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Amos 9:11-15 meaning
The Suzerain (ruler)God promises to restore the Israelites along with their fortune. He will repair, raise up, and rebuild the fallen dynasty of David. He will bless them with national stability and grant them peace of mind.
This final section of the book of Amos continues the primary point of the chiasm in verses 9 and 10, which is to emphasize a message of hope and restoration through a remnant that will be scattered among the nations. This pattern is typical of prophetic literature. The prophets were commanded by God to confront the Israelites with the Mosaic law, particularly its blessings and curses, as outlined in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. But while the prophets announced judgment on the disobedient Israelites, they repeatedly told the people that God’s judgment would not mean abandonment of Israel. In the future, God would raise up a righteous remnant so that His covenant promises with Israel’s forefathers might be fulfilled (Genesis 12:1-3; 2 Samuel 7:16; Hosea 14:4-5; Joel 3:18-21; Jeremiah 23:5-8).
The Suzerain (ruler) God therefore begins with the phrase In that day to refer to the time in which He would reverse His covenant curses on Israel and bring blessings on them. Then He described His future actions in a series of verbs. The LORD said that He would raise up the fallen booth of David. The word used here for booth is “sukkah” in the Hebrew language. It literally refers to a temporary shelter or hut constructed of branches and sticks, providing shade during the day and protection from the dew and winds during the night (Genesis 33:17; Jonah 4:5). It was used to provide shelter for soldiers on the battlefield, and to celebrate the “feast of booths” (Leviticus 23:33; 2 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 20:12, 16).
Here in Amos, the word “sukkah” is used figuratively for something fragile and easily destroyed (Job 27:18; Isaiah 1:8). Thus, the booth of David refers to the dynasty of David in its fragile and precarious state. It was fallen because it was split into two kingdoms, the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. Both kingdoms sinned greatly against the LORD instead of living righteously, resulting in judgement. The northern kingdom will be ended. The southern kingdom of Judah (David’s tribe) will be exiled multiple times. The dynasty of David, which was once glorious during the days of King David and his son Solomon, became sinful in the days of Amos, and will be judged. But in the future, the Suzerain (ruler) God of Israel would raiseup the house of David, meaning that He would establish it again.
To secure and establish the dynasty of David again, the Suzerain God promised to wall up its breaches. That means, God would repair it; He would erect its walls to cause it to stand again. God would also raise up its ruinsand rebuild it as in the days of old.
Since the split of the united monarchy after the death of King Solomon, both the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah had much struggle maintaining their independence because they were constantly menaced by other ancient Near Eastern nations (near and far). As a result, the dynasty of David could no longer be glorious, as it was in the days of King David and Solomon. The Suzerain or Ruler God promised to revive the kingdom and reestablish it as an important force with which to be reckoned. The divided kingdom would be replaced by the united monarchy, as it was prior to Solomon’s death.
The purpose of reestablishing the nation Israel, the LORD declared, was so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by My name. The Edomites were descendants of Esau and thus kinsmen to the Israelites since Esau and Jacob were brothers (Genesis 25:21-26).
Despite their family ties, the Edomites and the Israelites rarely displayed brotherly love for one another. The Edomites attacked the Israelites on various occasions, and many wars were fought as a result. During his kingship, David conquered Edom (2 Samuel 8:14). King Uzziah had captured the Edomite port of Elath (2 Kings 14:22) but it had subsequently been lost again in the reign of Ahaz to the Syrians and Edomites (2 Kings 16:6). However, when God restores the Davidic empire, the remnant of Edom will undergo defeat and will be conquered by the Davidic kingdom.
The LORD also said that the restored Davidic empire would rule over allthe nations because they are called by His name, which means they are under His control and dominion. Since all nations belong to the LORD, they will all be included in the blessings of the restored Davidic kingdom. This would fulfill God’s promises to Abraham that through his seed “all the families of the earth will be blessed” (Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18). The likely fulfillment of this prophecy will be when Jesus, the Son of David, returns to earth a second time, and establishes His physical kingdom on earth.
A restoration of a descendant of David to the throne was the event Jesus’s disciples expected for Jesus, as indicated many times through Jesus’s earthly ministry. Even after Jesus rose from the dead, the disciples expected Jesus to take up His earthly reign on the throne of David in Israel (Acts 1:6). This was particularly after Jesus declared to them that all authority had been granted to Him, in heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18). Jesus did not deny that He would reign physically on the earth, only asserting that it was not for them to know the time (Acts 1:7).
Continuing with the theme of restoration and hope, the LORD provided a picture of abundant blessings. He began with the particle behold followed by the statement the days are coming to describe the imminent nature of the blessed hope. God would bless Israel with agricultural abundance. During this glorious time, the plowman will overtake the reaper.
The plowman is someone who uses a farming tool to turn over and loose the top layer of the soil, preparing it for sowing. In ancient Israel, such an activity usually took place in October-November. The reaper is someone who harvests a crop, usually in April-May. This was the normal agricultural cycle in ancient Israel. However, in the coming days, the crops would be so abundant that the agricultural activities of one season would coincide with the next. Before the people could finish harvesting the crops of one season, the time would come for them to plant for the next.
In a similar vein, the LORD stated that the treader of grapes will overtake him who sows seed. The treader of grapes was someone who pressed the grapes (usually, by foot), and this activity usually took place during the months of August and September. The one sowing seed usually began his activity in November and December. In the future, God’s abundant blessings would cause the grape harvest to coincide with the planting season. Moreover, the mountains will drip sweet wine and all the hills will be dissolved. The abundance of sweetwine will flow due to the large harvest of grapes. The hills melting might picture a great expansion of farmable land. Hills are generally not great soil for agriculture. This could mirror the prophecy of the Messianic kingdom that the rough places will be made plain (Isaiah 40:4). It could also be a picture that so much wine will flow from the mountains that it will melt the surrounding hills, a hyperbolic picture of abundance.
God’s blessings upon His covenant people continue. He stated that He would bless them with national stability and reverse the curses placed upon them for their disobedience. The statements that follow in v. 14 contrast nicely with the curse God placed upon His people, as required by the covenant stipulations (Deuteronomy 28:15-68) especially those rich Israelites who mistreated the poor and denied righteousness and truth: “Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, yet you will not live in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine” (Amos 5:11).
Here, however in v. 14, God stated, I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, and they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine and make gardens and eat their fruit. The Israelites would proudly return to their homeland, rebuild desolate cities, and enjoy the fruits of their labor. This prophecy has partially been fulfilled because many captives returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt some cities under the decree of King Cyrus of Persia (Haggai 1-2; Ezra 1 and 6). Then, after the exile due to Rome, many have returned to Israel after it was revived as a state in 1948.
But many captive Jews have not returned to their homeland and many cities are not rebuilt, this level of abundance has not transpired, Israel has not regained its borders, and an heir of David has not ascended the throne. So, this prophecy is yet to be fulfilled completely.
Finally, the Suzerain (Ruler) God promised to grant His covenant people peace of mind. He pictured them as a tree, saying that He would plant them on their land, and they would not again be rooted out from their land which He had given them. Although this has not yet been fulfilled, it would surely come to pass because it is a declaration of the LORD God. One day the Israelites will be permanently planted in their land, and nobody will be able to drive them out. God never rejects His children, they are always His. This is true of Israel (Romans 11:26-29). It is true of New Testament believers:
“The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God.”
(Romans 8:16-17a)
“And we know that God causes all things
to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called
according to His purpose.”
(Romans 8:28)
“If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”
(2 Timothy 2:13)
Biblical Text
11 “In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David,
And wall up its breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom
And all the nations who are called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.
13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the plowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the mountains will drip sweet wine
And all the hills will be dissolved.
14 “Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel,
And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them;
They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 “I will also plant them on their land,
And they will not again be rooted out from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.
David MacNaughton
David MacNaughton | |
|---|---|
 MacNaughton at the 2017 Miami International Film Festival | |
| Canadian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office March 3, 2016 – August 31, 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Gary Doer |
| Succeeded by | Kirsten Hillman |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
David MacNaughton is a Canadian businessman, diplomat, political advisor and strategy consultant who was the chairman of StrategyCorp, a public affairs consulting firm. MacNaughton served as the Canadian ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2019; he succeeded Gary Doer and presented his diplomatic papers to U.S. President Barack Obama on March 2, 2016. MacNaughton is currently president of Palantir Technologies Canada, a post for which he resigned his ambassadorship.[1]
MacNaugton is credited by Canadian Business with "changing the face of public affairs in Canada" through the co-creation of the firm Public Affairs Resource Group (PARG), which in 1987 brought the services of public affairs and the polling firm Decima Research under one roof.[2]
Background
Prior to his appointment, MacNaughton was chairman at StrategyCorp, a Canadian public affairs and communications firm. MacNaughton also served as Canadian and North American president of Hill and Knowlton,[3] and president of Public Affairs International, which purchased Decima Research to create Public Affairs Resource Group.[4]
Politics
MacNaughton's public sector experience includes work at both the federal and provincial levels of government. At the federal level, he spent six years as a senior advisor to Don Jamieson,[5] successively Minister for the Government of Canada's Departments of Transport, Industry and Foreign Affairs.[6] A longtime Liberal Party of Canada activist, MacNaughton has been involved federally in numerous election and political campaigns.
In Ontario, he co-chaired David Peterson's successful 1987 election campaign,[7] and was a senior advisor to Dalton McGuinty in the 2003 election.[8] Following that election, from October 2003 until May 2005 MacNaughton served as principal secretary to McGuinty.[9]
In 2015, MacNaughton served as Ontario co-chair for the federal Liberal campaign that was successful in electing Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister.[10]
In 2020, MacNaughton was found to have violated Canada's Conflict of Interest Act after offering pro bono work to several public office holders on behalf of Palantir Technologies Canada, of which he is president.[1]
Opinions
MacNaughton has been an outspoken advocate of government using asset sales in order to invest in new infrastructure.[11] He has also urged government to adopt a program of fundamental change in how it operates in order to more efficiently provide services.[12]
Other activities
MacNaughton has served on the boards of the North York General Hospital, the Toronto International Film Festival,[13] the Stratford Festival, TVOntario and the Toronto French School.
Personal life
MacNaughton's partner is Leslie Noble, formerly of the public affairs firm StrategyCorp. Noble has worked for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party for several elections, notably as co-campaign manager with Tom Long on the "Common Sense Revolution" which won majority governments in 1995 and 1999.[14][15][16]
Attn Marc-André Blanchard I just called and tried to explain myself to you and Mr Doer's replacement David MacNaughton. You people can laugh at me but the documents hereto attached should prove to you I was not joking
David Amos<motomaniac333@gmail.com> | Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:12 PM |
| To: mablanchard@mccarthy.ca, DMacNaughton@strategycorp.com, jperenack@strategycorp.com, dions1 <dions1@parl.gc.ca>, birgittaj <birgittaj@althingi.is>, media@international.gc.ca, sydny-td@international.gc.ca, Angela.Bogdan@international.gc.ca, Susan.Harper@international.gc.ca, president <president@uottawa.ca>, "Frank.McKenna"<Frank.McKenna@td.com> | |
| Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, druckman@drdlaw.ca | |
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "media@international.gc.ca"<media@international.gc.ca> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:10:29 -0500 Subject: RE: Attn Marc-André Blanchard I just called and tried to explain myself to you and Mr Doer's replacement David MacNaughton. You people can laugh at me but the documents hereto attached should prove to you I was not joking - CONFIRMATION To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com> ----- Original Message to EXTOTT (BCM) /Message d’origine à EXTOTT (BCM) ----- Our regular hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm, Eastern Standard Time. Nos heures normales de service sont du lundi au vendredi, de 9h00 à 17h00, heure normale de l'Est. Current information regarding travel advisories and consular services is available on www.travel.gc.ca. Pour toute information courante concernant les avis aux voyageurs et les services consulaires, consulter le www.voyage.gc.ca. If this is an emergency, please dial 343-203-7700. S'il s'agit d'une urgence, veuillez composer 343-203-7700. Thank you / Merci Media Relations Office of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada / Service des relations avec les médias d'Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada ----- Disclaimer: http://www.international.gc. Dégagement de responsabilité http://www.international.gc. GOL/SSC/DFAITvH10 | |
David Amos<motomaniac333@gmail.com> |  Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:09 PM | ||||||||||||||
| To: mablanchard@mccarthy.ca, DMacNaughton@strategycorp.com, jperenack@strategycorp.com, dions1 <dions1@parl.gc.ca>, birgittaj <birgittaj@althingi.is>, media@international.gc.ca, sydny-td@international.gc.ca, Angela.Bogdan@international.gc.ca, Susan.Harper@international.gc.ca, president <president@uottawa.ca>, "Frank.McKenna"<Frank.McKenna@td.com> | |||||||||||||||
| Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, druckman@drdlaw.ca | |||||||||||||||
Marc-André Blanchard Chair and Chief Executive Officer Partner AREA OF EXPERTISE Corporate Commercial Litigation International Trade & Investment Law Litigation Securities Litigation OFFICE DIRECT LINE Toronto 416-601-7778 Montréal 514-397-4278 E-MAIL mablanchard@mccarthy.ca David MacNaughton 145 King Street East 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 2Y7 (T) 416-864-7112 (F) 416-864-7117 Trust that I will be all over this news in short order http://news.gc.ca/web/article- Media Relations Office Global Affairs Canada 343-203-7700 media@international.gc.ca Follow us on Twitter: @CanadaFP Like us on Facebook: Canada’s foreign policy - Global Affairs Canada http://www.cbc.ca/news/ Clearly I contacted these ladies as well EH Franky Boy Mckenna? Angela Bogdan, who joined External Affairs Canada in 1984, will become consul general of Canada in Sydney, Australia, effective immediately. Marie-Louise Hannan, who has worked in the diplomatic services since 1997, will become ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta, Indonesia, effective immediately. Susan Harper, who also has experience as a senior diplomat, joining External Affairs Canada in 1983, will become consul general of Canada in Miami, Fla., effective immediately. Angela J. Bogdan, Chief of Protocol of Canada Office of Protocol of Canada Address: Lester B. Pearson Building – Tower A 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, K1A 0G2 General Information: 343-203-3002 (Lucette Bertrand, Protocol Services Assistant) Email Address: Angela.Bogdan@international. Web site: Office of Protocol *After-hours operation number: 613-996-8885 Mme Marie-Louise Hannan Consule générale par intérim Déléguée commerciale prncipale Attraction des investissements étrangers au Canada sydny-td@international.gc.ca Susan Harper DIRECTOR GENERAL AND SENIOR ARCTIC OFFICIAL Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (T) 343-203-2320 Susan.Harper@ international.gc.ca http://strategycorp.com/2016/ StrategyCorp’s David MacNaughton to become Canada’s next Ambassador to the United States January 16th, 2016 Canadian business leader, David MacNaughton, selected to become Canada’s next Ambassador to the United States MacNaughton to leave his post as Chairman at StrategyCorp, a public affairs, communications, and management consulting firm, at the end of February 2016 January 16, 2016 – Toronto – David MacNaughton will be appointed by the Governor General of Canada to become Canada’s next Ambassador to the United States, succeeding former Manitoba Premier Gary Doer. MacNaughton assumes this post after a 35-year career as a business executive and public affairs consultant. “I’m honoured to become Canada’s diplomatic representative with our most important economic and national security partner,” said David MacNaughton, Chairman of StrategyCorp. “The relationship between Canada and the United States is as important today as it has ever been. I look forward to serving Prime Minister Trudeau, the Government of Canada, and the Canadian people to ensure we expand and deepen our productive and constructive relationship with our closest ally and neighbour.” MacNaughton departs StrategyCorp after serving as its Chairman for the past decade. During his 35-year career in business and politics, he has been credited with shaping the public affairs industry in Canada. In the 1980s, MacNaughton transformed the industry by building an organization that, for the first time, comprised government relations, public opinion research and public relations. After selling his business in 1989, David became President of Canada’s largest government and public relations firm and subsequently North American President of the world’s largest public relations firm. MacNaughton’s public sector experience includes work at both the federal and provincial levels of government. At the federal level he served for six years as a senior advisor to the Hon. Don Jamieson, successively Minister for the Departments of Transport, Industry and Foreign Affairs. A long-time political strategist, MacNaughton has been involved federally in numerous election and political campaigns. In 2015, MacNaughton served as Ontario co-chair for the federal Liberal campaign that was successful in electing Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. “I’ll certainly miss my colleagues at StrategyCorp, but I’m leaving the firm in good hands with the strongest cohort of professionals the firm has ever fielded – making it the best in the business,” added MacNaughton. MacNaughton will be departing the firm after a brief transition period in order to assume his new role as Canada’s Ambassador to the United States. NOTE: The Globe and Mail made reference to Leslie Noble as having some role in assisting MacNaughton in fulfilling his responsibilities. This is inaccurate. Ms. Noble will not be taking up any role in Washington and will remain at StrategyCorp to continue to build her strategy and reputation management practice at the firm she co-founded 20 years ago. About StrategyCorp StrategyCorp integrates public affairs, communications, and management consulting to create the conditions our clients need to succeed. We master the substance and politics of each project to manage challenges and capitalize on opportunities in the areas of business, public policy, and reputation. Learn more about StrategyCorp at www.strategycorp.com. -30- Media inquiries: John Perenack, jperenack@strategycorp.com (quick response), 416-948-8722 High resolution photo of David MacNaughton Veritas Vincit David Ramond Amos 902 800 0369 P.S. Nicole E. Druckman the lady lawyer mentioned below called me back while I was composing this email and claimed that she did not recieve my email. At least she did me the service of being blunt(her word) Clearly the lady lawyer wanted nothing to do with mean old me after she had checked my work within my Twitter account Go Figure why I lost all faith in lawyers many moons ago. https://twitter.com/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:36:03 -0400 Subject: Attn Nicole E. Druckman I just called and tried to explain myself to your very nice assistant Please checkout this email I truly beleive that we can be of assistance to each other To: druckman@drdlaw.ca Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Trust that I will be all over this in short order http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ John McCallum nixes Frank McKenna's idea on immigration Immigration minister hopes work in fish-processing plants will be 'good fit' for Syrian refugees CBC News Posted: Jan 18, 2016 11:42 AM AT Here is just one of my many reasons why. http://www.checktheevidence. DELEHANTY RINZLER DRUCKMAN Barristers | Solicitors | Avocats Nicole E. Druckman 720 Main Street, Suite 101 (Rear entrance behind bldg) Moncton, NB E1C 1E4 druckman@drdlaw.ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:55:44 -0400 Subject: Hey JP I just called RE "wondering if barred from all parliamentary properties in Canada" For the Public Record I did NOT email anyone between Dece 7th and Dec 17th 2015 To: jp.quinn@rci.rogers.com, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, pmilliken < pmilliken@cswan.com>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras" < Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "jp.lewis"<jp.lewis@unb.ca>, bdysart@stewartmckelvey.com, hmc <hmc@mediacoop.ca>, oldmaison < oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, andrew < andrew@frankmagazine.ca>, "ht.lacroix"<ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>, "Robert. Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1" < justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca> "stephen.harper.a1"<stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca> < MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, "elizabeth.may" < elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, Whistleblower <Whistleblower@ctv.ca>, w5 < w5@ctv.ca>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, "karen.ludwig.nb" < karen.ludwig.nb@gmail.com>, "Karen.McCrimmon.c1" < Karen.McCrimmon.c1@parl.gc.ca < David.McGuinty@parl.gc.ca>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>, info < info@andrewyounger.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau" < Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> < Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, GillesLee <GillesLee@edmundston.ca>, "leanne.murray"<leanne.murray@mcinnescooper. < Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>, "roger.l.brown" < roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> < Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca>, "brian.t.macdonald" < brian.t.macdonald@gnb.ca>, "brian.hodgson" < brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca> < briangallant10@gmail.com>, "David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "marty.mockler" < marty.mockler@gnb.ca>, "Randy.Reilly"<Randy.Reilly@fredericton.ca>, "randy.mckeen"<randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, "mckeen.randy" < mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, "mclaughlin.heather" < mclaughlin.heather@ justmin <justmin@gov.ns.ca>, themayor <themayor@calgary.ca>, pol7163 < pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>, "Paul.Lynch" < Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca> < patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>, sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, Glen Canning <grcanning@gmail.com> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> daniel.gosselin@cas-satj.gc.ca "andrew.scheer"<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, john.wallace@sen.parl.gc.ca JP Quinn Producer Rogers TV 55 Waterloo St. Saint John, NB E2L 4V9 jp.quinn@rci.rogers.com o (506) 646-5125 I tried to explain to you on the phone just now but you didn't want to hear it but whereas I was not near the Internet for a period of ten days I could not email anyone even if I wished to correct? However I must inform you that before I dropped out of sight for a while then appeared in Federal Court on the December the 14th I did post my opinions of the election of the latest Speaker of the the House within the CBC domain both BEFORE and after Geof Regan won the position of speaking on behalf of the Queen. Clearly Canada's latest Speaker ignored me for nearly 12 years until I mentioned him in Federal Court on Jan11th, of this. Then he wasn't long sending me the letter hereto attached the very next day EH? Some of my statements still about Regan's election exist within the CBC webpage today and clearly I pointed to my appearance on Rogers TV. Please notice CBC deleted my first comment but when someone atacked a comment that no longer was in the PUBLC view CBC allowed my next comments to remain for over one month and counting. http://www.cbc.ca/news/ Geoff Regan elected House Speaker as 42nd Parliament opens MPs voted in a secret ballot, ranking the candidates by order of preference By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Dec 03, 2015 10:07 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 03, 2015 10:01 PM ET athooya Parliament opens today. Will MP Stephen J. Harper show up for work? 1 month ago 147 Likes 1 month ago 8 8 8 Likes Like Share Carbonblack Flag Carbonblack @athooya If harper does not show up then he should lose his seat and be forever banned from political office. As the most despised politician in Canadian history it's a shame he was even re-elected, but as he was, he had better show up as a condition of "earning" his salary! And may the word honourable never again be used in conjunction with a politician until it's proven that he/she has earned the title 1 month ago 9 9 9 Likes Like Share damac2 Flag damac2 @NaiveChamberlain OMG: Harper became one of the most travelled PMs ever over the 10 years he was in office As he had never left Canada prior to becoming PM, he had to see the World!!. Even flew to Brussels to put his name on the European Free Trade deal which still has to be finalised. 