CBC may maliciously delete its records but Twitter, Google and IMI have retained the truth of the matter for now N'esy Pas?

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies



David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos 

Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and  49 others

Methinks Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland needs to review my emails to her then checkout my Twitter and blog N'esy Pas?

 https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/10/httpstwitter_29.html


#TrudeauMustGo #nbpoli #cdnpoli #TrumpKnew


https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-canada-statement-brazil-far-right-1.4882380

Canada issues terse statement after far-right candidate elected president of Brazil

Trump, meanwhile, welcomes Bolsonaro with enthusiastic tweet

John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2018 12:37 PM ET

No tally on the Comment Section yet because CBC is no doubt still editing 

I will lay odds the LIEbrano Propaganda Machine regretted publishing this article because the number of ethical attacks on the Freeland and the liberals was truly amazing

Commenting is now closed for this story.


3318 Comments at 9AM (3733 Comments at midnight)




David Amos
"Canada and Brazil enjoy a deep relationship ... numerous relationships between people and businesses, as well as ... our close cooperation on security and defence, agriculture, education, technology and innovation," she said."

Yea Right

If Freeland or anyone else within the governments of Canada and Brazil were ethical someone would recall the doings between Brazil, Obama, John Baird and I during the G20 meeting in 2013. I would lay odds that the Russians and the CSE still do. Much has been erased from the net but Google the following names to confirm that I'm not joking "Dilma Rousseff" "David Raymond Amos"




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David Amos 

"Brazil is a uniquely violent country. According to the Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security's annual ranking of the world's most violent cities, 21 of the top 50 most violent are in Brazil.""

YEA RIGHT Who are the Mexican to judge any other violent country? Furthermore that are the ones who helped Trump rope Freeland into a new free trade deal beteen the mandates of their two presidents

Methinks most political pundits know why I ran for public office 6 times thus far N'esy Pas?

This story appeared in the Kings County Record on June 22, 2004

The Unconventional Candida
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."

"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.

"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




  

Ken Cauliflower

Nice to see Liberals & Leftists doing what they do best... ostracizing and shaming anyone who disagrees with them.

I predict more leftist losing until they learn to debate like grown adults.

Carl Rios

@Ken Cauliflower yes and all the righties comments are just so dang pleasant right?

Rowan Carster

@Ken Cauliflower well said.

Georges Kanoute

@Ken Cauliflower
"learn to debate like grown adults"
You mean hurling insults over twitter at 3AM?

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David Amos
@Georges Kanoute "You mean hurling insults over twitter at 3AM?"

@Bill Haughton "Our government is such an embarrassment."

I agree Methinks Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland needs to review my emails to her then checkout my Twitter and blog N'esy Pas?

Methinks I resemble that remark N'esy Pas? 

 
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Bill Haughton

Freeland's actions demonstrates how the Liberal's 'kindergarten' leaders behave when someone who doesn't fit their 'politically correct / identity politics' stereotype achieves power through a democratic election.

Our government is such an embarrassment.

Troy Mann

@Bill Haughton

Congratulating someone who said they rather their son be dead than homosexual is something only conservatives would be proud of.

Bravo Minister Freeland for standing up for everyone's rights even those who conservatives don't believe should have rights, freedoms or life.

David Amos

@Bill Haughton "Our government is such an embarrassment."

I agree Methinks Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland needs to review my emails to her then checkout my Twitter and blog N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Troy Mann If the government of Canada were ethical someone would recall the doings between Brazil, John Baird & I during the G20 meeting in 2013 Much has been erased from the net but Google the following to confirm I'm not joking "Dilma Rousseff" "David Raymond Amos"

Mike Miller

@Troy Mann
Don't you'll run into all of his drivel!

David Amos

@Mike Miller FYI I know who Troy Mann is he is a local boy His bosses have had hard copy of my material long before I sued the Crown in Fredericton in 2015

 
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Rob Unrau

Freeland making enemies with another country. No surprise there.

