Minutes interview (youtu.be/AiqHiQYuoOs) Soros says his father forged his family’s identity to protect them. Soros, as a teenager, was placed under custody of a government official with the premise of being his godson. During this time, Soros witnessed (but did not actively participate in) the confiscation of Jewish property (here). In the interview, Soros says he doesn’t feel guilt looking back at these events, mentioning that he was a child at the time and that he was a “spectator” to something that would have happened regardless of his presence.
SOROS NEVER SWORE TO “DESTROY THE USA”
Reuters found no evidence of Soros ever saying this. Other fact checkers have also debunked this specific “quote” (here, here).
An older version of the quote attributes it to a Newsweek interview but there is no evidence Soros said this in their archive. One article quotes Steve Bannon comparing politics to war, saying, “They fight, look at [George] Soros and these other NGOs...they destroy you.” The article also states that, according to Bannon, Soros threatened to “destroy him personally.” (here).
SOROS DOES NOT “OWN” ANTIFA AND BLACK LIVES MATTER
George Soros does not “own” ANTIFA or Black Lives Matter.
A spokesperson for Open Society Foundations told Reuters via email: “We proudly support organizations that promote civic engagement and champion the right of all Americans to petition their government for redress of grievances. Those protesting the death of Mr. Floyd and police brutality across the nation do so out of a deep and abiding concern for country; they don’t do so for pay from these foundations or any other, as some cynics claim.”
Black Lives Matter is a largely horizontal, grassroots, global organization (https:// bit.ly/373z22H). Its co-founders, Opal Tometi, Patrisse Cullors, and Alicia Garza started the movement in 2013, after the death of Trayvon Martin. The co-founders recently told the New Yorker that Black Lives Matter “has always been somewhat decentralized” and operates in a horizontal manner: “We have always said the power goes on in the local chapter because they know what is going on”.
The organization recently set up a $12 million grant to help organizations fighting institutional racism, after an upsurge in donations amid the current protests. Beyoncé and Prince are among the celebrities who have donated to Black Lives Matter in previous years (here).
Open Society Foundations donates to groups worldwide (here). Some of their previous donations - including to Black Lives Matter and Planned Parenthood - have been subject to controversy in the U.S. (here, here). It is unclear if the foundation has donated to Black Lives Matter again in the last month.
Antifa, short for “anti-fascist,” is an amorphous movement whose adherents oppose people or groups they consider authoritarian or racist, often using aggressive tactics, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors extremists (here). Horizontal in nature and largely lacking official organization, it is unclear how Antifa is funded, if at all ( here ).
SOROS DID NOT PAY FOR PROTESTERS AFTER TRUMP’S ELECTION
Following Trump’s 2016 election win, some far-right claims suggested actors including Soros funded the ‘Not My President’ protests. Open Society Foundations denied paying these protesters in any way (here, here).
Soros has been mistakenly accused of sponsoring protests after Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court appointment and protests against racism in Ferguson, Missouri (here, here).
Open Society Foundations recently explained in a tweet: “We do not pay protesters. Neither does our founder George Soros. Claims that we do serve to delegitimize those who are exercising their Constitutionally-protected right to protest peacefully and petition their government for redress of grievances.” (here)
VERDICT
False. Conspiracy theories about George Soros visible in this post are unfounded.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts here.
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
---------- Original message ----------
From: denis.lebel@parl.gc.ca
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:32:25 +0000
Subject: RE:So says Mean Little Mikey Tessier So say you all? Well
methinks Mikey's elusive lawyer needs lots of beer and new tinfoil for
his hat.before he reads the document hereto attached
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Bonjour,
Au nom de l'honorable Denis Lebel, député de Roberval - Lac-St-Jean,
j'accuse réception de votre correspondance.
Soyez assuré(e) que celle-ci sera apportée à l'attention du député.
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You may be assured that your correspondence will be brought to the
MP's attention.
Please accept the expression of my feelings best.
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< fin.financepublic-
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:33:33 +0000
Subject: RE: So says Mean Little Mikey Tessier So say you all? Well
methinks Mikey's elusive lawyer needs lots of beer and new tinfoil for
his hat.before he reads the document hereto attached
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"<fin.minfinance-financemin.
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:33:33 +0000
Subject: RE: So says Mean Little Mikey Tessier So say you all? Well
methinks Mikey's elusive lawyer needs lots of beer and new tinfoil for
his hat.before he reads the document hereto attached
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.
