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Methinks the dragonslayer Madame Conroy should cross the floor because
I have no doubt Higgy would make her the Minister of Heritage
immediately N'esy Pas?
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Hmmm I wonder if Margaret Johnson recalls calling me out of the blue and I didn't know who she was
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/blaine-higgs-has-more-members-now-so.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-legislature-mlas-liberals-throne-speech-1.5741971
MLAs take oaths, Liberals select interim leader in busy return to legislature
Premier Blaine Higgs says throne speech coming in mid-November
· CBC News · Posted: Sep 28, 2020 4:22 PM AT
Margaret Johnson, the new Carleton-Victoria Progressive Conservative, said it was a 'surreal' experience taking her oath Monday at the New Brunswick Legislature. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
After a two-week post-election lull, the New Brunswick Legislature woke from its slumber Monday with the swearing-in of all 49 members of the assembly.
Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy administered the oath to the winning candidates in the Sept. 14 election, including 12 newcomers.
"It's exhilarating, it's surreal, it's exciting," said Margaret Johnson, the new Carleton-Victoria Progressive Conservative MLA. "We've had two weeks of celebrating and now it's time to get down to work."
New Bathurst West-Beresford Liberal René Legacy, another rookie, said it was "a bit overwhelming" to be at the legislature.
"The history of this place when you walk in for the first time is not lost on me," he said. "I won't lie: it's a bit emotional."
Premier Blaine Higgs told reporters that the legislature will start a new session with a speech from the throne around mid-November, and that he's anxious to get to work implementing his agenda.
"It's kind of a mission we've been on for a long time, about fundamental improvements to the system that have always been talked about. So I'm very committed to seeing those changes.
"We really want to be very cognizant of some of the milestones on the various projects we want to achieve, and to stay focused."
The 66-year-old premier shrugged off suggestions he might be in a hurry because he may choose to serve only one term.
"When people ask me that question, I respond by saying 'How old is Joe Biden?'" he said, referring to the 77-year-old presidential candidate. "I don't have a timeline at this stage."
Liberals choose interim leader
Liberal MLAs, their numbers reduced to just 17 in the election, met Monday morning and chose veteran Dieppe MLA Roger Melanson as the party's interim leader.
The former finance minister said it will be up to party members to sort out over the next two years whether the party should move to the left, stick to the centre or veer to the right.
Dieppe MLA Roger Melanson was chosen to be the interim leader for the Opposition Liberals. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Some party members, including Saint John-Rothesay Liberal MP Wayne Long, have said the previous Gallant government's big-spending ways alienated anglophone voters in southern New Brunswick who value fiscal prudence.
The party was virtually shut out of the region in this month's election.
At the same time, the party has seen some young progressive voters shift to the Green Party.
Melanson said grassroots Liberals will need to debate how the party should rebuild itself, but he urged women, LGBTQ New Brunswickers, environmentalists and young people to get involved in that discussion.
"We need their ideas and their engagement with us to be able to accomplish all of those important goals that society is looking for," he said.
Liberal leadership race
Melanson also said he hopes to see a large field of candidates run for the leadership whenever a vote is scheduled.
"We want to have a race," he said. "We want to have as many people from different walks of life that want to run for the leadership of the party, for the permanent position, to think about it."
Previous leader Kevin Vickers was acclaimed in the role in 2019 after no one chose to run against him. That meant Vickers was not forced to debate ideas and learn the ropes of campaigning before this month's election.
Asked if that had contributed to the party's defeat, Melanson said the COVID-19 pandemic had made it challenging for Vickers to get around the province and become better known in the months leading up to the campaign.
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David Amos
Methinks
the PC lady Andrea Johnson and Higgy should not deny that the MLAs
Sherry Wilson, Mary Wilson, Dorothy Shephard, Margaret Johnson, Kathy
Bockus, Tammy Scott-Wallace, Jill Green, Arlene Dunn and Andrea
Anderson-Mason no doubt remember everything I said to them and or about
them during the election I put in writing N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Methinks Ryan Cullins will never do anything for the folks living around the Mira quarry N'esy Pas?