Troy Mann

@Rob Unrau

When Brazil turns into a dictatorship conservatives will cheer as it is what they want for Canada

Marguerite Deschamps

@Ethan Beaver is the tool who needs to get lost.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you should mind your manners N'esy Pas?

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David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks you know as well as I if some ethical Yankee lawyers or politicians or journalists (if there were such a thing) read page 2 of this very old file and then start turning the pages Trump would change his evil tune in a heartbeat to save his butt from impeachment and or litigation particularly before the polling day bell tolls of Nov 6th.

https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER

Even you must admit this is interesting October Surprise 2 days before All Hallows Eve and the confidence vote in New Brunswick on Nov 2nd N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Rob Unrau "Freeland making enemies with another country"

Methinks that is just another one of those things the little lady does that the Big Bad Boyz fail to appreciate Too bad so sad for us all that she isn't ethical as well N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Troy Mann Why is it I was not surprised to see my reply blocked?

 
Mike Mayers

Democratically elected

David Amos

@Mike Mayers "Democratically elected"

Perchance to dream: Ay, there's the rub

Methinks Hamlet said it best N"esy Pas?

David Amos

@David Amos Methinks the old Bard di have his way with words I believe this line applies to the subject of this article N'esy Pas?

As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII

Jaques to Duke Senior

"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,"

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Daryl McBride

So the Liberals want to mess up Trade with Brazil too.

Troy Mann

@Daryl McBride

The value of bowing down to people for economic reasons is truly only a conservative value as they don't like people having freedom and rights.

David Amos 

@Troy Mann "The value of bowing down to people for economic reasons is truly only a conservative value as they don't like people having freedom and rights."

Dream on Methinks you forgot the big deal Dion made with Saudi's before he got out of Dodge for a fancy job overseas and Freeland stepped into his shoes N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/saudi-arms-deal-dion-1.3534739 N'esy Pas?

"Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion said Wednesday he wants Canadians to have the details behind his decision to sign export permits covering $11 billion of the $15-billion deal between the Saudis and an Ontario company for the fleet of armoured vehicles."

 

Jim Redmond

I find Canada's reaction to Brazil's election deeply insulting.

Troy Mann

@Jim Redmond

You can move to Brazil

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David Amos

@Troy Mann Methinks you can too Its a free world N'esy Pas?

If the government of Canada were ethical someone would recall the doings between Brazil, John Baird & I during the G20 meeting in 2013 Much has been erased from the net but Google the following to confirm I'm not joking "Dilma Rousseff" "David Raymond Amos"

David Amos

@Troy Mann "You can move to Brazil"

Methinks you can too Its a free world N'esy Pas?

bill maclean

Minister Freeland seems more comfortable playing the part of a political activist. She can always resign her seat to push her own political interests and let another Canadian step in and push ours. You either believe in democracy or you don't..

David Amos

@bill maclean Well Put Sir

 

Raymond Williams

Canada is increasingly coming off as a pious mouthpiece.
That gets old very quickly.

 

Jacob Hobart

@Raymond Williams Trudeau demanded an apology from the Pope...

...we need to rethink things a tad here.

David Amos

@Jacob Hobart Methinks Trudeau The Younger has finally figured out why I sued a Yankee Cardinal and won in 2(02 so now he is feeling his oats N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Jacob Hobart Methinks truth is stranger the fiction N'esy Pas?

Check the court date stamp on page 134 look for Cardinal Law's name then check history to see that he ran off to the Vatican the very next day,

https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER

 

Daryl McBride

Why are Liberals trying to make enemies with Brazil already? Should they wait and see?

Andrew Stat

@Daryl McBride How does congratulating Brazil make them are enemy?

