, "Ron.Francis"
<Ron.Francis@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, Dennis <Dennis@nfa.ca>,
"justin.trudeau.a1"<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: Mackap <Mackap@parl.gc.ca>, Sheldon<Sheldon@nfa.ca>, David Amos
<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Ian.McPhail"
<Ian.McPhail@cpc-cpp.gc.ca>, "steven.blaney"
<steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/12/enjoy-ya-bastards.html

On 12/18/13, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://nfa.ca/news/canadas-nfa-calls-judicial-inquiry-high-river-gun-grab
>
> Canada's NFA calls for Judicial Inquiry into High River Gun Grab
> Date: Monday, December 16, 2013
> Canada's NFA calls for Judicial Inquiry into High River Gun Grab
>
> "The mandate is too narrow to get the whole truth."
>
> "While the National Firearms Association wholeheartedly supports the
> RCMP Public Complaints Commission extending its investigation into the
> break-in of more than 1,900 High River homes by the RCMP, we believe
> that their mandate is too narrow. The Commission may be able to find
> out what happened, but it is hamstrung by legislative constraints that
> won't allow the Commissioner's investigators to dig deep enough to
> find out why, nor to address the significant question of how such an
> event could happen as it did outside of a police state," said NFA
> President SheldonClare, "For that reason, there simply must be a full
> judicial inquiry with a broad mandate to determine what happened and
> why in High River - the problem is far beyond one of police policy and
> procedure."
>
> The very limited mandate of the commissioner is expressed here, and
> reproduced below:
> http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/cnt/decision/cic-pdp/2013/cic-pdp-130705-eng.aspx
>
> In light of the foregoing, pursuant to subsections 45.37(1) and
> 45.43(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (RCMP Act), I am
> today initiating a complaint and public interest investigation into
> the conduct of all RCMP members or other persons appointed or employed
> under the authority of the RCMP Act involved in the activities in High
> River, Alberta, specifically:
> 1. Whether the RCMP members or other persons appointed or employed
> under the authority of the RCMPAct involved in entering private
> residences in High River complied with all appropriate training,
> policies, procedures, guidelines and statutory requirements;
> 2. Whether the RCMP members or other persons appointed or employed
> under the authority of the RCMP Act involved in seizing firearms from
> private residences in High River complied with all appropriate
> training, policies, procedures, guidelines and statutory requirements;
> and,
> 3. Whether the RCMP national, divisional and detachment-level
> policies, procedures and guidelines relating to such incidents are
> adequate.
>
> Clare continued, "It has become increasingly clear that the
> investigation also has to include the role of the Alberta Government
> and in particular the communications between Municipal Affairs
> Minister Doug Griffiths and the RCMP."
>
> Additionally, on page 92 of the RCMP response to one of NFA's eleven
> Access to Information (ATI) Act requests on the issue, it shows that
> in addition to the 223 RCMP officers deployed in High River during the
> flood, there were 310 Canadian Forces personnel in High River, many of
> whom were witnesses to the unwarranted search and seizure operations
> in High River. NFA Director for Alberta, Dennis Young confirmed,
> "During our communications with National Defence in October, we were
> told that documentation does exist from soldiers in response to our
> ATI Act request for records of 'complaints and witness accounts of any
> inappropriate or illegal action observed while working in High River'.
> However, the RCMP Public Complaints Commissioner does not have
> authority to examine these records or interview Canadian Forces
> personnel about what they saw and did in High River."
>
> Lacombe Lawyer Rick Hemmingson, who was featured in the Sun News
> documentary on High River (see link below), provided Canada's NFA with
> several reasons why a judicial enquiry is absolutely essential. "We
> concur," said SheldonClare, "and we will be writing the Prime
> Minister and the Premier of Alberta with our request."
>
> SUN NEWS - FULL DOCUMENTARY - BROKEN TRUST: GUN GRAB AT HIGH RIVER
> http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/2923814901001
>
> Canada's National Firearms Association is this country's largest and
> most effective advocacy organization representing the interests of
> firearms owners and users.
