Preston Manning's fiction made real in his Alberta pandemic report
Reform Party founder wrote imaginary post-COVID review, then repeated ideas for actual government panel
Preston Manning's report on the government's COVID response concluded that emergency management agencies should lead over the health department, demanded economic impact assessments for any health protections and criticized the courts' deference to "demonstrably justifiable" limits on freedoms.
You might think we're referring to the panel report Manning was commissioned to lead for Alberta's government. You'd be partly right.
The former Reform Party leader had also made these recommendations before.
Last year, before Premier Danielle Smith appointed him to study the pandemic response, Manning dabbled in creative writing on the topic. And covered much of the same ground, albeit in fiction.
Before Manning's real Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel of 2023, there was his imagined COVID Commission of 2023.
To read both is to behold the fantasy evolve into reality. Although the Smith government gave him a panel and a $2-million budget for research and support — they also endowed him with the restraints of reality, one supposes — many conclusions essentially remained the same.
Part
of the cover for the former politician's fictionalized recap of an
inquiry into Canada's pandemic management. It came out in May 2022, but
he set it in an imagined 'future' of mid-2023. (Frontier Centre for Public Policy)
In mid-2022, Manning wrote his Report of the COVID Commission, June 5, 2023 for the conservative-leaning Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a think tank that's been largely critical of governments' handling of COVID.
This first report was 46 pages — once promised as an audiobook— billed as a "fictional, futuristic description" of a public investigation of pandemic management, and the imagined events that both led to that commission and followed it. But he was explicit that his objective was "non-fictional": to explore the likelihood citizens would demand such an inquiry, and to "imagine in considerable detail the conclusions, recommendations, and lessons which would result from such an investigation."
The former politician envisaged an inquiry into the federal response, rather than by any provincial government. This adds to how striking it is that there's such overlap between the imagined national review and the actual provincial one.
You can make this stuff up
It's one thing to have thematic similarities in terms of Manning's criticism of dominant scientific viewpoints and public health approaches — his Alberta panel bemoans governments and the media for "disregarding and censoring other narratives," while his work of non-taxpayer-funded fiction says those groups "ruthlessly and systematically censored and 'cancelled'" such perspectives. This is rhetoric and conjecture, of the sort Manning was using on this topic well before he penned either document.
It's another matter, however, for the actual findings to be consistent between real report and make-believe.
Before delving into them, let's go through an admittedly weird exercise of comparing an actual commission's methodology with a fantasy one.
Manning's fictional panel, not sanctioned by the Trudeau government and composed of never-named experts, had a broad mandate to probe the pandemic and "freedom convoy" protest, and held public hearings.
The one Alberta's premier commissioned was chaired by Manning and boasted former Supreme Court justice John Major and economist Jack Mintz. It was assigned to appraise the legislation and government practices surrounding health emergencies, and was conducted without any open hearings but did offer a one-question online survey as public engagement.
Different jurisdiction, different approach, different plane of reality. Nearly the same endpoints.
Preston Manning imagined the federal review would emerge with 75 recommendations, while his real-life provincial review overshot that with 90.
In both, the primary determination was that a health department shouldn't lead in a health emergency, leaving that to the emergency management agency that typically oversees wildfire and flood response.
This is thematic and determinative overlap, not verbatim repetition from one report to the other. It isn't undergrad-style plagiarism (I ran it through a checker, and came up empty) — rather, the same basic points made in reports written before Manning was given a $2-million budget to study pandemic governance, and after.
Manning's imagined and real inquiries both emphasize the virtue of routinely measuring the impact of potential and actual restrictions, in part to help courts measure whether infringements on rights struck a proper "balance."
Indeed, there was much scrutiny in the fantasy and actual reports about how courts tended to side with governments rather than the individuals and businesses that sued to fight against pandemic policies.
Both fictional and actual Manning reports prescribe a rebalancing of the court system to potentially find less often that restrictions were justifiable and reasonable, to tip the balance more toward those pleading their rights were violated during a health emergency.
