Public concerned over Sisson mine's proposal to dump waste water into fish-bearing brooks
A meeting was held by Environment and Climate Change Canada and had more than 200 people in attendance
By Gary Moore, CBC News Posted: Mar 16, 2018 9:01 AM AT
People listened from the halls, as more than 200 people
filled the Upper Nashwaak Lions Club in Cross Creek on Thursday, to talk
about Sisson mine's proposal to be able to dump waste water into
fish-bearing brooks. (Gary Moore/CBC)
The meeting was held by Environment and Climate Change Canada on Thursday night and included a series of four presentations — two from the company, one from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans [DFO] and one from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
A few minutes into the first presentation, the crowd started to get restless and wanted to ask questions from all angles of the project.
Frustrations were expressed by the community of people who say they haven't had a chance to voice concerns to the people behind the project until now.
Nathan Wilbur of the Atlantic Salmon
Federation voiced his concerns about the plan to compensate for the loss
of fish habitat. (Gary Moore/CBC)
"We didn't get all the answers we wanted to get," he said. "I felt like they buffaloed us quite a bit. And, talked over our heads."
Water quality
One of the items on the agenda was to address how the company, Northcliff Resources Ltd., plans to dispose of waste.
Three tailings disposal technologies were considered for five potential tailings storage facility locations.
Through a pre-screening evaluation the only suitable technology determined was conventional slurry tailings disposal — the report says this is because of environmental risks.
Peter Toner, who is with the Nashwaak Watershed Association, left the meeting feeling like the company ruled out some world class technology and practice without giving it a thorough overview.
A group of people working on the Sisson Mine
project field questions from dozens of frustrated people who attended
Thursday's meeting. (Gary Moore/CBC)
Toner says he's concerned they were ruled out for the wrong reasons.
"They ruled out the two other technologies that also happen to be more expensive and harder to implement."
Loss of fish habitat
The other issue that was presented was how the company planned to compensate for the loss of fish habitat.
The solution proposed by Northcliff Resources is to remove an old water-level control dam/road culvert on the Nashwaak River just below its exit from Nashwaak Lake and replace it with a bridge.
The dam/road culvert would be a barrier to fish passage which would allow gaspereau — a small fish also known as the alewife — to have access to the lake for spawning and rearing.
Nathan Wilbur, of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, says the plan isn't sufficient for the size of the project.
"If this is all that's required of the Sisson Brook Mine to compensate for fish habitat loss, it's like they're winning the lottery," Wilbur said.
"It would be an embarrassment to DFO and Environment and Climate Change Canada if this is all they required of the proponent."
Timeline unknown
As for the timeline of the project, Greg Davidson of the Sisson Partnership, says they're working through a regulatory process which was part of the consultation.
Davidson says there are misconceptions out there that the construction for the project is starting this spring, but he says that's not true. And it could be up to 18 months before they get all the permits.
The public has 30 days to submit comments and concerns to government as part of the process.
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Oh My MY Don't I recognize a lot of folks who have laughed at my concerns over the years
William Roberts
Not a chance. These streams are the arteries of our water ways. They are not the dumping grounds for further profits.
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David Amos
@William Roberts Methinks fishing for a decent debate in CBC is impossible when one's important comments are blocked N'esy Pas?
Paul Bourgoin
This is what happens when the
decision is taken by Sellout-Politicians and Specially in a have not
giveaway province like New Brunswick!!
What will remain for our Grand Children's legacy?
Drinking water will become more valuable than GOLD in the future!!
What will remain for our Grand Children's legacy?
Drinking water will become more valuable than GOLD in the future!!
David Amos
@Paul Bourgoin "Drinking water will become more valuable than GOLD in the future!!"
In some places its already priced higher that gasoline
In some places its already priced higher that gasoline
Gil Murray
A few people trying to use
common sense when dealing with corporations and government. It won't
work of course because we are such a greedy species and can be bought
for peanuts. Economic development at any cost as long as it profits
billionaires. Killing the planet one dollar at a time.
David Amos
@Gil Murray Methinks common sense is a rather thing when greed and apathy rule the day N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@David Amos OOPS I forgot the the word "rare" right after rather
Robert Jackson
We have a literacy problem in
New Brunswick. In composing stories like this, CBC could lead the way
or at least contribute in a small way toward solving it.
David Amos
@Robert Jackson In a perfect world that would be the case However.......
Robert Jackson
@David Amos Kudos to CBC
because they corrected the two erroneous uses of a singular verb with a
plural object!! My faith in CBC is being restored!
Mack Leigh
Time to stop being "
Politically " correct !! Time to stop worrying about hurting someone's
feelings !! Successive governments and large corporations have sold out
the people of Canada, the Environment and our children's future time and
time again.... For some decisions made there is no " Do Over " or
chance to correct something once the damage has occurred....We have ONE
Mother Earth..... We have one Environment and Biodiversity... We have a
responsibility to protect this planet from those who seek to destroy it
for their own greed and selfish reasons.....
David Amos
@Mack Leigh "Time to stop being " Politically " correct !!"
Trust that I never was and look who is standing beside me in this much watched televised debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
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Rosco holt
Luckily this was made public, They could have kept quiet until everything was done and too late to object.
David Amos
@Rosco holt YUP
Willie Smith
Now that the woods of NB are
in dire straights with the diversity being destroyed for one specific
tree and at the same time making the animals suffer...well what the heck
lets destroy it all... For such a beautiful province it hasn't taken
long for its destruction.. It's OK though once humans are gone Mother
Earth will heal itself...
@Willie Smith "once humans are gone Mother Earth will heal itself"
Methinks one of my heroes George Carlin explained his reasoning about that a long time ago N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Lou Bell
Methinks one of my heroes George Carlin explained his reasoning about that a long time ago N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Perhaps these people should
be as concerned about those running around the woods in that area
killing trees while looking for birds eye maple. We know who they are,
and they know who they are. And they express concerns about protecting
the environment !
David Amos
@Lou Bell Good Point Sir
However don't forget who is buying the wood, meat, fish and tobacco from we all know who. Methinks we are no better. Hence we have no right to judge them N'esy Pas?
However don't forget who is buying the wood, meat, fish and tobacco from we all know who. Methinks we are no better. Hence we have no right to judge them N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
The few who haven't had to
leave the province to get jobs may be able to remain to enjoy. And your
children ? Face it, they won't return !
David Amos
@Lou Bell Ahh What you say is largely true but notice all the grey hair in the audience?
FYI I was gone since 1987 but now that I am collecting my old age pension I can't think of a better place to hang my hat in my latter days than the place I was born a raised
Methinks I should feel honoured to be planted someday close to my kin in order to push up daisies with my many forefathers. Perhaps some of my grandbabies and whatever bumblebees are left may enjoy them someday N'esy Pas?
FYI I was gone since 1987 but now that I am collecting my old age pension I can't think of a better place to hang my hat in my latter days than the place I was born a raised
Methinks I should feel honoured to be planted someday close to my kin in order to push up daisies with my many forefathers. Perhaps some of my grandbabies and whatever bumblebees are left may enjoy them someday N'esy Pas?
Shawn McShane
Seepage of water through the TSF embankments, and the release of treated surplus water from
the water treatment plant, is predicted to result in increased concentrations of certain trace
metals in downstream receiving waters during Operation and extending into the Closure and
Post-Closure periods.
The gift that keeps on giving long after the mine is closed. How much is that worth?
the water treatment plant, is predicted to result in increased concentrations of certain trace
metals in downstream receiving waters during Operation and extending into the Closure and
Post-Closure periods.
The gift that keeps on giving long after the mine is closed. How much is that worth?
David Amos
@Shawn McShane Methinks you
should take whatever you think it is worth and add how much the
infrastructure improvements will cost us to support the mine going into
operation in the first place cost us and then subtract that number from
our royalty fees see how much it will really cost us in the end. Then
ask Mr Gallant and Mr Higgs some hard questions before the election
because afterwards they will just play dumb again N'esy Pas?
Domenick Yoney
It's bad enough that we've let Irving destroy our forests. Let's not let them destroy the water.
David Amos
@Domenick Yoney Its not the Irvings this time Its big money dudes from downunder
Sean Onuaillain
Samuel Porter
Roland Godin
Sean Onuaillain
A couple of years ago it was
reported that these folks didn't have the $600 M required for the
project. Once they get this approval (and they will) the company will
start asking for government money. And they will get it from the
Liberals or the PCs. And 30 years from now New Brunswickers will be
stuck with the bill to clean up the mess. It is ever thus.
David Amos
@Sean Onuaillain Methinks the rich dudes from downunder turned up in a nick of time N'esy Pas?
Samuel Porter
Hopefully the creator will help First Nations to deny this audacious request. They are our only champions of the land.
David Amos
@Samuel Porter You forgot that Superman was a Canadian invention
Rosco holt
@Samuel Porter
They can easily change sides for the right price.
They can easily change sides for the right price.
David Amos
@Rosco holt YUP
Roland Godin
Can the waste water cause any damage to a four wheeler happily driving through the brooks?
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David Amos
@Roland Godin Yea it will rot your socks off
David Amos
@Roland Godin I have never
heard of a happy four wheeler but if there is such a thing methinks it
may be sad afterwards N'esy Pas?
Darlene Brown
The bottom line is....there
needs to be the best technology available in place....should this mine
begin. There is technologly that is a lot safer than the proposed
tailings pond. Yes, it costs a lot more. Yes our environment is worth
every thing that can be done to ensure the best outcome. It is not worth
destroying something that can never be replaced.At one point I thought
it was a good idea. Now, seeing how things work....ie using old
tecnology, I wonder is it worth the risk. I assumed that our government
and the company was interested in more than the financial outcome. I
thought all the latest safety elements would be used. Now....I;m not so
sure!! We owe the generations to come to make the right decisions. Once
done can not be undone!
David Amos
@Darlene Brown "I assumed that our government and the company was interested in more than the financial outcome."
Methinks everybody knows that the financial outcome is the only thing that concerns them N'esy Pas?
Methinks everybody knows that the financial outcome is the only thing that concerns them N'esy Pas?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-construction-leblanc-northcliff-1.4612254
Sisson Mine construction not happening this spring, spoiling minister's prediction
Tungsten mine project undergoing additional public consultation but company remains hopeful
The
company behind the proposed tungsten mine in central New Brunswick says
ongoing environmental permitting requirements mean construction on the
project — and the promised 500 jobs that go with it — will not begin
within the next 10 weeks as federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister
Dominic LeBlanc confidently predicted last year.
"There will be no construction this spring," said Greg Davidson, a spokesman for Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company hoping to develop the mine.
Northcliff won federal environmental approval for its project last June, clearing the way, LeBlanc said, for construction of the mine within a year.
"The federal cabinet approval of the environmental assessment was the last remaining critical piece in order to ensure this project sees the light of day," LeBlanc told reporters in Fredericton last June 23.
"We are very confident that the company will be able to get the financing in place over the next number of months. We're confident that construction will begin next spring."
On
June 23, 2017, the Sisson Mine project got the environmental assessment
approval from the federal government. At the time, Federal Fisheries
Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he was confident construction would begin
spring 2018. (Ed Hunter/CBC )
But the
mine's environmental approval was not absolute and required numerous
"mitigation measures" to lessen its impact on 12 areas of concern,
including human health, water resources and fish habitat.
In addition, the project needs changes to federal metal mining effluent regulations to move forward. That involves additional public consultation, which is underway.
"We've known all along after the approval of the EIA that's what we'd have to go through," Northcliff President Christopher Zahovskis told CBC News on Monday.
"It's Environment Canada run and we'll just have to go through the process."
Zahovskis said he does not know where the idea the mine could be constructed this spring came from, but that has never been the company's plan.
President and CEO of Northcliff Resources Christopher Zahovskis pcitured at the Sisson project site, north of Fredericton.
"I can't comment on what Minister LeBlanc may have said. In fact, I don't even recall reading it," he said.
LeBlanc's office is not elaborating on what happened with the minister's prediction that work on the mine would begin this spring or speculate on an alternative timeline.
"Decisions on the timeline of construction are at the discretion of the proponent, and subject to whether an amendment to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations is required," said the minister's press secretary Vincent Hughes in an emailed statement.
Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc did not speculate on a new start date for construction when asked Monday. (CBC)
Still,
Zahovskis is confident the project remains viable and will move forward
if and when it satisfies all of the regulatory requirements, secures
financing and lines up buyers for what it produces.
At least one nagging problem, low metal prices, has recently been resolving itself.
In Northcliff's latest securities filings in March, the company documented the ongoing recovery of international tungsten prices — up 67 per cent over the last two years — all the way back to profitable levels outlined in the mine's 2013 feasibility study.
"We're delighted to see that after two years or three years of very soft pricing," said Zahovskis. "It's certainly better than it was a few years ago."
The Sisson mine project includes a tailings pond and ore processing plant, covering 12.5 square kilometre of Crown land. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
Although
company and government officials are publicly optimistic the mine will
happen, investors have not been sharing that enthusiasm.
Northcliff Resources share price has fallen more than 50 per cent since it won federal EIA approval last summer, and last week it briefly hit a 17-month trading low of 8.5 cents.
"It's difficult to understand," said Zahovskis.
"There will be no construction this spring," said Greg Davidson, a spokesman for Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company hoping to develop the mine.
Northcliff won federal environmental approval for its project last June, clearing the way, LeBlanc said, for construction of the mine within a year.
"The federal cabinet approval of the environmental assessment was the last remaining critical piece in order to ensure this project sees the light of day," LeBlanc told reporters in Fredericton last June 23.
"We are very confident that the company will be able to get the financing in place over the next number of months. We're confident that construction will begin next spring."
In addition, the project needs changes to federal metal mining effluent regulations to move forward. That involves additional public consultation, which is underway.
Never the plan, says president
"We've known all along after the approval of the EIA that's what we'd have to go through," Northcliff President Christopher Zahovskis told CBC News on Monday.
"It's Environment Canada run and we'll just have to go through the process."
Zahovskis said he does not know where the idea the mine could be constructed this spring came from, but that has never been the company's plan.
LeBlanc's office is not elaborating on what happened with the minister's prediction that work on the mine would begin this spring or speculate on an alternative timeline.
"Decisions on the timeline of construction are at the discretion of the proponent, and subject to whether an amendment to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations is required," said the minister's press secretary Vincent Hughes in an emailed statement.
Falling share price
At least one nagging problem, low metal prices, has recently been resolving itself.
In Northcliff's latest securities filings in March, the company documented the ongoing recovery of international tungsten prices — up 67 per cent over the last two years — all the way back to profitable levels outlined in the mine's 2013 feasibility study.
"We're delighted to see that after two years or three years of very soft pricing," said Zahovskis. "It's certainly better than it was a few years ago."
Northcliff Resources share price has fallen more than 50 per cent since it won federal EIA approval last summer, and last week it briefly hit a 17-month trading low of 8.5 cents.
"It's difficult to understand," said Zahovskis.
Christopher Zahovskis
President, CEO
Northcliff Resources Ltd.
1500 - 1040 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4H1
Phone: 604-684-6365
Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4H1
Phone: 604-684-6365
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I wonder if Ernie Steeves has read my recent comments in CBC At least
I know Ernie's new buddy Dominic Cardy and the Media get my emails
N'ey Pas Premier Gallant and Chucky Leblanc?
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"Content disabled" Just in case anyone is wondering why I made so many
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Michael Hunt
Vote for change , SAY no to Red or Blue in September.
David Amos
@Michael Hunt Methinks its best not to vote for any political party.
It is parisan politicking that created this mess in the first place.
Why not step up to the plate and run as an Independent and speak for
yourself and your neighbours? Perhaps some Independents would find a
seat on the house and then you may see a change for the better.
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@Michael Hunt Just in case anyone is wondering why I made so many
comments I am angry that the Health Minister will not give me a health
card. Hence I want everyone to know it.
The there is the fact that the liberal government cancelled my Social
Insurance Number many years ago without my knowledge so I had to go to
war with it over my CPP and Old Age allowance
Furthermore after I was barred from the legislature, the Fredericton
cops stole my Harley and SNB would not renew my drivers licence .
Unbelievable? Perhaps However it is nevertheless true.
Truth is strange than fiction in New Brunswick.
David Amos
@David Amos Do tell why is it that I am not surprised to see CBC block
the truth?
Chuck Stewart
Medivie in NB has a bad track record with the ambulance contract. They
have from Patient care to caring only about statistics, and those
stats are not all factual, they are fixed to make them look good.
Their staff that manage the government staff are not experts in
anyway, they are many that are not qualified for the positions they
holed. Ambulance NB is a mess that is well covered up. I shudder to
think of what they will do with Extra-mural and Telecare.
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@Chuck Stewart "Ambulance NB is a mess that is well covered up."
Methinks it is not that well covered up. Google Evelyn Greene
ambulance sometime Plus the stinky deals gives Medivie away anyway
N'esy Pas?
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@Chuck Stewart Interesting that CBC blocked my reply to your cover up
comment Methinks that their liberal bosses do not want what I
mentioned well known N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@David Amos Oh My struck a nerve with the liberals and CBC did I?
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Will get right on this.
Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
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Hon.Rick Doucet
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Here is just a few CBC articles that fal under Ricky Baby Doucet's
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Financial watchdog mum on 56% jump in Sisson mine shares
Financial and Consumer Services Commission does not confirm any
investigations unless violations found
CBC News Posted: Feb 23, 2017 7:15 PM AT
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Sisson mine owners see share price climb 56% in weeks before Maliseet deal
New Brunswick government says deal was announced as soon as possible
after being confirmed by First Nations
By Robert Jones, CBC News Posted: Feb 15, 2017 6:30 AM AT
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Gallant government 'still making decisions' about forest plan changes
Premier says any changes to 2014 deal between industry and province
will be revealed in coming weeks
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Feb 17, 2017 4:25 PM AT
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St. Mary's chief vows to fight mine project 'at all costs'
Northcliff Resources is proposing a tungsten mine northwest of Fredericton
Sisson mine protest
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02:00
The proposed site of the Sisson mine was occupied by St. Mary's First Nations people Thursday. 2:00
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Dominique Nouvet
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Assistant: Lisa Spaven
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Dominique speaks English, French and Spanish.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-aboriginal-1.3350150
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-brook-eia-maliseet-1.3542241
The Sisson mine project includes a tailings pond and ore processing plant, covering 12.5 square kilometres of Crown land. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
Energy and Mines Minister Donald Arseneault said in March 2015 the provincial government could consider giving St. Mary's First Nation a piece of land if the $579-million mine project is approved.
Energy
and Mines Minister Donald Arseneault said the province would be willing
to give St. Mary's First Nation land if the Sisson mine project goes
ahead. (CBC)
In December 2015, a lawyer representing six Maliseet bands said "none of the Maliseet chiefs support the project."
Dominque
Nouvet represents the six Maliseet First Nations of St. Mary's,
Oromocto, Kingslcear, Woodstock, Tobique and Madawaska in their
negotiations with the New Brunswick government about the Sisson mine
project. (CBC)
The publication of the report late Friday initiated a 30-day period for public comment on the report.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maliseet-chiefs-sisson-mine-reaction-1.3546347
A
group of citizens from the St. Mary's First Nation occupied an area
about 100 kilometres northwest of Fredericton on Thursday in an effort
to block a proposed open pit mine.
Northcliff Resources has proposed the construction and operation of an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine at Sisson Brook.
The mine could eventually create 200 to 300 jobs, but protesters on Thursday said they want the area, which they used for hunting and fishing, left alone.
St. Mary's First Nation Chief Candace Paul said she will fight the proposed tungsten mine. (CBC)
"Jobs
and things are great, but, not at the cost of the environment. And that
is the message we want to send today," said St. Mary’s First Nation
Chief Candace Paul.
Paul and the other members of the St. Mary’s First Nation travelled to the site from their community, which is located in the city of Fredericton.
Angela Acquin said the fact her community is located in an urban area makes the protection of the rural landscape so important to her.
"It's different with us, we're a city, we're in the middle of a city, so for community members to come out and have that reconnection to the land," she said.
"I'm hoping with that we'll be able to stir up enough emotion in people and stir up enough of that grounding to their traditional territories, that they won't let that happen."
Northcliff Resources filed its environmental impact assessment at the end of July. Protesters say they are now waiting for the federal government to post it for public feedback.
Protesters from the St. Mary's First Nation look at a map of the proposed Sisson Brook mine project. (CBC)
In June, the company said it was seeking a "social licence" with local First Nations groups so it could move forward with the project.
The mining company signed an environmental assessment review and capacity funding agreement with the St. Mary's First Nation, the Woodstock First Nation and the Assembly of First Nation Chiefs in New Brunswick.
An official said his company has been meeting with First Nations communities since 2010.
However, the St. Mary's chief said she plans to fight the proposed mine "at all costs."
"We will have to do what we have to do. This is our traditional land," she said.
Northcliff Resources is proposing to build an open-pit mine about 100 kilometres northwest of Fredericton. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
Northcliff Resources has proposed the construction and operation of an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine at Sisson Brook.
The mine could eventually create 200 to 300 jobs, but protesters on Thursday said they want the area, which they used for hunting and fishing, left alone.
Paul and the other members of the St. Mary’s First Nation travelled to the site from their community, which is located in the city of Fredericton.
Angela Acquin said the fact her community is located in an urban area makes the protection of the rural landscape so important to her.
"It's different with us, we're a city, we're in the middle of a city, so for community members to come out and have that reconnection to the land," she said.
"I'm hoping with that we'll be able to stir up enough emotion in people and stir up enough of that grounding to their traditional territories, that they won't let that happen."
Northcliff Resources filed its environmental impact assessment at the end of July. Protesters say they are now waiting for the federal government to post it for public feedback.
The mining company signed an environmental assessment review and capacity funding agreement with the St. Mary's First Nation, the Woodstock First Nation and the Assembly of First Nation Chiefs in New Brunswick.
An official said his company has been meeting with First Nations communities since 2010.
However, the St. Mary's chief said she plans to fight the proposed mine "at all costs."
"We will have to do what we have to do. This is our traditional land," she said.
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| March 02, 2015 New Brunswick Accepts Sisson Project Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report | |
| March 2, 2015 Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Northcliff Resources Ltd. ("Northcliff" or the "Company") (TSX: NCF),
on behalf of Sisson Mines Ltd., is pleased to announce that a review of
the Sisson Project Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report ("EIA
Report") has now been completed by the New Brunswick Department of
Environment and Local Government ("NBDELG"). The updated Final EIA
Report has been deemed acceptable by NBDELG for public consultation. The
details of the public consultation process and duration will be
announced by NBDELG within the next month. Northcliff President & CEO Chris Zahovskis said, "The acceptance of the Sisson Project Final EIA Report represents a critical milestone for Northcliff and advances our goal of creating a significant new North American tungsten producer. We look forward to the public consultation period as it marks one of the final steps in the provincial EIA process. It will give the public an opportunity to review our comprehensive plans to build and operate an environmentally sound and socially responsible project that will provide significant benefits in the Province of New Brunswick." About Northcliff Northcliff, associated with Hunter Dickinson Inc. (HDI), is a mineral resource company focused on advancing the Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum Project located in New Brunswick, Canada, to production. The results of a 2013 Feasibility Study confirm that the Sisson Project is technically and economically feasible and can now move on to the next stage of development. For further details on Northcliff, visit the Company's website at www.northcliffresources.com and on the Sisson Project, visit the project website at www.sissonpartnership.com. Chris Zahovskis, President & CEO For more information: Greg Davidson Community Relations Manager 506-455-0530 GregDavidson@northcliffresources.com Investor Services 1-800-667-2114 This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address permitting, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Assumptions used by the Company to develop forward-looking statements include the following: the Sisson Project will obtain all required environmental and other permits for construction of the mine, the Sisson Project will achieve targeted production levels; the Company's study and development of the Sisson Project will continue to be positive; contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes; equipment necessary for construction and development is available and does not incur unforeseen breakdowns; no material labour slowdowns or strikes are incurred; plant and equipment functions as specified; geological or financial parameters do not necessitate future mine plan changes; and no geological or technical problems occur. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include uncertainty of shareholder support, the need for judicial and regulatory approvals, fluctuations in market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, potential environmental issues and liabilities associated with exploration, development and mining activities, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary environmental, land use and other permits, approvals, licenses and title on a timely basis and delays due to third party opposition, exploration and development of properties located within First Nations treaty and asserted territories may affect or be perceived to affect treaty and asserted aboriginal rights and title, which may cause permitting delays or opposition by First Nation communities, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's continuous disclosure filings that are available at www.sedar.com. | |
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Dominique Nouvet
Assistant: Lisa Spaven
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Dominique has specialized in Aboriginal law since 2003. Her principal areas of practice include: consultation and accommodation, Aboriginal rights and title and Treaty rights litigation, Indian Act and First Nation election disputes, Supreme Court of Canada interventions, administrative law and drafting Matrimonial Real Property Laws. This work includes negotiating with all levels of government and industry proponents and drafting consultation protocols, settlement agreements, and accommodation agreements for First Nations, negotiating and drafting treaty language, advising First Nations on the legal implications of proposed or existing legislation, advising First Nations on the development and application of their internal by-laws and policies, drafting First Nation laws, and advocating for provincial and federal law reform. She works regularly with Aboriginal groups in BC, Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick.
Dominique received her International Baccalaureate (bilingual) from Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and obtained a Bachelor of Economics from McGill University. After completing her law degree at the University of Toronto, she clerked with Justice Ian Binnie at the Supreme Court of Canada. Dominique was called to both the British Columbia and Ontario Bars in 2002.Dominique speaks English, French and Spanish.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-aboriginal-1.3350150
Sisson mine project slammed by aboriginal leaders
Northcliff Resources CEO Chris Zahovskis said the company had received 'positive support' from First Nations
CBC News Posted: Dec 04, 2015 6:00 AM AT
Aboriginal leaders say they don't know where Northcliff
Resources is getting the idea First Nations are more accepting of the
Sisson Brook mine project.
The Department of Environment and Local Government announced on
Thursday it had approved the open-pit mine after its environmental
impact assessmenet.
Dominique Nouvet, who is a lawyer for six Maliseet bands, said none of her clients have agreed to support the project.
Her clients, including St. Mary's First Nation, have been in consultations with the provincial government.
"The main reactions are dismay and anger over the approvals coming so suddenly and with basically no warning," said Nouvet.
"None of the Maliseet Chiefs support the project."
That was echoed in a press release from the Maliseet Nation late on Thursday night.
It stated the elected chiefs of the six Maliseet communities were "angered by the government of New Brunswick's rushed approval of the Sisson Mine."
"Our members will be heartbroken by this approval," said Chief Candice Paul of St. Mary's First Nation.
"We have tried to work with the government in good faith," added Chief Gabriel Atwin of Kingsclear First Nation.
"This sudden approval leaves me wondering how serious the government is about addressing Maliseet concerns.
These comments stand in contrast to how the company's top executive characterized the support the company had among First Nations.
Chris Zahovskis, the president and chief executive officer of Northcliff Resources, said "we've received, we feel, a significant amount of positive support" from First Nations.
Another group that took part in Sisson consultations said it's recently been excluded from the talks.
"The Mi'gmag have not been invited to sit with the province or
proponent to discuss this project for close to a year," Chief George
Ginnish of the Mi'gmag Chiefs wrote.
"To date, the process with the province has been disappointing and frustrating."
The provincial government said it was satisfied with the review and consultation process.
"This has been a long time, this has been a lot of consultation going on," said Environment Minister Brian Kenny.
"If you take a look at the recommendations, there's a lot of protection for environment."
The federal Environmental Impact Assessment is still ongoing, and must be approved before the tungsten-molybdenum mine can move forward.
St. Mary's First Nation Chief Candice Paul said her members would be heartbroken by the Sisson Brook mine approval. (CBC)
Dominique Nouvet, who is a lawyer for six Maliseet bands, said none of her clients have agreed to support the project.
Her clients, including St. Mary's First Nation, have been in consultations with the provincial government.
"The main reactions are dismay and anger over the approvals coming so suddenly and with basically no warning," said Nouvet.
"None of the Maliseet Chiefs support the project."
That was echoed in a press release from the Maliseet Nation late on Thursday night.
It stated the elected chiefs of the six Maliseet communities were "angered by the government of New Brunswick's rushed approval of the Sisson Mine."
"Our members will be heartbroken by this approval," said Chief Candice Paul of St. Mary's First Nation.
President and CEO of Northcliff Resources,
Chris Zahovskis, said the project had received a significant amount of
positive response from First Nations.
"This sudden approval leaves me wondering how serious the government is about addressing Maliseet concerns.
These comments stand in contrast to how the company's top executive characterized the support the company had among First Nations.
Chris Zahovskis, the president and chief executive officer of Northcliff Resources, said "we've received, we feel, a significant amount of positive support" from First Nations.
'Disappointing and frustrating'
Another group that took part in Sisson consultations said it's recently been excluded from the talks.
The Sisson mine project includes a tailings
pond and ore processing plant, covering 12.5 square kilometre of Crown
land. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
"To date, the process with the province has been disappointing and frustrating."
The provincial government said it was satisfied with the review and consultation process.
"This has been a long time, this has been a lot of consultation going on," said Environment Minister Brian Kenny.
"If you take a look at the recommendations, there's a lot of protection for environment."
The federal Environmental Impact Assessment is still ongoing, and must be approved before the tungsten-molybdenum mine can move forward.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-brook-eia-maliseet-1.3542241
Sisson mine impact on Maliseet First Nations 'significant'
Federal environmental assessment of project says not enough done to mitigate impact on Maliseet concerns
There
isn't enough being done to mitigate the impact of the proposed Sisson
Brook mine on Maliseet First Nations people, states a new report from
the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
Sisson Mines Ltd. is proposing to develop an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine and ore processing facility 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton.
The mine is projected to operate for 27 years at a mining rate of 30,000 dry tonnes per day.
A comprehensive study reportby the environmental assessment agency states the project is "not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects taking into account the implementation of mitigation measures."
"The agency concludes that the project is likely to result in significant adverse environmental effects on the current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes by Maliseet First Nations."
The mine is expected to result in the loss of 1,253 hectares with residual impacts on hunting, fishing and other resources used by Maliseet and Mi'kmaq First Nations for traditional purposes.
Ron Tremblay, the appointed grand chief of Wolastoq, says the land in question is sacred and he wants it left alone. (CBC)
"I spoke to a couple of the chiefs, and they said there were possible other parcels of land, and so on, but I, as the Wolastoq grand chief, don't approve of the accommodation process. We just want them to leave the land as it is," said Tremblay.
"We feel that as traditional people, we still utilize the land in our gathering, to hunt, and to do ceremonies, plus to collect medicines in that traditional territory," he said. "That's a very sacred piece of land to our people."
"We have members from all over the province, and each community has members in the grand council … We all stand pretty much together and we're in favour of keeping our lands together."
Sisson Mines Ltd. is proposing to develop an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine and ore processing facility 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton.
The mine is projected to operate for 27 years at a mining rate of 30,000 dry tonnes per day.
A comprehensive study reportby the environmental assessment agency states the project is "not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects taking into account the implementation of mitigation measures."
The provincial government said it would consider giving St. Mary's
First Nation a piece of land if the $579-million Sisson mine project is
approved. However, the study does find the impact
of the project is likely to be significant on the Maliseet First Nations
of Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock, and St. Mary's through loss of
a traditional area for hunting, fishing and resource-gathering and not
enough is being done to address those concerns
"The agency
considered that the measures proposed fail to address the permanent loss
of access to an area of high value and the associated use of that
area," states the report."The agency concludes that the project is likely to result in significant adverse environmental effects on the current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes by Maliseet First Nations."
Traditional Maliseet resource area
The mine is expected to result in the loss of 1,253 hectares with residual impacts on hunting, fishing and other resources used by Maliseet and Mi'kmaq First Nations for traditional purposes.
The
report notes the provincial government and Maliseet First Nations are
"negotiating potential accommodation" and states additional mitigation
may result from the discussions.
But Ron Tremblay, the Wolastoq grand chief, says no amount of accommodation is worth damaging the land."I spoke to a couple of the chiefs, and they said there were possible other parcels of land, and so on, but I, as the Wolastoq grand chief, don't approve of the accommodation process. We just want them to leave the land as it is," said Tremblay.
"We feel that as traditional people, we still utilize the land in our gathering, to hunt, and to do ceremonies, plus to collect medicines in that traditional territory," he said. "That's a very sacred piece of land to our people."
"We have members from all over the province, and each community has members in the grand council … We all stand pretty much together and we're in favour of keeping our lands together."
Energy and Mines Minister Donald Arseneault said in March 2015 the provincial government could consider giving St. Mary's First Nation a piece of land if the $579-million mine project is approved.
However, the environmental assessment
agency said it is of the view that "a limited number" of large Crown
land blocks remain available to practise current uses for traditional
purposes in proximity to the Maliseet communities of Tobique,
Kingsclear, Woodstock and St. Mary's.
"Within the remaining Crown land blocks, use by these First Nations is limited by other existing land uses," the report said.Maliseet opposition
In December 2015, a lawyer representing six Maliseet bands said "none of the Maliseet chiefs support the project."
Dominique Nouvet was reacting to the
province giving its approval for the Sisson mine and a statement by the
chief executive officer of Northcliff Resources that the company had
received a significant amount of positive support from First Nations.
"The main reactions are dismay and anger over the approvals coming so suddenly and with basically no warning," Nouvet said.- Maliseet First Nations 'dismayed' by Sisson Mine approval
- Sisson mine project slammed by aboriginal leaders
- St. Mary's chief vows to fight mine project 'at all costs'
Candace
Paul, chief of St. Mary's First Nation, has vowed to do whatever it
takes to stop the development of the Sisson mine project. (CBC)"Jobs and things are great, but not at the cost of the environment," said Paul.
"We will have to do what we have to do. This is our traditional land."The publication of the report late Friday initiated a 30-day period for public comment on the report.
With files from Catherine Harrop
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maliseet-chiefs-sisson-mine-reaction-1.3546347
5 Maliseet chiefs want Sisson mine rejected
St. Mary's, Tobique, Kingsclear, Oromocto, Madawaska chiefs respond to environmental assessment
· CBC News · Posted: Apr 21, 2016 11:13 AM AT
The chiefs of five Maliseet First Nations in New Brunswick are
calling for the proposed Sisson mine project to be rejected because of
its impact on Maliseet people.
The chiefs of Kingsclear, Madawaska, Oromocto, St. Mary's and Tobique First Nations issued a statement on Thursday in reaction to a federal study that said the proposed mine would have a "significant" impact on several communities.
The proposed mine would impact 1,253 hectares of land about 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton that have been traditionally used for hunting, fishing and resource-gathering by the Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock and St. Mary's communities.
"This open pit mine would destroy one of our last remaining areas to harvest and practise our culture," said Tobique Chief Ross Perley in a statement by the chiefs. "It creates a long-term risk of contamination for our territory and resources.
St.
Mary's First Nation Chief Candice Paul is calling for the federal
Environment minister to reject the proposal for an open pit mine about
60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton. (CBC)
"St. Mary's First Nation appreciates Canada's acknowledgement of the heavy toll this mine would take on our rights," said St. Mary's Chief Candice Paul. "We call on Canada to honour its peace and friendship treaties with us and reject the mine on the basis of this finding of significant adverse effects."