1 month ago 8 8 8 Likes Like Share David Amos Content disabled. Flag David Amos @athooya Trust that Stevey Boy Harper and his old buddy Mr Mulcair got the same email I sent the Boyz and Girlz in Red Coats as I reminded the seasoned Librano lawyers Denis Paradis and Geoff Regan dicing with Yasmin Ratansi and Brucy Stanton for the Speaker's chair of my lawsuit in Federal Court. Please enjoy http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. Fredericton December 14, 2015 T-1557-15 DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (M-English) Others - Crown (v. Queen) [Actions] http://davidraymondamos3. http://thedavidamosrant. While they are voting for the record I predict Denis Paradis will win the chair merely because he is from Quebec and Upper Canada has always rules the roost when it comes to Libranos My record has not been bad in that regard ask the mean old Librano talkshow host Tommy Boy Young if ya dare EH Chucky Leblanc Pray tell does anyone remember this conversation heard all over the Maritimes just before Millikin got the job again and Bernie Lord and Shawny Baby Graham followed my advice and whipped their followers into picking the newly Independent Tanker to become a speaker in order to shut him up? Too Too funny indeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch? or if you wish to hear more https://archive.org/details/ 1 month ago 1 Like MANY MORE COMMENTS AND THEN ONCE REGAN WAS ELECTED Tenrager @David Amos Your prediction was wrong, the rest is gibberish. 1 month ago 1 Like cbcall @athooya He is waiting for a Senate seat. 1 month ago 1 Like Localmedia @athooya -- He was there. BTW his pension reforms reduced his pension massively. Those who retired got the old gold-plated pension. 1 month ago 4 Likes al albatross @S.Kiraly Why quit. He can just lean back and draw his salary. Will not get any complaints from any party in the house of commons because all the parties have had members who neglected to attend every sitting. 1 month ago 2 Likes Seer @Localmedia no; they reduce the pensions of others massively; his was not .grandfathered... harper; never thinking of anyone else but himself 1 month ago 2 Likes Kaden @NaiveChamberlain And you would be griping about him ignoring international responsibilities if he hadn't attended the meetings. 1 month ago 2 Likes Undefeated @LoriCameron Bingo! When the Duffy fiasco is over...my guess is Harper will be gone! 1 month ago 5 Likes David Amos @Tenrager ROUND TWO If it was gibberish WHY did the CROWN Corp known as CBC delete it ??? FYI Here is what I sent when I was wrong BTW You and CBC can bet that I saved this webpage as well. N'esy Pas? Trust that I don't mind being wrong about the choice of Speaker after listening to the Senate reform plans I say WOW just like Geoff Regan did when he commented that he was the first Speaker from the Maritimes in nearly 100 years Cc: Denis.Paradis@parl.gc.ca, Yasmin.Ratansi@parl.gc.ca, bruce.stanton@parl.gc.ca, geoff@geoffregan.ca, geoff.regan@parl.gc.ca, speakers.office@parliament. MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, etc Now everybody should view the three pdf files hereto attached. Clearly my letters and many supporting documents were answered. More importantly the Librano lawyer Joe Day should not deny that the brand new Speaker Geoff Regan got the same pile of documents in 2004 while he oversaw the Arar Inquiry on behalf of his old lawyer buddy Irwin Cotler CORRECT? Now I get to ask the important question to the brand new Speaker before I file my next pile of documents in Federal Court (which will obviously include the three attachments) So Mr Speaker Geoff Regan am I sill barred from all Parliamentary Properties in Canada or am I not??? Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos 902 800 0369 Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local Campaign, Rogers TV https://www.youtube.com/watch? Me and Louis Riel versus the RCMP https://www.youtube.com/watch? The dog in blue coat versus Gandalf https://www.youtube.com/watch? 1 month ago 1 Like Aron Axes @athooya He's got a soar butt. 1 month ago 0 Likes David Amos HEY @Tenrager READ LINK THIS IF YOU DARE http://www.checktheevidence. Trust that Stevey Boy Harper and his old buddy Mr Mulcair got the same email I sent the Boyz and Girlz in Red Coats as I reminded the seasoned Librano lawyers Denis Paradis and Geoff Regan dicing with Yasmin Ratansi and Brucy Stanton for the Speaker's chair of my lawsuit in Federal Court. Please enjoy http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. Fredericton December 14, 2015 T-1557-15 DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (M-English) Others - Crown (v. Queen) [Actions] http://davidraymondamos3. http://thedavidamosrant. While they are voting for the record I predict Denis Paradis will win the chair merely because he is from Quebec and Upper Canada has always rules the roost when it comes to Libranos My record has not been bad in that regard ask the mean old Librano talkshow host Tommy Boy Young if ya dare EH Chucky Leblanc Pray tell does anyone remember this conversation heard all over the Maritimes just before Millikin got the job again and Bernie Lord and Shawny Baby Graham followed my advice and whipped their followers into picking the newly Independent Tanker to become a speaker in order to shut him up? Too Too funny indeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch? or if you wish to hear more https://archive.org/details/ 1 month ago 1 Like bh @athooya unlike trudeau...he always has. 1 month ago 3 Likes Tarquin Mathers @athooya Kicking a man when he is down is extremely unattractive. 1 month ago 5 Likes busman2112 @athooya If you want him, he'll be in his closet. 1 month ago 4 Likes Nugster M @Tarquin Mathers Is Harper your god or something? Boo hoo. 1 month ago 2 Likes ETC ETC ETC AND THE REST IS PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY N'ESY PAS MR TRUDEAU? You can bet dimes to dollars that I save ALL the digital evidence of all that I say and do just like my debate on Rogers TV. More importantly I save all that is published about my Clan and I as well. Here are two new blogs of the evil Zionist Mr Baconfat for his buddies in the RCMP and the Canadian Forces to enjoy. Please notice Mr Baconfat and his blogging buddies Chucky Leblanc, Glen Canning and Patty Baby Doran got this email as well and obviously their heros within Frank Magazine have been mentioning Stevey Boy Murphy and his ATV cohort Kayla Hounsell a lot lately EH? http://eateshite.blogspot.ca/ Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos 902 800 0369 From: SpkrOff@parl.gc.ca Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 11:51 AM To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Subject: wondering if barred from all parliamentary properties in Canada Dear Mr. Amos: Please find attached a letter signed from the Speaker of the House of Commons in response to your electronic message dated December 11, 2015. Nicole Beaudin Correspondence and Finance Officer, Speaker's Office/ Agent des finances et de la correspondance, La Présidence Room 328-N, Centre Block/Pièce 328-N édifice du Centre Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Tel.: 613-996-0630 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:15:03 -0400 Subject: Re: Re Federal Court Rule 46 (1) (a) (viii) as it applies to my complaint (File No: T-1557-15) Trust that I called and tried to talk a lot bureaucrats and politicians etc before sharing the hearings held on Dec 14th and Jan 11th To: david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Thank you for being ethical. Best Regards Dave On 1/15/16, david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca<david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca> wrote: > Received. Thank you. > ______________________________ > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Sent: January 15, 2016 2:22 PM > To: McGuinty, David - M.P.; McKay, John - M.P.; Long, Wayne - Riding 1; > McKenna, Catherine - M.P.; McCrimmon, Karen - Riding 1; Ludwig, Karen - > Riding 2; karen.ludwig.nb; MacKinnon, Steven - Député > Cc: David Amos > Subject: Fwd: Re Federal Court Rule 46 (1) (a) (viii) as it applies to my > complaint (File No: T-1557-15) Trust that I called and tried to talk a lot > bureaucrats and politicians etc before sharing the hearings held on Dec 14th > and Jan 11th > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:29:14 -0400 > Subject: Re Federal Court Rule 46 (1) (a) (viii) as it applies to my > complaint (File No: T-1557-15) Trust that I called and tried to talk a > lot bureaucrats and politicians etc before sharing the hearings held > on Dec 14th and Jan 11th > To: Rheal.Fortin.c1@parl.gc.ca, Murray.Rankin.c1@parl.gc.ca, > cmunroe@glgmlaw.com, nbd_cna@liberal.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, > ljulien@liberal.ca, pmilliken <pmilliken@cswan.com>, bdysart > < bdysart@smss.com>, bdysart <bdysart@stewartmckelvey.com>, > Braeden.Caley@vancouver.ca, robert.m.schuett@schuettlaw. > jda@nf.aibn.com, eclark@coxandpalmer.com, office@liberal.ns.ca, > president@lpco.ca, david@lpcm.ca, emerchant > < emerchant@merchantlaw.com>, info@fja-cmf.gc.ca, w.kinew@uwinnipeg.ca, > richard.tardif@cas-satj.gc.ca, "andrew.scheer" > < andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, john.wallace@sen.parl.gc.ca, MulcaT > < MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "rona.ambrose.A1"<rona.ambrose.A1@parl.gc.ca>, > RBauer <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, sshimshak@paulweiss.com, > cspada@lswlaw.com, msmith <msmith@svlaw.com>, bginsberg > < bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>, "gregory.craig" > < gregory.craig@skadden.com>, "Gilles.Blinn" > < Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson" > < bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.rae" > < bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net > < Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> > < Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp- > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Chantal.Carbonneau@cas-satj. > assistance@liberal.ca, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>, "stephen.harper" > < stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca> > > Anyway at least nobody said I could not so enjoy. > > Judge Bell Dec 14th > > https://archive.org/details/ > > Judge Southcott Jan 11th > > https://archive.org/details/ > > > Federal Court Rule > > 46 (1) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council and subject > also to subsection (4), the rules committee may make general rules and > orders > > (a) for regulating the practice and procedure in the Federal Court of > Appeal and in the Federal Court, including, without restricting the > generality of the foregoing, > > (viii) rules governing the recording of proceedings in the course of a > hearing and the transcription of that recording, > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > OTTAWA, January 7, 2016 > > In response to recent media reports regarding the application of Order > in Council PC 2015-1071, the Chief Administrator of the Courts > Administration Service (CAS) is releasing the following statement on > behalf of the Chief Justices of the Federal Court of Appeal, the > Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada and the Tax > Court of Canada: > > The Chief Justices share the position conveyed today by the Chief > Justice of Canada. They are also encouraged by the federal > government’s response to their concerns about the impact of this Order > in Council on judicial independence and are expecting a satisfactory > resolution of the issue shortly. > > For further information contact: > Richard Tardif > Deputy Chief Administrator > Judicial and Registry Services > Courts Administration Service > richard.tardif@cas-satj.gc.ca > Tel: 613-943-3458 > > http://goc411.ca/Employees/ > > Daniel Gosselin > Chief Administrator: > Courts Administration Service > Principal Office > 90 Sparks St. > Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H9 > Phone: 613-996-4778 > Fax: 613-941-6197 > Email: daniel.gosselin@cas-satj.gc.ca > > The clerks above did not have the sand to call me back but the lawyer > below certainly did. I hung up on her the instant she told me > everybody was too busy > to bother talking to me. > > http://goc411.ca/60585/Lise- > > Lise Henrie > Executive Directer and General Counsel > 613-943-5484 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:55:21 -0400 > Subject: Fwd: Attt Commissioner William A. Brooks id you wish to > recall I have some old documents for you and many foreign judges to > review ASAP > To: heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca, "andrew.scheer" > < andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, john.wallace@sen.parl.gc.ca > Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, bdysart > < bdysart@stewartmckelvey.com> > > I just called both of you again > > Heather Bradley, Director of Communications, Office of the Speaker of the > House of Commons: > Telephone: 613-995-7882 > E-mail: heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca > > > John D. Wallace - Independent > > Province: > New Brunswick > Senatorial Designation: > Rothesay > Appointed on the advice of: Harper (C) > Telephone: 613-947-4240 or 1-800-267-7362 > Fax: 613-947-4252 > Email: john.wallace@sen.parl.gc.ca > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:00 PM > Subject: Attt Commissioner William A. Brooks id you wish to recall I have > some old documents for you and many foreign judges to review ASAP > To: info@fja-cmf.gc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, pmilliken <pmilliken@cswan.com>, > MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "rona.ambrose.A1"<rona.ambrose.A1@parl.gc.ca> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > > > Welcome to the Website of the Office of the Commissioner for Federal > Judicial Affairs Canada > > The Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs reports directly to the > Minister of Justice. The Office of the Commissioner was established in > 1978 to safeguard the independence of the judiciary and provide > federally appointed judges with administrative services independent of > the Department of Justice. > > Duties and responsibilities include: > > administering Part I of the Judges Act, which deals with > eligibility for appointment, retirement age, and salaries of federally > appointed judges; > > preparing a budget and providing services and staff to the > Canadian Judicial Council; > > managing the Judicial Appointments Secretariat, which administers > 17 advisory committees responsible for evaluating candidates for > federal judicial appointment. The Minister of Justice has also > mandated FJA to administer the process for the most recent > appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada; > > managing the Federal Courts Reports Section, which is responsible > for selecting and publishing Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court > decisions in both official languages; > > administering a judicial intranet called JUDICOM, which provides > judges with email, a secure and restricted communication system, and a > virtual library; > > providing language training to judges in both official languages; > > coordinating initiatives related to the Canadian judiciary's role > in international cooperation. > > In order to carry out these activities and provide services to > approximately 1,100 active judges and 850 retired judges and their > survivors in Canada, the Commissioner is assisted by the Deputy > Commissioner, six Directors and, at present, 70 other staff members. > > This Web site is designed to inform all Canadians about FJA's role and > activities in judicial affairs in Canada. We welcome any requests for > information and any comments or suggestions. Please do not hesitate to > Contact Us. > > Enjoy your visit to our site! > > William A. Brooks, Commissioner > Federal Judicial Affairs Canada, Office of the Commissioner for > 8th Flr., 99 Metcalfe St. > Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1E3 > Phone: 613-995-5140 > Fax: 613-995-5615 > info@fja-cmf.gc.ca, > > http://opendatacanada.com/ > > William A. Brooks works as Commissioner (Commissaire) in > COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE (BUREAU DU COMMISSAIRE), Office of the > Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada (Commissariat à la > magistrature fédérale Canada). The telephone number is 613-947-1793. > The address is 99 Metcalfe Street, 8th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1E3. > > In 1996, Federal Judicial Affairs (FJA) was given the responsibility > by the Chief Justice of Canada and the Federal Minister of Justice to > coordinate the involvement of the Canadian judiciary in international > technical cooperation initiatives. The Commissioner for FJA thus > represents the principal instrument of intervention in the > international judicial arena on behalf of the federal government, the > Minister of Justice and the Canadian Judicial Council, ensuring that > their participation in international activities does not compromise > judicial independence and impartiality. The Commissioner is supported > in the discharge of these responsibilities by the Judicial Advisory > Committee on International Engagement. > > Since its inception and with the professional contributions of members > of the judicial community, judicial experts and Canadian institutional > partners, the International Programs Division (IPD) has implemented > numerous international judicial cooperation activities and coordinated > the participation of Canadian experts to that end. IPD is guided by > the Canadian Judicial Council Policy on International Judicial > Activities. > > http://www.cjc-ccm.gc.ca/ > > > Canadian Partners > A collage of 5 color photographs features Canadian and foreign judges > and court administrators at international conferences and meetings, > including the Legal Empowerment of the Poor Roundtable meetings held > across Canada. > > Canadian organizations partnering with or providing support and > assistance to the International Programs Division of Federal Judicial > Affairs in its projects have included: > > Court Administration Service > Supreme Court of Canada > Attorney General of Ontario > Canadian Department of Justice > Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association > National Judicial Institute > Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:35:01 -0400 > Subject: RE My complaint against the CROWN in Federal Court Attn David > Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to submit a motion for a > publication ban on my complaint trust that you dudes are way past too > late > To: David.Hansen@justice.gc.ca, "peter.mackay" > < peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>, "peacock.kurt" > < peacock.kurt@ > < mclaughlin.heather@ > < david.akin@sunmedia.ca>, "robert.frater" > < robert.frater@justice.gc.ca>, paul.riley@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca, > greg@gregdelbigio.com, joyce.dewitt-vanoosten@gov.bc. > joan.barrett@ontario.ca, jean-vincent.lacroix@gouv.qc. > peter.rogers@mcinnescooper.com > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > < gopublic@cbc.ca>, Whistleblower <Whistleblower@ctv.ca> > > https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc- > > http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/ > > http://thedavidamosrant. > > I repeat what the Hell do I do with the Yankee wiretapes taps sell > them on Ebay or listen to them and argue them with you dudes in > Feferal Court? > > Petey Baby loses all arliamentary privelges in less than a month but > he still suposed to be an ethical officer of the Court CORRECT? > > Veritas Vincit > David Raymond Amos > 902 800 0369 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:32:30 -0400 > Subject: Andre meet Biil Csapo of Occupy Wall St He is a decent fellow > who can be reached at (516) 708-4777 Perhaps you two should talk ASAP > To: wcsapo <wcsapo@gmail.com> > Cc: occupyfredericton <occupyfredericton@gmail.com> > > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Subject: Your friends in Corridor or the Potash Corp or Bruce Northrup > or the RCMP should have told you about this stuff not I > To: "khalid"<khalid@windsorenergy.ca>, "Wayne.Lang" > < Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bruce.northrup@gnb.ca" > < bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "oldmaison@yahoo.com"<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, > "thenewbrunswicker"<thenewbrunswicker@gmail.com>, "chiefape" > < chiefape@gmail.com>, "danfour"<danfour@myginch.com>, "evelyngreene" > < evelyngreene@live.ca>, "Barry.MacKnight" > < Barry.MacKnight@fredericton. > < tom_alexander@swn.com> > Cc: "thepurplevioletpress"<thepurplevioletpress@gmail. > "maritime_malaise"<maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca> > Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 4:16 PM > > > http://www.archive.org/ > > http://www.archive.org/ > > http://davidamos.blogspot.com/ > > FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006 > Senator Arlen Specter > United States Senate > Committee on the Judiciary > 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building > Washington, DC 20510 > > Dear Mr. Specter: > > I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man > named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters > raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that > these are illegal > FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you > about this previously. > > Very truly yours, > Barry A. Bachrach > Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 > Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 > Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:10:14 -0400 > Subject: Yo Mr Bauer say hey to your client Obama and his buddies in > the USDOJ for me will ya? > To: RBauer <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, sshimshak@paulweiss.com, > cspada@lswlaw.com, msmith <msmith@svlaw.com>, bginsberg > < bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>, "gregory.craig" > < gregory.craig@skadden.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson" > < bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bob.rae" > < bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net > < leader@greenparty.ca> > Cc: alevine@cooley.com, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > michael.rothfeld@wsj.com, remery@ecbalaw.com > > QSLS Politics > By Location Visit Detail > Visit 29,419 > Domain Name usdoj.gov ? (U.S. Government) > IP Address 149.101.1.# (US Dept of Justice) > ISP US Dept of Justice > Location Continent : North America > Country : United States (Facts) > State : District of Columbia > City : Washington > Lat/Long : 38.9097, -77.0231 (Map) > Language English (U.S.) en-us > Operating System Microsoft WinXP > Browser Internet Explorer 8.0 > Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET > CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2; > DI60SP1001) > Javascript version 1.3 > Monitor Resolution : 1024 x 768 > Color Depth : 32 bits > Time of Visit Nov 17 2012 6:33:08 pm > Last Page View Nov 17 2012 6:33:08 pm > Visit Length 0 seconds > Page Views 1 > Referring URL http://www.google.co... > Search Engine google.com > Search Words david amos bernie madoff > Visit Entry Page http://qslspolitics....-wendy- > Visit Exit Page http://qslspolitics....-wendy- > Out Click > Time Zone UTC-5:00 > Visitor's Time Nov 17 2012 12:33:08 pm > Visit Number 29,419 > > http://qslspolitics.blogspot. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >> To: "Rob Talach"<rtalach@ledroitbeckett.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:59 PM >> Subject: Re: Attn Robert Talach and I should talk ASAP about my suing >> the Catholic Church Trust that Bastarache knows why >> >> The date stamp on about page 134 of this old file of mine should mean >> a lot to you >> >> http://www.checktheevidence. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:37:08 -0400 >> Subject: To Hell with the KILLER COP Gilles Moreau What say you NOW >> Bernadine Chapman?? >> To: Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, phil.giles@statcan.ca, >> maritme_malaise@yahoo.ca, Jennifer.Nixon@ps-sp.gc.ca, >> bartman.heidi@psic-ispc.gc.ca, Yves.J.Marineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> david.paradiso@erc-cee.gc.ca, desaulniea@smtp.gc.ca, >> denise.brennan@tbs-sct.gc.ca, anne.murtha@vac-acc.gc.ca, webo >> < webo@xplornet.com>, julie.dickson@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, >> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, toewsv1 >> < toewsv1@parl.gc.ca>, "Nycole.Turmel"<Nycole.Turmel@parl.gc.ca>, >> Clemet1 <Clemet1@parl.gc.ca>, maritime_malaise >> < maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, oig <oig@sec.gov>, whistleblower >> < whistleblower@finra.org>, whistle <whistle@fsa.gov.uk>, david >> < david@fairwhistleblower.ca> >> Cc: j.kroes@interpol.int, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >> bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc. >> < justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca> >> < Juanita.Peddle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> "Wayne.Lang"<Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Robert.Trevors" >> < Robert.Trevors@gnb.ca>, "ian.fahie"<ian.fahie@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >> >> http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nb/ >> >> http://nb.rcmpvet.ca/ >> >> From: Gilles Moreau <Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:03:22 -0500 >> Subject: Re: Lets ee if the really nasty Newfy Lawyer Danny Boy >> Millions will explain this email to you or your boss Vic Toews EH >> Constable Peddle??? >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> >> Please cease and desist from using my name in your emails. >> >> Gilles Moreau, Chief Superintendent, CHRP and ACC >> Director General >> HR Transformation >> 73 Leikin Drive, M5-2-502 >> Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2 >> >> Tel 613-843-6039 >> Cel 613-818-6947 >> >> Gilles Moreau, surintendant principal, CRHA et ACC >> Directeur général de la Transformation des ressources humaines >> 73 Leikin, pièce M5-2-502 >> Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2 >> >> tél 613-843-6039 >> cel 613-818-6947 >> gilles.moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> >>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 2012-11-21 00:01 >>> > > Could ya tell I am investigating your pension plan bigtime? Its > because no member of the RCMP I have ever encountered has earned it > yet > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:46:06 -0400 > Subject: This is a brief as I can make my concerns Cst Peddle ask the > nasty Newfy lawyer Tommy Boy Marshall why that is > To: "Wayne.Lang"<Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, toewsv1 > < toewsv1@parl.gc.ca>, georgemurphy@gov.nl.ca, tosborne@gov.nl.ca, > william.baer@usdoj.gov, randyedmunds@gov.nl.ca, yvonnejones@gov.nl.ca, > gerryrogers@gov.nl.ca > Cc: Juanita.Peddle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, tommarshall@gov.nl.ca, > "bob.paulson"<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, David Amos > < david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:36:04 -0400 > Subject: This is a brief as I can make my concerns Randy > To: randyedmunds <randyedmunds@gov.nl.ca> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > > In a nutshell my concerns about the actions of the Investment Industry > affect the interests of every person in every district of every > country not just the USA and Canada. I was offering to help you with > Emera because my work with them and Danny Williams is well known and > some of it is over eight years old and in the PUBLIC Record. > > All you have to do is stand in the Legislature and ask the MInister of > Justice why I have been invited to sue Newfoundland by the > Conservatives > > > Obviously I am the guy the USDOJ and the SEC would not name who is the > link to Madoff and Putnam Investments > > Here is why > > http://banking.senate.gov/ > > Notice the transcripts and webcasts of the hearing of the US Senate > Banking Commitee are still missing? Mr Emory should at least notice > Eliot Spitzer and the Dates around November 20th, 2003 in the > following file > > http://www.checktheevidence. > > http://occupywallst.org/users/ > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Hansen, David"<David.Hansen@justice.gc.ca> > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:28:44 +0000 > Subject: RE: I just called again Mr Hansen > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > Hello Mr. Amos, > > I manage the Justice Canada civil litigation section in the Atlantic > region. We are only responsible for litigating existing civil > litigation files in which the Attorney General of Canada is a named > defendant or plaintiff. If you are a plaintiff or defendant in an > existing civil litigation matter in the Atlantic region in which > Attorney General of Canada is a named defendant or plaintiff please > provide the court file number, the names of the parties in the action > and your question. I am not the appropriate contact for other > matters. > > Thanks > > David A. Hansen > Regional Director | Directeur régional > General Counsel |Avocat général > Civil Litigation and Advisory | Contentieux des affaires civiles et > services de consultation > Department of Justice | Ministère de la Justice > Suite 1400 – Duke Tower | Pièce 1400 – Tour Duke > 5251 Duke Street | 5251 rue Duke > Halifax, Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nouvelle- Écosse > B3J 1P3 > david.hansen@justice.gc.ca > Telephone | Téléphone (902) 426-3261 / Facsimile | Télécopieur (902) > 426-2329 > This e-mail is confidential and may be protected by solicitor-client > privilege. Unauthorized distribution or disclosure is prohibited. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us and delete > this entire e-mail. > ?Before printing think about the Environment > Thinking Green, please do not print this e-mail unless necessary. > Pensez vert, svp imprimez que si nécessaire. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail. > Sent: August 1, 2013 12:04 PM > To: justmin; Hansen, David; macpherson.don; stoffp1 > Cc: David Amos; justin.trudeau.a1; leader > Subject: I just called again Mr Hansen > > David,Hansen, > Justice Canada, > Halifax, Nova Scotia, > B3J 1P3. > Phone: 902-426-3261. > Fax: 902-426-2329. > Email: david.hansen@justice.gc.ca > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Hansen, David"<David.Hansen@justice.gc.ca> > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 18:19:29 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: Re Election Canada and hard copy and emails > sent to them and the RCMP and my calls,Duncan Toswell and > Ronald.Lamothe just now > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > I am currently away from the office. Please contact Ginette Mazerolle > if you require assistance. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Hansen, David"<David.Hansen@justice.gc.ca> > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:46:27 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: RE My calls to Jim Prentice, Mike Duffy's > lawyer and your Ministries please find hereto attached some of the PDF > files I promised before I argue the CROWN in Federal Court > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > I will be away from the office from August 1st to September 2nd. > Please contact Ginette Mazerolle if you require assistance. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:55:29 -0300 > Subject: Fwd: Here is my latest complaint about the SEC, Banksters and > Taxmen > To: hbrady@berkeley.edu, gsppdean@berkeley.edu, swinfo@scottwalker.com > Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > Henry E. Brady > > Goldman School Dean > Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public > Policy > 103 GSPP Main > hbrady@berkeley.edu > <javascript:void(location. > '+String.fromCharCode(104,98, > gsppdean@berkeley.edu > <javascript:void(location. > '+String.fromCharCode(103,115, > > *Assistant: Beth McCleary* > (510) 642-5116 > *Email Beth McCleary* > <javascript:void(location. > '+String.fromCharCode(98,109, > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 4:34 PM > Subject: Fwd: Here is my latest complaint about the SEC, Banksters and > Taxmen > To: jmwilson@mta.ca, alaina@alainalockhart.ca, > stephanie.coburn@greenparty.ca > Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > > http://james4fundyroyal. > > https://alainalockhart. > > > http://www.greenparty.ca/en/ > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 4:16 PM > Subject: Fwd: Here is my latest complaint about the SEC, Banksters and > Taxmen > To: Saint Croix Courier <editor@stcroixcourier.ca>, Duncan Matheson < > duncan@bissettmatheson.com>, infoacadie@radio-canada.ca > Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > > * > https://player.fm/series/ > < > https://player.fm/series/ >> * > > Michelle LeBlanc, Vern Faulkner and Duncan Matheson look at the big > political stories of the week. - See more at: > https://player.fm/series/ > > https://twitter.com/mleblanc_ > Keep up with Duncan > > 506-457-1627 > > > *Editor:* Vern Faulkner > Phone: (506) 466-3220 ext. 1307; CELL (506) 467-5203 > Email: editor@stcroixcourier.ca > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:18:04 -0300 > Subject: Fwd: Here is my latest complaint about the SEC, Banksters and > Taxmen > To: nicolas@allvotes.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, brendan@brendanmiles.ca > Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Tim.Moen@libertarian.ca, > info@ > > ENJOY > > https://www.scribd.com/doc/ > > https://www.scribd.com/doc/ > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 18:22:05 -0400 > Subject: Re Federal Court File No: T-1557-15 Did you order Harper and > the NDP to ignore me as well??? > To: Liberal / Assistance <nbd_cna@liberal.ca>, cmunroe@glgmlaw.com, pm > < pm@pm.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca> > < mcu@justice.gc.ca> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > > How about Dizzy Lizzy May and the Bloc? > > On 1/6/16, Cmunroe (Liberal / Assistance) <nbd_cna@liberal.ca> wrote: > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: "Cmunroe (Liberal / Assistance)"<nbd_cna@liberal.ca> > Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:28:25 +0000 > Subject: Re: Attn Dr. John Gillis Re Federal Court File No: T-1557-15 > Trust that I called and tried to reason with a lot of Liberals begore > I am before the cour... > To: Motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > RealChange.ca | DuVraiChangement.ca > > ------------------------------ > > Cmunroe, Jan 6, 14:28 > > Hello all, > > I would ask that you please do not respond to this e-mail (in the > event that you were inclined to do so.) > > Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. > > Regards, > > Craig Munroe > (Party Legal and Constitutional Advisor) > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail. > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 11:09 AM > To: Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>; nbd_cna@liberal.ca; pm > < pm@pm.gc.ca>; ljulien@liberal.ca; pmilliken <pmilliken@cswan.com>; > bdysart <bdysart@smss.com>; bdysart <bdysart@stewartmckelvey.com>; > Braeden.Caley@vancouver.ca; robert.m.schuett@schuettlaw. > jda@nf.aibn.com; eclark@coxandpalmer.com; office@liberal.ns.ca; > president@lpco.ca; david@lpcm.ca; emerchant@merchantlaw.com > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> > Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>; stephen.harper > < stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca> > Subject: Re: Attn Dr. John Gillis Re Federal Court File No: T-1557-15 > Trust that I called and tried to reason with a lot of Liberals begore > I am before the court again on Monday Jan 11th > > On 1/6/16, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: >> BTW the nice guys who talked to me and didn't dismiss me I put in the >> BCC line >> >> Dr. John Gillis >> P.O. 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Munroe, Partner >> Email: cmunroe@glgmlaw.com >> Phone: (604) 891-1176 >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:32:00 -0400 >> Subject: Re Federal Court File No: T-1557-15 the CBC, the RCMP, their >> new boss Justin Trudeau and his Ministers of Justice and Defence etc >> cannot deny their knowledge of Paragraphs 81, 82, 83, 84, and 85 now >> CORRECT G$? >> To: Paul.Samyn@freepress.mb.ca, "carolyn.bennett" >> < carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca>, Doug@dougeyolfson.ca, >> doug.eyolfson@parl.gc.ca, fpcity@freepress.mb.ca, >> w.kinew@uwinnipeg.ca, "Paul.Lynch"<Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca> >> "Marianne.Ryan"<Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >> < sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, >> "john.green"<john.green@gnb.ca>, chiefape <chiefape@gmail.com> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >> < gopublic@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, radical >> < radical@radicalpress.com>, newsonline <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, >> newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, >> andre <andre@jafaust.com> >> >> http://davidraymondamos3. >> html >> >> David Raymond Amos Versus The Crown T-1557-15 >> >> 81. The Plaintiff states that matters of harassment that the police >> refuse to investigate would have entered the realm of ridiculous in >> 2012 if the reasons behind the suicides of teenagers did not become >> well known by the corporate media. In the summer of 2012 a new member >> of the FPS who as a former member of the EPS had inspired a lawsuit >> for beating a client in Edmonton called the Plaintiff and accused him >> of something he could not do even if he wanted to while he was arguing >> many lawyers byway of emails about a matter concerning cyber stalking >> that was before the SCC. The member of the FPF accused the Plaintiff >> of calling the boss of Bullying Canada thirty times. At that time his >> MagicJack account had been hacked and although he could receive >> incoming calls, the Plaintiff could not call out to anyone. The >> Plaintiff freely sent the FPF his telephone logs sourced from >> MagicJack after his account restored without the Crown having to issue >> a warrant to see his telephone records. He asked the FPF and the RCMP >> where did the records of his phone calls to and from the FPF and the >> RCMP go if his account had not been hacked. The police never >> responded. Years later a Troll sent Dean Roger Ray a message through >> YouTube providing info about the Plaintiff’s MagicJack account with >> the correct password. Dean Roger Ray promptly posted two videos in >> YouTube clearly displaying the blatant violation of privacy likely to >> protect himself from the crime. The Plaintiff quickly pointed out the >> videos to the RCMP and they refused to investigate as usual. At about >> the same point in time the Plaintiff noticed that the CBC had >> published a record of a access to information requests. On the list of >> requests he saw his name along with several employees of CBC and the >> boss of Bullying Canada. The Plaintiff called the CBC to make >> inquiries about what he saw published on the Internet. CBC told him it >> was none of his business and advised him if he thought his rights had >> been offended to file a complaint. It appears the Plaintiff that >> employees of CBC like other questionable Crown Corporations such as >> the RCMP rely on their attorneys far too much to defend them from >> litigation they invite from citizens they purportedly serve. The >> employees of CBC named within the aforementioned and the CBC Legal >> Dept. are very familiar with the Plaintiff and of the Crown barring >> him from legislative properties while he running for public office. >> >> 82. The Plaintiff states that any politician or police officer should >> have seen enough of Barry Winter’s WordPress blog by June 22, 2015 >> particularly after the very unnecessary demise of two men in Alberta >> because of the incompetence of the EPS. Barry Winters was blogging >> about the EPS using battering ram in order to execute a warrant for a >> 250 dollar bylaw offence at the same time Professor Kris Wells >> revealed in a televised interview that the EPS member who was killed >> was the one investigating the cyber harassment of him. It was obvious >> why the police and politicians ignored all the death threats, sexual >> harassment, cyberbullying and hate speech of a proud Zionist who >> claimed to be a former CF officer who now working for the Department >> of National Defence (DND). It is well known that no politician in >> Canada is allowed to sit in Parliament as a member of the major >> parties unless they support Israel. Since 2002 the Plaintiff made it >> well known that he does not support Israeli actions and was against >> the American plan to make war on Iraq. On Aril 1, 2003 within two >> weeks of the beginning of the War on Iraq, the US Secret Service >> threatened to practice extraordinary rendition because false >> allegations of a Presidential threat were made against him by an >> American court. However, the Americans and the Crown cannot deny that >> what he said in two courts on April 1, 2003 because he published the >> recordings of what was truly said as soon as he got the court tapes. >> The RCMP knows those words can still be heard on the Internet today. >> In 2009, the Plaintiff began to complain of Barry Winters about >> something far more important to Canada as nation because of Winters’ >> bragging of being one of 24 CF officers who assisted the Americans in >> the planning the War on Iraq in 2002. In the Plaintiff’s humble >> opinion the mandate of the DND is Defence not Attack. He is not so >> naive to think that such plans of war do not occur but if Barry >> Winters was in fact one of the CF officers who did so then he broke >> his oath to the Crown the instant he bragged of it in his blog. If >> Winters was never an officer in the CF then he broke the law by >> impersonating an officer. The Plaintiff downloaded the emails of the >> Privy Council about Wikileaks. The bragging of Barry Winters should >> have been investigated in 2009 before CBC reported that documents >> released by WikiLeaks supported his information about Canadian >> involvement in the War on Iraq. >> >> 83. The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war >> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to >> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over >> five years after he began his bragging: >> >> January 13, 2015 >> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate >> >> December 8, 2014 >> Why Canada Stood Tall! >> >> Friday, October 3, 2014 >> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And >> Stupid Justin Trudeau >> >> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide >> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts. >> >> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien >> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign >> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to >> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were >> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were >> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth >> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for >> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute” >> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind. >> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not >> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a >> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to >> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was >> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But >> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s >> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s >> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic, >> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle >> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway >> campaign of 2006. >> >> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then >> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the >> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent, >> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament. >> >> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling >> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of >> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners >> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a >> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make. >> >> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have >> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war. >> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by >> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is >> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of >> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government >> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this >> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a >> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East. >> >> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror >> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state” >> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control, >> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The >> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and >> essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An >> ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear >> and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,” >> or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of >> terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states >> “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of >> Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an >> ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the >> Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan. >> >> One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty >> was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the >> amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time >> denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time >> self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of >> “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the >> G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious >> behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister >> Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully >> cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits >> are not. >> >> Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal >> mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the >> world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy” >> David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security >> and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can >> and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing >> “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war >> criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending >> tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.” >> >> In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau >> “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and >> successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing, >> marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian >> military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern >> equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are >> antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five >> years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that >> won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer. >> >> My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My >> Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin >> Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not >> served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social >> democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and >> other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet >> these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to >> other nations, and then criticize them for doing so. >> >> Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security, >> and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before >> shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world. >> >> Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now >> >> From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca >> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400 >> Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and >> the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still >> alive >> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >> >> This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received >> your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply >> to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement. >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300 >> Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the >> War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive >> To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil, >> Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc. >> william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca, >> milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca, >> sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari >> < smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, >> susan@blueskystrategygroup.com >> eugene@blueskystrategygroup. >> Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice"<Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin" >> < terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower >> < whistleblower@ctv.ca> >> >> I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David >> Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's >> Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on >> CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To >> be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested >> that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise >> if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else >> about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your >> old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English >> never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is >> interesting though >> >> http://www. >> >> http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/ >> launch.html >> >> Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read >> this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about >> Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad >> Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me. >> >> http://www.scribd.com/doc/ >> >> The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a >> shy political animal >> >> Veritas Vincit >> David Raymond Amos >> 902 800 0369 >> >> Enjoy Mr Weston >> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/ >> ikileaks.html >> >> "But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military >> brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he >> says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping >> to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command, >> including a Canadian general. >> >> That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff, >> who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000 >> U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was >> also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped >> prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait." >> >> http://baconfat53.blogspot. >> >> "I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there >> being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends" >> demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American >> "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying >> into the US policy. >> >> At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my >> colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning >> in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would >> report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was >> never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there >> were deployed WMD. >> >> Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and >> invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were >> concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation >> (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned >> about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at >> that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil >> authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy. >> >> There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to >> its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary >> to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that >> folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated >> upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions >> are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien >> and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of >> Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them >> correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the >> George W Bush administration was onerous >> >> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian >> military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian >> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations >> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan >> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi >> operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian >> lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which >> ....not necessarily in that order. " >> >> You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John >> Adams? of the CSE within the DND? >> >> http://www.socom.mil/ >> >> >> 84. The Plaintiff states that the RCMP is well aware that he went to >> western Canada in 2104 at the invitation of a fellow Maritimer in >> order to assist in his attempt to investigate the murders of many >> people in Northern BC. The Plaintiff has good reasons to doubt his >> fellow Maritimer’s motives. The fact that he did not tell the >> Plaintiff until he had arrived in BC that he had invited a Neo Nazi he >> knew the Plaintiff strongly disliked to the same protest that he was >> staging in front of the court house in Prince George on August 21, >> 2014. The Plaintiff was looking forward to meeting Lonnie Landrud so >> he ignored the Neo Nazi. Several months after their one and only >> meeting, Lonnie Landrud contacted the Plaintiff and asked him to >> publish a statement of his on the Internet and to forward it to anyone >> he wished. The Plaintiff obliged Landrud and did an investigation of >> his own as well. He has informed the RCMP of his opinion of their >> actions and has done nothing further except monitor the criminal >> proceedings the Crown has placed against the Neo Nazi in BC and save >> his videos and webpages and that of his associates. The words the >> Plaintiff stated in public in Prince George BC on August 21, 2014 were >> recorded by the Neo Nazi and published on the Internet and the RCMP >> knows the Plaintiff stands by every word. For the public record the >> Plaintiff truly believes what Lonnie Landrud told him despite the fact >> that he does not trust his Neo Nazi associates. Therefore the >> Plaintiff had no ethical dilemma whatsoever in publishing the >> statement Lonnie Landrud mailed to him in a sincere effort to assist >> Lonnie Landrud’s pursuit of justice. The Crown is well aware that >> Plaintiff’s former lawyer, Barry Bachrach once had a leader of the >> American Indian Movement for a client and that is why he ran against >> the former Minister of Indian Affairs for his seat in the 39th >> Parliament. >> >> 85. The Plaintiff states that while he was out west he visited >> Edmonton AB several times and met many people. He visited the home of >> Barry Winters and all his favourite haunts in the hope of meeting in >> person the evil person who had been sexually harassing and threatening >> to kill him and his children for many years. The Crown cannot deny >> that Winters invited him many times. On June 13, 2015 Barry Winters >> admitted the EPS warned him the Plaintiff was looking for him. >> >> On 12/21/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: "Rabson, Mia"<Mia.Rabson@freepress.mb.ca> >>> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:45:36 +0000 >>> Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Wab Kinew >>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> >>> I will be out of the office until Monday, January 4. >>> If you need immediate assistance please contact our city desk at 613 >>> 697 7292 or fpcity@freepress.mb.ca. >>> Happy Holidays! >>> >>> Mia Rabson >>> Parliamentary Bureau Chief >>> Winnipeg Free Press >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: "Sarra R. Deane"<s.deane@uwinnipeg.ca> >>> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:10:12 +0000 >>> Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Wab Kinew >>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> >>> I will be out of the office until Thursday, Nov. 12th. I will >>> respond to emails upon my return. 