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Friday, 28 April 2017
Attn Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. I just called about Softwood Tariffs
Resolute Forest Products disappointed with final U.S. lumber duties
On Nov. 2, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced countervailing and anti-dumping duties for Canadian wood producers of 20.83 per cent.The United States Department of Commerce has cut back softwood lumber duties for most Canadian producers, but not for Resolute Forest Products.
Although Resolute's duty is still one of the lowest, the company remains dissatisfied.
In an announcement in Washington on Nov. 2, American government officials revealed that the bulk of Canadian producers will pay a combined countervailing and anti-dumping rate of 20.83 per cent, down from the preliminary duty of 26.75 per cent imposed earlier this year.
For Resolute, the new rate is 17.9 per cent, a marginal increase from the preliminary figure of 17.41 per cent.
In a statement, the company said it's disappointed with the final determination.
It said it remains convinced that lumber from Ontario and Québec mills should have free, unencumbered access to the U.S. marketplace, because it is not subsidized.
The statement added that "the politics of managed softwood lumber trade only serves to benefit large timber barons in the U.S. while adversely impacting Canadian manufacturers, U.S. consumers and millions of hard-working Americans in the housing sector".
The Department of Commerce has applied the highest duties to West Fraser Timber of B.C., at 23.7 per cent, a considerable drop from the preliminary rate of 30.88 per cent.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/us-duties-softwood-lumber-1.6261368
New Brunswick mills facing increase in U.S. duties on softwood lumber
Biden administration increasing duties on Canadian lumber after a one-year reprieve
New Brunswick softwood lumber producers are being hit once again with higher duties on their exports to the United States.
After a year-long reprieve that gave mills a break thanks to lower duties, the U.S. Commerce Department is raising them again.
Wood from New Brunswick producers, and most producers in the rest of Canada, will now be charged a duty of 11.59 per cent.
That's an increase from the 8.9 per cent that was in effect since last year for most New Brunswick mills and the 4.23 per cent that applied to wood from J.D. Irving Ltd.
"We're very disappointed with the U.S. government's decision to increase these unfair and unwarranted duties against New Brunswick's exports of softwood lumber," Premier Blaine Higgs said in a written statement.
Duties on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. are once again on the rise. (Jesse Winter/Reuters)
"It's important to remember that in September 2020, the World Trade Organization decision on this case was overwhelmingly favourable to Canada and New Brunswick."
The New Brunswick Lumber Producers, an industry group representing companies affected by the U.S. trade action, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Higgs said his government would continue to work with Ottawa to fight the tariffs "through all the legal avenues available."
But given how long that can take, "it's time for the Governments of Canada and the U.S. to return to the bargaining table to resolve this dispute and avoid further protracted litigation," Higgs said.
American competitors have complained for years that Canadian wood is so subsidized that sales in the U.S. amount to unfair competition. The U.S. has repeatedly applied duties to artificially raise the price of the Canadian lumber for buyers south of the border.
New Brunswick and the rest of Atlantic Canada were exempt from that for decades. But in 2017 the U.S. ended the exemption for New Brunswick.
A U.S. lumber group argued that the province's 2014 forestry plan was leading to more and more wood exports from publicly owned Crown land that it considered subsidized.
It also cited a 2008 report by New Brunswick's auditor general that the provincial wood market was "not truly an open market."
In a written statement, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs urged Ottawa and Washington to get back to the negotiating table to find a solution to rising softwood lumber duties on Canadian exports. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
It said the provincial system for surveying private wood sales to set the rate for government-owned Crown land relied on incomplete and sample sizes in some parts of the province, making it difficult to assess whether the Crown rate reflected market conditions.
Last year Auditor General Kim Adair-MacPherson said the market survey system had improved with "significant improvements in the process and the methodology."
The previous provincial Liberal government of Brian Gallant had hired a Washington-based lobbyist with Republican connections to try to get changes to the duties, but to no avail.
And J.D. Irving volunteered to submit itself to a separate investigation that allowed it to win a lower duty rate than other provincial producers.
Under U.S. law, duties are reviewed every year, and last year's review led to lower rates. But the 2021 review has raised them again.
A 2020 decision by the World Trade Organization came down on the side of Canadian lumber producers, but the U.S. maintains the decision was unfair. (The Canadian Press)
This year's review focused on two non-New Brunswick companies, Canfor Corp. and West Fraser Mills Ltd. It set new rates for both companies and set a figure between those two rates to all other Canadian companies.
That applies to J.D. Irving Ltd., Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. and many smaller New Brunswick mills.
The September, 2020 WTO ruling said the U.S. was wrong to impose duties in 2017 because the Commerce Department made mistakes calculating benchmark Canadian timber prices used to assess if mills were paying appropriate provincial stumpage fees.
At the time the Trump administration attacked the ruling as unfair and said it would invoke a WTO appeal process, but that couldn't go forward because Trump was refusing to make U.S. appointments to the appeal body.
So far the Biden administration has not made any appointments either, extending the logjam.
Quebec company says J.D. Irving used access to influence softwood duties
Resolute Forest Products says Irving got favourable treatment after phone call with Trump cabinet secretary
Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products said in filings with the U.S. Commerce Department that co-CEO Jim Irving spoke by phone with former secretary Wilbur Ross in August 2020.
"Following the meeting between Messrs. Ross and Irving, J.D. Irving Ltd. was accepted immediately as the fourth company to be individually reviewed" in the trade investigation, Resolute said in a case brief filed in July.
As a result of the latest review, Irving wood will be subject to a 3.41 per cent countervailing duty, compared to 6.31 for most Canadian firms. Duties raise the price charged to buyers of a product, making it less competitive.
In twin rulings last week on two categories of duties, the Commerce Department rejected the claim that the phone call with Ross played a role in Irving getting to plead its case separately.
"Resolute's suspicion that our selection of J.D. Irving was the result of the owner of J.D. Irving gaining access to the Secretary of Commerce, while Resolute did not, is untrue," the department wrote in an issues and decision memorandum released Nov. 24.
Jim Irving, right, during a committee meeting at the New Brunswick legislature. Resolute Forest Products, a Quebec company, claims J.D. Irving Ltd. received preferential treatment after Irving took part in a phone call with Wilbur Ross, the former secretary of commerce. (Legislature TV feed )
The department wrote that it wanted to investigate one company from Eastern Canada to ensure "wide geographic coverage" in its review of the countervailing duties.
But it said that "geographic coverage was a relatively unimportant determinant" in the separate anti–dumping review in which Resolute asked to be investigated individually.
Singling out Resolute "would have been a poor allocation of our strained resources," it said.
Resolute complained last July that the department "argues disingenuously that geography does matter for countervailing duty investigations, but not for anti–dumping."
Under U.S. trade law, a company chosen as a "voluntary respondent" gets to present its own sales, cost and subsidy data rather than being lumped into a single category with dozens of other producers.
Irving first used that provision in 2017 to win a lower countervailing duty.
Wilbur Ross, US secretary of commerce until January of this year, testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee in Washington, DC,on March 5, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
The new duty rates resulted from an annual review of the amounts first set in 2017, when the U.S. ruled that Canadian wood exports into the U.S. were undercutting domestic sales thanks to government subsidies that made them cheaper.
Irving's countervailing duty will be 3.41 per cent, the second-lowest in Canada after Canfor Corp. at 2.42 per cent. Resolute was hit with an 18.07 per cent duty. Most other lumber exports are subject to 6.31 per cent countervailing duties.
In a separate ruling last week, the U.S. raised anti-dumping duties to 11.59 per cent for most Canadian companies including Irving.
That leaves JDI's wood exports subject to a total of 15 per cent in duties, compared to 17.9 for the majority of Canadian mills and 29.66 for Resolute.
Wood from the Atlantic Provinces was historically exempt from such duties, but in 2017 the U.S. included New Brunswick because it decided subsidies had reached too high a level.
Since then, the duties have been subject to annual retroactive reviews. This year's review was based on 2019 data.
J.D. Irving did not respond to a request for comment on Resolute's claim.
According to an Aug. 14, 2020 memorandum filed online, the phone call between Irving and Ross took place two days earlier, at 2:30 p.m.
Ross and four other Commerce Department officials were on the call with Jim Irving and Ross Langley, JDI's executive vice-president.
Ross, second on the right of easel, was an invited guest at JDI's job announcement in Macon, Ga., in 2017. (JD Irving Ltd.)
It wasn't the first contact between JDI and Ross.
In 2017, Ross was a special guest when co-CEO Robert Irving announced plans for a new $400 million US tissue plant the company would build in Macon, Georgia.
Ross sat next to Jim Irving at the event and joked about JDI's success with the crowd.
"Their long term perspective is nothing to sneeze at," said Ross. "But if you do have to sneeze, please use a Scottie tissue," a brand Irving owns the rights for in the U.S.
Not the only example
Several Washington heavy-hitters have also gone to bat for JDI in other trade cases.
Public records showed in 2015 that two powerful Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer and Heidi Heitkamp, asked the administration to go easy on Irving when applying duties on supercalendered paper made at the company's Saint John mill.
Heitkamp, who represented North Dakota, "expressed her concern" that punishing Irving might harm JDI's agricultural business in her state.
A third Democratic senator, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, called a Commerce Department official "on behalf of" J.D. Irving Ltd., according to documents. The company had not "done anything wrong," Manchin said.
And then-Maine Governor Paul LePage wrote the Obama administration arguing Irving should be given a chance to make its case. JDI employed 1,200 people in Maine in 2015.
Sen. Chuck Schumer spoke in support of JDI in 2015, one of several examples of U.S. politicians who have done so in recent years. (Erin Scott/Reuters)
In 2017 JDI executive Jerome Pelletier said the company maintains an "open channel of communication with different stakeholders in the United States … to ensure we're represented properly" in Washington.
He said that was done in conjunction with other mills as part of the New Brunswick Lumber Producers, a group set up to fight the U.S. trade action.
As part of this year's review, the New Brunswick government urged the U.S. to "reassess" its finding that N.B. Power's Large Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program amounts to a subsidy for six large pulp and paper mills, including three owned by Irving.
The province argued that the World Trade Organization ruled last year against "key portions" of the American findings about the energy buy-back program.
The arrangement requires N.B. Power pay the mills elevated prices for renewable energy they generate, then sell it back to them at a discount.
The Commerce Department said it had not changed its mind about that being a subsidy.
"Because N.B. Power works backwards from the target discount, the program guarantees that the target discount is reached each month by adjusting the volume of N.B. Power's purchases of electricity from the participating Irving companies," says last week's ruling.
"In other words, N.B. Power has determined in advance the amount of credits it wishes to give the participating Irving companies."
The U.S. noted that WTO rulings are "without effect" under U.S. law until an appeal process has unfolded and a formal report is issued.
The WTO's appeal process has been frozen because Trump refused to appoint Americans to the body, and President Joe Biden is doing the same.
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About Us
Resolute Forest Products is a global leader in the forest products industry with a diverse range of products, including market pulp, tissue, wood products and papers, which are marketed in over 50 countries.
The company owns or operates some 40 facilities, as well as power generation assets, in the United States and Canada.
Resolute has third-party certified 100% of its managed woodlands to internationally recognized sustainable forest management standards.
Resolute has received regional, North American and global recognition for its leadership in corporate social responsibility and sustainable development, as well as for its business practices. Visit Awards and Recognition for more information.
Our Strategy
At Resolute, our business and sustainability strategies have been expressly developed to align our efforts in environmental stewardship and social responsibility with our business objectives. This approach reinforces our vision that profitability and sustainability drive our future.
Business Strategy
Our corporate strategy is focused on continuing to transform the company away from mature product markets and products in structurally declining markets toward a more profitable and sustainable organization over the long run, founded on a competitive portfolio of manufacturing assets and a solid presence in long-term growth markets.
Our strategy is to drive value creation by:
- growing in pulp and wood products
- integrating our pulp into value-added, quality tissue
- investing in product innovation
- maximizing cash generation from paper assets
- maintaining a disciplined approach to capital allocation
Sustainability Strategy
Our sustainability strategy, based on a balanced approach to environmental, social and economic performance, is designed to enhance our competitive position, ensure the responsible management of resources in our care, and generate positive socio-economic impacts. Aligned with the principles of the circular economy, the strategy is supported by public commitments under four pillars:
- manage the resources in our care with the highest respect, differentiating the company as an environmental supplier of choice
- position Resolute as an attractive employer, one where employees learn, grow and succeed
- engage and collaborate with our operating communities, contributing to their prosperity
- operate assets to the best of our ability and make the most of what we have, earning the right to be in business
Our Products
- We are one of the few producers capable of supplying a wide variety of grades of market pulp.
- Resolute has an integrated tissue business, offering a range of quality products for retail and away-from-home markets.
- Resolute is a leading producer of lumber and other wood products for the residential construction and home renovation markets, as well as for specialized structural and industrial applications.
- Resolute is a leading global producer of newsprint, while our portfolio of specialty papers features a wide spectrum of uncoated mechanical papers that offer an attractive solution for practically any commercial printing application.
Board of Directors
Providing strategic advice and effective oversight in today's fast-changing global business environment requires an independent, high-performance board whose members have extensive knowledge and experience in a wide range of disciplines. Those criteria are reflected in the credentials of our Resolute Forest Products board members, who bring to the table an outstanding combination of know-how and experience along with the highest level of integrity.