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From: Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:29:49 +0000
Subject: Thank you for contacting the Office of Elizabeth May, O.C., M.P
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for contacting me. This response is to assure you that your
message has been received. I welcome and appreciate receiving comments
and questions from constituents.
I receive a much larger volume of correspondence (postal and email)
than the average MP. All emails are reviewed on a regular basis,
however due to the high volume of emails my office receives, I may not
be able to respond personally to each one.
My constituents in Saanich-Gulf Islands are my highest priority. If
you are a constituent, please email
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help me serve you better, please ensure that your email includes your
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For meeting requests and invitations, please email
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Thank you once again for contacting me.
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Saanich - Gulf Islands
Leader of the Green Party of Canada
--
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confirme que votre message a été reçu. Les questions et les
commentaires des électeurs sont toujours les bienvenus.
Je reçois une correspondance (postale et électronique) beaucoup plus
abondante que le député type. Tous les messages électroniques sont lus
régulièrement, mais, en raison de l'abondance des courriels reçus à
mon bureau, il se peut que je ne sois pas en mesure de répondre
personnellement à chacun d'entre eux.
Mes électeurs de Saanich-Gulf Islands passent en premier. Si vous êtes
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Chef du Parti vert du Canada
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 03:24:44 -0400
Subject: So says Mean Little Mikey Tessier So say you all? Well
methinks Mikey's elusive lawyer needs lots of beer and new tinfoil for
his hat.before he reads the document hereto attached
To: tessiermike@shaw.ca, cps <cps@calgarypolice.ca>,
Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "Michelle.Boutin"
< Michelle.Boutin@rcmp-grc.gc.
abslegal@total.net, "Gilles.Blinn"<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Peter.Edge"
< Peter.Edge@ice.dhs.gov>, "John.Kelly"<John.Kelly@dhs.gov>,
"PETER.MACKAY"<PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.
< Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, "maxime.bernier"
< maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, HAnglin <HAnglin@theccf.ca>,
ssmcnamee@fedex.com, commentaires@iedm.org, info@tfc-edc.ca,
info@chep-poic.ca, cfc@chicken.ca, info.policy@dfc-plc.ca,
nbmilk@nbmilk.org, gdubreuil@chamber.ca, cfib@cfib.ca,
jodie@cannabisculture.com, terry.rock@albertabrewers.ca,
jnewton@nationalbrewers.ca, info@spiritscanada.ca, janwestcott@acd.ca,
info@canadianvintners.com, mike@artisan-ales.com, bgrant@conway.pro,
info@liquiditywines.com, info@paintedrock.ca,
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< MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, "elizabeth.may"
< elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
< Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
"David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"
< hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, gordon.kirk@justice.gc.ca,
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< Karen.Ludwig@parl.gc.ca>, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca,
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"Chrystia.Freeland"<Chrystia.Freeland@parl.gc.ca>
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"jan.jensen"<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, attorneygeneral@ontario.ca,
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From: Mike Tessier <tessiermike@shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:32:26 -0700
Subject: Re: Hey Maxime your old buddies in the Montreal Economic
Institute did not want to talk to me today about cross border booze
Why is it I was not Surprised?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thanks for you email David
Heard your voicemail I was in the rockies and out of phone reception.
As to your email all cryptic and a little weird. I don’t know what
short pants, Omar and Harper have to do with this.
So you know my legal is not as you stated.
Please get some new tinfoil for your hat.
Beers!
Mike
> On Oct 13, 2017, at 12:36 PM, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I bet you and your old buddy Howie Anglin and all the LIEbranos recall
> the blog I made about a CBC article published on the Ides of March
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.
>
> Supreme Court agrees to hear from interveners in cross-border booze case
> 12 businesses, organizations and associations can make written and
> oral arguments in case of N.B. man
> By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: Oct 13, 2017 1:26 PM A
>
> The successful intervener applicants include:
>
>
> Liquidity Wines Ltd., Painted Rock Estate Winery Ltd., 50th Parallel
> Estate Limited Partnership, Okanagan Crush Pad Winery Ltd., and Noble
> Ridge Vineyard and Winery Limited Partnership.
>
> Artisan Ales Consulting Inc.
>
> Canadian Vintners Association.
>
> Association of Canadian Distillers, operating as Spirits Canada.