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Wright's $90K offer to Mike Duffy had conditions, RCMP say Duffy told not to talk to media in exchange for money By Meagan Fitzpatrick, CBC News Posted: Jul 5, 2013 12:21 PM ET Related Stories Who's who in the Senate expense controversy Duffy expense saga still riles CBCNews.ca readers Senator Mac Harb repays $51K in expenses Brazeau's Senate salary to be docked 20% to repay expenses Senator Brazeau unlikely to repay expenses by deadline Nigel Wright's $90,000 payment to cover Senator Mike Duffy's expenses was offered only with certain conditions, according to court documents that also show several people in the Prime Minister's Office knew about the offer. New details about the payment and the circumstances around it are contained in an application to the court by the RCMP seeking documents from the Senate and other material for its investigation of Duffy's expense claims. RCMP investigator Cpl. Greg Horton wrote he has reasonable grounds to believe Duffy committed breach of trust and fraud on the government because of inappropriate expense claims and because he accepted the money from Wright. a.. Who's who in the Senate expense controversy Wright was Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff who resigned over the matter once it was reported in the media in May. The RCMP met with Wright's two lawyers on June 19, and they revealed that while there was no written contract between Wright and Duffy, Wright asked for two conditions to be met in return for the $90,000: that Duffy stop talking to the media and that he reimburse the government immediately with the money. The lawyers, Patrick McCann and Peter Mantas, said Wright was not directed by anyone to make the offer, that he believed it was the ethical thing to do so that taxpayers weren't on the hook, and that he and Duffy were not friends. But the decision came only after the Conservative Party of Canada considered paying the bill for Duffy's inappropriately claimed expenses when it was thought he owed $32,000. The party has a fund controlled by Duffy's colleague in the upper chamber, Senator Irving Gerstein. When the amount owed jumped to $90,000, the party decided it was too much to cover. Duffy was concerned he didn't have the money to cover the reimbursement, the lawyers told the RCMP, and he was also worried that if he didn't claim a primary residence in Prince Edward Island, his eligibility for a Senate seat would be at risk. Some PMO staff knew Senators Patrick Brazeau and Mac Harb have been asked to pay taxpayers back for housing and travel allowance claims. Harb paid $51,000 back on Friday. a.. Read about Harb's repayment Wright didn't offer to cover their expenses, the lawyers said. He got a bank draft from CIBC on March 25 that went to Duffy's lawyer, then Duffy wrote a personal cheque to pay the government. Harper says he didn't know about Wright giving the money to Duffy until it was revealed in the media and in question period on May 28. The prime minister said Wright made the decision on his own and kept the matter to himself until May 15. But the court documents say Wright let the RCMP know on June 21 that he told Gerstein and three people in Harper's office that he was going to write Duffy a cheque: David van Hemmen, Chris Woodcock, and Benjamin Perrin. Perrin worked in the Prime Minister's Office as Harper's legal adviser and some media reports have said he was involved in arranging the Duffy deal, a claim he denies. Perrin issued a statement on May 21 saying he "was not consulted on, and did not participate in" Wright's decision and that he never talked to Harper about the matter. He recently left his job in the PMO and is employed by the University of British Columbia. Conditions attached Van Hemmen worked as Wright's assistant and Woodcock is director of issues management in the PMO. The RCMP investigator says in the court document that he believes the conditions attached to the payment offer back up the idea that there was an agreement between Wright and Duffy involving the $90,000 and the Senate report that ended up not being critical of the Prince Edward Island senator. It has been reported in the media that Duffy agreed to say publicly he made a mistake and was paying the money back in exchange for Wright actually paying the money and a Senate report that would go easy on him. This would amount to fraud on Duffy's part, according to the RCMP, and his per diems and his housing allowance that he should not have claimed would be breach of trust. The documents lay out details of how the Senate report on Duffy's expenses was amended by Conservative senators David Tkachuk and Carolyn Stewart-Olsen. Stewart-Olsen was interviewed by the RCMP and said the report removed the critical portions about Duffy because he had paid the money back, she didn't know Wright actually paid the money, and that no one told her and Tkachuk to change the report from its draft versions. Duffy was reached by CBC News on Friday and said he had no comment. Wright's lawyer said he is co-operating with the RCMP and has no further comment. Harper's spokesman, Andrew MacDougall, was asked by CBC News to respond to a long list of questions Friday including what role, if any, van Hemmen, Woodcock, Perrin played and whether Harper knew his party was willing to pay for Duffy. "This file was handled by Nigel Wright and he has taken sole responsibility for his decision to provide his personal funds to Duffy," MacDougall responded, adding that the court document states Harper was not aware of the offer and found out about it on May 15. CBC News also asked Conservative party president John Walsh a series of questions. Party spokesman Fred DeLorey responded instead by saying only that the Conservative Fund did not pay for Duffy's expenses. NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice said the details revealed by the court document are "troubling." He said in an interview that Harper's version of events "is just not true." "It's not a personal issue between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy because there was a first attempt to cover up this scandal by the Conservative Party," he said. Boulerice said he wants to know if Harper knew the party was going to pay for Duffy and whether he asked his staff who was involved once the news about Wright's payment broke. "There's a lot of questions to answer now and Mr. Harper should do the right thing and tell the truth," he said. Heritage Minister James Moore said Friday that anyone who abuses the system should be held accountable and should "leave public office with their head hung in shame." "I think when you see people like Senator Duffy or others taking taxpayers' money, using it in an arrogant, irresponsible and perhaps illegal way, I think taxpayers are rightfully upset, rightfully mad and they should be," he told reporters at an event. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said it's curious that the Conservative party would be willing to pay for Duffy to "make his problems go away" and that Harper has not been transparent with Canadians. "It's been a real disappointment and it's frustrating, quite frankly, to have to be learning about what happened in the Prime Minister's Office through a very serious police investigation, and this Prime Minister has completely lost any credibility with the Canadian people because of his mishandling of this scandal," Trudeau told reporters. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Amos To: ethics@ic.gc.ca ; gisele.osborne@gnb.ca ; dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca ; Pelletier, Raymond F. ; zedp@parl.gc.ca ; rmooremp@nb.sympatico.ca ; savoya2@parl.gc.ca ; thompg@nb.sympatico.ca ; john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov ; martib@sen.parl.gc.ca ; dougchristielaw@shaw.ca ; Mayor@ci.boston.ma.us ; Stephen.Murphy@ci.boston.ma.us ; geline.williams@state.ma.us ; Brian Mulcahy ; madanr@ojp.usdoj.gov ; strategis@ic.gc.ca ; wilson.howie@ic.gc.ca ; cbisson@mccarthy.ca ; lynn.morrison@oico.on.ca Cc: Governor Office ; Governor.Rell@po.state.ct.us ; smay@pattersonpalmer.ca ; johnduggan@legalaid.nf.ca ; brenda.boyd@RCMP-GRC.gc.ca ; McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca ; david@lutz.nb.ca ; cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci. INFO7@elections.ca ; inquiry.admin@bellnet.ca ; cotlei@parl.gc.ca ; Robert.Creedon@state.ma.us ; Brian.A.Joyce@state.ma.us ; Jack.Hart@state.ma.us ; Rep.WalterTimilty@hou.state. Rep.AStephenTobin@hou.state. Daphne.Thompson@gems2.gov.bc. WayneGreen@mail.gov.nl.ca ; gallanpm@gov.ns.ca ; anrobins@vac-acc.gc.ca ; cei@nbnet.nb.ca ; kbar@nbnet.nb.ca ; Byron Prior Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: Small wonder the lady speaking for Bernard Shapiro believed me . Senator Joe Day should have given him my material a long long time ago. I thought Howie Wilson still had the job because everything was kinda murky within Strategis at the time and nobody would respond to me. Since my affairs in the USA are beginning to develop in a positive direction, now Joe Day and the others are just starting to pretend that they are ethical? Not on my watch. I have yet to find out who the hell the Ethics Counselor is for the Senate but rest assured I will find out and forward him all that I will send to you. Good luck with your conscience folks. Perhaps someone should call me soon. 506 434-1379 Friday the 13th of August, 2004 Senator Joseph A. Day 14 Everett St. Hampton, NB Prime Minister, Paul Martin 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON. K1A 0A2 Eva Plunkett Inspector General (CSIS) 340 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON. K1A 0P8 Ethics Counselor, Howard Wilson 66 Slater St., 22nd Floor Ottawa, ON. K1A 0C9 Geoff Reagan c/o Irwin Cotler, 900 Justice Building Ottawa, ON. K1A 0A6 Philippe Rabot RCMP External Review Committee P.O. Box 1159, Station B Ottawa, ON. K1P 5R2 RE: Corruption Hey Joe, The fact that you said I was not worth voting for is no matter to me. I just wish my fellow Canadians had the right to vote you out of your job. That is one thing I agree with Mr. Lord about. To me you are just another lawyer who couldn’t get elected so you were politically appointed to a high government position for the benefit of Irving interests. Now that you are in public service not only must you obey the Code of Conduct of your chosen profession, you must act ethically as a well paid federal employee and speak for the public good. Forget your former employer’s interests and do your job. It is time to check the work of many high officials and mine as well. I demand that you study of the enclosed material then forward it all to the Prime Minister Paul Martin. Ask him to forward copies of it all to the other above named government employees and to the Arar Commission in particular. I can easily prove prior contact to all the above named persons or their offices and I believe they should be expecting to see this stuff. The CD of the copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you as an officer of the court in confidence in order that it may be properly investigated. I have given you many more documents than the ones I will mention in the following paragraphs. I will send a copy of this letter to many people as a double check on your ethics. One of the documents of foremost importance to me is a recent letter Attorney General Brad Green sent to me dated August 3rd. It is attached to the letter and all the other material I had delivered to Bernard Lord and Frank McKenna just after Canada Day. I deem the aforesaid letter to be so important because he is the first Canadian public servant in any office to even admit knowledge my concerns and allegations in two months of waiting for a proper response. His position in public service and his answer forever prove just how bad things really are in Canada and the USA. I am not sorry for the delay in providing you with this material as I planned and stated within the enclosed email. If you had wanted it, you would have returned my calls or answered my email. I had spoken to many people about my concerns as I ran for Parliament. I made certain that the proper authorities knew of my allegations the instant I was on Canadian soil. If our government was on the up and up, someone should have sent the cops around to pick this stuff up or at least ask me a few questions a long time ago. I cannot wait any longer for my country to act properly in my defense. The Yankees now want me in court. The recent letter from Brad Green and the actions of some other bad actors in Fredericton and the USA gave me cause to pause, rethink and rewrite a bunch of stuff. One would think that Henrick Tonning, the first judge that Green had ever appointed or the unnamed duty counsel in court on the first day of Brad’s new plan to defend the rights of the people would have informed him that I was very pissed off and still in New Brunswick. The Sheriff who refused to identify himself in Henrik’s court that day was more than willing to take me away and under his jurisdiction. What province writes the Sheriff’s paycheck? Even the local rumormill had enough time to generate enough gossip from July 29th to August 3rd for Brad Green to be adequately informed before he wrote such a ridiculous letter to me. Clearly Brad paid no heed my fair warning to lawyers about making one false move. Maybe he should call the former Attorney General in New Hampshire and ask Peter Heed why he paid no heed to me. Now I will prove to both Mr Heed and Brad Green that I wasn’t joking and that I am well within the jurisdiction of law enforcement in both New Brunswick and New Hampshire. If the Fredericton City Police arrest me as I approach the legislature one day very soon, Brad Green, Bruce Noble and I will have lots to argue about in years to come in many courts. I will be filing a complaint against them and several others with the Law Society anyway. I am looking to hire an ethical lawyer to sue the bastards long before the Law Society gets around to figuring out how to ignore my allegations. What would you do if you were I? Do you know an ethical lawyer that I can discuss this with? Or would I fare better if I acted ethically in a Pro Se fashion? My encounter with the Ombudsman, Bernard Richard proved much to me about NB politicians. I didn’t believe what he said about Wayne Steeves the second he mentioned Connie Fogal. He tried so hard to argue about jurisdiction that he maintained Rule One of the Code of Professional Conduct of the New Brunswick Law Society is not about integrity but jurisdiction. No lawyer is that dumb and the last thing I would want is such a man to speak for me. So I promptly told him I would see him in court and ended our conversation. He was obviously arguing against me for the benefit of Brad Green rather than making a sincere and ethical effort to listen to me and address my concerns to the powers that be on my behalf. Richard likely has few Liberal friends to chum with. For all I know he may have just got back from Larry’s Gulch so I allowed him to continue on the fishing expedition byway of email. For his information just in case he is that dumb, I brought up the subject of integrity so he would stop arguing jurisdiction and act more ethically and diligently as a lawyer. When he continued, I quit talking and sought proof of contact. Lawyers must maintain their integrity no matter the jurisdiction or issue. I can easily refute the jurisdictional argument of both Mr. Richard and Brad Green. I am used to that legal dodge. Thirty-three years ago a RCMP officer charged me with speeding by within the city limits of Fredericton. When I questioned his jurisdiction the Crown was quick to inform me that the RCMP have jurisdiction over everyone everywhere in Canada. If I were to unbuckle my seat belt in defiance of a NB law as I drove to Hampton to serve this material upon a lawyer employed as a Senator in the federal government, in what court would I appear? What if I served this material upon the cop that had the authority stop me? If the matter was heard in Hampton or Sussex Provincial Court shouldn’t Judge Henrik Tonning immediately recuse himself because of his words to me in court on July 29th. Would I not have the right to make a federal case out of what began as a seat belt offense and change the jurisdiction to the USA? A far better example is what happened on June 24th. A man who claimed represent the Crown as the Sergeant at Arms in the New Brunswick legislature claimed that he and the Fredericton PD had jurisdiction over me and the right to throw me out of the public building. However when I tried to give them this stuff as the Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and Attorney General Brad Green have both suggested, they refused. What right did they have to do so? Should I file a complaint against the Crown in the USA? I was thrown out of a building in NB. Who defends the Crown if not Green? Senator Day, make certain that Jack Hooper of CSIS sends someone to see the priest, Bill Elliott and get the stuff I gave to him the night of his debate on June 21st. Everybody in the churchyard watched that old man holler at me as I gave it to him. Now Mr. Waldman can listen to what Mr. Harper was harping about on June 22nd on the CBC, As I told the priest there were three original wiretap tapes within that envelope I gave him. The tapes are important evidence for the Arar Commission. If nothing else their mere existence proves how far the FEDS in two countries will go to cover things up. Let me know if the priest denies he got them or Hooper won’t give them up, I have several more hidden in Canada that the Arar Commission can have. Hooper can hoop and holler about National Security all he wants. I must protect my ass if he won’t, If you look at the photo I have provided, you will see me talking to a RCMP officer that was guarding Harper in Sussex on June 19th. Now you know what I was talking about to him. What I want to know is that cop’s name. Harper wasn’t long spilling the beans to his political advantage on CBC but his lawyers weren’t long shutting him up on June 24th after Waldman demanded that he testify at the Inquiry. Why is that? Waldman should have known of me if Arar’s lawyers at CCR in the USA had kept him properly informed. Rest assured that I did as soon as I became aware of him. During our conversation I know I said enough for him to check my words. His silence spoke volumes. Mr. Arar’s lawyers had no fear of filing a complaint against Ashcroft and the others in the USA after they received my stuff last November. I see no further progress with that suit since it was filed last January. Why have they ignored me? Did they make a deal and settle? Why have they fallen so silent within the inquiry in Canada? If you don’t believe me about what Mr. Harper knows, call Arthur Hamilton and ask him about the little talk we had about this a little while ago. Mr. Hamilton can never say he doesn’t know because I saved his voicemail to me. I have no doubt that he has had a long talk with our new MP Rob Moore by now. Why are they so silent? I have many questions to ask Geoff Regan and Anne McLellan about the Arar Commission. Geoff has no time to return my call but lots of time to golf with Clinton and McKenna. I demand to know if the many documents that caused the delay in the inquiry were mine. If not, why not? I did do as Anne McLellan suggested and gave this stuff to both Customs and Immigration the instant I landed in Canadian jurisdiction. If I am not called to testify, I will never understand. I did manage to talk to Veena Verma and she had no answers for me only arguments about jurisdiction as usual. Your friend, Mr. Zed can never say he don’t know because as you can see I served his law office this stuff on June 25th the day before he and John Herron greeted Paul Martin at the airport. After your review of this stuff you must confess it is obvious to all why Paul Zed and his friend Frank McKenna have been struck so dumb. Paul Zed was elected to speak for that politically minded priest amongst others, correct? Perhaps after they voted according to their conscience they should act according to it as well. I know that I have proved what everybody knows. The word of a lawyer is worthless. Peter MacKay also proved that to all the true Progressive Conservatives in Canada. The fact that another lawyer, John Crosbie advised the former Alliance party on what to say is too funny and sad for the words of this letter. One reason I came home and ran for Parliament is to sooth my own soul because I found Mr. Harper and his buddies to be a truly dangerous bunch of characters. Crosbie did too for awhile anyway. Ain’t it funny how he now sings a different tune? There is no doubt that the old lawyer Paul Martin is a monumental a crook. The boat in Sidney proved that to me two days after the election. He can play well within Mulroney’s league. It was truly sad that so many Canadians were compelled to vote for Martin simply because they were too scared that Harper may lead our country down a garden path and under an evil Bush. Perhaps the NDP should check my work closely and then help me expose all the crooks in both the Liberal and Conservative camps. I will give this stuff to their local lawyer leader Ms. Weir. Maybe it is time for the NDP to shine for the benefit of all Canadians. Even though the NDP have only 19 seats in Parliament I believe they have the power to inspire a non-confidence vote and cause another election. I think the NDP politicians should think about the following statement a long time then review how they made out in the last election. I did say at the Moss Glen debate that the NDP party was the best spot to place a vote. However NDP people I know argued with me saying that if they did that their vote would be wasted and Harper might get in, so they must vote out of fear for a Liberal. Therefore I fall back on what I had said during the Hampton debate in that every ballot should have one more line on it "None of the above" then I am certain many more Canadians would exercise their right to vote. Many did agree. Senator Day I did come across your wife in the Canada Elections office as she worked in support of Herron. Please don’t deny the fact that the person seated beside your wife in Hampton laughed and applauded at many of my remarks, Everybody heard what I said to Herron in front of Rob Moore about suing him. Herron is foolish if he thought I was kidding. Herron is a layman with few political friends. I spoke to him very openly and honestly after the debate in Moss Glen. It should be interesting to see whom he and Rob Moore manage to hire for lawyers to defend them from my actions. I look forward to meeting a judge but I am not certain I would be allowed a jury of my peers. Lawyers do have an unfair stranglehold on Canadian justice. As you check my work, you should see that I am out to shame all lawyers and the political ones in particular. None of this would have been necessary if just one lawyer had upheld their oath or one public servant had blown the whistle. Why is not the question. The answer is Filthy Lucre. Today is Friday the 13th. I am expected to stand in court in Boston and argue allegations of criminal harassment made against me by a lawyer who has practiced crimes against me. Clearly I am not making an appearance. My kids and I will remain in this jurisdiction. I suspect foul play and that it is a ploy to make me return to the USA. I have little doubt that agents of the DHS would never allow me to appear in that court. I notified everyone down in Boston that I look forward to trial. Monday will tell the tale. In closing I must say I considered myself a raging success to finally break surface in the media and in an Irving owned newspaper of all places. A former Irving lawyer needs no explanation as to the reason for my joy. That said, let’s see if I can make the Internet work for me in a grassroots sort of way. The Irvings are a little behind the times in that regard. Although I do not wear a blue coat, I did give the folks in Fundy one last chance to vote for a PC (Pissed off Candidate) and I tried to do it in a fun fashion so that my efforts would be remembered. Read the Kings County Record again to check my words. As I watch the boob tube, I find the most honest reporting of the political circus in America can be found on the Canadian comedy shows. The stuff on Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Melanie Sloan and the Clintons should be pretty funny to you as well as you read the documents I have provided. Now all I can say is Hooray for Canada and thanks to the folks in Fundy that did vote for me. I am glad that at least one percent understood and agreed with me. Quite likely not one of them was a lawyer. Now I only need one lawyer in the right place in government to do the right thing and things will change for the better. Until that happens I will continue torturing lawyers with dilemmas that a simple application of ethics could easily solve. It is just a matter of time before one will break rank with the crooks and become a truly honourable hero for the common man. As I said in my first political speech I am a son of the Keith Clan whose roots can be found in Fundy. Although I have separated myself from that Clan and founded my own in order to declare a Blood Feud in my own name, I will always honour from whence I came. I simply don’t care what lawyers or politicians think of me Although I have no religion, I have faith in my forefather’s motto "Veritas Vincit". So what say you now, Senator Joe Day? Are you with me or against me? Ignoring me just won’t do. Please send your answer to the following address just as Brad Green did. I don’t know where I will be from day to day these days. Like it or not you are all now witnesses to my sad complaints. I demand an answer from you in writing even if it is to refuse this demand to do your job. Your friend the Yankee lawyer, David Lutz can turn his back on me then sneak away and try to hide but you are a Canadian public servant now. You must answer me in a timely fashion. I am part of the Canadian Public and a citizen that came to your office in the constituency that I have been hanging my hat for over two months. I demand assistance from the Senator appointed to watch over us and expect you to act with the integrity that is mandated by your license to practice law for a fee. Trust me, I am wise to the delaying and denying game. Forget trying to argue jurisdiction. I am here. What do you think? Should I run for Senator if Lord manages to call an election for one? I can be reached by local phone # 506 434-1379 but everything I say from here on out I want recorded in the Public Record because it appears that lawyers think I must sue the Queen in the USA. Do you think she will get pissed? The reason question is can she afford the relief. Check the bottom line of my first two complaints. Anne McLellan has made the Crown a conspirator against me. Methinks she owes me three times the loss. Now we all know the reason for the cover up. Too many lawyer/politicians in Boston assisted the lawyer, Charles J. Kickham Jr. assist the ex FBI agent William J. Kickham in his crimes against my Clan. If any of the above named parties don’t like anything I have stated, Please sue me. I dare ya. I promise I will not file any sort of motion to dismiss the matter but I will demand a jury. I will call many witnesses in my defense. I think the first one would be Mr. Harper. Wouldn’t it be fun if he was a hostile one? Cya’ll in CourtJ David R. Amos 153 Alvin Ave. Milton, MA. 02186 Certificate of Service I, David R. Amos, a Canadian citizen presently within the jurisdiction of the Province of New Brunswick in the County of Kings on Friday the 13th of August, 2004 delivered the above named material to the office of Senator Joseph A. Day at 14 Everett St. Hampton, NB. I will also email many people in many places the proof that this was done on this day. Check into my beefs with the USPS and look at the news about the Canadian Postal Service’s political issues with Paul Martin today and it should be obvious why this is necessary for me to do in person.
