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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos

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Methinks everybody knows Vickers and his RCMP pals made certain that I was illegally barred from all parliamentary properties in Canada and even falsely arrested me N'esy Pas?


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kevin-vickers-retiring-1.5001882

Kevin Vickers says he is retiring as ambassador to Ireland, will return to N.B.

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Craig Macneil

He would make a fine Premier for New Brunswick.

David Webb

@Craig Macneil How so?

Lou Bell

@Craig Macneil With what qualifications ? The last Liberal had none and it showed bigtime . This was " figure head " title only for the last guy , and certainly is all it would be for Vickers. I think you and he are getting Premier and Lieutenant Governor mixed up

David R. Amos

@David Webb Methinks he has proven that he can follow orders N'esy Pas?

herbie derbie

@Lou Bell What did Higgs have for experience a Yes man for the irvings then a failed finance minister for the province.. Yes a great resume now taking credit for something he had no hands in.. Yep I think you got it right lou hahahahahha

 
Douglas James

If I may be so bold as to give Mr. Vickers some advice. Come home. Relax. Enjoy retirement. You've earned it. Do you really want to spend your few remaining years playing in the cesspool of politics?

David R. Amos

@Douglas James Methinks its not fair to try to spoil the Circus for the benefit of the Watermelon Party N'esy Pas?

Claude DeRoche

@Douglas James
Ask Higgs?

Hugh MacDonald

@Douglas James
He was the "former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms".
If anyone knows anything about the "cesspool of politics", it would be him.
He played in the cesspool in Ottawa and maybe he feels he can play in the cesspool in New Brunswick.

Carson Brook

@Claude DeRoche wrote "ask Higgs"

Higgs wants a battle with everyone - he's redefining 'hubris' in NB. His latest low action in suddenly cancelling the Francofonie without even bothering to draft and submit a proposal - and language he used to defend his conduct... a back smack to all New Brunswickers. not a lot of the NB anglos even coming out to cheer him on about that

 
John Valcourt

I can't imagine what makes him think he would be a good premier or even leader of the liberal party. he was appointed as ambassador because of his actions in parliament.

David R. Amos

@John Valcourt Methinks you should ask the backroom boys who are hustling him N'esy Pas?

Claude DeRoche

@John Valcourt
Higgs got appointed because he is a Irving Boy?

 
Lou Bell

Poor soul . Giving up his day job for a failing attempt at Premier. Won't win and if he did would be a puppet to the SANB caucus. Most likely won't even win his seat , and certainly not the election. Liberals have big problems ahead and this patchwork attempt is so transparent.

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks you know why I would consider running against Vickers N'esy Pas?

herbie derbie

@Lou Bell He will be premier within 12 to 18 months.. Austin wont last backing Higgs and higgs has no caucus support after this upcoming budget... Get ready lou to eat crow.. but me thinks you have many times

Bernard McIntyre

@herbie derbie is this your real name? If so you have my apology. If not then are you a shame of using your real name.

herbie derbie

@Bernard McIntyre Parents gave me my name I can ask them if they had called you first!!

Bernard McIntyre

@herbie derbie I said if it was you have my apology and you do.

Al Stevenson

@David R. Amos Irrelevant David Amos considering a run at office again. Methinks you lose horribly just like 2015, N'esy pas?

Carson Brook

@Al Stevenson yes people should google David R Amos NB

David R. Amos

@Carson Brook Please do

Matt Steele

It has been a very long time since Mr. Vickers has been a resident of N.B. ; and it is very doubtful that he has any idea what a dire situation that N.B. is in . No doubt the SANB will wave some cash and promises in front of him , and he will become their puppet as the SANB pulls the strings.....just like the SANB did when Frank McKenna was their puppet boy . Same old game , exact same method .It is what it is .

Jack Dorcas

@Matt Steele :Frank McKenna a puppet? Agree or disagree with his approach he was no puppet of anyone. He continues to be a strong advocate for this province and appears willing to support good ideas from either party. We need more voices like his speaking up for NB. As to Mr. Vickers, lets judge him on his own merits if he presents himself as a candidate.

Matt Steele

@Jack Dorcas ......Frank McKenna did absolutely NOTHING without checking with the SANB first . It was the SANB who levery thing that Frank McKenna said or did , and it was the SANB who put McKenna in power atfer the COR party and the PC party split the Anglophone vote . SANB is planning to do the exact same thing with Vickers using the exact same divide and conquer method .

Matt Steele

@Matt Steele .....the SANB controlled everything that Frank McKenna said or did .......

Tim Raworth

@Jack Dorcas He was a SANB puppet. He sold out the English by putting language in the charter.

Marc Martin

@Tim Raworth

So by protecting the French population he sold out the *English* starting to show your true color there bud.

