David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/09/mp-leona-alleslev-crosses-floor-to-join.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-alleslev-fall-commons-1.4827404
In the time it took an MP to cross the floor, Trudeau's best-laid plans went sideways
For the PM, the timing couldn't have been worse. For Scheer, it was merely perfect.
Comments
Steve Duncan
I suspect many more defections are coming....this was likely just the beginning.
Jan Lenova
@Steve Duncan
Bernier's insulting defection has done far more damage to the Cons, than this forgotten lassie has done to the Libs.
Bernier's insulting defection has done far more damage to the Cons, than this forgotten lassie has done to the Libs.
Karen King
@Jamie Gillis
see Jan's comment
see Jan's comment
Dima Elman
@Richard Sharp Really? Publish a link to your data!
Jamie Gillis
@Karen King
I see no "Jan" in this thread. You were replying to Floyd who was replying to Steve...
I see no "Jan" in this thread. You were replying to Floyd who was replying to Steve...
David Amos
@Jan Lenova Methinks Leona Alleslev MP won't forget me so easily N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Dima Elman "Publish a link to your data!"
Just Google my name and Federal Court then start surfing
Just Google my name and Federal Court then start surfing
Arthur Robeson
This is the beginning of the end for Justin Tudeau's one term as prime minister.
David Amos
@Arthur Robeson Methinks many would agree that its the end of the beginning N'esy Pas?
George Lange
It is about time people came to their senses and stood up to Trudeau’s bullying tactics
Sharon Reid
@Richard Sharp ignoring the truth does not make you look good.
David Amos
@Sharon Reid "ignoring the truth does not make you look good"
Methinks the same could be said of many Conservatives too N'esy Pas?
Methinks the same could be said of many Conservatives too N'esy Pas?
Dave MacDonald
Canadian economy lost 50,000 jobs in August while USA gained 250,000 . So she is right about the economy .
Edward Peter
@Dave MacDonald It is called Students going back to school, they were Part time summer jobs, stats with out thinking.
Look at the total year, Cherry picking helps nobody.
Look at the total year, Cherry picking helps nobody.
David Amos
@Edward Peter "Cherry picking helps nobody."
Methinks cherry picking helps cherry pickers and their clients bigtime N'esy Pas?
Methinks cherry picking helps cherry pickers and their clients bigtime N'esy Pas?
Ruairidh Dunmaghlas
Yesterday showed that there is hope for our country again.
David Amos
@Ruairidh Dunmaghlas There is always hope
Sam Philip
The whole country was hopeful
PM Trudeau will succeed, unfortunately he wasted his time on selfies,
refugees and attending pride parades. Government is a serious business.
David Amos
@Sam Philip YUP
stephen blunston
well this is what you get
from someone in over their head and that wont answer any questions and
keeps mumbling the same crap for 3 years, the sunny ways are very cloudy
starting to look like a thunder storm . maybe he should have been able
to accomplish more in 3 years than legal weed and taking every dime from
hard working Canadians to waste on huge deficits for ZERO gain. cya
Trudeau your exit will not come quick enough
Jim Oxener
@Steven Arsenault
I do tax returns and people have been taxed much more since Trudeau became PM, what he tells people is not true, people earning the same wages and same tax deducted are only getting 1/2 back of what they used to get resulting in paying more taxes for the year.
I do tax returns and people have been taxed much more since Trudeau became PM, what he tells people is not true, people earning the same wages and same tax deducted are only getting 1/2 back of what they used to get resulting in paying more taxes for the year.
@Jim Oxener Methinks Liberals and the Taxman are the best of buddies N'esy Pas?
Dayton Funk
The guy's a phoney. That's
why he's so easily out maneuvered. He's been winging it from day one
practising his lines and not giving forthright answers to questions. On
trade he's a disaster. Time to hang up the skates....
Albert Grove
@Dayton Funk
Thank you,..Andy must be replaced!
Thank you,..Andy must be replaced!
David Amos
@Albert Grove "Thank you,..Andy must be replaced!"
Yup and his buddy Trudeau too
Yup and his buddy Trudeau too
David Sampson
6 weeks ago Leona accepted
her Riding Association's nomination to run as their Liberal candidate in
next year's election. Clearly the excuses she uses for crossing the
floor were suspect. What could possibly happen in such a short period to
cause her to abandon principle, betray her party and ignore the voice
of her voters?
Ambition?
Ambition?
Paul Doe
@David Allan
Party affiliation was not put on ballot before 1972...why? If party politics was the driving factor from the start, it should have been put on from the beginning.
Party affiliation was not put on ballot before 1972...why? If party politics was the driving factor from the start, it should have been put on from the beginning.
David Amos
@Paul Doe "Party affiliation was not put on ballot before 1972...why?"
Great question
Great question
Matt Lamp
Instead of fuzzy language
about feminism in trade deals, I want more trade deals that bring high
tech jobs to Canada. Instead of lofty speeches about Canada's place in
the world, I want more opportunities for Canadian citizens.