David Amos
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Methinks Margaret
Johnson must recall calling me out of the blue during the election from a
Bugle Observer phone and was surprised that I didn't know who she was
N'esy Pas? David Amos
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HmmmDavid Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: I wonder if Margaret Johnson recalls calling me out of the blue and I didn't know who she was
Matt
Steele
It
should be interesting to see who they end up recruiting for the Liberal
Party Leader as most all their MLAs are Francophones , and the Liberal
Party is totally controlled by the SANB . Melanson was on the CBC this
morning bragging up former Premier Frank McKenna ; apparently Melanson
and the Liberals have forgotten how McKenna took all the Crown Land
leases from the little guys , and gave them to the big forestry
companies . Not to mention all the Union busting that McKenna did , and
the big deals with companies like Wackenhut who left N.B. with bags of
taxpayer cash , and a smile on their face . It just goes to show how
much Melanson and the Liberals are out of touch if they think McKenna
was some great hero.
David Amos
Guy Richard
William Edwards
Les Cooper
kelly sherrard
Reply to @Matt
Steele: Methinks folks should Google McKenna's name and mine if they
want a good belly laugh at Melanson'snonsense N'esy Pas?
James Risdon
I'm
puzzled by something. The Liberal base of power in New Brunswick has
long been the North. Bathurst has voted Liberal in the vast majority of
elections for the past 100 years and the entire North is awash in
Liberal red.
Given that, why do the Liberals keep choosing their leaders from the South of the province?è
Brian Gallant was from Shediac and represented the riding of Kent. Shawn Graham was from Rexton. Camille Theriault was from Baie Ste. Anne. Keith Vickers was from Miramichi.
What's wrong with the North Shore? No Liberal leaders from Bathurst, Belledune, Caraquet, Tracadie-Sheila, Lameque, Campbellton, Petit Rocher, Pointe Verte, Janeville and so forth.
These are the places that vote the most solidly Liberal election after election - and they are the places the most overlooked as sources of Liberal leaders and for economic development initiatives.
Given that, why do the Liberals keep choosing their leaders from the South of the province?è
Brian Gallant was from Shediac and represented the riding of Kent. Shawn Graham was from Rexton. Camille Theriault was from Baie Ste. Anne. Keith Vickers was from Miramichi.
What's wrong with the North Shore? No Liberal leaders from Bathurst, Belledune, Caraquet, Tracadie-Sheila, Lameque, Campbellton, Petit Rocher, Pointe Verte, Janeville and so forth.
These are the places that vote the most solidly Liberal election after election - and they are the places the most overlooked as sources of Liberal leaders and for economic development initiatives.
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: I am puzzled as to why you did not run for the KISS Party this time
SANB puppet/clown.
David Amos
Reply to @Guy Richard: Oh So True
Melanson must of kiss the ring finger of the Acadien leader to get this post.
David Amos
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Reply to @William Edwards: and bend over Go away Liberal party
David Amos
Reply to @Les Cooper: Dream on
Roger
Melanson wants the Liberals to cast a wide net so he can get as much
support to ensure the next gov't is Liberal. After what we went thru
with the Gallant Liberals, if we have another Liberal gov't before this
province is on a more solid footing, the province will implode and that
will be it!
Ray Oliver
Reply to @kelly sherrard: if they can actually find a leader who can win his own seat that would be a decent start LOL
David Amo
Reply to @Ray Oliver @kelly sherrard: Say Hey to Higgy et al for me will ya?
michael levesque
haha roger melason interim liberal leader. what a way to start a new week with a good joke!!
David Amos
Reply to @michael levesque: I concur
Ray Oliver
Another beauty from JP jughead. What an embarrassment
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: So you say
Buford Wilson
Is there any word yet on Kevin replacing Julie?
David Amos
Reply to @Buford Wilson: Not yet
Marc LeBlanc
Roger "bouffant"Melanson was a great choice for interim front man
David Amos
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Reply to @Marc LeBlanc: Surely you jest
Reply to @Marc LeBlanc: So you say
Lou Bell:
First thing on their agenda should be for the SANB Liberals to go back to their roots and their real name Parti Acadienne !
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Lou Bell: agreed, might as well just call a spade a spade cause they ain't fooling anyone.
David Amos
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: I always do for exactly the same reason
Lou Bell
As
long as the SANB Liberals acknowledge only one of the language groups
in the province their demise will continue . The " woe is me " party has
worn out their welcome and any discussion on language and culture is
about Francophones only and they've no place for any type of discussion
for Anglophones , including their assimilation . When they say they
welcome all cultures and yet want a GUARANTEE of at least 33 % be
francophones then it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the
anglophones are taking the hit !