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele "the SANB pulls the strings.....just like the SANB did when Frank McKenna was their puppet boy . Same old game , exact same method"

YUP

David R. Amos

@Tim Raworth "He was a SANB puppet. He sold out the English by putting language in the charter."

Methinks Hatfield did that to secure his reelection N'esy Pas?

Roy Nicholl

@Matt Steele wrote
".Frank McKenna did absolutely NOTHING without checking with the SANB first . It was the SANB who levery thing that Frank McKenna said or did"

That's a load of poppycock

Matt Steele

@Roy Nicholl .....Frank McKenna was hand picked by the SANB to do their bidding ; they are picking Kevin Vickers for the same reason.....the SANB are looking for another Anglophone name that they can control .

Roy Nicholl

@Matt Steele
I think you may be spending far too much time on conspiracy sites.

Matt Steele

@Roy Nicholl ....and you are spending far to much time at SANB meetings .

Roy Nicholl

@Matt Steele
Never been to one, so that's highly unlikely.

Matt Steele

@Roy Nicholl .....You should join the SANB then , you would fit right in.....enjoy yourself .

  

Claude DeRoche

Wow! He will send the Irving COR party Boy packing for Bermuda!

Lou Bell

@Claude DeRoche You think with NO EXPERIENCE he has any chance of getting elected ? He is the puppet the SANB caucus is looking for who they think will help them retain the 13 % they have already lost since the last election . They have been found out bigtime and this is nothing but a bandaid attempt that is gonna fail BIGLY !! Pack yer bags, yer not gonna like it .

Marc Martin

@Lou Bell

*looking for who they think will help them retain the 13 % they have already lost since the last election *

I have no idea where your taking your numbers buddy, but with all the anti-French sentiment provided from the CoRservatives and PANB the Liberals are in better shape now then ever.

Claude DeRoche

@Lou Bell
Agree better off with a Irving Boy with no political experience.

Allen Quisnel

@Marc Martin Sources please. Facts...not more Liberal opinion...

David R. Amos

@Allen Quisnel Methinks the SANB dude is not capable of a proper argument N'esy Pas?

Bernard McIntyre

@Marc Martin There is only one anti person here. Look in a mirror.

Marc Martin

@Allen Quisnel

Check the news, social media, the cons only representative up north is about to get lynched..is that enough ?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "Check the news, social media, the cons only representative up north is about to get lynched..is that enough ?"

Oh My My Methinks somebody should call Mr Vickers old buddies in the RCMP ASAP N'esy Pas?

 
mike kennedy

" The Vickers train has left the station. "/NP
Mr Vickers will win if he chooses to run

Lou Bell

@mike kennedy You actually think Liberals have any chance after their latest fiasco ? NB'ers are smarter than that ! Electing an unqualified puppet is now passe' ! Shoulda kept his day job !

Tim Raworth

@Lou Bell Unfortunately NB'ers are not all that smart. After all the fiascos Gallant got his nose in, look how many people still voted for him.

Marc Martin

@Tim Raworth

Gallant did better then the previous government, do you criticize them too ? Oh no I know why Gallant is a Francophone right ?

David R. Amos

@mike kennedy Wanna bet???

herbie derbie

@Lou Bell Reading all of your comments are comical what status do you have in the tory party anyways

Roy Nicholl

@Lou Bell wrote:
"You actually think Liberals have any chance after their latest fiasco ? NB'ers are smarter than that ! Electing an unqualified puppet is now passe' ! Shoulda kept his day job !"

White cats, black cats, white cats, black cats ... an equal distribution of "fiascos" and still no evidence the electorate has learned.

@Marc Martin Gallants record speaks for itself. I know fellow Libs are quick to forget things.

 
Donna McArdle

Will sure make Liberal politics interesting!

David R. Amos

@Donna McArdle YUP

Mark (Junkman) George

@Donna McArdle

It would sure increase the DUH! factor.................

 
john fence

Kevin Vickers the cop, is old school, my way or highway, but you get what you elect.

Lou Bell

@john fence Yeah inexperienced and unqualified ! By the time they're done they'll need the SS Huckabee to answer their questions for them !

David R. Amos

@john fence Welcome to the Circus

john fence

@Lou Bell
Okay so maybe we should make him our new ambassador to China, with Kellyanne Conway look alike who can serves as counselor to Kevin.
What could go wrong.

john fence

@David R. Amos
I think we passed the Circus tent a long time ago.

David R. Amos

@john fence Nope its ongoing year after years the Ringmasters and certain Clowns come and go tis all

 
Lou Bell

Just what NB needs , another inexperienced , unqualified Liberal like the one we just booted out .

Marc Martin

@Lou Bell

People like you vote in failed pastors they have a ton of experience right ?

