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MORTGAGE CRISIS IN CANADA? Are the Liberals ok with people losing their homes?

Toronto Sun
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The Sun's political columnist Lorne Gunter says the Liberals are not
worried about Canadians losing their homes  but are only concerned
with getting re-elected.

2,505 Comments
David Amos
@davidamos7114

I wonder if Lorne Gunter remembers me


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:48:39 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Attn Sgt Sylvain Roussel (403 516 6462) and Sgt Staff
Sgt Scott Fuller (403 516 6455) Need I say Lorne Gunter's big show
about High River pissed me off?
To: pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Sheldon@nfa.ca, "t.wilson"
<t.wilson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "jennifer.johnston"
<jennifer.johnston@gov.bc.ca>, Dennis <Dennis@nfa.ca>, "Marianne.Ryan"
<brian.topham@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, garrett.woolsey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
"Ian.Shardlow"<Ian.Shardlow@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, lgunter
sylvain.roussel@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Scott.Fuller@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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."

----- 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.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:32:01 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Attn Sgt Sylvain Roussel (403 516 6462) and Sgt Staff
Sgt Scott Fuller (403 516 6455) Need I say Lorne Gunter's big show
about High River pissed me off?
To: Shawn@nfa.ca, Mackap <Mackap@parl.gc.ca>, Blair@nfa.ca, acampbell
"greg.weston"<greg.weston@cbc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, MulcaT
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:17:42 -0400
Subject: Attn Sgt Sylvain Roussel (403 516 6462) and Sgt Staff Sgt
Scott Fuller (403 516 6455) Need I say Lorne Gunter's big show about
High River pissed me off?
To: Tim.cogan@cpc-cpp.gc.ca, Richard.Evans@cpc-cpp.gc.ca, lgunter
<lgunter@shaw.ca>, "ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca"
<ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca>, solomon@edelsonlaw.ca,
reception@lacombelaw.com, "joshua.skurnik"
<joshua.skurnik@sunmedia.ca>, "Kory.Teneycke"
<Kory.Teneycke@sunmedia.ca>, "roger.l.brown"
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Ian.McPhail"
<Ian.McPhail@cpc-cpp.gc.ca>, "steven.blaney"


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 Sheldon Clare, "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:

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 Sheldon Clare, "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

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
Sheldon Clare, 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

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.





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.


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.


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 -----
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:


Alternatively, we can also be reached by:

Telephone : 1-800-665-6878
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


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos"<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
"steven.blaney"<steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca>;
<premier@gov.ab.ca>; "highwood"<highwood@assembly.ab.ca>; "airdrie"
<pm@pm.gc.ca>; "MulcaT"<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; "justin.trudeau.a1"
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.


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 ;
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




RCMP revealed Thursday that officers have seized a "substantial ...
that we control, simply because of what they are," said Sgt. Brian
Topham


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.




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.


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.'"

----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
James.Spurr ; Randy.McGinnis ; rob.lafrance@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ;
gilles.moreau ; danfour ; JAF@UNB.ca ; oldmaison@yahoo.com ; mcappe@irpp.org
Cc: Mackap ; david.alward@gnb.ca ; DannyWilliams@gov.nl.ca ; pm ; robin reid
; tim. porter ; tony ; infomorning ; treasurer@do.treas.gov ;
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:33 PM
Subject: I bet the GG David Johnston and his RCMP members remember this
email EH Reid M

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:48:06 -0400
Subject: Professor Johnston I suspect I will be suing the Crown before
you can advise Mr Harper to finally act ethically

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 7, 2007 11:10 PM
Subject: Fwd: Brian My cell # is 506 434 1379 feel free to use it ASAP
or say Hoka Hey to Petey Mackay for me will ya?


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Date: Nov 7, 2007 6:56 PM
Subject: Brian My cell # is 506 434 1379 feel free to use it ASAP or
say Hoka Hey to Petey Mackay for me will ya?


Contact Brian
Cellular: 440-5566

Office: 472-4894, 472-7426 (140 King St, Fredericton)


For information:
Fredericton: 472-4894
Minto: 327-3996
Oromocto: 357-8878

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos < david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 17, 2007 7:30 PM
Subject: I tried to talked to you today lady before you were well paid
to preach to Canadian kids

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos < david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:05:11 -0500
Subject: This just a small portion of one wiretap tape Ralph my
matters are pretty serious eh?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:59:52 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Welcome to the Big Big Game Det. Louie LaFleur of Fat
Fred City Finest Do ya think Mr. Dion and his pal Dizzy Lizzie May are
paying attention yet?
To: impolitic@rogers.com, wgilmour@pdclawyers.ca ,
lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca , days1@parl.gc.ca, day.s@parl.gc.ca,
warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, derek.strong@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Raymond Amos < davidramos333@yahoo.ca>
Date: Jun 16, 2007 2:40 AM
Subject: Welcome to the Big Big Game Det. Louie LaFleur of Fat Fred City
Finest Do ya think Mr. Dion and his pal Dizzy Lizzie May are paying
attention yet?
To: fbinhct@leo.gov, Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca,
bmulroney@ogilvyrenault.com, bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, days1@parl.gc.ca ,
day.s@parl.gc.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca, Dion.S@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca ,
Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca, Casey.B@parl.gc.ca,
Comuzzi.J@parl.gc.ca, Thibault.L@parl.gc.ca, Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca,
Sandra.Conlin@rcmp-grc.gc.ca , complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca,
wgilmour@pdclawyers.ca, moorew@sen.parl.gc.ca, kennyco@sen.parl.gc.ca,
gautht@sen.parl.gc.ca, zimmer@sen.parl.gc.ca, louiselorefice@ndp.ca ,
leader@greenparty.ca, defence@sen.parl.gc.ca, atkinn@sen.parl.gc.ca,
dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca, Clabchuk@greenparty.ca, maychair@dal.ca,
Cc: whistleblower@ctv.ca, tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com ,
John.Ferguson@saintjohn.ca, wrscott@nbpower.com, dhay@nbpower.com,
arsenault_chris@hotmail.com, bill.corby@gnb.ca, lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca,
Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca , Kim.Quartermain@fredericton.ca,
Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.ca, Danny.Copp@fredericton.ca ,
forest@conservationcouncil.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
abel.leblanc@gnb.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca

I am not within your jurisdiction nor do I plan to come back until it is
time to argue mr harper and his cohorts in Federal Court however I may drag
some of you dudes or your lawyers back down to the USA with me to answer me
in the Second Circuit of the USA as to your involvement in the cover up of
many Yankee crimes.

I do not have to answer any questions put to me by Fat Fred Fity 's
Finest about whatever it is you may wish to know about my doings with the
RCMP but you corrupt city cops must certainly answer someday to your support
and cover up of my false imprisonment in the USA years ago.

Louie tell me honestly if you can find it in your soul to do so, why
did you laugh and make fun of my plight? I gave you a fair and square chance
to act ethically. i sent you a lot of material byway of this email address
and i sent it only to you just in case you would act ethically. Now I must
ask were you born an arsehole or did you work at it your whole life? What if
this shit had happened to you? What would you think of you if you were I?
Do you and Chucky Leblanc and the crook Alan MacFee have that sinking
feeling that you pissed off the wrong Maritimer yet or do you think i am the
ultimate loser? If i do lose bigtime I will you sleep at night knowing the
part you played in my demise? If a sudden fit of integrity overcomes you
say hey to your bosses Barry MacKnight, Insp Kelly and S/Sgt Copp for me
will ya and have them provide you with the file that the Police Commission
gave your god damned police force three years ago and start doing some
serious work for a change, will ya? Rest assured a lot has happened since.

The chickenshit S/Sgt Kathy Alchorn can say hey to the not so scary
spooks Norm Plourde and Kevin Jackson and Mikey Guitar and the Louie
Lefebvre character (his name sounds like yours Louie) for me as well. The
very shy S/Sgt. Kim Quartermain can tell the crook MacPhee that I will send
a buddy around to pick up my bike. I will look forward to meeting all you
bastards
in court someday but I must remain true to my word and sue Harper first.