One of the real-life Manning report's most controversial recommendations was more consideration of "non-scientific" factors and "alternative scientific narratives"— which the ex-politician claimed in interviews referred to Indigenous ways of knowledge, something never mentioned in his 114-page report.
That's not mentioned in his fantasy commission's conclusions, though Manning doesn't spell out all 75 of its imagined recommendations.
Fictional and real reports both also come to conclusions about the necessity for politicians to more rigorously debate emergency rules in the legislature and pursue major reforms of health-care systems.
Through a spokesperson, Manning declined an interview to discuss the non-differences between reality and fiction.
Political scientist Lisa Young marvelled at what she called Manning's "fever dream" fiction when Smith first appointed her old political ally as Alberta's panel chair.
Alberta
Premier Danielle Smith appointed Manning to lead a review into
health-emergency management several months after the conservative
movement's elder statesman wrote a fictionalized account that most
likely didn't cost $2 million to produce. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
Looking at the two reports side by side this week, Young calls the resemblance "troubling" because the fictional report's conclusions "were based on an assessment of facts that was entirely Manning's invention." Consider, she points out, his Frontier Centre report's depiction of a reality in which the convoy movement sweeps Canada and a broad-based, mass coalition rises to question pandemic restriction — "it's Manning's fantasy," Young says.
The University of Calgary professor also observes: "Looking at the similarities between the Frontier Centre 'fictional' report and the Alberta report, we're left to wonder whether Manning and the other panel members made any effort to seek out information or analysis before starting to write their conclusions."
(The panel did produce appendices of a handful of reports it commissioned; three of them are by former Frontier Centre researcher and Wildrose candidate Gerard Lucyshyn, who was credited as an assistant on Manning's last nonfiction book.)
Any which way, Manning's priors were largely confirmed after he added a panel and research budget to his own hypothetical musings.
Could it be that some of Manning's pretend-world conclusions were simply so obvious that any reasoned panel would have reached them? Consider that the B.C. government commissioned its own review by former bureaucrats and health consultants, and they also prescribed an expanded coordinating role for a provincial emergency management agency. It discussed considering "unintended consequences," too.
But that's largely where similarities end; B.C.'s review did not propose a massive expansion and codification of individual rights to help critics fight future health protection measures, as the real Alberta report did.
Back to the future
Manning's fictional report imagined that this commission would lead to a massive toppling of the Trudeau government in 2023, and a new government's throne speech promising to implement several of the commission's findings.
Given recent polls, that prediction may well come a year or two early — and not necessarily for the reason he believes, though Manning's recent letter to Conservative Party MPs signals he'd love his real report to factor into the Liberals' political demise.
Premier Smith, who hired Manning months after his fictional composition came out, has not committed to implementing any of the ex-politician's actual panel recommendations.
Doing so would, of course, have real-world consequences.