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell YUP

Eugene Peabody

@Lou Bell what you are saying is that if a person is not approved by the ruling family that runs NB they are no good to lead the province?

 
John Sellers

Wonder if the problems with Brexit contributed to his decision? The Northern Ireland - Eire border concerns are one of the major sticking points in the current negotiations.

David R. Amos

@John Sellers Methinks many would agree that Mr Vickers don't think that deep N'esy Pas?

 
Rod McLeod

Don't do it, Kevin. Keep your credibility.

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David R. Amos

@Rod McLeod Methinks RCMP Cpl. Curtis Barrett may have different take on that N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@David R. Amos Methinks RCMP Cpl. Curtis Barrett will not be impressed N'esy Pas?

Al Bekirkey

with any luck at all he will clean the dead wood from the lib party

Allen Quisnel

@Al Bekirkey ...."with any luck at all he will clean the dead wood from the lib party"... There wouldn't BE any Liberal party.

David R. Amos

@Al Bekirkey Dream on

Bernard McIntyre

@Al Bekirkey If he did that there would only be a few liberals left.

 
keat Grant

it seems that everyone is leaving the liberal party

Matt Steele

@keat Grant .....It certainly seems that all the Anglophones are leaving the SANB controlled Liberal Party ; Almost all of Southern N.B. is represented by PC and PA MLAs now ; while the Francophone ridings are Liberal . A divided province created by Frank McKenna and his forced frenchification of N.B. experiment .

David R. Amos

@keat Grant Methinks many would disagree with your observation N'esy Pas?

 
Scott Kane

New Brunswick like most Provinces could use some real leadership. But an over rated ex RCMP officer? I fear for N.B. Our politicians are becoming weaker and weaker in terms of scholastic and or any form of leadership and fiscal knowledge or responsibility.

Claude DeRoche

@Scott Kane
Agree better off with a Irving Boy with no political experience.

Marc Martin

@Scott Kane

So a failed Pastor is better ?

daryl doucette

@Scott Kane Oh so maybe another lawyer instead? How much WORSE of a job could Mr. Vickers do than the previous person? Mr. Vickers may actually bring some integrity to the position!

David R. Amos

@Scott Kane Methinks Mr Higgs knows why I could pick a better actor for the ongoing Circus in NB's Legislature N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@daryl doucette "Mr. Vickers may actually bring some integrity to the position!"

Methinks you should read my lawsuit N'esy Pas?

daryl doucette

@David R. Amos sure! I really do not know much about Mr. Vickers....have you had dealings with him?

David R. Amos

@daryl doucette "Mr. Vickers....have you had dealings with him?"

He is one of the main reasons I sued the Queen in 2015

Bernard McIntyre

@Marc Martin where are your facts that he is a failed pastor?

Marc Martin

@Bernard McIntyre

Is he a pastor right now ?

Dan Lee

@Scott Kane
At least he has balls................

daryl doucette

@David R. Amos I did not know that. What did he do?

Bernard McIntyre

@Marc Martin Cuoldn't say. Don't know this person.

David R. Amos

@daryl doucette Vickers and his RCMP pals made certain that I was illegally barred from all parliamentary properties in Canada and even falsely arrested me etc

 
John Johnsrud

Vickers, who? Oh yeah, the guy in a trench coat playing running tackle. Lose him!

Lou Bell

@John Johnsrud Unqualified / Inexperienced ! Yup , Liberal material all the way ! NB'ers are smart enough to see right through this fiasco ! An incision that would require 2 rolls of soucher and the Liberals come up with a Bandaid !

Rick Gibeault

@John Johnsrud He's the guy who saved Harper when the gunman got into Parliament. You should show him more respect.

Bernard McIntyre

@Rick Gibeault he never saved Harper. Harper was hiding in a closet And the gunman probably didn't know where Harper was anyway.

David R. Amos

@John Johnsrud "Lose him!"

Naw I hope they keep him

William Henry

@Rick Gibeault I do respect him......as a body guard. Thats not the position he's thinking of applying for.

Marc Martin

@Lou Bell

*Unqualified / Inexperienced ! Yup , Liberal material all the way *

What about your Pastor of PANB ?

Dan Lee

@Marc Martin
Or the closet man......is that what his experience was??

David R. Amos

@Bernard McIntyre True

Claude DeRoche

The beginning of the end of the COR party coalition.

Lou Bell

@Claude DeRoche Dream on . Poor boy, doesn't have a clue what he got himself into ! There's a reason 4 people already dropped out of competition. That 13 % drop in popularity spells it out BIGLY ! Why doesn't the Liberal Party go back to just running as the Partie Acadienne again ?

herbie derbie

@Lou Bell hahahah there is a reason they dropped out its because of kevin Vickers.. But its ok lou you will get a few more months before the end comes its a great day its a great day..