Byron Whitford
@Tony Reardon
JT didn't negotiate ANYTHING with the EU. CETA was negotiated by the previous government. All Trudeau did was sign it and he almost screwed that up.
JT didn't negotiate ANYTHING with the EU. CETA was negotiated by the previous government. All Trudeau did was sign it and he almost screwed that up.
David Amos
@Byron Whitford True
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:18:17 -0400
Subject: ATTN Leona Alleslev MP I just called and Tweeted you as well correct?
To: Leona.Alleslev@parl.gc.ca, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "andrew.scheer"
<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
<maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
<news@kingscorecord.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo" <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400
> Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier
> Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we
> confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017. In my absence,
> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at (613) 843-6394.
>
> Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017. En mon absence,
> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394.
>
> Thank you / Merci
> Liliana
>
>
> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
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>
> Sandra Lofaro
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> Adjointe exécutive
> (613)843-3540
> sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:29:03 -0700
> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con
> Dominic Cardy so say you all?
> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> (Français à suivre)
>
> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>
> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>
> Thank you.
>
> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
> svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>
> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>
> Merci.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:28:58 -0400
> Subject: So says the Mean Mindless New Neo Con Dominic Cardy so say you
> all?
> To: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca, Ghislaine.Saikaley@clo-ocol.
> mylene.theriault@ocol-clo.gc.
> "hon.melanie.joly" <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
> <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
> "Katherine.dEntremont" <Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>,
> andre@jafaust.com, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, briangallant10
> <briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm@pm.gc.ca,
> "Jack.Keir" <Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jody.carr" <jody.carr@gnb.ca>,
> "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, kelly <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>,
> "Gerald.Butts" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
> anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
> kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com, "randy.mckeen"
> <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
> <BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
> "carl.urquhart" <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
> <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, MulcaT
> <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer" <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>,
> "heather.bradley" <heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca>, Geoff Regan
> <geoff@geoffregan.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca, jbosnitch
> <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
> "Rachel.Blaney" <Rachel.Blaney@parl.gc.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
> "elizabeth.thompson" <elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca>, "David.Coon"
> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
> Tim.RICHARDSON <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, info ," <info@gg.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Cardy, Dominic (LEG)" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:02:30 +0000
> Subject: RE: RE A legal state known as "functus" For the Public Record
> I talked to Mylene Theriault in Moncton again and she told me that
> same thing she did last year
> To: "Wright, Hamish (LEG)" <Hamish.Wright@gnb.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Hamish,
>
> Did you contact Mr. Amos about the elk? How many elk were there? Were
> the police involved and if so did they wear the antlers you bought
> them?
>
> DC
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Patrick Bouchard <patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:44:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you,
> Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of
> the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister
> Goodale? (AOL)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be AOL until July 6th 2017.
>
> I will not have access to Groupwise.
>
> I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com
> depending on data coverage.
>
> ******************************
>
> Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017.
>
> Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise.
>
> Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel
> thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre.
>
>
>
> Cpl.Patrick Bouchard
> RSC 5 RCMP-GRC
> Sunny-Corner Detachment
> English/Français
> Off: 506-836-6015
> Cell : 506-424-0071
>
>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/22/17 16:43 >>>
>
>
>> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/
>>
>> Atlantic Region
>> Commissioner’s Representative:Mylène Thériault
>> Heritage Court
>> 95 Foundry Street, Suite 410
>> Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 5H7
>> Telephone: 506-851-7047
>>
>> BTW I called this dude too and left a voicemail telling him to dig
>> into his records and find what he should to give to his temporary boss
>> ASAP
>>
>> Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
>> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
>> 30 Victoria Street, 6th Floor
>> Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0T8
>> Telephone: 819-420-4718
>> E-mail: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca
>>
>> Clearly I have very good reasons to make these calls N'esy Pas Mr
>> Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger and Mr Speaker Geof Regan???
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>
>> Good Day Sir
>>
>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>
>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>
>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>> suggested that you study closely.
>>
>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>
>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>>
>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>
>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/
>>
>> April 3rd, 2017
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/
>>
>>
>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>
>>
>> The only hearing thus far
>>
>> May 24th, 2017
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/
>>
>>
>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>
>> Date: 20151223
>>
>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>
>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>
>> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>
>> BETWEEN:
>>
>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>
>> Plaintiff
>>
>> and
>>
>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>
>> Defendant
>>
>> ORDER
>>
>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>> December 14, 2015)
>>
>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>> in its entirety.
>>
>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter
>> he stated:
>>
>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>
>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>> Police.
>>
>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>
>>
>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There
>> is no order as to costs.
>>
>> “B. Richard Bell”
>> Judge
>>
>>
>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>
>> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court
>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the
>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my
>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>
>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>> most
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>
>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>
>> January 13, 2015
>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>
>> December 8, 2014
>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>
>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>> Stupid Justin Trudeau?
