David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks if one speaks of the devil they are sure to appear N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/01/every-ambulance-must-provide-service-in.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ambulance-english-french-minister-1.4986645
Every ambulance must provide service in both official languages, says health minister
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Methinks everybody must wonder if the people mentioned in this article have bothered to read the comments about it N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
Methinks plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
Hmmm
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Gilles LeBlanc
Gilles LeBlanc
And the sh!t show continues.... (Pi la sh!t sho continu )
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David R. Amos
David R. Amos
@Gilles LeBlanc Welcome back to the Circus
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Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
@David R. Amos, here comes the clown!
David R. Amos
Methinks its strange that I cannot post a response in French EH?
Marguerite Deschamps
@David R. Amos, pourquoi pas? Tu as le droit.
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David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Nope
Marc Martin
@David R. Amos
Maybe you cant write in French......
Maybe you cant write in French......
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose N'esy Pas?
@David R. Amos
Now I see why they wont let you write in French, what you just wrote make no sense its not even readable...
Now I see why they wont let you write in French, what you just wrote make no sense its not even readable...
David R. Amos
Methinks most folks don't recall when bilingualism became an issue for paramedics in New Brunswick N'esy Pas?
Mark (Junkman) George
@David R. Amos
Mighty strange, that all of a sudden, illness and life threatening situations has developed a language component?
Does anyone really *think*, that when a ride in "the horizontal taxi" is required, that language is an "issue"?
Maybe we should be hiring Hungarian, or Russian, Paramedics and let EVERYONE take their chances?
Mighty strange, that all of a sudden, illness and life threatening situations has developed a language component?
Does anyone really *think*, that when a ride in "the horizontal taxi" is required, that language is an "issue"?
Maybe we should be hiring Hungarian, or Russian, Paramedics and let EVERYONE take their chances?
David R. Amos
@Mark (Junkman) George
Methinks we should simply revert to the way things were before the
questionable company "Ambulance NB" burst upon the scene N'esy Pas?
Dave Walton
@David R. Amos What in the hell does N'esy Pas mean this is an English Discussion
David R. Amos
@Dave Walton Methinks lots of
French folks understand my Chaic and lots of them are just as upset by
this nonsense as the English people are More importantly we all vote and
pay the taxes that supports this circus EH?
Roland Godin
@Dave Walton
English Discussion...from buck and ham palace...eh!
English Discussion...from buck and ham palace...eh!
Marguerite Deschamps
@Dave Walton, it means nothing in any language. He made it up.
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Check Northern Italy they said it first
Marguerite Deschamps
@David R. Amos, you made that one up too.
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks Google will easily prove you wrong once again N'esy Pas?
Marc Martin
@Marguerite Deschamps
*@Dave Walton, it means nothing in any language. He made it up.*
Yep.
*@Dave Walton, it means nothing in any language. He made it up.*
Yep.
Marguerite Deschamps
Like many other lawyers,
Flemming had to be schooled by the experts on sections 16 to 20 of the
Constitution and thereby revise his unconstitutional position.
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David R. Amos
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks if one speaks of the devil they are sure to appear N'esy Pas?
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Marguerite Deschamps
Marguerite Deschamps
@David R. Amos, Hi Beelzebub! How have you been? - Must be hot down there!
daryl doucette
@Marguerite Deschamps An " expert".....some one who brings confusion to simplicity.
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks I see some interesting editing this morning for your benefit N'esy Pas?
Marc Martin
@Marguerite Deschamps
So funny he had too, lots of crying on this site this morning....
So funny he had too, lots of crying on this site this morning....
Gabrielle Breton
@Marc Martin
Maybe people don't want to die like someone already did just because an ambulance can't be staffed to provide care?
Maybe people don't want to die like someone already did just because an ambulance can't be staffed to provide care?
Gabrielle Breton
@Marguerite Deschamps
Frankly, I think purposely passing laws so the majority of the province
who are English speaking and in English speaking areas are unable to
receive care in a prompt matter more than violates our constitution as
well. Someone has already died, but let me guess? You don't care because
they were English speaking. My papa was a volunteer paramedic for 30
years after he retired and also Acadian. He never would have stood for
something this idiotic.
Marc Martin
@Gabrielle Breton
Who died because of a language issue ?
Who died because of a language issue ?
Marc Martin
@Gabrielle Breton
*Someone has already died*
Who died ?
*Someone has already died*
Who died ?
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin "Who died because of a language issue ?"