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Duncan K. Davies
Chairman of the board
Duncan K. DaviesMr. Davies was nominated to the board on September 13, 2021. He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Human Resources and Compensation/Nominating and Governance Committee.
He was president and chief executive officer of Interfor Corporation (TSX) for nearly 20 years until he stepped down in 2019, and served most recently as chief executive officer of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX). He also served as an officer of two other integrated forest products companies, and as an investment banker, specializing in forest products activities.
Mr. Davies is currently vice chair of the Binational Softwood Lumber Council and has served on the Softwood Lumber Board, BC Lumber Trade Council and Canadian Lumber Trade Alliance, where he was involved in industry-wide promotion and trade-related matters involving softwood lumber.
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Bradley P. Martin
Vice chairman of the board
Bradley P. MartinMr. Martin has served on the board since the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders. He served as chairman of the board of directors from May 2013 to September 2021. He is a member of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee and the Finance Committee.
Since March 9, 2012, he has served as vice president for strategic investments with Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. He had been its vice president and chief operating officer since January 2007, and its corporate secretary since 2002. Before joining Fairfax in 1998, he was a partner with Torys LLP, a leading Canadian business law firm, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and securities law.
Mr. Martin currently serves as a member of the boards of Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (Athens Stock Exchange), AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. (TSX; no longer a public company) and two private companies. He has served in the last five years on the board of Bank of Ireland (London Stock Exchange).
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Randall C. Benson
Randall C. BensonMr. Benson has served on the company’s board since the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. He chairs the Finance Committee and is a member of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee and the Human Resources and Compensation/Nominating and Governance Committee.
He has been the principal of R.C. Benson Consulting Inc. since 1999, providing strategic analysis, management, financial and operational restructuring and recapitalization expertise to companies, including those considered distressed or underperforming. From May 2012 to August 2016, Mr. Benson was also co-lead of the National Restructuring practice (Canada) at KPMG LLP. In addition, Mr. Benson has experience in finance, operations, sales and general management gained through various roles he has held in operating companies, including as the chief financial officer of public and private companies Call-Net Enterprises Inc. (which owned Sprint Canada Inc.) and Beatrice Foods Inc., and as divisional president of Parmalat Canada’s Dairy Group.
Mr. Benson was chair of the board and chair of the audit committee of Advanz Pharma Corp (TSX) until December 31, 2019. He is a member of the advisory board of the Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation and serves on the board of other private companies.
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Suzanne Blanchet
Suzanne BlanchetMs. Blanchet was appointed to the company’s board on January 31, 2019, in accordance with the company’s by-laws and further elected at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. She chairs the Environment, Health and Safety Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
She spent over 30 years with Cascades Inc., including as senior vice president, corporate development, from 2014 to 2017. From 1997 to 2014, she was president and chief executive officer of Cascades Tissue Group.
Ms. Blanchet is a graduate of the Directors Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors and currently serves as a director of GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. (TSX), where she serves on the audit committee. Ms. Blanchet has also previously served as a director of Rona Inc. (TSX) and Agropur.
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Jennifer C. Dolan
Jennifer C. DolanMs. Dolan has served on the company’s board since the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders. She is a member of the Audit Committee, the Environment, Health and Safety Committee and the Human Resources and Compensation/Nominating and Governance Committee.
She retired from The New York Times Company in 2012 after a 33-year career, the last ten of which she spent as vice president of forest products, where she managed paper procurement and oversaw its equity investments in two paper mills, including as a member of the board of Donohue Malbaie Inc., while it was a joint venture with the company. Before then, she held a number of executive and senior finance roles. Ms. Dolan is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
She serves on no other public company board.
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Remi G. Lalonde
Remi G. LalondeMr. Lalonde was appointed president and chief executive officer and a member of the company’s board on March 1, 2021.
Mr. Lalonde has been with the company since 2009. He previously served as senior vice president and chief financial officer from November 2018 to March 1, 2021, after being vice president for strategy, M&A, business development and procurement from May 2018 to November 2018. He was general manager of Resolute’s pulp and paper mill in Thunder Bay (Ontario) from February 2016 to May 2018. Before taking a leadership role in operations, Mr. Lalonde was treasurer and vice president for investor relations from November 2014 to February 2016, and vice president for investor relations from September 2011 to November 2014. He initially joined the company in 2009 as senior legal counsel (securities) following six years at a Wall Street law firm.
Mr. Lalonde graduated with a bachelor of laws from the University of Ottawa in 2003 and a bachelor of applied sciences in civil engineering from the University of Ottawa in 1999. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Ontario.
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Alain Rhéaume
Alain RhéaumeMr. Rhéaume has served on the company’s board since the emergence date. He chairs the Human Resources and Compensation/Nominating and Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
He is founder and a managing partner at Trio Capital Inc. Until 2005, he was executive vice president and president of Fido, a subsidiary of Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. Previously, Mr. Rhéaume was president and chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Microcell. Previously, Mr. Rhéaume was associate deputy minister of finance from 1987 to 1992 and deputy minister of finance from 1992 to 1996 in the provincial government of Quebec.
He currently serves as a director of Boralex Inc. (TSX) and was a director of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX) until May 2020. He has served in the last five years on the board of the Canadian Investors Protection Fund and other private companies.
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Michael S. Rousseau
Michael S. RousseauMr. Rousseau has served on the company’s board since the emergence date. He chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee and the Human Resources and Compensation/Nominating and Governance Committee.
He is president and chief executive officer of Air Canada since February 16, 2021. Previously, he was deputy chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Air Canada since January 1, 2019, after being executive vice president and chief financial officer of Air Canada since October 2007. He was named Canada’s CFO of the Year™ for 2017 by Financial Executives International Canada (FEI Canada), PwC Canada and Robert Half. He served as president of Hudson’s Bay Company from 2006 to 2007, and as executive vice president and chief financial officer from 2001 to 2006. Prior to joining Hudson’s Bay Company in 2001, he held senior executive financial positions at other large international corporations, including Moore Corporation in Chicago, Silcorp Limited and the UCS Group (a division of Imasco Limited).
Mr. Rousseau currently serves on the board of Air Canada (TSX). He previously served on the board of directors of Chorus Aviation Inc. (TSX) until June 2020 and of Enercare Inc. (TSX) until November 2018.
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Remi G. Lalonde
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sylvain A. Girard
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Lori Kilgour
Senior Vice President, Process Improvement and Chief Information Officer
John Lafave
Senior Vice President, Pulp and Paper Sales and Marketing
Patrice Minguez
President, Tissue Group
Daniel Ouellet
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Hugues Simon
President, Wood Products
Richard Tremblay
Senior Vice President, Pulp and Paper Operations
Jacques P. Vachon
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Legal Officer
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Remi G. Lalonde
Mr. Lalonde was appointed president and chief executive officer on March 1, 2021. He previously served as senior vice president and chief financial officer from November 2018 to March 1, 2021, after being vice president for strategy, M&A, business development and procurement from May 2018 to November 2018. He was general manager of Resolute’s pulp and paper mill in Thunder Bay (Ontario) from February 2016 to May 2018. Before taking a leadership role in operations, Mr. Lalonde was treasurer and vice president for investor relations from November 2014 to February 2016, and vice president for investor relations from September 2011 to November 2014. He initially joined the company in 2009 as senior legal counsel (securities) following six years at a Wall Street law firm.
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Sylvain A. Girard
Sylvain A. GirardMr. Girard joined Resolute as special advisor to Remi G. Lalonde on February 15, 2021. He most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. from 2016 to 2020. Previously, he held senior executive positions in finance with SNC-Lavalin, following 22 years with General Electric Company (GE). He held a number of positions at GE, including 14 years as chief financial officer in the financial and healthcare sectors of GE in Europe.
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Lori Kilgour
Lori KilgourMs. Kilgour previously served as vice president, information technology, from July 2017 to May 2019, as vice president and program director from July 2015 to July 2017, and as vice president, operational excellence, engineering and energy, from January 2013 to July 2015. Prior to joining Resolute in 2013, she worked at Tembec, Verso Corporation/International Paper and Catalyst.
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John Lafave
John LafaveMr. Lafave previously served as vice president, sales, national accounts – paper sales, vice president, sales, national accounts – newsprint, vice president, sales, national accounts – commercial printers, and executive sales representative from 2003 to 2009. Prior to joining Resolute, he held progressive positions in sales with UPM-Kymmene and Repap Enterprises.
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Patrice Minguez
Patrice MinguezMr. Minguez previously served as special advisor to the former president and chief executive officer in July 2017. Prior to joining Resolute in August 2017, he was founder and former president of Cellynne Holdings, Inc., a tissue business, from January 1989 to August 2012. From February 1987 to January 1989, Mr. Minguez headed Société Antillaise de Service SARL, a distribution company he founded, specializing in janitorial supplies and proprietary systems.
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Daniel Ouellet
Daniel OuelletMr. Ouellet previously served as vice president, human resources, for Resolute's Canadian and U.S. operations from January 2016 to May 2018, and as vice president, human resources, for its Canadian operations from November 2013 to January 2016. He held a range of other human resources positions since joining Resolute in September 2000, and also acquired operational experience leading the company’s sawmill operations in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. Prior to joining Resolute, Mr. Ouellet worked with Alliance Forest Products, Alcan and a regional trade union.
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Hugues Simon
Hugues SimonMr. Simon previously served as a special advisor to the senior vice president and chief financial officer from January 4 to March 1, 2021. Prior to joining Resolute in 2021, he was president of BarretteWood Inc. from July 2016 to November 2020, and served as vice president, sales and procurement, from August 2012 to July 2016. He also served as vice president, sales and marketing and value-added operations – wood products, for Resolute and held a range of other positions with the company and its predecessors from 1999 to 2012.
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Richard Tremblay
Richard TremblayMr. Tremblay previously served as senior vice president, pulp and paper group, from June 2015 to February 2018, and as senior vice president, pulp and paper operations, from February 2014 to May 2015. He served as interim senior vice president, pulp and paper operations, from November 2013 to January 2014, and as vice president, pulp and paper operations, from June 2011 to October 2013. Prior to joining Resolute in June 2011, he served as general manager of several mills at Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation between 2002 and 2011.
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Jacques P. Vachon
Jacques P. VachonMr. Vachon previously served as senior vice president and chief legal officer from January 2011 to February 2012, as senior vice president, corporate affairs and chief legal officer, from October 2007 to January 2011, and as senior vice president, corporate affairs and secretary, from 1997 to October 2007.
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Senior VP Jacques Vachon set to retire after 36 years with Resolute
By CFI staff
Resolute Forest Products’ senior vice-president of corporate affairs, Jacques P. Vachon, has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2021 after more than 36 years with the eastern Canada forestry company.
Vachon, who is also Resolute’s chief legal officer, began his career as a lawyer at the company’s offices in Quebec City. He has been a member of the executive team for nearly 25 years.
“On behalf of the board and the executive team, past and present, I want to thank Jacques for his many years of loyal service to the company,” Remi G. Lalonde, president and chief executive officer of Resolute, said in a news release. “As an executive, he has been the guardian of this company’s moral compass for decades. We all join to wish him a happy, healthy and well-deserved retirement. Jacques has agreed to serve as a special advisor to me on a part-time basis for the next year.”
Stephanie Leclaire, Resolute’s vice-president for legal affairs for the past 15 years, has been tapped as Vachon’s replacement.
Stephanie Leclaire
“I’m thrilled to welcome Stephanie Leclaire to the executive team. She has outstanding credentials and, as our vice president for legal affairs for nearly 15 years, her experience covers the full range of practice areas, including transactional, governance, litigation, commercial and public policy. She is equal parts brilliant lawyer and practical businessperson, and, as such, there is no better candidate to succeed Jacques as our next senior vice president for corporate affairs and chief legal officer,” Lalonde said.
Leclaire’s resume includes private practice for the law firms of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in Paris.
She received bachelor’s degrees in civil and common law from Université de Montréal and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, as well as a master of laws from New York University School of Law.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:02:46 -0400
Subject: I will answer I one sentence Check the files hereto attached
To: bethdozier@rational360.com, linda.sherry@consumer-action.
JFrazier@nga.org, dave.deger@twinriverspaper.com
<mdcohen212@gmail.com>, washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
<dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
I see nothing
https://www.banking.senate.
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cutler - November 20, 2003
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Glauber - November 20, 2003
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Spitzer - November 20, 2003
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Linda Sherry <linda.sherry@consumer-action.
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:57:57 -0500
Subject: Re: Oh My My Now that Mr Higgs is going to Washington to take
on Wilbur Ross I wonder what the evil Yankee David Wilkins thinks
about that
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
David,
Please give me two sentences about what you are trying to convey. Thus
far, I understand that you are protesting the fact that the witness
testimony from the 2003 hearing on mutual fund fees has disappeared
from the internet or senate sites.
I can find a transcript of the hearing’s oral testimony and
questioning. (https://www.govinfo.gov/
<https://www.govinfo.gov/
But you seem to be saying that testimony submitted for the record is
no longer available.