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche Methinks you are rather redundant N'esy Pas?

 
john Brown

Where Can I apply for thiss JOB or is this just a Liberal position .

Lou Bell

@john Brown Unqualified and inexperienced ? If not don't apply .

David R. Amos

@john Brown Methinks it kinda like the Masonic Lodge that Mr Vickers no doubt belongs to You have to be invited in N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Lou Bell

Why did your Pastor apply ?

Fred Brewer

Well, we know Vickers would make a good Sergeant-at-Arms but Premier? That's a stretch.

Claude DeRoche

@Fred Brewer
Maybe he should get a job with Irving first?

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche He worked for the Queen throughout his career remember? Methinks the Irving Clan can't hold a candle to her Clan N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Fred Brewer

What about a Pastor ?

Dan Lee

@Marc Martin
Pastor???? like a priest??...don't be so foolish Marc..............

 
Albert Wade

Congrats Justhen and Dominica, you have the entire province polarized over language. Keep the debt growing as old liberal cronies feed at the trough.

David R. Amos

@Albert Wade Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?

 
Elma Fayerrly

Could the clo set incident have anything to do with Mr Vickers contemplating at running for the leadership of the Liberal party in NB?

David R. Amos

@Elma Fayerrly Nope

William Henry

Mr.Vickers, I hear the LA Rams are looking for an offensive tackle for Sunday. Perhaps that's the job you are qualified for. I do not trust you with running the province, without lots more evidence.thats for sure.

David R. Amos

@William Henry Methinks you should be sure to vote in the next election N'esy Pas?

 
Claude DeRoche

The beginning of the end of the COR party.

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche Methinks you mean the SANB N'esy Pas?

Bernard McIntyre

@Claude DeRoche This is 2019 not 1991. Where have you been in the last 28 years?

Julien Lemieux

@Bernard McIntyre & David R. Amos

I bet he meant the CORservative party of NB.

Bernard McIntyre

@Julien Lemieux I haven't heard of that political party. What province do they come from.

Tim Raworth

@Bernard McIntyre A stupor I think.

Marc Martin

@Claude DeRoche

Exactly.

Tim Raworth

@Marc Martin Are you the same one who said just before the last election PANB would not be any influence?

Julien Lemieux

@Bernard McIntyre

I come from the province that only 6% of BC’s residents, 1% of Albertans, 2% of Saskatchewanians, 3% of Manitobans, 12% of Ontarians and 7% form the Maritimes are appreciating.

Bernard McIntyre

@Julien Lemieux What?

Julien Lemieux

@Bernard McIntyre

One of the last surveys from Angus Reid Institute reveals that 94% of BC’s residents, 99% of Albertans, 98% of Saskatchewanians, 97% of Manitobans, 88% of Ontarians and 93% from the Maritimes are thinking that Québec and Quebecers are unfriendly.

After they came en masse to beseech on one’s knees Quebecers not to leave in 1995, now Canadians outside Québec are showing their true feelings towards Québec and Quebecers.

David R. Amos

@Julien Lemieux "93% from the Maritimes are thinking that Québec and Quebecers are unfriendly."

Methinks that dudes such as Claude DeRoche, Marc Martin and you don't help matters much N'esyPas?

David R. Amos

@Julien Lemieux Methinks if your numbers are true then I imagine if the rest of Canada had a referendum on whether or not to give snobby Quebeckers the boot you would lose bigtime N'esy Pas?

  

Ted Dantoncal

Weird that there was no mention of this embarrassment: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kevin-vickers-protester-dublin-1.3601127. Knocking down protesters might (? ! ?) be in the job description of security staff but is not the role of a diplomat.

herbie derbie

@Ted Dantoncal Yes you wouldn't want no order in this world... your so right ted let them do what they want.. unreal

David R. Amos

@Ted Dantoncal True

   
Wolf Engler

Brexit Damage Control: Looks like we are going to be needing real "Diplomacy" around Brexit and the Irish Backstop. Canada has a history of "cowboy diplomacy", where we reward cronies with plum appointments. Modern first world countries avoid political appointments, and instead hire career diplomats who are educated and experienced in international public affairs. Canada needs to join the modern first world.

Wolf Engler

For ages now, the American Foreign Service Association has been advocating for switching US appointments to career diplomats:
http://www.afsa.org/why-us-ambassadors-should-be-career-professionals

Roy Nicholl

@Wolf Engler
Yet that's not the practice on Pennsylvania Avenue

David R. Amos

@Roy Nicholl Methinks dudes such as John Bolton must be on a retainer then N'esy Pas?