>
> Canada's National Brewers, advocates for Canada's largest and oldest
> brewers, Molson and Labatt.
>
> Alberta Small Brewers Association.
>
> Cannabis Culture.
>
> Consumers Council of Canada.
>
> Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
>
> The Dairy Farmers of Canada, Egg Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada,
>
> Turkey Farmers of Canada, and the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers.
>
> Federal Express Canada.
>
> Montreal Economic Institute.
>
> http://www.scc-csc.ca/case-
>
> 2017-10-10
>
> Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, Mo,
> UPON APPLICATIONS by the Artisan Ales Consulting Inc.; the Association
> of Canadian Distillers, operating as Spirits Canada; the Alberta Small
> Brewers Association; 0883467 BC Ltd. operating as Cannabis Culture;
> the Consumers Council of Canada; the Canada’s National Brewers; the
> Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Federation of Independent
> Business (jointly); the Canadian Vintners Association; the Dairy
> Farmers of Canada, Egg Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada,
> Turkey Farmers of Canada and Canadian Hatching Egg Producers
> (jointly); the Federal Express Canada Corporation; Liquidity Wines
> Ltd., Painted Rock Estate Winery Ltd., 50th Parallel estate Limited
> Partnership, Okanagan Crush Pad Winery Ltd., Noble Ridge Vineyard and
> Winery Limited Partnership (jointly) and the Montreal Economic
> Institute for leave to intervene in the above appeal;
>
> AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read;
>
> IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
>
> The motions for leave to intervene are granted and the said twelve
> (12) interveners or groups of interveners shall be entitled to each
> serve and file a factum not to exceed ten (10) pages in length on or
> before November 21, 2017.
>
> The said twelve (12) interveners or groups of interveners are each
> granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5)
> minutes at the hearing of the appeal.
>
> The respondent’s request to address the interveners’ argument in his
> reply is denied.
>
> The respondent’s reply factum is due, as per Abella J. order of July
> 14, 2017, on October 27, 2017.
>
> The interveners are not entitled to raise new issues or to adduce
> further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.
>
> Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada,
> the interveners shall pay to the appellant and the respondents any
> additional disbursements occasioned to the them by their
> interventions.
>
> IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT:
>
> The Attorney General of Canada, the Attorney General of Ontario, the
> Attorney General of Quebec, the Attorney General of Nova Scotia, the
> Attorney General of British Columbia, the Attorney General of Prince
> Edward Island, the Attorney General for Saskatchewan, the Attorney
> General of Alberta, the Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador,
> the Attorney General of Northwest Territories and the Government of
> Nunavut as represented by the Minister of Justice are granted
> permission to present oral argument not exceeding ten (10) minutes at
> the hearing of the appeal.
> Granted
>
> While researching you people today need I say I found this news interesting?
>
> http://calgaryherald.com/news/
>
> Artisan Ales Consulting Inc.
> 2907 - 14th Avenue NW
> Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N3
> Telephone: 1-403-966-6662
> Email: mike@artisan-ales.com
> Benjamin L. Grant
> Direct line: 613.780.2008
> Email: bgrant@conway.pro
>
> Liquidity Wines Ltd
> 4720 Allendale Road
> (take Oliver Ranch Road off of Hwy 97)
> Okanagan Falls, BC V0H 1R2
> Tel:778-515-5500
> E: info@liquiditywines.com
>
> Painted Rock Estate Winery
> 400 Smythe Drive
> Penticton, BC, Canada, V2A 8W6
> Tel: (250) 493 6809
> E: info@paintedrock.ca
>
> 50th Parallel Estate Limited Partnership
> 17101 Terrace View Road
> Lake Country, BC V4V 1B7
> T (250) 766-3408 ext. 1
> E info@50thparallel.com
>
> OKANAGAN CRUSH PAD WINERY
> 16576 Fosbery Road
> Summerland, BC V0H 1Z6
> T 250-494-4445 ext. 5
> E julian@okanagancrushpad.com
>
> Noble Ridge Vineyard and Winery Limited Partnership.
> 2320 Oliver Ranch Road
> Okanagan Falls, BC
> T 250.497.7945
> nrwineshop@nobleridge.com
>
> Canadian Vintners Association
> Suite 200 – 440 Laurier Avenue West
> Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1R 7X6
> Telephone: 613-782-2283
> info@canadianvintners.com
>
> Canada Association of Canadian Distillers.