Methinks its not very clever to play dumb for so long N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/paramedicine-pilot-rural-new-brunswick-1.4760736
"On June 5, David Harvey, a 54-year-old carpenter from Nash Creek who went into cardiac arrest, died awaiting an ambulance dispatched from Dalhousie, about 30 kilometres away, while the ambulance in Jacquet River, just three kilometres away, sat unstaffed."
Methinks its not very clever to play dumb for so long N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/paramedicine-pilot-rural-new-brunswick-1.4760736
"On June 5, David Harvey, a 54-year-old carpenter from Nash Creek who went into cardiac arrest, died awaiting an ambulance dispatched from Dalhousie, about 30 kilometres away, while the ambulance in Jacquet River, just three kilometres away, sat unstaffed."
Mario Doucet
This province is doomed.
David R. Amos
@Mario Doucet Nope but methinks Mr Higgs" mandate may be N'esy Pas?
Aaron Allison
Time for a Referendum or put the question on the Ballot about Bilingualism.
Clive Gibbons
@Aaron Allison
When two lions and a gazelle vote on what to have for supper, the result is never a surprise.
When two lions and a gazelle vote on what to have for supper, the result is never a surprise.
David R. Amos
@Clive Gibbons Methinks that
if the lions are wise and its blatantly obvious that the gazelle is
diseased then they all go hungry N'esy Pas?
Fred Brewer
"That effectively abandons a regional-based hiring system that Flemming announced one month ago"
Well it is official. We have a flip-flop back-pedaling government from the Premier down to the Ministers.
I cannot wait for the 18 month PA support to end so we can have an election. No more Red and no more Blue.
Well it is official. We have a flip-flop back-pedaling government from the Premier down to the Ministers.
I cannot wait for the 18 month PA support to end so we can have an election. No more Red and no more Blue.
David R. Amos
@Fred Brewer Methinks the
green and purple teams may be in trouble too. If they keep supporting Mr
Higgs perhaps Kevin Vickers may be the next Premier N'esy Pas?
Harold Benson
Every emergency ambulance in the province can provide service" , would have been a start. Where these guys keep coming from.
David R. Amos
@Harold Benson Methinks you should ask Sam I bet he knows N'esy Pas?
Karen Goodwin
When in an emergency who
cares what language you are served in, I know people, English speaking,
who needed service in French speaking community and could only get
French. They are just grateful they got help. Stop the whining folks we
are a poor province and cannot afford all this foolishness. Make it
easier and free for English speakers to get French training.
David R. Amos
@Karen Goodwin Methinks folks
should relax and enjoy the circus and look forward to the next election
because its gonna be a dilly N'esy Pas?
daryl doucette
@Karen Goodwin I disagree.
Make it free for the few hundred french speaking only New brunswickers
to get english lessons, instead of trying to teach french to well over
300,000 unilingual english new brunswickers.....
Marc Martin
@Karen Goodwin
* I know people, English speaking, who needed service in French speaking community and could only get French.*
You only get services in government services. Private industry aren't required to provide bilingual services.
* I know people, English speaking, who needed service in French speaking community and could only get French.*
You only get services in government services. Private industry aren't required to provide bilingual services.
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin "Private industry aren't required to provide bilingual services."
Methinks the Irving Clan made certain of that Even the SANB are afraid of them N'esy Pas?
Methinks the Irving Clan made certain of that Even the SANB are afraid of them N'esy Pas?
Andrew Clarkson
Looks like he has that dreaded Gallant disease...... Flip Flop Fever!
Mack Leigh
@Andrew Clarkson
Did not take long for Carrier, Doucet, the SANB and the Elite to set this government straight, did it guys !!
Did not take long for Carrier, Doucet, the SANB and the Elite to set this government straight, did it guys !!
David R. Amos
@Mack Leigh Methinks the fat lady ain't sung yet on this topic N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
@Mack Leigh, they had to; it's the law of the land.
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks it is rather obvious that I knew you make an appearance in short order N'esy Pas?
Roland Godin
@Mack Leigh
We are a force, interesting another word that spells the same in les deux langues officielles, we are caring just ask we will share...eh!/voilà.
We are a force, interesting another word that spells the same in les deux langues officielles, we are caring just ask we will share...eh!/voilà.
Marc Martin
@Marguerite Deschamps
*@Mack Leigh, they had to; it's the law of the land.*
EXACTLY there is a court order on this.
*@Mack Leigh, they had to; it's the law of the land.*
EXACTLY there is a court order on this.
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin So you say
Aaron Allison
A house Divided cannot stand,
Toronto has over 80 Languages and Ambulances have know problems. NB
has 2 language and the Ambulance service is a DISGRACE.