 
Doug Leblanc

What he did to help end the 2014 attack at parliament is heroic, however, I am very disappointed that in all of his subsequent interviews, he never mentions the team of five RCMP officers who stormed the hallway, taking direct fire, one of which ultimately fired the kill shot into the back of the terrorists head. The RCMP report describes the shooting in detail; there were 31 shots fired by six people, each bullet is accounted for. Gallant cant remember when he recused himself, and Vicker's cant remember the other 5 brave officers. He will fit right in.

Jeff LeBlanc

@Doug Leblanc well said. My brother in law is military police and the "official" version is not the version I was told. More along the lines of what you just posted.

David R. Amos

@Doug Leblanc True

Claude DeRoche

New Brunswickers will have a clear choice next election between the Liberals, COR and Alliance.

Only Vickers can fix the linguistic divide.

Bernard McIntyre

@Claude DeRoche What province are you living in. It doesn't seem to be in N.B.

Claude DeRoche

@Bernard McIntyre
What you smokin ?

Bernard McIntyre

@Claude DeRoche Don't Smoke. What are you taking because you seem to live in an other world.

Tim Raworth

@Claude DeRoche You must be drinking!

Marc Martin

@Bernard McIntyre

Apparently you cant read your own language, that's sad....

Les McNalley

@Marc Martin Alright. All four of you pick a corner.

Bernard McIntyre

@Marc Martin Apparently you CAN"T spell.

David R. Amos

@Les McNalley Welcome to the Circus

Laurie Clark

No point in having an election for Liberal leader; just give it to Vickers as Irving runs the province, anyway!

David R. Amos

@Laurie Clark True

Daniel Rawlins

Yuuup just what the Liberal Party of N.B. needs a man of action, I can't help but wonder however if the man has the ability to tell the difference between a 'real threat' and a perceived threat. will his reaction to public criticism and peacefull protest against his policies (should he become premier) cause the same reaction from him we saw in Ireland?

Claude DeRoche

@Daniel Rawlins
"multi-lateral trade between Canada and Ireland grew 31 per cent last year alone, and there has been seven new direct flights announced between Canada and Ireland since his arrival."

Bernard McIntyre

@Claude DeRoche And you actually beleive he is responsible for this. He was an ambassador not a politician.

Daniel Rawlins

@Claude DeRoche
Well then, I guess a coincidental growth in Canada Ireland trade is all due to Vickers. I don't suppose England's exiting of the EU or the uncertainty of Trade with China would have anything to do with either Canada or Ireland seeking out new trading partners. Vickers seems to be very physical being who has no problem Getting his 'Irish Up' as they say...

David R. Amos

@Daniel Rawlins Methinks you are wasting your precious time with Mr Deroche N'esy Pas?

 
Matt Steele

It makes little difference if Kevin Vickers runs for political office or not . Most folks will realize that Vickers is being hand picked by the SANB to do their bidding ; just the same as Frank McKenna was hand picked , and controlled by the SANB . It is what it is.....people are becoming much more aware of these backroom deals .

Claude DeRoche

@Matt Steele
Just a because a politician is not a COR party supporter doesn't make him a SANB supporter!
We need to end the division created by the COR/Alliance party supporters.

Tim Raworth

@Claude DeRoche The division is being created by SANB

Marc Martin

@Claude DeRoche

Well said I agree.

Carson Brook

@Matt Steele
and you back up your low faker attack by adding in references or citations from where? Nowhere

David R. Amos

@Carson Brook Why did I sue the Queen in 2015?

 
Tim Raworth

Welcome to NB, where everyone is an expert. LOL

David R. Amos

@Tim Raworth I am no expert but at least you can't fool me because I am too stupid

 
Jim Cyr

NB will elect him.....NB loves itself some liberalism....

David R. Amos

@Jim Cyr YUP

Philip Lucas

Perhaps he used up all his lucky charms and has to return to the real world.

David R. Amos

@Philip Lucas Methinks many would agree that he is getting old and misses home N'esy Pas?

Claude DeRoche

NB has never been as divided like with the COR/Alliance coalition ,
Vickers a breath of fresh air.

Both Gallant and Higgs got rejected by voters,
one got the popular vote the other one seat extra.