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https://davidraymondamos3. Friday, 14 April 2023 Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg Public officials have been summoned to testify at hearings being held across the country, organizers say Josh Crabb · CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2023 9:51 PM ADT A crowd of people sitting in chairs watch as a man gives a presentation on a large projector screen People filled a room at Winnipeg's Holiday Inn Airport West hotel on Thursday to hear expert witnesses and members of the public speak about the impact of COVID-19 policies. (Randall McKenzie/CBC) People gathered at a Winnipeg hotel Thursday to hear witnesses air grievances and share concerns over Canada's COVID-19 response as part of a citizen-led, cross-Canada inquiry that aims to examine how governments and institutions reacted to the pandemic. "This is a unique inquiry in many ways. It is citizen run, it is citizen funded," said Michelle Leduc Catlin, a spokesperson for the National Citizens Inquiry into Canada's Response to COVID-19. "There is no one funder. This is done through people in Canada who want to hear what Canadians have experienced." Hearings held so far have included testimony from expert witnesses and members of the public on pandemic policies. The inquiry started in Truro, N.S., before moving to Toronto and now to Winnipeg, where the first of three days of hearings took place at the Holiday Inn Airport West Hotel on Thursday. Witnesses questioned the decision-making and science behind public health measures such as vaccine mandates, restrictions on in-person gatherings and school closures. A woman stands in front of a blue backdrop holding her hands together. National Citizens Inquiry spokesperson Michelle Leduc Catlin says the citizen-led inquiry is unique. (Randall McKenzie/CBC) They also spoke out about concerns around allegations of media censorship of scientists and experts. The inquiry was originally launched by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, who organizers said has since stepped aside as spokesperson. Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning to lead review of Alberta's COVID-19 response Four inquiry commissioners listened and asked questions of witnesses participating both remotely via video and in person. During one exchange, commissioner Ken Drysdale asked Stanford University health policy Prof. Jay Bhattacharya whether risk assessments on implementing policies such as remote learning gave enough consideration to the consequences. "You would think about a whole wide range of outcomes from a policy, not just simply the putative benefits of a policy before you adopt it," said Bhattacharya, a critic of lockdown measures in the U.S. and a co-author of the controversial Great Barrington Declaration. It suggested building up herd immunity by allowing the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to spread naturally, and encouraged focused protection of people at higher risk of dying from the illness. "I think so many of those principles were thrown aside in the decision-making around COVID and COVID policy," said Bhattacharya, who also testified as a witness during a 2021 court challenge against Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions launched by seven Manitoba churches. Lockdowns only delay COVID-19 cases, witness testifies at hearing on Manitoba's restrictions 7 Manitoba churches appeal court ruling on COVID-19 religious service restrictions A justice with what was then Court of Queen's Bench rejected their argument that the restrictions violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ruling they were necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Stefanson, Roussin summoned The inquiry's website says public officials, including Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin, were summoned to testify. In a statement to CBC, the province said Roussin receives a number of invitations and declined this one. Decisions on COVID-19 restrictions "were made based on the best available medical advice," the province said in an email. Patrick Allard, a vocal opponent of Manitoba's public health measures who was fined nearly $35,000 last year for violating those measures, signed up to testify about the impact on him and his family. A man in a grey suit and grey suit with a blue lanyard is pictured in a hallway. Patrick Allard is a vocal opponent of public health measures who signed up to participate in the National Citizens Inquiry. (Randall McKenzie/CBC) "My ticketing during COVID protests, my arrests … I'm going to be bringing that up, I'm going to be bringing up the harms that I saw with my eyes among my own family from lockdown measures," Allard said, noting he's particularly concerned about the isolation his great-grandmother experienced in a nursing home. Pandemic protesters try making leap to politics in Manitoba's civic, school board races Manitoba church repeatedly ticketed for breaking COVID-19 restrictions must pay $30K fine in plea bargain Rick Dyck, a People's Party of Canada riding director in Winnipeg, said he attended because he disagreed with public health measures such as mask mandates in grocery stores. "There was a time I went to [a grocery store] on St. James, and there was an officer there and he denied me the ability to buy food just because I wasn't wearing a mask," Dyck said. "I'm glad this inquiry is happening so that we can get some accountability and to stop this from ever happening again." A man stands at a podium in a hotel conference room and four people sit at a table with two screens on it. Four inquiry commissioners listened and asked questions of witnesses who participated both remotely via video and in person on Thursday. (Randall McKenzie/CBC) The hearings in Winnipeg are set to wrap up Saturday evening. The inquiry next stops in Saskatoon and is scheduled to end in Ottawa May 19. Organizers said at the end of it all, the commissioners will put together a report with recommendations and share it publicly. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Josh Crabb Reporter Josh Crabb is a reporter with CBC Manitoba. He started reporting in 2005 at CKX-TV in Brandon, Man. After spending three years working in television in Red Deer, Alta., Josh returned to Manitoba in 2010 and has been covering stories across the province and in Winnipeg ever since. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices 62 Comments David Amos Anyone ever tried to speak to the NCI spokesperson, Michelle Leduc Catlin? https://twitter.com/Inquiry_ National Citizens Inquiry (NCI | CeNC) @Inquiry_Canada Josh Crabb from @CBCNews Winnipeg attended the National Citizens Inquiry hearing today and produced an in-depth report for the 6:00 pm news. The report highlights the significant contributions of individual citizens, expert witnesses, independent Commissioners, NCI Spokesperson @MichelleLCatlin, and attendees who have raised important questions or concerns about the country's #COVID19 policies. The National Citizens Inquiry is a pivotal event that aims to uncover the truth behind Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Winnipeg hearings continue Friday and Saturday, 9:00 am to 5 pm CDT. Follow the live testimony on the NCI website https:// and on the NCI social media platforms. The National Citizens Inquiry is providing Canadians with the opportunity to discuss #Canada's COVID-19 policies. 11:05 PM · Apr 13, 2023 · 30.6K Views https://twitter.com/Inquiry_ National Citizens Inquiry (NCI | CeNC) @Inquiry_Canada #NCI #Winnipeg Expert Witness Clip In his powerful testimony, @jeffreyatucker highlights the concerning loss of trust in mainstream media that has occurred as a direct result of their reporting on #COVID19. With the #media having become increasingly centralized and monopolistic in their control over information, a free market of ideas has been effectively stifled. Instead, centralized government powers have been allowed to take control over media narratives concerning mandates, protests, and lockdowns. Throughout this pandemic, we have seen numerous examples of the media actively demonizing #protests and labeling them as nothing more than disease spreaders, all without any evidence to support their claims. This marks a significant departure from the way in which the press used to cover government messaging, and it is a concerning trend that we have never seen before. In many ways, it seems as though our fundamental rights and liberties have been cast aside in favor of a single-minded focus on controlling the narrative around COVID-19. The loss of trust in mainstream media is a serious issue that we must address if we are to maintain a truly free and open society. It is time to demand greater transparency and accountability from those who hold the reins of power, and to ensure that our media is once again able to operate within a truly free-market of ideas. Only then can we hope to truly combat the challenges that lie ahead and to build a brighter future for ourselves and for generations to come. #Canada #Canadian #TruthMatters @brownstoneinst 2:56 PM · Apr 14, 2023 · 9,712 Views David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Say Hey to Mr Tucker for me will ya? https://brownstone.org/author/ Jeffrey A. Tucker Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. tucker@brownstone.org The global headquarters for Epoch Times in English. Epoch Times International 229 W 28th St Fl 6 (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.) New York, NY 10001 United States (212) 239-2808 DEJA VU ANYONE??? YO Lew you and your old buddy Jeffrey Tucker should enjoy a little Dea Vu from 2009 EH? 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Rockwell Jr.Twitter (334) 321-2100 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:48:28 -0300 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S SDNY To: Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov, NesterJ@sec.gov, USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov, Ministere-Finances@fi.etat.lu, Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov, "graham@grahamsteele.ca"<graham@grahamsteele.ca>, "jonathan.dean" <jonathan.dean@ producer@onsecondthought.tv, dr_taitz@yahoo.com, drbilldeagle@earthlink.net Cc: oig@sec.gov, william.zabel@srz.com, dsheehan@bakerlaw.com, mhirchfield@bakerlaw.com, ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" <t.j.burke@gnb.ca>, "rick.hancox"<rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>, "Fred. Pretorius"<Fred.Pretorius@gov.yk.ca>, "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, vanlop1 <vanlop1@parl.gc.ca>, jwestbrook1@bloomberg.net, nathan.olivarezgiles@latimes. sherine.elmadany@latimes.com, sbodoni@bloomberg.net, "Andrew. Krystal" <Andrew.Krystal@rci.rogers.com <injusticecoalition@hotmail. <oldmaison@yahoo.com> What kind of strange game is the US Justice Dept and the SEC playing with me now Mr Litt? Rest assured I won't play it and many people know that I never would Even though the corporate media won't talk about my concerns about your actions, others certainly do. Here is just one example that still exists on the net. Even though Danny Boy Fitzgerald hates this mean old Maritimer, at least understands the meaning of the term Integrity and detests you people more. I am merely wondering how much longer his blog will exist. You know why EH T.J. Burke? http://qslspolitics.blogspot. You dudes know as well as I that my concerns are far greater that mere matters of money and Bernie Madoff. Perhaps you should talk to your associates in the RCMP and the INTERPOL ASAP Clearly I am trying hard to make the whole world know about my concerns about the Feds' severe lack of integrity EH H. David Kotz? Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: USANYS-MADOFF <USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:40:12 -0400 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> -----Original Message----- From: Olsen, Wendy (USANYS) Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:21 AM To: David Amos; USANYS-MADOFF; Litt, Marc (USANYS) Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY Thank you for your response. Wendy Olsen Victim Witness Coordinator -----Original Message----- From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@ Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:48 AM To: USANYS-MADOFF; Olsen, Wendy (USANYS); Litt, Marc (USANYS) Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY Ms Olsen Thank you for keeping me informed. Yes unseal all my emails with all their attachments immediately and make certain that the US Attorny's office finally practices full disclosurement as to who I am and what my concerns are as per the Rule of Law within a purported democracy. As you folks all well know I am not a shy man and I have done nothing wrong. It appears to me that bureacratic people only use the right to privacy of others when it suits their malicious ends in order to protect their butts from impreacment, litigation and prosecution. The people in the US Attorney's Office and the SEC etc are very well aware that I protested immediately to everyone I could think of when the instant I knew that my correspondences went under seal and Madoff pled guilty so quickly and yet another cover up involing my actions was under full steam. Everybody knows that.the US Government has been trying to keep my concerns about the rampant public corruption a secret for well over seven long years. However now that a lot of poeple and their countries in general are losing a lot of money people are beginning to remember just exactly who I am and what i did beginning over seven years ago.. Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos 506 756 8687 P.S. For the record Obviously I pounced on these Yankee bastards as soon as the newsrag in Boston published this article on the web last night. http://www.bostonherald.com/ ormat=&page=2&listingType=biz# Notice that Nester just like everyone else would not say my name? It is because my issues surrounding both Madoff and are NOT marketing timing They are as you all well know money laundering, fraud, forgery, perjury, securites fraud, tax fraud, Bank fraud, illegal wiretappping and Murder amongst other very serious crimes. "SEC spokesman John Nester dismissed similarities between Markopolos and Scannell's cases as "not a valid comparison." He said the SEC determined the market-timing by Putnam clients that Scannell reported didn't violate federal law. Nester said the SEC only acted after another tipster alleged undisclosed market-timing by some Putnam insiders. Scannell, now a crusader for SEC reforms, isn't surprised the agency is in hot water again. Noting that several top SEC officials have gone on to high-paying private-sector jobs, he believes hopes for future employment impact investigations. "It's a distinct disadvantage to make waves before you enter the private sector," Scannell said." --- On Mon, 3/30/09, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote: From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY To: NesterJ@sec.gov, letterstoeditor@bostonherald. <oig@sec.gov>, Thunter@tribune.com, david@davidmyles.com, ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, "Dan Fitzgerald"<danf@danf.net> Cc: dsheehan@bakerlaw.com, dspelfogel@bakerlaw.com, mc@whistleblowers.org, gkachroo@mccarter.com, david.straube@accenture.com, gurdip.s.sahota@accenture.com, benjamin_mcmurray@ao.uscourts. Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:00 PM Need I say BULLSHIT? http://www.bostonherald.com/ ormat=&page=2&listingType=biz# ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:03:13 -0300 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY To: Russ.Stanton@latimes.com, meredith.goodman@latimes.com, ninkster@navigantconsulting. Cc: firstselectmanffld@town. editor@whatsupfairfield.com, info@csiworld.org, jacques_poitras <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:40:55 -0300 Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY To: gmacnamara@town.fairfield.ct. "Paul. Harpelle"<Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>, Jason Keenan <jason.keenan@icann.org>, Kandalaw <Kandalaw@mindspring.com> Cc: info@grahamdefense.org, fbinhct@leo.gov From: "Peck,Dave"<DPeck@town.fairfield.ct.us> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:32:32 -0400 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> I will be unavailable until 4/1/09. Deputy Chief MacNamara will be in charge while I am away. He can be reached at 254-4831 or email him at gmacnamara@town.fairfield.ct. I will not be checking emails or cell phone messages. Thank you, Chief Dave Peck ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:32:18 -0300 Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY To: dpeck@town.fairfield.ct.us, edit@ctpost.com, bresee@courant.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:19:35 -0300 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY To: dtnews@telegraph.