Jeff
LeBlanc
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Agreed. Last time I checked NB was still 67 percent anglo. The only woe
is me you hear from anglophones is "why are the minority getting
preferential treatment over the majority"
Layton
Bennett
Reply to @Jeff
LeBlanc: When I graduated from an IT program(top 3rd of my class) and
went looking for work here in NB, I was repeatedly told if I wasn't
bilingual to not bother applying. That was the EMPLOYERS telling me
that! I finally got the nerve to ask if the software as in English or
French... it was in English. Flat out discriminated against at the door.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: Source ? I suspect you can't give me an uptodate one.
Dan Lee
Easy boys.....tears are flowing
Lou Bell
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: Last stats I've found show 58.7 % Anglophone .Jeff
LeBlanc
Reply to @Lou Bell:
don't use Wikipedia for your info, anyone can update those pages if you
sign up for an account. As per Stats Canada 736,280 filled out the
census and 498,365 replied as English only.
Matt Steele
Reply to @Layton
Bennett: ....Yep , you would think after what happened in South Africa
and Rhodesia , that the Liberal Party would read a book , and realize
that Apartheid style govt. where the minority controls the majority DOES
NOT WORK . After 50 years of forced bilingualism , N.B. sits as the
ONLY officially bilingual province in Canada , and a failed social
experiment .
David Amos
Reply to @Layton
Bennett: Methinks a clever IT Guy should be capable of getting to the
truth of my concerns in a heartbeat N'esy Pas?
Joe Rootliek
Who would want to be the big spending leader of this band of spendoholics.
David Amos
Reply to @Joe Rootliek: Nay not I
Bob Smith
The Liberals look to
change their image/message..and first acts are to put Melanson as
interim leader and blame Vickers' failure on the pandemic and not on the
method of his selection or disastrous election platform. Nothing has
changed, it seems...
David Amos
Reply to @Bob Smith: Methinks plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose N'esy Pas?
John Grail
A bunch of suits making money from taxpayers while pretending to look out for the populace's interests...
David Amos
Reply to @John Grail: Surprise Surprise Surprise
Jeff LeBlanc Of course they'd pick another elitist francophone as their leader. Go figure.
David Amos
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: It ain't rocket science
Dan Lee
Reply to @David Amos: to Jeff......wellllll.........
Clive Gibbons
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: The elitist anglophones are already members of another party.
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Clive Gibbons: NB doesn't have elitist Anglophones. They have corporate lackies who think they are elites.
David Amos
Reply to @Clive Gibbons: Oh So True
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Clive Gibbons: And SANB Liberals are the Parti Acadienne .
Clive Gibbons
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: we still end up having to pay the bill
David Amos
Reply to @Clive Gibbons: Yup
Ron Linda
Moving ahead and leading the way as promised. COVID-19 cases in check. Good leadership.
David Amos
Reply to @Ron Linda: Yea Right
John Grail
Reply to @Ron Linda: Good leadership never restricts fundamental freedoms
Marc Bourque
Reply to @John Grail: BUt will do all they can to protect you and your family from death ;0
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Ron Linda:
Give us some warning when the good leadership starts will you? If past performance has anything to do with it we don't wish to blink and miss it.
Give us some warning when the good leadership starts will you? If past performance has anything to do with it we don't wish to blink and miss it.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Pay attention on or about the 12th of Never
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Mr Higgs is caught himself in a "catch 22". He's been sandbagging us for the past 2 years. If, all of a sudden, he starts governing wisely and well, without his little dance routine, everyone will see he has been sandbagging us.
Mr Higgs is caught himself in a "catch 22". He's been sandbagging us for the past 2 years. If, all of a sudden, he starts governing wisely and well, without his little dance routine, everyone will see he has been sandbagging us.
Les Cooper
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: explain sand bagging?