Troy Mann

@Andrew Stat

Conservatives want Canada to bow down to everyone even homophobic leaders

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David Amos

@Troy Mann You have your knickers in quite a knot over other people's opinions. Methinks you should relax beore you have stroke and enjoy the Circus watching the comments evaporate before our very eyes N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Troy Mann "Conservatives want Canada to bow down to everyone even homophobic leaders"

Calm down and enjoy the Circus will ya?

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Bernie Hunter

Freeland only supports her own agenda. Worst diplomatic for Canada

Troy Mann

@Bernie Hunter

She represents Canada and just because you disagree with Canada's democratically elected government doesnt mean much at all.

 

David Amos

@Troy Mann Methinks she represents you not me you know as well as i hats why I ran against her politcal party and all the rest as an Independent 6 times thus N'esy Pas?

 

John Gerrits

So to get this straight,the govt of Canada,representing all Canadians,is now attempting to condemn a democratically elected govt of another country because that other country's electorate didn't vote liberal
Chrissy and justin should stick to governing Canada and stop interfering with another country's democratically elected govt.Isn't this what they and so many others have alleged about Russia/USA?

Troy Mann

@John Gerrits

It is the job of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to speak on behalf of canadians on foreign affairs.

No where in the statement does it condemn anyone, you just read it that way because it wasn't a glowing letter bowing down to someone.

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David Amos

@Troy Mann Methinks she is supposed to speak on behalf of ALL Canadians not pick fights all over the world with he snarky comments. If she can't say something beneficial to us all on the World Stage then she should say nothing at all N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@John Gerrits I agree Sir

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David Amos

@Troy Mann I explained why I disagreed with you but I was blocked again

David Amos

@Troy Mann Methinks you are well aware as to why I strongly disagree N'esy Pas?

 

Jace Braidwith

The rise of populism comes when successive governments have not listened to the quiet majority of the electorate, and their concerns and opinions on many ranges of issues. Stop catering to special interest groups, and start listening carefully to those you have taken for granted and ignored for far too long. Or keep on dismissing them and see what happens. Your choice. Cheers.

David Amos

@Jace Braidwith Methinks its kinda like a pendulum When the political nonsense goes far enough it swings back the other way N;esy Pas?

Tthey say the more clowns the merrier but I did enjoy listening to Trudeau explain to peoplekind in the Circus on the Hill in Ottawa why he called only one by election.

Cheers to you too

 
William Bruce

Virtue signalling at its worst.
Bolsonaro was elected with 55% of the popular vote.

John Smith

@William Bruce
A much higher percentage than Justin received

William Bruce

@John Smith
Agreed. Only Diefenbaker and Mulroney came close to that kind of support.

John Gerrits

@William Bruce Only 55% and not that OVERWHELMING 39.47% MAJORITY(LPC words,not mine) that justin received in 2015?!

David Amos

@William Bruce "You folks thought Harper was a tyrant."

Methinks the many people Harper fired would agree that he was N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@William Bruce "Only Diefenbaker and Mulroney came close to that kind of support"

Perhaps but being popular only matters to sheople who believe the spin in the media.

Methinks R.B . Bennett was the only decent soul we ever had for a Prime Minister and most folks have no idea who he was because he was not popular N'esy Pas?

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David Amos

@William Bruce "Mulroney brought in NAFTA and the GST, both of which the LPC endorsed eagerly once in power. You were saying?"

I said lots about NAFTA, taxes and Mulroney et al long ago Legions of lawyers know that I was talking to his daughter's assistants just yesterday

Methinks most political pundits know why I ran for public office 6 times thus far N'esy Pas?

This story appeared in the Kings County Record on June 22, 2004

The Unconventional Candidate
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."

"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."