David R. Amos
@Aaron Allison Except in
Frank Mckenna's first mandate the house is always divided. Methinks Mr
Higgs and Mr Flemming and their cohorts can only kowtow to Mr Gauvin and
Mr Austin for so long before their circus tent collapses and another
writ is dropped N'esy Pas?
Yves Savoie
@Aaron Allison I'm french and this comment is as on point as it get's....well said sir! this circus has to end...
Roland Godin
@Aaron Allison
Toronto has most of the ambulance problem we have, underpaid, understaffed and most likely lack of resources and support...eh!/voilà.
Toronto has most of the ambulance problem we have, underpaid, understaffed and most likely lack of resources and support...eh!/voilà.
Marc Martin
@David R. Amos
K if you say so...
K if you say so...
@Marc Martin Methinks you should say hey to your lawyer for me N'esy Pas?
@David R. Amos
Are you sure your talking to the right Marc Martin Davis ?
Are you sure your talking to the right Marc Martin Davis ?
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Who is Davis?
Mack Leigh
And the unwarranted,
unnecessary, unsustainable language requirements continue...Welcome to
New Brunswick where the majority is treated like second-class citizens
and marginalized...........Apartheid-style governing is alive and well,
here in this place..
David R. Amos
@Mack Leigh YUP
Roland Godin
@Mack Leigh
Mixing the tarten sauce again, are we, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and the majority is, guess we we have a minority majority and ‘ moi ‘ like usual ‘ je me balance do pouvoir’...eh!
Mixing the tarten sauce again, are we, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and the majority is, guess we we have a minority majority and ‘ moi ‘ like usual ‘ je me balance do pouvoir’...eh!
Joseph Vacher
@Roland Godin
we also dont try to spend 130 Million on the Scottish Heritage Festival
we also dont try to spend 130 Million on the Scottish Heritage Festival
David R. Amos
@Joseph Vacher Methinks my Forefathers would like that idea much to the chagrin of Maggie no doubt N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
Joseph Vachier, is this a Scottish name?
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps What is your point?
Marc Martin
@Mack Leigh
*Welcome to New Brunswick where the majority is treated like second-class citizens and marginalized*
You don't have access to Services, schools, grants and hospitals ?? Are you sure you live in NB ?
*Welcome to New Brunswick where the majority is treated like second-class citizens and marginalized*
You don't have access to Services, schools, grants and hospitals ?? Are you sure you live in NB ?
Marc Martin
@Joseph Vacher
You where not against he 2 billion$ cost to the Pan-Am games ?
You where not against he 2 billion$ cost to the Pan-Am games ?
Gabrielle Breton
@Marc Martin Well our access
to the hospital is quite limited during a true emergency when there's no
paramedics to staff the gd ambulance.
Marc Martin
@Gabrielle Breton
What ?
What ?
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Why?
Matt Steele
How about all the other long
serving casuals working in Govt. who are being by-passed for full time
positions . There are lots of long serving Substitute Teachers who are
being by-passed in the hiring process . It has reached such a crisis ,
that Anglophone North School District is now hiring Substitute Teachers
who do not even have a University Degree as so many experienced and
certified ( licensed ) Substitute Teachers have left the profession
after being by passed for full time positions . It is not just Ambulance
Drivers that are being treated poorly by govt .
David R. Amos
@Matt Steele Methinks unions dudes can cry a river when need be N'esy Pas?
Frank Campbell
This is really not a language
issue... NB'ers, french or english or whatever are very tolerant of the
issues... It is an issue of a "few" who want 'POWER' and mask it as
language rights.....Get rid of those who are still fighting the wars of
the 1700's.....
David R. Amos
@Frank Campbell "It is an issue of a "few" who want 'POWER' and mask it as language rights"
C'est Vrai
C'est Vrai
Lou Bell
SANB / Ambulance NB , all the same .
David R. Amos
@Lou Bell Nope
Lou Bell
I can see a minority
government next election , and Liberals losing seats BIGLY ! The smoke
and mirrors have come out in the open . And their attempt to secure
unqualified, inexperienced Mr. Vickers as their candidate shows
desperation setting in .
David R. Amos
@Lou Bell Methinks many think Mr Vickers may save the day for "Canada's Natural Governing Party" N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
The Cons sacrifice now will assure more votes for them as well , as PA come next election , courtesy of the Liberals .
David R. Amos
@Lou Bell Methinks it would not be wise to bet the farm on your opinion N'esy Pas?
