https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/manoj-bhargava-unb-mass-tort-1.6801210
Class action against former UNB psychiatrist withdrawn, mass-tort lawsuit coming, says lawyer
Dr. Manoj Bhargava will be named in a new lawsuit alleging sexual assault, Erika Hachey said
Lawyers have discontinued a class-action lawsuit alleging sexual assault by a former University of New Brunswick psychiatrist toward his patients and say they'll instead file a mass-tort lawsuit.
During a case management conference in Fredericton Court of King's Bench Tuesday afternoon, lawyer Mike Dull requested a class-action lawsuit naming Dr. Manoj Bhargava and UNB be withdrawn.
Representing the class members, Dull said he was originally scheduled to make submissions to have the class suit certified, but instead wished to abandon that request.
"It's not a reflection of how we feel about the merits of the allegations, but rather, it comes about on our full reflection of whether a class proceeding is the preferable procedure in which to advance those merits," Dull said.
Lawyers present for Bhargava and UNB consented to the class action being withdrawn.
The class action lawsuit alleged Bhargava sexually assaulted students while treating them at UNB's health centre. (The Canadian Press)
Bhargava and UNB were originally named in the lawsuit filed in April 2021.
It alleged that while he worked as a psychiatrist at UNB Fredericton's Student Health Centre, he touched patients' breasts while checking their blood pressure and heart rate.
The class-action lawsuit also alleged that UNB didn't take appropriate steps to ensure the plaintiffs were not subjected to such acts, and that UNB was vicariously liable for the sexual assaults allegedly perpetrated by Bhargava.
The university terminated Bhargav's contract in November 2020. The termination and lawsuit came after Bhargava's licence was suspended by the New Brunswick College of Physicians and Surgeons.
More defendants could be named: lawyer
Erika Hachey, another lawyer for the plaintiffs in the class action, said in an interview a mass-tort lawsuit is being pursued as it better reflects the varied experiences of each complainant.
Hachey said some class members alleged Bhargava assaulted them while he was working at other health clinics.
A mass tort will allow plaintiffs to include those varying claims about where Bhargava allegedly assaulted them, Hachey said.
"So we are going to include those … new defendants, as well as … the former class members and the new people that had contacted us, and they will all be considered plaintiffs in our new mass tort action," Hachey said.
Hachey said a mass tort is also expected to bring a quicker resolution to the case, as there's no need to get the lawsuit certified as is the case with a class action.
18 complaints: College of Physicians and Surgeons
The class-action lawsuit originally included 14 members, however, Hachey said she can't say how many people will be named in the new mass-tort lawsuit until they formally provide statements.
"I have been advised by some of my clients that there are still people out there that are waiting and have not stepped forward to contact us," she said. "I just want those people to know that this is the time to contact us."
In 2021, New Brunswick College of Physicians and Surgeons registrar Dr. Ed Schollenberg said the college had received 18 sexual assault complaints against Bhargava from individual patients.
A lawyer for UNB declined an interview request, and Bhargava's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday afternoon.
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Mike Dull
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Mike is the founding partner of Valent Legal. His entire career has been dedicated to representing victims of serious injuries, sexual abuse, medical negligence, and corporate and pharmaceutical wrongs. Over the past decade, he has built a reputation as a tireless victim advocate and a strong promoter of access to justice. In 2015, he was named as a finalist for Public Justice’s North American Trial Lawyer of the Year. From 2017-2022, Mike has consistently been included in the Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in Canada in his area of practice.
Over the last few years, he has been recognized in the edition of Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of personal injury litigation. He was honoured to have been voted Atlantic Canada’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, a peer-reviewed publication. Mike is also a part-time professor at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law where he teaches in class action law and procedure.
Mike is the founder of Lids4Kids, a non-profit organization that connects Nova Scotia youth with quality bike helmets. He serves as a legal representative for the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Research Ethics Board and volunteers with ReachAbility, a non-profit organization whose mandate is to improve access to justice, equality, and human rights for people living with disabilities. Mike also served as a legal advisor to Nova Scotia’s Restorative Inquiry into the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children and issues of systemic racism within the province. He is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the John Howard Society.
Mike is past chair of the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association’s Young Lawyers Division and currently sits on the Association’s Education Committee. He has lectured at the Nova Scotia Bar Admission Course and has been invited to speak at numerous conferences in Canada and the United States. He has been featured in national publications and quoted in national media such as The Globe and Mail and CBC.
Given his reputation as a passionate advocate, Mike regularly receives referrals from, and works with other lawyers on, personal injury and medical malpractice cases, as well as numerous class actions. Mike has successfully helped hundreds of victims of personal injury and sexual abuse. He has had the great honour of advancing victim rights and access to justice in a number of precedent-setting cases.