Woodstock First Nation is not included on the list of Maliseet communities calling for the mine project to be rejected. Woodstock Chief Tim Paul declined to comment on Thursday.
Sisson Mines Ltd. wants to develop an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine and ore processing facility. It is expected to operate for 27 years, mining 30,000 dry tonnes per day. The projected cost of the mine is $579 million.
The mine is expected to create 500 jobs during its construction and 300 jobs during its operation.
Company officials declined interviews Thursday because the environmental assessment process is continuing to unfold. However, the company did issue a written statement about the findings of the comprehensive study report by the federal assessment agency, noting it concluded the mine "can be developed and operated in an environmentally responsible manner."
"This project can provide jobs and significant long term economic benefit to all New Brunswickers," the company stated.
"We recognize the importance First Nations places on the current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes and we are committed to advancing the Sisson project in a manner that respects these elements. Sisson will continue to engage Maliseet First Nations in a meaninful and constructive manner."
However, there appears to be little interest in dialogue from the five chiefs who signed off on Thursday's statement calling for the federal rejection of the proposal.
The New Brunswick government has approved the environmental impact assessment for the project, subject to 40 conditions.
"Maliseet Aboriginal and treaty rights are already seriously compromised in New Brunswick due to centuries of colonization, including overharvesting of key Maliseet resources and extensive development and privatization of provincial Crown land," reads the statements issued by lawyer Dominique Nouvet on behalf of the five chiefs.
Dominque
Nouvet represents the six Maliseet First Nations of St. Mary's,
Oromocto, Kingslcear, Woodstock, Tobique and Madawaska in their
negotiations with the New Brunswick government about the Sisson mine
project. (CBC)
"The agency considers the effects to be at a regional scale … permanent, continuous, and irreversible.
The chiefs of Kingsclear, Madawaska, Oromocto, St. Mary's and Tobique First Nations issued a statement on Thursday in reaction to a federal study that said the proposed mine would have a "significant" impact on several communities.
The proposed mine would impact 1,253 hectares of land about 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton that have been traditionally used for hunting, fishing and resource-gathering by the Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock and St. Mary's communities.
"This open pit mine would destroy one of our last remaining areas to harvest and practise our culture," said Tobique Chief Ross Perley in a statement by the chiefs. "It creates a long-term risk of contamination for our territory and resources.
"This is
not an appropriate project for Maliseet territory and we urge Canada to
reject it in light of the conclusions for the comprehensive study
report."
The report was released Friday by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to initiate a 30-day period of public response."St. Mary's First Nation appreciates Canada's acknowledgement of the heavy toll this mine would take on our rights," said St. Mary's Chief Candice Paul. "We call on Canada to honour its peace and friendship treaties with us and reject the mine on the basis of this finding of significant adverse effects."
Woodstock First Nation is not included on the list of Maliseet communities calling for the mine project to be rejected. Woodstock Chief Tim Paul declined to comment on Thursday.
Sisson responds
Sisson Mines Ltd. wants to develop an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine and ore processing facility. It is expected to operate for 27 years, mining 30,000 dry tonnes per day. The projected cost of the mine is $579 million.
The mine is expected to create 500 jobs during its construction and 300 jobs during its operation.
Company officials declined interviews Thursday because the environmental assessment process is continuing to unfold. However, the company did issue a written statement about the findings of the comprehensive study report by the federal assessment agency, noting it concluded the mine "can be developed and operated in an environmentally responsible manner."
"This project can provide jobs and significant long term economic benefit to all New Brunswickers," the company stated.
"We recognize the importance First Nations places on the current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes and we are committed to advancing the Sisson project in a manner that respects these elements. Sisson will continue to engage Maliseet First Nations in a meaninful and constructive manner."
However, there appears to be little interest in dialogue from the five chiefs who signed off on Thursday's statement calling for the federal rejection of the proposal.
Aboriginal and treaty rights
The New Brunswick government has approved the environmental impact assessment for the project, subject to 40 conditions.
"Maliseet Aboriginal and treaty rights are already seriously compromised in New Brunswick due to centuries of colonization, including overharvesting of key Maliseet resources and extensive development and privatization of provincial Crown land," reads the statements issued by lawyer Dominique Nouvet on behalf of the five chiefs.
"The mine would further erode the
Maliseet's constitutional rights and seriously infringe on Maliseet
Aboriginal title and treaty and harvesting cultural rights."
The
statement points to a section of the agency's report where it finds
"the residual adverse effects on current use of lands and resources for
traditional purposes to be of high magnitude given the size of the area
that would become unavailable and the cultural importance of this area.""The agency considers the effects to be at a regional scale … permanent, continuous, and irreversible.
"The agency considers that the measures proposed by the proponent would mitigate some effects on biophysical resources important for current land use activities, but fail to address the permanent loss of access to an area of high value, and the associated use of that area."
On Tuesday, Wolastoq Grand Chief Ron Tremblay said no amount of accommodation is worth damaging the land.
"We just want them to leave the land as it is," said Tremblay.
"We feel that as traditional people, we still utilize the land in our gathering, to hunt, and to do ceremonies, plus to collect medicines in that traditional territory.
"That's a very sacred piece of land to our people."
The New Brunswick government has approved the environmental impact assessment for the project, subject to 40 conditions.
The federal decision is expected to be made this summer.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maliseet-sisson-dominque-nouvet-1.3551328
Maliseet chiefs open to accommodation talks on Sisson mine
Dominique Nouvet says 'money would not solve the problem' Maliseet chiefs have with proposed mine
It will take
more than just money to compensate the Maliseet people for the loss of
land to a proposed mining operation, says the lawyer representing the
six Maliseet First Nations in accommodation discussions with the New
Brunswick government.
Dominique Nouvet told Information MorningFredericton the Maliseet chiefs have been willing to explore accommodation measures for the proposed Sisson mine project, but the discussions have been on hold.
"Money would not solve the problem," said Nouvet.
"The chiefs have been very clear there needs to be other measures put in place to address the impact to the culture — non-monetary measures. This is not a question of figuring out what price it would take to get the consent of all six Maliseet communities."
A report on the Sisson proposal by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency found the impact of the mine on the First Nations of St. Mary's, Tobique, Woodstock and Kingclear would be "significant."
The mine would be located Crown land about 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton that has been used by Maliseet for hunting, fishing and gathering resources.
"The Maliseet have peace and friendship treaties with the Crown. Those were treaties that do not surrender their Aboriginal title to the land," said Nouvet.
"So the Maliseet do assert Aboriginal title to the area where the Sisson project would be located."
"This problem is a really serious one given how little Crown land remains in the Maliseet territory," she said.
"Most of the land has been alienated and developed. There's very little of their territory, which they never surrendered, left."
The open pit mining operation for molybdenum and tungsten would include one of the world's largest tailings ponds to hold mining waste.
The proponents of the Sisson mine say it would create 500 jobs during construction and 300 jobs when in operation. It is expected to cost $579-million.
"Their culture and their identity can not be compensated for by money or dollars," said Nouvet.
"They want employment for their members, just as the New Brunswick government does. But we have to make choices as a society about which kind of projects are worth the risks and the costs.
"This one just comes at too high a cost for Maliseet culture."
The
Sisson mine project would be located 60 kilometres north of
Fredericton, near the surrounding communities of Stanley, Millville,
Juniper and Napadogan. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
"An Aboriginal title claim would take many years to litigate and to make its way through the courts," said Nouvet.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maliseet-first-nations-sisson-mine-deal-1.3976027
Lawyer
Dominque Nouvet represented the six Maliseet First Nations of St.
Mary's, Oromocto, Kingsclear, Woodstock, Tobique and Madawaska in their
negotiations with the New Brunswick government about the Sisson mine
project. (CBC)
Dominique Nouvet told Information MorningFredericton the Maliseet chiefs have been willing to explore accommodation measures for the proposed Sisson mine project, but the discussions have been on hold.
"Money would not solve the problem," said Nouvet.
"The chiefs have been very clear there needs to be other measures put in place to address the impact to the culture — non-monetary measures. This is not a question of figuring out what price it would take to get the consent of all six Maliseet communities."
- 5 Maliseet chiefs want Sisson mine rejected
- Sisson mine impact on Maliseet First Nations 'significant'
A report on the Sisson proposal by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency found the impact of the mine on the First Nations of St. Mary's, Tobique, Woodstock and Kingclear would be "significant."
The mine would be located Crown land about 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton that has been used by Maliseet for hunting, fishing and gathering resources.
Aboriginal title
"The Maliseet have peace and friendship treaties with the Crown. Those were treaties that do not surrender their Aboriginal title to the land," said Nouvet.
"So the Maliseet do assert Aboriginal title to the area where the Sisson project would be located."
The
lawyer hired to speak for New Brunswick's Maliseet First Nations says
the chiefs of five Maliseet First Nations are calling for the proposed
Sisson mine project to be rejected because of its impact on Maliseet
people. 9:16
Nouvet said the mine would
"permanently destroy" 12.5 hectares of land in one of the few remaining
blocks of Crown land in Maliseet territory."This problem is a really serious one given how little Crown land remains in the Maliseet territory," she said.
"Most of the land has been alienated and developed. There's very little of their territory, which they never surrendered, left."
Economic impact
The open pit mining operation for molybdenum and tungsten would include one of the world's largest tailings ponds to hold mining waste.
The proponents of the Sisson mine say it would create 500 jobs during construction and 300 jobs when in operation. It is expected to cost $579-million.
Their culture and their identity can not be compensated for by money or dollars.- Dominique Nouvet, lawyer for Maliseet First NationsNouvet said the five Maliseet chiefs who have stated opposition to the mine — Woodstock First National Chief Tim Paul has not opposed it — are aware the mine would have an economic impact in the area, although she believes the economic impact would not be a great as stated by the proponents.
"Their culture and their identity can not be compensated for by money or dollars," said Nouvet.
"They want employment for their members, just as the New Brunswick government does. But we have to make choices as a society about which kind of projects are worth the risks and the costs.
"This one just comes at too high a cost for Maliseet culture."
Nouvet
said as Canadian law stands today, Aboriginal groups to not have a veto
over projects until Aboriginal title is recognized in court or by the
Crown.
If the federal government approves the Sisson project,
Nouvet said if the Maliseet chiefs still want to stop it, they would
have to initiate a legal claim for Aboriginal title to the land."An Aboriginal title claim would take many years to litigate and to make its way through the courts," said Nouvet.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maliseet-first-nations-sisson-mine-deal-1.3976027
6 Maliseet First Nations agree to Sisson mine deal
Agreement will see First Nations share in millions of dollars a year in royalties from $579M mine
The six Maliseet
First Nations in New Brunswick have reached a multimillion-dollar
financial deal with the provincial government that clears the way for
the Sisson mine project north of Fredericton to proceed.
Under the accommodation agreement announced Friday, the six First Nations — St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska — will receive 9.8 per cent of provincial revenue generated from the metallic mineral tax. The six First Nations will share in:
"We have made one big leap in making the Sisson mine that much … closer to happening," Premier Brian Gallant said as he announced the agreement.
The
lifespan of the Sisson mine project would be 27 years. This graphic
from a video by Northcliff Resources shows what the project would look
like at year 20. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
The First Nations were not represented at the news conference in Florenceville-Bristol, where the deal was announced.
Lawyer Dominque Nouvet, who represented the First Nations in their negotiations with the province, released a statement late Friday stating most of chiefs had long opposed the mine but were mindful of the province's eagerness to see the project proceed.
"Given this reality, the Maliseet Chiefs spent over a year in negotiations with senior [provincial] officials exploring potential measures to address Maliseet concerns with the projects," reads the statement.
Following the announcement about the Sisson agreement, Finance Minister Cathy Rogers announced the province had reached a new 10-year agreement with the six Maliseet communities on sharing gas and tobacco tax revenue from sales by Maliseet retailers.
The province made the tax agreements conditional on the Sisson agreement, the chiefs said.
"This was a critical factor in the decision of many of the Maliseet governments to sign the agreements rather than litigate against the Sisson mine," said the Maliseet Nations statement.
The agreement will also see approximately $1.5 million worth of freehold land purchased to compensate the Maliseet communities for the 12.5 hectare that will be lost to the mine.
Until Friday, most Maliseet chiefs were opposed to the open-pit mine. In April 2016, the chiefs of St. Mary's, Tobique, Kingsclear, Oromocto and Madawaska First Nations called for the mine to be rejected.
"This open pit mine would destroy one of our last remaining areas to harvest and practise our culture," Tobique Chief Ross Perley said in a statement by the chiefs at the time.
Ron Tremblay, the appointed grand chief of Wolastoq, says the land in question is sacred and he wants it left alone. (CBC)
"I don't have a comment on the decision the band-elected chiefs have made," said Tremblay. "That's their prerogative."
"I wish that we would have had a seat at the table — the traditional government. But the provincial government has never invited us to the table."
The
Sisson mine project would be located 60 kilometres north of
Fredericton, near the surrounding communities of Stanley, Millville,
Juniper and Napadogan. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
During construction, the mine is expected to create 500 jobs. When the mine is in operation, it would create 300 jobs.
"We should very soon expect to have the federal government sign off from their point of view," said Gallant.
The proponent will then need to arrange for financing of the development, said Gallant.
"The next step after that is shovels in the ground and jobs being created in this region," said Gallant.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/first-nations-sisson-mine-agreement-1.3980330
Under the accommodation agreement announced Friday, the six First Nations — St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska — will receive 9.8 per cent of provincial revenue generated from the metallic mineral tax. The six First Nations will share in:
- $3 million upon federal environmental approval of the mine.
- 35 per cent of the first $2 million the province receives in royalties each year.
- 3.5 per cent of annual royalties above $2 million.
"We have made one big leap in making the Sisson mine that much … closer to happening," Premier Brian Gallant said as he announced the agreement.
A
report from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in April 2016
said the impact of the Sisson mine project is likely to be
significant on the Maliseet First Nations of Tobique, Kingsclear,
Woodstock and St. Mary's through the loss of a traditional area for
hunting, fishing and resource-gathering.
"Finalizing these
agreements is a big step in having the Sisson mine project move
forward," said Chris Zahovskis, the president and CEO of Northcliff
Resources, which co-owns the partnership proposing the mine.The First Nations were not represented at the news conference in Florenceville-Bristol, where the deal was announced.
Lawyer Dominque Nouvet, who represented the First Nations in their negotiations with the province, released a statement late Friday stating most of chiefs had long opposed the mine but were mindful of the province's eagerness to see the project proceed.
"Given this reality, the Maliseet Chiefs spent over a year in negotiations with senior [provincial] officials exploring potential measures to address Maliseet concerns with the projects," reads the statement.
Following the announcement about the Sisson agreement, Finance Minister Cathy Rogers announced the province had reached a new 10-year agreement with the six Maliseet communities on sharing gas and tobacco tax revenue from sales by Maliseet retailers.
The province made the tax agreements conditional on the Sisson agreement, the chiefs said.
"This was a critical factor in the decision of many of the Maliseet governments to sign the agreements rather than litigate against the Sisson mine," said the Maliseet Nations statement.
The agreement will also see approximately $1.5 million worth of freehold land purchased to compensate the Maliseet communities for the 12.5 hectare that will be lost to the mine.
Chiefs previously opposed mine
Until Friday, most Maliseet chiefs were opposed to the open-pit mine. In April 2016, the chiefs of St. Mary's, Tobique, Kingsclear, Oromocto and Madawaska First Nations called for the mine to be rejected.
"This open pit mine would destroy one of our last remaining areas to harvest and practise our culture," Tobique Chief Ross Perley said in a statement by the chiefs at the time.
The
traditional Wolastoq Grand Council was not involved in the negotiations
leading to the agreement and remains opposed to the mine.
"What we're mainly concerned about is the protection of the land and the waters," said Grand Chief Ron Tremblay."I don't have a comment on the decision the band-elected chiefs have made," said Tremblay. "That's their prerogative."
"I wish that we would have had a seat at the table — the traditional government. But the provincial government has never invited us to the table."
Mine costs $579M
The mine would impact 1,253 hectares of land about 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton.
The
open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine and ore-processing facility is
expected to operate for 27 years, mining 30,000 dry tonnes per day. The
mine is projected to cost $579 million.During construction, the mine is expected to create 500 jobs. When the mine is in operation, it would create 300 jobs.
- 5 Maliseet chiefs want Sisson mine rejected
- Sisson mine impact on Maliseet First Nations 'significant'
- Sisson mine project slammed by Aboriginal leaders
- Maliseet chiefs open to accommodation talks on Sisson mine
"We should very soon expect to have the federal government sign off from their point of view," said Gallant.
The proponent will then need to arrange for financing of the development, said Gallant.
"The next step after that is shovels in the ground and jobs being created in this region," said Gallant.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/first-nations-sisson-mine-agreement-1.3980330
How province pressured 6 First Nations to accept Sisson deal
Madawaska chief says Maliseet felt threatened with loss of tax deals if they didn't surrender on mine
A Maliseet First Nations chief
says the New Brunswick government threatened to cancel lucrative tax
deals with her band and other Indigenous communities if they didn't sign
an agreement on the Sisson mine.
Chief Patricia
Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation says she doesn't support
the proposed mine, but her band couldn't risk losing the money it gets
from provincial gas, tobacco and sales taxes collected at its Grey Rock
commercial development."The province wanted the chiefs to sign off on Sisson and made it pretty clear that if the Sisson agreements are not signed, they would not sign tax agreements with the First Nations," she told CBC News on Monday.
"They basically said they wouldn't sign new tax agreements at this time. They left it a little bit vague. But as you know, these tax agreements are vital to the programs and services that we provide to our community members. So we had little choice."
Goal became saving tax deals
Dominique Nouvet, the lawyer who negotiated the Sisson deal for the chiefs, agreed. She called saving the tax deals "a major factor" for most chiefs who signed the Sisson agreement.