>>
>>
>> Vertias Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>
>> Subject:
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>
>> January 30, 2007
>>
>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>
>> Mr. David Amos
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>
>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>
>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>> Minister of Health
>>
>> CM/cb
>>
>>
>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>
>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.
>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>
>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>
>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>
>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>
>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>> Traffic Services NCO
>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>> fax: 506-444-5224
>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>
>>
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Therien <therien.mike@brunswicknews.
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:35:58 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien Because you played dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I see that you are an independent candidate. I still have no idea why you
are emailing me and phoning and hanging up. If you have an issue, please
state it. Otherwise, please stop.
*Mike Therien*
Editor | Telegraph Journal
------------------------------
Telephone: (506) 645-3260
therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
https://www.telegraphjournal.
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:30:16 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to
first base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still
play dumb after all these years?
To: Mike Therien <therien.mike@brunswicknews.
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>,
"Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, COCMoncton
<COCMoncton@gmail.com>, davidcoon <davidcoon@greenpartynb.ca>,
"brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, dcardy <dcardy@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
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----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "McKnight, Gisele" McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.
> > > > To: lcampenella@ledger.com
> > > > Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: David Amos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Lisa,
> > > > > David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he
> > became
> > > an
> > > > > independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our
> > > > federal
> > > > > election that was held June 28.
> > > > >
> > > > > He was a candidate in our constituency of Fundy (now called
> > > Fundy-Royal).
> > > > I
> > > > > wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
> > > story
> > > > > appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
> > by
> > > > one
> > > > > of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
> the
> > > > > candidates' debate held June 18.
> > > > >
> > > > > As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
> > The
> > > > > winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
> > taken
> > > by
> > > > > reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
> > that
> > > > > ran, but this one is very similar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gisele McKnight
> > > > > editor A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate
2.JPG
> > > > > Kings County Record
> > > > > Sussex, New Brunswick
> > > > > Canada
> > > > > 506-433-1070
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
By Erin Hatfield
"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.
The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."
The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You’re out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.
As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.
Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.
McKnight/KCR
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Therien <therien.mike@brunswicknews.
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:18:11 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to
first base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still
play dumb after all these years?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Mr Amos,
I have now received your email. I'm not sure why you have emailed me, nor
why you phoned my office and hung up.
Mike
*Mike Therien*
Editor | Telegraph Journal
------------------------------
Telephone: (506) 645-3260
therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
https://www.telegraphjournal.
------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:00:58 -0400
Subject: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to first
base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still play dumb
after all these years?
To: therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"hon.ralph.goodale" <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
metcalfe.wendy@brunswicknews.
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Gilles.Cote" <Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>
https://www.telegraphjournal.
https://twitter.com/adamhuras/
Brunswick News Editor-in-Chief – Wendy Metcalfe
The Telegraph Journal Editor - Mike Therien
Provincial Bureau Chief – Adam Huras
Email : TJnewsroom@brunswicknews.com
metcalfe.wendy@brunswicknews.
therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
huras.adam@brunswicknews.com
Phone : (506) 645-3260
General newsroom: 1-877-389-6397 / (506) 632-8888 / (506) 645-3310
Provincial Bureau Chief: (506) 999-4450
Fax : (506) 633-6758
Web Site : http://www.telegraphjournal.
http://davidraymondamos3.
Sunday, 9 September 2018
You are welcome Premier Gallant and Premier Ford Please notice that
two years later I finally got my Barring notice in English ONLY
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 16:48:36 +0000
Subject: RE: Meet the Evil Acadian Herménégilde Chiasson yapping on
CBC 14 years to the day after he and Danny Boy Bussieres and Kevin
Vickers of the RCMP had me Barred from the legislature in New
Brunswick
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed.
If this is a media request, please forward your email to
media-medias@gnb.ca. Thank you!
******************************
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné.
Si ceci est une demande médiatique, prière de la transmettre à
media-medias@gnb.ca. Merci!
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:48:29 -0400
Subject: Meet the Evil Acadian Herménégilde Chiasson yapping on CBC 14
years to the day after he and Danny Boy Bussieres and Kevin Vickers of the
RCMP had me Barred from the legislature in New Brunswick
To: oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Cote"
<Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
"Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
davidcoon <davidcoon@greenpartynb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, BrianThomasMacdonald
<BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
"Tim.RICHARDSON" <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, "tim.turner" <tim.turner@gov.ab.ca>,
"brian.hodgson" <brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca>
premier <premier@ontario.ca>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>,
Kevhache <Kevhache@nb.sympatico.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"Larry.Tremblay" <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, dcardy <dcardy@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>,
andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/
The Sunday Edition Podcast for June 24, 2018
Michael's essay - What would Mr. Rogers say? (0:37); Meet Herménégilde
Chiasson (5:58); Mail: Slow news (36:00); Doc: Just to Have Had You
(43:27); Why Canada doesn't have a national pharmacare program
(1:10:51); A wearable medical device that could help Canadians move
again (1:32:17); Trinity Western University Supreme Court of Canada
ruling (1:48:12); Mike Check (2:10:58).