"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

 
Mike Mayers

Brazilians are tired of liberal politicians bankrupting their beautiful country

David Amos

@Mike Mayers "Brazilians are tired of liberal politicians bankrupting their beautiful country"

Methinks many would agree that the conservatives are no better N'esy Pas? If the government of Canada were ethical someone would recall the doings between Brazil, John Baird and I during the G20 meeting in 2013 Much has been erased from the net but Google the following names to confirm that I'm not joking "Dilma Rousseff" "David Raymond Amos"

 
steve martin

Very unprofessional freeland . You are canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs
NOT Minister of of liberal views

David Amos

@steve martin "NOT Minister of of liberal views"

Oh So True Sir

 
nancy smith

Clearlty the world is not embracing globalism/liberal social issues anymore . Deal with it.

David Amos

@nancy smith YUP

 
John Reed

How bad was the left leaning government that a "far right" government won in a landslide?

Patrick Russell

@John Reed

You could ask Harper...

Clint Farrow

@John Reed Pretty bad. The previous left wing president is in jail for taking bribes.

John Reed

@Patrick Russell I'll ask Sheer in 2019

David Amos

@John Reed "I'll ask Sheer in 2019"

Me Too

David Amos

@John Reed Methinks everybody in the know knows that Andrew Scheer knows why I sued the Queen in 2015.

FYI It was because I was illegally barred from parliamentary properties as soon as Harper became Prime Minister in 2006. Anyone can Google the following N'esy Pas?

David Amos Federal Court

 
Terry R Avante

Is it Freeland’s and the Liberal business to determine the values and rights of a foreign country? The Brazilians choose that and they have. Are the Libs put off because their party of choice didn’t win? Of course, they are Hilary wrapped up in the leaf. Canada has got to remain out of the business and jurisdiction of other nations. Tell Macron to mind his own business.

David Amos

@Terry R Avante 'Canada has got to remain out of the business and jurisdiction of other nations"

I agree

Daryl McBride

One would think after JT's empty room speech at the UN that the Liberals would take the hint, No other countries care what Canada's Liberals think.

David Amos

@Daryl McBride "So the Liberals want to mess up Trade with Brazil too."

Methinks Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger cares what you think N'esy Pas?

Anthony Kennedy

I don't recall the term virtue signalling being used before Justin became PM. Now it's in my face constantly.

John Reed

@Anthony Kennedy because he's in your face...virtue signalling

David Amos

@John Reed LOL

 
Mohammed Jones

So the Liberals wont congratulate the new guy in Brazil, but applauded the Assad regime's climate change efforts?

Joe Sinicrope

@Mohammed Jones And they say that Trump loves dictators. According to Justin, Castro was a great man. According to Justin, Communist China is to be admired. Syria’s Assad is the latest dictator to get Liberal adulation.

David Amos

@Joe Sinicrope Methinks Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger is not sincere The apple does not fall too far from the tree N'esy Pas?

 
norman duck

You really can't blame people for voting for the right , the left are getting very violent these days

David Amos

@norman duck "the left are getting very violent these days"

True

Jan De Ruyter

Freeland once again showing her diplomatic prowess. The same as that shown during the USMCA negotiations.

David Amos

@Jan De Ruyter Dream on

Ethan R Wright

More petty and unprofessional behaviour from Freeland.

She never learns.

David Amos

@Ethan R Wright "More petty and unprofessional behaviour from Freeland. "

Methinks that is just another one of those things the little lady does that the big bad boys fail to appreciate N'esy Pas?

Jack Colins

Good thing nobody cares what Canada thinks under this government.

David Amos 

@Jack Colins Methinks Harper proved that when he got laughed out of Pittsburgh in 2009 when he said that Canada has “no history of colonialism.”

Methinks in 2016 Trudeau The Younger put his foot in his mouth in New York N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/trudeau-colonialism-comments-1.3549405

"In an article on the National Observer website about Trudeau's visit to New York University in New York City on Thursday, he was quoted talking about Canada's ability to offer support for UN peacekeeping missions "without some of the baggage that so many other Western countries have — either colonial pasts or perceptions of American imperialism."




Calogero Lavezzi

This government is so annoying

David Amos

@Calogero Lavezzi Methinks that was a very wise and polite understatement N'esy Pas?