Whereas Herménégilde Chiasson, Lieutenant Governor of New
Brunswick, just appointed Acting S/Sgt. Kim Quartermain, S/Sgt. Kathy
Alchorn, S\Sgt. Brian Ford and D/Chief Leanne Fitch of the Fredericton
Police
Force, as Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
to guard him and the mean old Maison from the likes of me and Chucky
Leblanc,
they should have no trouble locating all the documents and CDs that I have
been
serving upon all the crooks in and around that house for years.

If you don't believe me just scroll down and find the words of
the former Governor General. While you are reading and listening to this
crap consider what "Al" may do next. As you listen again to the portion of
just one police surveilance tape know that I will him and a couple of his
friends a complete copy of 139 and a few more even if I am falsely
imprisoned again A buddy or two jusst has to drop my material into the mail.
Never forget the nutbag blogger Chucky Leblanc has a complete set of
documents and a CD from 2004 that he did not give to Brad Green as he
promised. Depupty Dog in one of his rants has already informed me that "Al"
is pissed off. It is likely just his usual bullshit but if it were true I
would say Good. Shame on you all and Cya'll in Court.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos

Whereas Mr Scott the spin doctor for NB Power and John Ferguson of Saint
John both commented that they enjoyed what I said on the dumb Tom Young's
talk radio show over a year ago on Ground Hog Day I will send it again.
Maybe Andre Arthur will enjoy it too. N'est Pas?


*David Raymond Amos <davidramos333@yahoo.ca>* wrote:

Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:37:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Raymond Amos <davidramos333@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Fwd: I called you again today Gilmour. Who is more of a chickenshit
you or your new cop client Ken Smith? Sprout some balls will ya and call me
back
To: Christopherson.D@parl.gc.ca , Williams.J@parl.gc.ca,



*David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>* wrote:

Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 22:56:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: I called you again today Gilmour. Who is more of a chickenshit you
or your new cop client Ken Smith? Sprout some balls will ya and call me back
To: wGilmour@ProuseDash.ca, dohertylaw@rogers.com, premier@gnb.ca,
abel.leblanc@gnb.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca, jacques_poitras@cbc.ca ,
pierre_nollet@cbc.ca, susan_king@cbc.ca, dan_goodyear@cbc.ca,
allan_white@cbc.ca, mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com,
execdir@nblib.nb.ca, mleger@stu.ca , jwalker@stu.ca, plee@stu.ca,
carleton@stu.ca, kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca , oldmaison@yahoo.com,
John.Foran@gnb.ca, kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca, Byron < alltrue@nl.rogers.com>,
CC: bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, days1@parl.gc.ca , day.s@parl.gc.ca,
warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, derek.strong@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Aurele.Daigle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Roger.Gillies@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, John.DeWinter@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
samperrier@hotmail.com, lorraineroche@gov.nl.ca, deanr0032@hotmail.com ,
bill.corby@gnb.ca, police@fredericton.ca, carl.urquhart@gnb.ca,
fbinhct@leo.gov, Easter.W@parl.gc.ca

506 434 1379

Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 20:59:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos < motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: So much for the Integrity of the RCMP EH Bevy Baby Busson?
To: bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, days1@parl.gc.ca, day.s@parl.gc.ca,
warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ,
Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, derek.strong@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Aurele.Daigle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Roger.Gillies@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, John.DeWinter@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
samperrier@hotmail.com, lorraineroche@gov.nl.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com ,
kmdickson0308@yahoo.com, deanr0032@hotmail.com, bill.corby@gnb.ca,
police@fredericton.ca, carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca,
John.Foran@gnb.ca, fbinhct@leo.gov, Easter.W@parl.gc.ca,
alan_white@cbc.ca, jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
John.Ferguson@saintjohn.ca, Ivan.Court@saintjohn.ca,
Christopher.Titus@saintjohn.ca, thespur@hotmail.com, lisah@whooshnet.com,
CC: xzone@xzone-radio.com, brinson6@telus.net, wespenre@illuminati.ca,
choose2reason@yahoo.com, rwnicholson@rwnicholson.com,
starchamber@sasktel.net, JDHOOK@cox.net, Tim.Porter@gnb.ca,
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Owen.S@parl.gc.ca, Steckle.P@parl.gc.ca, steckp@parl.gc.ca,
McGuire.J@parl.gc.ca, Peterson.J@parl.gc.ca, Bonin.R@parl.gc.ca,
Karetak-Lindell.N@parl.gc.ca, Chamberlain.B@parl.gc.ca , dbrown@dwpv.com,
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N.B. government to await federal probe into possible RCMP wrongdoing May 30,
2007 - 19:47

By: KEVIN BISSETT
FREDERICTON (CP) - New Brunswick Attorney General T.J. Burke declined
comment Wednesday on allegations of wrongdoing within the provincial RCMP.
At least two current and former Mounties in the province are among more than
a dozen officers across the country who have alleged wrongdoing within the
force, including abuse of power, harassment and the coverup of evidence.
One of the published allegations was made by Daniel Bernier, a former RCMP
corporal who lives near Fredericton. He claims he was removed from an
investigation in which he said he found evidence of the misuse of federal
funds by New Brunswick government officials in 1999.
He alleges grants were wrongly approved to farmers.
Once he was removed from the case, Bernier said an internal investigation by
the RCMP was called into his conduct.
"Our government doesn't respond to allegations," Burke said Wednesday when
asked by reporters about the claims published this week.
"We respond to factual information that is provided to us, information that
we need to investigate and look at."
William Gilmour, an Ontario lawyer representing some of the Mounties who
made the allegations, said the current and former members are anxious to
tell their stories, but there must be protection from reprisal.
"We're actively seeking the government to afford a venue in the nature of a
parliamentary committee, where there's some protection for these people,
where they have agreed to come forward and tell their stories," he said
Wednesday.
Gilmour, who is an ex-Mountie, said he has been trying to get the federal
government to call his clients before such a committee for a year, but so
far nothing has happened.
In the Commons on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day was
accused by the opposition of ignoring the turmoil.
"The Conservative public safety minister's response is to shrug his
shoulders, plug his ears and see no evil, hear no evil," said Liberal Sue
Barnes.
"Is this wilful blindness or gross negligence? When it comes to protecting
the integrity of Canada's national police, why is the public safety minister
thwarting real action?"
Day responded by saying the government is "taking action to get to the
bottom of some of the concerns that have been raised."
Another New Brunswick Mountie, Staff Sgt. Ken Smith, is suing senior
officers at J Division in Fredericton for alleged harassment, but the New
Brunswick government has stepped in and stayed proceedings.
The province has asked the Fredericton police force to fully investigate the
Smith case, which includes allegations of unauthorized use of tracking
devices on his police vehicle.
"For the 30 years that I have had with the police force, my job has been to
go out and investigate crime," Smith said. "To find that we have just as
much crime happening within our organization, which is stopping us from
doing our job, is very troubling for me and for the individuals who have
come forward."
Bernier said he's not surprised to hear that as many as 30 current and
former Mounties would be willing to testify before a parliamentary
committee.
"The country of Canada is quite vast and the RCMP is all over the place, and
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been treated like a piece of shit,"
Bernier said.
Gilmour said the appointment of a new RCMP commissioner with the mandate to
fix the problems in the force could prevent having to launch an inquiry or
royal commission.
In the meantime, he said, the reputation of the force is taking a beating.
"That's really quite unfair to the members on the street who are performing
such a valuable function and putting their lives at risk every day," said
Gilmour. "They don't deserve that and it needs to be dealt with far sooner
than later."

Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 16:56:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos < motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: Dirty Dickie Dean hates us all for one reason Sam. Methinks it is
because he is the FED. What say you Bev Busson?
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John.DeWinter@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, fbinhct@leo.gov, Easter.W@parl.gc.ca,
days1@parl.gc.ca, day.s@parl.gc.ca, alan_white@cbc.ca,
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I must say your silence has been deafening for a lady acting as the
Commissioner for the Crown Corp commonly know as the RCMP. It has been six
months since you took over from the mean nasty old Zack and you are not one
bit more ethical. How else can you be so quiet particularly with all the
scandals breaking out daily about the RCMP?

I hear that the crook Rod Smith who was supposed to advise everyone
how to be ethical retired just in a nick of time after he and I had a little
pow wow on the phone. I was not surprised that you shitcanned Zack's old
assistant Mikey MacDonald in your office and that you replaced him with your
own nomind assistant Pierre Leduc. It was too funny that he has the same
last name as the nasty dude that finally answered me from the Commission of
Public Complaints Against the RCMP after five long years of pure hell for my
little Clan. Why don't one of you just tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth just like you are supposed to do and let the political
cards fall where they may? Qiut the false allegation game will ya? It is
getting a little redundant, don't ya think?

I sure hope some cop blows the whistle bigtime real soon but I ain't
betting on it. However I will lays odds that the only ones to respond to
this email will be the nasty Yankee Depupty Dog and his little buddy Dirty
Dickie Dean with more of their Bullshit. That said I have no doubt you
crooks are just wondering who I send this email to next and when i will Blog
it. Right? (Its already done scroll down to the bottom do ya think the new
Accountability Commissioner will find it first?

Say hey to the crooked NSIS agents Norm Plourde, (AKA "Porcupine
Prique" ) and his pals, Cpl Jackson and Sean Lowe for me will ya Dirty
Dickie Dean?

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
506 434 1379

Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:36:41 -0400
From: "PCC Complaints"< complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca>

May 23, 2007
File No. PC-2005-1291

Mr. David R Amos


Dear Mr. Amos:

On a number of occasions you have called or sent e-mails our office to raise
matters which are of pressing concern to you.

Each time we have tried to respond by explaining to you the relatively
narrow mandate of this Commission and the limits of our powers to deal with
the matters which are of concern to you. I must stress, once again, that
the purpose of this Commission is to provide the public with an opportunity
to make complaints concerning the conduct of members of the RCMP in the
performance of their duties. We have neither the expertise nor the legal
authority to permit us to become involved in issues beyond the scope of this
mandate.

While it is clearly not the intention of the Commission to prevent you from
making complaints against members of the RCMP, an analysis of your numerous
contacts with the Commission indicates that your concerns fall well outside
the confines of our mandate. Further, your frequent e-mails have been
disruptive and unproductive for both you and for the staff of this office.

Should you determine that some point in the future you have a complaint
concerning the conduct of a member of the RCMP in the performance of his or
her duties, please submit it to the Commission *by Canada Post only*. As of
now, your e-mails will be deleted unread.

Yours truly,

Andrée Leduc
Enquiries and Complaints Analyst

Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Say hey to Shawn Murphy for me will ya
Brian? Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:25:45 -0400 From: "REVIEWS"<
reviews@cpc-cpp.gc.ca> To: "David Amos"
>
The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has received your
e-mail message and will be responding in due course.

La Commission des plaintes du public contre la GRC a reçu votre courriel et
vous rendra une réponse au moment opportun.

*David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>* wrote:

Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:48:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos < motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: Hey Landslide Annie, Franky Boy and your old pal Al remember me?
Are you old liberal lawyers prepared to argue me Pro Se or whine about me
like TJ Burke?
To: mclellana@bennettjones.ca, carla_yuill@nexeninc.com,
arock@strosbergco.com , td.capa@td.com, t.j.burke@gnb.ca,
CC: Josee_verner@acdi-cida.gc.ca, Hawn.L@parl.gc.ca, Lunney.J@parl.gc.ca,
Doyle.N@parl.gc.ca, Hearn.L@parl.gc.ca, Manning.F@parl.gc.ca,
davebasset09@yahoo.co.uk, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca , Fry.H@parl.gc.ca,
Emerson.D@parl.gc.ca, kevin_annett@hotmail.com, Baird.J@parl.gc.ca,
Dewar.P@parl.gc.ca, McGuinty.D@parl.gc.ca, Dhalla.R@parl.gc.ca,
Casey.B@parl.gc.ca, Holland.M@parl.gc.ca, Hubbard.C@parl.gc.ca,
Martin.Pat@parl.gc.ca, Guergis.H@parl.gc.ca, Mark.I@parl.gc.ca,
Turner.G@parl.gc.ca, Chong.M@parl.gc.ca, Comuzzi.J@parl.gc.ca,
warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, John.Foran@gnb.ca , oldmaison@yahoo.com,
info@electionsquebec.qc.ca, communications-pm@mce.gouv.qc.ca ,
ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca, aboisclair.pat@assnat.qc.ca,
dumont.rdl@assnat.qc.ca , info@quebecsolidaire.net,
majorj@bennettjones.ca, cityadmin@fredericton.ca, info@gg.ca,
police@fredericton.ca, kworrell@fredfm.ca, news@fredfm.ca ,
jworrell@fredfm.ca, awahab@fredfm.ca, news@dailygleaner.com

Here is a well mixed crowd of political crooks to curse my name along with
you N'est Pas?

*David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>* wrote:

Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 22:43:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos < motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: After you all read real slow and listen closely say Hoka Hey to
Stockwell Day and Petey Baby MacKay for me will ya?
To: complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca , advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
frederictonartsalliance@yahoo.ca, wassef@nb.sympatico.ca ,
smcready@nbnet.nb.ca, socialsciences@mta.ca, fdykeman@mta.ca,
roly.macintyre@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca, rosemay.poirier@gnb.ca,
Jody.CARR@gnb.ca, Keith.ASHFIELD@gnb.ca, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca,
wally.stiles@gnb.ca, brad.green@gnb.ca, bev.harrison@gnb.ca,
Aurele.Daigle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Roger.Gillies@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
John.DeWinter@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, nicole.robichaud2@gnb.ca,
michael.comeau@gnb.ca, pleisnb@web.ca , debbie.hackett@gnb.ca,
jim.burns@gnb.ca, robert.penney@gnb.ca,
Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, jsbrown@unb.ca,
aleblanc.mla@nb.aibn.com, mail@ccla.org
CC: maurice.bernier@gnb.ca, yvon.leblanc3@gnb.ca, Chris.Baker@gnb.ca,
Patrick.Francis@gnb.ca, Byron.JAMES@gnb.ca, eloi.duguay@gnb.ca,
Maurice_Robichaud@gnb.ca , Claire.Lepage@gnb.ca, George.Haines@gnb.ca,
John.Mallory@gnb.ca, Byron.James@gnb.ca, Nora.Kelly@gnb.ca,
Jim.McKay@gnb.ca, l.catalli.sonier@gnb.ca, David.FERGUSON@gnb.ca,
John.Sinclair@nbimc.com, dhay@nbpower.com, Bernard.Theriault@gnb.ca ,
Louise.LEMON@gnb.ca, Hermenegilde.Chiasson@gnb.ca, Premier@gnb.ca,
Shawn.GRAHAM@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, noonanmg@gov.ns.ca,
info@lawreform.ns.ca, jhughes@unb.ca

McLellan, Anne - M.P."McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca wrote:

Subject: RE: Re: Lets all go through the looking glass to check the
Integrity of the Talking Heads in BC tonight
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:45:08 -0500
From: "McLellan, Anne - M.P."McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca

Dear Mr. Amos,

On behalf of Ms. McLellan I would like to thank you for your email
message concerning the current federal election. I regret that the
volume of messages prevented me from responding sooner.

Your message has been brought to Ms. McLellan`s attention, as she is
always pleased to receive comments, both positive and negative.

Again, thank you for bringing this matter to Ms. McLellan`s attention.