Chief
Patricia Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation says the
province made it clear the chiefs had to sign off on Sisson if they
wanted to keep valuable tax agreements. Bernard
said the chiefs looked at launching a legal challenge to project, but
that would have taken years, and "in all honesty, we really needed to
secure our short-term existence with social programs and benefits the
communities get through these tax agreements."
On Friday,
Premier Brian Gallant announced that the six Maliseet chiefs in the
province had signed an "accommodation agreement" on the proposed $579
million open-pit tungsten mine northwest of Fredericton.Those tax agreements are the bread and butter to the success of this community, so we did feel pressured.- Patricia Bernard, Madawaska First Nation chiefThat's despite public opposition to the project by five of those chiefs as recently as last April, when they said the project would "destroy one of our last remaining areas to harvest and practise our culture."
The deal will give the six bands a projected 9.8 per cent of the revenue generated by the provincial metallic mineral tax.
It also commits the province to a joint negotiating table with First Nations representatives to assess the impact of resource development on Maliseet rights
Rogers says chiefs raised issue
Two hours later,
Finance Minister Cathy Rogers announced new 10-year gas and tobacco tax
deals with the same six Maliseet nations. Those deals will see
aboriginal gas retailers continue to keep 95 per cent of the tax revenue
they collect, a share that will drop to 70 per cent if the amount
exceeds $8 million.
Rogers suggested on Friday that the
chiefs brought up the tax deals "as we were doing our duty to consult"
on the Sisson project.Bernard said the dynamic was more complicated than that and hinged on the growing Maliseet reliance on the tax deals.
Those agreements are expected to be worth $40 million provincewide next year, up from $33 million this year, including the six Maliseet deals and identical agreements with nine Mi'kmaq bands that the province is now renegotiating.
Bernard
said the revenue is essential for health, education and other services
on her reserve. The federal government pays for those programs but
doesn't provide funding at the same level the province does to the
non-aboriginal population, she said.
"Those tax
agreements are the bread and butter to the success of this community, so
we did feel pressured," she said. Her band received $13.6 million from
the deals in 2015-16, according to government figures.'We do not approve and at no point do we approve of that mine.' - Patricia Bernard, Madawaska First Nation chiefJust weeks before the last election, the previous Progressive Conservative government gave bands the required 90 days' notice that it would cancel the tax deals.
But the Liberals won the election and put the termination on hold in favour of negotiations.
That left the bands "in a constant state of uncertainty" about whether the money would abruptly stop, Bernard said.
"It was hanging over the First Nations, and particularly the Maliseet communities that rely heavily on those tax agreements," she said.
"The Sisson negotiations were ongoing, and then at some point the province brought up the tax agreements. That caused an issue [among chiefs] of, 'is that a good idea,' and then the First Nations brought it back up. So it was brought up by both parties at different times."
Agreement doesn't mean support
She said the accommodation agreement does not mean the Maliseet chiefs approve of the Sisson mine.
"We do not approve and at no point do we approve of that mine," Bernard said. "But if they're going to go ahead with the mine, we needed to take some sort of accommodation for that loss."
The
New Brunswick government says the province could earn $280 million in
royalties over the life of the Sisson mine. It's described as an open
pit tungsten and molybdenum mine and ore-processing facility. Bernard said chiefs heard grassroots criticism in their communities on the weekend for "approving" the mine.
"The
chiefs did not approve of this mine," she said. "This accommodation
agreement is compensation for something the province is going to do."Energy and Resources Development Minister Rick Doucet said Monday that the Liberal government is "committed to upholding our obligation under the duty to consult," a constitutional requirement established by the Supreme Court.
But Nouvet said the province violated that duty when it gave environmental approval to the mine in December 2015, while the consultations were still going on.
Even so, Nouvet said the chances of a successful constitutional lawsuit were not good.
Must prove title
"The Maliseet did not in Canadian law have a veto over this project," Nouvet said. While most chiefs would have voted no to Sisson, "the courts have said this over and over again: until your aboriginal title is proven in court, you do not have a veto."
Nouvet
said the 9.8 per cent share of mineral tax revenue is "quite modest"
compared to similar deals in Western Canada and wasn't the deciding
factor.
The accommodation agreement, including the joint process on land use, is the first of its kind in the province, she said."It's a historic event in New Brunswick in that sense," she said, even if seeing the mine go ahead is "not the outcome that most of the elected leadership of the Maliseet would have chosen had it been up to them."
Nouvet said the Sisson agreement doesn't extinguish Maliseet title to their traditional territories and would not affect indigenous rights to consultation on other projects such as the Energy East pipeline.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-ernie-steeves-1.3994552
'It's not financially viable': Sisson mine plan questioned by Tories
Less than 3 years after taking a pro-resource platform to voters, PC asks about environmental risks
A Progressive Conservative MLA has raised questions about the proposed
Sisson mine's environmental risk and business case, comments that appear
to contradict his own party's position on the project.
Moncton Northwest MLA Ernie Steeves said Wednesday the proposed mine is "dangerously close" to the Nashwaak River watershed.
He also said it may not be viable financially because of a drop in mineral prices.
Asked about that position, Steeves said Wednesday things have changed.
"In 2014, the price of tungsten was right up there," he told reporters. "It's not now."
Steeves said tungsten prices have "tanked" and the price for the mine's other mineral, molybdenum, which was getting $45 US a pound in 2005, is now $7.
"It's not financially viable," Steeves said, accusing the Liberals of "promising people things that they know are not ever going to happen."
The
lifespan of the Sisson mine project would be 27 years. This graphic
from a video by Northcliff Resources shows what the project would look
like at year 20. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
But
Environment Minister Serge Rousselle said the mine's proponent,
Northcliff Resources, will probably make its decisions based on
long-term price forecasts, not the amount on a given day.
"The market will decide the question of timing in terms of when the project will go ahead," he said. "That is up to the proponent to decide."
And at least one major investor seems to be betting it will happen.
The Todd Corp. of New Zealand, a privately held company run by a billionaire family, announced Wednesday it will invest $4 million in Northcliff through a stock purchase. That follows a $3 million investment by the same company in December.
Rousselle also said that if Steeves is questioning the mine because of plunging prices, he should also reconsider PC support for shale gas development, since gas prices have also dropped since 2014.
The
Sisson mine project would be located 60 kilometres north of
Fredericton, near the surrounding communities of Stanley, Millville,
Juniper and Napadogan. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
The province spent $187,000 last year on its environmental impact assessment of the project, which approved it with conditions.
Rousselle told Steeves while his staff would conduct inspections in the future, Northcliff would pay the cost. That's why there's no money in the coming year's budget.
But Steeves told reporters he still has concerns about the environmental impact of the open-pit mine, which will cover 1,253 hectares north of Fredericton.
The Sisson mine was one of the projects former PC premier David Alward frequently mentioned in his "Say Yes" re-election campaign in 2014.
Alward said he would not "take the easy way out" by rejecting controversial resource development opportunities such as shale gas extraction and the mine.
Steeves wouldn't say Wednesday if he wants the mine to go ahead.
"That's up to the government," he said. "I want to see jobs in New Brunswick, absolutely."
He refused to say what he thought about the mine's open pit, even though he was the one to raise the issue with Rousselle during the committee hearing.
"I'm not the environmental expert, so I'm not sure I can comment on that,"he said.
Steeves wouldn't say what he would do about the mine if he were in power, either, saying he'd have to consult the PC caucus.
"I'm not the leader of the party," he said, pointing out he was the party's critic for seniors issues. "I don't know what the policy would be on that."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-northcliff-stock-trading-new-brunswick-1.3996230
The
lifespan of the Sisson mine project would be 27 years. This graphic
from a video by Northcliff Resources shows what the project would look
like at year 20. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick won't say whether it's investigating trading activities related to Northcliff Resources Ltd. and its proposed Sisson mine project north of Fredericton.
The provincial regulatory body never confirms or discusses any investigations unless it concludes there have been violations of securities legislation and it's ready to file allegations against individuals or companies, said senior legal counsel Brian Maude.
"At that point, that becomes public because it's in the public interest for that information to be disclosed," he said.
Earlier this month, CBC News revealed the value of Northcliff's shares increased by 56 per cent between December — when the provincial government and the chiefs of the Maliseet First Nations reached an agreement behind closed doors that would accommodate development of the Vancouver-based company's proposed tungsten-molybdenum open pit mine and processing facility outside Stanley — and Feb. 10, when news of the deal was made public.
During that eight-week period, unknown investors had been buying Northcliff stock and bidding its price up from nine cents per share on Dec. 15 to a new 52-week high of 14 cents per share on Feb. 9, according to Toronto Stock Exchange trading archives.
The
Financial and Consumer Services Commission looks for unusual activity,
such as a significant increase or decrease in stock prices over a very
short period of time, says senior legal counsel Brian Maude. (Submitted by Financial and Consumer Services Commission)
It is not legal in Canada for anyone
who has confidential information about a company that is not known to
the public or other shareholders to act on that knowledge.
"If you're dealing with information that is not public, then you're trading with an advantage, or creating a disadvantage for people who are only relying on public information," Maude said.
The "million dollar question," however, is trying to determine whether there's a direct relationship between stock trading and someone being privy to private information — and whether that information could in fact have a "material impact" on the share price.
"That's why these cases are so difficult to investigate," he said.
As a result, the commission does not divulge any information about ongoing investigations.
"If we say, 'I'm investigating company X. Now, they may or may not have done anything wrong, we're just going to investigate to see whether or not they did,' that's not going to go over well … particularly if it turns out that at the end of our investigation, they didn't do anything wrong," Maude said.
It could have a "really serious impact" on the public company, its stock prices, people who work for the company, as well as the individuals who have invested in that company in good faith, he said.
Since the agreement with the Maliseet chiefs was made public on February 10, Northcliff Resources stock has escalated further — hitting a two year high on Tuesday of 23 cents per share.
If individuals or companies are found to have violated securities legislation in New Brunswick, they can face a maximum fine of about $750,000, said Maude.
Before its recent rally on the markets, Northcliff's stock had been struggling for a number of years, at one point losing 87 per cent of its value since peaking at 65 cents per share in 2012.
Sagging international tungsten and molybdenum prices over the last two years have been hovering well below levels the company envisioned in its 2013 feasibility study for the development, although the Gallant government's faith in the project has never publicly wavered.
Under the recent agreement, the six First Nations — St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska — will receive 9.8 per cent of provincial revenue generated from the metallic mineral tax. The six First Nations will share in:
The province forecasts the mine could result in $280 million in mineral royalties to the province over its expected 27-year life.
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Subject: RE The nonsense I heard and read in CBC about money today
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Brian Maude - Insider Trading
Terry Seguin talks to the Senior Legal Counsel with the Financial and
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CRA's new fingerprinting policy could create travel problems for
accused tax evaders
Tax agency calls mandatory fingerprinting 'a powerful deterrent'
By Dean Beeby, CBC News Posted: Feb 21, 2017 9:00 PM ET
The Canada Revenue Agency has begun to record the fingerprints of
every person charged with tax evasion, a move that could severely
restrict foreign travel for anyone accused but not necessarily
convicted of a criminal tax offence.
"Introducing a mandatory fingerprinting policy would serve as a
powerful deterrent to those considering committing a serious tax
offence or those who may contemplate reoffending," says an internal
memorandum justifying the new measure.
"The mobility restriction is an important deterrent, especially for
people engaged in offshore tax evasion."
The agency changed its policy manuals last fall to implement mandatory
fingerprinting following years of inconsistent fingerprint collection
based on the varying advice of local prosecutors.
Diane Lebouthillier
Last year, Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier's agency
received $444 million over five years to chase down tax evaders,
including those using offshore tax havens. Critics say efforts so far
have let wealth-management companies, which facilitate the use of tax
havens, off the hook. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The new policy means the fingerprints of all accused tax evaders will
be recorded in the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) database,
accessible by almost 70,000 Canadian police officers but also by some
foreign agencies such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and
its border officers.
As the memo notes, U.S. officials checking the CPIC database "may view
a taxpayer charged and/or convicted for tax evasion as inadmissible to
their country."
CBC News obtained a copy of the memo, and the July 7 order authorizing
the new policy, under the Access to Information Act, with several
sections blacked out under security and advice exemptions.
Tracking begins April 1
"Without a national policy on fingerprinting, CRA's convictions were
not always recorded in CPIC," CRA spokesman David Walters said in an
email. "Therefore, some persons convicted of tax evasion were unknown
to law enforcement agencies."
Walters said the agency will rely on qualified police officers to
collect the prints. He said there are no statistics to date on how
many fingerprints have been collected since the change in policy but
formal tracking is to begin April 1.
CRA turning to 'big data' to focus its audits — and catch tax cheats
Tip line leads Canada Revenue Agency to offshore tax cheats
The CPIC database is keyed to fingerprints, which are the prime means
of tracking a person's movements before and after conviction. "Without
fingerprints, the CRA cannot ask law enforcement to carry out such
tracing of movements," the memo says.
The document also says the new policy puts those accused of tax
evasion on a level playing field with people charged with theft, fraud
and financial crimes.
They're not charging many people ... they're mostly settling out of court
- Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness
There are other benefits, it says, including "facilitating the
apprehension of an accused who fails to appear for trial or sentencing
as it allows law enforcement to execute a bench warrant for the arrest
of a person alleged to have committed a tax crime, including any
accused who may leave the country to avoid facing the consequences of
their actions."
Walters says if an accused is acquitted of tax evasion, the agency
will "request" the fingerprints be removed from the CPIC database —
though some law firms specializing in fingerprint "destruction" warn
the images could remain for months, depending on the protocols of the
police service that registered the prints.
The new policy is part of the agency's renewed emphasis on tax cheats,
especially offshore tax evaders, and includes $444.4 million earmarked
in last year's budget to combat tax evasion over five years.
Financial tracking
Since January 2015, financial institutions have also been required to
report directly to the CRA all international electronic fund transfers
of $10,000 or more. In a little more than a year following that
legislative change, the agency received data on more than 17 million
transactions.
The tax agency has also been more frequently accessing the financial
databases of FINTRAC, the federal centre that combats money laundering
and terrorist financing, after critics said the two institutions
weren't sharing enough information.
CRA formally asked FINTRAC for information from its databases on
specific cases 68 times in 2015-2016, more than triple the requests
from 2013-2014.
Howlett
Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness says CRA isn't charging
enough tax evaders, and is instead choosing out-of-court settlements
where the terms and identities aren't disclosed. (CBC)
One of CRA's most persistent critics — the non-profit Canadians for
Tax Fairness, funded largely by unions — questions the effectiveness
of the new fingerprinting policy when the agency turns so seldom to
the justice system to catch big tax cheats.
"They are not charging many people, so the evidence would seem to
indicate they're mostly settling out of court," executive director
Dennis Howlett said in an interview.
"They do need to take some cases to court to clearly establish some
precedents and to strengthen their negotiating hand when they do
settle out of court … We're a bit surprised there aren't more
charges."
Howlett also said CRA is still not pursuing wealth-management firms
that facilitate offshore tax evasion, or corporations that may be
keeping profits in offshore tax havens to evade taxes at home.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:25:03 -0400
Subject: YO Jana Winter why not ask CBC or Birgitta Jónsdóttir or her
Prime Minister or your President Trump or his lawyer Mr Cohen
(646-853-0114) If I am one of "The real bad guys" in Canada they
seek???
To: janawinter@protonmail.com, Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov, "James.Comey"
<James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov>, Diana.Swain@cbc.ca, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>, postur <postur@for.is>, "Robert. Jones"
<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
krishnamurthyp@sec.gov, "Marc.Litt" <Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>,
"PETER.MACKAY" <PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, plee@stu.ca, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
postur@for.stjr.is, aih@cbc.ca, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:34:40 -0300
Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
To: frank.pingue@thomsonreuters.
johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.
Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
grant.mccool@thomsonreuters.
"Robert. Jones" Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, marie@mariemorneau.com,
dfranklin@franklinlegal.com, egilla@althingi.is,
william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is,
Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is,
cdhowe@cdhowe.org, desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca,
jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.
fme@fme.is, info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is
Cc: rfowlo@comcast.net, jmullen@townofmilton.org, webo@xplornet.com,
t.j.burke@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net,
"spinks08@hotmail.com" spinks08@hotmail.com, gypsy-blog
gypsy-blog@hotmail.com, "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com,
nbpolitico nbpolitico@gmail.com>, "bruce.fitch" bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
"bruce.alec"
bruce.alec@gmail.com
I know that the Yankee law enforcement people are either as dumb as
posts or pure evil. There appears to be few exceptions. The ethical
Ms. Olson is my favourite lady today. Does anyone speaking or acting
in the best interests of the decent folks in Iceland understand my
sincerity and her Integrity YET?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
'The real bad guys' are coming from Canada, not Mexico, Daily Beast
report alleges
Leaked FBI data from 2014-2016 suggests more 'suspected terrorists'
enter U.S. by way of Canada than Mexico
By Diana Swain, CBC News Posted: Feb 11, 2017 9:00 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/the-
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 2016
Air Date: Nov 18, 2016 6:44 PM ET
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 201622:24
Did the spread of fake news on social media play a role in electing
Donald Trump? Diana speaks with a BuzzFeed reporter who revealed a
group of Facebook employees are trying to combat misinformation. Plus,
behind-the-scenes on a collaboration between CBC News and the Toronto
Star about police powers in the digital age. Watch Sat 9:30 pm ET &
Sun 5:30 pm ET on CBC News Network.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 24, 2016 8:42 AM ET
Episode 2: The ethics and challenges of reporting on data dumps after
another release by Wikileaks hits the U.S. presidential campaign.
