https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/irving-shipbuilding-mark-norman-1.4889254

Irving Shipbuilding wades into court fight over Mark Norman documents

The federal government is under pressure to present cabinet secrets in court

Murray Brewster· CBC News· Posted: Nov 02, 2018 12:13 PM ET

The Royal Canadian Navy's first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, at Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard. (The Canadian Press)

Irving Shipbuilding wants a say in deciding which documents the federal government discloses in the criminal case against the country's former second-highest military commander.

Lawyers for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman told court today that lawyers for the powerful company are seeking standing in an upcoming hearing that will decide which confidential and secret cabinet records are turned over to the defence.

The shipyard has what's known as a third-party interest because some of the documents being sought by the defence team relate to a proposal it submitted to the federal government.

The Crown, the defence and a lawyer representing seven federal departments were before a judge Friday to update him on the battle over the release of cabinet documents relevant to the case — which has touched off a political fracas on Parliament Hill.

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman speaks briefly to reporters as he leaves the courthouse in Ottawa following his first appearance for his trial for breach of trust, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

Norman was charged with one count of breach trust after being accused of leaking cabinet secrets related to a $668 million plan to lease a supply ship for the navy from the Davie shipyard in Levis, Que.

He denies the charge. In a court filing, his lawyers allege political interference in the file and claim that Treasury Board President Scott Brison tried to scuttle the leasing plan at the behest of the Irvings.
Both Brison and the company have denied the allegation.

Prior to a critical cabinet meeting — the one that Norman is accused of compromising — the Irvings sent a letter to four federal cabinet ministers asking them to give the company's own supply ship proposal a closer look before signing off on the Davie deal.

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A spokesman for Irving Shipbuilding declined comment on the court case Friday.

The disclosure of documents has become a political flashpoint, with the Conservative opposition pressing the Liberal government every day in question period on the government's refusal to release memos, emails and briefing notes.

Robert MacKinnon, the lawyer representing the federal government, told the court today that the defence request could produce as much as 135,000 pages and officials are searching for the relevant records.

So far, none of the documents have been turned over to the defence. A lawyer for Norman said it's imperative that the defence team sees them before a full hearing in December, when the relevancy of the records to the case will be debated.

Cabinet confidences

"It's our position that documents should be produced ahead of the hearing as much as possible," said Christine Mainville.

"There are some that are very straightforward, from our perspective, that can and should be produced and readily available."

Some of the records the defence has requested contain cabinet secrets and the Privy Council Office has refused a demand from Norman's lawyers for a blanket waiver or the release of the information.

The Conservatives repeatedly have seized on that refusal, accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of obstructing Norman's right to a fair trial.

Today in court, it was agreed that the federal government will turn over the cabinet records for a judge to review and decide whether they're relevant to the case. After that, a decision will be made about whether they can be disclosed in public.

Legal experts have said the Crown is in a bit of a bind: in order to prove Norman leaked cabinet secrets, it will have to present those secrets in open court.

About the Author

Murray Brewster

Defence and security

Murray Brewster is senior defence writer for CBC News, based in Ottawa. He has covered the Canadian military and foreign policy from Parliament Hill for over a decade. Among other assignments, he spent a total of 15 months on the ground covering the Afghan war for The Canadian Press. Prior to that, he covered defence issues and politics for CP in Nova Scotia for 11 years and was bureau chief for Standard Broadcast News in Ottawa.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/shipbuilding-mark-norman-1.4888387

Shipbuilding 'smoke and mirrors' unlikely to distract from Mark Norman case: experts

Splitting the work seems like a time-honoured political tactic. But for the Liberals, the stakes are higher.

Murray Brewster· CBC News· Posted: Nov 01, 2018 5:44 PM ET

Two of the three mega-blocks of the future Canadian naval ship HMCS Harry DeWolf are seen at the Halifax Shipyard in Halifax in July, 2017. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

The Liberal government's plan to divide an enormous amount of maintenance work on the navy's frigates among three of the country's major shipyards likely won't calm a political brawl over the criminal case involving the military's former second-in-command, experts said Thursday.

It's also unlikely to do much to mollify the cutthroat competitive reflexes of the corporate interests involved — which also have been laid bare by the prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.
The federal government's plan for up to $7 billion in maintenance work over the next few decades was announced today in a press release.

Public Services and Procurement Canada announced it intends to award repair and maintenance contracts on the 12 warships to Irving Shipbuilding of Halifax, the Davie Shipyard in Levis, Que. and Seaspan's Victoria Shipyards in British Columbia.

On the surface, the advance contract award notices that went out to the three yards look like an example of a tidy, time-honoured political solution to braying regional economic interests: spreading the money around.

But the stakes for the Liberals are higher, given their promise during the last election campaign to fix procurement and substantially invest in the navy.

Keeping up appearances

The Trudeau government also has a compelling political interest in demonstrating (at least for appearances' sake) that shipbuilding is not the bureaucratic and corporate gong show portrayed in recent court filings by Norman's defence team.

Norman, the former commander of the navy, was charged with one count of breach of trust after being accused of leaking cabinet secrets in 2015 to executives at the Davie shipyard in relation to a separate $668 million project to lease a temporary supply ship.

His case has been erupting in question period and before parliamentary committees ever since. Today, Treasury Board President Scott Brison faced an opposition grilling over suggestions of contacts between himself and Irving Shipbuilding.

He denied — again — having contact with the powerful company.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison denied again today having contact with Irving Shipbuilding over the supply ship project. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Norman's lawyers have asked the court to force the government to hand over documents related to the supply ship project. In the process, they have painted a picture of political corruption and a
procurement system where senior bureaucrats allegedly have worked to defy cabinet directives.

One defence expert said the Liberals are eager to dispense with that perception by playing up the billions of dollars that were going to be spent on vessel maintenance regardless, and by tying it to the national shipbuilding strategy.

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"With the election now less than a year away, the Liberals have to have something where they can say, 'See, we're keeping to our promises,'" said Rob Huebert of the University of Calgary.

"Problem is, it's mostly smoke and mirrors. You need to maintain the navy."

The announcement, he said, also distracts from the modest progress the strategy has made in actually delivering ships to both the navy and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Irving Shipbuilding has made headway in construction of five Arctic ships and the federal government recently announced it preferred a Lockheed Martin-BAE Systems design for the new frigates.

As of last summer, Seaspan was working to correct welding defects in the first three fisheries science vessels.

Timelines on many projects have either slipped or have remained indefinite.

The coast guard's dire need for icebreakers prompted the Liberals earlier this year to direct a contract to Davie for the conversion of civilian icebreakers for coast guard use.

'Play nice'

The Quebec company is not one of the federal government's go-to shipyards for construction of new vessels and has been relentless in pitching unsolicited projects — much to the chagrin of both Irving and Seaspan.

Dave Perry, a procurement expert with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, said the new frigate maintenance project does not change the yardsticks for the shipbuilding strategy.

It also does not guarantee an end to the behind-the-scenes corporate warfare that has fuelled the criminal case against Norman.

The repair and overhaul contract "is a solid revenue stream" for the companies involved, Perry said. "Whether that will make everyone play nice with each other, I have learned not be optimistic about that."

There is also an uncomfortable (and as far as the Liberal government is concerned, unspoken) aspect of this matter — that the frigate repair announcement is directing billions of dollars toward a company that been accused of receiving illegally-leaked cabinet secrets.

Perry said he believes the publicity surrounding the Norman case has hurt Davie's attempts to drum up business elsewhere.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's visit to Davie Shipyard was upstaged by the federal government's announcement of maintenance contracts. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Today's announcement also upstaged Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, who visited the Davie Shipyard on Thursday.

"It's interesting they chose today to make this announcement," Scheer told reporters in Quebec City. "We've been saying for some time they have been neglecting the Davie shipyard."