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The Larouche Network
July 19, 1984
THE LAROUCHE NETWORK
INTRODUCTION*
While most Ameri-cans would readily list the names Hart, Mondale, and Jackson as among this year's contenders for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, viewers of late-night television might also mention the name Lyndon H. LaRou'che. Since the onset of the primary season in January, LaRouche has been featured in a series of periodic, late-night television broad- casts promoting his candidacy, and his bizarre political and economic theories. F- Billing himself as a "conservative Democrat" LaRouche has regaled his audience with predictions of imminent disaster that can only be averted through his leadership. Coupled with his ominous forecasts of catastrophes that range from "global thermo- nuclear war" to worldwide economic collapse have been his wild assertions that individuals such as Henry Kissinger and Lt. Gen. Daniel Graham are "Soviet agents of influence." What makes such claims particularly ironic is that this "conservative Democrat" was in fact a self-proclaimed Communist, who once called himself "the American Lenin,"' who helped found the violence-prone U.S. Labor Party, and who leads what may well be one of the strangest political groups in American history.
THE LAROUCHE NETWORK
Emerging from within the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) during the late 1960s, LaRouche has managed to attract a small, but fanatical following to his conspiratorial view of the world. Despite their small numbers (estimated at from one to three thousand), he has managed to fashion them into a surpris- ingly broad network of organizations that not only encompasses many major cities in the U.S., but which extends to Europe and Latin America as well.
Although all of the groups, at their core, adhere to LaRouche's ideology, which holds that a "super elite"--including such di-s- parate elements as the Rockefeller family, the British Royal Family, the Anti-Defamation League, the Soviet KGB, National Review, and The Heritage Foundation--controls world events, many are set up ostensibly as academic or charitable organizations. The use of various fronts has been among the LaRouche network's most suc- cessful tactics, enabling it to attract unwitting, well-intentioned citizens to its cause. While these individuals generally break any connection as soon as they realize the real nature of LaRouche's organizations, in some cases longer term,relationships are estab- lished.
Even innocent individuals who do not directly participate in LaRouchd-sponsored activities often -end up unwitting financial supporters of the-network through airport purchases or subscrip- tions to LaRouche publications. Hawked by clean-cut young people manning tables with signs that carry slogans such as "Feed Jane Fonda To The Whales," magazines like the slick Executive Intelli- gence Review (EIR), Fusion, The Young Scientist-, and Campaigner, are a major source of funds. In fact, some estimates of combined airport and subscription sales put the annual revenue LaRouche generates this way at as much as $3 million.
Because the LaRouche network contains such a large and ever-changing list of political organizations, publications, and business enterprises, it is useful to categorize the network's elements into three groups: publications and publishing enter- prises, political groups, and businesses. A list of current and former elements of the network includes:
Political Groups
The National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) The International Caucus of Labor Committees (ICLC) The National Democratic Policy Committee The Fusion Energy Foundation (FEF) The Lafayette Academy for the Arts and Sciences The Humanist Academy The LaRouche Campaign (TLC) The U.S. Labor Party (dormant) The National Anti-Drug Coalition The Club of Life The Revolutionary Youth Movement
The National Unemployed and Welfare Rights Organization (NUWRO) The International Workingman's Association (IWA) The Labor Organizer's Defense Fund The Committee for a Fair Election (CFE) (dormant)
Publications and Publishing EnteprisesNew Solidarity (a newspaper) New Solidarity International Press Service (NSIPS) Fusion Magazine International Journal of Fusion Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) Investigative Leads (an EIR spin-off) War on Drugs The Young Scientist The New Benjamin Franklin House Publishing Company Campaigner Magazine Campaigner publications American Labor Beacon (reported to be currently in the hands of dissident members of the network) NSIPS Speakers Bureau
Business Enterprises
Computron Technologies (now bankrupt) Compittype (a financial printing firm) WoXld Composition Services* PMR Printing Company, Inc.
ACCESS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS
A major concern regarding the LaRouche network arises from its apparent ability to penetrate high government circles-- especially within the intelligence and police communities. This ability was underscored by a documentary which aired earlier this year as part of the NBC newsmagazine "First Camera." The broad- cast featured, among others, Dr. Norman Bailey, a former member of the National Security Council Staff. In the press release announcing the program NBC stated that Dr. Bailey "spoke of LaRouche's value to the Administration.112 Moreover, reports by former members3 of the LaRouche network indicate that it main- tained regular and frequent contacts with officials of the Depart- ment of State, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and even the Central Intelligence Agency. While some of these claims may be overstated, and some of the contacts may have been low-level or self-generated, the potential for security breaches and other problems arising from such relationships remains very real. A recent incident in France illustrates this point.
A minor furor erupted earlier this year following the dis- closure of a confidential French Cabinet memorandum by LaRouche followers there. The memo, which ironically was intended to warn French officials about possible ties between the LaRouche network and Moscow, had been circulated to less than a dozen top people within the French Cabinet. After obtaining the document, LaRouche followers published it as part of a full-page newspaper advertise- ment. Although the document's contents were a minor embarrassment, what was of real concern was the fact that to have access to it, the leaker also had to have had access to a wide range of sensitive material, including defense information.
In addition to gaining access to official circles, the LaRouche network frequently has succeeded in insinuating its followers into positions with organizations it sees as part of the worldwide conspiracy. one of the most celebrated incidents involved a secretary who was a network member working for the Council on Foreign Relations. In the course of her normal duties, she worked at least part of the time for William P. Bundy, editor of their prestigious journal, Foreign Affairs. She even attended the super-secret Bilderberg meeting, a meeting which includes much of the world's business and foreign policy elite, with him and had access to its proceedings.
What puzzles most casual observers of the LaRouche opeiation is just what it is that the organization really stands for, and what it is that it ;;ants.0 Depending on the moment and the issue, LaRouche can appear to be ultra left wing, ultra right wing, or somewhere in between. There are, however, certain themes that run consistently through his network's ideology. Among them are 5 a virulent anti-Semitism, a belief that world events are guided by a conspiracy aimed at eventually causing a new "Dark Ages," and that Lyndon H. LaRouche is the only individual who has the insight to prevent this calamity from overtaking mankind. The question to be asked then is: Who is Lyndon LaRouche?
WHO IS LYNDON LAROUCHE?
Born of Quaker parents in Rochester, New Hampshire in 1922, LaRouche spent most of his formative years in Lynn, Massachusetts. Initially a conscientious objector during World War II, LaRouche had an apparent change of heart while performing alternative service, and subsequently served in the Army in Burma and India. It was also at this time that LaRouche was first attracted to communist ideology.
After leaving the service, LaRouche surfaced in 1948 as a member of the Socialist Workers Party, a Trotskyite communist group. Although he left the SWP in 1957, he continued to be active in communist circles, and supported himself by working as a management consultant and systems analyst. During the late 1960s, LaRouche was listed as a faculty member at several of the Marxist "alternative schools" which sprang up at the time, using the name "Lynn Marcus." In June 1968, LaRouche became active with the radical Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), teach- ing a course at their "Summer Liberation School" organized at Columbia University. From this, he was able to assume a leader- ship role in the SDS Labor Committee which eventually evolved into the National Caucus of Labor Committees.
During a dispute over support of striking teachers in New York City, LaRouche split with the SDS leadership by taking a position on behalf of the strikers, and broke off the NCLC from the SDS. This group, which remains in existence today, formed the core of what would become the LaRouche network.
Although LaRouche publicly eschews violence, over the years members have been charged with a variety of offenses, including assault, possession of weapons, possession of explosives, and kid- napping. There have, however, been few convictions.
e In 1973 LaRouche undertook "Opefation M9p Up," as a means of consolidating his hold on what was a de facto attempt to take full control of the U.S. Gommunist Party. Operation Mop Up was initi- ated after Lakouche returned from an extended trip to Europe, and took place during Spring 1973. During this action, more than 60 incidents of violence took place, with some victims of LaRouche's forces requiring hospital treatment. Ironically, according to published reports, it was this move towards violence that cemented LaRouche's leadership of the U.S. Labor Party, and helped to increase its membership and coffers.
ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH TIES WITH CONSERVATIVES
In 1974, the LaRouche network began an active campaign to establish links with conservative groups. An internal memorandum written at the time stated "Right wing organizations offer four opportunities: 1) Sources of fund raising related to our organiz- ing, 2) Political contacts to circulate our perspectives in anti-Rocky political financial military circles, 3) opportunity to expose and discredit Rocky's Buckley-FBI-CIA penetration of' the right, 4) potential USLP members and periphery. 16 The "Rocky" refers to the late Nelson Rockefeller, while the Buckley is William F. Buckley, editor of National Review.
In making contacts in the conservative and business communi- ties, fronts like the National Anti-Drug Coalition and Fusion Energy Foundation were particularly valuable. The slick publica- tion Executive Intelligence Review was also aimed at this audience.
Typically, USLP members would approach conservatives or businessmen by appealing to their concerns over issues such as economic growth, nuclear power, or drug use. They would then try to solicit a donation for one of the LaRouche fronts declaiming on these issues, or ask for other assistance. Throughout the 1970s the LaRouche network was particularly successful in obtain- ing financial support for the Fusion Energy Foundation from the business community, in the form of direct contributions and sub- scriptions to FEF's slick magazine Fusion.
Its most successful publication, however, seems to be Executive Intelligence Review, with a claimed circulation of 10,000. The Review deals with a wide range of topics, but fre- quently focuses on security matters and terrorism. The magazine's success in attracting readers for such material gave rise to the creation of a spin-off newsletter "Investigative Leads," which is specifically targeted at law enforcement officials.
While in most cases LaRouche's attempts to work directly with conservatives and business groups have been short-lived, his network hashad considerable success in selling their high-priced publications to this audience. At a subscription rate of $400 .per year, Executive Intelligence Review's 10,000 claimed sub- scribers would garner revenues oT__$4_m_'I`llion annually. Thus, often without realizing it, the magazine's subscribers are sup- porting the LaRouche network's other activities.
Another means by which the LaRouche network establishes links to business is through the operation of commercial firms that specialize in printing services and computer software. Some of America's largest corporations have been unknowing clients of LaRouche-controlled companies, and some of his followers are reported to hold high-level postions with at least one major manufacturer of small computers. Included among the firms linked to LaRouche are Computron Technologies Inc., The New Benjamin Franklin House Publishing Company, World Composition Services, and PMR Printing Company.
ANTI-SEMITISM AND TIES WITH HATE GROUPS
One of the most disturbing turns in the path of LaRouche's ideology has been his incorporation of strong anti-Semitic themes into the grand conspiracy he claims steers world events. As part of this move, LaRouche has established ties with organizations which promote racial hatred and anti-Semitism, including the Ku Klux Klan and the Liberty Lobby.
In promulgating these themes, LaRouche has made claims that Jewish organizations and prominent members of the Jewish community are linked to the international drug trade, that they deal in pornography, and are linked to international terrorism and criminal violence. According to reports,8 LaRouche even alleged in a radio interview that the Ku Klux Klan was founded on behalf of B1nai BIrith, and has stated that he found a "kernal of truth" in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion,119 one of the most vicious anti-Semitic fabrications in history.
In addition, according to the Anti-Defamation League, LaRouche and his followers have alleged that "Jews were largely responsible for bringing Hitler to power, and that the Nazi Holocaust is one of the hoaxes produced by the Zionist demagog.1110 He also has saved particular venom for the Anti-Defamation League itself, labeling the organization "Britain's Zionist Gestapo.
The move by the LaRouche network to establish links with hatemongers dates from 1974. At that time, the National Caucus of Labor Committees was the primary vehicle for LaRouche's fol- lowers. In September of that year, the NCLC made contact with Ken Duggan, publisher of The Illuminator, a racist and anti- Semitic magazine. Through Duggan, according to an account published by an ex-LaRouche follower in National Review, LaRouche was introduced to a number of individuals associated with anti- Semitic or racist groups including Roy Fraiikhouser, a leader of the Pennsylvania Ku Klux Klan, and Willis Carto of the Liberty Lobby- From then on, anti-Semitism became an increasing component of LaRouche's overall conspiracy theory.
What makes the hatemongering aspect of the LaRouche network .a serious concern is that the organization has had a history of violence, and has even had some of its members undergo paramili- tary training. Over the years, LaRouche followers have been charged with--although infrequently convicted of--criminal acts including assault, kidnapping, possession of weapons, and pos- session of explosives. Moreover, LaRouche generally travels with armed bodyguards, and is reported to keep armed guards outside his New York apartment. The potential to turn the network's proclivity for violence against a specific racial or ethnic group is real.
LAROUCHE AND THE PRESIDENCY
It is LaRouche's attempts to gain the U.S. presidency, more than anything else, that have brought him into the public eye.
His first attempt was in 1976 when he ran under the U.S. Labor Party's banner. Although he got on the ballot in 24 states, he polled only 43,043 votes. Still, this campaign give rise to one of the odder political match-ups in U.S. political history: a joint suit charging election fraud entered into by a coalition of the U.S. Labor Party, elements of the Republican Party, and some members of the American Party.
The dismal 1976 showing may have convinced LaRouche of the futility of running on a third-party ticket. Thus when he ran in 1980, he did so as a Democrat. On the ballot in some 16 states, LaRouche polled 185,000 votes and qualified for $526,000 in federal matching campaign funds. However, a subsequent ruling by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) held that LaRouche's failure to win at least 10 percent of the vote in two successive primaries disqualified him from eligibility for matching funds after April 17, 1980, requiring the organization to return $110,618. This decision was appealed, and in March 1982, the federal court barred the FEC from conducting additional investigations until the one under way was completed. In November 1982, Citizens for LaRouche reached a settlement with the FEC, admitting to a variety of violations of the Campaign Financing Act, including the submis- sion-of "false or misleading informat@ionll to the FEC.
After the 1980 campaign, LaRouche established the National Democratic Policy Committee as a vehicle for his and his followers, candidacies." Claiming 2,600 members, the 4TD.PC is a source of considerable dismay within the Democratic National Committee, with which it is often confused. It also indicates LaRouche's new strategy, which is to represent himself as a "conservative Democrat." In fact, it is merely the successor of the now defunct U.S. Labor Party as LaRouche's political arm.
A number of state and local candidates have been fielded from within the NDPC's ranks over the past several years. Included among them are Mel Klenetsky, LaRouche's campaign manager, who ran for Mayor of New York, and William Wertz who ran for the U.S. Senate from California in 1982.
Often running unopposed for seats on local party committees, or for offices where the other party's candidate would be unop- posed, LaRouche followers are becoming a more frequent presence on ballots around the nation. And their effort at the polls is not limited to the U.S. During last year's West German Bundestag elections, Helga Zepp LaRouche, wife of the network's founder, ran unsuccessfully as a candidate. The thrust of all of these electoral efforts, however, is to boost LaRouche's perceived credibility as a major political influence. This is perhaps as important for LaRouche in terms of maintaining his hold over his followers as for giving him any real effectiveness within the political process.
WHAT DOES LAROUCHE WANT?
In trying to determine just who Lyndon LaRouche is, and what it is that he wants, a confused picture emerges. on the one hand, his known links to hate groups might place him beyond the respectable political spectrum; yet his continuing advocacy of communism would tend to place him at the far left. To further confuse matters, he has recently taken to attacking the Soviet KGB, and accusing various individuals of being "Soviet agents of influence" or KGB moles, while at the same time taking positions which in the end advance Soviet foreign policy goals. Some insight into the possible motivations behind LaRouche's seemingly erratic ideological shifts can be gained from a March 1979 expose of the U.S. Labor Party written by Gregory Rose, a former member of that group.
writing in National Review, Rose noted that LaRouche main- tained contact w-Pth @theSoviet government through Gennady Nikolayevich Serebreyakov, an official with the Soviet Mission to the U.N. in New York. Moreover, LaRouche himself was reported to have met with Serebreyakov at least twice. Rose reports that after these meetings, "The NCLC's Trotskyite line was replaced with a pro-Soviet line." More important, he speculates that "The NCLC is in a position to promote a pro-Soviet line on such issues as U.S. defense posture within certain conservative circles, whereas the Soviets could not make such an approach directly. It is equally obvious that information on conservative attitudes and personalities gained from NCLC contacts would be helpful to Soviet intelligence." Rose conclu(ies 11 ... the evidence of a Soviet connictionois extensive and well-founded. Conservatives should regard the NCLC with hostility and should warn, and if necessary repudiate those on the Right whom it has ensnared."
Since Rose's article appeared in March 1979,,other evidence to suggest that the LaRouche network is at a minimum supporting some of Moscow's foreign policy goals has continued to mount. For example, in its August 6, 1981 issue, New Solidarity, the principal LaRouche political publication, stated "One year ago Poland was the 10th-ranking industrial nation in the world. Today--after one year of destabilization by the British-infil- trated Solidarity union--the country faces economic ruin, starva- tion, and social chaos .... 11 In January 1982, commenting again on Poland, New Solidarity called U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig "a i'eading spokesman for the forces Pravda charged are seeking to provoke direct Soviet military n-tervention in Poland."
LaRouche network publications also frequently engage in attacks on leading opponents of Soviet-inspired terrorism, includ- ing such well-known experts in the field as Robert Moss and Arnaud de Borchgrave and on leading anti-communist figures such as the late Reps. John Ashbrook and Larry McDonald. More important, they have also on occasion attempted to obtain sensitive defense information from contacts on Capitol Hill, and within the govern- ment. In one specific instance, a member of the LaRouche network attempted to obtain from a member of the House Armed Services Committeee staff the range of the U.S. cruise missile--one of America's most sensitive military secrets.
Whether witting or unwitting, it remains clear that ulti- mately the publications and rhetoric of the LaRouche network will end up with positions that are favorable to the Soviet Union. The fact that their positions are cloaked in ostensibly conserva- tive rhetoric merely makes-their pro-Soviet slant harder to perceive. what remains true, however, is that their efforts in the long run can only serve to further Soviet propaganda aims within a sector of the population that Moscow could never reach directly.
CONCLUSION
Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the LaRouche network is its ability to adapt whatever coloration is best able to hide its real nature at any given moment. Through its fronts and publica- tions, it continues to influence thousands of Americans, who have no inkling of the bizarre and viciously anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that underlie its philosophy. Moreover, this tendency to create a new front whenever it appears that a new issue has emerged and can be capitalized on makes it necessary to remain ever watch- ful for the latest of the cult's creations.
The persistent reports of high-level access and the continu- ing, albeit obfuscated support of Soviet foreign policy goals that are so much a part of LaR6uche's rhetoric, make his network more than merely a fringe group that is essentially a nuisance. At a minimum, its 'anti-Semitism is an affront to decency, and its proclivity for violence a threat to civil oraer. In the worst case, it may well be the strangest asset for the KGB's disinforma- tion effort.