Linda
> On Feb 14, 2019, at 10:45 AM, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
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> SEC faces lawsuit over forcing e-delivery of shareholder reports
>
> Consumer groups and paper/print industry petition U.S. Court of Appeals for DC
>
> Contact: Linda Sherry | (202) 544-3088
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Action in early August joined the American
> Forest & Paper Association, the Printing Industries Alliance, Twin
> Rivers Paper Company and the Coalition for Paper Options in filing a
> federal petition for review to stop Rule 30e-3, adopted June 4 by the
> Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to switch the default
> distribution method for annual and semi-annual mutual fund performance
> reports from mail to electronic delivery.
>
> The petition for review, pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for
> the DC Circuit, alleges that Rule 30e-3 is “arbitrary and capricious
> and otherwise not in accordance with the law, and does not promote
> protection of consumers or efficiency, competition, and capital
> formation.” Citing Rule 30e-3 as unlawful under the Investment Company
> Act, Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
> Administrative Procedure Act, the petition for review asks the Court
> to vacate the rule and its requirements, and to issue a permanent
> injunction prohibiting the SEC from implementing and enforcing it.
>
> “More than 90 percent of the comments submitted to the SEC opposed the
> idea to make electronic delivery the default delivery method for
> shareholder reports,” said Linda Sherry, director of Consumer Action’s
> DC office. “Despite the concerns raised, which included lack of access
> to the internet by vulnerable populations, exposure to online fraud
> and difficulty of reading reports on mobile devices, the SEC chose to
> vote on its proposal behind closed doors and ignore feedback from
> consumer groups and the investing public.”
>
> “For well over a decade, investors have had the option to choose
> e-delivery of shareholder reports,” said John Runyan, executive
> director of the Coalition for Paper Options. “Switching the default
> delivery method simply ignores the preferences of half of investors
> who have chosen mailed delivery. It also imposes hardship on seniors,
> Americans in rural areas and other investors least able to manage the
> change, while opening the door to new phishing scams and cybersecurity
> threats.” (Coalition for Paper Options members include Consumer
> Action, the National Consumers League and the National Grange.)
>
> Part of the broader Investment Company Reporting Modernization
> rulemaking, Rule 30e-3 allows mutual funds to simply post shareholder
> reports to a website and require investors to specifically request
> mail delivery—even though investors already have the ability to
> request this information electronically, and over half have opted to
> continue receiving them by mail. More than 900 Americans, including
> individual investors and elected officials, have filed comments with
> the SEC in opposition to the rule and its negative impact on
> shareholders who need or prefer access to paper reports.
>
> ###
>
> Consumer Action has been a champion of underrepresented consumers
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> lawmakers to advance consumer rights and promote industry-wide change
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:04:04 -0400
> Subject: 33333 Oh My My Now that Mr Higgs is going to Washington to
> take on Wilbur Ross I wonder what the evil Yankee David Wilkins thinks
> about that
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
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> Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My Now that Mr Higgs is going to
> Washington to take on Wilbur Ross I wonder what the evil Yankee David
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:55:12 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My Now that Mr Higgs is going to
> Washington to take on Wilbur Ross I wonder what the evil Yankee David
> Wilkins thinks about that
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
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> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:55:11 +0000
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:55:02 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: Oh My My Now that Mr Higgs is going to Washington to
> take on Wilbur Ross I wonder what the evil Yankee David Wilkins thinks
> about that
> To: JFrazier@nga.org, dave.deger@twinriverspaper.com
> oig@sec.gov, Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca, Karen.Ludwig@parl.gc.ca,
> Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca,
> Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
> Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca, Cathy.Rogers@gnb.ca, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
> hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, news@kingscorecord.com, news919@rogers.com,
> news@dailygleaner.com, Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca,
> hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
> Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca, Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca, Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca,
> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> Twin Rivers Leads Business and Consumer Organizations in Filing for
> Judicial Review of SEC Rule 30e-3
>
> Madawaska, ME (August 3, 2018) – Earlier today, Twin Rivers Paper
> Company filed a petition for review in federal court, along with a
> broad and diverse group of concerned parties, challenging the recently
> finalized SEC rule (30e-3). The new rule reverses existing practice
> and will force investors who wish to continue receiving paper-based
> shareholder reports to take affirmative steps to preserve that
> ability. The petition challenges the final rule as arbitrary,
> capricious, and not otherwise in accordance with law. It flies in the
> face of investor preferences, limits access to information,
> particularly for the elderly, less affluent, and rural communities
> without access to broadband internet, and runs counter to
> recommendations from the Commission’s own Investment Advisory
> Committee to address critical shortcomings in the rule. Groups joining
> the petition include Consumer Action, American Forest & Paper
> Association, the Coalition for Paper Options, and Printing Industries
> Alliance.
> We believe the rule limits access to information and harms the elderly
> and needy.
>
> “The current dual system of information delivery works. It effectively
> combines print with electronic options and ensures efficient and
> effective access to information.” Stated Ken Winterhalter, President
> of Twin Rivers, “The changes indicated in this rule represent a step
>
> Paper-based statements should be an option for all consumers.
>
> backward and fail to address a wide range of shortcomings that will
> make it more difficult for vulnerable demographic groups to access
> critical investor information.”
>
> The SEC has found a solution in search of a problem. The
> Commission states the purpose of the rule is to permit electronic
> delivery of fund shareholder reports, while maintaining the ability of
> shareholders who prefer paper to receive reports in that form. The
> current system already allows for electronic delivery where investors
> prefer, an option that has been in place for over a decade.
> The SEC rule is inherently unfair. The SEC rule will allow mutual
> funds to stop mailing printed reports to shareholders if a shareholder
> does not respond to the notice by applying a fictitious theory of
> “implied consent.” Said another way, if after the shareholder receives
> the notice but does not respond, the shareholder will be deemed to
> have provided “implied consent” to stop mail delivery of reports. The
> proposed “implied consent” to E-delivery ignores studies indicating
> that investors prefer printed communications to electronic versions
> and constitutes an unnecessary regulatory intervention.
> 92% of the public comments submitted to the SEC were in opposition
> to the proposed rule. The proposed rule will undoubtedly make it more
> difficult for mutual fund shareholders, especially the elderly, rural
> and lower-income groups, to access important information as it is
> extremely confusing…and ironically, does nothing to improve
> disclosure. The SEC’s own investigation determined a significant
> portion of the affected class still lack access to high-speed
> internet.
> Support for a change is lacking. The final rule fails to address
> key areas of concerns identified by consumer groups and the SEC’s own
> investment advisory committee, which in fact recommended a different
> course of action altogether.
>
> Media Contact:
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> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:39:29 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My Now that Mr Higgs is going to
> Washington to take on Wilbur Ross I wonder what the evil Yankee David
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:39:21 -0400
> Subject: Oh My My Now that Mr Higgs is going to Washington to take on
> Wilbur Ross I wonder what the evil Yankee David Wilkins thinks about
> that
> To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, kris.austin@gnb.ca,
> brian.gallant@gnb.ca, denis.landry2@gnb.ca, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca,
> robert.mckee@gnb.ca, david.wilkins@nelsonmullins.
> greg.byrne@gnb.ca, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, steve.murphy@ctv.ca,
> David.Akin@globalnews.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca,
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> tyler.campbell@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com,
> Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca, rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca,
> michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca,
> Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
> maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> duane.woods@chaleursawmills.ca
> mlegere@forestnb.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca, publicaffairs@doc.gov
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
>
> Higgs willing to changing forestry plan to end U.S. tariffs
>
> High tariffs charged on New Brunswick's softwood exports to the U.S.
> can't continue, says Higgs
> Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Feb 14, 2019 6:00 AM AT | Last
> Updated: an hour ago
>
> Premier Blaine Higgs said he's open to changing New Brunswick’s forest
> policies if needed. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
>
> Premier Blaine Higgs has signalled he's open to changing New
> Brunswick's forest policies ahead of a trip to Washington later this
> month, where he hopes to bend the ears of key U.S. policy-makers.
>
> The Progressive Conservative premier will use a trip to the National
> Governors' Association meetings to advance his goal of restoring the
> province's traditional exemption from softwood lumber duties.
>
> "If we don't have a fair marketplace, we will fix it," Higgs told
> reporters this week.
>
> He says he's even willing to meet with the powerful coalition of U.S.
> lumber companies that is responsible for the punishing tariffs.
>
> "I'll meet with anybody and talk to anybody about anything," he said.
> "This is an issue that is very significant to us."
> Waiting for review
>
> The government is awaiting a review that will examine whether two
> reports by two New Brunswick auditors general, in 2008 and 2015, were
> correct in their criticisms of provincial forestry policy.
>
> Higgs will travel to Washington, where he hopes to advance his goal of
> restoring the province’s traditional exemption from softwood lumber
> duties. Those reports were used by the American industry as ammunition
> in their push to take away the province's tariff exemption.
>
> Higgs says if the review finds that the audits' conclusions were
> justified, he'll change policy accordingly.
>
> Irving blames softwood lumber duties for stalling Doaktown mill upgrade
>
> Gallant takes free trade, softwood lumber arguments to Washington
>
> 'It's gonna be painful': New Brunswick braces for new softwood
> lumber tariffs
>
> "I want to know what we need to do to make this right," he said. "So
> if it comes back and says 'this is an issue,' we will deal with it."
>
> And if that means changes to the previous Progressive Conservative
> government's 2014 forestry plan — with its long-term, legally binding
> contracts with major forest companies — Higgs says he'll be willing to
> go there, too.
>
> He said the high tariffs now charged on New Brunswick softwood exports
> to the U.S.— 20.8 percent for most companies, and 9.9 percent for J.D.
> Irving Ltd.— can't continue.
> 'We must fix it'
>
> "The justification to do something differently is pretty, pretty
> strong," he said. "We have the situation over here that's not working,
> and if we find a way to fix it, we must fix it."
>
> The government is awaiting a review of reports by two New Brunswick
> auditors general, in 2008 and 2015, that will assess whether they were
> correct in their criticisms of provincial forestry policy. (Glen
> Kugelstadt/CBC)In 2017, Washington imposed new duties on Canadian
> lumber. Atlantic Canada had been exempt from those measures in the
> past because softwood was deemed to be not subsidized at a high level.
>
> But New Brunswick lost that exemption after the U.S. lumber coalition
> argued that wood from provincial Crown land, which it considers
> subsidized, was becoming a larger share of the provincial market.
>
> The coalition also predicted that the 2014 PC forestry plan would
> result in "an even higher share" of New Brunswick wood from Crown land
> in the future.
>
> The U.S. Commerce Department said in its 2017 ruling that "private
> woodlot owners accounted for a much smaller share of the New Brunswick
> stumpage market than the government," and that amounted to a
> distortion of the market.
> Tariffs challenged
>
> The federal government has challenged the new tariffs under both the
> North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization.
>
> New Brunswick producers are now in the midst of two different reviews
> of the U.S. findings and the tariff levels.
>
> New Brunswick odd man out in potential Atlantic softwood reprieve
>
> Forestry changes in 2014 made New Brunswick lumber a target in U.S.
>
> Softwood border duties could hurt 25 N.B. sawmills, government says
>
> The 2017 finding by the Department of Commerce pointed to the 2008
> audit by Auditor General Mike Ferguson, which found the New Brunswick
> market was "not truly an open market" because the small number of
> mills dominating the market suppressed the prices paid to private
> woodlots.
>
> Ferguson's successor, Kim MacPherson, found in a 2015 audit that the
> province wasn't properly monitoring the share of Crown wood relative
> to private wood in the market — the "proportional supply" requirement
> that she said had not been respected since 2002.
>
> No distortion in the market
>
> MacPherson's most recent report last month said 13 of her 19
> recommendations on forestry have been implemented.
>
> Mike Legere, executive director of Forest NB, said the auditors
> generals' reports are inaccurate. (Rachel Cave/CBC)Mike Legere, the
> executive director of the industry group Forest NB, has called the
> audits inaccurate.
>
> "If there's irrefutable evidence of distortion of the market, it has
> to be corrected," he said. "[But] we're quite confident there isn't
> distortion in the market."
>
> Legere said his organization estimates the tariffs have cost
> provincial mills $130 million since 2017.
>
> He said most mills were able to weather the higher cost of exporting
> to the U.S. "fairly well" in 2018 because lumber prices were high,
> peaking in June.
> Mills face uncertainty
>
> But some of them came close to closing before Christmas as prices
> dropped. A recent bottoming-out of prices is all that saved those
> mills from shutting down, he said.
>
> "It's a very nervous, uncertain time to be operating a sawmill in New
> Brunswick," he said. "We're really at the mercy of elements that are
> beyond our control."
> Most mills in the province have been able to weather the higher cost
> of exporting to the U.S. 'fairly well' in 2018 because lumber prices
> were high, Legere said. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)Legere said he
> wasn't sure whether a meeting between Higgs and the U.S. industry
> coalition would yield any results.
>
> "I'm sure Mr. Higgs wants the coalition to be aware the iron is still
> hot in the fire. I'm not sure what new information he could bring
> them."
>
> Higgs said he will also meet with former U.S. ambassador to Canada
> David Wilkins, an influential former Republican politician hired by
> the previous Liberal government to lobby the Trump administration and
> members of Congress.
> Wilkins has been earning $40,000 a month, a figure the Gallant
> Liberals justified by pointing to the meetings he was able to arrange
> with key power brokers in Washington.