Higgs nows wants a battle with Québec over power transmission in NB
do defend a pipeline from Alberta that Trans Canada cancelled for financial reasons.
"Irving Oil's president says it would keep Saudi imports even if Energy East goes ahead"
FP April 12, 2016

Carson Brook

@Claude DeRoche
\Higgs wants a battle with everyone - he's redefining 'hubris' in NB. His latest low action in suddenly cancelling the Frankenphonie without even bothering to draft and submit a proposal - and language he used to defend his conduct... a backsmack to all New Brunswickers. not a lot of the NB anglos even coming out to cheer him on about that

John Nelson

@Carson Brook I don't live in New Brunswick but I'm glad the feds pulled their funding for that farce of a sham.

daryl doucette

@Claude DeRoche And he should battle Quebec. If Quebec wants to use OUR transmission lines to sell their pilfered NFLD electricity from Churchill Falls to the USA they had better allow the oil pipeline from Alberta to go thru Quebec to Saint John NB. Good for you Mr. Higgs!

daryl doucette

@Carson Brook I disagree. Mr. Higgs did the right thing. " Low Action"??....what is that supposed to mean? and EVERY " Anglo New Brunswicker" totally supports his decision to cancel another waste of money by the SANB (Liberal Government) to " celebrate" every thing francophonie....irregardless of cost. Its getting old there people.....

daryl doucette

@daryl doucette And mant " reasonable" francophones as well!

David R. Amos

@daryl doucette Methinks Carson Brook and I disagree about many things as well N'esy Pas?

 
Stefan Couper

You Tube search type in Prime Minster Canada. Excellent long format interview with Maxime Bernier on Rubin Report. Tonight I am going to have a beer or a glass of red wine and watch it.

David R. Amos

@Stefan Couper Find Fundy Royal Debate in YouTube and say Hey to Maxime for me will ya?

elmer tate

Hey Stefan Couper who says

You Tube search type in Prime Minster Canada. Excellent long format interview with Maxime Bernier on Rubin Report. Tonight I am going to have a beer or a glass of red wine and watch it
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While you at it Utube Trudeau Body language with Trump or how has Trudeau Embarrassed Canada...

Stefan Couper

@elmer tate Will do Elmer is it funny ?

David R. Amos

@elmer tate Methinks fans of Kevin Vickers and his pals should Google YouTube Sussex RCMP N'esy Pas?

 
John Brown

Vickers is the only gun-toting-problem-solving liberal that I know of. I'm thinking he'd garner more than a few p.c. votes if he were to run.

Claude DeRoche

@John Brown
A red wave has hit the Miramichi!

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche Methinks it rather obvious the folks don't place much faith in your claims N'esy Pas?

 
Claude DeRoche

Love it the COR/Alliance are running scared for a good reason.
The beginning of the end of the CORservative dividing NB soon over!

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche Methinks everybody knows it was the SANB that played the language card in hopes of splitting the vote and it backfired bigtime N'esy Pas?

 
Elma Fayerrly

Beware Blaine Higgs. Soon Kevin Vickers, a BRAVE, reputable, and distinguished man will be the leader of the Liberal party in NB.

Buford Wilson

(He doesn’t stand a chance against Blaine, Elma).

David R. Amos

@Buford Wilson Oh yes he does

 
Marc Mcharmon

vickers eliminated bibeau by emptying the entire clip on him. good job

Jeff LeBlanc

@Marc Mcharmon that's the "official version"...I have sources in the military police who have told me otherwise.

Hugh MacDonald

@Jeff LeBlanc

Without details, it sounds like you have speculation and conjecture.

Matt Steele

@Hugh MacDonald ....Google RCMP Cpl. Curtis Barrett ; that should lead you to the information that you seek .

Hugh MacDonald

@Matt Steele

Aware of that, replied to your other comment.

Al Kennedy

@Hugh MacDonald
Here's the real story, I suggest you read it instead of arguing. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-loneliest-hero-why-youve-never-heard-of-this-rcmp-officer-who-shot-the-parliament-hill-gunman

Hugh MacDonald

@Al Kennedy

Suggest you read that I acknowledged knowing the story to Matt three hours ago.

Thanks for coming out!

David R. Amos

@Hugh MacDonald Methinks things are getting very redundant FYI I mentioned this stuff out of the gate and was blocked Very strange N'esy Pas?

 

 
Buford Wilson

Justin may appoint Kevin to replace John in China

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David R. Amos

@Buford Wilson Yea Right

David R. Amos

@David R. Amos Oh Wow

Matt Steele

John McCallum , the Canadian Ambassador for China , was just fired by Trudeau a couple of days ago ; maybe Vickers thought he better find a new trough before he was fired as well .

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele Oh My Are you ever bitter However methinks McCallum and Vickers have acted far more egregiously against me than they ever did against you N'esy Pas?

  

Claude DeRoche

Vickers allegiances is NB and Canada, while Higgs it's Irving and Irving.

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche Methinks your allegiances are with Trudeau, Chretien, the Bronfmans and Power Corp N'esy Pas?

  

Paul Andrew Cerniuk

I'm kinda interested on his views on gun control. He's the living embodiment, writ large, of the conservative mantra that it always takes a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun. He's going to have to tie some knots to get around the Liberal viewpoint on that.