 
Steve Timmins

Right wing gov'ts re coming in because people are getting sick of left wing gov'ts. The pendulum swing will continue until someone is smart enough to govern from the center. Are you listening, Justin?

David Amos

@Steve Timmins "The pendulum swing will continue until someone is smart enough to govern from the center"

Methinks I spoke of the pendulum earlier within this comment section N'esy Pas?

John Reed

A friend of mine that grew up in Brazil and has family there says western media has blown this up and that it's not a "far right" party.

Jon Palmer

@John Reed Asked my neighbour about it as well, seeing how she immigrated from Brazil, and she says the same thing. She says the CBC and western MSM are not accurately reporting what’s happening in Brazil.

David Amos

@John Reed Interesting Indeed. Methinks anyone with two clues between their ears would believe their friends and neighbours over the corporate media any day N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Jon Palmer I agree particularly when it come to elections. For instance did I run in the election of the 42nd Parliament or did it not?

You decide

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276

bill chagwich

the liberals should have the decency, regardless of political view, to give congratulations for victory

David Amos

@bill chagwich "the liberals should have the decency, regardless of political view, to give congratulations for victory"

Methinks that thought would never even cross their minds N'esy Pas?

Mike Smith

The weight and import of soon-to-be Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, opinions?
Astonishingly little...just like the accomplishments of the liberal house of worship.

Bill Mavin

@Mike Smith empty words, but if they get you through the day go for it

David Amos

@Bill Mavin They made me chuckle and the fact they upset you made me laugh

Canada issues terse statement after far-right candidate elected president of Brazil

Trump, meanwhile, welcomes Bolsonaro with enthusiastic tweet

John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2018 12:37 PM ET

Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. (Silvia izquierdo/Associated Press)

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland offered no words of praise today for Brazil's new president-elect — far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro — choosing instead to congratulate Brazilians on exercising their right to vote in a contentious election in South America's largest country.

"Canada congratulates the tens of millions of Brazilians who exercised their democratic rights by casting votes in the presidential election on October 28. Their participation is a testament to the strong democratic convictions of the people of Brazil," Freeland said in a statement released today.

While the headline on the statement released to media outlets says, "Canada congratulates Brazil's president-elect," that sentiment appears nowhere in the statement posted to Freeland's department website.

An official from Global Affairs Canada, speaking on background to CBC News, said the headline congratulating the president-elect was left over from a draft and should not have been included in the statement sent to reporters.

Freeland's statement also does not mention by name Bolsonaro, the leader of the deeply conservative Social Liberal Party who prevailed in Brazil's presidential election.

Despite her desire to exclude congratulatory remarks from her statement, Freeland said she hopes to maintain strong bilateral ties between the two countries.

"Canada and Brazil enjoy a deep relationship ... numerous relationships between people and businesses, as well as ... our close cooperation on security and defence, agriculture, education, technology and innovation," she said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland released a statement after the far-right Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday. She congratulated the voters for exercising their democratic rights, without naming Bolsonaro. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

"We look forward to advancing negotiations toward an ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement between Canada and Mercosur countries, and continuing to promote democratic values and human rights."

U.S. President Donald Trump was more welcoming of president-elect Bolsonaro. In a tweet, Trump said he had a "very good conversation" with the former paratrooper turned politician.

"We agreed that Brazil and the United States will work closely together on Trade, Military and everything else! Excellent call, wished him congrats!"

• In dramatic swing right, Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil's presidential election

• Analysis
  Jair Bolsonaro, 'Brazil's Trump,' is on track to win the presidency. For Trudeau, that spells trouble

Bolsonaro has long been a source of controversy in Brazil, appalling his many critics while energizing his base of supporters who admire what they see as his 'straight talk'.