>
> In Opposition, the PCs said it was a large expense with few results.
> Higgs said he'll meet with Wilkins to decide whether to keep him on
> retainer.
>
> "I want to see what the plan is: what's been accomplished, what's the
> goal, and what is he doing right now?" he said.
>
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
>
> https://thehill.com/homenews/
>
> Meet the gatekeeper to the National Governors Association
> By Reid Wilson - 02/21/18 06:00 AM EST
>
> When the nation’s governors meet this weekend in Washington, Scott
> Pattison will be their gatekeeper.
>
> In his third year as head of the National Governors Association (NGA),
> Pattison has launched a new initiative aimed at attracting a more
> international audience to the annual gathering. This year, governors
> will hear from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Nana
> Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana.
>
> Pattison sat down with The Hill to talk about the importance of
> state-international relationships, the NGA’s new innovation focus and
> the hot topics governors are talking about. What follows is a lightly
> edited transcript.
>
> This year’s NGA meeting has an international flavor. Why is that?
>
> Pattison: The governors for a while have been telling me that they do
> so much in terms of economic development, and a lot of that involves
> international interaction. You can’t really name a state without some
> major foreign investment that creates jobs. Because of that, it’s a
> great opportunity now for NGA, as part of the many things that we do
> as an association of the governors, to provide them with the ability
> to interact with colleagues or folks from other countries, whether
> it’s business or ambassadors. The more they’re getting to know each
> other and have this interaction, the governors think it’s really
> beneficial for their economic development, for encouraging more
> investment and trade that benefits the residents of their states.
>
> Why do foreign leaders want to interact with a governor?
>
> Pattison: There’s no question that the federal government obviously is
> critically important, but the governors also have such a key role in
> economic development in their state. Internationally, over the years,
> they realize, “Oh, we’ve got to engage the governor.” Because they’re
> going to have the role and the influence and decision-making authority
> as to whether a plant can be expanded, whether or not the community
> colleges are going to offer the types of classes that involve the
> skills they want.
>
> They really want to engage sub-nationally. The governors want that
> interaction, and sub-national is really important to these companies.
>
> What’s the state of the state–federal relationship right now?
>
> Pattison: It’s good, but it’s different. What I’m seeing is a lot of
> interaction between the federal government and governors. What I’m
> seeing is a lot of talking, sharing of information.
>
> How is it different from the Obama years?
>
> Pattison: I sense that there seems to be more of an interest,
> particularly at the federal level, to make sure that they’re engaging
> and hearing from their governors. And that’s a really positive thing.
> There’s probably more behind-the-scenes talking, and I’m not sure
> that’s a bad thing.
>
> Tax reform was the administration’s big first-year success. How is
> that changing state priorities?
>
> Pattison: What I hear governors say is they’re in the process of
> trying to forecast what kind of impact it will be for them. They’ve
> told me that what they need to do is to be able to forecast short term
> and long term. Last time, in ’86, you saw a big short-term bump for a
> lot of states, but then it kind of flattened. They don’t want to have
> a one-time only benefit.
>
> What else are governors talking about? What’s the new hot trend?
>
> Pattison: Health care continues to be a big issue, but not necessarily
> just [the Affordable Care Act]. For governors, health care involves so
> many aspects of price, concerns about access, premium charges for
> different residents. For them, it’s a lot bigger than the ACA.
>
> On infrastructure, there continues to be a concern about how do we
> shape something that’s a true federal–state partnership that involves
> sufficient resources to maintain and build infrastructure.
>
> You just launched NGA Future, a new initiative on innovation. What’s its goal?
>
> Pattison: Since we’re the association of all the governors, we want to
> be the group that’s giving them a heads-up of the type of technology
> that’s really going to have a major impact on states, two years, five
> years, within their four- to eight-year terms. I think it’s going to
> be really exciting to be talking about, OK, looks like autonomous
> vehicles are coming down the pike — is that a pun? — and how should
> you deal with that?
>
> One of the areas you’re starting to hear about, and I think governors
> are interested in, is more and more data. You can pretty much
> pinpoint, not necessarily in real time but pretty close, Tamiflu
> prescriptions through Medicaid and health insurance. So you can say
> the amount of Tamiflu prescriptions in this county has shot through
> the roof, but it’s not happening elsewhere. So you can swoop down in
> that county and try to isolate the flu. There are so many innovative
> things technologically that we want governors and government more
> generally to think about — how can you use this to be more efficient,
> to save money?
>
> http://www.nbforestry.com/
>
> Executive Director Mike Legere on Premier Gallant’s Cabinet Shuffle
>
> June 8, 2016 By Admin
>
> Forest NB logo
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> June 8, 2016
>
> Fredericton – Mike Legere, Executive Director of Forest NB, offered
> the following comment regarding Premier Brian Gallant’s cabinet
> shuffle.
>
> “On behalf of the member companies of Forest NB, I would like to
> extend our gratitude to Minister Landry in taking a?prudent approach
> to moving the proposed Crown land forest strategy to realization. We
> think he has represented the interests of New Brunswickers very well
> in his capacity as Minister of Natural Resources,” Legere said.
>
> Legere added, “Forest NB is confident that Landry’s successor, the
> Hon.?Rick Doucet?will move to support the full?adoption of the forest
> management strategy whose benefits have already been realized. Over
> 500 jobs have been created with investments of over $500 million
> including a recent $12 million investment by Twin Rivers Paper this
> week in their Madawaska operation.”
>
> It was encouraging at a recent Opportunities Summit held by the
> provincial government to hear Mr. Doucet, the former minister of
> Economic Development, speak of business productivity and innovation
> including the forest industry in the province.
>
> “The forestry sector in New Brunswick punches well above its weight
> when it comes to forest management. In New Brunswick, our
> managed?Forests, on a per hectare basis, annually out-produce the
> national average by almost three times in terms of growth and yield.
> This is a solid example of our natural competitive advantage in forest
> renewal and the knowledge based resources that work behind the scenes
> to keep us competitive,” Legere said.
>
> Legere also notes that Forest NB is pleased to see Minister Donald
> Arsenault, who is responsible for Madawaska-Restigouche, take charge
> of the Intergovernmental Affairs?portfolio.
>
> “Mr. Arsenault is an able and experienced minister who we believe can
> advocate on behalf of all concerned New Brunswickers?as we seek
> federal support for increased investment in New Brunswick forests,
> particularly in silviculture,” Legere said. “We believe this will help
> stage New Brunswick’s long term contribution to climate change by
> sequestering more carbon emissions in our forests. The additional
> benefit of?investment in silviculture would?be the immediate creation
> of some three hundred silviculture related jobs and securing existing
> employment.”
>
> Contact:
> Johnny Cullen, Communications Coordinator of Forest NB
> 506-452-6390
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
> Longtime MLA Denis Landry elected interim Liberal leader
>
> Denis Landry was first elected in 1995 and served as a justice
> minister in the Brian Gallant government
> Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2019 12:24 PM AT | Last
> Updated: February 12
> Denis Landry was chosen interim Liberal leader Tuesday by fellow MLAs
> in the party. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
>
> The only member of the legislature who served alongside former premier
> Frank McKenna is the new interim leader of the New Brunswick Liberal
> Party.
>
> Denis Landry, first elected as the MLA for Centre-Péninsule in 1995,
> when McKenna won his third and last majority, will lead the party
> until Liberal members choose a new leader on June 22.
>
> He replaces former premier Brian Gallant, who officially resigned as
> leader Tuesday.
>
> Landry said his priority will be to boost the morale of party members
> still smarting over the failure to win a majority in last September's
> election.
>
> N.B. Liberals to pick new leader in June
>
> N.B. Liberals in difficult position, says political expert
>
> "There are people who felt a bit left aside for whatever reason, and
> that's what I'm going to do — go talk to people on the ground and see
> what we can do to put party members in a good mood," he said.
>
> The former logger, known around the legislature for his plainspoken
> manner, said he was looking forward to the challenge.
>
> "I've never been afraid of work. I enjoy hard work."
>
> Although he'll hold the leadership for only a short time, Landry would
> not rule out trying to engineer the defeat of the Progressive
> Conservative minority government this spring.
>
> "That's something we'll have to figure out. We'll go through the
> session … and from there we'll see what happens. It's hard for me to
> predict what's going to happen. The budget could be so good or so bad.
> We'll have to decide as a caucus what we're going to do."
> Former New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant resigned officially as
> leader of the Liberal Party on Tuesday. (James West/The Canadian
> Press)
>
> He said his biggest concerns about the March 19 budget are potential
> cuts. He pointed to more than $200 million in cancelled infrastructure
> spending in the PC capital budget delivered in December.
>
> "Is there a need to do that? As far as I'm concerned, no," he said,
> noting the Liberal government ran a $67 million surplus in 2017-18.
>
> "The finances of the province were not doing that bad."
>
> The Liberals have 20 seats in the legislature compared with 22 for the
> PCs. Speaker Daniel Guitard was elected as a Liberal but does not vote
> except to break a tie. The Green Party and the People's Alliance hold
> three seats each.
>
> Landry said while he agrees most often with the Greens, "I'm not
> scared of working with the Alliance or even collaborating with the
> Tories" to make the legislature function.
>
> Brian Gallant moves up departure from helm of Liberal Party
>
> Landry was chosen by party MLAs in a closed-door vote Tuesday morning.
> He said the caucus decided not to reveal who else sought the interim
> leadership or how many votes each candidate won.
>
> Landry was defeated in the 2003 provincial election but was re-elected
> in 2006 and has been an MLA ever since. He was a minister in the
> governments of Shawn Graham and Brian Gallant and now represents the
> riding of Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore.
>
> He said he would draw on the examples of all the party leaders and
> premiers he has encountered in his long career in figuring out how to
> lead the Liberals.
>
> "There are things that I've liked that have been done, some things
> that I don't like that have been done," he said. "I'm going to try to
> stay in the middle track of that."
>
> About the Author
>
> Jacques Poitras
>
> Provincial Affairs reporter
>
> Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New
> Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC
> political podcast Spin Reduxit.
>
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Shelley Amyotte <Shelley.Amyotte@unifor.org>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:58:18 +0000
> Subject: Re: Softwood Tariffs etc Perhaps the Dumb LIEbranos and many
> ethical Maritimers should get the evil Yankee lawyer David Wilkins to
> explain the words within this old blog to them real slow N'esy Pas Mr
> MONEY Minister Morneau?
>
> - Hide quoted text -
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Hello David,
>
> I received your email and voicemail message, but I am unclear about
> what it is you'd like to know. I am in meetings over the next few days
> but will be checking email if you'd like to clarify.
>
> Thank you,
> Shelley
>
> Shelley Amyotte
> Communications Representative
> Représentante - Service des communications
>
> M: 902-717-7491
>
> ______________________________
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Sent: June 28, 2017 1:25 PM
> To: Lana Payne; Shelley Amyotte
> Cc: David Amos
> Subject: Fwd: Softwood Tariffs etc Perhaps the Dumb LIEbranos and many
> ethical Maritimers should get the evil Yankee lawyer David Wilkins to
> explain the words within this old blog to them real slow N'esy Pas Mr
> MONEY Minister Morneau?
>
> www.unifor.org
>
> Lana Payne
> Atlantic Regional Director Unifor
> PO BOX 10, St. C
> 368 Hamilton Ave. 2nd Floor
> St. John’s NL A1C 5H5
> 709-576-6720 (St.John’s)
> Cell 709 743 5343
> 800.565.1272 (toll free)
> lana.payne@unifor.org
> @lanampayne
>
> https://www.unifor.org/en/
>
> Atlantic Regional Council Executive Board
>
> Chair: Ian Hutchinson, Local 301N
>
> Vice-Chair: Matthew Blois, Local 2215
>
> Secretary-Treasurer: Adele Jackman, Local 410
>
>
> SAINT JOHN, June 16, 2017 /CNW/ - Unifor members will rally on Monday
> at Irving Pulp and Paper, Limited. to encourage the federal government
> to reach a fair negotiated softwood lumber deal with the U.S. that
> protects good Canadian jobs.
>
> "The federal government's recent aid package for the industry was
> important, but the most important outcome is a negotiated softwood
> lumber agreement with the U.S. that benefits Canadian communities,"
> said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. "With the right choices
> and strong action, Canada's forestry industry can continue to have a
> key role in our economy."
>
> Unifor has organized this as one of five simultaneous events across
> the country. Forestry employers have been invited to participate in
> the rallies and join in the call for a fair trade deal that protects
> good jobs in Canada.
>
> "We are pleased to see so many forestry employers throughout the
> Atlantic joining with us to highlight the importance of the sector to
> so many communities and families across the region," said Lana Payne,
> Unifor Atlantic Regional Director.