John Young
Of course, Lord (MASH Frank Burns look-a-like) would approve Flemming’s new directive.
David R. Amos
@John Young Methinks many
would agree that nobody looks like Frank Burns Hence I have no idea who
Lord is in order to agree or disagree with you N'esy Pas?
David Stairs
and the S.A.N.B. get there
way again we cannot afford this foolishness..it's unwarranted and not
needed..politicians trying to win with the old party politics approach
again...time to kick each and everyone of them out and let the people
have their say in what is needed...lets have a province wide referendum
on this matter and see how it turns out..
David R. Amos
@David Stairs "lets have a province wide referendum on this matter and see how it turns out"
I wholeheartedly agree. Methinks if Election NB just were to add such referendum to the ballot of the next election it would cost us next to nothing to see a truly wickedly wonderful circus N'esy Pas?
I wholeheartedly agree. Methinks if Election NB just were to add such referendum to the ballot of the next election it would cost us next to nothing to see a truly wickedly wonderful circus N'esy Pas?
@David Stairs
Can’t pay your share it’s ok, like usual we will pay for you, worry pas...et voilà.
Can’t pay your share it’s ok, like usual we will pay for you, worry pas...et voilà.
Laurent Comeau
@David Stairs is SANB more smart than minister Fleming did he take SANB advice
Laurent Comeau
@David Stairs
Fred Brewer
@Roland Godin
"Can’t pay your share it’s ok, like usual we will pay for you"
Quite the opposite Roland. 2/3 of the population of NB always pays for the 1/3. That is the crux of the problem.
"Can’t pay your share it’s ok, like usual we will pay for you"
Quite the opposite Roland. 2/3 of the population of NB always pays for the 1/3. That is the crux of the problem.
Marc Martin
@David Stairs
*and the S.A.N.B. get there way again we cannot afford this foolishness8
Its no SANB there is a court order issued on this.
*and the S.A.N.B. get there way again we cannot afford this foolishness8
Its no SANB there is a court order issued on this.
Marc Martin
@Fred Brewer
The 1/3 pays taxes also buddy, in fact I am pretty sure I pay more taxes then you yet you. You currently have 72% of the schools in NB for 68% of the population, you also have more festivals, museums etc...Go cry a river somewhere else.
The 1/3 pays taxes also buddy, in fact I am pretty sure I pay more taxes then you yet you. You currently have 72% of the schools in NB for 68% of the population, you also have more festivals, museums etc...Go cry a river somewhere else.
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks you and
everybody else knows why the SANB lawyer just intervened in a matter on
behalf of the Language Commissioner N'esy Pas?
Dave Walton
New Brunswick Government has
to learn that 90 percent of the province is ENGLISH not French same as
rest of Canada Canada is an ENGLISH country and the language of the
world is ENGLISH . It is not French that is one of the least spoken
languages of the world and Canada if there is a second language in
Canada right now it is Chinese as they out number the French by a margin
of 2 or 3 percent
Roland Godin
@Dave Walton
“ the language of the world is English”
Now we know why the world is in such a turmoil ...eh!
“ the language of the world is English”
Now we know why the world is in such a turmoil ...eh!
David R. Amos
@Roland Godin Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
@Dave Walton, French is now the fifth most spoken world language and growing:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/french-is-now-the-fifth-most-spoken-world-language-and-growing-thanks-to-africans/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/french-is-now-the-fifth-most-spoken-world-language-and-growing-thanks-to-africans/
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks we all know how those dudes love to play games with our money N'esy Pas?
Natalie Pugh
@Dave Walton Very well said!
Marguerite Deschamps
@Natalie Pugh, all fake numbers nevertheless!
Roland Godin
@Natalie Pugh
Question; is being uniligual a religion for some..eh!
Question; is being uniligual a religion for some..eh!
Fred Brewer
@Marguerite Deschamps
So English is number one and French is number five in the world. thanks for confirming that Marg. Looks like you may want to move to Africa?
So English is number one and French is number five in the world. thanks for confirming that Marg. Looks like you may want to move to Africa?
Marguerite Deschamps
@Fred Brewer, and you back to England!
David R. Amos
@Marguerite Deschamps @Fred Brewer
Tut Tut Tut Now kids play nice
Tut Tut Tut Now kids play nice
Marc Martin
@Dave Walton
*has to learn that 90 percent of the province is ENGLISH *
I think you need to learn that only 68% is English...
*Canada is an ENGLISH country *
Irrelevant, Canada has 2 official language French and English.