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: USANYS-MADOFF Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 3:06 PM To: DAVID.RAYMOND.AMOS@GMAIL.COM Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY In United States v. Bernard L. Madoff, 09 Cr. 213 (DC), the Court received a request from NBC and ABC to unseal all correspondence from victims that has been submitted in connection with the case. This includes your email to the Government. If the correspondence from victims is unsealed, the victim's personal identifying information including name, address, telephone number and email address (to the extent it was included on the correspondence) will become public. The Government must submit a response to the request by NBC and ABC by Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Please let us know whether you consent to the full disclosure of your correspondence, or whether you wish to have your correspondence remain sealed for privacy or other reasons. If you wish to have your correspondence remain sealed, please let us know the reason. We will defend your privacy to the extent that we can. Thank you. I looks like the US attorney in New York finally has to unseal my emails that you dudes have been sitting on for quite some time for no reason I will ever understand other than you are just a bunch of chickenshits. I know NBC, ABC, your blogger buddies or any other media wacko will never say my name but the pissed off folks that lost a lot of money with Bernie Baby just may ask how the hell I am EH? Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:48:50 -0300 Subject: Fwd: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me To: Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:29:42 -0300 Subject: Fwd: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me To: PChavkin@mintz.com Cc: webo <webo@xplornet.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)"<Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:08:04 -0400 Subject: RE: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com On March 10, 2009, the Honorable Denny Chin provided the following guidance for victims who wish to be heard at the plea proceeding on March 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.: Judge Chin stated that there are two issues that the Court will consider at the hearing: (1) whether to accept a guilty plea from the defendant to the eleven-count Criminal Information filed by the Government, which provides for a maximum sentence of 150 years' imprisonment; and (2) whether the defendant should be remanded or released on conditions of bail, if the Court accepts a guilty plea. Judge Chin also stated that, at the hearing on March 12, 2009, he will conduct a plea allocution of the defendant and then will announce whether the Court intends to accept the plea. At that time, the Court will solicit speakers who disagree with the Court's intended ruling. Assuming the defendant pleads guilty and his plea is accepted by the Court, the Court intends to allow the Government and defense counsel to speak on the issue of bail. The Court will then announce its intended ruling on that issue. The Court will then invite individuals who disagree with the proposed ruling on bail to be heard. The Court noted that there will be opportunity for victims to be heard in the future on the subjects of sentencing, forfeiture and restitution in advance of any sentencing of the defendant. The Court also noted that it is not appropriate for victims who wish to speak concerning sentencing issues to be heard at the March 12, 2009 proceeding. A link to the a transcript of the March 10, 2009 Court hearing can be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys -----Original Message----- From: Olsen, Wendy (USANYS) Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:56 AM To: usanys.madoff@usdoj.gov Subject: FW: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me -----Original Message----- From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@ Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 12:58 PM To: horwitzd@dicksteinshapiro.com; Nardoza, Robert (USANYE); USAMA-Media (USAMA); Olsen, Wendy (USANYS) Cc: oig Subject: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me horwitzd@dicksteinshapiro.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sartory, Thomas J."<TSartory@goulstonstorrs.com> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 07:41:20 -0500 Subject: RE: I did talk the lawyers Golub and Flumenbaum tried to discuss Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc before sending these emails To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Dear Mr. Amos, I am General Counsel at Goulston & Storrs. Your email below to Messers. Rosensweig and Reisch has been forwarded to me for response. While it's not clear what type of assistance, if any, you seek from Goulston % Storrs, please be advised that we are not in a position to help you. Please do not send further communications to any of our attorneys. We will not be able to respond, and your communications will not be protected by the attorney-client privilege. We wish you well in the pursuit of your concerns. Sincerely, Thomas J. Sartory -----Original Message----- From: David Amos [mailto: Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:18 PM To: Rosensweig, Richard J.; info@LAtaxlawyers.com; Reisch, Alan M.; reed@hbsslaw.com Subject: Fwd: I did talk the lawyers Golub and Flumenbaum tried to discuss Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc before sending these emails Perhaps somebody should call me back now. EH? Winnipeg Starts Today National Citizens Inquiry Team <canadacitizensinquiry@gmail. Reply-To: canadacitizensinquiry@gmail. 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John A. Brussa Partner and Chair 403.260.0131 jab@bdplaw.com Add to contacts Education: University of Windsor, Bachelor of Laws, 1981 University of Windsor, Bachelor of Arts, History and Economics, 1978 Bar admission: 1982 Practice areas: Tax litigation, Tax Experience Professional involvement Representative work Awards Publications News Experience John's focus is on: Resource taxation Corporate reorganizations, both public and private Cross-border and international transactions Tax-deferred financing Taxation of non-residents Structured finance Community involvement John is a Fellow, Jarislowsky Fellowship in Business Management, Haskayne School of Business and also a member, Calgarians Committed to Change Cabinet, RESOLVE Campaign, Calgary Homeless Foundation. | |