Download The Sunday Edition Podcast for June 24, 2018
---------- Original message ----------
From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 17:28:57 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: You are welcome Premier Gallant and Premier
Ford Please notice that two years later I finally got my Barring
notice in English ONLY
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.
This message is to acknowledge that we are in receipt of your email.
Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence, there
may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your
message will be carefully reviewed.
To help us address your concerns more quickly, please include within
the body of your email your full name, address, and postal code.
Please note that your message will be forwarded to the Department of
Justice if it concerns topics pertaining to the member's role as the
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. For all future
correspondence addressed to the Minister of Justice, please write
directly to the Department of Justice at
mcu@justice.gc.camcu@justice.
> or call 613-957-4222.
Thank you
-------------------
Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
Vancouver Granville.
Le pr?sent message vise ? vous informer que nous avons re?u votre
courriel. En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de
correspondance, il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de
votre courriel. Sachez que votre message sera examin? attentivement.
Pour nous aider ? r?pondre ? vos pr?occupations plus rapidement,
veuillez inclure dans le corps de votre courriel votre nom complet,
votre adresse et votre code postal.
Veuillez prendre note que votre message sera transmis au minist?re de
la Justice s'il porte sur des sujets qui rel?vent du r?le de la
d?put?e en tant que ministre de la Justice et procureure g?n?rale du
Canada. Pour toute correspondance future adress?e ? la ministre de la
Justice, veuillez ?crire directement au minist?re de la Justice ?
mcu@justice.gc.ca ou appelez au 613-957-4222.
Merci
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Barry, Clare" <Clare.Barry@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 17:28:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: You are welcome Premier Gallant and Premier
Ford Please notice
that two years later I finally got my Barring notice in English ONLY
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Je serai absente du bureau entre le 7 et 24 septembre, 2018. Dans mon
absence, veuillez contactez Ginette Mazerolle ou Sam Boorman dans
notre bureau regional.
I will be away from the office from September 7 to 24, 2018 inclusive.
In my absence, kindly contact Ginette Mazerolle or Sam Boorman of the
Atlantic Regional Office.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:05:39 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to
first base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still
play dumb after all these years?
To: therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"hon.ralph.goodale" <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
metcalfe.wendy@brunswicknews.
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Gilles.Cote" <Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:40:41 -0400
Subject: Trust that I don't care what Adam Huras and all his corrupt
cohorts falsely claim you people do get my emails
To: rickard.mark@brunswicknews.com
<macpherson.don@dailygleaner.
andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "martin.gaudet"
<martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>
<leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.
hooper.donna@brunswicknews.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, "David.Akin" <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>,
"bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, jlaskin
<jlaskin@torys.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Don Macpherson <macpherson.don@brunswicknews.
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 06:54:06 -0700
Subject: Out of office Re: Fwd: I just called to talk to Gilles Duval
FYI his email at acadienouvelle.com did not bounce
To: SRS0=gdwY=AQ=gmail.com=motoman
I am on out of the office on a family emergency.
If you are trying to contact me with an urgent news matter, please
contact editor Andrew Waugh at waugh.andrew@brunswicknews.com
--
Don MacPherson
The Daily Gleaner
(506) 458-6479
On 9/15/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:13:12 -0400
> Subject: I just called to talk to Gilles Duval FYI his email at
> acadienouvelle.com did not bounce
> To: radio@cfai.fm, francois.gravel@
> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "peacock.kurt"
> <peacock.kurt@
> <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>, news
> <news@kingscorecord.com>, news <news@hilltimes.com>, "Bill.Morneau"
> <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, "bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>,
> jlaskin <jlaskin@torys.com>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:59:20 -0400
> Subject: Attn Robert Pichette Re Mindless Brad Green et al we just
> talked until you dared to make fun of my Father and pissed me off
> N'esy Pas??
> To: dauphin@nbnet.nb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
> <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Ed.Doherty" <Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca>,
> "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "paul.vickery"
> <paul.vickery@justice.gc.ca>, "Paul.Harpelle" <Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>,
> "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "dominic.leblanc"
> <dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
> <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <GillesLee@edmundston.ca>, jjmb@nbnet.nb.ca,
> gilles.duval@acadienouvelle.
>
From: Mike Therien <therien.mike@brunswicknews.
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:35:58 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien Because you played dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I see that you are an independent candidate. I still have no idea why you
are emailing me and phoning and hanging up. If you have an issue, please
state it. Otherwise, please stop.
*Mike Therien*
Editor | Telegraph Journal
------------------------------
Telephone: (506) 645-3260
therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
https://www.telegraphjournal.
------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:30:16 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to
first base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still
play dumb after all these years?
To: Mike Therien <therien.mike@brunswicknews.
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>,
"Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, COCMoncton
<COCMoncton@gmail.com>, davidcoon <davidcoon@greenpartynb.ca>,
"brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, dcardy <dcardy@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
Campaign, Rogers TV
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Published on Oct 1, 2015
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?