*if there is a second language in Canada right now it is Chinese as they out number the French by a margin of 2 or 3 percent8
No its not the French language is second.
*has to learn that 90 percent of the province is ENGLISH *
I think you need to learn that only 68% is English...
*Canada is an ENGLISH country *
Irrelevant, Canada has 2 official language French and English.
*if there is a second language in Canada right now it is Chinese as they out number the French by a margin of 2 or 3 percent8
No its not the French language is second.
Fred Brewer
@Marguerite Deschamps
"and you back to England!"
I am not of English descent but nice try Marg. Besides why would I move back to a country that speaks English when English is spoken in Canada as the predominant language?
"and you back to England!"
I am not of English descent but nice try Marg. Besides why would I move back to a country that speaks English when English is spoken in Canada as the predominant language?
David R. Amos
@Fred Brewer Methinks Maggie is just frustrated by the fact that nobody likes her words N'esy Pas?
james Mckenna
There are devices that can translate...wouldn't they be more practical?
David R. Amos
@james Mckenna Methinks it
would just slow things down Most EMTs can figure out what is wrong with a
person without having to speak their lingo N'esy Pas?
Doug Hamilton
@David R. Amos . Paramedics
cannot figure out what is wrong with people without effective
communication, save for obvious trauma (which still helps to know the
mechanism of injury with). Otherwise how would dangerous allergies be
ruled out or nuanced medical issues ruled in. With new technology I
don't think james' idea should be discarded so flippantly it seems like a
good comprimise
Mark (Junkman) George
@Doug Hamilton
Maybe we could add a whole new job class? Like teacher's assistants, we could put out a call for paramedic assistants............. OH! the province is broke............ ok then maybe put out a call for volunteers in the communities who feel "language shortchanged"? NO, never work too simple.
Maybe we could add a whole new job class? Like teacher's assistants, we could put out a call for paramedic assistants............. OH! the province is broke............ ok then maybe put out a call for volunteers in the communities who feel "language shortchanged"? NO, never work too simple.
David R. Amos
@Doug Hamilton Methinks
trying to figure out how to keep somebody breathing on the way to the
hospital is not rocket science furthermore the EMTs are only allowed to
do certain things. Unless one rapid response units turns up you may be
out of luck anyway N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/paramedicine-pilot-rural-new-brunswick-1.4760736
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/paramedicine-pilot-rural-new-brunswick-1.4760736
james Mckenna
"What's he saying?"
"I think he's asking if there's any more fish."
"I think he's asking if there's any more fish."
David R. Amos
@james Mckenna Methinks many
folks agree that that is not funny unless you are related to Frank then
they will think you are hilarious N'esy Pas?
Alex Butt
When will this ridiculous
lack of common sense ever end? New Brunswick making simple things
complicated since 1867 and no change.
Roland Godin
@Alex Butt
New/Nouveau-Brunswick has a franchise status(1867) Québec and Ontario have common shares and agreed on ‘un pays deux langues officielles’...et voilà.
New/Nouveau-Brunswick has a franchise status(1867) Québec and Ontario have common shares and agreed on ‘un pays deux langues officielles’...et voilà.
David R. Amos
@Roland Godin Methinks you
know as well as I why the politicians of New Brunswick have not even
bothered to dream up a Constitution for us yet N'esy Pas?
Les Cooper
@Roland Godin the french lost the war did they not?
Mark (Junkman) George
@Alex Butt
Maybe we should put the Syrians in charge, they are here, and certainly can't do a worse job?
Maybe we should put the Syrians in charge, they are here, and certainly can't do a worse job?
Marc Martin
@Les Cooper
And the loyalist cowardly came to NB to flee the war so what's your point?
And the loyalist cowardly came to NB to flee the war so what's your point?
daryl doucette
@Marc Martin Again your
ignorance is showing. Mr. Cooper would have been referring to the
France/ Britain war over Canada.....culminating in that " Plains of
Abraham" thingy. Now your insult to the " loyalists" would be referring
to the " American War of Independence" over British rule.....and maybe
the " loyalists" then, just as Quebecers in WW2, did not like to
participate in wars.
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin "And the loyalist cowardly came to NB to flee the war so what's your point?"
Methinks you know as well as I that one of my Loyalist Forefathers was a Kings Ranger and the last thing you could call any of them was a coward N'esy Pas?
Methinks you know as well as I that one of my Loyalist Forefathers was a Kings Ranger and the last thing you could call any of them was a coward N'esy Pas?
daryl doucette
One bilingual staff per ambulance is a reasonable compromise in the north of NB. Not needed in the south.