Terry Tibbs
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Reply to @Les Cooper:
Lollygagging around collecting a cheque for doing nothing
Lollygagging around collecting a cheque for doing nothing
David Amos
Reply
to @Les Cooper: In drag racing it means dialing in an ET to allow you
to go slower than what you are capable so that you can accelerate past
your opponent at the finish line
David Amos
Reply
to @Les Cooper: I have no doubt that many members of the RCMP and the
Higgy et al crowd recall my prowess at drag racing motorcycles without
resorting to sandbagging
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Methinks the dragonslayer Madame Conroy should cross the floor because
I have no doubt Higgy would make her the Minister of Heritage
immediately N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-tough-decisions-cabinet-1.5737468
Blaine Higgs has more members now, so choosing cabinet ministers may be tough
More Progressive Conservative MLAs will have to sit on back benches this time
· CBC News · Posted: Sep 25, 2020 7:00 AM AT
With his recently won majority, Blaine Higgs has more options for his
cabinet. He'll just have to disappoint some PC caucus members. (CBC)
Things are suddenly easier for Premier Blaine Higgs after his majority government win in this month's election.
Except maybe in one area: creating his cabinet.
Higgs has 26 MLAs to choose from, giving him more options than he had in 2018, but also making the selection that much more difficult — because a larger number of his caucus will have to be left out.
The challenge will be especially acute if the premier opts for a smaller cabinet this time. The current membership is 17, including Higgs himself. Only one of them, Carl Urqhuart, didn't run again.
"Probably premiers put more thought into cabinet selection than anything else they do early in the mandate," says former Carleton Progressive Conservative MLA Stewart Fairgrieve, an adviser to Premier David Alward when he chose his cabinet in 2010.
"It overrules everything and it lays the groundwork for how well your caucus will operate going into the legislature and for years to come."
Decisions, decisions
Higgs is the first premier in 17 years to win re-election, meaning he must decide whether to drop some current ministers to make room for newcomers.
"He has an abundance in terms of quality of candidates that he can choose from, and that's a nice problem to have as premier," saysid Bernard Lord, the last premier to win re-election.
Dropping
someone "is not easy but it's a fact of life, and people who run for
office know first and foremost they're running to be a member of the
legislative assembly."
Former premier Bernard Lord said dropping cabinet ministers 'is not easy but it's a fact of life.' (Radio-Canada)
Fairgrieve, however, says being dropped "is not an easy transition …. It takes a while to get your head around that." Only three PC MLAs, including him, spent the entire last mandate on the back benches.
Higgs has been meeting his MLAs individually all week, assessing who should make the cut and what position they should occupy.
"A huge amount of time goes into cabinet selection," said Fairgrieve.
Premiers "second-guess themselves. They go back on their lists a hundred times before it gets announced and the ministers get sworn in. There's always surprises, and this cabinet by Blaine Higgs will be no different."
Fine tuning, or major overhaul?
Higgs could take a number of approaches.
If he is inclined to favour continuity, especially in departments teeing up major reforms, he may leave Dominic Cardy at Education and Ted Flemming at Health.
It's debatable how much the individual choices matter, or even whether New Brunswickers care that much who ends up minister of Service New Brunswick or minister for the Regional Development Corporation.
But there are times when the right person is critical, Lord said.
"Just look at what Dominic Cardy was able to do this year with the pandemic. He led the effort for the government to shut down and take tough precautions early."
Fairgrieve said it's hard to imagine Cardy or Flemming being moved mid-pandemic, and said the choices of finance minister and public safety minister will also be important in light of COVID-19 and its economic impact.
He also said Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West's Andrea Anderson-Mason should stay, in recognition of her winning her riding with 66.5 percent of the vote, "but we have a premier who doesn't always take political realities into consideration."
On the other hand, Higgs could opt for a major shakeup.
He may look to the future and give new, younger MLAs a chance to shine, positioning them for the next election in 2024 — especially if the 66-year-old Higgs doesn't plan to run again four years from now and there's a leadership race by then.
Smaller cabinet, gender parity
Fairgrieve said even without a big shuffle, a rumoured smaller cabinet and the suggestion of gender parity would force the premier to drop some incumbents.
"There's going to be a lot of former cabinet ministers, and that never sits well," he says.
With nine women elected at Progressive Conservatives — four incumbents and five newcomers — Higgs can easily name a cabinet with an equal number of women and men.
"I don't think it's a test," Lord said, but "I'm sure it's something the premier will consider and something that could be considered."
At the same time, most premiers strive for some kind of geographic balance.
That might help Margaret Johnson, the new MLA for Carleton-Victoria, the northernmost riding to have voted PC. Johnson would also help with gender parity.