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:10:26 -0300 Subject: I just called To: hrd@bdplaw.com Cc: myson333 <myson333@yahoo.com> https:// Heather DiGregorio Heather DiGregorio is a senior law partner at a regional law firm located in Calgary, Alberta. Heather has nearly 20 years of experience in the areas of tax planning and dispute resolution, which involves assisting her clients to navigate the complex and ever-evolving Canadian tax landscape. She is a past executive member of each of the Canadian Bar Association (Taxation Specialists) and the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society. She continues to be a frequent speaker and presenter at these organizations, as well as at the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Tax Executives Institute. Repeatedly recognized within the legal community as an expert and leading lawyer, Heather has represented clients at all levels of Court, including the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. https://www.banking.senate. Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time: 02:00 PM Topic The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.” Witnesses Witness Panel 1 Mr. Stephen M. Cutler Director - Division of Enforcement Securities and Exchange Commission Cutler - November 20, 2003 Mr. Robert Glauber Chairman and CEO National Association of Securities Dealers Glauber - November 20, 2003 Eliot Spitzer Attorney General State of New York Spitzer - November 20, 2003 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)"<PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca> Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000 Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631 To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com> Mr. David Raymond Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com Dear Mr. Amos: Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes, and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response. This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning, tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers. The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system, and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and $2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017. More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams, increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at promoters of abusive tax schemes. On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the Panama Papers leaks. These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal investigations where warranted, and better communication with taxpayers. To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is increasing notifications and warnings through its communications products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants, and community groups so that they can become informed observers who can educate their clients. The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution, court fines, and jail time. Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total, the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million and 734 months of jail time. When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming, and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts owed are considered. More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these structures. To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA employees involved in the case. Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts of interests between their current duties and any subsequent employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada. Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in protecting the CRA’s integrity. The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in disciplinary measures up to dismissal. All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward for tips received. The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on information the CRA received through the OTIP. With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income. For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of $10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800 taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60 audits. In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre (JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong relationships with the international community, which will help it refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians. The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts. Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts relating to large businesses and multinational companies. But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and investments are underway. Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/ statement_from_ Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have provided is helpful. Sincerely, The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier Minister of National Revenue
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