Roland Godin
@daryl doucette
With less than 5% anglophone in the North we will respect la langue officielle de leur choix North or South...eh!
With less than 5% anglophone in the North we will respect la langue officielle de leur choix North or South...eh!
daryl doucette
@Roland Godin nah. Just the
north. The folks in the south of the province don't care what language
the paramedics speak, as long as they are taken care of.
David R. Amos
@daryl doucette Nobody does
North or South French or English. Methinks folks should quit bellying
aching about the bilingual nonsense and pay attention to the MONEY N'esy
Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jobs-progressive-conservative-opportunities-new-brunswick-atcon-1.4986274
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jobs-progressive-conservative-opportunities-new-brunswick-atcon-1.4986274
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Natalie Pugh
Natalie Pugh
@David R. Amos One would think but to the likes of the sanb and their supporters money is no object!
There must have been more Content disabled. by Marc Martin as well
Roland Godin
@Natalie Pugh
We have all the jobs so money is no object, however we will share and care, worry pas...EH!
We have all the jobs so money is no object, however we will share and care, worry pas...EH!
daryl doucette
@Marc Martin Apparently i'm
getting under your skin.....that's what happens....then you people
resort to your favorite tactic, calling people " bigots" if they don't
agree with you.
Marc Martin
@daryl doucette
*The folks in the south of the province don't care what language the paramedics speak, as long as they are taken care of.*
You seem to forget what started this, the people south didn't want unilingual French to be hired as paramedics.
*The folks in the south of the province don't care what language the paramedics speak, as long as they are taken care of.*
You seem to forget what started this, the people south didn't want unilingual French to be hired as paramedics.
Marc Martin
@daryl doucette
If you take a closer look I am the one who didn't agree with you, its your post no ? calling people a bigot isn't a tactic, when you have someone that is ok to have bilingual services done for is language in the Northern part of NB but doesn't want the French to get the same service I think it fits under the definition of a the bigot word...
If you take a closer look I am the one who didn't agree with you, its your post no ? calling people a bigot isn't a tactic, when you have someone that is ok to have bilingual services done for is language in the Northern part of NB but doesn't want the French to get the same service I think it fits under the definition of a the bigot word...
David R. Amos
@daryl doucette Methinks he needs to learn new tricks or SANB should replace him with somebody clever N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
After 50 years of putting the
cart before the horse, time to put Louis' and Franks' failed plan to
bed and get back to the real world.
daryl doucette
@Lou Bell the " original" plan was not that bad......until the SANB got their hands on it
David R. Amos
@daryl doucette Methinks the
stuff in the Charter was the doings of Hatfield and Trudeau the Elder
and the SANB rode the Gravy Train on the nonsense ever since N'esy Pas?
Tim Raworth
Well without more details to
go by, it still does not do anything to fix the root cause of the
problem, recruitment and retention. Floating teams? So unilingual
paramedics will have to go away from home on these teams for a period of
time? Not much for family life. Are they staying in hotel rooms when
away, with the tax payers footing the bill? I think its another nail in
the coffin for people considering this as a career in NB. The only
province with a shrinking population, think about it. Sounds like more
politicians trying to walk the fine line between pleasing SANB and not
ticking off the few English who actually pay any attention.
David R. Amos
@Tim Raworth "Sounds like
more politicians trying to walk the fine line between pleasing SANB and
not ticking off the few English who actually pay any attention."
Methinks many folks would agree that it is blatantly obvious N'esy Pas?
Methinks many folks would agree that it is blatantly obvious N'esy Pas?
Roland Godin
@David R. Amos
English is a citoyen, citoyenne of UK and most have le français comme deuxième langue...eh!
English is a citoyen, citoyenne of UK and most have le français comme deuxième langue...eh!
Jade Smith
What's great is ANY little hiccups the voters don't like in this language mess, pushes PANB to the forefront.
I could see a PANB government next election.
I could see a PANB government next election.
Roland Godin
@Jade Smith
PANB like Partie Acadien du Numéro-Brunswwick, why not...eh!voilà.
PANB like Partie Acadien du Numéro-Brunswwick, why not...eh!voilà.
David R. Amos
@Roland Godin Methinks like you the lady doth jest too much N'esy Pas?
@Jade Smith
Yep PANB said they where for this...You people don't talk ?
Yep PANB said they where for this...You people don't talk ?
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David R. Amos
Methinks everybody must wonder if the people mentioned in this article have bothered to read the comments about it N'esy Pas?
Marc Martin
Told you so...