David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal Building!!!
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Published on May 23, 2017
http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/
----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "McKnight, Gisele" McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.
> > > > To: lcampenella@ledger.com
> > > > Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: David Amos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Lisa,
> > > > > David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he
> > became
> > > an
> > > > > independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our
> > > > federal
> > > > > election that was held June 28.
> > > > >
> > > > > He was a candidate in our constituency of Fundy (now called
> > > Fundy-Royal).
> > > > I
> > > > > wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
> > > story
> > > > > appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
> > by
> > > > one
> > > > > of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
> the
> > > > > candidates' debate held June 18.
> > > > >
> > > > > As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
> > The
> > > > > winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
> > taken
> > > by
> > > > > reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
> > that
> > > > > ran, but this one is very similar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gisele McKnight
> > > > > editor A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate
2.JPG
> > > > > Kings County Record
> > > > > Sussex, New Brunswick
> > > > > Canada
> > > > > 506-433-1070
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
By Erin Hatfield
"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.
The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."
The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You’re out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.
As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.
Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.
McKnight/KCR
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Therien <therien.mike@brunswicknews.
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:18:11 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to
first base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still
play dumb after all these years?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Mr Amos,
I have now received your email. I'm not sure why you have emailed me, nor
why you phoned my office and hung up.
Mike
*Mike Therien*
Editor | Telegraph Journal
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therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
https://www.telegraphjournal.
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:00:58 -0400
Subject: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to first
base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still play dumb
after all these years?
To: therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"hon.ralph.goodale" <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
metcalfe.wendy@brunswicknews.
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Gilles.Cote" <Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>
https://www.telegraphjournal.
https://twitter.com/adamhuras/
Brunswick News Editor-in-Chief – Wendy Metcalfe
The Telegraph Journal Editor - Mike Therien
Provincial Bureau Chief – Adam Huras
Email : TJnewsroom@brunswicknews.com
metcalfe.wendy@brunswicknews.
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http://davidraymondamos3.
Sunday, 9 September 2018
You are welcome Premier Gallant and Premier Ford Please notice that
two years later I finally got my Barring notice in English ONLY
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 16:48:36 +0000
Subject: RE: Meet the Evil Acadian Herménégilde Chiasson yapping on
CBC 14 years to the day after he and Danny Boy Bussieres and Kevin
Vickers of the RCMP had me Barred from the legislature in New
Brunswick
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed.
If this is a media request, please forward your email to
media-medias@gnb.ca. Thank you!
******************************
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné.
Si ceci est une demande médiatique, prière de la transmettre à
media-medias@gnb.ca. Merci!
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:48:29 -0400
Subject: Meet the Evil Acadian Herménégilde Chiasson yapping on CBC 14
years to the day after he and Danny Boy Bussieres and Kevin Vickers of the
RCMP had me Barred from the legislature in New Brunswick
To: oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Cote"
<Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
"Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
davidcoon <davidcoon@greenpartynb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, BrianThomasMacdonald
<BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
"Tim.RICHARDSON" <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, "tim.turner" <tim.turner@gov.ab.ca>,
"brian.hodgson" <brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca>
premier <premier@ontario.ca>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>,
Kevhache <Kevhache@nb.sympatico.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"Larry.Tremblay" <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, dcardy <dcardy@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>,
andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/
The Sunday Edition Podcast for June 24, 2018
Michael's essay - What would Mr. Rogers say? (0:37); Meet Herménégilde
Chiasson (5:58); Mail: Slow news (36:00); Doc: Just to Have Had You
(43:27); Why Canada doesn't have a national pharmacare program
(1:10:51); A wearable medical device that could help Canadians move
again (1:32:17); Trinity Western University Supreme Court of Canada
ruling (1:48:12); Mike Check (2:10:58).
Download The Sunday Edition Podcast for June 24, 2018
---------- Original message ----------
From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 17:28:57 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: You are welcome Premier Gallant and Premier
Ford Please notice that two years later I finally got my Barring
notice in English ONLY
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.
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Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
Vancouver Granville.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Barry, Clare" <Clare.Barry@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 17:28:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: You are welcome Premier Gallant and Premier
Ford Please notice
that two years later I finally got my Barring notice in English ONLY
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Je serai absente du bureau entre le 7 et 24 septembre, 2018. Dans mon
absence, veuillez contactez Ginette Mazerolle ou Sam Boorman dans
notre bureau regional.
I will be away from the office from September 7 to 24, 2018 inclusive.
In my absence, kindly contact Ginette Mazerolle or Sam Boorman of the
Atlantic Regional Office.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:05:39 -0400
Subject: Re: ATTN Mike Therien We just talked and I could not get to
first base with you So I must ask why does the Irviing media still
play dumb after all these years?