>
> For more information contact:
>
> Blair Hagen, Executive VP Communications, 604-753-8682 Blair@nfa.ca
> SheldonClare, President, 250-981-1841 Sheldon@nfa.ca
> Shawn Bevins, Executive VP, 819-313-2887 Shawn@nfa.ca (français)
> Dennis Young, Alberta Director, 587-360-1111 Dennis@nfa.ca
> Canada's NFA toll-free number - 1-877-818-0393
> NFA Website: www.nfa.ca
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:10:43 -0300
> Subject: Attn Sgt Sylvain Roussel (403 516 6462) and Sgt Staff Sgt
> Scott Fuller (403 516 6455) Here is the info you seek about High River
> To: sylvain.roussel@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Scott.Fuller@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Good Day Sgt Roussel,
>
> Trust that messing with corrupt mindless politicians in Alberta goes under
> the heading of fun for mean old me. BTW My records tell me I sent you three
> emails not just one. As per your request you can find the original text of
> the first email to you on August 12th and many others below. Believe it or
> I
> provided more info after it for your benefit and mine as well. I never make
> false allegations. I only state what I know to be true in writng, back it
> up
> with documentation and let the political cards fall where they may.
> Lets just say
> I have been dealing with questionable Feds in several countries for a very
> long tme. Last week things got rather serious when the CBC starting yapping
> about the President of Brazil and the CSEC etc so I made a lot of calls to
> cover my butt then got gone. I know my affairs are complicated but if
> anyone with two clues between their ears had been paying attention and
> understand politics and the IMF etc then they would have easily
> understood the ramifications of what the  Brazilian President Rousseff
> was saying to all the UN dudes before Prez Obama spewed a bunch of his
> usual bullshit on Sept 24th.
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/greece-imf-brazil-idUSL6N0G05GI20130731
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/24/brazil-president-un-speech-nsa-surveillance
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/politics/story/1.1928147
>
> https://mobile.twitter.com/dilmabr
>
> Sgt Brian Topham may find it unbelievable that I a dumb Maritimer such as I
> may be may be involved. I don't care. Here is a little proof  for you that
> I
> posted on the Internet about something that went down with Brazil and I one
> month before I called Sgt Fuller and tried to talk to Günther Schönfeldt
> and
> encountered an evil woman who claimed her name was just "Nora". For the
> record I liked Sgt Fuller and am impressed that he asked questions of you.
> But the lady "Nora" is another kettle of fish. She was so nasty she did not
> dare to tell me her last name so doubt if even her first name was for real.
> Our conversation started out ok. However after she acknowleged that she
> still has my files in her records going back to November 18h, 2003 she saw
> something else in the file that seemed to spokk her that she would not
> discuss. Go figure. Methinks she figured that your fellow members of
> the RCMP/DND
> were gonna pounce on me once again and she wanted to play dumb. Quite
> frankly so did I. I have been falsely imprisoned without charges twice thus
> far.
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html
>
> Whether you want it or not the best advice that I can give to the low level
> RCMP members involved in the High River nonsense is to be careful that
> Paulson and his minions don't blame it all on you local fellas in the end.
> Afterall it was your faces and words that were in published the news.
> Unless ou have
> proof the orders came from higher up the food chain they will cook your
> goose in order to protect their fancy arses.
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/i-see-sun-media-dudes-finally-read-my.html
>
> Trust that I am happy you finally got back to me and glad you were honest
> with me. However I have no doubt your computers tell quite a tale about
> mean
> old me but a lot of it is very untrue. Lets just say there was already a
> lot
> of dirty water over the damn between the RCMP and I way back in the early
> 1980's before a lot of your officers joined the RCMP and long before the
> water started rising in High River last June. Thus I have very good
> reasons to not
> trust cops especially when your assoicates ignored my calls and emails on
> June
> 29th, 2013. However it does not follow that I don't know that there
> are not decent
> folks within the Queen's Red Serge. Most fella's did not join the
> force to abuse
> their fellow Canadians but you did swear some oath to the Force the most
> seem
> to think is more important that upholding the law. Hell even I tried
> to join the RCMP
> way back in 1970 but I was one inch to short to meet its standards
> back then. Just
> as Sgt Topham lamented a lot changed in 1974. FYI I would not be one
> bit surprised to find out that one of my relatives was helping you
> guys in High River last June.