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Nope
Marc Martin
@David R. Amos
Actually I did.
Actually I did.
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks you and Maggie should get a room N'esy Pas?
Toby Tolly
PANB
is it in the constitution to fund them?
is it in the constitution to fund them?
Toby Tolly
@Toby Tolly
sorry meant SANB
they're so similar
sorry meant SANB
they're so similar
Marc Martin
@Toby Tolly
SANB is a non-for profit organisation why wouldn't they receive funding ?
SANB is a non-for profit organisation why wouldn't they receive funding ?
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks there
is not enough time in the day to explain your motives again but it boils
down to simple human greed N'esy Pas?
Marc Martin
@David R. Amos
Are you sure your talking to the right Marc Martin Davis ? I am not the one who works for SANB and I am not the civil servant working for the province....
Are you sure your talking to the right Marc Martin Davis ? I am not the one who works for SANB and I am not the civil servant working for the province....
@Toby Tolly "Is it in the constitution to fund them?"
Methinks Mr Higgs should informed the folks when he was a wannabe COR Party leader that New Brunswick does not have a Constitution. That is why McKenna had to get the Feds to amend the Federal Charter for the benefit of SANB et al in 1993.
Check History
http://officiallanguages.nb.ca/publications-links-other/history-official-languages
Ten Years after on April Fools Day 2003, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick opened its doors and one year later I ran for public office for the first time and Bernie Lord et al attacked me N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Methinks everybody must wonder if the people mentioned in this article have bothered to read the comments about it N'esy Pas?
Tyler Whidden
I'm just glad that every
single person who gets serviced by an ambulance must be able to prove
they speak one of the official languages before they can be helped. I
wouldn't want someone who doesn't speak English or French to start
having their lives saved before they realize they can't voice their
non-medical opinion on what they think might be wrong with them to the
trained professionals. That would be a disaster.
David R. Amos
@Tyler Whidden Methinks the
doctors will be rather frustrated with me if and when an ambulance
brought me to their hospital like the RCMP did Just like in 2008 they
won't get paid for their services. The Doctors and the RCMP should
figure out why the Health Ministers never would give me a Health Care
Card N'esy Pas?
Every ambulance must provide service in both official languages, says health minister
Minister Ted Flemming outlines policy in letter to Ambulance New Brunswick
New Brunswick's health minister has
given new directives to Ambulance New Brunswick that include a
requirement that every emergency ambulance in the province can provide
service in both English and French.
Ted Flemming says in a new letter to ANB officials that the organization should continue to recruit paramedics with a goal "of having all bilingual-designated positions filled with bilingual paramedics."
That effectively abandons a regional-based hiring system that Flemming announced one month ago.
At the time, he directed Ambulance New Brunswick to weaken bilingualism requirements in areas where anglophones or francophones are fewer than five per cent of the population or number fewer than 500 people.
At
the Dec. 18 news conference, Flemming brushed off questions about
whether that violated the provincial Official Languages Act, which
requires equal service in both languages everywhere.
He said it was more important to fill vacancies, which he claimed were keeping ambulances out of service and off the road.
"I'm more interested in filling that gap than I am in having some academic discussion of the legal nuances," he said at the time.
But in his new letter, dated Jan. 18 and obtained by CBC News, Flemming says the Progressive Conservative government will ensure the ambulance service respects legal obligations under the act.
He says filling all bilingual-designate positions with bilingual paramedics "will ensure every emergency 911 ambulance unit be a bilingual unit."
It also directs the organization to "continue to ensure that under no circumstances an ambulance is taken out of service for reason of language alone" — in effect accepting ANB's assertions that bilingualism requirements are not to blame for idle ambulances.
People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin welcomed the move to create new “float team positions.” (CBC)
The letter was sent to Richard Losier, CEO of Ambulance New Brunswick, and Rene Boudreau, the chair of its board.
The letter directs ANB to create "new float team positions" that will be offered to all the unilingual paramedics who do not have permanent full-time positions.
The float team paramedics would be deployed to fill vacant bilingual positions where no bilingual applicant has been found, the letter says.
The unilingual "float team" paramedic would be moved elsewhere, and would keep their job, once a bilingual candidate was hired for a given position.
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin welcomed Flemming's letter. In a press release, he said the creation of the float teams would guarantee jobs to unilingual paramedics "and ensure no ambulance is out of service due to language."
He said a "common-sense approach" has finally been achieved.
Flemming could not be reached for comment on Monday, but in the letter, he predicts the system, along with a new dedicated service for hospital transfers, will reduce the number of vacant bilingual positions from 60 to 20 by March and eventually eliminate them.