The Liberal government also is planning another big shipbuilding announcement at the Irving yard in Halifax for Friday morning — just as lawyers in the Norman case return to court to argue over the disclosure of documents. Maybe it's a coincidence.

About the Author

Murray Brewster

Defence and security

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Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:39:06 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Well the ex cop Shelly Glover and her old boss Harper can't say that
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Subject: Re: Yo Minister for Official Languages Shelly Glover, P.C.
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Subject: Re: Fwd: I presume that the Language Commissioner and their
lawyers wish to argue me FEDERAL Court EH Mr Fraser?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

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Exit interview: Shelly Glover wants to see the law in action
Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: July 20, 2015

After seven years as the Conservative MP for Saint Boniface, Heritage
Minister Shelly Glover is returning to Winnipeg to resume her previous
career as a uniformed police patrol sergeant. She recently spoke with
the Citizen’s Ian MacLeod about her time in politics. Part of an
occasional series on MPs who will not run for re-election Oct. 19.

Q. Why did you get into politics in 2008?

A. I was a police officer for 18 1/2 years and saw the impact of laws
that weren’t written in a way that grassroots people who have to
implement them could actually benefit. And I saw victims falling
through the cracks. It was particularly bothersome when I was working
in the child abuse unit. So I decided to try to help rewrite the laws
so we can do a better job of protecting people and holding those who
are responsible to account.

Q. Why are you going back to police work?

A. I have always said I want to be exactly the same person leaving
politics as I was entering it, so I would like to go back to the
street. I was sergeant of a unit in the north end of Winnipeg; we were
tasked with reducing the prostitution and the crack houses. I want to
test those laws that we’ve put in place.

Q. Are there similarities between being a cop and being a politician?

A. There’s far more differences. Some of the similarities are that
people do look up to us for guidance and for wisdom. But
unfortunately, there is a difference in respect level. I felt very
much respected as a police officer.

But when there are partisan (political) lines, boy, the respect really
does stop at those partisan lines and that’s unfortunate. It is very
personal and you really do have to have a thick skin. By the time I’m
done, I’ll have titanium skin.

It’s not necessarily (just) the politicians. I was reading
(interviews) I’d given in the media and they were so wrong I stopped
doing media unless I absolutely had to because nine times out of 10 it
was wrong. My children have cried many times, asking, “Why are people
writing this about you?”

I worry about the future of our country when the media become the
official opposition. There is no accountability. I’ve had some great
interviews and I don’t want to taint (all journalists) with the same
brush but for those who really are out there to make up things and
make a name for themselves on the backs of working folks who are just
trying to do what they can for their communities and their country,
that is damaging.

Q. Are you leaving because you’re disillusioned?

A. No, I’ve said from the very beginning: 10 years. There have been a
few medical issues in my family and my family is ready for me to come
home and take that position of mother and wife. It did take me three
years to secure the candidacy and I’ve been MP for seven years, so
they’re saying, “Mom, it’s time to come home.”

Q. What was the most important lesson you learned?

A. One of them is to be very, very careful about what you say to the
media. It is a very difficult fishbowl to be living in.

The other is, we have the ability to work together regardless of party
lines. I made some very good friends on the other sides and we got a
lot more work done if you can just set that stuff aside. I really
believe that many of the politicians, they play to the cameras
(televising House committee hearings). If we could take the cameras
out of it, it allows us to do the work.

Q. What were your most important personal accomplishments in Ottawa?

A. I’m probably the only one in the House of Commons who’s ever done
undercover prostitution (posing as a sex-trade worker). It is
absolutely devastating to communities. And so I was very proud of our
government to stand up and say, “No, we’re not legalizing this.” So I
had a hand in helping to design the (2014 anti-prostitution) law and
am anxious to go back and test it out.

Any time we vote on bills dealing with (criminal) offences, sex
offences in particular, I’m proud to be able to stand there. I’ve been
to more autopsies of children than you can imagine and these kids need
protecting. Offenders who offend against children need absolutely to
be held to account.

– This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

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The Shelly Glover file
Born in Saskatoon Jan. 2, 1967.

Studied justice and law enforcement at the University of Winnipeg.
Joined the Winnipeg Police Service, working on youth crime, gang and
child-abuse investigations. Became the service’s first female and
bilingual spokesperson.

Became an MP in 2008. Was named parliamentary secretary for official
languages and later parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Indian
Affairs and Northern Development.

Re-elected in 2011 and named parliamentary secretary to then-finance
minister Jim Flaherty.

Appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages in
2013. Has overseen controversial files such as funding for CBC and
arts and culture and the renaming of the Canadian Museum of
Civilization to the Canadian Museum of History.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 09:29:50 -0400
Subject: Fwd: I presume that the Language Commissioner and their
lawyers wish to argue me FEDERAL Court EH Mr Fraser?
To: Hubert T Lacroix <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>, Jacques Poitras
<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "oldmaison@yahoo.com"<oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "donald.arseneault"
<donald.arseneault@gnb.ca>, nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca, premier
<premier@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, gopublic
<gopublic@cbc.ca>, Hugues.Beaulieu@gnb.ca,
executivedirector@commissionaires.ca, "roger.l.brown"
<roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
mchepeka@commissionaires.ca, info@commissionaires.ca, "john.logan"
<john.logan@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>,
"David.Coon"<David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "Tim.RICHARDSON"
<Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, "Leanne.Fitch"<Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>,
"hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "DBriscoe@commissionaires.ca
CRAIG.DALTON"<CRAIG.DALTON@gnb.ca>, "Stephen.Horsman"
<Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>, "Marc. Leger"<Marc.Leger@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, Min.Glover@pch.gc.ca,
pierre.poilievre@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca, Graham.Fraser@ocol-clo.gc.ca,
Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca

The Honourable Shelly Glover, P.C.
Minister for Official Languages, Minister of Canadian Heritage
Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-0579
Fax: 613-996-7571

Department:
Canadian Heritage
15 Eddy Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0M5
Telephone: 819-997-7788
Toll Free: 1-866-811-0055
TTY: 888-997-3123