>
> Where:
> Irving Pulp & Paper, Limited, 408 Mill Road, Saint John (West side,
> near Reversing Falls)
>
> When:
> 3:00 p.m., Monday, June 19
>
> Speakers and Guests:
>
> Lana Payne, Unifor Atlantic Regional Director
> Jim Irving, Co CEO of J.D. Irving, Limited
> Ian Hutchison, Unifor Atlantic Regional Chair
> Daniel Poitras, vice-president of Unifor Local 2
> Mike Legere, Executive Director, Forest NB
> Jerome Pelletier, Vice-President - J.D. Irving, Limited Sawmills and
> Chairman of NB Lumber Producers
> Shauna Wilcox, Unifor National Executive Board member
> Matthew Blois, aerospace worker and president of Unifor Local 2215
> Hundreds of Unifor members from across the Maritimes
>
> Forestry provides 202,000 direct jobs in 650 communities across
> Canada, including more than 20,000 in Atlantic Canada. Forestry supply
> and transport companies create thousands more jobs; and the economic
> activity generated by the spending of forestry workers creates even
> more. For every forestry job, 1.5 jobs are created elsewhere in the
> economy. In total, forestry is responsible for more than half a
> million Canadian jobs.
>
> After imposing a 20 per cent countervailing tariff on Canadian
> softwood exports last month, it is anticipated that the Trump
> administration will add to those with "anti-dumping" tariffs on June
> 23.
>
> For more information about the forestry sector's contribution to
> Canada, visit the Unifor campaign website at unifor.org/softwood.
>
> Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing
> more than 310,000 workers. It was formed Labour Day weekend 2013 when
> the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and
> Paperworkers unions merged.
>
> SOURCE Unifor
>
>
>
> For further information: please contact Unifor Communications
> Representative Shelley Amyotte at shelley.amyotte@unifor.org or
> 902-717-7491.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 17:11:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: Softwood Tariffs etc Perhaps the Dumb LIEbranos and many
> ethical Maritimers should get the evil Yankee lawyer David Wilkins to
> explain the words within this old blog to them real slow N'esy Pas Mr
> MONEY Minister Morneau?
> To: premier <premier@gnb.ca>, rick.doucet@gnb.ca, "brian.gallant"
> <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, duane.woods@chaleursawmills.ca
> derrickrussell@nb.aibn.com, peterdegraaf@xplornet.ca,
> delfor@nbnet.nb.ca, sgriffith@akingump.com,
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> Joel.Junker@tradelawcounsel.
> jcail@akingump.com, devonlumber@devonlumber.ca,
> joel.maclaggan@eacantimber.ca, william.amos@parl.gc.ca,
> Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca, Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca,
> michael.godin@fornebulumber.
> sales@langevinfp.com, premier@gov.bc.ca, blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca,
> bostn@international.gc.ca, Davidc.Coon@gmail.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca,
> terry.seguin@cbc.ca, keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca,
> woodlot@nbnet.nb.ca, nsfpmb@nbnet.nb.ca, odvdm@nbnet.nb.ca,
> info@cvwpa.ca, Bruce.Northrup@gnb.ca, PREMIER@gov.ns.ca,
> jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca,
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> fmcelman <fmcelman@stewartmckelvey.com>
> <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>, "chris.collins"<chris.collins@gnb.ca>, "dan.
> bussieres"<dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, "brian.hodgson"
> <brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca>
> <Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> <Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca>, "Larry.Tremblay"
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> MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
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> "Gerald.Butts"<Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@
> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 13:26:14 +0000
> Subject: RE: Re MONEY Adisory and Mean Old Me versus legions of
> crooked lawyers such as the evil Yankee Davd Wilkins who conning NB
> right now
> 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.
>
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>
> On 5/26/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> https://money.ca/news/2017/05/
>>
>> Need i say that after I listened to Minister Jumping Jimmy Carrr,
>> Trudeau The Younger's mindless minion from Manitoba yap on CBC this
>> morning with the nasty bastard Terry Seguin and say nothing at all, I
>> called Harry Gill who was too busy to come to the phone again before I
>> sent this email? Need i say that this email is to remind you all that
>> at least one Maritimer is paying attention and plenty pissed off and
>> reminding Trump's lawyer Mikey Cohen of the amount of money his GOP
>> buddy David Wilkins is sucking out off the dumb liberals in NB to do
>> nothing worthwhile at all in Washington as his boss Trump plays with
>> WAR, NAFTA and Tariffs etc?.
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)"Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca
>> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000
>> Subject: RE: Final Docs
>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Will get right on this.
>> Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
>> R
>>
>> Hon.Rick Doucet
>> Legislative member for Charlotte-the isles
>> 28 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
>> St.George, N.B. E5C 3K4
>>
>> Phone / Téléphone : 506-755-4200
>> Fax / Télécopieur : 506-755-4207
>> E-mail / Courriel : rick.doucet@gnb.ca
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>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>
>> N.B.'s softwood lumber envoy will seek return of border tax exemption
>> David Wilkins, who is getting paid about $658,000, says exemption
>> 'just makes good sense'
>> CBC News Posted: May 23, 2017 6:36 PM AT
>>
>> "David Wilkins, who was in Saint John on Tuesday afternoon with
>> Premier Brian Gallant, said his goal is to get a return of the
>> long-standing exemption on border taxes on softwood lumber exports
>> from the province."
>>
>> David H. Wilkins
>> Partner
>> david.wilkins@nelsonmullins.
>> T: 864.373.2231
>>
>> Poinsett Plaza, Suite 900
>> 104 South Main Street
>> Greenville, SC 29601
>>
>> 101 Constitution Avenue, NW
>> Suite 900
>> Washington, D.C. 20001
>> T: 202.689.2829
>>
>> The ghost of the former LIEbrano Minister of Indian Affairs Andy Scott
>> who I ran against in the election of the 39th Parlaiment and everybody
>> else and his dog knows that after the sneaky lawyers David Wilins and
>> Brian Gallant were talking tough about Trump in Saint John I had a lot
>> to say in Federal Court in Fat Fred City the very next day EH Minister
>> Morneau, Matt DeCourcey, Chucky Leblanc and Andre Faust?
>>
>> Your buddy Stevey Boy Murphy of CTV must recall this interview EH Chucky
>> Baby?
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>
>> Me,Myself and I
>> David Amos
>> Published on Apr 1, 2013
>>
>> Although the Crown Corp commonly known as the CBC/RadioCanada sent its
>> sneaky reporters to watch Brucy Northrups lawyers whine and cry and
>> the RCMP?GRC do the same in court in Moncton on the 24th at least the
>> other Crown Corp the RCMP/GRC sent two of its chickenshit French
>> members who would not even identify themselves to me in order to
>> listen to every word and take notes N'esy Pas Bobby Paulson and Hubby
>> Lacroix?
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>
>> MLA's lawyers ask for dismissal of Windsor Energy defamation suit
>> Former cabinet minister's lawyers say judge's ruling on seismic
>> testing permission should also be thrown out
>> By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: May 24, 2017 6:14 PM AT
>>
>> "Northrup's lawyer, Fred McElman, argued Wednesday that when the
>> provincial highway passes inside municipal boundaries — as Route 1
>> does where Windsor was testing — then permission from both is
>> required.
>>
>> Windsor's lawyer Andrew Rouse said the law doesn't mention that scenario.
>>
>> "If the municipality is to have jurisdiction over that highway, it
>> must be done explicitly," he said.
>>
>> "They should have provided for that" in the law."
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>
>> Status quo deemed 'unacceptable' years before Moncton Mountie
>> shootings, trial hears
>> Police force charged in connection with shooting deaths of 3 Moncton
>> officers, wounding of 2
>> By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: May 24, 2017 9:00 AM AT
>>
>> "On Tuesday, an expert on police militarization in the United States,
>> testified that arming police with high-powered rifles, such as
>> carbines, can actually reduce safety for the public and officers.
>>
>> Peter Kraska, a professor at Eastern Kentucky University, said if
>> citizens see officers as occupiers, it can result in more violence."
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 13:58:50 -0400
>> Subject: Fwd: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
>> Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
>> little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as
>> well
>> To: "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"
>> <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "bruce.northrup"<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>,
>> "hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
>> <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
>> "carl.urquhart"<carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras"
>> <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "Paul.Lynch"<Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>
>> "Paul.Collister"<Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> <Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>, "peacock.kurt"
>> <peacock.kurt@
>> sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>, newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>,
>> "nick.brown"<nick.brown@gnb.ca>, "nick.moore"
>> <nick.moore@bellmedia.ca>, "dan. bussieres"<dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
>> "Tim.RICHARDSON"<Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, "randy.mckeen"
>> <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant"
>> <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, premier
>> <premier@gov.ab.ca>, "brian.hodgson"<brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca>
>> premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, "suzanne.anton.mla"
>> <suzanne.anton.mla@leg.bc.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
>> <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "david.eidt"<david.eidt@gnb.ca>, Brian Ruhe
>> <brian@brianruhe.ca>, paul <paul@paulfromm.com>, sunrayzulu
>> <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, patrick_doran1 <patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>, cps
>> <cps@calgarypolice.ca>, "theresa.may.mp"
>> <theresa.may.mp@parliament.uk>
>> "sylvie.gadoury"<sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.
>> <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
>> "don.marshall"<don.marshall@edmonton.ca>, "don.iveson"
>> <don.iveson@edmonton.ca>
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> <brian@murphygroup.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>, "michael.comeau"
>> <michael.comeau@gnb.ca>
>>
>> May 24th
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/
>>
>> April 3rd
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: NATALIA OLIVEIRA JOHNSTON natalia.johnston@cbc.ca
>> Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 17:13:10 -0700
>> Subject: Out of office Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing
>> today in Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the
>> Queen's sneaky little minions who think they are above the law and the
>> rest of us as well
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Please note that I'm on annual leave and will return on May 29.
>>
>> If your matter is urgent, please contact the reception line at
>> 416-205-3216.
>>
>> --
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>> Fax (416) 205-2723
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>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
>> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 00:14:35 +000
>> Subject: RE: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
>> Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
>> little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as
>> well
>> 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.
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>> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
>> électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
>> commentaires.
>>
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>
>> Friday, 28 April 2017
>> Attn Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. I just called about Softwood Tariffs
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Premier
>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:02:21 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: [PROBABLE-SPAM] Attn Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. I
>> just called about Softwood Tariffs
>> To: David Amos
>>
>> Thank you for your email to Premier McNeil.
>>
>> This is an automatic confirmation your email has been received.
>>
>> Warmest Regards,
>>
>> Premier's Correspondence Unit
>>
>>
>> For the Public record these are the documents I attached to my email
>> about Softwood Tariffs .
>>
>> https://www.scribd.com/
>>
>> https://www.scribd.com/
>>
>> https://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>
>> Final-Recipient: rfc822; yohai.baisburd@dentons.com
>> Action: failed
>> Status: 5.0.0
>> Remote-MTA: dns; eu-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com
>> server
>> for the domain dentons.com.)
>> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 Email rejected due to security policies -
>> https://community.mimecast.
>> Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:02:12 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. I just called about Softwood Tariffs
>> To: publicaffairs@doc.gov, sgriffith@akingump.com,
>> lawrence.schneider@apks.com, efeldman@bakerlaw.com,
>> deen.kaplan@hoganlovells.com, msdavenport@djtradelaw.com,
>> mmoran@steptoe.com, matthew.clark@arentfox.com,
>> matthew.nicely@hugheshubbard.
>> dharrison@gibsondunn.com, tbeline@cassidylevy.com,
>> khm@mowrygrimson.com, wspak@whitecase.com, dcameron@mmmlaw.com,
>> rweiner@sidley.com, yohai.baisburd@dentons.com,
>> Joel.Junker@tradelawcounsel.
>> jcail@akingump.com
>> Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" , Premier , "blaine.Higgs" ,
>> PREMIER@gov.ns.ca, jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca,
>> Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca
>>
>> https://www.commerce.gov/news/
>>
>> Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
>> Secretary of Commerce and "King of Bankruptcy"
>> C/o
>> Office of Public Affairs
>> 202-482-4883
>> publicaffairs@doc.gov
>>
>> The documents hereto attached to and from Arnold & Porter and others
>> should refresh the memories of your Canadian clients and my Yankee
>> opponents as well.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:18:29 -0400
>> Subject: I just called about Softwood Tariffs
>> To: dkoschik@whitecase.com, vdesantis@whitecase.com
>> Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos"
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>
>> J.D. Irving Ltd. had advantage in fighting for lower tariff, says Roger
>> Melanson
>> Irving denies advantage over other companies because of operation in Maine
>> By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Apr 26, 2017 6:03 PM A
>>
>> "The company uses a top Washington law firm, White and Case, that
>> specializes in international trade."
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:41:14 -0400
>> Subject: Fwd: FYI I called Mr Stillwell then I listened to the Green
>> Meanie David Coon on CBC yapping about the Maritime Lumber Bureau and
>> I called them too
>> To: duane.woods@chaleursawmills.ca
>> peterdegraaf@xplornet.ca, delfor@nbnet.nb.ca,
>> devonlumber@devonlumber.ca, joel.maclaggan@eacantimber.ca,
>> michael.godin@fornebulumber.