Milton R. Copulos Senior Policy Analyst
Milton Copulos Obituary
COPULOS, MILTON R., 60, Energy Policy Specialist in Washington, D.C. for 35 years passed away on March11, 2008. He was President of the National Defense Council Foundation, senior fellow at Institute for the Analysis of Global Security and a founding member of Set America Free Coalition. He spent eleven years as a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Mr. Copulos was a prominent figure in National Political circles. He was one of the experts in Energy, Security, Natural Resources, National Defense and International Politics. He served as cabinet level advisor to the Bush and Reagan Administrations. He worked closely with CIA Directors William J. Casey and Robert M. Gates, wrote more than 1,200 articles, books and monographs. His book, "Energy Perspectives," was a Washington best seller. He appeared on broadcast news and information programs as a military analyst. Mr. Copulos was born in Chicago, attended Southwest Miami High School. After graduation he enlisted in the Army. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam receiving the Bronze Star and many other commendation medals. He was Airvac to Walter Reed Hospital spending three years there. Though injured and totally disabled he enrolled at American University receiving Bachelors Degrees in Political Science and Economics. He opposed the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and was a member of the four-man committee that selected the statue and flag addition a short distance from the wall. He is survived by his wife Janet, son James (Amanda) of Washington, D.C.; father Aristides of Boca Raton, Fl; brothers James of Dallas, Tx; Dr. Thomas of Boca Raton, Fl; sisters Stella of Weston, Fl, Mary of Memphis, Tn. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to www.MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.
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| Preceded by | Israel Asper (1975) |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Carstairs |
| Leader of the Manitoba New Democratic Party | |
| In office 30 March 1988 – 17 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Howard Pawley |
| Succeeded by | Greg Selinger |
| Minister of Crown Investments in the Government of Manitoba | |
| In office 4 February 1987 – 9 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Vic Schroeder |
| Succeeded by | position eliminated |
| Minister in the Government of Manitoba responsible for the Manitoba Telephone System | |
| In office 4 February 1987 – 9 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Al Mackling |
| Succeeded by | Glen Findlay |
| Minister of Urban Affairs in the Government of Manitoba | |
| In office 17 April 1986 – 9 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Laurent Desjardins |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Ducharme |
| Minister in the Government of Manitoba responsible for the Accountability of Crown Corporations | |
| In office 19 August 1987 – 9 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Clayton Manness[2] |
| Minister in the Government of Manitoba responsible for the Liquor Control Act | |
| In office 21 September 1987 – 9 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Roland Penner |
| Succeeded by | James McCrae |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Concordia | |
| In office 18 March 1986 – 19 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Fox |
| Succeeded by | Matt Wiebe |
| President of the Manitoba Government Employees' Association | |
| In office 1979–1986 | |
| Preceded by | William Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Peter Olfert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gary Albert Doer 31 March 1948 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Ginny Devine |
Gary Albert DoerOM (born 31 March 1948) is a former Canadian politician and diplomat from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He served as Canada's ambassador to the United States from 19 October 2009, to 3 March 2016. Doer previously served as the 20th premier of Manitoba from 1999 to 2009, leading a New Democratic Party government.
Since the end of his term as envoy to Washington, Doer has taken up a position as senior business advisor with the global law firm Dentons and was retained by the government of Alberta to lobby the Trump administration on the softwood lumber dispute.[3]
Doer is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.
Early life and career
Gary Doer was born to a middle class family in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His background is German and Welsh. He graduated from St. Paul's High School and went on to study political science and sociology at the University of Manitoba for one year where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity,[4] but left to become a corrections officer at the Vaughan Street Detention Centre. He later rose to become deputy superintendent of the Manitoba Youth Centre.[5] Doer's work environment was not always safe: he once had to deal with a hostage taking situation, and was attacked with a baseball bat on another occasion.[6]
Doer became president of the Manitoba Government Employees' Association in 1979, and served in this capacity until 1986.[7] He also held prominent positions with the Manitoba Federation of Labour and the National Union of Public and General Employees, served as a director of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and became a governor of the University of Manitoba.[8] In 1983, he negotiated an agreement with the provincial government of Howard Pawley in which civil servants agreed to delay a wage increase in return for a guarantee of no layoffs or wage rollbacks.[9] The following year, he openly criticized Dennis McDermott's leadership of the Canadian Labour Congress.[10]
Doer first joined the New Democratic Party in the 1970s, and worked for the party in the 1973 provincial election.[11] He discontinued his membership in 1975 to preserve the neutrality of his union, and was later courted by both the New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives to run for public office.[12] He rejoined the NDP in 1986, and was a candidate in that year's provincial election.[13][14]
Cabinet minister
Doer was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1986 provincial election for the northeast Winnipeg division of Concordia. He joined the government of PremierHoward Pawley on 17 April 1986, as Minister of Urban Affairs, and was given additional responsibilities as Minister responsible for the Manitoba Telephone System on 2 December of the same year. Doer ordered a Royal Canadian Mounted Police probe of the MTS soon after his appointment, and worked to reform its practices following a failed investment in Saudi Arabia.[15] He soon developed a reputation as a "fixer", working as a trouble-shooter in difficult fields.[16]
Doer was given further responsibilities as Minister of Crown Investments on 5 February 1987,[17] and was later named as Minister responsible for the Accountability of Crown Corporations (19 August 1987) and Minister responsible for the Liquor Control Act (21 September 1987). Seen as a rising star in the party, he was sometimes mentioned as a future leader.[18]
The Pawley government was sustained by a narrow legislative majority after the 1986 election, and was defeated on 8 March 1988, when disgruntled backbencher Jim Walding voted with the opposition on a budget non-confidence motion. Pawley resigned as NDP leader the next day, and called a new general election for 26 April.[19]
NDP leader
Leadership election
Doer was the first declared candidate in the Manitoba New Democratic Party's 1988 leadership contest. He was supported by cabinet ministers Vic Schroeder, Myrna Phillips, Muriel Smith, Leonard Evans, Jerry Storie and Wilson Parasiuk, and by federal Members of ParliamentRod Murphy and David Orlikow.[20] He also received an endorsement from the Manitoba Federation of Labour.[21] Doer emphasized his experience in managing large organizations, and called for pay equity legislation to be introduced within a year of his election.[22] He narrowly defeated rival candidate Len Harapiak on the third ballot of the party's leadership convention in Winnipeg.[23] He was not sworn in as premier, as the legislature had already been dissolved.[24]
Doer became leader of the Manitoba NDP when the party was at a low ebb of popularity. An internal poll before the election showed that they had only 6% popular support, and some NDP workers privately worried that they could lose all of their legislative seats.[25] Many believed Doer was their best hope for a recovery.[26] Support for the NDP increased to 19% during the leadership campaign, and to 23% after Doer was chosen as Pawley's successor. The party nevertheless remained in third place, and faced an uphill struggle in the 1988 election.[27]
1988 election
Doer promised a $58 million tax cut, and opposed the federal government's free trade deal with the United States of America. He indicated that he was open to the possibility of amending the Meech Lake Accord, a federal proposal for constitutional reform.[28] He also promised to build more community health centres, and supported home renovations for senior citizens and the disabled.[29]
The NDP won 12 out of 57 seats, while the Progressive Conservatives under Gary Filmon won 25 seats and the Liberals under Sharon Carstairs jumped from one seat to twenty. Although the NDP was knocked down to third place, it still held the balance of power. Doer rejected the possibility of forming a coalition government with the Liberals. Instead, he opted to tolerate a PC minority government, clearing the way for Filmon to become premier with the Liberals as the Official Opposition.[30] He was not personally blamed for his party's loss, and continued as party leader. The NDP chose not to defeat Filmon's government during confidence votes in late 1988 and early 1989, as Doer argued the public would not support another election for a legislature less than a year old.[31]
Meech Lake Accord
The dominant political issue in Manitoba between 1988 and 1990 was the Meech Lake Accord, which recognized Quebec as a "distinct society" in Canada and devolved some powers from the federal government to the provinces. The accord required approval from all ten provincial legislatures to become law. The provincial Liberals initially opposed the accord, which meant that Doer's support was necessary for its passage.[32] In November 1988, Doer indicated that his party would not support the accord unless certain amendments were introduced.[33] He was later appointed to a provincial panel that held a series of public meetings, and recommended significant changes to the deal.[34] The Filmon government also expressed skepticism about the accord, and announced that it too would seek amendments from the federal government.
All three Manitoba party leaders agreed to a federally brokered compromise in June 1990, shortly before the accord's official deadline.[35] The accord nonetheless failed to pass in the Manitoba legislature because of a procedural motion from Elijah Harper, a Cree member of the NDP caucus who argued that it did not give fair representation to Indigenous Canadians. Doer described Harper's decision as "a fundamental issue of conscience", and blamed Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney for delaying negotiations until the deadline had almost expired.[36] One year later, he indicated that he felt "betrayed" by federal negotiators, and described the entire Meech Lake process as "dishonest from start to finish".[37]
1990 election
In the aftermath of the accord's defeat, Filmon called a provincial election for 11 September 1990. Doer promised a ten-year freeze on personal income taxes, and argued that the Progressive Conservatives would pursue a hidden right-wing agenda if they won a majority government.[38] He also promised legislation that would make it more difficult for companies based in Manitoba to close down.[39]
An early poll showed the NDP in third place with 18% support, well behind the governing Progressive Conservatives and also behind the Liberals.[40] The Liberal campaign faltered, however, and the New Democrats were able to make strong gains in the election's final days, partly buoyed by the unexpected victory of Bob Rae's New Democrats in the neighbouring province of Ontario.[41] The Progressive Conservatives won a narrow majority with 30 seats, while the New Democrats won 20 and the Liberals seven. Doer succeeded Carstairs as Leader of the Opposition in the legislature.
Leader of the Opposition
First term, 1990–95
Doer criticized the Filmon government's cutbacks to health and education, and drew attention to the province's rising unemployment and child poverty rates in the early 1990s.[42] Opposing Filmon's austerity measures, he argued it was inappropriate for the government to cut jobs at a time of high unemployment.[43] In 1993, he opposed the government's decision to end funding for groups such as the Foster Family Association, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the Manitoba Anti-Poverty Organization and the Manitoba Environmental Council.[44]
Doer announced in late 1992 that his caucus would support the Charlottetown Accord, a comprehensive package on constitutional reform that was introduced by the federal government after the failure of Meech Lake.[45] The Accord was defeated in a national referendum.
Doer released an election platform in November 1994, highlighted by a ten-point preventive health-care program for children and a six-point Manitoba Works plan to reduce unemployment.[46]
1995 election
Doer focused on health issues in the 1995 provincial election. He promised that he would replace walk-in clinics with neighbourhood health organizations, to be staffed with salaried doctors, nurses, midwives and social workers.[47] He pledged to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to reduce prescription drug costs, and to review some of the hundreds of drugs that had been delisted in recent years.[48] He also promised to create a new group of health providers called nurse practitioners, to carry out some doctors' responsibilities.[49] On economic issues, Doer promised a balanced budget with no personal or sales tax increases over four years and indicated that he would cut nearly $119 million from government programs to fund health, education, and job creation.[50]
An early poll from the Angus Reid firm showed the Progressive Conservatives with 37% support, the Liberals with 35%, and the NDP with 21%.[51] The Liberal campaign faltered once again, however, and a poll released only days before the election showed the NDP had again surpassed the Liberals for second place.[52] The Progressive Conservatives were re-elected with 31 seats, the NDP increased their total to 23, and the Liberals fell to only three. By the time of the election, the Ontario NDP was deeply unpopular, and Filmon's Tories capitalized on fears that Doer would govern in a similar manner to Rae if elected.
In the closing days of the campaign, Doer asked the province's chief electoral officer to investigate reports that three independent candidates from an unregistered party known as Native Voice had received assistance from a Progressive Conservative campaign official. Some believed these candidates would split the progressive-left vote in their ridings, and give the Progressive Conservatives a greater chance of winning.[53] Little was done at the time, but the story emerged as a prominent provincial scandal following an exposé from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in June 1998. Doer called for an inquiry, which the Filmon government granted; the presiding officer determined that at least one of the candidates had been illegally induced to run to by local agents of the Progressive Conservative Party.[54]
Second term, 1995–99
Despite an improving economy, the Filmon government's 1996 budget introduced further cuts to social assistance, health care, and post-secondary and public school education. Doer argued that the cuts were ideological in nature, and not based on financial necessity.[55] The government also introduced legislation permitting unionized workers to shield their dues from being donated to political parties. Doer suggested that corporate shareholders should also be allowed to opt out of party donations.[56]
Doer opposed the Filmon government's decision to privatize the Manitoba Telephone System in 1996, arguing that it would cause Manitobans to lose control over a vital part of their economy.[57] He called for a referendum, which Filmon rejected.[58] Doer nonetheless accepted the finality of the sale, telling party delegates in 1999 that buying back the service would be too expensive and carry too many risks.[59]
Doer also opposed the Filmon government's proposal to water-down the single-desk marketing powers of the Canadian Wheat Board.[60] He argued there could be no "middle-of-the-road" position on the Wheat Board, adding that continued single-desk marketing would be "in the economic interests of producers and the economic interests of Winnipeg".[61]
Some New Democrats expressed discontent with Doer's leadership in late 1997. Most notably, a group led by policy committee chairman Victor Olson issued a statement on party renewal that was generally interpreted as a challenge to his leadership.[62] This came to nothing, but there was general agreement among party members that Doer would need to win the next election to continue as party leader.[63]
1999 election
In the buildup to the 1999 provincial election, Doer unveiled a platform that called for balanced budgets, debt repayment and a freeze on taxes.[64] He again emphasized health care as a priority,[65] and said that his government would stop the practice of using public monies for politically motivated polls and advertisements.[66] He also expressed concern that the Progressive Conservatives could privatize Manitoba Hydro,[67] and criticized a provincial workfare initiative as giving too much discretionary power to government overseers.[68]
The NDP voted to support the Filmon government's 1999 budget, citing the premier's decision to increase health spending with money from a provincial "rainy day fund".[69] Doer added that, if elected, his party would replace Filmon's budgeted income tax cut with a property tax cut.[70]
The NDP entered the 1999 election in a much stronger position than in the three previous campaigns. A poll taken three years earlier had shown the NDP leading the Progressive Conservatives for the first time since the Pawley administration.[71] The Tories regained their lead by 1998, but fallout from the vote-splitting scandal gave the NDP an 8% lead in a Probe/Free Press poll issued in March 1999.[72] In this period, many began to regard the NDP as a possible government-in-waiting.[73] Later polls showed the gap between the parties narrowing to a virtual tie.[74]
Doer pledged $13 million to shorten health-care waiting times in the 1999 campaign, and promised if he was elected he would end hallway in six months. He also pledged an additional $2 million to hire more nurses and provide incentives for rural doctors.[75] In education, he promised to cut college and university tuition fees by 10% and to invest $24 million to the province's three community colleges.[76] On election reform, he promised to ban campaign donations from corporations and unions.[77] Doer also criticized the Filmon government's handling of a contract with Urban Shared Services Corp., which attempted to save the province money by reheating food for hospitals and seniors' homes at a centralized location. The project went well over-budget, and the food was often criticized as inedible.[78]
A poll released a week before the election showed the NDP and Progressive Conservatives tied with 42% support, and the election was considered too close to call until the actual day of voting.[79] The NDP ultimately won 32 seats, against 24 for the Progressive Conservatives and only one for the Liberals. A collapse of the Liberal vote worked to the NDP's advantage.[80]
Premier
More than eleven years after declining the option, Doer was sworn in as Premier of Manitoba on 5 October 1999. He also took the position of Minister of Federal/Provincial Relations.[81]
Re-election campaigns
After governing for just under four years, Doer called a new provincial election for June 2003. He brought forward a five point re-election plan highlighted by promises to reduce property and income taxes, hire more nurses and doctors and make reductions in medical waiting lists, take a cautious approach to managing the economy, and improve the province's education and law enforcement systems. Many journalists noted similarities to the NDP's 1999 platform.[82] The NDP held a massive lead in the polls throughout the campaign, and most observers agreed that its re-election was a foregone conclusion.[83] Even the Winnipeg Free Press, not traditionally supportive of the NDP, urged voters to re-elect Doer's government.[84] The NDP won an increased majority with 49.47% support and 35 of 57 seats, and made inroads into traditionally Progressive Conservative areas of south Winnipeg.
Four years later, Doer called an election for May 2007.[85] The NDP campaign focused on Doer's personal popularity and his government's record in office.[86] The party released a seven-point re-election plan, focused on health care, the environment, education, tax cuts, public safety, money for highways, and keeping Manitoba Hydro as a public institution.[87] Doer promised to hire 700 nurses and nurse practitioners, 100 new police officers, 20 new crown prosecutors, and 20 new workplace safety inspectors. He also promised to improve Manitoba's record on vehicle emissions, provide tax credits for caregivers, and phase out the provincial small business tax over three years.[88] The NDP was again re-elected with an increased majority, this time taking 36 of 57 seats.
Prominent cabinet members
Prominent members of Doer's first cabinet included Greg Selinger in Finance, Gord Mackintosh in Justice, David Chomiak in Health and Rosann Wowchuk in Agriculture.[89]Tim Sale replaced Chomiak at Health in October 2004, and was in turn succeeded by Theresa Oswald in 2006.[90] Chomiak replaced Mackintosh at Justice in 2006.[91] Selinger remained as Finance Minister until 2009, when he succeeded Doer as Premier. Wowchuk remains in Agriculture.