E-Mail: Min.Glover@pch.gc.ca

> From: David Amos > Subject: Fwd: I presume that the Language Commissioner and their lawyers wish to argue me FEDERAL Court EH Mr Fraser?
> To: "hugues.beaulieu@gnb.ca"<hugues.beaulieu@gnb.ca>, ","<Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>, ","<robin.cantin@OCOL-CLO.GC.CA>, "Graham.Fraser@ocol-clo.gc.ca"<Graham.Fraser@ocol-clo.gc.ca>
> Date: Friday, April 4, 2014, 10:08 AM
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008
> 08:24:06 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "David Amos"
> Subject: Re: RE : What of the evidence of murder I just sent
> you?
> To: robin.cantin@OCOL-CLO.GC.CA
> CC:
> carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, mike.olscamp@gnb.ca,
> bruce.northrup@gnb.ca,
> info@pco-bcp.gc.ca, bill.corby@gnb.ca,
> ken.cook@fredericton.ca,
> brad.green@gnb.ca, bev.harrison@gnb.ca,
> Wayne.STEEVES@gnb.ca,
> bruce.noble@fredericton.ca, Jody.CARR@gnb.ca,
> Keith.ASHFIELD@gnb.ca,
> David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, Comuzzi.J@parl.gc.ca,
> Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca,
> Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca,
> Kim.Quartermain@fredericton.ca,
> police@fredericton.ca, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, info@gg.ca
>
> Exactly
>
> May I suggest that you call the RCMP/GRC and the Office of
> Public Sector Integrity NOW?
>
> Then perhaps you should have your lawyer contact me.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond amos
>
>
> Subject: RE : What of the evidence of murder I just sent
> you?
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:58:37 -0400
> From: robin.cantin@OCOL-CLO.GC.CA
> To: David Amos
>
>
> I fail to see how that is something the Commissioner of
> Official
> Languages could possibly investigate. Obviously, for
> criminal matters
> you need a police force, not a language ombudsman.
>
> Robin
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : David Amos
> Envoyé : 20 mai, 2008 10:49
> À : Cantin, Robin
> Objet : What of the evidence of murder I just sent you?
> Importance : Faible
>
> robin.cantin@OCOL-CLO.GC.CA wrote:
>
> Ah yes, I did remember your message when you mentioned our
> Moncton office and court intervention on the phone.
>
> I
> assume you are aware that the issue has already been taken
> to court -
> an application for judicial review has been filed to the
> Court of
> Queen's Bench in Saint John. See
>
> http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/296686.
>
> I
> believe the response you got from our office in Moncton
> makes sense. On
> the topic of the AG's powers, jurisprudence is full of
> cases that went
> to court (and some were won) despite the opposition of a
> provincial AG.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Robin Cantin
> Manager, Media Relations / Gestionnaire, Relations avec les
> médias
> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages /
> Commissariat aux langues officielles
> Phone / Téléphone : (613) 995-0374
> Cell. : (613) 324-0999
> robin.cantin@ocol-clo.gc.ca
>
> Please visit our Web site www.officiallanguages.gc.ca and
> read Beyond Words, Canada’s official languages newsletter.
>
> Veuillez
> visiter notre site Web www.languesofficielles.gc.ca et lire
> Au-delà des
> mots, le cyberbulletin des langues officielles du Canada.
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : David Amos
> Envoyé : 20 mai, 2008 10:24
> À : Cantin, Robin
> Objet : Fwd: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest that
> I file something in Federal Court instead of him?
>
> From: tclaw@nb.aibn.com
> To: "David Amos"
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest
> that I file something in Federal Court instead of him?
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:57 -0400
>
> Mr. Amos, thank you for your telephone message and the
> email attached.
>
> Tom Christie
>
> From: David Amos
> Date: 2008/05/16 Fri PM 04:22:13 EDT
> To: bureau@acpi-cait.ca, tclaw@nb.aibn.com
> Subject: Fwd: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest
> that I file something in Federal Court instead of him?
>
> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "David Amos"
> Subject: For the Record I just called and tried to alk
> to Graham Fraser and Gilbert Taylor and was not allowed to
> do so
> To: robin.cantin@ocol-clo.gc.ca
>
>
> I was told by Taylor's assistant that he was in
> Ottawa today.
> whereas you people do not wish to dicuss the Act that you
> were hired to
> uphold we will argue it in Federal Court as the
> commissioner of
> Languages in New Brunswick suggests. EH?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
> On Thursday,
> November 10, 2011 7:03 PM, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey
>
> My my aren't you a truly nasty woman? I am no Dear of
> yours. Sir will
> do just fine.
>
> Forgot something didn't ya?
>
> http://hamlit2008.blogspot.com/2008/05/globe-and-mail-angry-parents-want-nb.html
>
> I will send you and the FEDS true digital copies of my
> records of our
> exchanges so that the CROWN counsel can compare my records
> to your
> questionable memory.
>
> Thanks anyway for answering me in writing. Byway of your
> bullshit at
> least you admit to knowing of my illegal banishment from
> parliamentry
> property and of your boss' knowledge of it as well. In
> my humble
> opinion Carrier is just another very snobby lawyer who has
> no
> understanding of the Charter or his mandate. You run tackle
> for him so
> that he can play dumb CORRECT? The taxpayers of this
> province could
> certainly afford to plow quite a few more roads this winter
> if they
> dismissed you all ASAP.
>
> Your obvious unwillingness to investigate the fact that the
> CROWN
> FAILED
> to provide its malice in the TWO Official languages so
> that
> your French buddy Chucky Leblanc could understand ihis
> banishent is
> too too funny indeed. Perhaps you should read his UNSIGNED
> banishment
> paper as well. No doubt he willl want you to investigate it
> N'esy Pas?
> He always demands things from the CROWN in French ljust ike
> his
> demanded his tickets and his upcoming trial in FRENCH. Funny
> how he
> let the most important document of all pertainng to his
> rights that he
> constantly laments about slip past his five brains EH?
> (For the
> record Chucky Leblanc swears more than I do no matter how
> much he
> bullshits to the contrary)
>
> For the PUBLIC record your office NEVER did investigate any
> of my
> concerns you just kept sending your news releases until the
> RCMP tried
> hard to lock me up. Then you people palyed dumb on the phone
> ever
> since. However when I heard Yvon Godin, Bob Rae and the very
> nasty
> Graham Fraser
> yipping about Mikey Ferguson's poor French instead of
> his severe lack of integrity I heard enough and reminded the
> Language
> Commissioners first on the phone and then in writing that I
> was still
> alive and paying attention to their nonsense.
>
> No doubt you are well aware that I did manage to talk to
> another woman
> in your office not long ago and that we got along just fine
> just like
> I did with a fella in Ottawa on the same day. You are about
> to hear
> his voicemail to mean old me. Anyway both folks working for
> the
> Commisssioners told me that there was no record whatsoever
> of my email
> exchanges with either the Federal and Provincial Language
> Commisioners
> in 2008 just before your political pals had me falsely
> arrested. When
> that din't work out to well for the corrupt cops you
> likely deleted
> your records not long aftewards just like your buddy
> Chucky Leblanc
> deleted his blogs violating my privacy in 2008.
> Those facts are what I
> expect put your fancy knickers in a knot this week.
> Correct?
>
> For the public record this is how our last and very
> brief
> conversation went this week I told you to see you in fucking
> court
> ONLY AFTER your were very nasty to me and would not even
> tell me your
> whole name after you made several FALSE allegations. FYI I
> had to
> check my records to figure out who the hell you were. Now I
> am looking
> forward to suing your very nasty arse and that of your
> lawyer/boss not
> too long after your French blogging butt buddy loses bigtime
> to your
> other buddies in Fat Fred City's Finest. Once Chucky
> reads this email
> I suspect that he will demand that the lawyer Carrier
> investigate his
> banishment docment ASAP.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> BTW IN NEW BRUNSWICK ITS FRENCH AND ENGLISH THE CROWN HAS NO
> CHOICE
> WHATSOEVER ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER
>
>
> From: "Parent,
> Patricia (OL-LO)"<Patricia.Parent@gnb.ca>
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:58:12 -0400
> Subject: Commissioner of Official Languages for New
> Brunswick
> To: "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com"
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Dear Sir:
>
> Where you have on at least two occasions during telephone
> calls to our
> office used profanities in speaking to our staff we must
> inform you
> that from this point on, we will not take your telephone
> calls and we
> direct you to refrain from phoning our office. While
> it is a part of
> our job to communicate with members of the public, our staff
> in no way
> should be subject to this kind of abuse. Also be
> advised that
> we will
> not respond to your emails, letters or fax communications
> unless we
> determine that they contain legitimate complaints or
> concerns related
> to our mandate.
>
> Yours truly,
>
>
> Patricia Parent
> Manager / Gestionnaire
> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for N.B.
> Bureau du Commissaire aux langues officielles du N.-B.
> 440 rue King Street
> Tour King Tower, Pièce/Suite 646
> Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H8
> telephone (TTY)/téléphone (ATS) : (506) 444-4229
> toll free (TTY)/sans frais (ATS) : 1-888-651-6444
> facsimile/télécopieur : (506) 444-4456
> www.officiallanguages.nb.ca<http://www.officiallanguages.nb.ca/>
> /
> www.languesofficielles.nb.ca<http://www.languesofficielles.nb.ca/>
>
>
> Français ou anglais..C'est votre choix!
> English or
> French..It's your choice!
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 10:23:12 -0400
> Subject: I presume that the Language Commissioner and their
> lawyers
> wish to argue me FEDERAL Court EH Mr Fraser?
> To: nelson.kalil@ocol-clo.gc.ca,
> Graham.Fraser@ocol-clo.gc.ca,
> complaints@officiallanguages.nb.ca,
> commissioner@officiallanguages.nb.ca,
> tclaw <tclaw@nb.aibn.com>
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>,
> Patricia.Parent@gnb.ca,
> "oldmaison@yahoo.com"
> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> thepurplevioletpress <thepurplevioletpress@gmail.com>,
> danfour
> <danfour@myginch.com>,
> Richard Harris
> <injusticecoalition@hotmail.com>,
> "Jacques.Poitras"
> <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
> acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>
>
> Perhaps we should exchange our files ASAP? I will lay odds
> that mine
> are far more complete than yours and that you will receive
> mine before
> I see yours. N'esy Pas?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:51:19 -0400
> Subject: I am calling you again Mr.Carrier but it will be
> for the last
> time before we meet in FEDERAL court
> To: commissioner@officiallanguages.nb.ca,
> "David.ALWARD@gnb.ca"
> <David.ALWARD@gnb.ca>,
> "Tim.RICHARDSON"<Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>,
> godiny <godiny@parl.gc.ca>,
> "bob.rae"<bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net>
> Cc: "oldmaison@yahoo.com"
> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "dan.
> bussieres"
> <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
> thepurplevioletpress
> <thepurplevioletpress@gmail.com>,
> chiefape <chiefape@gmail.com>,
> thenewbrunswicker <thenewbrunswicker@gmail.com>,
> danfour
> <danfour@myginch.com>,
> acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>,
> "Jacques.Poitras"
> <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
> "Barry.MacKnight"
> <Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.ca>,
> "Wayne.Lang"
> <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>
> http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-brunswicks-first-official-languages.html
>
> Ridiculous
>
> http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.com/2011/10/commissioner-of-official-languages-for.html
>
> You people talk to Chucky Leblanc but do not return my calls
> or answer
> me in writing WHY?
>
> Thus I must ask the Queen in Federal Court why are the
> banishments of
> French man Chucky Leblanc and mine
> not written by the CROWN in the TWO
> OFFICIAL languages and published in the Royal Gazette if
> they were
> even remotely legal?
>
> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for New
> Brunswick
> 440 King Street
> King Tower, #646
> Fredericton NB E3B 5H8
>
> Telephone (TYY): (506) 444-4229
> Toll free (TYY): 1-888-651-6444
> Facsimile: (506) 444-4456
> Email: commissioner@officiallanguages.nb.ca
>
>