Plus, a CBC News investigation into solitary confinement
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 14, 2016 9:57 PM ET
Series premiere: How journalists got the scoop on Donald Trump, and
questions about the privacy of your medical information
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: president <president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au
pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press
<press@bankofengland.co.uk>, "Andrew.Bailey"
<Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
fin.financepublic-
<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<news-tips@nytimes.com>, lionel <lionel@lionelmedia.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com, elizabeththompson"
<elizabeththompson@ipolitics.
"Bill.Morneau" <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, postur <postur@for.is>,
stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hancox, Rick (FCNB)" <rick.hancox@fcnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
G'Day/Bonjour,
Thanks for your e-mail. I am out of the office until 24 February. If
you need more immediate assistance, please contact France Bouchard at
506 658-2696.
Je serai absent du bureau jusqu'au 24 fevrier Durant mon absence,
veuillez contacter France Bouchard au 506 658-2696 pour assistance
immédiate.
Thanks/Merci Rick
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:15:04 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just called and left a
message for you
To: Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
"Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
"mark.vespucci" <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
curtis <curtis@marinerpartners.com>, "rick.hancox"
<rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<djtjr@trumporg.com>, mcohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>,
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "ht.lacroix" <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
"hon.melanie.joly" <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>
Trust that Trump, CBC and everybody else knows that I speak and act
Pro Se particularly when dealing with the Evil Tax Man
https://twitter.com/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Documents for thousands of Canadian residents transferred under
controversial FATCA legislation
By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Banking records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned
over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a
controversial information sharing deal, CBC News has learned.
That is double the number transferred in the deal's first year.
The Canada Revenue Agency transmitted 315,160 banking records to the
IRS on Sept. 28, 2016 — a 104 per cent increase over the 154,667
records the agency sent in September 2015.
Lisa Damien, spokeswoman for the CRA, attributed the increase to the
fact it was the second year for the Canada-U.S. information sharing
deal that was sparked by the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA).
"The exchange in September 2015 was based on accounts identified by
financial institutions at the time," she said. "The number of reported
accounts was expected to increase in 2016, because the financial
institutions have had more time to complete their due diligence and
identify other reportable accounts."
Trudeau Nuclear Summit 20160331
Prior to coming to power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed the
agreement to share banking records of Canadian residents with the IRS.
He has since changed his position. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The transmission of banking records of Canadian residents is the
result of an agreement worked out in 2014 between Canada and the U.S.
after the American government adopted FATCA. The U.S. tax compliance
act requires financial institutions around the world to reveal
information about bank accounts in a bid to crack down on tax evasion
by U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts.
Dual citizens, long-term visitors affected
The deal requires financial institutions to share the banking records
of those considered to be "U.S. persons" for tax purposes — regardless
of whether they are U.S. citizens.
Among the people who can be considered by the IRS as "U.S. persons"
are Canadians born in the U.S., dual citizens or even those who spend
more than a certain number of days in the United States each year.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper's government argued that given
the penalties the U.S. was threatening to impose, it had no choice but
to negotiate the information sharing deal. The former government said
it was able to exempt some types of accounts from the information
transfer.
CRA
The Canada Revenue Agency transfers banking records of people believed
to be 'U.S. persons' to the IRS. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The Canada Revenue Agency triggered controversy after it transferred
the first batch of Canadian banking records to the IRS in September
2015 in the midst of the election campaign, without waiting for an
assessment by Canada's privacy commissioner or the outcome of a legal
challenge to the agreement's constitutionality.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Treasury Board President Scott Brison
and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale have dropped calls to scrap
the deal, which they had made before the Liberals came to power.
Watchdog wants proactive notification
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has raised concerns about the
information sharing, questioning whether financial institutions are
reporting more accounts than necessary. Under the agreement, financial
institutions only have to report accounts belonging to those believed
to be U.S. persons if they contain more than $50,000.
Therrien has also suggested the CRA proactively notify individuals
that their financial records had been shared with the IRS. However,
the CRA has been reluctant to agree to Therrien's suggestion.
Racial Profiling 20160107
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has questioned whether the CRA is
transmitting more banking records to the IRS than is necessary.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the increase in the
number of files transferred was "surprising," and he questioned
whether financial institutions are only sharing records of accounts
worth more than $50,000.
"I don't see how there would be 150,000 more accounts reportable to
the IRS in one year. It is something I will look into."
Dusseault said the CRA should notify every Canadian resident whose
banking records are shared with the IRS.
Lynne Swanson, of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian
Sovereignty, which is challenging the information sharing agreement in
Federal Court, said she has no idea why the number of banking records
shared with the IRS doubled.
Youngest MP 20110519
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should notify
every Canadian resident whose banking records are shared with the IRS.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
"It still seems low in comparison to the number of Canadians that are
affected by this," she said. "It is estimated that a million Canadians
are affected by this."
Hopes for repeal
Swanson hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump, or Congress — which is
now controlled by the Republican Party — will scrap FATCA. The
Republican platform pledged to do away with the information collecting
legislation.
"FATCA not only allows 'unreasonable search and seizures' but also
threatens the ability of overseas Americans to lead normal lives," the
platform reads. "We call for its repeal and for a change to
residency-based taxation for U.S. citizens overseas."
Swanson's group is also hoping the Federal Court of Canada will
intervene, although a date has not yet been set for a hearing.
"A foreign government is essentially telling the Canadian government
how Canadian citizens and Canadian residents should be treated. It is
a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
<fin.financepublic-
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "MAY, Theresa" <theresa.may.mp@parliament.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:10:53 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Whereas the UKIP NEVER had any time to talk
to me about the financial industry now I have even less of my precious
time for them just like wannabe Consevative leaders who try to play dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" <fin.minfinance-financemin.
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:06:39 +0000
Subject: RE: Whereas the UKIP NEVER had any time to talk to me about
the financial industry now I have even less of my precious time for
them just like wannabe Consevative leaders who try to play dumb
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "HAMMOND, Philip" <philip.hammond.mp@parliament.
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:10:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Whereas the UKIP NEVER had any time to talk
to me about the financial industry now I have even less of my precious
time for them just like wannabe Consevative leaders who try to play dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 12:50:55 -0400
Subject: Fwd Attn Peter.Murrell of the Scottish National Party I am on
the phone to you right now (902 800 0369) You are welcome George
Osborne Say Hello to the RCMP and Jean Chretien for me will ya?
To: nigel.farage@europarl.europa.
<boris.johnson.mp@parliament.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
UKIP,
Lexdrum House,
King Charles Business Park,
Newton Abbot, Devon
TQ12 6UT
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Email: mail@ukip.org
http://uk.businessinsider.com/
Paul Nuttall interview: UKIP will take Stoke from 'lobby-fodder' Labour
Adam Payne Jan. 26, 2017, 8:57 AM
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-
Names in frames for key by-election in Stoke Central
Patrick Burns Political editor, Midlands
http://www.stokesentinel.co.
Revealed: Final list of candidates for the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election
By Phil Corrigan | Posted: January 31, 2017
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Ukip's Paul Nuttall under investigation after admitting to never
having lived in his 'permanent residence' in Stoke
By Helena Horton 2 February 2017 • 6:06pm
https://www.theguardian.com/
Stoke byelection: this is Britain on the edge, torn between hope and despair
Polly Toynbee Monday 6 February 2017 20.01 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/
Paul Nuttall's 'Nukip' vision: 'Beer-swilling is an image of the past'
Ukip leader is confident of winning Stoke byelection and aims to
increase party’s appeal to women and working classes
Amelia Gentleman Tuesday 7 February 2017 19.01 GMT
http://www.standard.co.uk/
The Johnson supremacy
Tuesday 4 October 2011 10:31 BST
"The world does not need a mini-Boris," says Jo Johnson, the
journalist-turned-politician trying to escape the shadow of his
journalist-turned-politician brother in their dynasty of journalists
and politicians. "It would be a disaster if I tried to pass myself off
as him." The Conservative MP for Orpington is sibling number four in
the Johnson clan. After Boris, comes The Lady editor Rachel,
entrepreneurial Leo, Jo and then two half-siblings, Julia and Max. Jo
is considered the "sensible" one: "There was no point trying to be the
loud one."
If Boris is the showman and the stand-up comic, Jo seems to have a
better eye for detail. Some have suggested the two could one day
compete for the top job in the party, Miliband-style, although Jo
describes Labour's filial battle as "unedifying". Perhaps a BoJo-JoJo
double-act at 10 and 11 Downing Street might be an alternate vision of
the future? Jo gives the perfect
politician-being-grilled-on-
David Cameron the right man for the right time. I am full-square
behind him and George Osborne."
Jo looks like Boris's slimmer body double, his suit and hair less
tousled. At 39, he is eight years the Mayor's junior and says his
father Stanley is more often mistaken for Boris than he is. "
"On top of his backbencher's salary though, the register of members'
interests shows regular sums from the Financial Times, where he
remains a contributing editor, and that he recently received £3,600
for giving a speech to Bank of America employees.
His house, where he lives with his wife Amelia Gentleman and two
children, is in Camden, "a nice part of town, but it's not Belgravia".
He and Gentleman, a Guardian journalist whose mantelpiece must groan
under awards, met 20 years ago while students at Oxford, and married
in 2005.
Marrying to the Left seems a Johnson tradition: their mother Charlotte
Johnson Wahl has faultless Leftie credentials while Boris's wife
Marina is said to be much more liberal than he. Gentleman has written
extensively about the impact of the Government's cuts which, I
suggest, must make for some lively conversation over the supper table:
"There's lots of healthy debate, debate is good," he says, a view that
seems lucky in light of his family. "You can't iron contradictions out
of individuals and you can't iron them out of families."
Moncton Northwest MLA Ernie Steeves said Wednesday the proposed mine is "dangerously close" to the Nashwaak River watershed.
He also said it may not be viable financially because of a drop in mineral prices.
In 2014, the price of tungsten was right up there. It's not now.- Ernie Steeves, Moncton Northwest MLAThe rookie MLA's skepticism is at odds with the 2014 PC election campaign in which Steeves was a candidate. In that race, the party ran on encouraging resource development, including the mine, and accused the Liberals of lacking a commitment to such projects.
Asked about that position, Steeves said Wednesday things have changed.
"In 2014, the price of tungsten was right up there," he told reporters. "It's not now."
Steeves said tungsten prices have "tanked" and the price for the mine's other mineral, molybdenum, which was getting $45 US a pound in 2005, is now $7.
"It's not financially viable," Steeves said, accusing the Liberals of "promising people things that they know are not ever going to happen."
Tungsten is used to make light bulb filaments, X-ray tubes and electrodes.
"The market will decide the question of timing in terms of when the project will go ahead," he said. "That is up to the proponent to decide."
$4M investment
And at least one major investor seems to be betting it will happen.
The Todd Corp. of New Zealand, a privately held company run by a billionaire family, announced Wednesday it will invest $4 million in Northcliff through a stock purchase. That follows a $3 million investment by the same company in December.
Rousselle also said that if Steeves is questioning the mine because of plunging prices, he should also reconsider PC support for shale gas development, since gas prices have also dropped since 2014.
Steeves
waded into the Sisson discussion when a legislative committee was
debating Rousselle's departmental budget estimates. He said the province
doesn't appear to be budgeting any money for environmental inspections
at the mine.
Rousselle told Steeves while his staff would conduct inspections in the future, Northcliff would pay the cost. That's why there's no money in the coming year's budget.
But Steeves told reporters he still has concerns about the environmental impact of the open-pit mine, which will cover 1,253 hectares north of Fredericton.
'We all worry about it'
"We all worry about it and we worry about the ongoing money there," Steeves said. "Yeah, absolutely … there's environmental concerns with everything we do, and I just want to make sure they're keeping those in check, if they go ahead."The Sisson mine was one of the projects former PC premier David Alward frequently mentioned in his "Say Yes" re-election campaign in 2014.
Alward said he would not "take the easy way out" by rejecting controversial resource development opportunities such as shale gas extraction and the mine.
Steeves wouldn't say Wednesday if he wants the mine to go ahead.
"That's up to the government," he said. "I want to see jobs in New Brunswick, absolutely."
- How province pressured 6 Firsts Nations to accept Sisson deal
- Sisson mine owners see share price climb 56% in weeks before Maliseet deal
He refused to say what he thought about the mine's open pit, even though he was the one to raise the issue with Rousselle during the committee hearing.
"I'm not the environmental expert, so I'm not sure I can comment on that,"he said.
Steeves wouldn't say what he would do about the mine if he were in power, either, saying he'd have to consult the PC caucus.
"I'm not the leader of the party," he said, pointing out he was the party's critic for seniors issues. "I don't know what the policy would be on that."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-northcliff-stock-trading-new-brunswick-1.3996230
Financial watchdog mum on 56% jump in Sisson mine shares
Financial and Consumer Services Commission does not confirm any investigations unless violations found
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick won't say whether it's investigating trading activities related to Northcliff Resources Ltd. and its proposed Sisson mine project north of Fredericton.
The provincial regulatory body never confirms or discusses any investigations unless it concludes there have been violations of securities legislation and it's ready to file allegations against individuals or companies, said senior legal counsel Brian Maude.
"At that point, that becomes public because it's in the public interest for that information to be disclosed," he said.
Earlier this month, CBC News revealed the value of Northcliff's shares increased by 56 per cent between December — when the provincial government and the chiefs of the Maliseet First Nations reached an agreement behind closed doors that would accommodate development of the Vancouver-based company's proposed tungsten-molybdenum open pit mine and processing facility outside Stanley — and Feb. 10, when news of the deal was made public.
During that eight-week period, unknown investors had been buying Northcliff stock and bidding its price up from nine cents per share on Dec. 15 to a new 52-week high of 14 cents per share on Feb. 9, according to Toronto Stock Exchange trading archives.
The
Financial and Consumer Services Commission typically investigates "any
type of unusual trading activity" flagged through data analysis or
sometimes tips, including any trading that occurs based on non-public
information, said Maude.
"If you're dealing with information that is not public, then you're trading with an advantage, or creating a disadvantage for people who are only relying on public information," Maude said.
The "million dollar question," however, is trying to determine whether there's a direct relationship between stock trading and someone being privy to private information — and whether that information could in fact have a "material impact" on the share price.
"That's why these cases are so difficult to investigate," he said.
As a result, the commission does not divulge any information about ongoing investigations.
"If we say, 'I'm investigating company X. Now, they may or may not have done anything wrong, we're just going to investigate to see whether or not they did,' that's not going to go over well … particularly if it turns out that at the end of our investigation, they didn't do anything wrong," Maude said.
It could have a "really serious impact" on the public company, its stock prices, people who work for the company, as well as the individuals who have invested in that company in good faith, he said.
Since the agreement with the Maliseet chiefs was made public on February 10, Northcliff Resources stock has escalated further — hitting a two year high on Tuesday of 23 cents per share.
If individuals or companies are found to have violated securities legislation in New Brunswick, they can face a maximum fine of about $750,000, said Maude.
Multimillion-dollar deal
Before its recent rally on the markets, Northcliff's stock had been struggling for a number of years, at one point losing 87 per cent of its value since peaking at 65 cents per share in 2012.
Sagging international tungsten and molybdenum prices over the last two years have been hovering well below levels the company envisioned in its 2013 feasibility study for the development, although the Gallant government's faith in the project has never publicly wavered.
Under the recent agreement, the six First Nations — St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska — will receive 9.8 per cent of provincial revenue generated from the metallic mineral tax. The six First Nations will share in:
- $3 million upon federal environmental approval of the mine.
- 35 per cent of the first $2 million the province receives in royalties each year.
- 3.5 per cent of annual royalties above $2 million.
The province forecasts the mine could result in $280 million in mineral royalties to the province over its expected 27-year life.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:15:48 -0400
Subject: RE The nonsense I heard and read in CBC about money today
Well Mr Beeby and Terry Baby trust that I managed to talk your friends
Mr. Maude and an associate of David Walters of the CRA
To: david.walters@cra-arc.gc.ca, Lisa.Damien@cra-arc.gc.ca,
jason.alcorn@fcnb.ca, brian.maude@nbsc-cvmnb.ca,
"dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "mark.vespucci"
<mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, oig <oig@sec.gov>,
"Andrew.Bailey" <Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
"James.Comey" <James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
"Dean.Beeby" <Dean.Beeby@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin" <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>,
premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "denis.landry2" <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/
Brian Maude - Insider Trading
Terry Seguin talks to the Senior Legal Counsel with the Financial and
Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick about insider trading.
Brian E. Maude
Financial and Consumer Services Commission
85 Charlotte Street, Suite 300
Saint John, NB E2L 2J2
Tel: (506) 658-3020
Fax: (506) 658-3059
brian.maude@nbsc-cvmnb.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Alcorn, Jason (FCNB)" <jason.alcorn@fcnb.ca>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 02:22:35 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE The Ombudsman warns Commission on
Electoral Reform for NB not to ignore public's cynicism about voting
YEA RIGHT Tell me another one Chucky Murray
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office, returning
om Tuesday 10 January 2017. If you require immediate assistance,
please dial (506) 658-3060.
Merci pour votre courriel. Je suis absent du bureau, et je retournerai
mardi le 10 janvier 2017. Pour une assistance immediate, veuillez
composez le (506) 658-3060.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
David Walters
613-957-3522
david.walters@cra-arc.gc.ca
CRA's new fingerprinting policy could create travel problems for
accused tax evaders
Tax agency calls mandatory fingerprinting 'a powerful deterrent'
By Dean Beeby, CBC News Posted: Feb 21, 2017 9:00 PM ET
The Canada Revenue Agency has begun to record the fingerprints of
every person charged with tax evasion, a move that could severely
restrict foreign travel for anyone accused but not necessarily
convicted of a criminal tax offence.
"Introducing a mandatory fingerprinting policy would serve as a
powerful deterrent to those considering committing a serious tax
offence or those who may contemplate reoffending," says an internal
memorandum justifying the new measure.