>> sales@langevinfp.com
>> Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" , mdcohen212@gmail.com
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:16:56 -0400
>> Subject: FYI I called Mr Stillwell then I listened to the Green Meanie
>> David Coon on CBC yapping about the Maritime Lumber Bureau and I
>> called them too
>> To: Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca, kmerriam@mlb.ca, Premier ,
>> premier@gov.bc.ca, blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca, bostn@international.gc.ca,
>> Davidc.Coon@gmail.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca,
>> terry.seguin@cbc.ca, keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca,
>> brian.gallant@gnb.ca, rick.doucet@gnb.ca, woodlot@nbnet.nb.ca,
>> nsfpmb@nbnet.nb.ca, odvdm@nbnet.nb.ca, info@cvwpa.ca,
>> Bruce.Northrup@gnb.ca
>> Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" , william.amos@parl.gc.ca,
>> Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca,
>> Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca
>>
>> Maritime Lumber Bureau
>> P.O. Box 459
>> Amherst, Nova Scotia
>> B4H 4A1
>> Phone: 902.667.3889
>>
>> Hainesville Sawmill Ltd.
>> 2779 Rte. 104
>> Middle Hainesville, NB
>> E6E 1H3
>> (506) 463-2261
>>
>>
>> Stillwell didn't know me from Adam and didn't much care and disagreed
>> with me about Trump's actions. So I told him to cantact the Maritime
>> Lumber Bureau because they have had my documents since 2005 and they
>> and the Feds are the ones who dropped the ball dealing with Trump
>> about softwood tariffs. It was not all Gallant's fault this time but a
>> lot of the blame can be shouldered by Blaine Higg's and his old buddy
>> David Alward who is now our top Fed in Beantown.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>
>> Maritime Lumber Bureau
>> David Amos
>> 66 views
>> REPublished on Apr 4, 2013
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>
>> Maritime Lumber Bureau 2
>> David Amos
>> REPublished on Apr 4, 2013
>>
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>
>> Tuesday, 14 February 2017
>> 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???
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> 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 , mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm ,
>> Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
>> B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au
>> pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press , "Andrew.Bailey" ,
>> fin.financepublic-
>> "CNN.Viewer.Communications.
>> Cc: David Amos , elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com,
>> elizabeththompson" , djtjr , "Bill.Morneau" , postur ,
>> stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy" , "Jacques.Poitras" ,
>> oldmaison , andre
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Michael Cohen
>> 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
>>
>> Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
>> 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
>>
>> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
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>>
>> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
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>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>
>> Thursday, 27 April 2017
>>
>> YO Jean-Pierre Blais the Smiling Bastards in Google had my old
>> Faithful Motomaniac333 deleted today Right after I sent an email to
>> Dick Tracy and the FEDS
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
>> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:32:01 +0000
>> Subject: RE: YO Jean-Pierre Blais the Smilling Bastards in Google had
>> my old Faithfull Motomaniac333 deleted today Right after I sent an
>> email to Dick Tracy and the FEDS
>> To: David Amos
>>
>> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
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>>
>> If this is a media request, please forward your email to
>> media-medias@gnb.ca. Thank you!
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>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>
>> Monday, 6 February 2017
>> Yo Chucky Leblanc RE latest JDI lawsuit Here is scoop for ya the media
>> won't touch BTW I called your old pal Jeannot Volpe at (506) 737 4436
>> and left voicemail just so he can't say I talked behind his back N'esy
>> Pas?
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
>> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:10:07 +0000
>> Subject: RE: Yo Chucky Leblanc RE latest JDI lawsuit Here is scoop for
>> ya the media won't touch BTW I called your old pal Jeannot Volpe at
>> (506) 737 4436 and left voicemail just so he can't say I talked behind
>> his back N'esy Pas?
>> To: David Amos
>>
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>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>
>> 'I was pretty sure it was coming': Hainesville sawmill prepares to
>> close over tariff
>> Hainesville Sawmill Ltd. will close next week but owner hopeful
>> business will resume in 6 months
>> CBC News Posted: Apr 27, 2017 12:12 PM AT
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"<fin.minfinance-financemin.
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:30:20 +0000
Subject: RE: RE Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate
Application This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross
that I know how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill
Morneau?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:38:22 +0000
Subject: RE: RE Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate
Application This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross
that I know how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill
Morneau?
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<mhayes@stu.ca>; upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>; brian.gallant
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Subject: RE Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application
This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know
how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:15:32 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application
This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know
how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
To: Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca, wharrison <wharrison@nbpower.com>,
"Furey, John"<jfurey@nbpower.com>, "rick.doucet"
<rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, ecdesmond <ecdesmond@nbeub.ca>, "Dave.Young"
<Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>, "serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>,
"david.eidt"<david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"
<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "jody.carr"<jody.carr@gnb.ca>,
"Jody.Wilson-Raybould"<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
ethics-ethique <ethics-ethique@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen"
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Robert. Jones"
<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
"sylvie.gadoury"<sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.
<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, "brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>
Good afternoon Ms Mitchell,
Please do not take this email the wrong way. I have the greatest of
respect for you but as you well know I cannot say the same of your
bosses. I know you are very busy doing your job within the hearing so
this email will have to do. Byway of the news in CBC today it appears
that you may be busy for quite sometime with this matter. More
importantly the spin the CBC is putting on this matter is offending me
greatly and obviously their bosses know it as well..Such are the
actions of a fierce but ethical politcal animal.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
'It will take the time that it takes': NB Power rate hearing way behind schedule
Deep dives into smart meters, efficiency programs prolong what was a
12-day proceeding
By Robert Jones, CBC News Posted: Feb 21, 2018 6:00 AM AT
"It will take the time that it takes," said Beaulieu on day three of
the hearing when NB Power lawyer John Furey first raised concerns
matters were falling behind schedule.
Several self-represented participants have been taking turns
questioning NB Power's plans on an equal footing with lawyers hired by
companies, like J.D. Irving Ltd. and Enbridge Gas New Brunswick, and
municipal utilities like Saint John Energy.
Gently guided on proper procedure by Beaulieu, non-professional
participants have had free rein to have a say.
Anti-smart meter activist and St. Louis de Kent dentist Roger Richard,
left, and environmentalist Daniel LeBlanc spent hours questioning NB
Power witnesses. (Robert Jones/CBC NEWS)
Those participants include environmentalist Chris Rouse, anti-smart
meter activist and St. Louis de Kent dentist Roger Richard and
political hopeful Gerald Bourque, the leader of the fledgling KISS
N.B. Political Party.
They've been able to submit evidence, call witnesses and cross-examine
NB Power executives and others and make motions.
NB Power deadline in jeopardy
On day five, Beaulieu told environmentalist Daniel LeBlanc, who is
working with Richard, to take as long as he needed to get full answers
to questions from NB Power witnesses.
"If you feel that your questions are not answered — you have the
floor, so it's your right to ask your question again if you feel the
panel members are not responding to your questions," he said.
"Thank you," said LeBlanc, who went on to ask questions for three and
a half hours."
My obvious question today is why is there such a long delay in the
public getting the chance to read the transcript of the one and only
Public Session? When we last spoke the lady sitting beside you told me
it was almost done, so why has it not been filed in the public record?
I am sorry but I no longer consider my concern about this issue
confidential because something is smelling rather fishy and I must
make my indignation well know not only for my benefit but the public
as a whole. However I also know it is not your fault that the
transcript of the Public Session was not file I blame the Board, its
lawyers and their politcal puppet masters. Obviously I made certian
the Ms. Desmond and Mr Young know it. The lawyers are all well aware
of Section 300 of the Canadian Criminal Code and why I am preparing to
sue them because the RCMP won't do their job. Hence no transcript of
the Public Session Correct Ms Desomond?
During our last converation you told me you could no longer file
anything from me and I understood. Need I say that I regret telling
you not to file the rest of this email and its attachments so I
published them myself?
Best Regards
David Raymond Amos
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:34:12 +0000
Subject: RE: Public Session - NB Power General Rate Application - Matter 375
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Good afternoon,
Yes, once the public session transcript comes in I will flip that
over. I expect to have it sometime next week.
Thanks.
Kathleen Mitchell
Chief Clerk | Greffière en chef
Energy & Utilities Board | Commission de l’énergie et des services
publics du N.-B.
15 Market Square, Suite 1400
Saint John, NB E2L 4Y9
506-643-7324 (direct)
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 3:38 PM
To: Mitchell, Kathleen <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Public Session - NB Power General Rate Application - Matter 375
Hi Kathleen
"I 'm Back" Will you forward me the word document of the transcript of
the public session when it is ready? Pretty Please
Best Regards
Dave
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 17:17:09 +0000
Subject: FW: Public Session - NB Power General Rate Application - Matter 375
To: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>
Good afternoon,
Please note that this evening's Public Comments Session in relation to
NB Power's General Rate Application (Matter 375) is going ahead as
planned at 6 PM at the Delta Brunswick, 39 King Street, Saint John.
Given the weather forecast for this evening, the Board will make a
teleconference bridge available for those who would like to make their
presentation by phone and not travel to the Delta Brunswick.
If you wish to present by phone, please advise at your earliest convenience.
Please note that if you have submitted a PowerPoint presentation, we
will still display your presentation on the screens in the room for
those in attendance while you give your presentation.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please note that I am currently in the NB Power hearing, I have access
to my email but do not have access to telephone, however, my
colleagues at our office could answer any questions you may have if
you prefer to ask your questions by telephone at 506-658-2504 or
toll-free 1-866-766-2782.
Regards,
Kathleen Mitchell
Chief Clerk | Greffière en chef
Energy & Utilities Board | Commission de l'énergie et des services
publics du N.-B.
15 Market Square, Suite 1400
Saint John, NB E2L 4Y9
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 16:36:16 +0000
Subject: RE: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application
This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know
how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Good afternoon Mr. Amos,
Just to confirm, is this email (and attachments) what you would like
to have as your written submission for the public comments session?
Kathleen Mitchell
Chief Clerk | Greffière en chef
Energy & Utilities Board | Commission de l’énergie et des services
publics du N.-B.
15 Market Square, Suite 1400
Saint John, NB E2L 4Y9
506-643-7324 (direct)
506-658-2504 (reception)
Confidentiality Notice
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the individual for whom, or entity for which, it is intended. It may
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:39 PM
To: dhebert@npcc.org; Furey, John <JFurey@nbpower.com>; Mitchell,
Kathleen <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>; Chris R
<Chris_R_31@hotmail.com>; KissPartyofNB@gmail.com;
rrichard@nb.aibn.com; david.sollows@gnb.ca; Gilles.volpe@enbridge.com;
Paul.Volpe@enbridge.com; dave.lavigne@enbridge.com; Hoyt, Len
<len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>; rzarumba@ceadvisors.com;
bdavis@ceadvisors.com; toneill@ceadvisors.com;
hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com; cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com; Cozzarini,
Lilia <LCozzarini@nbpower.com>; Harrison, Wanda
<WHarrison@nbpower.com>; Russell, Stephen <SRussell@nbpower.com>;
Connelly Bosse, Natacha <NConnellyBosse@nbpower.com>; NBP Regulatory
<NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>; Lawton, John <John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>;
Desmond, Ellen <ecdesmond@nbeub.ca>; Dickie, Michael
<Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>; Young, Dave <Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>;
NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>; twoolf@synapse-energy.com;
ktakahashi@synapse-energy.com; anapoleon@synapse-energy.com;
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heather.black@gnb.ca; rdk@indecon.com; avitulli@indecon.com;
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jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com; dan.dionne@perth-andover.com;
pierreroy@edmundston.ca; ray.robinson@sjenergy.com;
marta.kelly@sjenergy.com; sstoll@airdberlis.com;
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Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
<rick.doucet@gnb.ca>; premier <premier@gnb.ca>; brian.gallant
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>; serge.rousselle <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>;
david.eidt <david.eidt@gnb.ca>; jan.jensen <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>;
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Subject: Fwd: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application
This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know
how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:02:21 -0400
Subject: Re: Matter 375 - NB Power 2018-2019 General Rate Application
This should prove the sneaky Yankees such as Wilbur Ross that I know
how to read N'esy Pas Premier Gallant and and Bill Morneau?
To: publicaffairs@doc.gov, ecdesmond <ecdesmond@nbeub.ca>,
charles.berardescof@nerc.net, dhebertr@npcc.org, oig <oig@ftc.gov>,
premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
"blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"
<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "Robert.
Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, "brian.gallant"<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>, mcohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>, djtjr
<djtjr@trumporg.com>, president <president@whitehouse.gov>, David Amos
<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"rick.doucet"<rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, "jeremy.keefe"
<jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>, "David.Akin"<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>,
nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson"
<Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
<BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
<jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, "bruce.northrup"<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 08:50:50 -0400
Subject: Attn Hon.Rick Doucet Are you aware of what transpired at eh
NBEUB on Oct, 31, 2017 and these documents with regards the U.S
.Commerce Dept concerns about NB Power and its Large Industrial
Renewable Energy Purchase Program (LIREPP)?