>
> BTW as soon as it hit the news about the questionable taking of all the
> guns
> in High River I knew who was behind it. Hell I even let Danielle Smith know
> out of the gate that something was up on June the 3rd. I tried to explain
> it
> to S/Sgt Fuller when I called him a week or so ago but he said he would
> rather hear it from you Sgt Roussel. The dates on my published emails tell
> a
> very true tale. Take your associate Mr Baconfat's blog with pounds of salt.
> I have no idea what you fellas know and what you don't know about my
> concerns with the RCMP and the DND. I also know that you would not
> be allowed to tell me anyway because of your oaths. You must at least agree
> that the subject line of the email your computer acknowledged was a rather
> telling thing indeed. The Feds in the CSEC and the NAS cannot deny that
> computers owned by the taxpayers can be infinitely ethical and that answers
> comng from them very valuable to us all even if you are AOL. Correct Sgt
> Roussel? Why in hell would you delete my emails rather than save it to
> protect your own butt from litigation? It would have cost you nothing.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sylvain ROUSSEL <sylvain.roussel@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:51:50 -0400
> Subject: Re: The latest top cop in High River Staff Sgt Ian Shardlow
> and his boss Bob Paulson should be able to explain this email to Greg
> Kvisle and the other pissed off folks
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I am AOL until August 22., 2013. If your message is urgent please
> contact Staff Sergeant Scott FULLER at 403 516 6455
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Garrett WOOLSEY <garrett.woolsey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:05:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: I see the Sun Media dudes finally read my email about you
> after a couple months EH Brian Topham? (AOD)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I am currently away from the office, returning Monday October 14.
>
> As of Oct. 1, Insp. Tony Hamori is Ops Officer for SCB South, ph.
> 403-699-2642. I will be joining Calgary Federal SOC Team 1 and can be
> reached on cel @ 403-519-7308.
>
> Please contact S/Sgt. Scott Fuller for STO related enquiries.
>
> 1 403 516 6462
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: magicJack <voicemail@notify.magicjack.com>
> To: DAVID AMOS
> Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 12:40 PM
> Subject: New VM (11) - 1:04 minutes in your magicJack mailbox from
> anonymous
>
>
>
> Dear magicJack User:
>
> You received a new 1:04 minutes voicemail message, on Wednesday, October
> 09,
> 2013 at 11:40:47 AM in mailbox 9028000369 from anonymous.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: PCC Complaints <complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:14:53 +0000
> Subject: RE: Oh my did the Office of the Mayor of High River piss me
> off today EH Staff Sgt Ian Shardlow? Say Hey to Ms Smith at the
> Townhall Meeting tonight for me will ya...
> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Hello Mr. Amos:
>
> This e-mail is to acknowledge your recent communication with our
> office about the RCMP.