> Suite 2-B, 219 Dufferin Street
> Toronto, ON M6K 1Y9
> Phone: 416 707 8851
> Email: janwestcott@acd.ca
> Email: info@spiritscanada.ca
>
> Canada's National Brewers
> 55 Eglinton Ave East #301
> Toronto , ON M4P 1G8
> Phone: (416) 929-2248
> E-mail: jnewton@nationalbrewers.ca
>
> Terry Rock
> Executive Director
> Alberta Small Brewers Association
> 403.681.2909
> terry.rock@albertabrewers.ca
>
> Jodie Emery
> Cannabis Culture
> 307 West Hastings St.
> Vancouver, BC V6B 1H6
> Phone: (604) 689-0590
> jodie@cannabisculture.com
>
> Consumers Council of Canada
> Commercial Building
> 201-1920 Yonge Street
> Toronto, Ontario M4S 3E2
> Telephone: 416.483.2696
> info@consumerscouncil.com
>
> Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
> 401-4141 YONGE ST
> TORONTO, ON, M2P2A6
> Telephone: 416-222-8022
> Toll Free: 1 888-234-2232
> Fax: 416-222-6103
> Email: cfib@cfib.ca
>
> Guillaum (Will) Dubreuil
> Director, Public Affairs & Media Relations
> Canadian Chamber of Commerce
> 360 Albert Street, Suite 420.
> Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7
> 613.238.4000 (231)
> gdubreuil@chamber.ca
>
>
> Dairy Farmers of New Brunswick
> PO Box 5034
> Sussex, NB E4E 5L2
> Telephone: (506) 432-4330
> Email nbmilk@nbmilk.org
>
> Turkey Farmers of Canada
> 7145 West Credit Avenue
> Building 1, Suite 202
> Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6J7
> Telephone: 905.812.3140
> Email :info@tfc-edc.ca
>
> Chicken Farmers of Canada
> 350 Sparks Street, Suite 1007
> Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7S8
> Telephone: (613) 241-2800
> Email :cfc@chicken.ca
>
> Canadian Hatching Egg Producers
> 21 Florence Street
> Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0W6
> Telephone: (613) 232-3023
> Email: info@chep-poic.ca
>
> Sean S. McNamee
> Vice-President, Legal, Regulatory Affairs & HR:
> Federal Express Canada Corporation
> 5985 Explorer Dr.
> Mississauga, Ontario L4W 5K6
> Phone: 905-212-5353
> Email: ssmcnamee@fedex.com
>
> Montreal Economic Institute
> 910 Peel Street, Suite 600
> Montreal (Quebec) H3C 2H8
> Canada
> Telephone: 514 273-0969
> Fax: 514 273-2581
> commentaires@iedm.org
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:28:32 -0400
> Subject: More about Beer? Well lets just say that Howard Anglin one
> Harper's little buddies in short pants was not wise to brag that he
> was a research assistant for one of my Yankee enemies Prof. Alan
> Dershowitz EH?
> To: Dan.Albas@parl.gc.ca, Dan.Albas.c1@parl.gc.ca, "Matt.DeCourcey"
> < Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca>, Matt.DeCourcey.c1@parl.gc.ca,
> "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"
> < hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "terry.seguin"<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"
> < justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> < sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.
> < Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>, "Larry.Tremblay"
> < Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> HAnglin@theccf.ca, abslegal@total.net, Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> < Bobbi-Jean.MacKinnon@cbc.ca>
>
> Cross-border booze case would 'redesign' federalism, N.B. prosecutors argue
> Arguments filed with Supreme Court of Canada in appeal of acquittal of
> Gerard Comeau
> By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: Aug 21, 2017 5:27 PM AT Last
> Updated: Aug 21, 2017 8:54 PM AT
>
> New Brunswick law allows only 12 pints of beer or one bottle of wine
> or liquor to be brought into the province from another province.
>
> New Brunswick law allows only 12 pints of beer or one bottle of wine
> or liquor to be brought into the province from another province.
> (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
>
> New Brunswick asks Supreme Court to rule on cross-border liquor limits
> Cross-border beer decision stands, for now
> Border beer battle: Appeal court reserves decision on if it will hear case
> Feds expect provinces to ratify free trade deal next year, with
> booze in the mix
> Comeau beer decision appeal leaves alcohol out of trade talks
> 'After 3 years, I'm thirsty': N.B. man says after court nixes
> border beer limits
>
> Upholding the acquittal of a Tracadie, N.B., man who exceeded
> cross-border alcohol limits would "redesign Canadian federalism,"
> provincial prosecutors say.