Jean Friesen served as Doer's Deputy Premier in his first term. She retired in 2003, and Doer chose Rosann Wowchuk as her replacement.[92]
Financial policy
The Doer government has introduced an uninterrupted succession of balanced budgets since its first election in 1999. These budgets have generally been cautious, and have sought to balance tax concerns with spending increases. Doer's first budget, delivered in 2000, removed 15,000 low-income Manitobans from the tax rolls and introduced $150 million in tax breaks over three years while projecting a $10 million surplus.[93] His 2003 budget, the last of his first term, reduced provincial taxes by $82.7 million and increased spending by about 5%, mostly in health and education.[94]
Despite a series of economic setbacks, the government was able to post a balanced budget in 2004 through increased taxes and drug premiums as well as civil service reduction through attrition. Tobacco and liquor taxes were increased and the provincial sales tax expanded to cover more services,[95] although Doer rejected a panel recommendation to increase the sales tax by 1%.[96]
The government was able introduce a more expansive budget in 2005 after an infusion of federal revenues, reducing personal and property taxes, increasing spending by 3.5%, and putting $314 million into a "rainy day" fund.[97] Doer's 2006 and 2007 budgets introduced further tax cuts, and the 2007 budget offered increased education spending and a new child benefit to assist low-income families.[98]
At the Manitoba NDP's March 2009 convention, Doer announced that Manitoba would continue its commitment to education, training and research despite a global economic downturn and a slowing economy. He argued that the province was still recovering from the Filmon government's spending cuts during the economic downtown of the 1990s, and that his policies would allow Manitoba to emerge from the recession in a strong, competitive position.[99] His government introduced a balanced budget with economic stimulus programs a few weeks later, even as the global recession forced other provincial governments across Canada into deficit.[100]
Doer encouraged the Bank of Canada to lower its rates in late 2003, saying that the rising strength of the Canadian dollar in relation to the United States dollar was causing increased unemployment.[101] He later criticized Bank Governor David Dodge for doing nothing to save Canadian jobs and profits.[102] In early 2008, he called for a national strategy to offset the disruptions caused by Canada's soaring dollar.[103]
In 2004, provincial Auditor GeneralJon Singleton argued that Manitoba was actually running a deficit due to costs associated with crown corporations, utilities and arm's-length agencies that were not officially counted in the budget. He recommended that Manitoba adopt a system of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Greg Selinger, Doer's Finance Minister, noted that the existing rules were set in place by the Filmon government, and indicated that the NDP had included a summary financial statement to its budget including many of the costs Singleton identified.[104] The Doer government nevertheless announced in 2005 that it would adopt GAAP.[105]
For the first seven years of his administration, Doer was assisted on financial matters by Eugene Kostyra, a cabinet minister from the Pawley government. Kostyra resigned from his position as secretary of Manitoba's Community and Economic Development Committee in late 2006,[106] and Angela Mathieson was appointed as his replacement.[107]
Health
Doer has frequently argued in favour of Canada's public health system.[108] He criticized Alberta's plan to introduce more private health provisions in 2002, and defended the public system as efficient and less expensive.[109] In the same year, he endorsed Roy Romanow's assessment that the federal government must play a stronger role in health care to prevent more encroachments by the private system.[110] At a presentation before the Romanow Commission in 2002, Doer called for the federal government to double its health care commitment.[111] Two years later, he played a significant role in negotiations that saw the federal government contribute $18 billion in new funding to the provinces over six years.[112]
The Doer government's first budget included a $135 million increase in health spending, taking total provincial spending to $2.43 billion.[113] In October 2002, the government announced a long-anticipated $100 million expansion to the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, with new operating rooms and emergency departments.[114] The government was unable to end "hallway medicine" in the six-month period it had promised during the 1999 election, and faced the problem of nursing vacancies in the early 2000s.[115] Nevertheless, most observers agreed that the provincial situation improved significantly between 1999 and 2003.[116] Health spending continued to increase during Doer's second term; a report in December 2004 indicated that Manitoba's per capita health spending was the highest in Canada for the seventh continuous year.[117]
Doer emerged as a defender of Manitoba's burgeoning internet pharmaceutical industry in the mid-2000s. This industry was very popular among American clients, but nonetheless provoked opposition within both countries.[118] In 2004, Doer accused federal Health MinisterUjjal Dosanjh of capitulating to American interests by agreeing to increased restrictions on the industry.[119] He later argued that the Canadian government could protect its national drug supply and maintain Manitoba's pharmaceutical sector simply by banning bulk exports.[120]
Doer's government introduced a landmark anti-smoking bill in 2004, banning smoking in all indoor public places and workplaces across the province. Supported by all parties, the legislation was the first of its kind in Canada.[121] It did not cover Manitobans working in federal government buildings or living on First Nations territory, as these were not under provincial jurisdiction.[122]
Doer welcomed Prime MinisterPaul Martin's decision to name Winnipeg as the site of Canada's new public health agency in 2004.[123]
Social policy
The Doer government passed a bill granting full adoption rights to gay and lesbian couples in 2002. The NDP and Liberals supported the bill, while the Progressive Conservatives voted against it.[124]
In 2004, the federal government announced that it would introduce legislation to permit the legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada. Federal Justice MinisterIrwin Cotler initially indicated that civic officials would be allowed to opt out of performing same-sex marriages if the practice offended their beliefs. Doer criticized this, arguing that provincial employees should not be permitted to discriminate.[125] Doer initially declined to express his personal views on the subject, but announced in late 2004 that he supported same-sex marriage as a human right.[126]
In April 2005, Doer signed a $176 million deal with the federal government of Paul Martin to expand the provincial day-care sector.[127] The project was canceled in 2006 by the new Conservative government of Stephen Harper, over Doer's objections.[128]
Unlike some within the NDP, Doer is personally opposed to the decriminalization of marijuana, which he has said could result in economic difficulties with the United States.[129]
As premier, Doer encouraged several Manitoba crown corporations to donate money to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg; Manitoba Public Insurance, Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Lotteries Corporation and the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission subsequently made donations of one million dollars each. Opposition leader Hugh McFadyen and some journalists questioned Doer's involvement in the matter, arguing that he was effectively directing the corporations to make these donations.[130]
Education
Doer's government cut university tuition by 10% during its first term, and later provided universities with a property tax exemption.[131] It also amalgamated several school divisions prior to the 2002 municipal elections,[132] and began to phase out education property taxes in the same period.[133]
In 2006, the Doer government introduced a proposal for Manitoba university graduates to receive a tuition rebate of up to 60% if they chose to stay and work in the province after graduation.[134]
A 2008 Winnipeg Free Press article indicated that Manitoba and Alberta were investing more money in public education per student than all other provinces of Canada. Teachers' wages in Manitoba were also noted to be healthy in relation to the average national wage.[135]
Agriculture
Shortly after being sworn in as premier, Doer led an all-party delegation to Ottawa to seek a $1.3 billion financial bailout for western farmers to help mitigate an economic downturn in the sector. He was joined by SaskatchewanPremierRoy Romanow, Progressive Conservative MLA Larry Maguire, and Manitoba Liberal leader Jon Gerrard.[136] The federal government introduced $170 million in funding shortly thereafter, a figure that Doer and Romanow described as "heartless".[137] In February 2000, Romanow and Doer stood with Chrétien to announce their support for a compromise bailout of $400 million.[138]
Shortly after his re-election in 2003, Doer criticized the federal government for failing to respond to an agriculture crisis caused by the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a Canadian cow and the subsequent closure of the American border to beef products produced in Canada.[139] The federal and provincial governments subsequently agreed on a $50 million bailout to the industry.[140] The border was reopened to live cattle in December 2004.[141]
Doer strongly supports the Canadian Wheat Board's policy of single-desk marketing, and has opposed efforts by some on the political right to weaken its status.[142] In late 2006, Doer accused federal Agriculture MinisterChuck Strahl of interfering in the Wheat Board's elections.[143]
The Doer government has rejected a return to single-desk hog marketing, which was eliminated during the years of the Filmon government.[144] During its second term, the government supported plans to establish an OlyWest hog processing plant in northeast Winnipeg. This measure was extremely controversial among party members, and area NDP MLAs Daryl Reid and Bidhu Jha indicated that they opposed the measure. In response to criticism, Doer withdrew his support for OlyWest in 2007.[145] The Doer government introduced a temporary ban on new hog farms throughout most of the province in March 2008, following the release of a provincial environmental report.[146] Around the same time, Doer announced new funding for waste-water treatment plants that would allow two existing hog-processing plants to expand their operations.[147]
Doer is a vocal opponent of the American Country of Origin Labelling initiative, which would require American producers to separate meat from hogs slaughtered in Canada and increase packing and labelling cost.[148]
Justice
Doer opposed the Chrétien government's decision to implement a federal gun registry, and his government joined with other provinces to raise a constitutional challenge against the law in 2000.[149]
Doer called for the federal government to strengthen its laws against child pornography in 2002, after the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled that John Robin Sharpe's fictional writings involving children met the legal definition of "artistic merit".[150] Doer was quoted as saying, "We believe that the rights of children should be superior rights in our country to the rights of perverts".[151] The following year, the Manitoba government unveiled a website that included photographs and profiles of high-risk sex offenders.[152]
Also in 2002, Doer argued that persons who kill police officers should spend the rest of their natural lives in jail, without access to Canada's so-called "Faint Hope Clause" for early release.[153] Three years later, he argued that the provisions of the federal Youth Criminal Justice Act were too lenient.[154] In 2007, Doer led an all-party task force to Ottawa to seek greater federal penalties for gang-related crime, youth offences and car theft.[155]
In 2004, the Doer government increased funding for the hiring of police officers and Crown prosecutors.[156] Following increased urban violence in 2005, the province announced funding for 54 more officers.[157] The government also launched an initiative to hire seven recreational directors for inner-city Winnipeg neighbourhoods in 2008, to provide sports opportunities for youth as an alternative to crime.[158]
Doer announced the creation of an all-party task force on security following the attacks of 11 September 2001.[159] The following month, he announced that he would work with the Governors of Minnesota and North Dakota for a coordinated security strategy.[160]
Doer's government tabled legislation in 2009 to provide civilian oversight of police officers in Manitoba, following an inquiry into the death of Crystal Taman. She was killed when her car, stopped for a red light, was struck by off-duty Winnipeg Police constable Derek Harvey-Zink's pickup truck. The Taman Inquiry's report strongly criticized the resulting police investigation into the collision, as well as the Doer Government's choice of special prosecutor, Marty Minuk.[161]
Environment
Doer has been a strong and consistent supporter of the Kyoto Accord on climate change.[162] In February 2004, his government signed an agreement with the Chicago Climate Exchange pledging Manitoba to create a trust fund to pay for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[163] In 2007, he announced that Manitoba would pursue a plan with other provinces and states to push greenhouse gas emissions to 15% below 2005 levels by 2020.[164] The next year, Doer legislated his province's commitment to meet its targets under the Kyoto Protocol by 2012.[165]
Doer announced that Manitoba would increase ethanol production in 2002, and held consultations on a plan requiring Manitoba drivers to use ethanol-blended gasoline.[166] In October 2002, the government instructed its provincial fleet drivers to switch to ethanol fuels.[167] These plans stalled due to limited production, but were revived when a new facility was constructed in late 2005.[168]
In March 2004, the government introduced enabling legislation on water protection, allowing for the introduction of specific regulations on water protection zones, water quality standards, and related matters.[169]
Doer signed the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord with seven American governors in November 2007.[170] The following month, he announced that Manitoba would introduce vehicle emission standards similar to those in California.[171] In late January 2008, he agreed to a blueprint proposal with the premiers of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec for a market-based trading system to cut greenhouse gas emissions.[172] He later became an enthusiastic supporter of North American cap and trade programs to reduce energy emissions, while at the same time criticizing the idea of a carbon tax.[173]
Doer introduced plans to eliminate coal-burning factories in his 2008 budget. The budget also included a new program for water conservation, and a $7 million fund directed toward climate change issues.[174] He also called for an independent review of the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission in 2008, arguing that the renewal process for hydroelectric projects was too long.[175]
In November 2008, Doer announced that his government would ban new logging in provincial parks and phase out existing projects. He also announced a ban on plastic shopping bags, and on the use of cellphones while driving. Parents were also forbidden to smoke when children were in the car. The opposition Progressive Conservatives indicated that it would support all of these initiatives.[176]
In late 2005, the American magazine Business Week listed Doer as one of the top twenty international leaders fighting climate change.[177][178]
Aboriginal issues
In November 1999, Doer appointed a two-person panel to advise his government on implementing the findings of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, which had been published eight years earlier.[179] In April 2000, Manitoba took steps to provide indigenous Manitobans with their own child and family-service agencies.[180] Doer convened a provincial summit on aboriginal commerce in November 2004.[181] He indicated that the summit was intended to showcase successful businesses, and to forge greater links between the aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities.[182]
Doer is a strong supporter of the Kelowna Accord signed in late 2005 by the federal government of Paul Martin, provincial premiers and aboriginal leaders.[183] After the Martin government was defeated in the 2006 federal election and replaced by the government of Stephen Harper, Doer criticized Harper's failure to implement the accord.[184]
In late 2008, the Doer government introduced legislation to give sixteen bands on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg greater authority over the management of their traditional lands. The bill requires that plans for development be approved by both the province and the band's chief, and extends the range of influence well beyond the area's small reserves.[185] Some chiefs in the affected area later objected to the bill on procedural grounds, arguing that they were not properly consulted.[186]
Following consultations with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs in 1999, the Doer government established a selection committee to oversee proposals for setting up casinos in Manitoba first nations.[187] The process subsequently became stalled, and only one of the casinos was up and running by 2003. The government subsequently appointed a panel to review the situation and recommend a change in strategy;[188] the panel argued that the province should consider creating one large casino, instead of several small on-reserve casinos.[189] A second casino was opened in 2005, while the larger issue remained unresolved as of 2007.[190]
Energy
Doer has often referred to hydroelectric power as playing a major role in Manitoba's long-term economic strategy,[191] and has advocated a national east-west power grid to export Manitoba's plentiful hydroelectric power to Ontario and other provinces in Western Canada.[192]
Doer announced Manitoba's first wind farm project in November 2004, near the community of St. Leon. This was a private-public partnership arranged between Manitoba Hydro and AirSource Power Fund.[193] It was officially started in April 2005.[194]
In September 2007, Manitoba Hydro indicated that it would construct a new transmission line to connect north and south Manitoba on the west side of Lake Winnipeg. Hydro's initial plan had been to construct the line on the east side, but Doer's government rejected this approach, arguing that it would damage pristine boreal forest territories. The local aboriginal community is divided on the issue, with some leaders supporting the government's conservation approach and others arguing that east side construction would help combat poverty in the area.[195] The Progressive Conservative Party has strongly criticized Doer's decision.[196] In April 2008, Manitoba Hydro announced a $2 billion agreement to sell surplus energy to Wisconsin once the construction is complete.[197]
Doer asked Manitoba Hydro and the Manitoba Public Utilities Board to provide an analysis of natural gas prices in July 2008, with the intent of limiting price increases during the winter. He also indicated that his government would intervene to protect consumers from high prices.[198] Finance Minister Greg Selinger later indicated that the government would provide some relief for consumers, but would not use Manitoba Hydro's profits to offset rate increases.[199]
Labour issues
The Doer government introduced a number of labour reforms early in its first mandate, making it easier for unions to obtain certification and giving employees increased powers to move disputes to binding arbitration. Business leaders opposed the changes, though Doer argued that the bill was far less contentious than opponents made it out to be.[200] In 2004, Doer rejected a call by party members to introduce legislation that would ban replacement workers in labour disputes.[201]
Doer's government increased Manitoba's minimum wage from $6.00 to $6.25 in November 2000, and brought in subsequent increases of 25 cents on an annual basis.[202] By April 2005, the minimum wage had been increased to $7.25. Some argued that this was still short of a living wage.[203] The minimum wage was increased to $8.50 in 2008.[204] In 2005, the Doer government introduced a bill to expand provincial workers' compensation coverage.[205]
The Doer government announced in late 2007 that temporary foreign workers and modeling agencies would be included under the Employment Standards Act, to prevent worker exploitation.[206]
Science and infrastructure
Monsanto
In 1999, the Manitoba government under NDP leadership, began its ongoing relationship with Monsanto, accepting a 12.5 million dollar agreement to bring in its first development centre.[207] In 2005, Gary Doer announced a deal to allow Monsanto to build their 42,000 square foot Canadian head office in Manitoba.[208]
Doer's government introduced a biotechnology training strategy in October 2002, to address a skilled-worker shortage in the industry.[209] In early 2003, Doer signed a $160 million deal with the federal government for expansion work on the Red River Floodway. The floodway expansion was described as the largest infrastructure project in Manitoba history,[210] and was started in late 2005.[211]
Doer took part in discussions in 2007-08 with media mogul David Asper and officials from other levels of government, regarding the location of a new stadium for the Winnipeg Blue Bombersfootball team. He was skeptical about Asper's initial plan for a stadium in the Polo Park region of Winnipeg, and was more supportive of an abortive plan to construct the stadium in the economically depressed area of Point Douglas.[212] Asper eventually chose site in Fort Garry, next to the University of Manitoba.[213] The deal was finalized in early 2009, with the province providing $20 million in funding; provincial officials believe that all but $1 million will be recovered before the stadium opens in 2011.[214]
In September 2008, Doer and Winnipeg MayorSam Katz announced $138 million for a rapid transit plan that will eventually link downtown Winnipeg with the University of Manitoba.[215] In the same month, Doer designated a piece of land in northwest Winnipeg as the site of a future inland port.[216] The area was given the name CentrePort Canada,[217] and its first directors were chosen in December 2008.[218]
Doer announced in February 2009 that his government would spend $1 million on special training for northern Manitoba workers, following a global economic downtown that adversely affected the province's forestry and mining sectors.[219] Two months later, he joined with the federal government to announce a $40 million investment in a cold weather aerospace engine testing and research facility in Thompson.[220] In early May 2009, the federal and provincial governments announced $116 million for infrastructure renewal in rural and northern communities.[221]
Crocus Investment Fund
In early 2005, the labour-managed Crocus Investment Fund stopped trading and entered into financial protection. The Doer government was subsequently accused of having ignored signs of trouble at the fund, and of failing to protect the interests of investors.[222] The opposition Progressive Conservatives argued that the government had neglected warnings of financial impropriety, in part because of ideological links between the New Democratic Party and the labour movement. Doer rejected this charge, observing that the fund had been established by the Filmon government in conjunction with labour leaders.[223] He also rejected calls from the opposition for a formal inquiry,[224] and insisted that the province did nothing wrong in the matter.[225]
Federal-provincial relations
Doer supported the Chrétien government's Clarity Act legislation, which required that any future negotiations on provincial secession be preceded by a referendum with a clearly defined question. The act was opposed by Quebec nationalists, who regarded it as an infringement on their national sovereignty. In 2004, Doer criticized new Prime Minister Paul Martin for seeming to undermine the principles of the bill.[226] He also criticized Martin's promise to remove the "Notwithstanding Clause" from the Constitution of Canada in the 2006 federal election.[227] Doer later criticized Martin's successor, Stephen Harper, for recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada in late 2006. He was quoted as saying, "[t]o me, Canada is one nation, one country. I understand Quebec is unique in terms of language, culture and law, but Canada is one country."[228]
Notwithstanding this and other criticisms, a May 2008 article in The Globe and Mail newspaper described Doer as one of the few premiers to have a good working relationship with ConservativePrime MinisterStephen Harper.[229] Manitoba signed on to the federal government's Building Canada Fund in late 2008, receiving about $500 million in new infrastructure monies.[230] Following a global economic downturn in late 2008, Doer called on the federal government to invest in job creation and infrastructure funding.[231] Prime Minister Harper later said that his government would spend more on roads, bridges and other public works.[232]
According to journalist Chantal Hébert, Doer played a vital role in convincing other provincial leaders to accept Quebec PremierJean Charest's plan to create the Council of the Federation in 2003.[233] In 2008-09, Charest and Doer helped broker an agreement among the premiers to provide for greater labour mobility within Canada.[234]
In early 2007, Doer said that Manitoba would not enter a free trade deal signed between Alberta and British Columbia. He instead called for a national trade accord.[235] Doer met with other western Canadian premiers in June 2009 to introduce a plan for the collective purchase of prescription drugs. The premiers indicated that the plan could save taxpayers millions of dollars.[236]
In late 2008, the federal Liberal and New Democratic parties announced plans to defeat the Conservatives on a motion of no confidence and create a coalition government. The plan was ultimately unsuccessful, and the Conservatives remained in power. Doer did not take a position on the coalition, and instead called for all parties in the House of Commons of Canada to work in a cooperative manner.[237]
International relations
Since his first election in 1999, Doer has been a leading opponent of a water diversion in Devils Lake, North Dakota that many regard as posing a serious environmental threat to Manitoba.[238] In 2005, the Canadian and American governments reached a non-binding compromise deal on the project that committed both sides to design an advanced filter to prevent environmental disruption.[239] Doer initially described this agreement as a significant improvement over prior arrangements,[240] but later criticized the North Dakota government for starting the water diversion before the deal was finalized.[241] In May 2009, Doer said that Manitoba would invest more than $10 million in drainage improvements if North Dakota would agree to construct a permanent filter on its Devils Lake output.[242]North DakotaGovernorJohn Hoeven rejected the deal in the same month, arguing that the issues were separate.[243]
Doer has led several international trade delegations from Manitoba, including visits to Russia, Germany, Israel, India, China and The Philippines.[244] He also made an historic visit to Iceland in August 2001; Manitoba has a large Icelandic population, and Doer was the first Manitoba Premier to make an official visit to the country.[245]Halldór Ásgrímsson, the Prime Minister of Iceland, made a follow-up visit to Manitoba in July 2005.[246] In May 2008, UkrainianPresidentViktor Yushchenko made an official visit to Manitoba and addressed the provincial legislature.[247]
Doer signed an agreement with the American state of Georgia in 2004, for increased co-operation between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the National Virology Lab in Winnipeg.[248] In the same year, he signed a memorandum of understanding with Minnesota GovernorTim Pawlenty to create a "biomedical corridor" for the promotion of research, capital investment and technology development.[249] In early 2005, Doer and New Brunswick PremierBernard Lord traveled on a trade mission to Texas in what was described as an effort to improve relations between Canada and the United States.[250] Later in the year, Doer and Jean Charest traveled on a trade mission to Mexico.[251] In 2006, he appeared at a prominent climate change event with California GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger.[252] In June 2009, Doer took part in discussions to create a "Western Energy Corridor" to allow an easier flow of both renewable energy and fossil fuels among western American states and Canadian provinces.[253]
Doer has supported Canada's military mission in Afghanistan, despite skepticism about the purpose of the mission from the federal NDP.[254] He called for Canada to ban donations to Hezbollah's charity wing in 2002,[255] and endorsed Jean Chrétien government's decision to remain out of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.[256]
In 2005, Doer spoke against the American government's plans to require passports at Canada–US border crossings. He argued that the new expense of travel would create a "financial Berlin Wall" for some families, and instead proposed a security protocol centred around drivers' licenses.[257] In 2007, North DakotaGovernorJohn Hoeven announced that he was working with Doer to find an alternative approach.[258]
In 2008, Doer argued that Canada should "aggressively" defend the North American Free Trade Agreement against criticism from American Democratic Party presidential candidates.[259] He later spoke against the United States Congress's planned "Buy American" legislation during a business trip to Illinois and Texas.[260]
Doer signed an agreement in Manila in February 2008, to permit an easier flow of immigration from The Philippines to Manitoba.[261]
Legislative reform
Doer's government changed the rules of the legislature in 1999, to allow the Speaker of the Assembly to be elected by a secret ballot vote of all members. Speakers had previously been appointed by the premier.[262]
The Doer government announced election spending reforms in June 2000, which were highlighted by a ban on political donations by private corporations and organized labour.[263] This measure was opposed by the opposition Progressive Conservatives, and by the right-wing Canadian Taxpayers Federation.[264] The reforms came into effect in 2001,[265] and were extended to party leadership contests in June 2002.[266] Further restrictions were added in 2006.[267] In June 2009, Winnipeg MayorSam Katz spoke against Doer's plan to ban union and corporate donations from municipal elections.[268]
The Doer government introduced legislation in April 2006 to prevent MLAs from crossing the floor from one party to another. Under the terms of this legislation, MLAs who choose to leave their political party are required to sit as independents until the next election, or to resign and seek re-election for another party.[269]
Doer announced plans in early 2008 to create a lobbyist registry for Manitoba,[270] as well as introducing fixed election dates, partial public campaign financing, and restrictions on partisan direct mail flyers sent out by MLAs at public expense.[271] The plan for public campaign financing was later abandoned after public opposition.[272]
In 2009, opposition politicians and some journalists pressured Doer to call a public inquiry into a controversy involving expense claims from the 1999 provincial election. Elections Manitoba had determined that some reimbursement claims filed by the Manitoba NDP were unwarranted; in late 2003, the party agreed to repay $76,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Critics have charged a lack of transparency in the process, and have questioned why Elections Manitoba did not lay charges. At least one Winnipeg journalist has compared the matter with an expenses scandal faced by the Conservative Party of Canada following the 2006 federal election. Doer has argued that the matter is settled, and that there is no need for an inquiry.[273]
Popularity
Doer's government enjoyed an extended honeymoon with voters after the 1999 election. The NDP consistently led all other parties in public opinion polls from 1999 until 2005, often by wide margins.[274] The party's popularity dipped in late 2005, damaged somewhat by questions resulting from the failure of the Crocus Investment Fund. Polls taken in December 2005 and March 2006 showed the NDP and Progressive Conservatives tied for support.[275] In July 2006, the PCs pulled ahead of the NDP for the first time in seven years.[276] The NDP nevertheless recovered to win a convincing majority in the 2007 election, and in July 2008 held a ten-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives in popular support.[277] The PCs posted a surprise lead over the NDP in a December 2008 poll, although some local journalists questioned its accuracy.[278] By April 2009, the NDP once again held a ten-point lead.[279]
Doer was rated as Canada's most popular premier in polls taken in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, scoring a 77% rating in March 2006.[280] His approval rating was 81% in March 2008, making him the second most popular Canadian premier after Danny Williams of Newfoundland and Labrador.[281]
Retirement
On 27 August 2009, Doer announced he would not seek re-election in the 2011 election, and on 28 August 2009, he was nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to succeed Michael Wilson as Canadian ambassador to the United States. He was formally sworn into that position on 19 October 2009, and on the same day Greg Selinger was sworn in as his replacement as Premier of Manitoba. Doer's former constituency assistant Matt Wiebe subsequently won the by-election to succeed Doer as MLA for Concordia on 2 March 2010.[282]
Federal politics
Doer supported a bid to draft former Manitoba Premier Edward Schreyer as a candidate in the federal New Democratic Party's 1989 leadership contest.[283] When Schreyer declined to run, Doer tried to convince Stephen Lewis and then Bob Rae to enter the contest, without success.[284] He eventually supported Audrey McLaughlin, who was elected on the fourth ballot of the party's leadership convention.[285]
There was speculation that Doer would seek the federal NDP leadership in 1995, after McLaughlin announced her resignation.[286] He declined, and instead gave his support to longtime friend Alexa McDonough, whom he nominated at the leadership convention.[287] McDonough was chosen as party leader following the first ballot.