>
> If you wish to submit a complaint regarding the on-duty conduct of a
> member(s) of the RCMP, you can do so through our online complaint form
> located at:
>
> https://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/cnt/srv/mac/index-eng.aspx
>
> Alternatively, we can also be reached by:
>
> Telephone : 1-800-665-6878
> E-mail: complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca
> Fax : 604-501-4095
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Günther Schönfeldt
> Intake Officer / Agent d'information de liaison
> Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP /
> Commission des plaintes du public contre la Gendarmerie royale du Canada
> Tel/Tél : 1-800-665-6878 | Fax/Téléc : (604) 501-4095
> complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Amos"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> To: <eblokland@highriver.ca>; <christopher@diArmani.com>;
> <brian.topham@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <bill.kaufmann@sunmedia.ca>;
> <Josee.Valiquette@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "Dale.McGowan"
> <Dale.McGowan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "bob.paulson"<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
> "steven.blaney"<steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca>;
> <Sylvain.Roussel@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <bloke@shaw.ca>; "premier"
> <premier@gov.ab.ca>; "highwood"<highwood@assembly.ab.ca>; "airdrie"
> <airdrie@assembly.ab.ca>; "mclellana"<mclellana@bennettjones.com>;
> <finditherefirst@gmail.com>; <Doug.Potts@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
> <Ian.Shardlow@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "ppalmater"<ppalmater@politics.ryerson.ca>;
> "xchief"<xchief@bell.blackberry.net>
> Cc: "David Amos"<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; <jthackray@highriver.ca>;
> <kevin.rushworth@sunmedia.ca>; <abrander@highriver.ca>; "Jessica Hume"
> <jessica.hume@sunmedia.ca>; "greg.weston"<greg.weston@cbc.ca>; "pm"
> <pm@pm.gc.ca>; "MulcaT"<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; "justin.trudeau.a1"
> <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 2:51 AM
> Subject: The latest top cop in High River Staff Sgt Ian Shardlow and his
> boss Bob Paulson should be able to explain this email to Greg Kvisle and
> the
> other pissed off folks
>
>
> FYI I called Greg Kvisle after I saw him on Sun TV he said he didn't
> need any help but he wanted to know who took his guns I told him I
> knew but he didn't believe me. Clearly Ken Braat knows Greg Kvisle and
> the cops very well. He should be able to tell Kvisle who took his
> guns.
>
> http://www.highrivertimes.com/2013/07/29/new-staff-sergeant-to-run-high-river-rcmp
>
> I bet Harper and the RCMP remembers what this Maritimer said about his
> old 303s and shoguns when I ran for seat Parliament the first time
> after the Maritimers Landslide Annie Mclellan Wayne Easter and a
> boatload of corrupt cops pissed me off. If a don't feel free to scroll
> down N'esy Pas?
>
> I bet Danielle Smith, Bobby Baby Paulson remembers Robin Reid. Clearly
> Insp Dougy Potts and Sgt Ian Shardlow pissed her and a bunch of
> Indians off bigtime last year EH?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: robin reid
> To: bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; pm@pm.gc.ca ; people stand up ;
> david.raymond.amos@gmail.com ; dominic ; calgary.west@assembly.ab.ca ;
> toewsv1@mts.net ; jspottedbear@yahoo.com ; jimsisson@inac.gc.ca ;
> hiddenfromhistory1@gmail.com ; admin@turnervalley.ca ;
> aimggc@worldnet.att.net ; alex@globalmedicaltourism.com.mx ;
> amyrae4@hotmail.com ; archbishop@archtoronto.org ;
> barry.shaw@forces.gc.ca ; bewerbung@rothschild.com ;
> bishopfh@rcdiocese-calgary.ab.ca ; calgary@jasonkenney.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:44 PM
> Subject: I SEE NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITHIN YOUR CORRUPT FEDERAL ORGANIZATION
>
>
> Bob Paulson,
> Commissioner of RCMP
> Canada.
>
> Mr. Paulson,
>
> I write once again after the disappointing bullshit letter I received
> from Inspector Potts, and then my discussion with Sgt. Shardlow
> yesterday in Okotoks over assaults, false arrest, murder, all kinds of
> nasty things you are responsible for setting people up using your "
> interception of private communication ".
> You people neglect doing your duty here and as I see what is coming
> out in the media, makes one wonder just how much death you have
> covered up over the years.
> Afraid the truth is coming out is what it seems,hmmmm.  And as far as
> your arresting officer Degroot goes he seems to have a lot of contact
> with Juiliann Barna Reid, as I
> asked Shardlow - does this abusing woman work for you????????? Perhaps
> you could look into this and get back to me.
>
> Honestly for men you have no balls, just like Harper - has god got
> your balls also??????? And then you have your women godly agents who I
> am thinking took your balls cuz they are as cruel as you men. Now is
> that not shameful.?????? Just as Alison Redford ignored me when she
> was justice minister.
>
> You people do not care about children, woman or men in your game of
> human abuse for
> profit. You always have the same excuse.