To: therien.mike@brunswicknews.com
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"hon.ralph.goodale" <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Liliana.Longo"
<Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "darrow.macintyre"
<darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
metcalfe.wendy@brunswicknews.
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Gilles.Cote" <Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:40:41 -0400
Subject: Trust that I don't care what Adam Huras and all his corrupt
cohorts falsely claim you people do get my emails
To: rickard.mark@brunswicknews.com
<macpherson.don@dailygleaner.
andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "martin.gaudet"
<martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>
<leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.
hooper.donna@brunswicknews.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, "David.Akin" <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>,
"bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, jlaskin
<jlaskin@torys.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Don Macpherson <macpherson.don@brunswicknews.
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 06:54:06 -0700
Subject: Out of office Re: Fwd: I just called to talk to Gilles Duval
FYI his email at acadienouvelle.com did not bounce
To: SRS0=gdwY=AQ=gmail.com=motoman
I am on out of the office on a family emergency.
If you are trying to contact me with an urgent news matter, please
contact editor Andrew Waugh at waugh.andrew@brunswicknews.com
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Don MacPherson
The Daily Gleaner
(506) 458-6479
On 9/15/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:13:12 -0400
> Subject: I just called to talk to Gilles Duval FYI his email at
> acadienouvelle.com did not bounce
> To: radio@cfai.fm, francois.gravel@
> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "peacock.kurt"
> <peacock.kurt@
> <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>, news
> <news@kingscorecord.com>, news <news@hilltimes.com>, "Bill.Morneau"
> <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, "bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>,
> jlaskin <jlaskin@torys.com>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:59:20 -0400
> Subject: Attn Robert Pichette Re Mindless Brad Green et al we just
> talked until you dared to make fun of my Father and pissed me off
> N'esy Pas??
> To: dauphin@nbnet.nb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
> <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "Ed.Doherty" <Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca>,
> "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "paul.vickery"
> <paul.vickery@justice.gc.ca>, "Paul.Harpelle" <Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>,
> "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "dominic.leblanc"
> <dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
> <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <GillesLee@edmundston.ca>, jjmb@nbnet.nb.ca,
> gilles.duval@acadienouvelle.
>
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-floor-crosser-leona-alleslev-1.4826567
Toronto-area Liberal MP Leona Alleslev crosses the floor to join Conservatives
This is first floor crossing the Liberals have faced since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assumed leadership
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Daryl McBride
A lot of truth to Sheers statement.
“like many Canadians who voted for Trudeau in the last election, now realizes the PM is not equipped to deal with the "challenges of our time."
“like many Canadians who voted for Trudeau in the last election, now realizes the PM is not equipped to deal with the "challenges of our time."
David Amos
@Daryl McBride Methinks many would agree that the same truth holds true for Sheer N'esy Pas?
Bob Terwilliger
She knows the Sunny Ways ship is sinking.
David Amos
@Bob Terwilliger Methinks the Lady doth protest too much N'esy Pas?
Daryl McBride
Good for Leona, she can see the damage the Trudeau Liberals are causing.
Michael MacKenzie
@Daryl McBride More likely she figures she can get re-elected easier as a Conservative than a Liberal.
Richard Sharp
@Jamie Gillis
Thanks for that. I'm a guy you can have a beer with and it sounds like you are too.
Thanks for that. I'm a guy you can have a beer with and it sounds like you are too.
David Amos
@Richard Sharp Methinks you two should get a room N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Michael MacKenzie I agree
Joyce Hope Shortell
Cracks in the liberal armour. Love it.
David Amos
@Joyce Hope Shortell Me Too
Chuck Summers
Fleeing a sinking ship. If the rumours of the infighting are true the liberals are in trouble.
David Amos
@Chuck Summers YUP
Patrick Ko
Bravo! Bravo!
Finally a Liberal MP who's standing up for her constituents.
Finally a Liberal MP who's standing up for her constituents.
Richard Hirschfield
@Patrick Ko
If she truly wanted to represent her constituents, who voted her in as a Liberal, she should resign and trigger a byelection.
If she truly wanted to represent her constituents, who voted her in as a Liberal, she should resign and trigger a byelection.
David Amos
@Richard Hirschfield Perhaps they voted for her instead of her party.
Jason Baxter
This is just the beginning...
the end of Justin and his incompetent unethical anti Canadian
liberals start their slow decent into darkness and unemployment
Troy Mann
@Jason Baxter
Conservatives keep wanting Canada to fail yet we keep succeeding. Let's go back to tough economic times ewcade of zero growth we had under Harper is all they want.
Conservatives keep wanting Canada to fail yet we keep succeeding. Let's go back to tough economic times ewcade of zero growth we had under Harper is all they want.
Joe Brebeanu
@Troy Mann tell us more how we are succeeding.
David Amos
@Joe Brebeanu Trust that he won't
In the time it took an MP to cross the floor, Trudeau's best-laid plans went sideways
For the PM, the timing couldn't have been worse. For Scheer, it was merely perfect.
There are times when no amount of planning can prepare you for the completely unexpected.