"The mobility restriction is an important deterrent, especially for
people engaged in offshore tax evasion."
The agency changed its policy manuals last fall to implement mandatory
fingerprinting following years of inconsistent fingerprint collection
based on the varying advice of local prosecutors.
Diane Lebouthillier
Last year, Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier's agency
received $444 million over five years to chase down tax evaders,
including those using offshore tax havens. Critics say efforts so far
have let wealth-management companies, which facilitate the use of tax
havens, off the hook. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The new policy means the fingerprints of all accused tax evaders will
be recorded in the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) database,
accessible by almost 70,000 Canadian police officers but also by some
foreign agencies such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and
its border officers.
As the memo notes, U.S. officials checking the CPIC database "may view
a taxpayer charged and/or convicted for tax evasion as inadmissible to
their country."
CBC News obtained a copy of the memo, and the July 7 order authorizing
the new policy, under the Access to Information Act, with several
sections blacked out under security and advice exemptions.
Tracking begins April 1
"Without a national policy on fingerprinting, CRA's convictions were
not always recorded in CPIC," CRA spokesman David Walters said in an
email. "Therefore, some persons convicted of tax evasion were unknown
to law enforcement agencies."
Walters said the agency will rely on qualified police officers to
collect the prints. He said there are no statistics to date on how
many fingerprints have been collected since the change in policy but
formal tracking is to begin April 1.
CRA turning to 'big data' to focus its audits — and catch tax cheats
Tip line leads Canada Revenue Agency to offshore tax cheats
The CPIC database is keyed to fingerprints, which are the prime means
of tracking a person's movements before and after conviction. "Without
fingerprints, the CRA cannot ask law enforcement to carry out such
tracing of movements," the memo says.
The document also says the new policy puts those accused of tax
evasion on a level playing field with people charged with theft, fraud
and financial crimes.
They're not charging many people ... they're mostly settling out of court
- Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness
There are other benefits, it says, including "facilitating the
apprehension of an accused who fails to appear for trial or sentencing
as it allows law enforcement to execute a bench warrant for the arrest
of a person alleged to have committed a tax crime, including any
accused who may leave the country to avoid facing the consequences of
their actions."
Walters says if an accused is acquitted of tax evasion, the agency
will "request" the fingerprints be removed from the CPIC database —
though some law firms specializing in fingerprint "destruction" warn
the images could remain for months, depending on the protocols of the
police service that registered the prints.
The new policy is part of the agency's renewed emphasis on tax cheats,
especially offshore tax evaders, and includes $444.4 million earmarked
in last year's budget to combat tax evasion over five years.
Financial tracking
Since January 2015, financial institutions have also been required to
report directly to the CRA all international electronic fund transfers
of $10,000 or more. In a little more than a year following that
legislative change, the agency received data on more than 17 million
transactions.
The tax agency has also been more frequently accessing the financial
databases of FINTRAC, the federal centre that combats money laundering
and terrorist financing, after critics said the two institutions
weren't sharing enough information.
CRA formally asked FINTRAC for information from its databases on
specific cases 68 times in 2015-2016, more than triple the requests
from 2013-2014.
Howlett
Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness says CRA isn't charging
enough tax evaders, and is instead choosing out-of-court settlements
where the terms and identities aren't disclosed. (CBC)
One of CRA's most persistent critics — the non-profit Canadians for
Tax Fairness, funded largely by unions — questions the effectiveness
of the new fingerprinting policy when the agency turns so seldom to
the justice system to catch big tax cheats.
"They are not charging many people, so the evidence would seem to
indicate they're mostly settling out of court," executive director
Dennis Howlett said in an interview.
"They do need to take some cases to court to clearly establish some
precedents and to strengthen their negotiating hand when they do
settle out of court … We're a bit surprised there aren't more
charges."
Howlett also said CRA is still not pursuing wealth-management firms
that facilitate offshore tax evasion, or corporations that may be
keeping profits in offshore tax havens to evade taxes at home.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:25:03 -0400
Subject: YO Jana Winter why not ask CBC or Birgitta Jónsdóttir or her
Prime Minister or your President Trump or his lawyer Mr Cohen
(646-853-0114) If I am one of "The real bad guys" in Canada they
seek???
To: janawinter@protonmail.com, Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov, "James.Comey"
<James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov>, Diana.Swain@cbc.ca, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>, postur <postur@for.is>, "Robert. Jones"
<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
krishnamurthyp@sec.gov, "Marc.Litt" <Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>,
"PETER.MACKAY" <PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, plee@stu.ca, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
postur@for.stjr.is, aih@cbc.ca, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:34:40 -0300
Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
To: frank.pingue@thomsonreuters.
johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.
Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
grant.mccool@thomsonreuters.
"Robert. Jones" Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, marie@mariemorneau.com,
dfranklin@franklinlegal.com, egilla@althingi.is,
william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is,
Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is,
cdhowe@cdhowe.org, desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca,
jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.
fme@fme.is, info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is
Cc: rfowlo@comcast.net, jmullen@townofmilton.org, webo@xplornet.com,
t.j.burke@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net,
"spinks08@hotmail.com" spinks08@hotmail.com, gypsy-blog
gypsy-blog@hotmail.com, "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com,
nbpolitico nbpolitico@gmail.com>, "bruce.fitch" bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
"bruce.alec"
bruce.alec@gmail.com
I know that the Yankee law enforcement people are either as dumb as
posts or pure evil. There appears to be few exceptions. The ethical
Ms. Olson is my favourite lady today. Does anyone speaking or acting
in the best interests of the decent folks in Iceland understand my
sincerity and her Integrity YET?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
'The real bad guys' are coming from Canada, not Mexico, Daily Beast
report alleges
Leaked FBI data from 2014-2016 suggests more 'suspected terrorists'
enter U.S. by way of Canada than Mexico
By Diana Swain, CBC News Posted: Feb 11, 2017 9:00 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/the-
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 2016
Air Date: Nov 18, 2016 6:44 PM ET
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 201622:24
Did the spread of fake news on social media play a role in electing
Donald Trump? Diana speaks with a BuzzFeed reporter who revealed a
group of Facebook employees are trying to combat misinformation. Plus,
behind-the-scenes on a collaboration between CBC News and the Toronto
Star about police powers in the digital age. Watch Sat 9:30 pm ET &
Sun 5:30 pm ET on CBC News Network.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 24, 2016 8:42 AM ET
Episode 2: The ethics and challenges of reporting on data dumps after
another release by Wikileaks hits the U.S. presidential campaign.
Plus, a CBC News investigation into solitary confinement
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 14, 2016 9:57 PM ET
Series premiere: How journalists got the scoop on Donald Trump, and
questions about the privacy of your medical information
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: president <president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au
pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press
<press@bankofengland.co.uk>, "Andrew.Bailey"
<Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
fin.financepublic-
<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<news-tips@nytimes.com>, lionel <lionel@lionelmedia.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com, elizabeththompson"
<elizabeththompson@ipolitics.
"Bill.Morneau" <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, postur <postur@for.is>,
stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
directed to 646-853-0114.
______________________________
This communication is from The Trump Organization or an affiliate
thereof and is not sent on behalf of any other individual or entity.
This email may contain information that is confidential and/or
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promptly notify the sender. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed
to be received, secure or error-free as emails could be intercepted,
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guarantee that all emails will be read and do not accept liability for
any errors or omissions in emails. Any views or opinions presented in
any email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
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affiliates.Nothing in this communication is intended to operate as an
electronic signature under applicable law.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hancox, Rick (FCNB)" <rick.hancox@fcnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
G'Day/Bonjour,
Thanks for your e-mail. I am out of the office until 24 February. If
you need more immediate assistance, please contact France Bouchard at
506 658-2696.
Je serai absent du bureau jusqu'au 24 fevrier Durant mon absence,
veuillez contacter France Bouchard au 506 658-2696 pour assistance
immédiate.
Thanks/Merci Rick
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:15:04 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just called and left a
message for you
To: Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
"Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
"mark.vespucci" <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
curtis <curtis@marinerpartners.com>, "rick.hancox"
<rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<djtjr@trumporg.com>, mcohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>,
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "ht.lacroix" <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
"hon.melanie.joly" <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>
Trust that Trump, CBC and everybody else knows that I speak and act
Pro Se particularly when dealing with the Evil Tax Man
https://twitter.com/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Documents for thousands of Canadian residents transferred under
controversial FATCA legislation
By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Banking records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned
over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a
controversial information sharing deal, CBC News has learned.
That is double the number transferred in the deal's first year.
The Canada Revenue Agency transmitted 315,160 banking records to the
IRS on Sept. 28, 2016 — a 104 per cent increase over the 154,667
records the agency sent in September 2015.
Lisa Damien, spokeswoman for the CRA, attributed the increase to the
fact it was the second year for the Canada-U.S. information sharing
deal that was sparked by the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA).
"The exchange in September 2015 was based on accounts identified by
financial institutions at the time," she said. "The number of reported
accounts was expected to increase in 2016, because the financial
institutions have had more time to complete their due diligence and
identify other reportable accounts."
Trudeau Nuclear Summit 20160331
Prior to coming to power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed the
agreement to share banking records of Canadian residents with the IRS.
He has since changed his position. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The transmission of banking records of Canadian residents is the
result of an agreement worked out in 2014 between Canada and the U.S.
after the American government adopted FATCA. The U.S. tax compliance
act requires financial institutions around the world to reveal
information about bank accounts in a bid to crack down on tax evasion
by U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts.
Dual citizens, long-term visitors affected
The deal requires financial institutions to share the banking records
of those considered to be "U.S. persons" for tax purposes — regardless
of whether they are U.S. citizens.
Among the people who can be considered by the IRS as "U.S. persons"
are Canadians born in the U.S., dual citizens or even those who spend
more than a certain number of days in the United States each year.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper's government argued that given
the penalties the U.S. was threatening to impose, it had no choice but
to negotiate the information sharing deal. The former government said
it was able to exempt some types of accounts from the information
transfer.
CRA
The Canada Revenue Agency transfers banking records of people believed
to be 'U.S. persons' to the IRS. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The Canada Revenue Agency triggered controversy after it transferred
the first batch of Canadian banking records to the IRS in September
2015 in the midst of the election campaign, without waiting for an
assessment by Canada's privacy commissioner or the outcome of a legal
challenge to the agreement's constitutionality.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Treasury Board President Scott Brison
and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale have dropped calls to scrap
the deal, which they had made before the Liberals came to power.
Watchdog wants proactive notification
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has raised concerns about the
information sharing, questioning whether financial institutions are
reporting more accounts than necessary. Under the agreement, financial
institutions only have to report accounts belonging to those believed
to be U.S. persons if they contain more than $50,000.
Therrien has also suggested the CRA proactively notify individuals
that their financial records had been shared with the IRS. However,
the CRA has been reluctant to agree to Therrien's suggestion.
Racial Profiling 20160107
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has questioned whether the CRA is
transmitting more banking records to the IRS than is necessary.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the increase in the
number of files transferred was "surprising," and he questioned
whether financial institutions are only sharing records of accounts
worth more than $50,000.
"I don't see how there would be 150,000 more accounts reportable to
the IRS in one year. It is something I will look into."
Dusseault said the CRA should notify every Canadian resident whose
banking records are shared with the IRS.
Lynne Swanson, of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian
Sovereignty, which is challenging the information sharing agreement in
Federal Court, said she has no idea why the number of banking records
shared with the IRS doubled.
Youngest MP 20110519
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should notify
every Canadian resident whose banking records are shared with the IRS.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
"It still seems low in comparison to the number of Canadians that are
affected by this," she said. "It is estimated that a million Canadians
are affected by this."
Hopes for repeal
Swanson hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump, or Congress — which is
now controlled by the Republican Party — will scrap FATCA. The
Republican platform pledged to do away with the information collecting
legislation.
"FATCA not only allows 'unreasonable search and seizures' but also
threatens the ability of overseas Americans to lead normal lives," the
platform reads. "We call for its repeal and for a change to
residency-based taxation for U.S. citizens overseas."
Swanson's group is also hoping the Federal Court of Canada will
intervene, although a date has not yet been set for a hearing.
"A foreign government is essentially telling the Canadian government
how Canadian citizens and Canadian residents should be treated. It is
a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
<fin.financepublic-
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "MAY, Theresa" <theresa.may.mp@parliament.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:10:53 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Whereas the UKIP NEVER had any time to talk
to me about the financial industry now I have even less of my precious
time for them just like wannabe Consevative leaders who try to play dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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The Johnson supremacy
Tuesday 4 October 2011 10:31 BST
"The world does not need a mini-Boris," says Jo Johnson, the
journalist-turned-politician trying to escape the shadow of his
journalist-turned-politician brother in their dynasty of journalists
and politicians. "It would be a disaster if I tried to pass myself off
as him." The Conservative MP for Orpington is sibling number four in
the Johnson clan. After Boris, comes The Lady editor Rachel,
entrepreneurial Leo, Jo and then two half-siblings, Julia and Max. Jo
is considered the "sensible" one: "There was no point trying to be the
loud one."
If Boris is the showman and the stand-up comic, Jo seems to have a
better eye for detail. Some have suggested the two could one day
compete for the top job in the party, Miliband-style, although Jo
describes Labour's filial battle as "unedifying". Perhaps a BoJo-JoJo
double-act at 10 and 11 Downing Street might be an alternate vision of
the future? Jo gives the perfect
politician-being-grilled-on-
David Cameron the right man for the right time. I am full-square
behind him and George Osborne."
Jo looks like Boris's slimmer body double, his suit and hair less
tousled. At 39, he is eight years the Mayor's junior and says his
father Stanley is more often mistaken for Boris than he is. "
"On top of his backbencher's salary though, the register of members'
interests shows regular sums from the Financial Times, where he
remains a contributing editor, and that he recently received £3,600
for giving a speech to Bank of America employees.
His house, where he lives with his wife Amelia Gentleman and two
children, is in Camden, "a nice part of town, but it's not Belgravia".
He and Gentleman, a Guardian journalist whose mantelpiece must groan
under awards, met 20 years ago while students at Oxford, and married
in 2005.
Marrying to the Left seems a Johnson tradition: their mother Charlotte
Johnson Wahl has faultless Leftie credentials while Boris's wife
Marina is said to be much more liberal than he. Gentleman has written
extensively about the impact of the Government's cuts which, I
suggest, must make for some lively conversation over the supper table:
"There's lots of healthy debate, debate is good," he says, a view that
seems lucky in light of his family. "You can't iron contradictions out
of individuals and you can't iron them out of families."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-maliseet-share-price-1.3983051
Sisson mine owners see share price climb 56% in weeks before Maliseet deal
New Brunswick government says deal was announced as soon as possible after being confirmed by First Nations
Northcliff Resources Ltd., the
Vancouver-based firm behind the proposed tungsten–molybdenum open pit
mine and processing facility outside Stanley saw its stock price jump 56
per cent between Dec. 15 and Feb. 9, according to Toronto Stock
Exchange trading archives.
The price escalation began roughly at the same time the province and Maliseet First Nation communities came to a deal about the mine.
"It was in December, mid–December — around early to mid–December," said Chief Patricia Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation about when she and five other chiefs agreed not to oppose the mine in exchange for a deal with the province on tax sharing on gasoline and tobacco sales.
Bernard said documents formalizing the December agreements were then signed on Jan. 31.
News of the Sisson deal was not disclosed to the public until Feb. 10.
But by then, unknown investors had spent almost eight weeks buying Northcliff stock and bidding its price up from nine cents per share on Dec. 15 to a new 52–week high of 14 cents per share on Feb. 9.
After Friday's announcement the stock jumped further to 15 cents, the highest its been in 18 months.
Over two million shares in Northcliff Resources changed hands during the 37 trading days between mid–December and Friday's announcement, six times more than during the identical 37 trading days one year earlier.
It is not legal in Canada for anyone who has confidential information about a company that is not known to the public or other shareholders to act on that knowledge.
Progressive
Conservative finance critic Bruce Fitch is a stock broker and says it
is impossible to know what caused the stock price of Northcliff
Resources to increase. (CBC)
"The timing is interesting and the volume is interesting
but I don't want to make an accusation that would be improper,"said
Fitch who cautioned it is up to securities regulators to look at trading
anomalies.
"Anything that affects a publicly traded stock has to get out as soon as possible," said Fitch.
Tanya Greer, a spokeswoman with the provincial Department of Energy and Resource Development, said in an email the province could not announce the agreement earlier than Feb. 10 for logistical reasons.
"The agreements could not be signed until the six First Nations had taken the agreements to their councils and received their approval, which did not occur until late January," wrote Greer in an email to CBC News.
"The signing happened days later, and the announcement was scheduled as soon as the premier, MLA and MP could be available."
The province did not respond to a question asking whether it was aware Northcliff`s share prices were escalating during the period before the announcement was finally made.
Before
its recent rally, Northcliff Resources stock had been struggling for a
number of years, at one point losing 87 per cent of its value since
peaking at 65 cents per share in 2012.
Sagging international tungsten and molybdenum prices over the last two years have been hovering well below levels the company envisioned in its 2013 feasibility study for the development, although the Gallant government's faith in the project has never publicly wavered.
The price escalation began roughly at the same time the province and Maliseet First Nation communities came to a deal about the mine.
"It was in December, mid–December — around early to mid–December," said Chief Patricia Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation about when she and five other chiefs agreed not to oppose the mine in exchange for a deal with the province on tax sharing on gasoline and tobacco sales.
Bernard said documents formalizing the December agreements were then signed on Jan. 31.
Share price bid up
News of the Sisson deal was not disclosed to the public until Feb. 10.
But by then, unknown investors had spent almost eight weeks buying Northcliff stock and bidding its price up from nine cents per share on Dec. 15 to a new 52–week high of 14 cents per share on Feb. 9.