Sincerely,
Kirsten Odynski
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

*From:* David Amos [mailto: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com]
*Sent:* December 16, 2005 6:05 PM
*To:* McLellan, Anne - M.P.; Cotler, Irwin - M.P.; Martin, Paul - P.M.;
Solberg, Monte - M.P.; Duceppe, Gilles - député;
eleanor.sinnott@state.ma.us;
barb.walline@gov.ab.ca; lgo@ltgov.sk.ca; jlbernard@gov.pe.ca;
GHInfo@gov.bc.ca; ltgov@leg.gov.mb.ca; Lieut-gouv@mce.gouv.qc.ca;
ltgov@gov.on.ca; Rep.ChristopherSperanzo@Hou.State.MA.US;
Rep.LindaDorcenaForry@Hou.State.MA.US ; Rep.MichaelMoran@Hou.State.MA.US;
canada@canadianembassy.org; brenda.boyd@RCMP-GRC.gc.ca ;
Grant.GARNEAU@gnb.ca;
racing.commission@state.ma.us; dwatch@web.net
*Cc:* moneysense_consultant@moneysense.ca; Siksay, Bill - M.P.; Julian,
Peter - M.P.; Desjarlais, Bev - M.P.; Comartin, Joe - M.P.;
boulder@rogers.com; francis.jp@gmail.com; Masse, Brian - M.P.; Martin, Tony
- M.P.; Christopherson, David - M.P.; Angus, Charlie - M.P.; O'Brien, Pat -
M.P.; Parrish, Carolyn - M.P.; Stoffer, Peter - M.P.; McDonough, Alexa - M.P
.;
Martin, Pat D. - M.P.; Wasylycia-Leis, Judy - M.P.; Blaikie, Bill - M.P.;
Crowder, Jean - M.P.; Cullen, Nathan - M.P.; Davies, Libby - M.P.
*Subject:* Fwd: Re: Lets all go through the looking glass to check the
Integrity of the Talking Heads in BC tonight


Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:25:25 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: Re: Lets all go through the looking glass to check the
Integrity of the Talking Heads in BC tonight
To: "Alex J. Walling"<ajw@eastlink.ca>, yell@thefibber.com
CC: Scott.A@parl.gc.ca, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca,
Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca, Martin.P@parl.gc.ca, news957@rci.rogers.com,
andrew@andrewhouse.ca, mucki@shaw.ca, pduchastel@gmail.com,
svend@svendrobinson.com, garth@garth.ca, anwarnaqvi@ndp.ca,
edchudak@ndp4me.ca, ghubbers@greenparty.ca, krice@greenparty.ca,
info@cindysilver.ca, jpal@telus.net, NationalVP@chp.ca,
jevans@greenparty.ca, editor@cannabisculture.com,
MediaRelations@crtc.gc.ca, atvnews@ctv.ca, events@cpac.ca,
admin@cbcwatch.ca , john@johnweston.ca, bforst@dccnet.com,
info@robinbaird.ca, editor@thetyee.ca

Merry Xmas AJ?

Bah Humbug. Liar, liar panties on fire, your parting wish proves
that you must have read something of mine. However I had a pretty good idea
that you would not read the latests email I sent ya so I played you like a
fiddle again. It seems that your porch lights are on but nobody is home. EH?
Perhaps you should read it now real slow or have your lawyer explain it to
you.
.
I must thank you for being so dumb. It was not wise for you to bounce
it back to me in its entirety without reading it first. You proved for me
what the smiling bastards debating once again in BC tonight have received
today. As they no doubt go about pounding on their chests bout their
personal integrity and honesty please allow me to add a few more gleaned
from your buddies' online news outfit and on top of what you bounced back to
further prove that not only do the political leaders understand the Canadian
Charter neither do our public servants.

In closing I must say you are far too boring to read for long and not
near as funny as your buddy the self described "Fibber". Methinks that boy
is still stuck in Wonderland. I would be willing to lay odds that he is
Halifax Dead in the Water's webmaster of Disaster.What say you Herr Frank
Streicher of 25562 Bloomfield St Halifax, NS B3K 1S9 or has the Cheshire Cat
got your tongue too?

To be fair to Halifax Dead in the Water I will insert your buddies's
online news report about the debate last night and then add a couple of
email exchanges between me and some very fancy public servants who failed to
uphold my rights under the Charter. Integrity at its finest. EH? Go ask
Shirley Heafey why she quit. she is alot like Alice the Mad Hatter in me
confused her out of the gate. So she quit and took her toys home. I am
chasing Mr. Kennedy's nasty arse now.To me all politicians and their
appointed underlings look like a bunch of pigs at the trough. I see are a
bunch very nasty arses. I know what I must do with my boot.

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos

P.S. The Fibber will find this funny. It appears that some politician's
computers know more integrity than their owners or AJ EH?

*"Harper, Stephen - M.P."< Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>* wrote:

Subject: RE: Re: Lets all go through the looking glass to check the
Integrity of the Talking Heads in BC tonight
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:32:54 -0500
From: "Harper, Stephen - M.P."<Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>

Thank you for your e-mail message to Stephen Harper, Leader of the
Opposition. Your views and suggestions are important to us. Once they have
been carefully considered, you may receive a further reply.

*Remember to include your mailing address if you would like a response.

If you prefer to send your thoughts by regular mail, please address them to:

Stephen Harper, M.P.
Leader of the Opposition
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

Mail may be sent postage free to any Member of Parliament.

You can also reach Mr. Harper by fax at: (613) 947-0310


Martin Demands That Harper Must Come Clean on Notwithstanding Clause
by LPC Friday, 16 December 2005

Prime Minister Paul Martin demanded Conservative Leader Stephen Harper come
clean that he intends to use the notwithstanding clause to overturn the
Charter right to same-sex marriage.

Mr. Harper said during tonight's leader's debate in Vancouver on the topic
of abolishing same-sex marriage: "I will never use the notwithstanding
clause on that issue."

Prime Minister Martin asked that he be honest with the Canadian people
regarding his intention to override a Charter right.
"We're talking about integrity. That means being honest. Either Mr. Harper
is going to try to change the law of the country that protects the rights
and freedoms of gays and lesbians or he's not going to," said Prime Minister
Martin.

"If he's going to use the notwithstanding clause, he should say so, and the
people will at least know what his position is."
The Prime Minister said Mr. Harper's proposal would require the use of the
notwithstanding clause because it is not possible to have a vote in the
house that will overrule the Constitution and the courts without using the
notwithstanding clause.

This is borne out by a January 25 open letter from more than 100 legal
experts from across Canada to Mr. Harper regarding same-sex marriage
legislation.

Mr. Martin called on Mr. Harper to be "honest."

He made clear that the Liberal government does not believe that you can pick
and choose which Charter rights you will protect and he affirmed that he
will respect the Charter as a whole.
The Prime Minister said Mr. Harper's proposal would require the use of the
notwithstanding clause because it is not possible to have a vote in the
house that will overrule the Constitution and the courts without using the
notwithstanding clause.

This is borne out by a January 25 open letter from more than 100 legal
experts from across Canada to Mr. Harper regarding same-sex marriage
legislation.

Mr. Martin called on Mr. Harper to be "honest."

He made clear that the Liberal government does not believe that you can pick
and choose which Charter rights you will protect and he affirmed that he
will respect the Charter as a whole.




That night last December Humpty Dumpty reminded us all of the Charter
called on Mr. Harper to be "honest."

He made clear that the Liberal government does not believe that you
can pick and choose which Charter rights you will protect and he
affirmed that he will respect the Charter as a whole.

To me was a case of the pot calling the kettle black and I laughed at
the nonsense of it just and any Mad Hatter should. Read on to see some
of the reasons why. Before anyone attempts to label as a crazy man
again. Perhaps they should contact three wicked ladies who are no
longer Parliamentarians. Elsie Wayne, Landslide Annie and the regal
acting bitch Adrienne Clarkson will no doubt tell what a mean nasty
awful man I am. When it comes to defending my Clan I do not mince
words or pull my punches with crooks who pretend to be so polite. I
just get them to show me their fat nasty arses ASAP and then I boot
them into court.