>
> Now Mr. Paulson, since you are at the top, do you condone these lies
> and abuse of children, woman and men ???????
>
> I do have some other concerns from many years ago involving the
> okotoks RCMP putting the blame on 1 officer, an Indian, are you racist
> Mr. Paulson, do you condone white supremacy and genocide upon the
> Indian people and then every other race by thair own ????? Just as the
> security guard who assaulted me - thair excuse was he just got out of
> security school.
>
> Also Mr. Paulson do you carry the dead peasant insurance upon your
> workers???????? how does one find out if this type of insurance is on
> people and who has used it?????????
>
> And let's not forget the abuse on human life by religion, sit's at the
> top on the abuse game for profit, would you not say???????
>
> Now Mr. Paulson, do you feel this is right what has been done, the
> medical abuse, assaults, false arrests and so much more I would like
> to discuss in person.????????????
>
> REMEMBER IT'S ALL INDIAN LAND THAT YOU PERSONS UNDER THE SUPREMACY OF
> GOD, KILLED CHILDREN, WOMAN AND MEN FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, AND REMEMBER
> INDIANS OF THE LANDS COME IN ALL RACES. SHAME ON YOU ALL CORRUPT
> CHIEFS KILLING CHILDREN IN SO MANY WAYS, ESPECIALLY YOU CONDONED
> PEDOPHILE LAIR.
>
>
> Thank you
> Robin Reid
> Red Nations
> PPOF
>
>
> http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2013/06/20130628-151342.html
>
> http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Hell+Residents+angry+RCMP+sieze+guns+from+High+River+homes/8588851/story.html
>
> RCMP revealed Thursday that officers have seized a "substantial ...
> that we control, simply because of what they are," said Sgt. Brian
> Topham
>
> http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=29c1b59c-694d-4d33-9fdc-d5a57f14ec39&sponsor=
>
> Some Alberta RCMP Disciplinary Cases in 2005-06 (Year to Date)
>
> - Sgt. Brian Topham -- reprimand and forfeiture of 10 days' pay.
>
> Topham, who served at the Fox Creek detachment between 2002 and 2004,
> made insensitive and degrading comments about women in the presence of
> a female civilian employee.
>
> On another occasion, Topham said "1974 was the worst year in the RCMP
> because that is when the RCMP let women in the force."
>
> The allegations also involved stereotypical comments about aboriginals
> and people from Newfoundland made in the presence of officers who had
> those backgrounds.
>
>
> http://christopherdiarmani.com/10532/police/abuse-of-police-authority/high-river-rcmp-looters-criminals-treated-immediately/
>
> http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/08/09/high-river-homeowner-upset-police-entered-his-home-three-times-after-flood-hit-and-seized-antique-firearms
>
> Greg Kvisle. CENTURY 21 Foothills Real Estate. Bldg. F, 1103 18 Street
> SE. High River, ABT1V 2A9. Office: 403-652-2121. Cell: 403-601-3533
>
> Ken Braat Associate,Realtor. Century 21 Foothills Real Estate 1103 F
> 18 Street SE, T1V 2A9 High River, Alberta 403-601-2070.
>
> High River homeowner upset police entered his home three times after
> flood hit and seized antique firearms
> 205
>
> By Bill Kaufmann ,Calgary Sun
>
> First posted: Friday, August 09, 2013 03:42 PM MDT | Updated: Friday,
> August 09, 2013 04:59 PM MDT
>
>
> The RCMP's post-flood seizure of two family heirloom firearms that
> were hidden in his home is an outrageous trespass, says a High River
> man.
>
> The Mounties made three trips into the home of Greg Kvisle before
> seizing the guns, a 1912 Winchester long-barreled shotgun and a
> 50-year-old .303 rifle in the days following June's deluge.
>
> "My grandfather passed them down to my dad and when he passed away we
> brought them here for safekeeping," said Kvisle, adding neither weapon
> has been fired in decades.
>
> "It's a sentimental thing for me."
>
> He said both guns were stashed in a corner of his basement in a
> storage area beneath boxes and far from any ammunition.