After Friday's announcement the stock jumped further to 15 cents, the highest its been in 18 months.
Over two million shares in Northcliff Resources changed hands during the 37 trading days between mid–December and Friday's announcement, six times more than during the identical 37 trading days one year earlier.
- 6 Maliseet First Nations agree to Sisson mine deal
- How province pressured 6 First Nations to accept Sisson deal
It is not legal in Canada for anyone who has confidential information about a company that is not known to the public or other shareholders to act on that knowledge.
'Timing is interesting'
Progressive
Conservative finance critic Bruce Fitch, a former stock broker, said
it's impossible to know what was behind the rise in Northcliff's stock
price.
Anything that affects a publicly traded stock has to get out as soon as possible.- Bruce Fitch , PC finance criticHowever, Fitch does say the province needs to release any information it has that can affect the stock price of any publicly traded company as quickly as it can to be fair to all investors.
"Anything that affects a publicly traded stock has to get out as soon as possible," said Fitch.
Deal not signed til late January
Tanya Greer, a spokeswoman with the provincial Department of Energy and Resource Development, said in an email the province could not announce the agreement earlier than Feb. 10 for logistical reasons.
"The agreements could not be signed until the six First Nations had taken the agreements to their councils and received their approval, which did not occur until late January," wrote Greer in an email to CBC News.
"The signing happened days later, and the announcement was scheduled as soon as the premier, MLA and MP could be available."
The province did not respond to a question asking whether it was aware Northcliff`s share prices were escalating during the period before the announcement was finally made.
Northcliff Resources president, Christopher Zahovskis, did not respond to a call asking about last week's announcement.
Sagging international tungsten and molybdenum prices over the last two years have been hovering well below levels the company envisioned in its 2013 feasibility study for the development, although the Gallant government's faith in the project has never publicly wavered.
Comments
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Bob Peterson
The dabblers in publicly
traded stocks have always been easy meat for the players in the stock
exchange . The share price has nothing to do with the demand for
tungsten and molybdenum and the price they could bring .
Content disabled.
David Raymond Amos
@Bob Peterson Oh So True The
people who think they are clever are the easiest to con. However they
can't fool mean old me because I am too stupid
Content disabled.
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos Why on earth would CBC block that comment??? I am putting myself down Correct?
Content disabled..
David Raymond Amos
@Bob Peterson Oh My things
were going so well initially Now CBC is blocking mean old me again for
political reasons of that I have no doubt.
Seems that I must resort to my MO and create another blog in order to post all my comments warts and all. Then as usual I will Tweet about it and email my indignation to you boss Hubby Baby Lacroix, his lawyers and of course Minister Joly.
If the malicious moderators wish to check my work and compare it theirs all they have to do is Google my name N'esy Pas Alex Johnston?
Al Millar
Somebody had insider
knowledge and made a lot of money . Will this information ever come out ,
I doubt it . Laws only apply to the little people .
David Raymond Amos
@Al Millar True
Elliot Smith
Many of the comments here are
an indication of why NB is such a have-not province. A successful mine
will pump millions upon millions into the provincial economy in wages
(income tax), royalties, not to mention employment created by the mining
service industry, and the subsequent spending of those employment
dollars at other local businesses (restaurants, stores etc.). Just ask
Sussex how they felt about PCS shutting down their potash mine. Hurt
big time.
Randall Leavitt
@Elliot Smith I don't think I
saw many or any comments against the mine; just the collusion and lack
of transparency for the "backroom deals". A responsible built and run
mine would be incredible, even more so if it could stand on its own feet
without starting off with its hands in our pockets.
Margo Sheppard
@Randall Leavitt Ask Mining
Watch how many "responsible" mines there are in Canada awaiting
taxpayers to pay for their decommissioning and cleanup. It is in the
vicinity of 10,000. So, even if it is built responsibly, and run
responsibly, in the end, it will be abandoned and fail, leaving the
taxpayers on the hook. No mine 'stands on its own feet' especially when
you take into account that Canada is a tax haven for mining companies
and yet depends SO much on public suffrage/handouts. Corporate welfare
queens
Jeff Christian
"Not possible to know who bought shares"? Nonsense.
David Raymond Amos
@Jeff Christian Maybe we ail
have an interest in this malicious nonsense. Have you checked where our
CPP funds are lately? Rest assured that I will
Randall Leavitt
meanwhile back in the real
world, we are being heavily taxed, in order to subsidize deals like
this... and how much did they say OUR royalties would be??
David Raymond Amos
@Randall Leavitt Here Here Sir
Hank Hanrattay
The securities commission should be looking at how much stock was purchased by Liberal MLA's
David Raymond Amos
@Hank Hanrattay Say Hey to Mr Hancox of the NB Securities Commission for me and tell to review my file from 2006 will ya?
NB needs a completely new
party with new people. The Liberals and Conservatives in this province
are all thoroughly corrupt, and we all suffer of it! It is clear to me
however that the Liberals are the absolute worse, they don't even bother
to try and hide it anymore, we are nothing but sheep to be sheared to
them!
David Raymond Amos
@Hank Hanrattay Funny you say
that I know a man who is starting a new political party and he lives
very close to the the Sisson mine
Lou Bell
Insider trading 101 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go after the guilty parties !!!
Go after the guilty parties !!!
Andrew Hurrie
@Lou Bell
Ever notice that no one ever does go after them?...unless it is absolutely unavoidable?
Same with off-shore bank accounts to avoid taxes...no one goes looking for them except in isolated cases.
Why not?
Too many powerful and important people involved...and politicians.
Ever notice that no one ever does go after them?...unless it is absolutely unavoidable?
Same with off-shore bank accounts to avoid taxes...no one goes looking for them except in isolated cases.
Why not?
Too many powerful and important people involved...and politicians.
David Raymond Amos
@Andrew Hurrie Yup
Bob Peterson
The dabblers in publicly
traded stocks have always been easy meat for the players in the stock
exchange . The share price has nothing to do with the demand for
tungsten and molybdenum and the price they could bring .
CBC unblocked this comment much later after the comment sectin was closed
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Bob Peterson Oh So True The
people who think they are clever are the easiest to con. However they
can't fool mean old me because I am too stupid
Roy Kirk
The prices for minerals to be
mined are hovering near 15-year lows, but ". . . the Gallant
government's faith in the project has never publicly wavered."
We need less faith-based public policy and more fact-based policy. At current prices, NB will earn diddly-squat by developing the resource, so there is no reason to aggressively pursue this file from the province's perspective. The only people making money are those profiting from the run-up in the stock price.
And Mr. Fitch is wrong. There is a way of knowing who is profiting from the stock market action. Records of who buys and sells stocks are kept, of course. The only question is: "Does the public benefit of knowing who is profiting from the transactions outweigh the harm done to the individuals involved by making such information public?"
Not an easy question to answer, but only the willfully ignorant would refuse to try.
We need less faith-based public policy and more fact-based policy. At current prices, NB will earn diddly-squat by developing the resource, so there is no reason to aggressively pursue this file from the province's perspective. The only people making money are those profiting from the run-up in the stock price.
And Mr. Fitch is wrong. There is a way of knowing who is profiting from the stock market action. Records of who buys and sells stocks are kept, of course. The only question is: "Does the public benefit of knowing who is profiting from the transactions outweigh the harm done to the individuals involved by making such information public?"
Not an easy question to answer, but only the willfully ignorant would refuse to try.
Shawn McShane
@Roy Kirk Looking ahead to
2017, a price recovery and increase in demand appears to be in the cards
for the tungsten market, particularly in China. Almonty Industries
(TSXV:AII) announced in November that it had entered into a number of
one-year fixed prices for tungsten concentrate for $210 MTU, which are
effective as of January 1, 2017...expect the rest of the industry to
move to a negotiated fixed price contract environment due to the
continued limited availability of tungsten concentrate in the spot
market...
http://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/critical-metals-investing/tungsten-investing/tungsten-outlook/
http://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/critical-metals-investing/tungsten-investing/tungsten-outlook/
Roy Kirk
@Shawn McShane And such
prices are still well below the market prices that spawned the interest
in the Sisson project. $210 per MTU is only $26.50 per kg ferrotungsten,
still well below most of the price history since 2005.
See, for example, http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/ferro-tungsten/all/
See, for example, http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/ferro-tungsten/all/
David Raymond Amos
@Roy Kirk I am one individual
who makes such information public all the time. Why do you think I sued
3US Treasury Agents in 2002?
David Raymond Amos
@Shawn McShane My only
concern is a fair deal on royalties. If it does not profit all the
stakeholders in the province (All the citizens) then why bother taking a
chance with our environment? The politicians and mining companies are
wasting their breath trying to give me that guff the Maritimers should
be happy to get the work.
In my humble opinion the minerals can stay put till the price goes through the roof. Then someday perhaps our grandchildren can negotiate a lucrative deal on royalties and be employed working the dirt in the lovely place they were born a raised while the rest of us are pushing up daisies for them to enjoy and remember us fondly.
Jonas Smith
It should be investigated and
if any politician is found to have unethically and unlawfully had
insider knowledge or gave insider knowledge like Ralph Goodale was
accused of doing should be brought to court and charged. None of this
bull political speak of - oh sorry, didn't know.....
David Raymond Amos
@Jonas Smith Goodale's and Brison's actions were not investigated
William Roberts
The things that make you go Hmmm. Criminal Charges should be pending.
David Raymond Amos
@William Roberts Dream on
James Freney
Definitely should be
investigated. Did anyone connected to the company,the government,or
first nations benefit from insider information?
David Raymond Amos
@James Freney
Nothing is ever properly investigated I know I have lived it.
"The timing is interesting and the volume is interesting but I don't want to make an accusation that would be improper,"said Fitch who cautioned it is up to securities regulators to look at trading anomalies."
Yea Right
Why is former stock broker Bruce Fitch or anyone in the know even remotely dubious? Surely Fitch is old enough to remember Mr Goodale not taxing Income Trusts and the gossip about Mr Brison just before the writ was dropped for the election of the 39th Parliament in late 2005 The Conservatives did not care about that nonsense either N'esy Pas?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-project-environmental-assessment-1.4174768
Sisson mine gets federal approval, but environmental transparency questioned
Work on mine will begin next spring, says federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc
The $579-million Sisson Mine project near Stanley has received federal approval, and construction will begin next spring, federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc said Friday.
"The steps fell into place, I would say, rather methodically," said LeBlanc, the minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
"And the final piece was the federal cabinet this week to approve the environmental assessment, and that's why I'm here — to announce the that the government of Canada has approved the project."
LeBlanc said the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency ensured a proper environmental assessment was done.
"They consulted experts … and they came to the conclusion that the environmental risk for things like rivers, tailing ponds, could be mitigated and answered by the appropriate conditions on the permits the government of Canada and the province will obviously include," he said.
Six Maliseet First Nations communities reached an environmental agreement on the mine in February, although the project remains controversial among Indigenous people in the area.
Tungsten is a silver-white metal used in hard metals to harden saw blades and make drill bits. Molybdenum is used in products like military aircrafts, industrial motors, and filaments.
The mine will create another 300 jobs during the mine's 27-year lifespan, the province said.
Not filled with confidence
The announcement of environmental approval wasn't welcome news for everyone. Concerns about water prompted the Conservation Council of New Brunswick to ask the government for more transparency about the conditions for the mining operation.
"This project is a long way from being complete — a piece of paper from a federal minister saying approval is granted, with no details, doesn't give me much confidence" said Lois Corbett, executive director of the council.
She questioned the government's openness about the environmental impact of the project and said she hopes the federal government has attached conditions to its approval to protect the water around the mine.
40 conditions
In December 2015, the province released at list of 40 conditions that needed to be met before the project could move ahead.
The final condition said that Sisson would be accountable and responsible for any catastrophic environmental events resulting from the project.
But even with the federal government's approval, Corbett was not convinced Sisson has met the conditions.
"My concern is that the company has not proven that the design it has proposed for its toxic mine waste is good enough to prevent disaster," she said in an interview Friday.
"We need to see some evidence that can be designed in a way that it doesn't put our rivers and streams at risk."
'Huge' economic impact
The economic impact of the Sisson Mine project will be huge for New Brunswick," Premier Brian Gallant said in a statement.
It's estimated the project will gross $280 million in royalties for the province and an additional $245 million in tax revenue.
The six First Nations communities will receive 9.8 per cent of the royalties.
Woodstock First Nation Chief Tim Paul said the community will work closely with Sisson Mine Ltd. and the provincial government to make sure the project is "environmentally responsible" and improves the economic lives of members.
"It is a historic event to see this kind of partnership," he said in the release. "It is one that all New Brunswickers can benefit from as it will hopefully lead to a more environmentally sustainable project."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maliseet-first-nations-new-brunswick-government-chiefs-support-tungsten-mine-fredericton-agreement-threats-1.4185929
Maliseet chiefs stress opposition to Sisson mine, despite deal with government
Province reached multi-million dollar accommodation agreement over mine with 6 First Nations in 2016
Five
New Brunswick Maliseet chiefs say their communities remain deeply
opposed to a proposed open pit tungsten mine northwest of Fredericton,
even though they signed an accommodation agreement with the province
last winter that cleared the way for its environmental approval.
"The Sisson Mine Agreement does not provide Maliseet support for the mine," the chiefs wrote in a letter to CBC News. "To this day, most of the Maliseet communities and our members oppose the Sisson Mine."
Continuing animosity among several Maliseet communities paints a darker picture of why they came to an agreement not to launch a court challenge over the mine than versions offered by the provincial and federal governments.
Last week, Dominic LeBlanc, a federal cabinet minister from New Brunswick, praised the province for having forged a partnership with the Maliseet communities through consultation and dialogue that helped build trust and settle differences.
"In many ways, this is an example for the rest of the country of how we can build those kind of partnerships, LeBlanc said.
New Brunswick reached a multimillion-dollar accommodation agreement with New Brunswick's six Maliseet First Nations last winter over the mine, but only one of those, the Woodstock First Nation, has expressed support for the project.
Chiefs of the other five, including Shelley Sabattis of Oromocto, Candice Paul of St. Mary's, Gabby Atwin of Kingsclear, Ross Perley of Tobique and Trish Bernard of Madawaska, said they remain opposed and reluctantly signed onto an agreement not to battle it.
"Fighting
the mine would have involved very expensive litigation, and as with most
litigation, the outcome would have been uncertain, the chiefs said in
their letter.
"We ultimately made the hard decision to accept accommodation to try to offset the Mine's adverse effects on our constitutional rights."
In February, Chief Bernard said the communities were also worried about veiled threats she claimed the province made about not renewing lucrative petroleum and tobacco tax deals worth nearly $20 million a year to the six communities if they tried to block the mine.
"The province wanted the chiefs to sign off on Sisson and made it pretty clear that if the Sisson agreements are not signed, they would not sign tax agreements with the First Nations," said Bernard.
The province eventually announced the renewal of the tax agreements and the agreement with Maliseet communities about the mine on the same day.
The agreement on the mine has several elements.
It pays the six Maliseet communities $3 million once the mine receives federal environmental approval. That came last week.
It also sets aside an estimated $1.5 million to purchase land to replace what will be consumed by the mine and entitles Maliseet First Nations to 35 percent ($700,000) of the first $2 million in annual royalties and 3.5 percent of additional royalties generated by the mine if it ever operates.
The agreement also has
non-financial elements,including promises of training and job
opportunities for Indigenous workers during construction and operation
of the mine, provincial support for an "Indigenous knowledge centre" and
other provisions.
The five chiefs indicated the accommodation agreement is typical in Canada for these kind of projects but maintain the potential benefits for their communities are still not worth the costs and dangers of the project and their preference is that it not proceed.
"For most of the Maliseet communities, the Sisson Accommodation Agreement does not reflect comfort with or acceptance of the Mine," the chiefs wrote.
"Rather, it reflects the hard reality of a Canadian legal system that, on its 150th birthday, remains fundamentally inadequate in respecting and meaningfully protecting our Treaty rights, Aboriginal rights, and Aboriginal title."
St. Mary's spokeswoman Megan Fullerton said the letter fully expresses the views of the five chiefs who signed it and they were not open to further interviews.
Woodstock Chief Tim Paul, who has been supportive of the mine, was the lone Maliseet leader not to sign.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-protest-camp-1.4209673
· CBC News · Posted: Jul 18, 2017 6:30 AM AT
Members of Maliseet First Nations have started to build a protest camp at the proposed site of the Sisson mine near Napadogan.
Tents, campers, and other homemade structures have been set up in hopes of deterring future development of a proposed tungsten and molybdenum mine.
"I am a Wulustukyik grandmother and I am here defending the land," said Terry Sappier, who has been living in the camp most of the time since it was built July 2.
"I'm defending it for our future generations."
On Monday afternoon, there were a half dozen men, woman and children at the campsite as part of the Wulustukyik Nation Grandmothers and Mothers group.
Many were working to build additional structures, including a shower station, as the group plans to live in the remote location "for as long as it takes."
"There's nothing that would make us approve this mine," said Sappier, the only person at the camp who would speak on camera. "If I agree to the project then I'm denying the next seven generations the right to use this land, and I would be taking away their inherent right that they are born with."
Last month, the mine was given environmental approval from Ottawa. If constructed, the open pit mine and ore-processing facility would be expected to operate for 27 years with a projected cost of $579 million.
Sisson Mine Ltd. projects the creation of 500 jobs during the construction of the facility with 300 positions operating during the mine's lifespan.
In February, six Maliseet First Nations agreed to the Sission mine deal, including Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock, Oromocto, St. Mary's and Madawaska. The accommodation agreement would see 9.8 per cent of generated revenue from the provincial metallic tax shared among the six groups. It would also include:
Despite the accommodation agreement, many from the First Nations groups, including those at the protest encampment, have distanced themselves from the decision.