David R. Amos

@Paul Andrew Cerniuk Methinks he will just walk and talk the party line N'esy Pas?

 
Jeff LeBlanc

"On Oct. 22, 2014, Vickers shot and helped take down a man armed with a .30-30 rifle"....that's open to debate. My brother in law is Military Police and that's not the version he told me.

Hugh MacDonald

@Jeff LeBlanc

Please elaborate, as I don’t think the Military Police had anything to do with what occurred inside the building.

Jeff LeBlanc

@Hugh MacDonald they did not partake in the incident itself but like any law enforcement they are privy to details of the investigation that took place in the aftermath. There were 31 shots fired by 6 different people. The shot that entered the back of Bibeau's skull ultimately killing him was confirmed to have been fired from an RCMP officer's gun. Vickers himself cannot recall how many shots were fired and never mentions the 5 RCMP officers who actually stormed the building. Long story short, there's no evidence he killed Bibeau yet he takes credit for it. Do some research if you don't believe me, I heard it from a MP but the official report is listed online.

Matt Steele

@Hugh MacDonald ....Just google RCMP Cpl. Curtis Barrett ; that should lead you to the information that you seek .

Hugh MacDonald

@Jeff LeBlanc

That info is pretty much common knowledge now, hence
“helped to take down...”.
You make it sound like you’ve got special inside info.
While there are great people in the MPs (better than there used to be), I’ve seen them drop the ball enough to take some stories with a grain of salt.

Hugh MacDonald

@Matt Steele

Don’t need to google it, read about it quite a while ago.
Hope he’s finally getting the help he deserves.

Jeff LeBlanc

@Hugh MacDonald no you interpreted it in your own way with the intent of picking a fight online with someone. Almost like you went out of your way to do so. There's no proof he "helped to take down" at all actually and more people should realize that. Boy he sure makes for a nice feel good neatly wrapped up little story though doesn't he?

Hugh MacDonald

@Jeff LeBlanc

Sure thing, you’re right and how dare I ever doubt you and your special “inside sources”!
I shall therefore defer to your “I heard it from someone who knows a guy” expertise.

David R. Amos

@Hugh MacDonald Methinks you should ask me what I know about the Military Police after you Google me and Kevin Vickers N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele

They should ask RCMP Officer Curtis Barrett what really happened during the Parliament Hill shooting ; folks would hear a lot different story than what Vickers has claimed.....maybe that is why he was sent to Ireland .

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele YUP

  

Claude DeRoche

The Crown Prince of Bermuda days are counted.!

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche Methinks you seem awful bitter about the liberals losing N'esy Pas?

  

 
Jack Wilson

Kevin Vickers fast waltz danced a protestor out in Ireland in 2016.

David R. Amos

@Jack Wilson Methinks the truth is he failed to do his job properly in Ireland N'esy Pas?

 
Tim Wolfe

Well JT needs all the help he can get and this will be the first real super hero in his gang of wannabes but like all the rest won't be able to help in the long run!

Claude DeRoche

@Tim Wolfe
Trudeau is preparing for the 2023 election,
2019 is a shoe in.

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche Too Funny

 
michael levesque

Clearly Mr Vickers is not aware of how much Brian Gallant has destroyed the Liberal pary of NB

David R. Amos

@michael levesque He knows

 
Claude DeRoche

Wish Higgs the best in his retirement with his fat government pension.

Lucky him there are no francophones in Bermuda!

Joc McTavish

@Claude DeRoche

They're all in Florida, pissing of the locals there.

Lou Bell

@Claude DeRoche Polls say otherwise ! SANB / Liberals desperation setting in when they have to nominate an unqualified, inexperienced security guard solely because he's English.Desperate moves in desperate times.

Lou Bell

@Claude DeRoche Naw , they've got their polluted beach in Shediac !

Lou Bell

@Lou Bell The Swamp !

David R. Amos

@Joc McTavish YUP

Demeter Khol

Please do GOD NOT get me started on this

Demeter Khol

@Demeter Khol
An open nerve again, mate?

David R. Amos

@Demeter Khol I have been on a roll for hours Why not join the circus?

 
JohnColford

What a career, thanks for your service and legacy. Well done Mr. Vickers, well done

David R. Amos

@JohnColford Nope

Claude DeRoche

Austin a baptist minister from Ontario and Higgs another baptist, both share their hate of Acadians

Joe Gallant

@Claude DeRoche
Not all Acadians live with the hate you have and for that I feel sorry for you. I hope you do not pass this on to your kids if you have any? Très mauvaise attitude.

Claude DeRoche

@Joe Gallant
Hating haters is not hating.
It's called love.

David R. Amos

@Joe Gallant Well Put

David R. Amos

@Claude DeRoche "It's called love."