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The Honourable Denis Lebel, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs,
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions
of Quebec, President of the Queen's Privy Council

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-996-6236
Fax: 613-996-6252

Department:
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Dominion Square Building
1255 Peel Street, Suite 900
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 2T9
Telephone: 514-496-1282
Toll Free: 1-866-385-6412
Fax: 514-283-3302
Web contact form:
https://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/eng/programs/applying/info-request.html

Department:
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Dominion Square Building
1255 Peel Street, Suite 900
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 2T9
Telephone: 514-496-1282
Fax: 514-496-5096

E-Mail: denis.lebel@dec-ced.gc.ca

Department:
Privy Council Office
Suite 800, 66 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A3
Telephone: 613-943-1838
Fax: (613) 957-5043

E-Mail: info@pco-bcp.gc.ca

The Honourable Doctor K. Kellie Leitch, P.C., O.Ont., M.P.
Minister of Labour, Minister of Status of Women

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-4224
Fax: 613-992-2164

Department:
Labour
165 Hôtel de Ville Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0J2
Telephone: 819-953-5646
Fax: 819-994-5168

E-Mail: kellie.leitch@labour-travail.gc.ca

Department:
Status of Women
22 Eddy Street 10th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec
J8X 2V9
Telephone: 613-995-7835
Toll Free: 1-855-969-9922
TTY: 819-420-6905
Fax: 819-420-6906

E-Mail: infonational@cfc-swc.gc.ca

The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, P.C., Q.C.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-6022
Fax: 613-992-2337

Department:
Justice
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: 613-992-4621
TTY: 613-992-4556
Fax: 613-954-0811

E-Mail: mcu@justice.gc.ca

The Honourable James Moore, P.C.
Minister of Industry

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-9650
Fax: 613-992-9868

Department:
Industry
C.D. Howe Building
235 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H5
Telephone: 613-995-9001
Fax: 613-954-2340

E-Mail: minister.industry@ic.gc.ca
Web contact form:
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The Honourable Rob Moore, P.C.
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-996-2332
Fax: 613-995-4286

Department:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
60 Queen Street, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 1667 STN B
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5R5
Telephone: 613-941-7241
Toll Free: 1-800-561-7862
TTY: 1-877-456-6500
Fax: 613-954-0429

E-Mail: information@acoa-apeca.gc.ca

The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P.
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-1547
Fax: 613-992-7910

Department:
Foreign Affairs
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
Telephone: 613-995-1851
Toll Free: 1-800-267-8376
Fax: 613-996-9709
Web contact form:
http://www.international.gc.ca/department-ministere/form_contact-formulaire_contacter.aspx?lang=eng

The Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C.
Minister of Finance

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-6361
Fax: 613-992-9791

Department:
Finance
17th floor
90 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G5
Telephone: 613-369-5696
Fax: 613-369-3343

E-Mail: Joe.Oliver@fin.gc.ca

The Honourable Erin O'Toole, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Veterans Affairs

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-2792
Fax: 613-992-2794

Department:
Veterans Affairs
66 Slater Street, 14th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0P4
Telephone: 613-996-4649
Web contact form:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/department/department-officials/contact

The Honourable Christian Paradis, P.C., LL.B.
Minister for La Francophonie, Minister of International Development

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-1377
Fax: 613-943-1562

The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, P.C., B.A., M.P.
Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for
Democratic Reform, Minister of State (Democratic Reform)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-2772
Fax: 613-992-1209

Department:
Democratic Reform
Privy Council Office
Room 1000, 85 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A3
Telephone: 613-957-5153
TTY: 613-957-5741
Fax: 613-957-5043

E-Mail: info@pco-bcp.gc.ca

Department:
Employment and Social Development
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0J9
Telephone: 819-994-2482
Fax: 819-994-0448

E-Mail: pierre.poilievre@hrsdc.rhdcc.gc.ca

The Honourable Lisa Raitt, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Transport

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-996-7046
Fax: 613-992-0851

Department:
Transport
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5
Telephone: 613-991-0700
Toll Free: 1-866-995-9737
TTY: 1-888-675-6863
Fax: 613-954-4731

E-Mail: Questions@tc.gc.ca

The Honourable Michelle Rempel, P.C., M.P.
Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-4275
Fax: 613-947-9475

Department:
Western Economic Diversification
Gillin Building
141 Laurier Avenue West
Suite 500
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5J3
Telephone: 613-952-2768
TTY: 1-877-303-3388
Fax: 613-952-9384
Web contact form: http://www.wd.gc.ca/eng/40.asp

The Honourable Greg Rickford, P.C.
Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of State (Federal Economic
Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-996-1161
Fax: 613-996-1759

Department:
Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
CD Howe Building
235 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H5
Toll Free: 1-877-333-6673
Fax: 613-941-4553

E-Mail: mosst.industry@ic.gc.ca

Department:
Natural Resources
21st Floor, 580 Booth Street, Room C7-1
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E4
Telephone: 613-996-2007
Fax: 613-943-0662

E-Mail: Minister.Ministre@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

The Honourable Gerry Ritz, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-7080
Fax: 613-996-8472