September 11th, 2004

Dear Mr. Amos,

On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, I
acknowledge receipt of two sets of documents and CD regarding
corruption, one received from you directly, and the other forwarded to
us by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.

I regret to inform you that the Governor General cannot intervene in
matters that are the responsibility of elected officials and courts of
Justice of Canada. You already contacted the various provincial
authorities regarding your concerns, and these were the appropriate
steps to take.

Yours sincerely
Renee Blanchet
Office of the Secretary
to the Governor General

Jan 3rd, 2004

Mr. David R. Amos
153 Alvin Avenue
Milton, MA 02186
U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Amos

Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 2003, addressed to my
predecessor, the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety. I
apologize for the delay in responding.

If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only
suggest that you contact the police of local jurisdiction. In
addition, any evidence of criminal activity should be brought to their
attention since the police are in the best position to evaluate the
information and take action as deemed appropriate.
I trust that this information is satisfactory.

Yours sincerely
A. Anne McLellan


Criminal Code PART IV: OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW AND
JUSTICE Corruption and Disobedience

126. (1) Every one who, without lawful excuse, contravenes an Act of
Parliament by wilfully doing anything that it forbids or by wilfully
omitting to do anything that it requires to be done is, unless a
punishment is expressly provided by law, guilty of an indictable
offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

2) Any proceedings in respect of a contravention of or conspiracy to
contravene an Act mentioned in subsection (1), other than this Act,
may be instituted at the instance of the Government of Canada and
conducted by or on behalf of that Government.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 126; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 185(F).

Veritas Vincit

David Raymond Amos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fwd: Wanna know just how bad the Canadain Justice sytem truly is? Read the wicked email I just got

Jul 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM
 
 
 

W5 can call me a liar now Mr Anton Koschany In fact I Double Dog Dare Ya too

Jun 8, 2006 at 1:28 PM

David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
To: w-five@ctv.ca, akoschany@ctv.ca, bbachrach@bowditch.com, martine.turcotte@bell.ca, bce@computershare.com, michel.lalande@bell.ca, jean-francois.legault@bell.ca, christopher.ginther@bell.ca, atvnews@ctv.ca, bcecomms@bce.ca, inewsroom@globeandmail.ca, nvestor.relations@bce.ca, dcole@amherstdaily.com, ckdh@ckdh.net, rsestito@ctv.ca, premier@gov.ns.ca, russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov, duffy@ctv.ca, tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com, governor.rell@po.state.ct.us, robert.creedon@state.ma.us, brian.a.joyce@state.ma.us, kandalaw@mindspring.com, kmdickson@comcast.net, trvl@hotmail.com, patrick.fitzgerald@usdoj.gov, fbinhct@leo.gov, oldmaison@yahoo.com, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, michael.malley@gnb.ca, egreenspan@144king.com, josie.maguire@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, alicia.mcdonnell@state.ma.us, info@pco-bcp.gc.ca, ted.tax@justice.gc.caHide
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The first question I am going to ask you snotty Upper Canadians in court is what planet do you people come from? The same one as the CT Yankee Elizabeth May?

David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com> wrote:
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:34:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: This is too funny many other newsmen will gossip sooner or later
To: jack cram <thespur@hotmail.com>
CC: gina zanetti <ginaz@sprint.ca>, Warmerdam <warmerdampow@telus.net>,
jade valley <jadevalley@hotmail.com>, Monika Ullmann <proword@shaw.ca>,
TPN <tpni@telus.net>, Debra Thomas <shuswapsunburst@hotmail.com>,
"Jeff K. Swanson"<jeffswanson@shaw.ca>,
Jeff Swanson <jeff@swansoncreative.com>,
Frank Stromotich <frank_stromotich@telus.net>,
bill & Verena stirling <stirlinginvest@uniserve.com>,
spryke <spryke@nanaimo.ark.com>, kari simpson <citizens@direct.ca>,
richardwright_8@hotmail.com, evan nicholson <choosetruth@shaw.ca>,
lawyer@canadalawcourts.com, "J. D. Kuntz"<kuntz@telus.net>,
JMTwigg <jmtwigg@oberon.ark.com>, Robert Jackson <rsjackson69@telus.net>,
IntegrityBC@yahoogroups.com, John Harvey <joharv@vcn.bc.ca>,
glen glowinski <glen@gotoglen.com>, foxy1@uniserve.com,
karl-heintz eisbrenner <eisbrennerlaw@yahoo.com>,
"Rain Coast Water Corp."<rcwc@telus.net>,
joe & donna conroy <jdconroy@telus.net>,
bev collins <bev_collins@hotmail.com>,
lippy hippy chick <lippyhippychick@yahoo.com>,
John Carten <cartenjohn@hotmail.com>,
John Bjornstrom <bushman_57@msn.com>, barb <lerick@telus.net>



Note: forwarded message attached.

Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail – CNET Editors' Choice 2004. Tell them what you think. To: <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>
CC: <lavoie.luc@quebecor.com>,
<michel.lalande@bell.ca>,
<jean-francois.legault@bell.ca>,
<christopher.ginther@bell.ca>,
<atvnews@ctv.ca>,
<bcecomms@bce.ca>,
<info@obamaforillinois.com>,
"moto maniac"<motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>,
<frontline@wgbh.org>,
<drsutherland@earthlink.net>,
<programming@thirteen.org>,
<MarkNix13@aol.com>,
<info@nationaldesk.com>,
<newshour@pbs.org>,
<now@thirteen.org>
Subject: This is too funny many other newsmen will gossip sooner or later
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:16:14 -0400

       To explain this a little to the newsmen that get this next. Please notice that Brian Mulroney's buddies buried their heads in the sand and had shown me their arse once I had busted their boss in front of his friends.  Meanwhile all the fellas under Bell Canada's wing are all still playing dumb, even though everybody knows Obama is scum. Just like his adversaries, Mulroney's chums. To top it all off Frontline knows absolutely every goddamned thing since the time I was running for Parliament. I am not smart enough to make this up and it is too funny not to share. But first I must give it to the French fellas at Quebecor byway of Bill Gates because that is the kind of guy that I am. Somebody has to make Mulroney pay for his sins. :)
 
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Subject: Fwd: Another kettle of Fish
To: newsroom@globeandmail.ca
Cc: lavoie.luc@quebecor.com, michel.lalande@bell.ca,
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Note: forwarded message attached.
Brian Mulroney
c/o Luc Lavoie
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Quebecor Media Inc.
(514) 380-1974
(514) 236-8742 (cell)