>
> The case of Gerard Comeau "began as a simple ticket offence,"
> prosecutors say in arguments submitted to the Supreme Court of Canada
> as part of their appeal of the 2016 lower court decision. But "a
> simple case it is not."
>
> "This 'simple case' and the trial decision that resulted raise the
> issue of competing constitutional provisions and propose an end to
> Canadian federalism as it was originally conceived, has politically
> evolved and is judicially confirmed," the 45-page document says.
>
> 'A huge economic opportunity': trade barriers at stake in border booze case
> Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of cross-border booze case
>
> Comeau, a retired steelworker, was charged in 2012 and fined $292.50
> after RCMP stopped him driving home from Quebec with 14 cases of beer
> and three bottles of liquor in his vehicle.
>
> New Brunswick's Liquor Control Act sets a personal importation limit
> of 12 pints of beer or one bottle of liquor or wine.
>
> But Campbellton provincial court Judge Ronald LeBlanc ruled last year
> that the liquor restriction was unconstitutional because Section 121
> of the 1867 Constitution Act says products from any province "shall …
> be admitted free into each of the other provinces."
> nb-gerard-comeau-smile
>
> Gerard Comeau was all smiles in April 2016 after a judge dismissed a
> charge against him of bringing too much alcohol into New Brunswick
> from Quebec, saying the legislation violated free trade provisions in
> the Constitution. (Bridget Yard)
>
> Prosecutors say LeBlanc's decision was "flawed." They want the
> country's highest court to rule New Brunswick's restrictions on
> bringing alcohol into the province do not violate the act's free-trade
> provisions.
>
> The relationship between Section 121 and other constitutional
> provisions, along with its function within the Canadian Constitution,
> has been "the subject of political debate and discussion for decades,"
> the prosecutors say.
>
> But this is the first time the Supreme Court is being asked directly
> to determine the relationship of Section 121, on the free movement of
> goods between provinces, to Section 92 of the Constitution Act, on
> provincial powers over property and civil rights, they say.
> 11 requests to intervene
>
> The federal government, the attorneys general of Ontario, Quebec,
> Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, British
> Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and Northwest Territories, and the
> minister of justice of Nunavut have all asked to be interveners in the
> case.
>
> They have until Oct. 13 to file their written arguments, not exceeding
> 10 pages each. Comeau's lawyers must file a reply not exceeding 10
> pages by Oct. 27.
>
> The appeal is tentatively scheduled to be heard on Dec. 6 and Dec. 7.
>
> Section 121 "has not to this date been considered as a standalone
> 'free trade' provision," New Brunswick prosecutors argue.
>
> They point to a 1921 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in Gold
> Seal Ltd. vs. Dominion Express Co., which held the constitutional
> provision only meant provinces couldn't impose tariffs on goods at
> their border.
>
> "The provinces are not subordinate to 'a central authority' nor are
> they melded together," the prosecutors state in their factum, dated
> Aug. 18.
>
> Provinces "are to retain their differences and subject their interests
> to a central government '…entrusted with exclusive authority only in
> affairs in which they had a common interest.'"
>
> "The historical context of the Canadian federation, the foundational
> principles of Canadian constitutionalism, and a proper textual
> understanding of the written Constitution, all lead to the inexorable
> conclusion that the decision of the trial judge is incorrect."
> N.B. ordered to cover Comeau's costs
>
> Lawyer Ian Blue, who acted as part of Comeau's defence team on behalf
> of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, has said the case "could have
> more profound effects on interprovincial trade barriers than President
> Trump could."
>
> "That's how important this case is," Blue has said.
>
> The Supreme Court's decision could have implications for "literally
> hundreds" of interprovincial trade barriers across the country,
> according to the executive director of the Canadian Constitution
> Foundation, which provided legal assistance to Comeau.
>
> "Anything where provinces erect, deliberately erect, systems to keep
> competitive goods out from other provinces — this would, if not
> eliminate those, at least shake the foundations on which they are
> built," said Howard Anglin.
>
> The Supreme Court of Canada agreed in May to hear the appeal and
> ordered that Comeau's legal costs in fighting the case be paid for by
> the New Brunswick government.