The Liberals returned Monday for the fall sitting of Parliament with a plan to highlight what they see as their success over the past three years in making life better for the middle class, to focus attention on their efforts to diversify Canada's trading partnerships, and to remind voters that they have more money in their pockets today than they did under the Conservatives.
It took a single member of the government's backbench mere minutes to unravel those plans.
Leona Alleslev crossed the floor to join Andrew Scheer's opposition Conservatives, denouncing the prime minister's handling of the economy and his failure, as she put it, to defend Canada's interests at a time of unprecedented instability.
"This is not a strong economy. And our country needs strong leadership."
A defection from the government benches to the opposition is unusual no matter when it happens.
CBC News
Scheer welcomes Alleslev to caucus
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he's 'extremely proud' to welcome Leona Alleslev into the fold. 0:17
"If, like Leona, you supported and trusted Justin Trudeau and the Liberals in the last election and you are frustrated, or even angry, with the ineffective leadership, know this," Scheer said directly into the cameras as Alleslev stood by his side. "You are both welcome and needed in the Conservative Party of Canada."
It's not clear how much damage Alleslev's surprise defection will cause the Liberals, but it certainly made for an awkward start to the fall sitting.
The government had selected, as its first item of business, continuing debate on the bill to ratify the Pacific rim trade deal known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The government also had prepared for questions on the future of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, having planned an announcement for the near future on how it will formally respond to a court ruling that killed the project's permits by ruling that First Nations hadn't been adequately consulted.
These are the major challenges the Liberals face. It's where they wanted the focus to be on day one. It's what they planned for as the Commons resumed.
Instead, the PM found himself responding to Scheer's allegation that he had presided over a "summer of failure" and that he "just isn't up to the job" of guiding Canada through difficult times.
The return of 'just not ready'
That last bit was a core theme of the unsuccessful Conservative re-election campaign of three years back. It didn't work then, even though Stephen Harper had a long track record in office. Conservatives seem to think it will work now, under an untested Scheer — a bold move.
What the argument doesn't do, as Liberals pointed out Monday, is tell Canadians what Scheer might do differently.
How, for example, would Scheer have approached dealing with Donald Trump during these tense NAFTA negotiations? How would Conservatives have succeeded in getting the Trans Mountain expansion built after failing to get the project going while in power for nearly a decade? And where, oh where, is the Conservatives' alternative plan to reduce carbon emissions without putting a price on emissions?
And Trudeau repeated the lines again on Monday during question period: the lowest unemployment rate in nearly four decades, the creation of 500,000 full-time jobs and the fastest economic growth among G7 nations last year.
The limits of the Liberals' message
But none of this seems very forward-looking for a government that will be asking voters for another mandate a year from now. Some Liberals admit privately that none of it is the sort of stuff to excite the party's base in a critical period when party nominations are underway and when fundraising is becoming more and more important.
Some even worry that the government is inadvertently providing an opening — slim as it might be — for the New Democrats.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told reporters on Monday that his party will continue to confront the government with the stories they heard from ordinary Canadians over the summer about their troubles finding affordable housing, or paying for medication.
"While Liberals keep making empty promises that they won't keep … New Democrats are standing up for what matters most to Canadians."
The Liberals expected to be attacked from both sides, of course. What they didn't anticipate was an attack from within. And that requires a new plan for the days ahead.
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Toronto-area Liberal MP Leona Alleslev crosses the floor to join Conservatives
This is first floor crossing the Liberals have faced since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assumed leadership
Ontario MP Leona Alleslev is crossing the floor from the Liberals to join the Conservative party caucus — the first such loss for the governing party since the last election.
The floor crossing is a coup for the opposition Tories, who are counting on a breakthrough in suburban Toronto-area ridings like the one held by Alleslev to win them the next federal election.
While Alleslev said Monday she had been thinking about leaving the party for "a while," her Twitter activity over the summer betrays nothing of her dissatisfaction.
Politics News
Alleslev crosses floor to join Conservatives
Leona Alleslev, the MP
for Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill announces that she is leaving the
government benches to sit in opposition. 2:37
Conservative
Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday he and Alleslev have been in
discussions about a floor-crossing for a "a few weeks" — meaning the MP
held talks with her former political foe only a short time after hosting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in her riding for an event that
celebratedLiberal accomplishments since forming government in 2015.
In a July 20 tweet, Alleslev thanked the prime minister for visiting her Aurora riding and said she looked forward to carrying the Liberal banner in the next campaign.
Alleslev explained away her shifting loyalties Monday by saying the Liberal party has not adequately addressed some "foundational challenges" facing Canada. She cited the government's handling of the economy, tax reform, foreign affairs and trading relationships, and what she calls inadequate military spending, as the reasons motivating her to jump from the government bench to the Tories.
Alleslev, a graduate of the Royal Military College and a former captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force, held senior positions at the Department of National Defence, IBM and aerospace manufacturer Bombardier before seeking the Liberal nomination for the Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill riding in 2014.