Hey,
   I just called Luc Lavoie's office and left a message but not my phone
number. From now on I want hard copy. Lets just say Mulroney should have
done the Right and Honourable thing a long time ago, particularly as soon as
I notified the lawyers working at Cendant Corporation. I served them once in
person and once by confiremd US Mail. Maybe Belinda should have had him call
me when I contacted her. I know I am the reason he did not speak at the
Conservative leadership convention. I also know Mulroney, Arthur Hamiliton
and John Crosbie were likely some the lawyers who advised Harper to shut up
about what he knew about the Arar Commission.
     I had a great laugh to see the spit and chew between Senator Kerry and
Mulroney but I also know that Mulroney is the reason that Forbes and Sun
Media has not reported my doings with the SEC in the USA or even my of run
for Parliament. Ain't it funny how everyone said Fundy was a riding to watch
but no one whispered my name.  I know  I do not have to be redundant and
send the same documents and wiretap tape to you that I sent to Mulroney and
his many associates long ago before I complain of all the various companies
and lawyesr he is in bed with. Title 18 in the USA will make all the lawyers
fall on their own sword. Hell even you guys claim the merits of the internet
and email is just as efective as the US Mail in the litigation process. Ask
Frank Quatronne or Martha Stewart about that before you disagree. Bill
Gates' lawyer offered no comment so I sent that bastard US Mail just to rub
it in. IF you think I am pissed off you are right. Brian Mulroney could have
easily stopped the distruction of my Clan's beloved Beach House but he would
rather have stood with his corrupt friends than me. Or is it simpler than
that? Did Mulroney just want his peice of the action in the fraudulent Real
Estate transaction by Coldwell Bankers because he thought I had no hope of
stopping it myself? We all know how Mulroney loves money. Airplane deals
proved that.
      What say you J. Serge Sasseville do you stand with your boss and his
peers or me? I know Lavoie will hang with Mulroney until the bitter end. 
Perhaps you may wish to confer with Martine Turcotte or Robert C. Pozen,
they have just received the most recent hard copy of material. Proof of my
contact with Mulroney can be found within the stuff if perchance he tries to
call me a liar. There is still time for you three folks to act in a ethical
manner and uphold the law according to the Rules of Professional Conduct.
After Sept 3rd your are too late. that is the day Massachusetts Trail Court
tries to call me a criminal and I demand a jury of my peers.
      This is not an offer to settle before I file my complaints. That came
along ago to Mulroney and his buddies. Now I look forward to arguing the
bastard or any lawyer he chooses to send against me. I had offered to settle
with BCE before I complained of them but the deal was off the instant they
tried to puill a fast one in an effort to delay me in the hope no doubt that
some bad acting Yankee might put a stop to me when I return to the USA.
Their silence since has spoken volumes. Martine should have contacted me the
instant ATV got the hard copy like i told her they would. I will forward you
some of our email exhange so that we may all get to know each other quite
well. these emails will be forwarded to many others but I ain't telling you
who. My next emails come byway of Yahoo as a double check in case you choose
to block me.
     Say hey to Mulroney for me and I will try to say hey to Kerry for you.
Maybe Ms. Turcotte will share with you what she knows about Kerry and
Mulroney will tell her what he knows about William Cohen and why he quit
Cendant Corp so fast. Maybe Joe Day will tell you about Barack Obama and me.
I am about to tell Obama about Day. Turn about is fair play. Obama used my
stuff against Senators Edwards and Kerry to become a big wig in Beantown
last month. I can use a Senator from Canada to take the wind out of his
sails the following month. An Alliance dude once called Sun Media a bunch of
scumbags. I would have to agree and laugh because it was a case of the pot
calling the kettle black.
                                                          Cya'll in Court :)
                                                                            
      David R. Amos
                                                                            
      153 Alvin Ave.
                                                                            
      Milton MA. 02186

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Subject: Ron Show this to Joyce this is too funny

  Romina
       What are you trying to do sucker me? I am telling my own tale in court. I am suing your company, Bell Canada. Get it?  
   May I suggest that you talk to your own lawyer, Martine Turcotte and decide what planet you all come from. I just got out of a jail after being put there by the bastards your lawyers assisted to cover up the crimes practiced against me. Discuss my troubles with Robert C, Pozen or Martine Turcotte not me. 
       If you or any of your company wish to communicate with me, address your concerns to my attorney, Joyce Richardson. Turcotte should have her number.
         If Sunlife ain't figured it out yet as to why I am about to sue them. They had best check with Jeff Carp about the stuff I sent him at MFS and his prior association with Hale and Dorr. Jeff Rudman would be good fella to start with but defintely not the last within the aforesaid law firm.
                          David R. Amos
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From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 1980 2:07 PM
To:W-Five@ctv.ca
Cc:bcecomms@bce.ca; oldmaison@yahoo.com
Subject: My turn to tell a tale.

I think is time to let a little something out of the bag for the benefit of a few Maritimers who think they know something about the Media.I did notify CBC, the Rogers crowd and Harry Steele's folks that I knew a little bit about the Media and that I had written a book about it. Problem is I need an editor and I believe I may have found one.He comes in the form of a disenchanted newspaper man. But the thing is I want to put it on the web for all to read for free so there is no money in it for him. So I guess I wiil sue some big company with a Prima Facia complaint and settle for a lesser amount out of court. Lets just say I am looking hard at you dudes. I had zeroed in on the Yankee media long ago and I am certain folks within the Ottawa Citizen and Democracy Watch had checked my work(Hey Duff say hey to Dan for me) I have crossed paths with many of Globemedia's people many times for many reasons and I can easily prove it. What I  haven't bothered to tell them that I knew the reason Gobal etc never mentioned me was Frank McKenna and the Irving influence because basically that was a no brainer anyway. However If Globemedia and all their cohorts didn't think I knew about the influence Robert Pozen in Boston, you had best think again. then give Mr. Spitzer, Mr. Galvin, Mr. Shelby and Mr. Donaldson a call and drop my name along with Mr. Nesters and Mr. Koski's and tell them my stuff is off to the Arar Commission I am heading back to the USA to call Mr. Pozen and many folks he calls friends to court. Perhaps in Ottawa Bill Rowe will truly speak for the common man after all if the worm turns on his buddies. How do you people sleep at night? What say you? Why not get honest with the world and I will settle cheap? I will give one of your lawyers something real soon before I serve Mr. Pozen his just due byway of this lawyer Jeffrey N Carp MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street Boston MA 02116-3741 617-954-5747 Perhaps he should call Putnam investments or the Brookline Savings bank and say hey to Mr Chapman and Mr Tripp for me. I just called Bob Pozen at 617 954-5707 and introduced myself so that he can never say that he never heard my name.

MFS set to agree to second settlement

  • MFS set to agree to second settlement

    By SINCLAIR STEWART
    00:00 EST Wednesday, March 31, 2004
By SINCLAIR STEWART
00:00 EST Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Sun Life Financial Inc.'s Boston-based mutual fund arm will agree to a $50-million (U.S.) settlement today with U.S. regulators over allegations the firm directed trading commissions to brokerages in exchange for preferential treatment, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sources said Massachusetts Financial Services Co. will announce a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning that will also include "compliance reforms," in addition to a token $1 disgorgement penalty.
Eric Morse, a spokesman for MFS, declined to comment. A spokesman for the SEC refused to discuss any talks with the firm.
The embattled fund company is hoping this settlement will enable it to move beyond the intense public and regulatory scrutiny it has endured in the past several months.
In early February, MFS agreed to a $350-million settlement with the SEC and New York State Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer for allegedly permitting improper trades in some of its bigger funds. That figure included $225-million in penalties and restitution to investors, along with $125-million in fee reductions spread out over the next five years.
The fallout within MFS, which manages about $140-billion in assets, was also considerable. Its two highest-ranking officials -- chief executive officer John Ballen and president Kevin Parke -- were each fined and slapped with temporary suspensions by the SEC, leading to their departures from the firm. Long-serving chairman Jeffrey Shames also retired in the aftermath of MFS's problems, and was replaced by Robert Pozen, formerly a senior executive at Fidelity Investments and onetime associate general counsel at the SEC.
Mr. Pozen has been charged with cleaning up the mess, and tightening the firm's internal controls.
He has already hired new legal and compliance officers, added monitoring staff, and imposed a ban on so-called "soft dollar" transactions. The firm also prohibited the practice of directing trading fees to brokerages in exchange for being placed on a preferred list of customers and receiving better visibility for its funds.
This latter arrangement, known in industry circles as "pay for play," is at the centre of MFS's pending settlement with the SEC. Sources said the current settlement talks advanced fairly quickly because of the voluntary compliance improvements MFS has undertaken.
In a recent interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Pozen attacked the basis of the regulator's case as "very weak" and said it should have raised this as a problem when it conducted audits of the company.
Nevertheless, he said he hoped to settle the matter quickly, in large part to avoid a costly legal battle and prevent nervous investors from pulling their money out of MFS funds. So far, the damage has been contained to one major client, the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, which fired MFS last month as lead manager on a $664-million portfolio.
The SEC is investigating about a dozen other fund companies for directed brokerage, although sources say MFS will settle individually, rather than as part of a group.
Last fall, brokerage powerhouse Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $50-million to settle charges it failed to tell investors it was promoting funds with which the firm had a special arrangement. Morgan Stanley had a "Partners Program" of 14 funds, including MFS, that paid "substantial" fees in return for the brokerage steering their funds to investors, the SEC claimed.
The regulator indicated a few months ago it would begin investigating a number of fund companies for directing commissions, but did not say which firms it would target.
Sun Life revealed in a filing that MFS was under investigation for this practice just a couple of weeks after its first settlement with the SEC and Mr. Spitzer. The news came as a surprise to most observers, some of whom criticized the insurer's CEO, Donald Stewart, for not disclosing this probe earlier.
MFS is hoping to recoup some of the $175-million it must repay investors under the terms of the first settlement by suing firms and individuals that engaged in market timing and late trading of its funds. Market timing involves making frequent trades in and out of funds in order to cash in on minor pricing discrepancies. It is not illegal, but is usually prohibited by many fund companies, since the quick trading can raise administrative costs and undermine returns to investors.
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From: R. S. Webb [mailto:cei@nbnet.nb.ca]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:28 PM
To: W-FIVE@ctv.ca
Subject: possble story