>
> The public prosecution service had initially asked the New Brunswick
> Court of Appeal to review LeBlanc's decision, but the province's
> highest court declined to hear the case. As is customary, the court
> did not provide any reasons.
>
> The prosecution service, which has described itself as being
> independent from government, then sought leave to appeal to Canada's
> top court.
>
> The provincial government has declined to comment because the case is
> before the courts.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:53:53 -0400
> Subject: Yo Tom Flanagan I called you again today EH? Lets just say
> that Howard Anglin one Harper's little buddies in short pants was not
> wise to brag that he was a research assistant for one of my Yankee
> enemies Prof. Alan Dershowitz EH?
> To: tflanaga@ucalgary.ca, "carolyn.bennett"
> < carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "jason.kenney"
> < jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca>, dfrom@theccf.ca, arevay@theccf.ca,
> msoupcoff@theccf.ca, mike@mblg.ca, bill.richards@gnb.ca,
> kathryn.gregory@gnb.ca, jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, "Katherine.dEntremont"
> < Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
> < andre@jafaust.com>, "ron.tremblay2"<ron.tremblay2@gmail.com>,
> almabrooks26 <almabrooks26@hotmail.com>, markandcaroline
> < markandcaroline@gmail.com>, upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>,
> COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, rona.ambrose.A1@parl.gc.ca,
> "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"
> < Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, Ezra <Ezra@therebel.media>, gopublic
> < gopublic@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore
> < nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "Robert. Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, news
> < news@hilltimes.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, "peacock.kurt"
> < peacock.kurt@
> < editor@stcroixcourier.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> HAnglin@theccf.ca, abslegal@total.net, Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca
>
> https://www.youtube.com/user/
>
> CCF Law & Freedom 2016 Justice David Stratas' keynote presentation
> 908 views
>
> Omar Khadr: What does our Constitution say about Guantanamo Bay?
> 68 views
>
> Beer Without Borders: The Comeau Case and the Future of
> Interprovincial Alcohol Law
> 94 views
>
> The New World of Aboriginal Property Rights
> 138 views
>
> Tom Flanagan
> Political Science
> University of Calgary
> Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
> 403-239-6988
> tflanaga@ucalgary.ca
>
> http://theccf.ca/staff/
>
> Howard Anglin, J.D.
> Executive Director
>
> Howard grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, and attended McGill
> University where he received a B.A. (Hons.) in English Literature in
> 1997. He pursued graduate studies for two years before changing paths
> to attend New York University Law School, where he graduated in 2002.
> At law school he was an editor of the NYU Law Review, served as
> co-president of the NYU chapter of the Federalist Society, and was a
> research assistant for Prof. Alan Dershowitz. After graduating, he
> practised at two international law firms in New York and London, U.K.,
> before accepting a clerkship with the Hon. Diarmuid O’Scannlainn on
> the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, in Portland,
> OR. After clerking, he resumed legal practice, with a focus on
> appellate litigation, in Washington, DC. In 2011, he moved to Ottawa,
> where he served first as Chief of Staff to a federal cabinet minister
> and later as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister. He has
> written widely on legal matters, as well as politics and culture.
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.
>
> Monday, 30 May 2016
> Denis Lebel wants a matter about BEER to go before the Supreme Court?
> HMMM Let see what the pervert Barry Winters thinks of this
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: denis.lebel@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 18:24:48 +0000
> Subject: RE: Denis Lebel wants a matter about BEER to go before the
> Supreme Court? HMMM Methinks I may go there some day as well
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Bonjour,
>
> Au nom de l'honorable Denis Lebel, député de Lac-Saint-Jean, nous
> accusons réception de votre correspondance.
> Soyez assuré(e) que votre correspondance sera traitée avec considération.
>
>
> Sincères salutations,
> L'équipe de l'honorable Denis Lebel, député
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Greetings,
>
> On behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Member of Parliament for
> Lac-Saint-Jean, we wish to acknowledge receipt of your correspondence.
> Please be assured that your correspondence will receive careful consideration.