"My attempts to raise my concerns with this government were met with silence," Alleslev said in a speech in the House of Commons announcing her move. "It's my duty to stand and be counted. Our country is at risk. The government must be challenged openly and publicly.
"To my Liberal colleagues, thank you. But my oath is to country, not party and my sacred obligation is to serve my constituents."
This is the first floor crossing the Liberals have faced since Trudeau assumed leadership of the party in 2014.
Power and Politics
Liberal MP crosses the floor to join Scheer's Conservatives
'That final decision doesn't happen until I was in the moment and I stood up,' says Leona Alleslev. 10:50
Later
Monday, in conversation with Paul Wells of Maclean's magazine, Trudeau
said he remembered Alleslev as being a thoughtful candidate who knew she
was in a riding that leaned Conservative but remained excited about
jumping on board the Liberal team."I wish her the best in her new choices, and you know, that's something that happens from time to time in politics. It's not great but it's also not the be all and end all," Trudeau told Wells.
"One team lost a member and it went to the other side. It can be an indicator of larger things. It can be just what it is and we'll just stay focused on the things that we're focused on doing."
Asked if he thought other members of his caucus might be considering taking the same path across the aisle, Trudeau said he "certainly" didn't think so, because his caucus members have given him the impression they are fired up and ready to get things done.
Trudeau on Leona Alleslev crossing the floor
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says losing Alleslev is not the 'be all and end all.' 1:36
Alleslev
previously served as a parliamentary secretary to the minister of
Public Services and Procurement between November 2015 and January 2017.
She was replaced by Quebec MP Steven MacKinnon, a former national
director of the Liberal Party.Alleslev narrowly defeated former Conservative MP Costas Menegakis — by just 1,093 votes, or 2.2 percentage points — to secure the riding for the Liberals.
Menegakis, who already had been nominated to run again for the Conservatives, tweeted Monday he will stand aside in favour of Alleslev and instead seek the nomination for the neighbouring riding of Richmond Hill.
Speaking to reporters in the foyer of Commons, Scheer said he was "extremely proud" to welcome Alleslev into the Conservative fold. He said that, like many Canadians who voted for Trudeau in the last election, Alleslev now realizes Trudeau is not equipped to deal with the "challenges of our time."
"If, like Leona, you supported Justin Trudeau and the Liberals in the last election and you're frustrated or even angry with the ineffective leadership, know this: you are both welcome and needed in the Conservative Party of Canada. We're going to keep adding to our team," he said.
Scheer said Alleslev will be appointed the party's critic for global security.
Tough summer for Liberals
Alleslev's departure caps off a summer of disruptive developments for the Liberal government, including protracted NAFTA negotiations, a surprising Federal Court of Appeal decision on the Trans Mountain expansion project (which halted further construction pending some court-ordered fixes by Ottawa) and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's subsequent decision to pull Alberta out of the national climate plan.
Trudeau said he wished Alleslev well in her career as a Conservative.
"This is something that [is] allowed for in our system," he told reporters in the foyer of the Commons.
"I'm looking forward to getting back in the House to talk about what we're going to be doing for Canadians, what we've been working hard on all summer and over the past three years."
"It was really just to welcome the prime minister to our riding. He should be out in the country and we should always be proud to have, as constituents, the prime minister in our riding," she said.
Scheer said that while Alleslev had been talking to the Conservatives about crossing the floor for some time, nothing was guaranteed until Alleslev stood in the House Monday to announce the switch.
"We have a lot of points in common, but nothing was promised, nothing was guaranteed," he said.
Braeden Caley, a Liberal Party spokesperson, confirmed Alleslev had already met her "community engagement" targets — groundwork every incumbent Liberal MP must do before they can secure the nomination and run again under the party's banner in the 2019 election.
Volunteers in her area met door-knocking requirements more than a month ago, Caley said in an email to CBC News, confirming volunteers had knocked on over 3,500 doors in the riding and/or made 5,000 phone calls with the community.
"The Liberal Electoral District Association in Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill has some of the strongest volunteer numbers of any team in Ontario, and that will certainly serve them well in the months ahead," Caley said. "Over 54,000 Ontarians have signed up as new Liberals in the last 2 years alone, a strong vote of confidence in Justin Trudeau's positive progress to deliver real change."
Alleslev did not attend the Liberal caucus retreat in Saskatoon last week as she was travelling in Europe on parliamentary business.
The Conservatives picked off another Liberal seat earlier this year after winning a Quebec by-election in a riding held by a retiring Liberal MP. However, the Liberals have turned two Tory-held seats red since the last election, in B.C. and Quebec respectively.
Historically, about two-thirds of MPs who cross the floor and seek re-election under a new party's banner have been successful, bringing a boost in support for their new party in the vast majority of cases.
Alleslev asks first question after crossing floor
New Conservative MP Leona
Alleslev asks her first question in the House of Commons since crossing
the floor just before Question Period. 1:22
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