FEATURED CASES
Barton v. Sobeys Group Inc., 2009 NSSC 75– successfully represented an injured victim in the first civil jury trial in Nova Scotia where jurors could be challenged for cause on the basis of the possibility of racial bias.
March v. Hyndman, 2010 NSCA 100– represented victim of medical malpractice in appeal of a jury verdict. Successfully argued for the Court of Appeal’s rare overturning of a jury verdict on the basis of trial judge errors in the charge to the jury.
Morrison (Estate of) v. Attorney General (Nova Scotia), 2011 NSSC 479– represented hundreds of nursing home residents who allege wrongful nursing home fees. Successfully acted as class counsel in the first contested class action certification motion in Nova Scotia history.
Brown v. Cape Breton (Regional Municipality), 2011 NSCA 32– represented an injured pedestrian in a crosswalk accident and successfully argued this precedent-setting case before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, which set the scope of disclosure for civil litigation in Nova Scotia.
Anderson v. Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, 2012 NSSC 360– successfully represented a patient who developed locked-in syndrome in a multi-million dollar medical malpractice trial. Important precedent on informed consent and causation in the medical negligence context.
Elwin v. Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children, 2013 NSSC 411– represents hundred of survivors of childhood sexual abuse at the Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children. Successfully argued for the certification of their claims as a class action before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
Gay et al. v. RHA7, 2014 NBCA– represented hundreds of victims of hospital and physician negligence to get access to the courts via a class action. The case was successfully argued before the New Brunswick Court of Appeal and is the first certified class action in New Brunswick history. It is also the first time in Canada where an action alleging medical malpractice was certified as a class action.
Wright Medical Technology Canada Ltd. v. Taylor, 2015 NSCA 68– represents Canadian victims of alleged defective hip products in class action lawsuit. Successfully argued the certification of the first product defect class action certified in Nova Scotia and the first national class action certified in the Province
Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v Murray, 2017 NSCA 29– represents mentally ill patients over allegations of unlawful strip searches in breach of Charter rights. Successfully argued certification of one of the first constitutional class actions in Canada, which was upheld on Appeal.
King & Dawson v. Government of PEI, 2020 PECA 13– successfully argued the appeal of class action certification in the first class action to be certified in PEI, while representing a class of PEI residents suffering from mental disabilities over their exclusion from a government disability support program.
The Fredericton lawyer Erika Hache cannot deny I made her aware of the coverup of the the actions of the Fredericton Police Force, the RCMP and Manoj Bhargava against me CORRECT???
David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 4:31 PM |
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https://twitter.com/ Andrew Waugh @andrewwaugh13 Fredericton lawyer Erika Hachey is the new @pcnbca president, defeating Andrew Dawson 110-70. 3:20 PM · Nov 5, 2022 Fredericton lawyer Erika Hachey is the new @pcnbca president, defeating Andrew Dawson 110-70. 3:20 PM · Nov 5, 2022 David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Nov 21 Replying to @andrewwaugh13 and @pcnbca Hmmm Leo-James Levesque @Leo_JamesLeves Nov 5 Replying to @andrewwaugh13 and @pcnbca Message received! Blinded by power. Image N @miscougal · Nov 5 Replying to @andrewwaugh13 and @pcnbca Less murder,, what about covid 19 measures, should I say NO measures Adrien Lebouthillier @DukeLeBout Nov 5 Replying to @andrewwaugh13 and @pcnbca At least they're anti-murder. Quote Tweet E. R. Hachey @erikahachey · Jun 28 Replying to @TheFwordNB @ChrisCollins506 and @kinsellawarren Excellent point, I prefer less murder in my life Andrew Waugh @andrewwaugh13· Nov 5 Well ... a scorcher of an interview with Andrew Dawson as voting for the PC presidency gets underway. The party isn't what it used to be, he said. Members are quietly quitting, and "no one cares." Too much power is centralized in @premierbhiggs 's office. /1 Andrew Waugh @andrewwaugh13 Nov 5 Higgs is a good premier, Dawson says, but he hasn't been a good PC Party leader. And he has a circle of people around him who "want to tell him everything is good." Asked if the erosion in the party he's talking about is because of Higgs, Dawson said it's part of the reason. Andrew Waugh @andrewwaugh13 Nov 5 Asked what his first conversation with Higgs will be like if he wins the presidency, Dawson replied: "Frank." And will he stay in the party if he loses? Yes, he says, because he's not a "quitter." But he adds that he'll need to understand what the party stands for now. Andrew Waugh @andrewwaugh13 Nov 5 I asked about a reference Dawson made in his speech about people being frozen out of the weekend's events. "There should be 1,000 people here, and there's what, 150?" he says. "Something's wrong." Party volunteers shouldn't have to pay to be here, he says. Andrew Waugh @andrewwaugh13 Nov 5 According to Dawson, the party had made about $10,000 on tickets for the weekend. "We've got three hundred grand," he notes, so why charge the faithful? "I would have rather seen 1,000 people for no grand," he says. · ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 02:23:46 -0300 Subject: Fwd: At least your lawyer Tim Ross can never deny that I am still alive despite the fact I have been denied Heath Care since 2008 when a doctor directed 3 members of the RCMP and two hospital security guards to assault me CORRECT? 