>
>
> Best regards,
> The team of Honourable Denis Lebel, Member of Parliament
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Karen Selick kselick@theccf.ca
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 11:23:31 -0700
> Subject: Re: Denis Lebel wants a matter about BEER to go before the
> Supreme Court? HMMM Methinks I may go there some day as well
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Regrettably, Karen Selick is no longer with the Canadian Constitution
> Foundation. For assistance with litigation matters, please contact
> Derek From at dfrom@theccf.ca; for assistance with operations matters,
> please contact Adam Revay at arevay@theccf.ca. To contact Ms. Selick
> personally, please go to her website: http://www.karenselick.com.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 18:24:23 +0000
> Subject: RE: Denis Lebel wants a matter about BEER to go before the
> Supreme Court? HMMM Methinks I may go there some day as well
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
> Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
> and a response will be forthcoming.
> Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>
> Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
> et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
> Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.
>
> Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
> Mallory Fowler
> Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
> Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 14:22:34 -0400
> Subject: Denis Lebel wants a matter about BEER to go before the
> Supreme Court? HMMM Methinks I may go there some day as well
> To: denis.lebel@parl.gc.ca, denis.lebel.ca@parl.gc.ca,
> "rona.ambrose.A1"rona.ambrose.A1@parl.gc.ca, "stephen.harper.a1"
> stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca,
> bill.richards@gnb.ca, kathryn.gregory@gnb.ca, jeff.mockler@gnb.ca,
> "Katherine.dEntremont"Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, "msoupcoff@theccf.ca"
> msoupcoff@theccf.ca, kselick
> kselick@
> abslegal@total.net
>
> http://www.canlii.org/en/nb/
>
> Mikaël H. H. Bernard
> Called to the bar: 2008 (NB)
> Matchim Bernard Law Group, An Association of Independent Lawyers
> 803-157 Water St.
> Campbellton, New Brunswick E3N 3L4
> Phone: 506-789-6251
> Fax: 506-789-1906
> Email: mike@mblg.ca
>
> Arnold B. Schwisberg
> Called to the bar: 1987 (ON)
> Schwisberg, Arnold B.
> 6th Flr., East Twr.
> 675 Cochrane Dr.
> Markham, Ontario L3R 0B8
> Phone: 905-530-2110
> Fax: 905-530-2210
> Email: abslegal@total.net
>
> Conservatives call for Comeau case referral to Supreme Court
> Opposition says case about interprovincial alcohol movement can
> clarify Section 121 of Constitution
>
> CBC News Posted: May 30, 2016 12:29 PM AT
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:40:59 -0400
> Subject: Attn Robert Currie I just called from 902 800 0369 RE
> International Law and Federal Court File # T-1557-15
> To: robert.currie@dal.ca
> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Robert J Currie
> Associate Professor of Law; Director, Law & Technology Institute
> Schulich School of Law , Law & Technology Institute
> Email: robert.currie@dal.ca
> Phone: 902-494-1012
> Mailing Address:
> Room 434, Weldon Law Building, 6061 University Avenue
> PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:31:57 -0400
> Subject: For what it is worth I agree Justice Edward Belobaba
> To: whitling@libertylaw.ca, dwiner@ksllp.ca,
> hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, mcu
> mcu@justice.gc.ca, "bill.pentney"bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca,
> "Craig.Forcese"Craig.Forcese@uottawa.ca,
> emeehan@supremeadvocacy.ca, HAnglin HAnglin@theccf.ca
> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, mark.gollom@cbc.ca,
> Aaron.Wherry@cbc.ca
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
>
> Judge rejects request to freeze Omar Khadr's assets
> Request came from widow of American soldier killed in Afghanistan
> CBC News Posted: Jul 13, 2017 11:48 AM ET
>
> "We do not have one law for Omar Khadr and another for all other
> Canadians," Justice Edward Belobaba wrote in his decision. "The law,
> including the law for obtaining a pre-judgment freezing order, applies
> equally to everyone."
>
> On 7/12/17, David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com wrote:
>> Now I get to read court documents EH?
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> https://assets.documentcloud.
>>
>> https://www.documentcloud.org/
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 11:23:54 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Gordon J. Kirk I just spoke to you in person CORRECT?
>> To: gordon.kirk@justice.gc.ca, "hon.ralph.goodale"
>> hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, MulcaT MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, leader
>> leader@greenparty.ca, "andrew.scheer"andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
>> Francis.Archambault@justice.ca
>> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>
>> Gordon J. Kirk Counsel
>> Called to the bar: 1993 (ON)
>> Justice Canada
>> National Security Litigation & Advisory Group
>> PO Box 8127, Stn. T
>> Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3H6
>> Phone: 613-231-0043
>> Fax: 613-842-1345
>> Email: gordon.kirk@justice.gc.ca
>>
>> http://www.goc411.ca/en/95355/
>>
>> Francis Archambault works as General Counsel, Litigation Operations
>> for Justice Canada.