I am a Canadian Citizen who thus far, as a plaintiff, has two Lawsuits in the US District Court of Massachucetts they are numbered 02-11686- RGS and 02-11687-RGS. They were removed to that Court from the Norfolk Superior Court by the US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan very improperly. However they shall remain there because of my status as a Canandian Citizen. Judge Sterns has not even held a Conference about the matters because he likely does not want to hear the matter because I have presented all Members of the Bar with their worst fear of a catch 22 problem. Accordinging to law he is late. I have complained of 47 defendants 34 of whom are State Defendants( the Attorney General, The Commission of Judicial Conduct Board of Bar Overseers etc) and 3 are Federal Treasury Agents. Some of the defendants are over two months late in their answer to the Summons. The smallest suit amounts to 188 million dollars in the form of relief. There is a lot to these matters and too much to briefly explain. But in a nutshell my wife's Aunt, who is buried beside Rose Kennedy, left my wife some money. It was stolen by her relatives in executing the estate. No news there. But the crooks are very well connected politically and every part of the old crony network in Boston covered for them. The crook and our cousin, Charles J. Kickham Jr of the Kickham Law Office on Beacon St, has been past President of Bar Associations. He has sat on the Board of Governors of Harvard Law School etc. I have given much information to many members of the press who have simply ignored some interesting facts. What should be somewhat newsworthy is how far a wild colonial boy has come in prosecuting Pro Se the most profund Yankee carpetbaggers. My next two lawsuits Under title 18 are wickedly righteous. I have left one copy of much information in Saint John New Brunswick at a lawyer's Office, Mosher and Chedore 33 Charlotte St if some one wishes to view them. I can be reached at this Cell number 506 434- 1379
                  David R. Amos
 
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Canadian Media Deregulation Provides Insight Into FCC Proposal
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Critics of consolidation say the integrity of the news is being undermined by the effects of concentrated ownership

 
Editor's Note:  This story has been updated to correct inaccuracies. Please see the corrected version here. 
The original version of this story (see below) posted on May 29, 2003 incorrectly stated that Canada's two national newspapers, The Globe and Mail and the National Post, recently laid off their online editorial staffs. According to globeandmail.com editor Angus Frame, there have been no recent editorial layoffs at globeandmail.com; the site's 18-person staff continues to write and edit stories that are published exclusively online. The National Post did not have dedicated online editorial staff, and did not have online editorial layoffs.  The story also failed to acknowledge that the country's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, also has a significant online operation.
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to unveil new media ownership rules June 2 that some experts believe may change the face of American journalism.
The new rules would allow media companies to own television stations and newspapers in the same cities.
The FCC barred companies from owning newspapers and TV stations in the same market in 1975, but big media owners like the Tribune Co., Knight Ridder, MediaNews Group and the New York Times say it's time to lift that ban.
They argue that cross-ownership makes for better journalism: Staffers working for companies that own newspapers and TV stations in the same market can work together to create richer, multimedia news reports that can then run in the company's paper and on their stations and Web sites.
Advocates say the synergies of convergence lead to cost savings, increased advertising revenues and greater efficiencies.
Cross-ownership already exists in some markets: The FCC granted about 40 exemptions to the cross-ownership rule in cases where a company already had television or radio stations and a newspaper in a single city. The FCC also granted exemptions in larger markets after media mergers produced cross-ownership situations.
'The concentration of ownership in a lot of major Canadian cities is of interest for a lot reasons, but mainly because it provides too much news coming through one pipeline.'
--Russ Mills, former publisher of the Ottawa Citizen
The Tribune Co., for example, owns television stations and newspapers in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Miami.
How further media consolidation and convergence would play out if the FCC does lift the ban on cross-ownership has been the subject of hot debate in the weeks leading up to the commission's June 2 vote.
Experts familiar with the rapid consolidation of media in Canada say the U.S. should look northward for some lessons on what loosening cross-ownership restrictions could mean to journalism in the U.S.
In Canada, the deregulation of cross-media ownership occurred gradually over the last 20 years. Within the past eight years, it has led to massive consolidation of media companies.
Most of Canada's news media -- including newspapers and broadcast stations in all of its major cities -- are in the hands of two media giants: CanWest Global Communications Inc., and Bell Globemedia -- a division of the country's largest telephone company, Bell Canada.
The rapid media consolidation in Canada has inspired an often-acrimonious debate over whether Canadian journalists are able to report objectively on social and political issues and whether the country's corporate media has allowed business interests to undermine the role of journalism in a modern democracy.
"Based on the experience in Canada, dropping restrictions on cross-ownership certainly hasn't worked out well," said Russ Mills, former publisher of the Ottawa Citizen in Canada's capital city, who was fired by CanWest in a fight over editorial independence.
"The concentration of ownership in a lot of major Canadian cities is of interest for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it provides too much news coming through one pipeline," he said. "When companies use ownership to control the news, and they do have the ability to do so, it hurts everyone."
Though the two media conglomerates said cross-media consolidation would improve online journalism, many media observers say online journalism at local papers has gone downhill in the wake of consolidation.
The country's two national newspapers, the National Post, half-owned by CanWest, and The Globe and Mail, owned by Bell Canada's media wing, Globemedia, have laid off the online reporters and editors at the two papers that once produced copy separate from print editions.
The two papers, former online staffers said, were the only ones in Canada that were doing something other than simply repurposing content from newspaper pages into newspaper Web sites.
Executives at Bell Globemedia and CanWest have defended the cutbacks, saying they were a result of cost-cutting efforts and consolidations undertaken after spending billions of dollars to acquire newspaper and broadcasting properties.
 