Department:
Agriculture and Agri-Food
1341 Baseline Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C5
Telephone: 613-773-1059
Toll Free: 1-855-773-0241
TTY: 613-773-2600
Fax: 613-773-1081
Web contact form:
http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.php?s1=help-aide&s2=contact&s3=min

The Honourable Gail Shea, P.C.
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-992-9223
Fax: 613-992-1974

Department:
Fisheries and Oceans
13th Floor, Station 13E228
200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E6
Telephone: 613-992-3474
TTY: 1-800-465-7735
Fax: 613-990-1866

E-Mail: min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

The Honourable Kevin Sorenson, P.C., M.P.
Minister of State (Finance)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-947-4608
Fax: 613-947-4611

Department:
Finance
140 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G5
Telephone: 613-369-5696
Fax: 613-369-3343

E-Mail: K.Sorenson@fin.gc.ca

The Honourable Tim Uppal, P.C.
Minister of State (Multiculturalism)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-3611
Fax: 613-995-3612

Department:
Citizenship and Immigration
365 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1L1
Telephone: 613-954-1064

The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, P.C., Q.C.
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-0581
Fax: 613-996-9736

Department:
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
North Tower, 10 Wellington Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H4
Telephone: 819-997-0002
Fax: 819-953-4941

E-Mail: InfoPubs@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, P.C., M.P.
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-996-7752
Fax: 613-992-8351

Department:
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Room 1000, 85 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A3
Telephone: 613-957-5153
TTY: 613-957-5741
Fax: 613-957-5043

E-Mail: info@pco-bcp.gc.ca

The Honourable Alice Wong, P.C., M.P.
Minister of State (Seniors)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-2021
Fax: 613-995-2174

Department:
Employment and Social Development
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0J9
Telephone: 819-953-2350
Fax: 819-953-2375

The Honourable Lynne Yelich, P.C.
Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular)

Parliament Hill:
Telephone: 613-995-5653
Fax: 613-995-0126

Department:
Foreign Affairs
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
Telephone: 613-944-2300
Fax: 613-996-9709
Web contact form:
http://www.international.gc.ca/department-ministere/form_contact-formulaire_contacter.aspx?lang=eng

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/james-cudmore-mark-norman-1.4873881

Former CBC reporter James Cudmore at heart of Commons exchange over shipbuilding leak

'Was his position created to reward for his great reporting or were the Liberals trying to shut Cudmore up?'

Peter Zimonjic· CBC News· Posted: Oct 22, 2018 7:43 PM ET

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman is on trial for breach of trust for allegedly leaking cabinet documents to CBC Journalist James Cudmore. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Former CBC political reporter James Cudmore became a political football in question period Monday as the Conservative opposition pressed the Liberals over their decision to hire him as a policy adviser after he broke a sensitive story about a major shipbuilding contract for the navy.

"Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the minister of national defence. Can he tell us on what date former CBC journalist James Cudmore was offered a job in his office as his senior policy adviser?" asked Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan replied, saying that he did not know the exact date but would find out and get back to Bergen soon.

When Bergen asked whether Cudmore was offered the job before or after Nov. 20, 2015, Sajjan said he could not comment on an ongoing court case.

Analysis
There are many questions about the Mark Norman affair but Tories keep asking the same one

RCMP probe of cabinet leaks did not stop with Mark Norman

Further questions from Conservative MPs James Bezan and Alain Rayes were referred to Karen McCrimmon, parliamentary secretary to the minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, who took to reading into the record a passage of Commons procedure that prevents MPs from commenting on matters before the courts.

"Was his position created to reward for his great reporting or were the Liberals trying to shut Cudmore up?" Bezan asked.

CBC News

Conservative press Liberals over Mark Norman leak trial

Conservative MPs question the Liberals over former CBC journalist James Cudmore's employment in Defence Minister Harjit Sajjans' office after the reporter broke a story about a cabinet leak. 0:53

The questions follow a line of inquiry the Conservatives have employed in recent weeks on the ongoing trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.

The political, bureaucratic and corporate tug-of-war over acquiring a leased supply ship for the navy is underpinning the Crown's case against Norman.

He was charged last spring with a single count of breach of trust.

Working for Sajjan

Prosecutors allege Norman, the former vice chief of defence staff, favoured a $668 million proposal for the supply ship from the Quebec-based Davie shipyard. When the newly elected Liberal government wanted to pause the project, the prosecution alleges, Norman leaked word of the secret decision of the cabinet committee.

At the time, he was head of the navy.

Amid the ensuing political uproar over the possible cancellation, the Liberals backed down; the ship was eventually completed and has now entered service.

The leak to CBC News became the basis of an RCMP investigation. Cudmore, the reporter who wrote the story, left journalism shortly afterwards and went to work as a policy adviser in Sajjan's office.

With files from the CBC's Murray Brewster

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices|About CBC News

'Who are they protecting?': Vice-Admiral Norman's trial erupts in Commons

Opposition suggests Brison's intervention may have benefited Irving Shipyard

Murray Brewster· CBC News· Posted: Oct 15, 2018 4:39 PM

Treasury Board President Scott Brison was grilled in the Commons today on his role in reviewing $668 million contract to provide the navy with a temporary supply ship. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

he criminal case facing the military's former second-in-command moved from the legal to the political arena Monday as the Conservative opposition accused the Liberal government of blocking Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's right to a fair trial.

Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen also put a senior Liberal cabinet on the hot seat, demanding to know whether Treasury Board President Scott Brison had authorization to lobby on behalf of Irving Shipbuilding in relation to a $668 million contract to provide the navy with a temporary supply ship.

The fireworks in the House of Commons follow a significant court filing last week. The legal team defending Norman against a single charge of breach of trust filed a motion asking the court to force the federal government to disclose a trove of secret and confidential documents.

Defence lawyers alleged the Crown has been cherry-picking the records it has already disclosed and is undermining the former vice chief of the defence staff's ability to defend himself.

Opposition House Leader Candice Bergen suggested the Liberals were undermining Vice-Adm. Mark Norman's right to a fair trial. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

"Vice Admiral Norman deserves a fair hearing, but shockingly the PMO refuses to hand over documents that are relevant," Bergen said. "Why is the prime minister's office not providing these documents? Who are they protecting?"

Bergen also accused the Liberal government of "singling (Norman) out with serious allegations of criminal misconduct," citing the alleged leak of cabinet secrets shortly after the last election.

The court filing alleged the RCMP have identified a federal government employee — other than Norman — who allegedly leaked documents to a lobbyist prior to a key federal cabinet committee meeting on Nov. 19, 2015.

That meeting was called to decide whether to proceed with a contract involving the Davie shipyard in Levis, Que., negotiated by the previous Conservative government.

The Liberals, newly elected, opted to put the agreement on a leased naval supply ship on hold while they studied it, but news of the decision leaked to the media.

RCMP probe of cabinet leaks did not stop with Mark Norman

Lawyers in Mark Norman case take aim at Liberal minister, court documents reveal

Mark Norman's military corruption trial will play out during the 2019 election campaign

The ensuing uproar prompted the government to back down and the deal proceeded — but the RCMP were called in to investigate how the decision, which was supposed to be secret, made its way to the public.

The Crown alleged Norman favoured the supply ship program and orchestrated the leak in order to embarrass the government into backing down.

Brison defended the government's initial approach to the file on Monday, saying the Liberals had a duty to examine the sole-source contract. He attempted to deflect accusations that he intervened at the cabinet meeting in order to benefit a rival shipyard.

"My mandate as president of the Treasury Board is to ensure due diligence in the expenditure of public funds and to perform a challenge function, particularly in terms of the procurement function," he said.
Brison said he did his job.

The Conservatives, however, said the minister did more than that — arguing his intervention could have benefited Nova Scotia-based Irving Shipbuilding, which had submitted a proposal rivalling the one cabinet was considering at the time.