He has directed much of his ire at homosexuals. He said he'd rather see his son die in an accident than come out as gay, adding he could never love a gay son. "If a gay couple came to live in my building, my property will lose value. If they walk around holding hands, kissing, it will lose value!" he said in an interview with Playboy magazine.

He once told a congresswoman that he wouldn't rape her because she was too ugly and thus didn't deserve it.

He described fathering a daughter, after having had four sons, as "a moment of weakness." He said he understood why some employers prefer to hire men over women because women have access to more costly labour rights, such as maternity leave.

Bolsonaro cruised to victory — he won an outright majority of vote after the second run-off election on Sunday — in part because of his pledge to end corruption in a country that has seen some of its most senior politicians convicted of crimes.

Tough on crime approach welcomed in dangerous country

The former military officer has vowed to restore order as Brazil contends with a wave of violent crime.

Brazil is a uniquely violent country. According to the Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security's annual ranking of the world's most violent cities, 21 of the top 50 most violent are in Brazil.
Bolsonaro's affinity for the former military dictatorship that once ruled the country — he called the era "glorious" — has been welcomed by tough-on-crime Brazilians yearning for a ruler with an iron fist as gang violence spikes.

Supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate Fernando Haddad attend a march against presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 26, 2018. (Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

While more than 64,000 murders were registered in the country last year — 175 deaths per day — just 10 per cent of homicide cases ultimately resulted in charges, according to data from the Brazilian Forum for Public Security.

Bolsonaro also has said he will open up environmentally sensitive areas of the country to development to spur economic growth — a policy which could trigger standoffs with the country's Indigenous peoples, who still lay claim to their traditional territories.

Other Brazilian voters feared the impact that a far-left government — under the leadership of Bolsonaro's principal foe, Workers' Party Leader Fernando Haddad — would have on the economy and the country's currency. Many voters dreaded a return of the hyperinflation that crippled Brazil in the 1980s and 1990s.

"What I can tell you is that among close relatives and friends who supported Mr. Bolsonaro, the main reason was the stability of the market, not because his conservative values or promise to fight epidemic crime," Guilherme Ribeiro Tardin Costa, a Brazilian citizen living in Ottawa, told CBC News. He said he did not personally support either of the leading candidates.

"Everyone was afraid the currency would devaluate, with hyperinflation making a comeback. A relative told me he was afraid his pension as a retired public servant would be compromised if the other candidate had won the elections."

Members of the Police Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) aim their weapons during an operation against drug gangs in the Alemao slums complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 6, 2018. (Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)

A Reuters story from September documented how Brazil's business elite had shown an openness to Bolsonaro in recent weeks.

"Business people and entrepreneurs throughout Brazil in all segments of the public favor Bolsonaro and will actively campaign for him," Luciano Hang, owner of the department store chain Havan, told the wire service.

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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos Oct 27

Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and  49 others

If the government of Canada was ethical someone would recall the doings between Brazil, John Baird & I during the G20 meeting in 2013 Much has been erased from the net but Google the following to confirm I'm not joking "Dilma Rousseff" "David Raymond Amos"

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/brazil-bolsonaro-trudeau-canada-1.4873776

Jair Bolsonaro, 'Brazil's Trump,' is on track to win the presidency. For Trudeau, that spells trouble

Frontrunner has sworn to sell Brazil's 720 indigenous reserves and leave the Paris Climate Accord

Evan Dyer · CBC News · Posted: Oct 27, 2018 4:00 AM ET

Conservative Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro flashes two thumbs up as he poses for a photo with cadets during a ceremony marking Army Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 19, 2018. (Eraldo Peres/The Associated Press)

He's said things that might make Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte blush and survived a stabbing that almost took his life. Now, Jair Bolsonaro is expected to win a powerful mandate Sunday to become president of Brazil, the world's fifth-biggest country.

Bolsonaro is Brazil's answer to Donald Trump, a man who outrages progressive Brazilians with his insults directed at women, gays, black people and Indigenous people, but whose coarse and violent rhetoric has struck a tone with an angry section of the electorate.