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To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. I am currently away from the office until Tuesday, July 12, 2022. If this is urgent please contact John Maher at jmaher@nbms.nb.ca. https://www.cbc.ca/news/ 14 people come forward in lawsuit against UNB, psychiatrist accused of sexual assault One victim wants to be representative for students allegedly sexually assaulted by psychiatrist Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Jul 07, 2022 4:52 PM AT ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 12:06:21 -0300 Subject: Fwd: Re The coverup of the the actions of the Fredericton Police Force, the RCMP and Manoj Bhargava against me To: mike@valentlegal.ca Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> https://valentlegal.ca/class- University New Brunswick Class Action Overview Valent Legal has commenced a class action lawsuit against the University of New Brunswick and Dr. Manoj Bhargava on behalf of a group of students who accessed mental health services through the UNB Student Health Centre and allege to have been subjected to sexual assault perpetrated by Dr. Bhargava. The Class Action alleges the University of New Brunswick, and its employees, were negligent by failing to properly protect the students accessing their health care services. The Class Action further alleges Dr. Bhargava was medically negligent by subjecting the student class members to sexual assault. Valent Legal is working on this Class Action in collaboration with New Brunswick law firm, Moss Hachey Law. To speak with a representative from Moss Hachey Law, please contact Erika Baker at 506-449-7544. Documents Notice of Action ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:06:58 -0300 Subject: Re The coverup of the the actions of the Fredericton Police Force, the RCMP and Manoj Bhargava against me To: erika.hachey@mosshacheylaw.com Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Erika R. Hachey Called to the bar: 2013 (NB) erika.hachey@mosshacheylaw.com Andrew C.W. Moss Called to the bar: 2015 (NB) Email: andrew.moss@mosshacheylaw.com Moss Hachey Law 90 Woodside Lane, Suite 103 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3C 2R9 Phone: 506-449-7544 Fax: 506-300-2072 https://www.cbc.ca/news/ "Referring complaints to police Schollenberg said the college involved the police recently, after suspending Bhargava. "It became apparent that there may be more to this," he said. He said the college asked some of the 18 complainants if they were interested in speaking to the police and passed on their information to the Fredericton Police Force if they said yes. Fredericton psychiatrist suspended by College of Physicians and Surgeons Alycia Bartlette, spokesperson for the Fredericton Police Force, would not confirm whether the police are investigating Bhargava. "In general, we would not confirm whether a specific individual was the subject of a police investigation until such time as charges are laid in court, or there are operational reasons otherwise," she said in an email." >>> From: "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)"<ken.ross@gnb.ca> >>> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:43:31 -0300 >>> Subject: Re: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in >>> Fredericton's lawyers? >>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >>> >>> Got your messages Dave. I am in Toronto for meetings and will be back >>> in the office Friday. I will ask Barb Whitenect to follow up with you >>> in the interim. Yes Herby picked up ypur bike a while back. >>> >>> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld >>> >>> >>> --- On Wed, 7/9/08, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >>> Subject: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in >>> Fredericton's lawyers? >>> To: ken.ross@gnb.ca, Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca >>> Cc: rosaire.santerre@gnb.ca, Marc.Pitre@gnb.ca, David.Eidt@gnb.ca, >>> oldmaison@yahoo.com, Judy.Cyr@gnb.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca, >>> police@fredericton.ca, Carrie.Levesque@gnb.ca, anne.elgee@gnb.ca, >>> danny.copp@fredericton.ca, jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 3:03 AM >>> >>> KENNETH ROSS, Assistant Deputy Minister >>> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health >>> Contact Information >>> Phone: (506) 457-4800 >>> Fax: (506) 453-5243 >>> >>> BARBARA WHITENECT, Director >>> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health >>> Contact Information >>> Phone: (506) 444-4442 >>> Fax: (506) 453-8711 >>> EMail Address: Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca >>> >>> >>> Sorry to involve you but lets just say that I am really really pissed >>> off for very justifiable reasons. >>> >>> This should prove to some folks that at least I know how to read. >>> >>> http://www.ahsc.health.nb.ca/ >>> >>> I have no doubt whatsoever that you would more pissed than I am if >>> the malicious bullshit that happened to me last weekend had happened >>> to you. >>> >>> I will try to call you in business hours but I suspect in the end I >>> will wind up arguing this dude in court in short order. (On a lighter >>> note did Herby pick up my bike?) >>> >>> David Eidt >>> Legal Services >>> Office of the Attorney General >>> Tel: (506) 453-3964 >>> Fax: (506) 453-3275 >>> david.eidt@gnb.ca >>> >>> Best Regards >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> These emails and the bullshit from the news last year should to all >>> that I am as serious as a heart attack and far from mentally unstabe >>> but the cops have proven themselves to be monumental liars many times >>> >>> Subject: >>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400 >>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)"MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca >>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >>> >>> >>> January 30, 2007 >>> >>> >>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE >>> >>> Mr. David Amos >>> >>> >>> Dear Mr. Amos: >>> >>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29, >>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP. >>> >>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have >>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve >>> Graham of the RCMP "J" Division in Fredericton. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy >>> Minister of Health >>> >>> CM/cb >>> >>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote: >>> >>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500 >>> From: "Warren McBeath"warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca, >>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net, >>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com, >>> John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca, >>> "Bev BUSSON"bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>> "Paul Dube"PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has >>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n >>> >>> Dear Mr. Amos, >>> >>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over >>> the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not >>> ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns. >>> >>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position >>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process >>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the >>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these >>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this >>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done. >>> >>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false >>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that >>> Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the >>> US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in >>> Petitcodiac, NB. >>> >>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on >>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Warren McBeath, Cpl. >>> GRC Caledonia RCMP >>> Traffic Services NCO >>> Ph: (506) 387-2222 >>> Fax: (506) 387-4622 >>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> >>> charles leblanc oldmaison@yahoo.com wrote: >>> >>> Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll >>> sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get >>> all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol >>> >>> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >>> To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca; >>> david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca >>> stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca; >>> scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca >>> walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca; >>> mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca; >>> dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca; >>> mrichard@lawsociety-barreau. >>> jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca; >>> jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca >>> Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net; >>> oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com; >>> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca; >>> info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca; >>> police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca; >>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com; >>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca; >>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM >>> Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I >>> would try to make him famous >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/ >>> >>> A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers, >>> politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas >>> >>> http://actionlyme.org/FBI_ >>> >>> FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006 >>> >>> Senator Arlen Specter >>> United States Senate >>> Committee on the Judiciary >>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building >>> Washington, DC 20510 >>> >>> Dear Mr. Specter: >>> >>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man >>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters >>> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that >>> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in >>> contact with you about this previously. >>> >>> Very truly yours, >>> Barry A. Bachrach >>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 >>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 >>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com >>> >>> >>> >>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp- >>> David, >>> >>> I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit >>> and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time. >>> >>> Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl. >>> RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ >>> >>> >>> >>> http://gypsy-blog.blogspot. >>> >>> Threat against Burke taken seriously >>> >>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN >>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com >>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007 >>> Appeared on page A1 >>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and >>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him >>> recently. >>> >>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't >>> explain the nature of the threats. >>> >>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made >>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters >>> Wednesday. >>> >>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a >>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or >>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have >>> some >>> added protection and that added comfort." >>> >>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP >>> security >>> unit. >>> >>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have >>> been in recent weeks. >>> >>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have >>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said. >>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own >>> personal safety." >>> >>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his >>> pattern of activity. >>> >>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife >>> feel awful nervous." >>> >>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a >>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick. >>> >>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my >>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in >>> general due >>> to my background and training. >>> >>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to >>> happen." >>> >>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns. >>> >>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats >>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said. >>> >>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, >>> security in New Brunswick has been >>> beefed up. >>> >>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all >>> visitors are screened. >>> >>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the >>> province's "top cop." >>> >>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as >>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually >>> prosecutes them. >>> >>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had >>> numerous >>> threats since Day 1 in office." >>> >>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with >>> it. >>> >>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter >>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them >>> their punishment or their sanction," he said. >>> >>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated? >>> >>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied. >>> >>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over. >>> >>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said >>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source." >>> >>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government, >>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not >>> complimentary." >>> >>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security >>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch. >>> >>> "They look at each and every situation." >>> >>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former >>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did >>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion. >>> >>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the >>> RCMP. >> | |