>> Francis can be reached at 613-842-1167
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Brucker, Barney"Barney.Brucker@justice.gc.ca
>> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 12:57:27 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Loik Amis So much for the Integrity of
>> your friends and associates in the legal business N'esy Pas?
>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> I will be working away form the office July 4-5 returning July 6/17.
>> For urgent messages please contact Pritima Newton at 416-952-1003 or
>> Abbe Nyathi at 416-954-5483
>>
>> Just Dave
>> By Location Visit Detail
>> Visit 24,659
>> Domain Name senate.gov ? (U.S. Government)
>> IP Address 156.33.241.# (U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms)
>> ISP U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms
>> Location
>> Continent : North America
>> Country : United States (Facts)
>> State : District of Columbia
>> City : Washington
>> Lat/Long : 38.9097, -77.0231 (Map)
>> Language English (U.S.) en-us
>> Operating System Macintosh WinNT
>> Browser Safari 1.3
>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML,
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>> Javascript version 1.5
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>> Resolution : 2560 x 1440
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>> Visitor's Time Jun 23 2017 1:40:41 pm
>> Visit Number 24,659
>>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:43:22 -040
> Subject: Re: Information The Crown should have shared my files with
> you before you contacted me
> To: "Davidson, Stephen"stephen.davidson@saintjohn.ca,
> jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
> Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justice Website JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Mr. Amos,
> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we will
> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>
> Department of Justice
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
> To: coi@gnb.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Good Day Sir
>
> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>
> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>
> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
> suggested that you study closely.
>
> This is the docket in Federal Court
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>
> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>
> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/
>
> April 3rd, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/
>
>
> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
>
> The only hearing thus far
>
> May 24th, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Kulik, John"john.kulik@mcinnescooper.com
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 17:37:49 +0000
> Subject: McInnes Cooper
> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"motomaniac333@gmail.com,
> "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com"david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> I am General Counsel for McInnes Cooper. If you need to communicate
> with our firm, please do so through me.
>
> Thank you.
>
> John Kulik
> [McInnes Cooper]<http://www.
>
> John Kulik Q.C.
> Partner & General Counsel
> McInnes Cooper
>
> tel +1 (902) 444 8571 | fax +1 (902) 425 6350
>
> 1969 Upper Water Street
> Suite 1300
> Purdy's Wharf Tower II Halifax, NS, B3J 2V1
>
> asst Cathy Ohlhausen | +1 (902) 455 8215
>
>
>
> Notice This communication, including any attachments, is confidential
> and may be protected by solicitor/client privilege. It is intended
> only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you have
> received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by e-mail or
> telephone at McInnes Cooper's expense. Avis Les informations contenues
> dans ce courriel, y compris toute(s) pièce(s) jointe(s), sont
> confidentielles et peuvent faire l'objet d'un privilège avocat-client.
> Les informations sont dirigées au(x) destinataire(s) seulement. Si
> vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expéditeur
> par courriel ou par téléphone, aux frais de McInnes Cooper.
>
>
>
> On 8/3/17, David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com wrote:
>
> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I musta sk
> them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball cards?
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
> fin.financepublic-
> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
> Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
> T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
> 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.
>
> http://archive.org/details/
>
> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://www.archive.org/
>
> https://archive.org/details/
>
> http://www.archive.org/
>
>
> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
> Senator Arlen Specter
> United States Senate
> Committee on the Judiciary
> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Mr. Specter:
>
> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact
> with you about this previously.
>
> Very truly yours,
> Barry A. Bachrach
> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "MacKay, Peter"Peter.MacKay@bakermckenzie.com
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:39:17 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Minister Jean-Yves.Duclos Once again you
> are welcome Now how about the RCMP, the LIEbranos and all the other
> parliamentarians start acting with some semblance of Integrity after
> all these years?
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office attending
> meetings and have limited access to email and voicemail. If your
> matter is urgent, or if you require assistance, please contact my
> assistant, Nicole Bruni at nicole.bruni@bakermckenzie.com or at (416)
> 865-3861.
>
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
> Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
> just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
> does he lie to me after all this time???
> To: president president@whitehouse.gov, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Michael Cohen mcohen@trumporg.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
> called and left a message for you
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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