Bolsonaro has sworn to scrap environmental laws, throw the Amazon open to ranchers and miners and confiscate the lands of Brazil's indigenous people.

"It's shocking in this day and age," said Clem Chartier, president of Canada's Métis National Council. "I've never seen anything more atrocious than the comments that are being made now. Hopefully they don't actually follow through on the threat to assault Indigenous peoples and lands in such a way."

If Bolsonaro does follow through on even some of his promises — his pledge to pull Brazil out of the Paris Accord on climate change, for example — his presidency will present the Trudeau government with a daunting challenge on the international stage, said Jean Daudelin, who specializes in Latin American affairs at Carleton's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

"His rhetoric has been both extreme and alarming. It's alarming because it is, to a large extent, credible, because he has long-standing positions against Indigenous reserves, against the restrictions on the expansion of agriculture in the Amazon, and because he's likely to have substantial support in Congress for that agenda."

And under Brazil's constitution, said Daudelin, there's little the courts can do to stop Bolsonaro if he has the votes in Congress.

Riding high on crime

Bolsonaro's policies on Indigenous people are driven largely by his supporters in Brazil's powerful cattle-ranching and soybean industries. The Bolsonaro campaign plank that has most swayed ordinary voters, however, is his promise to get tough on criminals.

Bolsonaro says he will give police "carte blanche to kill" (Brazilian police already kill an average of 14 people per day) and will loosen Brazil's restrictive gun laws.

A demonstrator holds a toy gun and a Brazilian flag during a race in support of Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate for the National Social Liberal Party, in the centre of Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Eraldo Peres/The Associated Press)

Brazilians saw 63,880 murders last year — more than any other country in the world. The per capita murder rate is higher than it was before 2003, when socialist President "Lula" da Silva enacted the 'disarmament statute', making it difficult for ordinary Brazilians to acquire firearms. Many of those who intend to vote for Bolsonaro express reservations about his controversial statements but are exasperated with violent crime.

Bolsonaro himself spent much of the last seven weeks of his campaign out of sight after being seriously injured by a knife-wielding assailant in Minas Gerais and losing 40 per cent of his blood. The man who stabbed him was a supporter of his socialist opponent with a history of mental problems, but if he was hoping to end Bolsonaro's run for the presidency, he failed. The candidate's thumbs-up photos from his hospital bed only increased his popularity.

Bolsonaro's trademark gesture is to hold both hands as if pointing a rifle, and he's pledged to pass new laws allowing any Brazilian with a clean record to buy up to six guns, and to carry firearms in public.

But Bolsonaro's critics have accused the law-and-order candidate of holding an ambivalent attitude toward the rules of Brazil's constitution and democracy. He's reminisced repeatedly about the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, saying its worst mistake was that it tortured its political opponents rather than killing them, like its counterpart in Argentina.

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His vice-presidential running mate (also a former Army officer) has openly speculated about the option of a military takeover during Bolsonaro's mandate. And his son Eduardo, also a congressman, said over the weekend that it would be easy for the military to close Brazil's Supreme Court if it sought to interfere with his father's presidency.

"All it takes to shut the Supreme Court is one corporal and one private," said Eduardo in remarks his father first denied he had made, and then (once it became clear there was video) said had been taken out of context.

Victory almost inevitable

Though Bolsonaro failed to win a majority in the first round of voting, Brazil's electoral system forces voters to choose between only two candidates in the second round.

Bolsonaro was an obscure member of Congress prior to Operation Car Wash, a corruption investigation that began in 2014 and grew to ensnare some of the biggest names in Brazilian politics and business, trashing the reputation of established parties and causing the public mood to turn increasingly angry.