Bergen demanded to know if Brison had been cleared by the ethics commissioner to lobby on behalf of the Irvings.

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman arrives at the courthouse in Ottawa on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Following the court filing on Friday, Irving Shipbuilding issued a statement saying there was nothing improper in the company's communication with the Liberal government over the temporary supply ship program.

"We expressed our concerns with the procurement process to the new government as part of an ongoing transparent dialogue," Sean Lewis said in an email.

"Our outreach highlighted our concerns and requested that our proposal be fairly evaluated. Other shipbuilders who also participated in the process to provide a [supply ship] solution also expressed concern with the project and how the government made its decision."

Norman's lawyers, in their court submission, pointed to a letter the Irvings sent to Brison, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and former procurement minister Judy Foote prior to the controversial cabinet meeting.

The letter, which extolled the company's temporary supply ship pitch, ended up being leaked in the days following the meeting.

During their investigation, RCMP decided the letter was not a cabinet secret — but Norman's lawyers alleged that the bureaucratic arm of the prime minister's office has retroactively declared it a cabinet confidence.

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices|About CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vice-admiral-mark-norman-lawyers-treasury-board-scott-brison-1.4862085

Lawyers in Mark Norman case take aim at Liberal minister, court documents reveal

Prosecutors allege vice-admiral, who faces breach of trust charge, disclosed classified info to shipyard execs

Murray Brewster· CBC News· Posted: Oct 13, 2018 4:35 PM ET

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, shown leaving an Ottawa courthouse after his first appearance on April 10, is charged with breach of trust. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

Lawyers defending Vice-Admiral Mark Norman have taken aim at one of the Liberal government's senior cabinet ministers in a court filing, alleging political interference in the program to deliver an interim supply ship to the navy.

The former second-in-command of the Canadian military faces one charge of breach of trust after being accused of leaking cabinet secrets to the Davie shipyard in Lévis, Que., which was proposing a $668 million lease arrangement with the federal government.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison will be among the Crown's most important witnesses, and lawyers for Norman went to court Friday to force the government to disclose documents pertinent to his defence.

Mounties charge Vice-Admiral Mark Norman with breach of trust

Ship that may have sunk admiral's career to be unveiled in Quebec

Prosecutors allege the former vice-chief of the defence staff, when he was head of the navy, disclosed classified information to shipyard executives, which eventually found its way to the media and was published by CBC News reporter James Cudmore, who was later hired as a policy adviser to the defence minister.

The motion seeking the documents was filed in an Ottawa court. A copy of that motion was obtained by CBC News.

The MV Asterix, the navy's planned temporary supply ship, at the Davie shipyard in Lévis, Que., in early July 2017. The contract to lease the vessel to the federal government was at the centre of an RCMP investigation into the leak of cabinet secrets.

The Liberal government, newly elected in November 2015, sought to delay the supply ship lease project, and Norman's lawyer Marie Henein wrote the defence believes "Brison was behind the effort to delay and potentially terminate the Davie agreement" and that he may have done so at the behest of corporate rival, Irving Shipbuilding, of Halifax.

"Minister Brison appears to be close to the Irvings," said the court filing. "He has frequently been lobbied by James Irving on behalf of the company."

Part of Brison's job as head of the Treasury Board is to examine and challenge government spending decisions.

Conservatives among high-profile backers of Norman's defence fund

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

A spokesperson for Brison would not comment on the court filing, but the minister has in the past denied any wrongdoing.

Similarly, a spokesperson for Irving Shipbuilding said Saturday that there was nothing improper in the company's communication with the Liberal government over the temporary supply ship program, in which it had also submitted a proposal.

"We expressed our concerns with the procurement process to the new government as part of an ongoing transparent dialogue," Sean Lewis said in an email.

"Our outreach highlighted our concerns and requested that our proposal be fairly evaluated. Other shipbuilders who also participated in the process to provide a [supply ship] solution also expressed concern with the project and how the government made its decision."

Upcoming trial begins during election

The motion provides a taste of the political minefield that's ahead for Liberals next year when Norman's case goes to trial, likely during the next federal election campaign.

Henein is demanding government disclose all communication between Brison's office and the Irvings prior to a crucial cabinet committee meeting on Nov. 19, 2015.

It was at that meeting the Liberal government decided to risk a multi-million dollar penalty and put the supply ship program on hold.

News of the pause leaked to the media, which the RCMP allege was orchestrated by Norman. The government eventually proceeded with the program.

The Liberals, however, were embarrassed. They ordered an RCMP probe and Brison told investigators the leak prevented cabinet from doing its job.

How the cabinet decision leaked

Henein pushed back, in the court filing on Friday, revealing — for the first time — that the federal police investigation had identified how some documents prepared for cabinet made their way into the hands of lobbyists.

"The RCMP's investigation discovered that a government employee, Matthew Matchett, gave a lobbyist then working for Davie the classified Memorandum to Cabinet ("MC") and slide deck relating to the Liberal Government's November 19, 2015 … Cabinet committee meeting," said the court documents.

There is no allegation that [Vice-Admiral] Norman provided documents protected by cabinet confidences to anybody.- Court filing

The documents noted Matchett had not been charged, and that both a Davie executive and a lobbyist had been granted immunity from prosecution.

"There is no allegation that [Vice-Admiral] Norman provided documents protected by cabinet confidences to anybody."

CBC News reached out on Saturday to Matchett but received no response.

Defence lawyer Marie Henein wrote that, contrary to the prosecution's claim, Norman was leaned on by the previous Conservative government to deliver the program. (CBC)

'No evidence of any personal benefit'

The documents also alleged an internal government investigation into how the cabinet decision leaked found that there were in fact six separate leaks and 73 people within the bureaucracy knew the outcome of the meeting.

The RCMP alleges in a search warrant, released publicly last year, that Norman leaked the information in order to ensure that the interim supply ship program went forward and that it was his preferred option.

In order to prove breach of trust, the Crown must demonstrate that the accused had something personal to gain.

Henein wrote that, contrary to the prosecution's claim, Norman was leaned on by the previous Conservative government to deliver the program.

Suspended Vice-Admiral Norman to be removed as military's second-in-command

Former prime minister Stephen Harper's government signed the initial contract with the shipyard, but it was left to the Justin Trudeau's Liberals to implement it.

There is no evidence of any personal benefit to [Vice-Admiral] Norman or of any other 'dishonest, partial, corrupt, or oppressive purpose.'- Court filing

"There is no evidence of any personal benefit to [Vice-Admiral] Norman or of any other 'dishonest, partial, corrupt, or oppressive purpose,'" said the filing.

"He worked to deliver what elected government wanted, what the Navy needed, and what was in the interest of all Canadians. He obtained absolutely no personal benefit."

Defence's allegations

Norman's defence alleges that senior defence and public works officials, who opposed the leased supply ship program, worked to kill it, contrary to the direction of the previous Conservative government.

Henein has asked the Crown to waive cabinet secrecy on all documents related to the case and thus far has been rebuffed.

"The Prime Minister through the Office of the Privy Council has refused to waive any Cabinet confidences except those required to prosecute [Vice-Admiral] Norman," she wrote.

"The [Privy Council Office] initiated the RCMP investigation, yet it controls the entire flow of information and has to date refused to provide any transparency."

The defence team also alleged the government retroactively invoked secrecy on documents investigators had deemed not confidential.

Analysis
The RCMP vs. Mark Norman: It's about more than just leaks

They pointed to a letter sent to Brison, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and former procurement minister Judy Foote by the Irvings, prior to the controversial cabinet meeting, as proof.

"Although the RCMP asserted that the Irving letter was not classified, the PCO now claims that the letter would in fact be a Cabinet confidence," said the court documents.