Doer opposed the New Politics Initiative in 2001.[288] In the 2003 leadership election, he supported the leadership campaign of Bill Blaikie, whose federal Winnipeg—Transcona riding overlapped with his own provincial division.[289] Blaikie finished second against Jack Layton.
Doer has disagreed with the federal NDP on some issues. He defended CanWest Global's takeover of a part of Conrad Black's newspaper empire in 2000, even though the arrangement had been criticized by the federal party.[290] He later called for Svend Robinson to be demoted as Foreign Affairs Critic in 2002, after Robinson announced his support for the Palestinians in their conflict with Israel (official NDP policy was that both sides should seek a peace agreement). Doer was quoted as saying, "Either he represents the party as a foreign affairs critic or he's removed as foreign affairs critic. And I believe he should be removed".[291] He later expressed disappointment that Robinson was allowed to keep his critic's role, albeit with a ban against speaking on Middle East issues.[292]
Doer published a ten-point proposal for the future of the federal NDP in June 2002, calling for a focus on health and education as well as fiscal balance, community safety and election finance reform.[293]
Doer was considered a possible candidate for the 2012 leadership election, but declined to run.[294]
Ideology
Doer is at the centre of the New Democratic Party.[295] He once described his political ideology as follows:
I don't believe in nationalizing everything in our society, as in socialist theory. Anybody who calls himself a socialist has to believe in nationalizing almost everything. I see myself as a social democrat—mixed economy, strong role of the public sector.[8]
Doer endorsed Tony Blair's approach to leading the BritishLabour Party in 1997,[296] and his own 1999 election platform was frequently compared with Blair's "Third Way" of social democracy.[297] Doer has also been compared with former Premier of SaskatchewanRoy Romanow, who also governed from the centre of the party. Former NDP MLA Cy Gonick wrote a critical essay about Doer in 2007, describing him as a "small-l liberal" without "a socialist bone in his body".[298]
Legacy
Manitoba Wildlands director, Gaile Whelan Enns, said "He has no real policy legacy." Eric Reder, Manitoba campaign director for the non-profit Wilderness Committee, echoed that assessment. ""The entirety of his term was incremental—little decisions," Reder said.[299]
The Manitoba government's relationship with Monsanto lead to the documentary "Seeds of Change," which explored negative aspects of the relationship.[300]
Fracking for oil increased dramatically under Doer.[301]
Michael Wilson (Canadian politician)
Michael Wilson | |
|---|---|
 Wilson at the NAFTA Initialing Ceremony, October 1992 | |
| 33rd Chancellor of the University of Toronto | |
| In office July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | David Peterson |
| Succeeded by | Rose Patten |
| Canadian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office March 13, 2006 – October 19, 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Frank McKenna |
| Succeeded by | Gary Doer |
| Minister of Industry, Science and Technology | |
| In office April 21, 1991 – June 25, 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Benoît Bouchard |
| Succeeded by | Jean Charest |
| Minister of International Trade | |
| In office April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | John Crosbie |
| Succeeded by | Tom Hockin |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office September 17, 1984 – April 20, 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Marc Lalonde |
| Succeeded by | Don Mazankowski |
| Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre | |
| In office May 22, 1979 – October 25, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Allan Rock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Holcombe Wilson November 4, 1937 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 10, 2019 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Margie Wilson |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Michael Holcombe WilsonPCCC (November 4, 1937 – February 10, 2019) was a Canadian businessman, politician and diplomat who served as minister of finance from 1984 to 1991 and minister of international trade from 1991 to 1993 under Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney.
Wilson was a Bay Street investment executive when he was elected to the House of Commons in 1979. He then unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1983 before being appointed to Prime Minister Mulroney's cabinet. As a cabinet minister, Wilson introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and helped negotiate the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Wilson retired from politics in 1993 and returned back to Bay Street, heading his own consulting and financial services firm. Wilson served as the Chairman of Barclays Capital Canada Inc. from May 2010 until his death in February 2019.[1] He was the Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 2006 until 2009 and the Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 2012 to 2018.
Early life
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Wilson was the son of Constance L. (Davies) and Harry Holcombe Wilson.[2] Wilson attended Upper Canada College and then Trinity College at the University of Toronto, where he joined the Kappa Alpha Society.
Political career
1983 Progressive Conservative leadership run
Wilson was a candidate at the 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership convention. He dropped off after the first ballot and urged his supporters to vote for Brian Mulroney, the eventual winner.
Finance minister (1984–1991)
Mulroney appointed Wilson as minister of finance when the party formed a government after the 1984 election.
Tax reform: Bill C-139
Under Wilson, the Mulroney government passed a major tax reform bill, Bill C-139, which was made effective on January 1, 1988. It included reforms for personal and corporate income taxes. The bill expanded the tax base for personal and corporate income; lowered rates applicable to taxable income; supplanted exemptions with credits; and removed certain deductions for personal income tax. The bill replaced the 1987 rate schedule of 10 brackets (with rates ranging from 6 to 34 percent) with a schedule of only three brackets (with rates of 17 percent, 26 percent, and 29 percent). The bill also limited the lifetime capital gains exemption to $100,000; lowered capital cost allowances; established limitations on deductible business expenses; and cut the dividend tax credit.[3]
Introduction of the Goods and Services Tax
Wilson announced the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in his 1989 budget. The tax replaced the hidden 13.5 percent manufacturers sales tax (MST), which Wilson argued damaged the Canadian economy's competitiveness as it only applied to domestically-manufactured goods, as opposed to the new GST which applied to both domestic and imported goods. The GST did not apply to basic groceries, prescription drugs, health and dental care, educational services, day care, and legal aid. Following public backlash, Wilson changed the tax's rate to seven percent, down from the original proposed rate of 9 percent. Although the government argued the tax was not a tax increase, but a tax shift, the highly visible nature of the tax was extremely unpopular, and many polls showed that as many as 80 percent of Canadians were opposed to the tax.[4][5][6] The Senate with a Liberal majority refused to pass the GST. Mulroney used Section 26 (the Deadlock Clause), a little known Constitutional provision, allowing him in an emergency situation to ask the Queen to appoint eight new Senators. On September 27, 1990, at the Queen's approval, Mulroney added the eight new Senators, thus giving the PCs their first majority in the Senate in nearly 50 years. In December 1990, the GST was passed in the Senate and was made effective on January 1, 1991.[7]
Minister of Industry and International Trade (1991–1993)
In 1991, after seven years as Minister of Finance, Wilson became Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and Minister of International Trade. In that role, he participated in negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Post-politics
Wilson was not a candidate in the 1993 election, and he returned to Bay Street to head his own consulting and financial services firm. He later rejoined Royal Bank of Canada, and he was Chairman and CEO of RT Capital when that business was sold to UBS AG. Wilson served as Chairman of UBS Canada from 2001 to 2006.
In recent years, he was a spokesman for a lobby group promoting public–private partnerships, and he was the Chairman of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance. From 2003 to 2007, Wilson served as the Chancellor of Trinity College. In July 2012, he became the Chancellor of the University of Toronto, and he was re-elected to an additional three-year term in 2015.[8]
Wilson was a mental health advocate, having lost a son to depression and suicide.[9] Wilson established the Cameron Parker Holcombe Wilson Chair in Depression Studies at the University of Toronto. He also sat on the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Wilson was active in many other organizations, including the NeuroScience Canada Partnership, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, the Loran Scholars Foundation, the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
On 30 October 2003, Wilson was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada in 2010.[10]
On 9 April 2015, it was announced that Wilson was appointed as the new board chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.[11] He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission.[12]
Ambassador to the United States
On 16 February 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the nomination of Wilson as Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America. He succeeded Frank McKenna in Washington, D.C. Wilson became the 22nd Canadian Ambassador to the United States on 13 March 2006, when U.S. President George W. Bush accepted his credentials.
Allegation of leaks during 2008 Democratic presidential campaign
In March 2008, it was alleged that Wilson told the Canadian media that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obamawas not serious about his promise to opt out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Liberal MP Navdeep Bains called on Wilson to step down as Canada's ambassador to Washington while the alleged leaks were investigated. Wilson publicly acknowledged that he spoke to then-CTV reporter Tom Clark, who first reported the leaks, before the story aired, but he refused to discuss what was said.[13][14]
Personal life
Wilson was married to Margie Wilson and was predeceased by son Cameron, who suffered from depression and died by suicide in 1995.[15] Following his son's death, Wilson devoted considerable time to advocate for mental health. The couple had two other children: son Geoff Wilson and daughter Lara O'Brien, both of whom married and have children.[16] Wilson died from cancer on February 10, 2019.[17]
Frank McKenna
Frank McKenna | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Canadian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office March 8, 2005 – March 13, 2006 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Michael Kergin |
| Succeeded by | Michael Wilson |
| 27th Premier of New Brunswick | |
| In office October 27, 1987 – October 14, 1997 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Gilbert Finn Margaret McCain Marilyn T. Counsell |
| Preceded by | Richard Hatfield |
| Succeeded by | Ray Frenette |
| New Brunswick Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office May 4, 1985 – October 27, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Shirley Dysart |
| Succeeded by | Camille Thériault |
| Leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association | |
| In office May 4, 1985 – October 13, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Shirley Dysart |
| Succeeded by |
|
| MLA for Chatham | |
| In office October 12, 1982 – September 11, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Frank E. Kane |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| MLA for Miramichi-Bay du Vin | |
| In office September 11, 1995 – October 13, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | James Doyle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis Joseph McKenna 19 January 1948 Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Friel (1972-present); 3 children |
| Alma mater | St. Francis Xavier University University of New Brunswick |
Francis Joseph McKennaPCOCONBKC (born January 19, 1948) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and diplomat. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He served as Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2006.[1] He served as the 27th premier of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1997, winning every seat in the province in his first election.[2]
Early life
McKenna was born one of eight children of Olive and Joseph McKenna in Apohaqui, New Brunswick. McKenna was raised in his grandparents' home. They lived adjacent to his parents as his large family could not be wholly housed in his parents' home.[citation needed]
Raised Catholic, after completing Sussex High School (in Sussex, New Brunswick), he completed a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He began graduate studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, but after working for a stint with Allan MacEachen, he took MacEachen's advice that most politicians are lawyers and enrolled in law school at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton).[citation needed]
After earning a law degree, he moved to Chatham and began practicing law. He garnered a place in contemporary Acadian folklore as the defence lawyer in the high-profile widely publicized murder case of famous New Brunswick boxing champion, Yvon Durelle.[3]
New Brunswick politics
A few years later, he entered provincial politics and won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1982 election to represent Chatham, New Brunswick. He became leader of the provincial Liberals in 1985, and won one of the largest electoral victories in Canadian history in the 1987 election when his party won every seat in the legislature.
McKenna's term in office was viewed mostly as a success. His key priority throughout his term was job creation and he was known to say that the "best social program we have is a job." He encouraged small business growth and tried to entice large companies to invest in the province with tax incentives, often directly calling individual professionals to urge them to bring their talents to New Brunswick. Another of his strategies was to raise the collective self-confidence of New Brunswickers, which he believed would increase productivity. He introduced a sophisticated public relations operation which included the use of controversial video news releases.
McKenna's time as premier, however, also saw some controversy. In his first move as premier, McKenna dismissed several senior public servants in an effort to gain greater control over the province's public service, which some observers perceived as a drastic step away from the integrity of the province's impartial and professional public service.[4]
McKenna was also criticized for increasing the number of communications personnel on the government payroll but countered this complaint by pointing out that the primary government communications agency, Communications New Brunswick, had been depoliticized.
He was also criticized for creating a toll free telephone number to the premier's office which had the number 1-800-MCKENNA, the number was functional throughout North America and was used for both New Brunswick constituents and business interests that were considering moving to the province.
Believing ten years was long enough for a premier to hold office, and having pledged to serve such a term when first elected, McKenna resigned in 1997 – 10 years to the day of the 1987 election.[3]
Business career
After leaving office, McKenna moved to Cap-Pélé, New Brunswick, near Moncton, and returned to the practice of law and sat on numerous corporate boards. He also purchased (with his son, James McKenna), Glenwood Kitchen Ltd., a manufacturer of high-end custom cabinetry in Shediac, New Brunswick. His membership on the Canadian advisory board of the Carlyle Group drew adverse media attention; the media ceased pursuing the issue when McKenna explained that the board was established to advise on a Canadian investment fund that the group never created and that the board had never become active.
Following the announcement of his appointment as Canadian ambassador to Washington, he resigned his position as counsel at law firms including McInnes Cooper and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, as well as all positions on corporate boards including his role as interim chairman of the board of CanWest Global Communications, a post he assumed upon the death of its founder and chairman Israel Asper.[5]
Ambassador
McKenna was mentioned as a possible Ambassador to the US to succeed Michael Kergin after Paul Martin took power. Speculation increased after John Manley turned down Prime Minister Martin's offer. Many in the press commented on McKenna's business connections being an asset, notably as a member of the Carlyle Group and his friendship with former President George H. W. Bush.
On January 5, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin's office confirmed that McKenna would be the 21st Ambassador to the United States. On January 14, the posting was formally announced and would be effective on March 1. McKenna became the Ambassador on March 8 when U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush accepted his credentials.
On February 22, 2005, McKenna told reporters Canada was already a part of the U.S. National Missile Defense (NMD) (or Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)) program through an amendment to the NORAD agreement made on August 5, 2004, which granted U.S. access to NORAD's missile warning systems explicitly for use in NMD. However, Martin contradicted this two days later when he announced that Canada would not formally participate in the NMD program but focus on other items of shared defence/security interest. While Canadian defence ministerBill Graham said McKenna was simply misunderstood (as the NORAD agreement and missile defence are separate), this initial contradiction was interpreted by others as evidence of characteristic indecision by the Martin government and was seen to somewhat hamper McKenna's credibility.
As Ambassador, McKenna attracted more media attention than most of his recent predecessors on both sides of the border. In the U.S., his message was one of dispelling common urban legends and misconceptions about Canada, while in Canada he urged Canadians to be more understanding of the American people and culture, particularly following what he argued is their understandable sensitivity after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
McKenna generated controversy after giving a luncheon speech on September 29, 2005, to a Toronto business club. McKenna blasted the U.S. bureaucracy and Congressional system of government saying "the government of the United States is in large measure dysfunctional." He contrasted it with Canada's government, and praised Canada's strong parliamentary party discipline as being much more "efficient" though sometimes less preferable.
On January 25, 2006, McKenna offered his resignation as Ambassador, writing to Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper that he wished to be relieved of his duties, but offering to stay on until his successor is chosen. He was succeeded as ambassador by Michael Wilson on March 13, 2006.
Prospective career in federal politics
Since leaving politics in 1997, McKenna served for a brief time on the Security Intelligence Review Committee. He has been touted several times as a potential Atlantic Canadian minister in the cabinets of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. He expressed some interest in running in the 2004 federal election but announced he would not do so because of the lack of an available riding in the Moncton, New Brunswick, area. He did not want to push aside any incumbent Liberal member of Parliament.
After resigning the premiership of New Brunswick, McKenna was identified as a potential future leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and Prime Minister of Canada. A poll released on August 23, 2005, commissioned by the Toronto Star, showed that McKenna was the top choice of the public to succeed Prime Minister Paul Martin. Among the general public, McKenna beat former New Democratic PartyOntario PremierBob Rae by a margin of 23 to 11 while among self-identified Liberals, McKenna beat former Deputy Prime Minister of CanadaJohn Manley by a margin of 28 to 13.[6] The October 2005 issue of Saturday Night magazine had pollster Darrell Bricker and Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella create odds for potential Liberal leadership candidates. They made McKenna the favourite with 7 to 2 odds beating Scott Brison (8 to 1), Martin Cauchon (10 to 1), Michael Ignatieff and John Manley (each 15 to 1) among others.
On January 30, 2006, McKenna confirmed earlier reports that he was not running for the Liberal leadership to replace Paul Martin, who announced his resignation as party leader on the January 23, 2006 election night. McKenna acknowledged the strength of the Liberal brand stating: "You've got pretty good odds of being the prime minister if you're the leader of the Liberal party"– every leader of the Liberal party since Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1896 had become prime minister.[7] However, he put an end to his involvement in the 2006 Liberal Party leadership race, explaining his decision by saying that he did not want "his life to become consumed by politics."[8] and that: "I reminded myself of my vow upon leaving office that, having escaped the trap, I wouldn’t go back for the cheese."[9]
Following Stéphane Dion's resignation as federal Liberal leader after the 2008 election, McKenna was once again touted as a possibility to take the helm of the federal Liberal Party. However, on October 28, 2008, McKenna said that he would not be seeking the leadership, saying "Although I have been deeply moved by expressions of support for me from across the country, I have not been persuaded to change my long-standing resolve to exit public life for good," and "My only regret is that I cannot honour the expectations of friends and supporters who have shown enormous loyalty to me."[10]
Banking
McKenna was appointed as Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group effective May 1, 2006.[11] McKenna was appointed to the board of Brookfield Asset Management effective August 2006, and subsequently Chair of the Board since August 2010.[12]
McKenna is referenced in the book Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer. The majority of the reference is regarding the Keystone Pipeline decision-making process. Hillary Clinton serving as secretary of State in the United States, and the monetary involvement with TD Bank in Canada is described in depth. The book describes TD Bank, with McKenna as vice chairman, as having "paid Bill more than any other financial institution for Lectures. More than Goldman Sachs, UBS, JPMorgan, or anyone on Wall Street." Quoting from the book, "TD Bank paid Bill $1.8 million for ten speeches over a roughly two-and-half-year period from late 2008 to mid-2011. ... At several of the speeches, (Bill) Clinton was introduced or interviewed by TD Bank vice chairman Frank McKenna. Frank McKenna is described as a 'good friend of both Bill and Hillary Clinton.'"[13]
Distinctions
Michael Kergin
Michael Kergin | |
|---|---|
 Kergin (right) | |
| Canadian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office October 26, 2000 – February 28, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Chrétien |
| Succeeded by | Frank McKenna |
| Canadian Ambassador to Cuba | |
| In office 1986–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 26, 1942 |
| Alma mater | |
Michael Kergin (born 26 April 1942) is a Canadian career diplomat, who has been a member of the foreign service in some capacity since 1967, when he joined the Department of External Affairs.
Education and Career
Kergin graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1965, and received a degree from Magdelen College, Oxford University, in 1967. He served as the 19th Canadian ambassador to the United States of America from 26 October 2000 until 28 February 2005. Previously, he had been the Canadian ambassador to Cuba from 1986 to 1989.[1]
Kergin is currently a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Previously, he served as an advisor to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on international affairs.[2]