Fernando Haddad, Brazil's presidential candidate for the Workers Party, raises his fist as his running-mate Manuela d'Avila, left, applauds during a campaign event with popular Brazilian artists and musicians in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (Leo Correa/The Associated Press)

His opponent is Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party, suspected by many Brazilians of being a puppet who receives direction from the jail cell where former President "Lula" da Silva is serving time for taking bribes. Anger at the Workers' Party is still running high in Brazil; about 59 per cent of Brazilians tell pollsters they plan to vote for Bolsonaro.

"It's your choice," Bolsonaro recently tweeted. "Be governed by someone clean, or by the puppet of a person who's in prison for corruption!" 

Jair Bolsonaro ✔ @jairbolsonaro

A escolha é dos senhores. Serem governados por alguém limpo ou pau mandado de preso por corrupção!

Felipe Moura Brasil ✔ @BlogDoPim

Haddad visita presidiário para receber orientação de campanha https://www.oantagonista.com/?p=118502 

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Bolsonaro's campaign has received advice from former Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon. Eduardo Bolsonaro said in a tweet that Bannon and his family are "in touch to join forces, certainly against cultural marxism."

 

Eduardo Bolsonaro 17 ✔ @BolsonaroSP

It was a pleasure to meet STEVE BANNON,strategist in Donald Trump's presidential campaign.We had a great conversation and we share the same worldview.He said be an enthusiast of Bolsonaro's campaign and we are certainly in touch to join forces,especially against cultural marxism.

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The man some supporters call "our captain" has also received heavy support from Brazil's powerful evangelical churches, which have lent an energy to his campaign that Brazil's traditional right-wing parties have often lacked.

Bolsonaro's slogan and campaign song — "Brazil above everything, God over everyone" — is sometimes performed by his evangelical supporters in highly choreographed street dance routines and rallies.

'Not one centimetre'

For the Trudeau government — which has pledged to enshrine the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Canadian law, and which has made reconciliation with Indigenous peoples a central plank of its program — Bolsonaro's plans for Brazil's native peoples will make it hard to remain silent.

Brazil has 720 indigenous reserves, ranging in size from a single hectare to nearly ten million hectares. Bolsonaro has said he wants to put all of those lands — 13 per cent of Brazil's territory — on the auction block.

"Minorities have to adapt to the majority," he said, "or simply disappear." He said that under a Bolsonaro administration, "not one square centimetre" of Brazil will be reserved for the country's original inhabitants.

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"I'm afraid that in the remote areas, Indigenous peoples will be caught up in this," said Chartier, who this April joined with South and North American Indigenous leaders to create a new American Council of Indigenous Peoples.

"Their lands are always under threat of attack and encroachment by non-Indigenous people, and if you have a government that's willing to perpetrate that, I think you'll see widespread destruction both of human life and property."

More troubling is the question of what might happen to the estimated 60 "uncontacted" bands living deep in the Amazon rainforest. Brazil has more uncontacted tribes than any other country on Earth, and they are typically protected by reserves established by FUNAI, Brazil's agency for Indigenous affairs.

"Canada needs to step up and make sure its voice is heard loud and clear," said Chartier. "FUNAI is trying to isolate and protect those people to the degree possible. If those areas are just thrown open, that's going to be devastating to their way of life, to their health, to their culture."

Temptation to trade

"I can imagine Canada taking a fairly strong stance on this," said Daudelin, who doubts the courts will be able to protect Indigenous Brazilians from a Bolsonaro government.

But Daudelin said the arrival of Bolsonaro also presents a temptation for Canada, which has been in free trade talks with Mercosur, the South American common market dominated by Brazil. Mercosur's main members now all have business-friendly governments.

"Brazil and Mercosur, that's more than 50 per cent of the GDP of South America. So there will be a tension there," he said.

"It depends how the violations of Indigenous rights can be traced to government action. If it's inaction, the government can probably get away with it. It may be difficult for Canada to criticize the government on that basis. It really depends on how aggressively the development agenda of Bolsonaro ends up being implemented."

And if Canada does complain? "I think Bolsonaro will basically brush that aside."

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