To: "rick.doucet"<rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, "Furey, John"
<jfurey@nbpower.com>, wharrison <wharrison@nbpower.com>, "David.Coon"
<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, briangallant10
<briangallant10@gmail.com>, "Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>,
markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, COCMoncton
<COCMoncton@gmail.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, tglynn <tglynn@stu.ca>, mhayes <mhayes@stu.ca>,
upriverwatch <upriverwatch@gmail.com>, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "len.hoyt"<len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>,
"gerry.lowe"<gerry.lowe@saintjohn.ca>, "mike.obrienfred"
<mike.obrienfred@gmail.com>, "dan. bussieres"<dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
"Tim.RICHARDSON"<Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Catherine.McKenna"
<Catherine.McKenna@parl.gc.ca>, ministre <ministre@ec.gc.ca>,
"Minister.Ministre"<Minister.Ministre@nrcan-
"minister.industry"<minister.industry@ic.gc.ca>, min
<min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
livesey@rogers.com, "Jacques.Poitras"<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
"darrow.macintyre"<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, "ht.lacroix"
<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>, "hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>,
"hon.ralph.goodale"<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Larry.Tremblay"
<Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, rrichard
<rrichard@nb.aibn.com>, Gerald Bourque <kisspartyofnb@gmail.com>,
"greg.a.hickey.p.eng"<greg.a.hickey.p.eng@gmail.com>, premier
<premier@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne"<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir"
<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>
Hey Ricky
Remember me?
As Minister you must have been made aware of the submissions put
before the NBEUB Matter No 375 on October30th, 2017 by Ms. Harrison of
NB Power.
http://www.nbeub.ca/opt/M/
If not you are now. Correct?
Are you aware of all the malicious allegations against me by Mr. Furey
a former Assistant Attorney General of New Brunswick during a public
hearing the following day? If not the transcript of the aforesaid
hearing is hereto attached in order that you can never claim that you
and many others were not duly informed of my concerns of the malice
practiced against by a Crown Corp, as for this date. Correct?
With regards the other two document hereto attached and the text of
the forwarded emails, trust that I have been in contact with the U.S.
Commerce Dept. and many others about my concerns with NB Power for
quite some time.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)"<Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000
Subject: RE: Final Docs
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Will get right on this.
Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
R
Hon.Rick Doucet
Legislative member for Charlotte-the isles
28 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
St.George, N.B. E5C 3K4
Phone / Téléphone : 506-755-4200
Fax / Télécopieur : 506-755-4207
E-mail / Courriel : rick.doucet@gnb.ca
This message is intended for the person to whom it is addressed and is
to be treated as confidential or private communications. It must not
be forwarded unless permission has been received from the originator.
If you have received this message inadvertently, please notify the
sender and delete the message. Then delete your response. Thank you
for your cooperation.
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________________________________________
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:37:18 -0400
Subject: I just called about the next EUB pre hearing on Halloween
To: "greg.a.hickey.p.eng"<greg.a.hickey.p.eng@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Is this what you wanted me to notice?
8. New Brunswick Large Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program
The New Brunswick Department of Energy and Resource Development (DERD)
and New Brunswick Power (NB Power), a Crown corporation, administers
the Large Industrial Renewable Energy Purchase Program (LIREPP)
pursuant to the Electricity from Renewable Resources Regulation and
with authority under the Electricity Act. According to the GNB, the
program has two main objectives: (1) reach NB Power’s mandate to
supply 40 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 by
buying energy from large industrial customers; and (2) bring large
industrial enterprises’ net electricity costs in line with the average
cost of electricity in other provinces.
The LIREPP program is available to any large industrial company that
produces renewable energy and owns and operates a facility that has an
electrical energy requirement of not less than 50 GWh per year, that
obtains all or a portion of its electricity on a firm basis (vs.
interruptible basis) from NB Power, and that exports at least 50
percent of its primary products produced to another province or
territory within Canada or outside the country. There is no formal
application process. Despite LIREPP participation being available to
all large industrial users, the GNB has reported that there are a
small number of users of the program and that all companies
participating in LIREPP operate within the pulp and paper industry.
Under the LIREPP program, NB Power first determines the credit it
wants to give the large industrial customer, such as Irving; NB Power
then works backwards to build up to that credit through a series of
renewable energy power purchases and sales and additional credits.
This overall credit is known as “Net LIREPP” or the “Net LIREPP
adjustment,” and it appears on the participating customers’
electricity bill as a credit applicable to their total electricity
charges. Irving reported that it participated in the LIREPP program
and received a Net LIREPP credit on each of its monthly electricity
bills. Irving’s receipt of the LIREPP credit is recorded in its
accounting system as a rebate.
According to the GNB, DERD performs a calculation to determine the
Canadian average firm energy rate (in $/MWh) for the relevant
industries, and then calculates the difference between that rate and
the average firm energy rate in New Brunswick. This differential is
annually calculated as a percentage. This percentage, known as the
Target Reduction Percent, is the amount by which NB Power reduces the
total electricity costs for LIREPP participants. When the Target
Reduction Percent is multiplied by the LIREPP participant’s firm
energy usage it yields the Target Discount. The Target Discount is the
amount by which NB Power reduces the electricity bill of the LIREPP
participant.
We preliminarily determine that the LIREPP program provides a
financial contribution in the form of revenue foregone, as described
under section 771(5)(D)(ii) of the Act. We further preliminarily
determine that the Net LIREPP credits provided under the program
confer a benefit within the meaning of section 771(5)(E) of the Act
because Irving received a credit from the GNB to offset its
electricity costs. We also preliminary determine that this program is
de facto specific under section 775(5A)(D)(iii)(I) because the actual
recipients of the subsidy are limited in number.
Because this program provides benefits on a recurring basis, to
calculate the benefit from the electricity credits that Irving
received under the LIREPP program, we summed the total amount of
energy subsidies reported by Irving during the POR. We divided this
total by the appropriate sales denominator.On this basis we
preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy for Irving to be
1.58 percent ad valorem.
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:33:00 -0300
Subject: Re: Yo David Coon A little light reading for you Green
Meanies and your Fake Left friends to enjoy before the next EUB pre
hearing on Halloween
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Just back home;...for y'r reading pleasure.
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Thanks David.
I was able to understand a bit better the argumentation.
Roger.
Le 15 oct. 2017 à 13:06, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> a écrit :
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:06:34 -0400
Subject: Yo David Coon A little light reading for you Green Meanies
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Are the Irvings Canada's biggest corporate welfare bums?
By Bruce Livesey in News, Energy, Politics | March 30th 2017
https://www.nationalobserver.
YUP
https://www.nationalobserver.
Are the Irvings trying to censor CBC reporter Jacques Poitras?
By Bruce Livesey in News, Energy, Politics | March 24th 2017
NOPE THEY ARE
However NB's Evil Empire cannot put a muzzle on mean old me N'esy Pas?
http://davidraymondamos3.
Friday, 13 October 2017
WOW on Friday the 13th CBC informs us of Irving and their lawyers
ridiculous constitutional challenge
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Irving constitutional challenge a threat to pollution rules
6-week trial likely to unfold in 2018
CBC News Posted: Oct 13, 2017 6:30 AM AT
69 Comments (The tally was at 72 comments before I refreshed the page)
Commenting is now closed for this story.
At least I got quite a few posted despite the evil moderators
David Raymond Amos
Content disabled.
David Raymond Amos
I must say I find it very interesting that the Irvings would employ
the local law firm of Cox & Palmer to take on the Feds with a
constitutional challenge and yet in the very same court the Empire
strikes using the fancy law firm McCarthy Tétrault from Upper Canada
to sue the Private Woodot Owners Association in Southern New
Brunswick. Go Figure.
Methinks something smells rotten in New Brunswick and its far more
than the wild life that the Empire has been killing for years.
Methinks the stink is coming from all the old farts called Queen's
Counsels and the politicians who took an oath to the same Queen. The
Irving Empire is the result of their malevolent actions but the
lawyers. banksters and the politicians assisting them are the true
source of all our woes
David Raymond Amos
Content disabled.
David Raymond Amos
Not thats more than merely interesting I get a "Content disabled"
notification from CBC the very instant I posted my last comment about
lawyers and politicians in this "News: item
David Raymond Amos
Content disabled.
David Raymond Amos
Yep the moderators no doubt changed shifts and your gatekeepers are
hard at work blocking me again for malicious reasons N'esy Pas Hubby
Lacriox and Minister Joly?
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mark Murphy
"The farms along the Saint John River system are more detrimental to
the rive as a whole We used to be able to drink clear water out of
Washademoak Lake and Grand Lake 35 years ago."
Farms along the river have been there long before your great
grandfather's time. The farmers did us no harm as they about the
business of feeding us.
Could the fact that we can't drink the water anymore be because of the
run off of all the crap NATO buried in Base Gagetown or the crap
sprayed on our forests and farms for the benefit of corporations such
as Monsanto and the Irving Empire?
"what comes out of that Mill is a hell of a lot cleaner today the it
was 60 years ago"
That ain't saying much in your buddy Irving's defense. I suspect it
would be a hell of a lot worse if it were not for the environmental
laws put in place over the same sixty years. Now the Irvings want to
argue the environmental laws etc with a Charter challenge because they
don't like having armed DFO people storm their offices or paying
fines? Yea Right not on my watch.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
J.D. Irving Ltd. slams Environment Canada over armed raid
CBC News Posted: Nov 21, 2008 4:06 PM AT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Irving Pulp and Paper charged with dumping into St. John River
Fines could total millions if company is found guilty of dumping
harmful substance at Saint John mill
By Connell Smith, CBC News Posted: Dec 01, 2016 1:32 PM AT
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
Methinks CBC, the Crown, the Conservation Council, the lawyers Helene
Beaulieu and George Cooper know how much the treehugger in me will
enjoy the Irving's Charter challenge
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Colin Seeley "A national public health organization says changes the
New Brunswick government made to the Office of the Chief Medical
Officer of Health don't make sense."
Notice that CBC did not offer a comment section in order for folks to
rebut this top bureaucrat's snobby nonsense?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Frank Knowles
Frank Knowles
@Randy Scott
This isn't a province. We live in the Irving Fiefdom. Only difference
is Feudal lords looked after their serfs, even if it was poorly.
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Frank Knowles Methinks the correct term that describes the present
situation in New Brunswick is "Oligarchy"
However I like to call it OILgarchy" because that is what made old KC
so wealthy in the first place.
Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
@Randy Scott you need to go to school so you can speak and articulate
yourself better
Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
@David Raymond Amos "the correct term that describes the present
situation in New Brunswick " is Bankrupt
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mark Murphy Nope not by a long shot. I have been screaming for years
that we should just take all the pensioners money that John Sinclair
and his pals are playing with and pay off nearly all our debt to Frank
McKenna's Bankster buddies. Then honour our commitment to the retirees
out of general funds after that.
Is that too hard to understand? The Irving minion Blaine Higgs and the
union bosses etc whom he wined and dined thought so in 2013.
William Roberts
William Roberts
"A 2009 report by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick found that
lung cancer rates in Saint John were 40 to 50 per cent higher than in
Fredericton and Moncton."
https://www.nationalobserver.
Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
@William Roberts and your point is . What's the current number 35%
less still 49% more ..what are the current numbers .. 10 year old
garbage is still 10 year old garbage .
Just stinks more
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mark Murphy Wrong 10 year garbage hardly stinks at all Its the stuff
from yesterday created by our politicians that reeks to the high
heavens. Methinks we must get the garbage and the unethical
politicians out of the house soon before the province is condemned.
Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
@William Roberts try typing English or French .. your not very good at either
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mark Murphy Methinks that is a classic ad hominem by an obvious
Irving pal who can't argue well.
Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
@William Roberts and you cant spell worth a darn .. you grasp of the
English Language and grammar is poor . go back to school
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mark Murphy Methinks you two deserve each other
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos @Tim Trites "one that has caused ordinary Canadians
the most harm was granting business entities the status of people in
relation to the Constitution. they decided corporations should have
the same rights as people."
Methinks you hit the nail on the head. Politicians know that Irving
lawyers whom I call dumb and dumber ain't got a prayer of pulling this
nonsense off on behalf of their greedy client because it they did win
a lot of politicians would be run out of office.
However I have no doubt whatsoever that the lawyers will be happy to
argue this matter all the way to the Supreme Court and lose because
they will bill the Hell out of the Irvings for their oh so precious
time and legal expertise. Trust that I will love the circus.
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Brian Beaton Good luck checking the books of private companies
controlled offshore
Mike Morton
Mike Morton
@James Lebreton
Bingo! Who better to specify a more effective test than Lynn McCarty,
the expert who happens to be on the payroll.
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mike Morton Trust that I checked that very questionable lady out of the gate.
From her "CURRICULUM VITAE"
http://www.arnotresearch.com/
"A Review of Air Quality in Saint John, New Brunswick for JD Irving
Ltd; Development of 14 Ontario air quality guidelines based on values
established by other agencies."
"Critical body residue validation for aquatic organisms exposed to
chemicals causing toxicity by baseline narcosis, a 3-year European
Chemical Industry Council"
"An Ecotoxicological Evaluation of a Whitewater Spill at the Fraser
Inc. Pulp Mill, Edmundston NB, for Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales"
and on and on
Need I say HMMM??
Rosco holt
Rosco holt
@Fred Brewer
" when the Alward government proposed to give even more crown land to
Irving for clear-cutting,"
I'm more under the impression that he was ordered and he obeyed, just
like when the current government fired the chief medical officer and
closed her department.
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Rosco holt Methinks you are quite likely correct on both counts
Mike Morton
Mike Morton
@Rosco holt aka Captain Obvious
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mike Morton aka Sgt Furious
William Roberts
William Roberts
@Alex Forbes Irving grip on NB and the Maritimes in a nut shell.
Unvarnished reality!!
https://www.nationalobserver.