"I don't think that the chiefs have a right to consent to a project that would infringe on the future generations of our people," said Sappier.
CBC News made several attempts to speak with leaders at the six First Nations involved in the Sisson mine deal, but those calls were not returned.
Despite the protest camp being constructed in a remote area, the inhabitants are getting support from people who can't make the trek or withstand the harsh conditions.
"[The protesters] are very passionate about saving our land and our water," said Ron Tremblay, the grand chief of Wolastoq. "I call them 'the protectors.'"
Tremblay has always maintained the land was sacred regardless of recent deals with the mining company and the provincial government.
"These people are at the forefront," said Tremblay. "And they've done it before."
Tremblay said the Grandmothers and Mothers group was responsible for negotiating in the best interests of First Nations people in regards to the continued placement and maintenance of the Tobique dam.
"The traditional grand council of Wolastoq fully supports the grandmothers who are protecting our land and our water from further devastation," said Tremblay. "They are good people."
"We're getting support for all our communities," said Sappier. "And as long as we have that we'll be good."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tungsten-price-sisson-mine-northcliff-new-brunswick-1.4310486
The
Sisson mine project in central New Brunswick includes a tailings pond
and ore processing plant, covering 12.5 square kilometres of Crown land. (Northcliff Resources Ltd.)
"The Sisson Mine Agreement does not provide Maliseet support for the mine," the chiefs wrote in a letter to CBC News. "To this day, most of the Maliseet communities and our members oppose the Sisson Mine."
Continuing animosity among several Maliseet communities paints a darker picture of why they came to an agreement not to launch a court challenge over the mine than versions offered by the provincial and federal governments.
- Sisson mine approval triggers $3M bonus for 6 Maliseet First Nations
- Sisson mine gets federal approval, but environmental transparency questioned
Last week, Dominic LeBlanc, a federal cabinet minister from New Brunswick, praised the province for having forged a partnership with the Maliseet communities through consultation and dialogue that helped build trust and settle differences.
"In many ways, this is an example for the rest of the country of how we can build those kind of partnerships, LeBlanc said.
Veiled threats
New Brunswick reached a multimillion-dollar accommodation agreement with New Brunswick's six Maliseet First Nations last winter over the mine, but only one of those, the Woodstock First Nation, has expressed support for the project.
Chiefs of the other five, including Shelley Sabattis of Oromocto, Candice Paul of St. Mary's, Gabby Atwin of Kingsclear, Ross Perley of Tobique and Trish Bernard of Madawaska, said they remain opposed and reluctantly signed onto an agreement not to battle it.
Chief
Patricia Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation says the six
communities also worried about veiled threats she claimed the province
made about not renewing lucrative petroleum and tobacco tax deals if
they tried to block the mine.
"We ultimately made the hard decision to accept accommodation to try to offset the Mine's adverse effects on our constitutional rights."
In February, Chief Bernard said the communities were also worried about veiled threats she claimed the province made about not renewing lucrative petroleum and tobacco tax deals worth nearly $20 million a year to the six communities if they tried to block the mine.
- How province pressured 6 First Nations to accept Sisson deal
- 6 Maliseet First Nations agree to Sisson mine deal
"The province wanted the chiefs to sign off on Sisson and made it pretty clear that if the Sisson agreements are not signed, they would not sign tax agreements with the First Nations," said Bernard.
The province eventually announced the renewal of the tax agreements and the agreement with Maliseet communities about the mine on the same day.
Promises of training, jobs
The agreement on the mine has several elements.
It pays the six Maliseet communities $3 million once the mine receives federal environmental approval. That came last week.
It also sets aside an estimated $1.5 million to purchase land to replace what will be consumed by the mine and entitles Maliseet First Nations to 35 percent ($700,000) of the first $2 million in annual royalties and 3.5 percent of additional royalties generated by the mine if it ever operates.
Dominic
LeBlanc, a federal minister from New Brunswick, praised the province
for having forged a partnership with the Maliseet communities through
consultation and dialogue that helped build trust and settle
differences.
The five chiefs indicated the accommodation agreement is typical in Canada for these kind of projects but maintain the potential benefits for their communities are still not worth the costs and dangers of the project and their preference is that it not proceed.
It reflects the hard reality of a Canadian legal system that, on its 150th birthday, remains fundamentally inadequate in respecting and meaningfully protecting our Treaty rights, Aboriginal rights, and Aboriginal title.- Letter from 5 Maliseet First Nations chiefs
"For most of the Maliseet communities, the Sisson Accommodation Agreement does not reflect comfort with or acceptance of the Mine," the chiefs wrote.
"Rather, it reflects the hard reality of a Canadian legal system that, on its 150th birthday, remains fundamentally inadequate in respecting and meaningfully protecting our Treaty rights, Aboriginal rights, and Aboriginal title."
St. Mary's spokeswoman Megan Fullerton said the letter fully expresses the views of the five chiefs who signed it and they were not open to further interviews.
Woodstock Chief Tim Paul, who has been supportive of the mine, was the lone Maliseet leader not to sign.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-protest-camp-1.4209673
Protest camp built on proposed site of Sisson mine project
First Nations protesters in N.B. planning to last the winter at the remote site of Sisson mine project
Members of Maliseet First Nations have started to build a protest camp at the proposed site of the Sisson mine near Napadogan.
Tents, campers, and other homemade structures have been set up in hopes of deterring future development of a proposed tungsten and molybdenum mine.
"I am a Wulustukyik grandmother and I am here defending the land," said Terry Sappier, who has been living in the camp most of the time since it was built July 2.
"I'm defending it for our future generations."
On Monday afternoon, there were a half dozen men, woman and children at the campsite as part of the Wulustukyik Nation Grandmothers and Mothers group.
Many were working to build additional structures, including a shower station, as the group plans to live in the remote location "for as long as it takes."
"There's nothing that would make us approve this mine," said Sappier, the only person at the camp who would speak on camera. "If I agree to the project then I'm denying the next seven generations the right to use this land, and I would be taking away their inherent right that they are born with."
Last month, the mine was given environmental approval from Ottawa. If constructed, the open pit mine and ore-processing facility would be expected to operate for 27 years with a projected cost of $579 million.
Division over accommodation agreement
Sisson Mine Ltd. projects the creation of 500 jobs during the construction of the facility with 300 positions operating during the mine's lifespan.
In February, six Maliseet First Nations agreed to the Sission mine deal, including Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock, Oromocto, St. Mary's and Madawaska. The accommodation agreement would see 9.8 per cent of generated revenue from the provincial metallic tax shared among the six groups. It would also include:
- $3 million upon federal environmental approval of the mine.
- 35 per cent of the first $2 million the province receives in royalties each year.
- 3.5 per cent of annual royalties above $2 million.
Despite the accommodation agreement, many from the First Nations groups, including those at the protest encampment, have distanced themselves from the decision.
"I don't think that the chiefs have a right to consent to a project that would infringe on the future generations of our people," said Sappier.
CBC News made several attempts to speak with leaders at the six First Nations involved in the Sisson mine deal, but those calls were not returned.
Outside support
Despite the protest camp being constructed in a remote area, the inhabitants are getting support from people who can't make the trek or withstand the harsh conditions.
"[The protesters] are very passionate about saving our land and our water," said Ron Tremblay, the grand chief of Wolastoq. "I call them 'the protectors.'"
Tremblay has always maintained the land was sacred regardless of recent deals with the mining company and the provincial government.
"These people are at the forefront," said Tremblay. "And they've done it before."
Tremblay said the Grandmothers and Mothers group was responsible for negotiating in the best interests of First Nations people in regards to the continued placement and maintenance of the Tobique dam.
"The traditional grand council of Wolastoq fully supports the grandmothers who are protecting our land and our water from further devastation," said Tremblay. "They are good people."
"We're getting support for all our communities," said Sappier. "And as long as we have that we'll be good."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tungsten-price-sisson-mine-northcliff-new-brunswick-1.4310486
Rebound in tungsten price renews hope for Sisson mine supporters
Trading at $320 US/mtu, higher than amount relied on in mine's feasibility plan
A
stunning rebound in the international price for tungsten after a
multi-year slump is good news for a proposed mine in central New
Brunswick, even though its future is still uncertain.
The Sisson Brook project, a proposed open-pit tungsten and molybdenum mine that has been studied on and off since 1979 and finally has all of the permits it needs to proceed, still seemed a long shot to happen in recent months because of depressed prices for both the metals it contains.
But over the summer, international tungsten prices surged dramatically, climbing 50 per cent since mid-June. That put the value of tungsten back in the territory contemplated in Sisson's original economic feasibility study and gives renewed hope to its supporters.
"It would be good news to hear things are where the mining company can start and get things moving," said Juniper, N.B., resident Raymond Rousselle, a longtime backer of the mine who helped form a community group to support it called the Juniper Co-Operative.
"It would be a big boost. I'm not just talking about Juniper but the entire surrounding area — Stanley, Florenceville, Bristol. All those areas would really benefit."
Northcliff Resources Ltd. is the company behind the mine and did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, but the company did make note of the recovery in tungsten prices in its latest regulatory filing.
"Prices have been trending upward," it said.
Moncton Northwest MLA Ernie Steeves has previously suggested the Sisson mine near Fredericton is not financially viable. (CBC)
Opponents of the mine have long taken comfort in the belief that low metal prices would render the mine a non-starter.
Moncton Northwest Progressive Conservative MLA Ernie Steeves, who worries about the mine's proximity to the Nashwaak River watershed, told the legislature seven months ago he saw no chance the mine would be developed.
"It's not financially viable," he said in February. "In 2014 the price of tungsten was right up there. It's not now."
The Sisson project underwent a feasibility study in early 2013 after tungsten prices peaked at $460 US/mtu in 2011. (An mtu represents 10 kilograms of tungsten.)
The project was evaluated to be profitable over a 27-year period at an average long-term tungsten price of $350 US/mtu, but by last year international prices had collapsed to nowhere near that level, hovering at $195 US/mtu.
Those low prices persisted right into the early part of this year until a furious rally that began late in June sent tungsten soaring.
By last week it was trading at $320 US/mtu, an amount that is actually higher than that relied on by the Sisson feasibility study after factoring in the low Canadian dollar.
The rally was caused largely by a curtailment of production in China, the world's dominant tungsten producer.
Northcliff received final environmental approval for the Sisson mine from the federal government in June, just before the rebound in tungsten prices, but has given no indication when it might make a final investment decision on whether to proceed.
There are still significant risks facing the development.
There is no guarantee the rising price of tungsten will hold. Also, molybdenum is meant to make up about one quarter of the income from the project but its price also collapsed years ago and has not recovered.
So far investors have not seen the tungsten price rally as a reason to embrace Sisson.
Northcliff's stock price actually fell 20 per cent during the tungsten resurgence, sinking from 19.5 cents per share on June 29 to 15.5 cents at close of trading Wednesday.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-wulustukyik-encampment-winter-1.4391970
Despite
the plummeting temperatures and pending winter weather, as well as
Monday's heavy rain, residents of the Sisson encampment are committed to
staying put to continue their opposition to mining development. (Shane Fowler)
The Sisson Brook project, a proposed open-pit tungsten and molybdenum mine that has been studied on and off since 1979 and finally has all of the permits it needs to proceed, still seemed a long shot to happen in recent months because of depressed prices for both the metals it contains.
But over the summer, international tungsten prices surged dramatically, climbing 50 per cent since mid-June. That put the value of tungsten back in the territory contemplated in Sisson's original economic feasibility study and gives renewed hope to its supporters.
- Protest camp built on proposed site of Sisson mine project
- Maliseet chiefs stress opposition to Sisson mine, despite deal with government
"It would be good news to hear things are where the mining company can start and get things moving," said Juniper, N.B., resident Raymond Rousselle, a longtime backer of the mine who helped form a community group to support it called the Juniper Co-Operative.
"It would be a big boost. I'm not just talking about Juniper but the entire surrounding area — Stanley, Florenceville, Bristol. All those areas would really benefit."
Northcliff Resources Ltd. is the company behind the mine and did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, but the company did make note of the recovery in tungsten prices in its latest regulatory filing.
"Prices have been trending upward," it said.
Low prices comforted opponents
Moncton Northwest Progressive Conservative MLA Ernie Steeves, who worries about the mine's proximity to the Nashwaak River watershed, told the legislature seven months ago he saw no chance the mine would be developed.
"It's not financially viable," he said in February. "In 2014 the price of tungsten was right up there. It's not now."
The Sisson project underwent a feasibility study in early 2013 after tungsten prices peaked at $460 US/mtu in 2011. (An mtu represents 10 kilograms of tungsten.)
The project was evaluated to be profitable over a 27-year period at an average long-term tungsten price of $350 US/mtu, but by last year international prices had collapsed to nowhere near that level, hovering at $195 US/mtu.
Those low prices persisted right into the early part of this year until a furious rally that began late in June sent tungsten soaring.
Curtailed production in China behind price jump
By last week it was trading at $320 US/mtu, an amount that is actually higher than that relied on by the Sisson feasibility study after factoring in the low Canadian dollar.
The rally was caused largely by a curtailment of production in China, the world's dominant tungsten producer.
Northcliff received final environmental approval for the Sisson mine from the federal government in June, just before the rebound in tungsten prices, but has given no indication when it might make a final investment decision on whether to proceed.
There are still significant risks facing the development.
There is no guarantee the rising price of tungsten will hold. Also, molybdenum is meant to make up about one quarter of the income from the project but its price also collapsed years ago and has not recovered.
So far investors have not seen the tungsten price rally as a reason to embrace Sisson.
Northcliff's stock price actually fell 20 per cent during the tungsten resurgence, sinking from 19.5 cents per share on June 29 to 15.5 cents at close of trading Wednesday.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-wulustukyik-encampment-winter-1.4391970
Sisson Mine opponents bracing for winter in isolated encampment
As temperatures plummet and winter looms, several First Nations members say they are staying put
The
threat of snow and freezing temperatures haven't deterred members of
Maliseet First Nations who have set up an encampment near the proposed
Sisson mine project.
The members of the Wulustukyik grandmothers and mothers say they are still committed to staying deep in the New Brunswick forest, no matter how harsh the conditions get, to protect the water and land from any mining development.
"The commitment is to stay out here all winter," said Terry Sappier. "We're just trying to get our building up before the snow flies, so that's the challenge right now."
Sappier has been living at the site near Sisson Brook for more than four months, along with several other opponents of the project.
A trio of camper trailers parked alongside a series of tents and tarp shelters make up the bulk of the encampment. They are heated and lit by a gas-powered generator. Several small solar panels also help power the camp.
It all sits approximately 13 kilometres from the nearest stretch of pavement on Route 107, and is only accessible by dirt logging roads.
A mini-home had been donated to the group, and there were plans to move it to the encampment. But that plan has changed as the group hopes to find more permanent.
"Unfortunately, that didn't work out for us," said Sappier, the only one on site who speaks on camera. "So, Tobique First Nations stepped up and they are building us a six-bedroom log cabin."
The foundation and floor of that cabin are built, with tresses waiting to be mounted.
But the hunting has been good. According to Sappier, the group has been able to harvest deer and moose to feed them throughout the winter months. They are currently curing a whitetail deer hide.
But as the season changes, so have the challenges.
Sappier lists keeping warm as the hardest part of the day-to-day survival right now, an issue that will only get worse in the weeks ahead.
But she says the group of about a dozen people who frequent the camp throughout the run of a week will continue to live in the camp until the threat of the Sisson Mining Project no longer exists.
The mine received federal environmental approval in June.
If built, the facility would be expected to run for close to 30 years, and is projected to cost $579 million.
The developer, Sisson Mine Ltd., says the mine could create 500 positions during construction, and 300 while up and running.
In February 2017,there were six Maliseet First Nations that agreed to the Sission mine deal, including Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock, Oromocto, St. Mary's and Madawaska.
Since then, several groups have distanced themselves from that decision, including the Wulustukyik grandmothers and mothers in the encampment.
The members of the Wulustukyik grandmothers and mothers say they are still committed to staying deep in the New Brunswick forest, no matter how harsh the conditions get, to protect the water and land from any mining development.
"The commitment is to stay out here all winter," said Terry Sappier. "We're just trying to get our building up before the snow flies, so that's the challenge right now."
Sappier has been living at the site near Sisson Brook for more than four months, along with several other opponents of the project.
A trio of camper trailers parked alongside a series of tents and tarp shelters make up the bulk of the encampment. They are heated and lit by a gas-powered generator. Several small solar panels also help power the camp.
It all sits approximately 13 kilometres from the nearest stretch of pavement on Route 107, and is only accessible by dirt logging roads.
A mini-home had been donated to the group, and there were plans to move it to the encampment. But that plan has changed as the group hopes to find more permanent.
"Unfortunately, that didn't work out for us," said Sappier, the only one on site who speaks on camera. "So, Tobique First Nations stepped up and they are building us a six-bedroom log cabin."
The foundation and floor of that cabin are built, with tresses waiting to be mounted.
But the hunting has been good. According to Sappier, the group has been able to harvest deer and moose to feed them throughout the winter months. They are currently curing a whitetail deer hide.
But as the season changes, so have the challenges.
Sappier lists keeping warm as the hardest part of the day-to-day survival right now, an issue that will only get worse in the weeks ahead.
But she says the group of about a dozen people who frequent the camp throughout the run of a week will continue to live in the camp until the threat of the Sisson Mining Project no longer exists.
The mine received federal environmental approval in June.
If built, the facility would be expected to run for close to 30 years, and is projected to cost $579 million.
The developer, Sisson Mine Ltd., says the mine could create 500 positions during construction, and 300 while up and running.
In February 2017,there were six Maliseet First Nations that agreed to the Sission mine deal, including Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock, Oromocto, St. Mary's and Madawaska.
Since then, several groups have distanced themselves from that decision, including the Wulustukyik grandmothers and mothers in the encampment.
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