He also says it will provide permanent full-time positions to existing temporary paramedics, improving their morale and quality of life.
The new transfer system, announced in November, won't require bilingual paramedics because the patient's choice of English or French will be known in advance, when the transfer is booked.
Ted
Flemming’s letter also promises to revisit language testing procedures
which the paramedic’s union say require a higher level of French than
what's necessary to treat a patient. (CBC)
Flemming's
letter also promises discussions with Ambulance New Brunswick and the
union representing paramedics about a new language testing procedure.
The Paramedic Association of New Brunswick has argued the current test requires a higher level of French than what's necessary to treat a patient.
Flemming says in the letter that "in the rare instance" where a two-person ambulance team won't be able to provide bilingual services, paramedics and the patient will initially talk to bilingual dispatch staff.
In some cases, a second ambulance with bilingual paramedics may meet the first one en route to hospital to take over the transfer.
Last week, Ambulance New Brunswick said it was implementing a freeze on the re-posting of vacancies every eight weeks, something Flemming asked for in December.
The frequent repostings were unfair to temporary paramedics and didn't respect the seniority rights in their union contract, labour arbitrator John McEvoy ruled in a decision last year.
McEvoy's ruling also recommended the region-based hiring standards that Flemming embraced in December.
New Brunswick's official languages commissioner said that provision violates the Official Languages Act and will argue that in court on Thursday, when the McEvoy ruling is subject to a judicial review.
Ted Flemming says in a new letter to ANB officials that the organization should continue to recruit paramedics with a goal "of having all bilingual-designated positions filled with bilingual paramedics."
That effectively abandons a regional-based hiring system that Flemming announced one month ago.
At the time, he directed Ambulance New Brunswick to weaken bilingualism requirements in areas where anglophones or francophones are fewer than five per cent of the population or number fewer than 500 people.
He said it was more important to fill vacancies, which he claimed were keeping ambulances out of service and off the road.
"I'm more interested in filling that gap than I am in having some academic discussion of the legal nuances," he said at the time.
But in his new letter, dated Jan. 18 and obtained by CBC News, Flemming says the Progressive Conservative government will ensure the ambulance service respects legal obligations under the act.
He says filling all bilingual-designate positions with bilingual paramedics "will ensure every emergency 911 ambulance unit be a bilingual unit."
It also directs the organization to "continue to ensure that under no circumstances an ambulance is taken out of service for reason of language alone" — in effect accepting ANB's assertions that bilingualism requirements are not to blame for idle ambulances.
New 'float team positions'
The letter directs ANB to create "new float team positions" that will be offered to all the unilingual paramedics who do not have permanent full-time positions.
The float team paramedics would be deployed to fill vacant bilingual positions where no bilingual applicant has been found, the letter says.
The unilingual "float team" paramedic would be moved elsewhere, and would keep their job, once a bilingual candidate was hired for a given position.
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin welcomed Flemming's letter. In a press release, he said the creation of the float teams would guarantee jobs to unilingual paramedics "and ensure no ambulance is out of service due to language."
He said a "common-sense approach" has finally been achieved.
Flemming could not be reached for comment on Monday, but in the letter, he predicts the system, along with a new dedicated service for hospital transfers, will reduce the number of vacant bilingual positions from 60 to 20 by March and eventually eliminate them.
He also says it will provide permanent full-time positions to existing temporary paramedics, improving their morale and quality of life.
The new transfer system, announced in November, won't require bilingual paramedics because the patient's choice of English or French will be known in advance, when the transfer is booked.
Language testing discussions
The Paramedic Association of New Brunswick has argued the current test requires a higher level of French than what's necessary to treat a patient.
Flemming says in the letter that "in the rare instance" where a two-person ambulance team won't be able to provide bilingual services, paramedics and the patient will initially talk to bilingual dispatch staff.
In some cases, a second ambulance with bilingual paramedics may meet the first one en route to hospital to take over the transfer.
Last week, Ambulance New Brunswick said it was implementing a freeze on the re-posting of vacancies every eight weeks, something Flemming asked for in December.
The frequent repostings were unfair to temporary paramedics and didn't respect the seniority rights in their union contract, labour arbitrator John McEvoy ruled in a decision last year.
McEvoy's ruling also recommended the region-based hiring standards that Flemming embraced in December.
New Brunswick's official languages commissioner said that provision violates the Official Languages Act and will argue that in court on Thursday, when the McEvoy ruling is subject to a judicial review.
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