William Roberts
William Roberts
@William Roberts
“What you have is a classic captured state situation, in which a
corporation essentially takes over making policy for government,” says
Bowser. “We saw this across Eastern Europe.”
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@William Roberts I have crossed paths with both Browser and Livesey
and do not trust either of them as far as I could throw them. In my
humble opinion they are part of the controlled opposition just like
your friend in the New Brunswick Conservation Council. I labelled them
as the Green Meanies and the NDP and the liberals as the Fake Left
long ago. At least the Conservatives do not fake right.
Trust that I love debating them all when I am allowed to and they have
the sand to take me on.
Here is a good example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@William Roberts Too Too Funny how you ignored my response to you
David Raymond Amos
"Content disabled."
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos With reference to the upcoming legal argument with
the Crown. Methinks I should inform the folks who truly care that New
Brunswick does not have a constitution. Hence we must rely on the
Federal Charter. With that fact in mind methinks the Irving's lawyers
may have filed their "Charter Challenge" in the wrong court. At least
this a law N'esy Pas?
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.
Jurisdiction of Federal Court
Marginal note:Relief against the Crown
17 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other Act of
Parliament, the Federal Court has concurrent original jurisdiction in
all cases in which relief is claimed against the Crown.
Marginal note:Cases
(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the Federal
Court has concurrent original jurisdiction, except as otherwise
provided, in all cases in which
(a) the land, goods or money of any person is in the possession of the Crown;
Be I be mistaken or not at least the Irving lawyers and the Crown
cannot deny that a layman is practicing the spirit of full disclosure.
Correct?
http://davidraymondamos3.
David Raymond Amos
"Content disabled"
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos "Content disabled" ???
Oh My My perhaps the CBC bosses should read their email carefully
today N'esy Pas?
I caught the CBC gatekeepers napping again when they changed shifts N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos Yo CBC are you still blocking me?
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos With reference to the upcoming legal argument with
the Crown. Methinks I should inform the folks who truly care that New
Brunswick does not have a constitution. Hence we must rely on the
Federal Charter. With that fact in mind methinks the Irving's lawyers
may have filed their "Charter Challenge" in the wrong court. At least
this a law N'esy Pas?
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.
Jurisdiction of Federal Court
Marginal note:Relief against the Crown
17 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other Act of
Parliament, the Federal Court has concurrent original jurisdiction in
all cases in which relief is claimed against the Crown.
Marginal note:Cases
(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the Federal
Court has concurrent original jurisdiction, except as otherwise
provided, in all cases in which
(a) the land, goods or money of any person is in the possession of the Crown;
Be I be mistaken or not at least the Irving lawyers and the Crown
cannot deny that a layman is practicing the spirit of full disclosure.
Correct?
http://davidraymondamos3.
Mike Morton
Mike Morton
https://www.jdirving.com/jd-
I guess the above link is an exercise in creative writing. Irving's
moral compass only points towards money. I didn't see any reference to
this story in the Gleaner yesterday.
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Mike Morton Methinks you have shown us a perfect example of
"Doublespeak" a word George Orwell coined long before I was born.
In 2004 I had no doubt whatsoever Orwell's ghost and those of my those
of my Conservative forefathers agreed with me when I called the
Liberal control of the CBC and the Irving Empire's control of the
media in New Brunswick "Newspeak"
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Subject: Oh My it appears that the Crown Corp commony known as the CBC
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http://davidraymondamos3.
Friday, 13 October 2017
WOW on Friday the 13th CBC informs us of Irving and their lawyers
ridiculous constitutional challenge
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Irving constitutional challenge a threat to pollution rules
6-week trial likely to unfold in 2018
CBC News Posted: Oct 13, 2017 6:30 AM AT
33 Comments At least one was "Content disabled."
David Raymond Amos
Methinks CBC, the Crown, the Conservation Council, the lawyers Helene
Beaulieu and George Cooper know how much the treehugger in me will
enjoy the Irving's Charter challenge
David Raymond Amos
"Content disabled."
@David Raymond Amos With reference to the upcoming legal argument with
the Crown. Methinks I should inform the folks who truly care that New
Brunswick does not have a constitution. Hence we must rely on the
Federal Charter. With that fact in mind methinks the Irving's lawyers
may have filed their "Charter Challenge" in the wrong court. At least
this a law N'esy Pas?
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.
Jurisdiction of Federal Court
Marginal note:Relief against the Crown
17 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other Act of
Parliament, the Federal Court has concurrent original jurisdiction in
all cases in which relief is claimed against the Crown.
Marginal note:Cases
(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the Federal
Court has concurrent original jurisdiction, except as otherwise
provided, in all cases in which
(a) the land, goods or money of any person is in the possession of the Crown;
Be I be mistaken or not at least the Irving lawyers and the Crown
cannot deny that a layman is practicing the spirit of full disclosure.
Correct?
http://davidraymondamos3.
Mike Morton
https://www.jdirving.com/jd-
I guess the above link is an exercise in creative writing. Irving's
moral compass only points towards money. I didn't see any reference to
this story in the Gleaner yesterday.
David Raymond Amos
@Mike Morton Methinks you have shown us a perfect example of
"Doublespeak" a word George Orwell coined long before I was born.
In 2004 I had no doubt whatsoever Orwell's ghost and those of my those
of my Conservative forefathers agreed with me when I called the
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Wilbur Ross Remained on Chinese Joint Venture Board While Running U.S.-China Trade War
Chinese documents show that the U.S. commerce secretary did not successfully step down from all his corporate commitments.
Wilbur Ross, an investor-turned-U.S. commerce secretary, has long been accused of ethical violations because of his failure to extricate himself from his business ties. Documents obtained by Foreign Policy show that Ross’s potential conflicts of interest around Chinese business are greater than previously known.
In Chinese corporate documents obtained by Foreign Policy, Ross is listed as serving on the board of a Chinese joint venture until January 2019—nearly two years into his term as commerce secretary. That joint venture, now called Huaneng Invesco WLR (Beijing) Investment Fund Management Co., is an investment partnership formed in September 2008 between Huaneng Capital Services, the U.S. management company Invesco, and a firm Ross founded, WL Ross & Co. Huaneng Capital Services is an arm of China Huaneng Group, a major state-owned power producer.
The documents correspond to the information found on Chinese corporate data sites, such as Qichacha and Qixinbao, including the dates of board membership. The documents don’t say if Ross was paid for his board seat or whether there is any current financial relationship between Ross and the joint venture. It’s also unclear if Ross knew that he remained on the board seat: The more recent documents don’t include the signatures or seals of the individual board members. That Chinese documents state Ross was on the board of a Chinese joint venture until 2019 has not been previously reported.
The U.S.-China trade war started heating up in the summer of 2018, as Beijing and Washington levied increasingly onerous tariffs on each other. At the same time as Ross was overseeing the trade war as U.S. commerce secretary, he was still, according to the paperwork, on the board of a joint venture that was a partnership with a Chinese state-owned firm. “Instead of reporting on well-documented facts, including a dated and signed letter of resignation that I provided them, Foreign Policy Magazine is purporting a false narrative that I remained on the board of a Chinese company, citing Chinese documentation,” Ross replied in a statement sent by the U.S. Commerce Department. “It is clear which foreign policies Foreign Policy Magazine actually support and the American public deserves better.”
The letter that Ross provided to Foreign Policy is dated Feb. 27, 2017, marked “Confidential,” and has as its subject line “Re: Resignation from WLR Entities.” In the letter, addressed to WL Ross & Co., Ross writes that he “shall be deemed to have retired, resigned or withdrawn” from every entity affiliated with WL Ross & Co. Ross lists dozens of companies that he claims the letter applies to, including those affiliated with Huaneng. But Chinese corporate law experts consulted by Foreign Policy say that under Chinese law, writing a private letter to a U.S. parent company does not remove one from Chinese corporate boards.
But Chinese corporate law experts consulted by Foreign Policy say that under Chinese law, writing a private letter to a U.S. parent company does not remove one from Chinese corporate boards.(Invesco, which owns WL Ross & Co., declined to comment for this story.) “The failure to withdraw from the board may have just been an inadvertent slip, but what you said is clearly not a ‘false narrative,’” said Fred Rocafort, an attorney at the international law firm Harris Bricken. “Chinese corporate records establish, without a doubt, that he was officially on the board until February 1, 2019.”
Ross’s position as commerce secretary allowed him to influence the direction of the U.S.-China trade war and America’s global trade policies. While there is no evidence that Ross directly benefited from the joint venture while serving as commerce secretary, entanglements like this have traditionally been seen as potential violations of the national interest. “Public trust demands that all employees act in the public’s interest, and are free from any actual or perceived conflicts when fulfilling the governmental responsibilities entrusted to them,” the then-acting director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics wrote to Ross in a July 2018 letter, about other inadvertent ethical violations.
On March 20, 2017, less than a month after Ross was confirmed as commerce secretary, the joint venture entered into a partnership with the parent company Huaneng and Taikang Assets Management Co., a subsidiary of the major Chinese insurance firm Taikang. The companies agreed to raise 5 billion RMB ($745 million) to invest in renewable energy projects—a market that Ross had influence over at the Commerce Department and which was directly affected by trade tariffs. Ross’s relationship to the Taikang partnership has not been previously reported. (Taikang Assets and Huaneng didn’t respond to requests for comment. A representative of the Huaneng joint venture, Catherine Han, didn’t respond to requests for comment.)
One set of documents that Foreign Policy obtained, dated March 2018, show that the joint venture filed paperwork stating which of its previous board members would continue to serve on the board. Ross’s name is on that list. Another document, from January 2019, removes Ross from the board and appoints the investor Nadim Qureshi as a new board member. Qureshi served on the board until September 2020. (At the time, Qureshi was a managing partner at WL Ross & Co., according to his LinkedIn profile; he didn’t respond to a request for comment.) The joint venture affixed its seal to the document. Under Chinese law, a seal is generally seen as more official than a signature.
Ross attended a board meeting in September 2012 and signed an agreement with other directors to, among other changes, increase the company’s registered capital to 170 million RMB ($25 million) and its total investment to 510 million RMB ($76 million) and to change the name of the joint venture from Huaneng Invesco WLR Investment Consulting Co. to its current name.
Long bullish about investing in China, Ross and his firm WL Ross & Co., along with Invesco, formed the joint venture to “tap into private equity investments in power generation in China,” the firm said in a 2008 press release. In 2000, Ross founded the private equity firm WL Ross & Co., which focused on distressed assets. He sold the firm to the money manager Amvescap (now Invesco) in 2006.
Ross continued serving as the CEO of Invesco’s private equity groups until joining the government in February 2017. But Ross only sold his shares in Invesco in December 2017—nearly a year into his tenure as commerce secretary. He was supposed to sell his shares, valued between $10 million and $50 million, before the end of May 2017. But the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity found that, because Invesco’s stock rose in the meantime, the delay netted Ross between $1.2 million and $6 million. “I discovered that the previously held stock had not been sold. I then promptly sold these shares,” he later wrote in a disclosure.
Ross has been repeatedly warned about ethics violations. In his December 2016 ethics disclosure forms, Ross disclosed that he was on the board of the Huaneng joint venture, from 2008 until “present.” In March 2018, the nonprofit liberal advocacy group Public Citizen released a report titled “Follow the Money: Did Administration Officials’ Financial Entanglements with China Delay Trump’s Promised Tough-on-China Trade Policy?” The report discusses many of Ross’s alleged conflicts of interest with China, including his relationship with Diamond S Shipping, a Connecticut-headquartered firm that at the time was partially owned by the Chinese government. The report also mentions Ross’s relationship with Huaneng. (In a September 2019 interview with the Washington Post, Ross denied ever having any conflicts of interest while in government.)
In July 2018, the Office of Government Ethics wrote a scathing public letter to Ross, criticizing him for “various omissions and inaccurate statements” in his disclosure forms and compliance documents. “[E]ven inadvertent errors regarding compliance with your ethical obligations can undermine public trust in both you and the overall ethics program,” the letter states. In response, Ross filed an extensive annual financial disclosure report for that year. In February 2019, the director of the Office of Government Ethics refused to certify the report because Ross didn’t sell all his shares in the Florida-based bank BankUnited.
But there was another possible error in Ross’s 2018 financial disclosure report. In the report, Ross claims that he had left the Huaneng joint venture in February 2017. But according to Chinese law, he was still a director of the joint venture until 2019. This error, however inadvertent, on Ross’s financial disclosure report has not been previously reported.
Having close ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is seen as a requisite for succeeding in private equity in China, especially in the power sector, which is dominated by well-connected state-owned firms. For example, Li Xiaopeng, the son of former Chinese Premier Li Peng, ran Huaneng from 1999 until the summer of 2008, when he left to become vice governor of the province of Shanxi. He’s now China’s transportation minister. Of the five other people who the documents show served on the board with Ross from 2018 to 2019, at least two are members of the CCP, according to their bios on a Chinese corporate registry site.
Invesco’s press release about the joint venture has been removed from its website, but it’s still available on the Wayback Machine, a nonprofit digital web archive. “This unique collaboration,” Ross said in the release, benefits from the “skillsets and relationships of a powerful Chinese partner, one of the largest state-owned enterprises.” And it represents, he added, “living proof of the financial and intellectual interconnectedness of two of the world’s great powers, China and the United States.”
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