Methinks you should back away from the pipe N'esy Pas?

Lou Bell

@Claude DeRoche Check out the latest polls ! Boy your SANB /Liberals have sure taken a nosedive ! But what are REAL facts , right ???

Jim Reid

@Claude DeRoche your fried

 
Robert Green

I'll never forget on Power and politics Eve Solamon's description of Vickers "matrix moment" of flying through the air while unloading his revolver the alleged intruder.Maybe in the movies.

Raymond Williams

@Robert Green
It was a 9mm semi-automatic, but point taken.

David R. Amos

@Raymond Williams Methinks folks should research what really happened N'esy Pas?

Clarence Slydell

@David R. Amos

Ha! Fat chance of that happening with the crowd of clowns that post unadulterated crap here.

 
chris bowdler

More pension paid by we taxpayers of Canada....

David R. Amos

@chris bowdler YUP

 
Craig Jones

Gross. Finding out he's a closet Liberal is as disappointing as finding out Ken Dryden was too.

Kenneth Hewer

Mr. Matrix reinvented as uber-Fib! There's obviously more gravy, someone get Vickers a bib!

Kevin Vickers says he is retiring as ambassador to Ireland, will return to N.B.

Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms is a possible candidate in Liberal leadership race

The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 01, 2019 10:59 AM AT 

Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers says he is retiring next month as Canada's ambassador to Ireland and returning to New Brunswick, where he has been talked about as a potential candidate for the Liberal Party leadership. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers says he is retiring next month as Canada's ambassador to Ireland, and many New Brunswick Liberals say they're hoping Vickers is preparing for a bid to become the province's next Liberal leader.

Vickers, hailed as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill, said in a bilingual Facebook post Friday he'll retire as envoy effective March 2 and return to his home in Trout Brook, Miramichi, N.B.

"To all my friends and to the people of Ireland I wanted to say a special thank you. You received me with open arms and the warmest of welcomes. I shall not ever forget your kindness, affection and grace," he wrote.

Vickers has been touted as a possible candidate for the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal party to replace former premier Brian Gallant.

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In December, Vickers indicated an interest in the job but at the time said he was a "long ways from making a decision."

Vickers did not immediately respond to requests for an interview Friday, but a number of Liberal sources in the province say they are confident Vickers will enter the race.

Lisa Harris, the Liberal MLA for the riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac, said she's excited by the possibility.

"I hope that in early March he'll make another announcement that he'll go forward with the leadership bid for the Liberal party," she said, adding she believes he can unite the party and province.

"He's premier material."

'A steep learning curve'

The New Brunswick Liberals will choose a new leader on June 22 in Saint John.

Donald Wright, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick, said if Vickers enters the race, he will have to be clear what he stands for.

"Kevin Vickers is going to have to say something — where he stands on some of the issues like the carbon price, like bilingualism, like duality. He's got a steep learning curve and you can only ride your name so long," Wright said.

"We have no idea where he stands on some of these issues. He's a complete outsider to New Brunswick politics."

Keiller Zed, executive director of the New Brunswick Liberal Association, said Friday that a committee of the party is still working on all the details of the race, including the registration package for candidates.

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Rene Ephestion, who leads the New Brunswick Liberal Multicultural Inclusion Commission, has expressed an interest in running, while a number of others including Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long have bowed out.

Vickers, born and raised in Newcastle, N.B., has held the ambassador post since January 2015.

"Ireland is the home of my ancestors. Serving Canada as ambassador has been a special privilege. I have worked hard often working seven days a week for months at a time but not without results," he said on Facebook.

He said multi-lateral trade between Canada and Ireland grew 31 per cent last year alone, and there has been seven new direct flights announced between Canada and Ireland since his arrival.

Vickers has a long career of public service, including 29 years in the RCMP. He also served as aide-de-camp for the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick. He served as sergeant-at-arms for the House of Commons between 2006 and 2015.

Election could come within 2 years

On Oct. 22, 2014, Vickers shot and helped take down a man armed with a .30-30 rifle. Michael Zihaf Bibeau had barged into Centre Block on Parliament Hill after killing honour guard reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial.

The Liberal party won just 21 seats in last fall's provincial election — one fewer than the Tories. The Liberals relinquished their hold on power in November after losing a confidence vote in the legislature.
Still, Wright said the party retains a position of strength.

"Remember they won the popular vote, however their vote is very inefficient. It's concentrated in the north. They've got to build inroads into the south of the province," he said.

Tory Premier Blaine Higgs' minority government is relying on support from a third party - the right-leaning People's Alliance, led by Kris Austin.

But that arrangement is set to expire in less than 18 months. That means an election could be less than two years away.

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