Consolidation accelerated in 1990s
Canada's restrictions on cross-media ownership were carved largely from regulatory decisions on broadcasting licenses made since the 1950s by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission -- Canada's version of the FCC.
By the mid-1980s, Canadian media experts say, exceptions to cross-media ownership rules had eroded the cross-ownership ban to the point that it was unenforcable and largely ignored.
By the mid-1990s, consolidation of Canadian media companies had accelerated on the strength of dot.com economics. And in 2000, CanWest, the second largest broadcaster in the country, announced a $3.5-billion deal to purchase a majority of the nation's newspapers -- including papers in the nation's 12 largest cities.
Within weeks, Jean Monty, Bell Canada's CEO at the time, announced that Canada's largest phone company had set its sights on owning both content and the multimedia pipelines into consumers' homes.
The decision prompted Bell Globemedia to purchase the Globe and Mail and the nation's largest TV network, CTV, in 2001.
Despite the rising consolidation of media outlets, the massive purchases of newspapers by CanWest Global and Bell Globemedia took many Canadian journalists and media-watchers by surprise.
CanWest and Bell executives convinced Canada's CRTC that convergence was necessary to attract advertising revenue and reduce costs if newspapers in many Canadian communities were to survive. And they promised that resources from new revenues would be devoted to improving the quality and reach of journalism through the Internet.
When questions about convergence arose during CRTC hearings on both companies' broadcast licenses shortly after their newspaper purchases, they promised regulators that they would separate management of news-gathering operations by their television stations and newspapers.
Officials from the Canada National Newspaper Guild complained that keeping management separate would not prevent companies from forcing journalists to perform work for both newspapers and television, to the detriment of journalistic independence.
Critics -- including journalism professors, journalists, newspaper and broadcast union officials, and some government officials -- have argued that the quality of journalism has gone down, not up, as a result of convergence.
Joyce Smith, an assistant professor at Canada's Ryerson University, teaches online journalism and worked on the online staff at the Globe and Mail before those employees were laid off last year.
She said the one opportunity to see convergence succeed might have been missed by Bell Globemedia in its efforts to cut costs to recoup some of what it spent on media acquisitions.
"What I found interesting was that the actual idea of convergence wasn't a hit with people working with just the newspaper or just television," Smith said. "Where it really happened was with the online news team. There were things the TV folks could clearly do much better with the online newspaper. By pooling resources, it all did work much better.
"But in the tradition of journalism," she said, "reporters were asking, 'What does this mean for me? Does it mean that I have to file stories to the Web and then do stand-ups in newsroom, while doing my piece for the deadline at the end of the day?'
"Basically, (owners) wanted reporters to be one-man bands," Smith said. "That has been played and replayed here. It made sense from a business model, but journalists, especially those who have been around for a while, went into newspapers and TV for a reason. Some are great at doing both, but not everyone has the same aptitude. And no one has the time in the day to do it all. Some of the expectations were outrageous."
Canada reexamining changes
While U.S. media critics and media executives have been testifying over the past few weeks in Senate hearings on the proposed changes in the FCC's media ownership rules, Canada is busy reexamining what has come of its own cross-media consolidations.
Two inquiries are underway by Canadian government officials to explore the impact of cross-media ownership and consolidation on journalistic integrity and media responsibility.
The Canadian Senate's Committee on Transport and Communication began taking testimony at the end of April on those issues and is expected to report its findings within the next year.
A House of Commons committee on Canadian heritage is expected to release an 800-page report next month on its own yearlong investigation into the impact  of media concentration and political efforts by corporations to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of Canadian media.
But media-watchers, who have a ringside seat on Canada's great media debate, say they are doubtful that government investigations will produce any new regulation on media conglomerates.
"The horse is out of the barn," said Arnold Amber, director of the National Newspaper Guild of Canada. "But the good news is that this has at least inspired a vigorous national debate on press freedom and responsibility."
Amber and other critics of media convergence said promises of more stories and better information from combining print and broadcast news staffs have largely failed in Canada.
"Bell Globemedia is talking about restructuring and selling off its media wing," Amber said. "The failure of convergence to bring in revenues was primarily responsible for the resignation of Bell Canada's CEO, Jean Monty," who stepped down in April 2002.
Geoffrey Elliot, vice-president of corporate affairs for CanWest, said that convergence has not led to revenues, or the reduced costs, the company had hoped for.
But Elliot, and other supporters of cross-media ownership, argues that all sides have benefited from consolidation.
"We are a family-owned business that saw an opportunity in which the whole was greater than the sum of the parts," Elliot said. "We saw substantial potential synergies on the sales side by putting television and newspaper assets together, since they both serve primarily advertising clients as sources of revenue, and serve a combination of local and national markets."
Amber said the companies likely saw their primary financial advantages from a convergence of back-office technologies -- combining circulation, sales, printing and management operations.
But it was something else that brought issues to a head in Canada over media consolidation and sharing newsroom resources: The loss of diversity of voices within the Canadian media took on new importance, observers say, after a series of events that led to accusations of censorship and political bias by CanWest's owners.
In December 2001, CanWest -- which owns 11 major dailies and 22 smaller papers in Canada -- issued a directive to its newspaper editors that they would be expected to run three editorials per week that reflected the position of CanWest's owners on political or social issues.
The decision was met with a spate of criticism -- especially when editors were told that other local editorials were not to contradict those from corporate headquarters.
A byline strike ensued at the Montreal Gazette, and inquiries by the newspaper guild there led to findings that work by columnists and cartoonists was spiked when it conflicted with opinions from corporate headquarters.
Several journalists quit; some staffers published a protest Web site.
The furor finally boiled over into the public arena last June when Russ Mills, the publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, was fired by CanWest for running a series of stories and an editorial that outlined alleged political and financial irregularities in the administration of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
Elliot, the CanWest vice president, said the controversy arose because Mills failed to let CanWest's owners know in advance of the series or the editorial -- which called on Chretien, a friend of CanWest patriarch Israel Asper, to resign.
Mills said he had not sought permission for either the investigative series, or the editorial, because he believed in preserving "editorial independence."
The problem, Mills said, was that the new owners were trying to dictate local editorial policy from corporate headquarters.
Elliot described the concern over attempts at a national editorial policy -- which has since been largely abandoned -- as a tempest without substance.
He said CanWest's owners were "well within their rights to propose national editorials," and that their actions were no different that those of other newspaper ownership groups prior to media consolidation.
"There has never been any effort to control what was published in news stories," he said.
Since his firing, Mills has become an outspoken critic of media consolidation in Canada, and he testified in April before the Canadian Senate committee conducting media hearings. He was also awarded a Neiman Fellowship at Harvard University and is the incoming dean of the journalism program at Algonquin College in Ottawa.
Meanwhile, Mills' firing prompted a public opinion poll by Canada's largest media union that found that the incident had caused the public to lose confidence in the media's editorial independence.
The results, union officials said, showed that Canadians were concerned about press freedom and wanted the government to look into problems associated with media concentration.
Peter Murdock, then vice-president of the communications union, told Canada Newswire that the poll "demonstrates that Canadians want their journalists protected from the whims and prejudice of media barons. It is a grim warning to media corporations and government that Canadians believe that the very integrity of the news that feeds our democracy is being undermined by the effects of concentrated media ownership."
It is clear that online journalism at Canada's newspapers has changed dramatically under CanWest's corporate control.
The company replaced independent newspaper Web sites with a common site, Canada.com, which allows consumers to access local news by clicking on the community they are interested in.
Elliot said community news on the Web site comes from local newspapers and television stations, and said that consolidating that information on a single Web site provides consumers better access to local news across the country -- as well as reduces costs.
Bruce MacCormack, former head of interactive media at CanWest, said supplementing newspaper and television content with a common Web site has made access to news more efficient and allowed the corporation to serve consumers better.
"The consumers of online media ... were also television viewers and newspaper readers, and at different points in the day, different media were the best way to reach those people," MacCormack said.
"Someone watching television in the evening could be told about stories being developed for the next day's newspaper, which is read on the commuter train as people go to work," he said. "Then, during working hours, the Internet was the most effective way to get them up to date on news, and tease them for television use at night."
"These were handoff mechanisms that worked to reach people, so consumers and the public were able to access services in the most appropriate media, for whatever method they could best be served."
CanWest recently filed testimony with the FCC to support the relaxation of cross-media regulations in the U.S. That testimony challenges media critics on their central objections to cross-media ownership.
"Today's media market is the richest and most diverse in the history of modern media," the document says. "Cross-ownership has strengthened media companies and encouraged greater diversity and more sources of information.
"Experience," it adds, "simply does not support the contention of some opponents of cross-media ownership, that consumers would have access to fewer point of view, or would see only repackaged versions of the same content across multimedia platforms."
Smith, the Ryerson professor -- despite her criticisms of the handling of online media opportunities in Canada -- said she sees differences between media ownership consolidation in Canada and in the United States.
"In the U.S., because of the size of the market, the chance of one or two owners gobbling up everything, I think, would be less than in Canada," she said. "But there is some caution in that.
"If you are thinking about journalists, there are wonderful things about operating in a converged environment. It was really exciting thinking we could potentially have video, and it may be good for news consumers in the sense that (online video) will be a faster way of converging types of media.
"But you get a lot of the same stuff. There is no alternative. You are going to lose some (editorial) voices in the process."

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