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"Dominic.Cardy"<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "murray.brewster"
<murray.brewster@cbc.ca>, dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, bcsmith@thestar.ca,
newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "Greta.Bossenmaier"
<Greta.Bossenmaier@cse-cst.gc.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras"
<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "Robert. Jones"<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
"Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca>,
"hon.melanie.joly"<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "stephane.dion"
<stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca>, postur <postur@irr.is>, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>Hey

Nancee Filteau
Chantier Davie Canada Inc.
22, rue George-D. Davie
Lévis, Québec
Canada. G6V 0K4
Tel: +1 418 837-5841 ext 2110
media@davie.ca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3qmd3Iqcz0

CBC radio interview with Alex Vicefield, CEO of Inocea Group
Davie Shipbuilding
Published on May 30, 2016
Thursday 26th May 2016 - Susan Campbell, host of CBC Quebec AM
interviews Alex Vicefield, CEO of Inocea Group about Davie
Shipbuilding, Canada's largest and highest capacity shipbuilder.

This is getting pretty comical

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norman-leaks-inestigation-1.4085703

RCMP allege Vice-Admiral Norman fed cabinet secrets to Quebec shipbuilder
RCMP detail cosy, back channel relationship in shipbuilding leaks,
with admiral referred to as 'our friend'
By Murray Brewster, CBC News Posted: Apr 26, 2017 9:00 AM ET

"Irving Shipbuilding may have wanted to kill the deal, but sources
tell CBC News the Liberals were also deeply interested in finding out
why former prime minister Stephen Harper's government rewrote the
procurement regulations and what sort of political landmines might
result from it.

An email from Fraser to his bosses, on Nov. 22, 2015, made reference
to a conversation in which former Defence Minister — and later Justice
Minister — Peter MacKay, "told Brison to get his head out of his ass."

The regulations were rewritten, multiple sources say, to prevent rival
companies in the national shipbuilding program — Irving and Seaspan —
from suing over the Chantier-Davie deal.

The navy was in desperate need of a supply ship since prematurely
retiring its old ones.

Project Resolve was, in the opinion of both the navy and the
Conservatives, a more complete proposal that met the military's
immediate needs.
But that was not how some in the defence and public works
establishment saw things.

They were opaquely referred in the court records as the "Knights of No."

"Cartoon concept," is how some senior officials took to describing the
Chantier-Davie proposal, which they initially dismissed internally as
not being complete, or fully costed."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-case-prosecutors-1.4478470

Case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman handed to prosecutors last
summer, investigation ongoing
'I think it's shocking it has taken 12 months to still have no
resolution,' says military expert
By Murray Brewster, CBC News Posted: Jan 09, 2018 5:00 AM ET

"The high-profile case was sparked in late 2015 when a series of
published reports detailed the newly elected Liberal government's
hesitation over a $668-million contract to lease a temporary supply
ship for the navy.

The leaks, Treasury Board President Scott Brison told the RCMP,
impeded the federal cabinet's ability to do its job.

Norman was accused in court documents of possibly being the source of
that leak. The information, police claim, was passed through a
shipyard executive to Ottawa lobbyists and eventually to the media.

Search warrants ordered released by a judge last spring said the
Mounties also suspected one other government official. Who that person
might be is still unknown."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chantier-davie-mark-norman-1.4094338

Quebec shipyard shrugs off Norman controversy, touts benefits of new supply ship
Chantier-Davie is pitching other projects to Trudeau's Liberal government
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press Posted: May 01, 2017 5:08 PM ET

"John Schmidt, vice-president of Federal Fleet Services, which Davie
set up to manage the ship project, wouldn't comment on the RCMP's case
against Norman.

That includes an email submitted to the court in which Schmidt
suggests trying to "pressure" Treasury Board President Scott Brison as
part of an apparent effort to get the Liberals to stick with the Davie
deal.

"We certainly don't think there's anything wrong," Schmidt said of
Davie's actions in an interview with The Canadian Press. "Other than
that, I can't comment."

"No charges have been laid against Norman, who was appointed
vice-chief of the defence staff in August 2016, then abruptly
suspended without explanation on Jan. 16 by defence chief Gen.
Jonathan Vance.

Norman's lawyer, Marie Henein, said in a statement in February that
the admiral, a 36-year-veteran of the military, "unequivocally denies
any wrongdoing."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norman-supply-ship-unveiled-1.4213498

Ship that may have sunk admiral's career to be unveiled in Quebec
7 months after raiding the home of Vice Admiral Mark Norman, RCMP have
yet to lay any charges
By Murray Brewster, CBC News Posted: Jul 20, 2017 5:00 AM ET

"Alex Vicefield, CEO of Inocea, a global shipping conglomerate that
owns Chantier Davie, said that despite months of investigation the
RCMP have yet to lay charges.

"There's been a lot of noise and possibly some people have jumped a
bit too early on it," Vicefield told CBC News in an interview.

"I think it's been unfortunate for Admiral Norman, but it's been
positive for us. It's actually put into the public a lot of the
dealings in the background which have plagued this whole shipbuilding
program from the outset."

Shipyard rivalry

Vicefield has long been an outspoken critic of the national
shipbuilding strategy, which in 2010 established Halifax-based Irving
Shipbuilding Inc. and Seaspan, of Vancouver, as the federal
government's go-to yards for ship construction.

The RCMP search warrant used to seize Norman's computer, tablet and
cellphone from his Ottawa-area home was publicly released in April. It
points to an email exchange between Norman and the head of the company
shepherding the Asterix project.

Norman told Spencer Fraser, of Federal Fleet Services, in November
2015 that he believed rival Irving Shipbuilding wanted to kill the
lease program and suggested there might be political interference
from, what was at the time, the new Liberal government.

"The fact Admiral Norman came out and protested some of this is quite
admirable, and I think a lot of people have recognized that," said
Vicefield.

Irving Shipbuilding was asked to comment, but declined.

Norman has never spoken about the controversy and the RCMP have
refused to discuss the investigation."

HMMMM

The Feds may have had one blog deleted after the arrest of Barry
Winters but the CSE and the NSA must know that my work can be found in
many places on the Internet EH Jonathan Vance and Gilles Moreau?

The Chronicle Herald and the Globe and Mail have their tales to tell
and so do I N'esy Pas?

Former Irving veteran made CEO at shipyard rival Davie

http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1363665-former-irving-veteran-made-ceo-at-shipyard-rival-davie

A tale of two shipyards

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/globe-investigation-of-davie-shipyard-finds-complex-web-ofownership/article34857698/

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/04/the-cbc-canadian-forces-and-rcmp-can.html

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The CBC, the Canadian Forces and the RCMP can never deny that they
know all about it

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2018/01/re-greedy-bosses-of-canadian-forces.html

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Re: The greedy bosses of Canadian Forces can't keep secrets Hell I
proved that last year to Irving Ship Building's former General Counsel
Richard Southcott N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger'"
???