>
> "They weren't visible and were secure as far as I saw it," said Kvisle.
>
> His street wasn't impacted by the flooding and hadn't been evacuated,
> but Kvisle said he was in Calgary when the water hit its height, and
> was barred from returning home for nine days.
>
> Once home, his suspicions that the two weapons might have been seized
> were quickly confirmed.
>
> About half of his neighbours had remained home, including those next
> door who kept an eye on his property and helped Mounties enter his
> home three times, said Kvisle.
>
> "I just don't understand why they were searching for them," he said.
>
> "They're supposed to be protecting our home, not looting it."
>
> Kvisle said he had no trouble getting back his weapons from RCMP
> officers, whom he called courteous and professional.
>
> But the fact Mounties had taken hidden guns from his home on a
> partly-populated street police were patrolling rankles him.
>
> "What's next?" he said.
>
> The Mounties said they seized firearms to prevent them from falling
> into the hands of burglars in vacated, unsecured areas.
>
> Kvisle's guns were situated in open view because it would have taken
> very little to uncover them, said RCMP Sgt. Josee Valiquette.
>
> "It could be in plain view under a bed, in a closet - somewhere
> somebody could hide," said Valiquette.
>
> "If they happened to open a closet, it is in plain sight...these
> firearms were inappropriately secured."
>
> Kvisle said he's been told a civilian group that oversees the RCMP is
> reviewing his case.
>
> "I hope we get some answers," he said.
>
> bill.kaufmann@sunmedia.ca
>
> Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
>
> By Erin Hatfield
>
> "If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
> world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
>
> The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
> the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
> watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
> unofficial, theme song for the debate.
>
> The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
> they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
> Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
> chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
> left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
> mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
> the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
>
> The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
> organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
> of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
> and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
>
> Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
> responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
> exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
> Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
> other on their answers and criticizing eachothers' party leaders.
> Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
> questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
> relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
> response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
> getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
>
> Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
> party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
> well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
> on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
> places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
> shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
>
> The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
> one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
> front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
> voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
> Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
> readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
> final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
> register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
> abiding citizens."
>
> The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
> women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
> yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
> spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
>
> Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
> Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You're out of touch," Armstrong
> yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
> post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
> Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
> anyplace," Armstrong responded.
>
> As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
> candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
> fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
> process for the June 28 vote.
>
> Cutline - David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
> favourite possessions-motorcycles.
>
> McKnight/KCR
>
> The Unconventional Candidate
>
> David Amos Isn't Campaigning For Your Vote, But..
>
> By Gisele McKnight
>
> FUNDY-He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
> wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
> that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
>
> Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot-David Amos.
>
> The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
> and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
> running for office in Canada.
>
> One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
> to meet Elections Canada requirements.
>
> When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
> favourite place to do so-Fundy.
>
> Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
> dissatisfaction with politicians.
>
> "I've become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
> said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
>
> The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
> 1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
> needed to change his life.
>
> "I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
> sometimes in midlife."
>
> So Amos, who'd lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
> motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
> Panhead motorcycle.
>
> "Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
> experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
> renew your faith in mankind - you help anyone you can, you never ask
> for anything, but you take what they offer."
>
> For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
> and conversation all over North America.
>
> Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
> and a daughter and become a house-husband - Mr. Mom, as he calls
> himself.
>
> He also describes himself in far more colourful terms-a motorcyclist
> rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
> individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
> Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
>
> Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
>
> "But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
> "It's alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
>
> Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
>
> "I didn't appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
> interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
> call me. I'm not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
>
> And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
>
> "I won't take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It's
> not about money. It goes against what I'm fighting about."
>
> What he's fighting for is the discussion of issues - tainted blood,
> the exploitation of the Maritimes' gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
> name a few.
>
> "The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs - fishing,
> farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I'm
> death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
> (NAFTA) out the window.
>
> NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
> easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
>
> Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
>
> "There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
> especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
> Don't necessarily vote for me, but vote."
>
> Although.if you're going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
> your X by his name.
>
> "I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
> say, 'what the hell.'"
>