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-case-prosecutors-1.4478470

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 12:34:46 -0400
Subject: Re: A little Deja Vu about The greedy bosses of Canadian Forces and Irving Ship Building's former General Counsel Richard Southcott for you all to enjoy N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger'" ???
To: media@davie.ca, "Jonathan.Vance", Alain.Parent@forces.gc.ca, Mark.Norman@forces.gc.ca, "Gilles.Moreau", "Gilles.Blinn", pm , premier , DJT , dmcgahn , mcohen , "bob.paulson", "CRAIG.DALTON", michael.pearson@gnb.ca, andrew.leslie@parl.gc.ca, "marc.garneau.a1", oldmaison , andre , sunrayzulu , Errington.john@forces.gc.ca, Christine.Salt@forces.gc.ca, DECPR@forces.gc.ca, corey.joyce@forces.gc.ca, "Dale.Morgan", david , "Matt.DeCourcey", "Mark.Wright", BrianThomasMacdonald
Cc: David Amos , "Bill.Morneau", "scott.brison", "PETER.MACKAY", ethics-ethique , "Liliana.Longo", "hon.ralph.goodale", postur , briangallant10 , "David.Coon", "Dominic.Cardy", "murray.brewster", dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, bcsmith@thestar.ca, newsroom , "Greta.Bossenmaier", "Jacques.Poitras", "Robert. Jones", "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc", "hon.melanie.joly", "stephane.dion", postur , birgittaj

Hey

Nancee Filteau
Chantier Davie Canada Inc.
22, rue George-D. Davie
Lévis, Québec
Canada. G6V 0K4
Tel: +1 418 837-5841 ext 2110
media@davie.ca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3qmd3Iqcz0

CBC radio interview with Alex Vicefield, CEO of Inocea Group
Davie Shipbuilding
Published on May 30, 2016
Thursday 26th May 2016 - Susan Campbell, host of CBC Quebec AM
interviews Alex Vicefield, CEO of Inocea Group about Davie
Shipbuilding, Canada's largest and highest capacity shipbuilder.

This is getting pretty comical

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norman-leaks-inestigation-1.4085703

RCMP allege Vice-Admiral Norman fed cabinet secrets to Quebec shipbuilder
RCMP detail cosy, back channel relationship in shipbuilding leaks,
with admiral referred to as 'our friend'
By Murray Brewster, CBC News Posted: Apr 26, 2017 9:00 AM ET

"Irving Shipbuilding may have wanted to kill the deal, but sources
tell CBC News the Liberals were also deeply interested in finding out
why former prime minister Stephen Harper's government rewrote the
procurement regulations and what sort of political landmines might
result from it.

An email from Fraser to his bosses, on Nov. 22, 2015, made reference
to a conversation in which former Defence Minister — and later Justice
Minister — Peter MacKay, "told Brison to get his head out of his ass."

The regulations were rewritten, multiple sources say, to prevent rival
companies in the national shipbuilding program — Irving and Seaspan —
from suing over the Chantier-Davie deal.

The navy was in desperate need of a supply ship since prematurely
retiring its old ones.

Project Resolve was, in the opinion of both the navy and the
Conservatives, a more complete proposal that met the military's
immediate needs.
But that was not how some in the defence and public works
establishment saw things.

They were opaquely referred in the court records as the "Knights of No."

"Cartoon concept," is how some senior officials took to describing the
Chantier-Davie proposal, which they initially dismissed internally as
not being complete, or fully costed."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-case-prosecutors-1.4478470

Case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman handed to prosecutors last
summer, investigation ongoing
'I think it's shocking it has taken 12 months to still have no
resolution,' says military expert
By Murray Brewster, CBC News Posted: Jan 09, 2018 5:00 AM ET

"The high-profile case was sparked in late 2015 when a series of
published reports detailed the newly elected Liberal government's
hesitation over a $668-million contract to lease a temporary supply
ship for the navy.

The leaks, Treasury Board President Scott Brison told the RCMP,
impeded the federal cabinet's ability to do its job.

Norman was accused in court documents of possibly being the source of
that leak. The information, police claim, was passed through a
shipyard executive to Ottawa lobbyists and eventually to the media.

Search warrants ordered released by a judge last spring said the
Mounties also suspected one other government official. Who that person
might be is still unknown."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chantier-davie-mark-norman-1.4094338

Quebec shipyard shrugs off Norman controversy, touts benefits of new supply ship
Chantier-Davie is pitching other projects to Trudeau's Liberal government
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press Posted: May 01, 2017 5:08 PM ET

"John Schmidt, vice-president of Federal Fleet Services, which Davie
set up to manage the ship project, wouldn't comment on the RCMP's case
against Norman.

That includes an email submitted to the court in which Schmidt
suggests trying to "pressure" Treasury Board President Scott Brison as
part of an apparent effort to get the Liberals to stick with the Davie
deal.

"We certainly don't think there's anything wrong," Schmidt said of
Davie's actions in an interview with The Canadian Press. "Other than
that, I can't comment."

"No charges have been laid against Norman, who was appointed
vice-chief of the defence staff in August 2016, then abruptly
suspended without explanation on Jan. 16 by defence chief Gen.
Jonathan Vance.

Norman's lawyer, Marie Henein, said in a statement in February that
the admiral, a 36-year-veteran of the military, "unequivocally denies
any wrongdoing."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norman-supply-ship-unveiled-1.4213498

Ship that may have sunk admiral's career to be unveiled in Quebec
7 months after raiding the home of Vice Admiral Mark Norman, RCMP have
yet to lay any charges
By Murray Brewster, CBC News Posted: Jul 20, 2017 5:00 AM ET

"Alex Vicefield, CEO of Inocea, a global shipping conglomerate that
owns Chantier Davie, said that despite months of investigation the
RCMP have yet to lay charges.

"There's been a lot of noise and possibly some people have jumped a
bit too early on it," Vicefield told CBC News in an interview.

"I think it's been unfortunate for Admiral Norman, but it's been
positive for us. It's actually put into the public a lot of the
dealings in the background which have plagued this whole shipbuilding
program from the outset."

Shipyard rivalry

Vicefield has long been an outspoken critic of the national
shipbuilding strategy, which in 2010 established Halifax-based Irving
Shipbuilding Inc. and Seaspan, of Vancouver, as the federal
government's go-to yards for ship construction.

The RCMP search warrant used to seize Norman's computer, tablet and
cellphone from his Ottawa-area home was publicly released in April. It
points to an email exchange between Norman and the head of the company
shepherding the Asterix project.

Norman told Spencer Fraser, of Federal Fleet Services, in November
2015 that he believed rival Irving Shipbuilding wanted to kill the
lease program and suggested there might be political interference
from, what was at the time, the new Liberal government.

"The fact Admiral Norman came out and protested some of this is quite
admirable, and I think a lot of people have recognized that," said
Vicefield.

Irving Shipbuilding was asked to comment, but declined.

Norman has never spoken about the controversy and the RCMP have
refused to discuss the investigation."

HMMMM

The Feds may have had one blog deleted after the arrest of Barry
Winters but the CSE and the NSA must know that my work can be found in
many places on the Internet EH Jonathan Vance and Gilles Moreau?

The Chronicle Herald and the Globe and Mail have their tales to tell
and so do I N'esy Pas?

Former Irving veteran made CEO at shipyard rival Davie

http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1363665-former-irving-veteran-made-ceo-at-shipyard-rival-davie

A tale of two shipyards

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/globe-investigation-of-davie-shipyard-finds-complex-web-ofownership/article34857698/

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/04/the-cbc-canadian-forces-and-rcmp-can.html

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The CBC, the Canadian Forces and the RCMP can never deny that they
know all about it

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2018/01/re-greedy-bosses-of-canadian-forces.html

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Re: The greedy bosses of Canadian Forces can't keep secrets Hell I
proved that last year to Irving Ship Building's former General Counsel
Richard Southcott N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger'"
???

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-case-prosecutors-1.4478470

http://www.davie.ca/management/alex-vicefield/

Quebec

22, rue George-D. Davie
Lévis, Québec, Canada
G6V 0K4
1 418 837-5841

Find us on the map

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Ottawa

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info@davie.ca

Alex Vicefield

member, Advisory Committee

Prior to joining Inocea Group, Alex spent his career in the marine, and oil & gas markets specialising in project, investment and marine asset management and commercial contracting. Alex has been involved with several major ship, asset and business acquisitions and operations where he worked on behalf of some of the world’s leading financial institutions. He was a director of oil & gas services and asset management for V.Group (V.Ships), the world’s largest marine services company. He has also worked with several UK publicly listed companies in the ports and retail industries.

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