But it makes for a tougher choice in the greater Saint John area, which has no fewer than seven ministers, including the premier himself in the existing cabinet.
To make room for new Saint John Harbour MLA Arlene Dunn, especially in a slimmer cabinet, Higgs would have to drop at least one current minister from the area and probably more.
The regions
There's a similar geographic crunch in the Moncton area, which already has four ministers at the cabinet table: Ernie Steeves, Sherry Wilson, Mike Holland and Bruce Fitch.
Fairgrieve said Higgs can't exclude the only francophone PC MLA, Daniel Allain from Moncton East.
Stewart Fairgrieve, who advised former premier David Alward
about cabinet choices, says Higgs can't exclude the only francophone PC
MLA, Daniel Allain from Moncton East. (Radio-Canada)
But without someone being dropped, that brings the area's representation up to five, a large share if cabinet is reduced to just 12 or 14 ministers.
Lord said all those calculations matter, but the priority has to be picking a qualified team that can work together.
"First and foremost is considering who around the table can help the premier achieve the agenda and fulfil the mandate that he's received from the people of New Brunswick. That's the most important thing.
"Then, of course, you look at representation, geography, and so many other factors as well."
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David Amos
Methinks
folks should ask how many of MLAs and Deputy Ministers actually created
their own
businesses, ran them and made a profit without government
assistance N'esy Pas?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Might be the first step in qualifying an applicant?
Might be the first step in qualifying an applicant?
David Amos
The plot thickens
The plot thickens
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos:
"Stewart Fairgrieve, who advised former premier David Alward about
cabinet choices, says Higgs can't exclude the only francophone PC MLA,
Daniel Allain from Moncton East."
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos:
"Lord (also a Moncton East dude) said all those calculations matter,
but the priority has to be picking a qualified team that can work
together."
Methinks whereas Allain worked in the premier’s office under both David Alward and Bernard Lord its obvious to me he will become Deputy Premier just like Gauvin once was N'esy Pas?
Methinks whereas Allain worked in the premier’s office under both David Alward and Bernard Lord its obvious to me he will become Deputy Premier just like Gauvin once was N'esy Pas?
Bill Henry
Reply to @David Amos: no brainer
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Lacking the proper ingredients to thicken the plot you have to rely on starch. Starch is basically inert material, with no taste, or value, and is of limited usefulness.
And that pretty well sums up what we have to look forward to, 4 years of pin the tail on the donkey, with brief interludes of musical chairs.
Lacking the proper ingredients to thicken the plot you have to rely on starch. Starch is basically inert material, with no taste, or value, and is of limited usefulness.
And that pretty well sums up what we have to look forward to, 4 years of pin the tail on the donkey, with brief interludes of musical chairs.
Randy McNally
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: IS it normal for a majority government to rely on opposition parties to supply cabinet ministers?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Randy McNally:
Where did you get that?
Where did you get that?
Randy McNally
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Sorry my reply should not have been to you but Val Harris?
DeanRoger Ray
Reply to @David Amos: Is that the plot or your line of bull that is thickening?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I use flour and sometimes oats but never corn starch
val harris
How come Austin or Conroy is not on the list like 2 years ago?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @val harris:
Methinks the drahgonslayer Madame Conroy should cross the floor because
I have no doubt Higgy would make her the Minister of Heritage
immediately N'esy Pas?
val harris
Reply
to @David Amos: haha she had her chance but that boat sailed, now she’s
left on an island alone. The poor people of Miramichi will have a
very long 4 years
Jim Cyr
Reply to @val harris:
Just as soon as the border reopens, my family and I will start to
visit Miramichi. And we will visit OFTEN. Just to reward that fine
city for its good, common sense.
val harris
Reply to @Jim Cyr:
Thats great they will need all the help they can get as by the talk from
the City they are not excited... but jim you are always so positive
David Amos
Reply to @val harris:
Methinks Higgy et al should be wise enough to know that they should
never underestimate a dragon-slayer N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: ah yes. The code speak again, good one Gunther!
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos:
Methinks Mr Gunther knows that I do not pretend to be somebody I am not
like shills working with the cops do N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: You should run an alias just to get away from your sad life
Fred
Brewer
As
far as I can tell Flemming did nothing as Minister of Health other than
to collect a paycheque. Cardy did all of the heavy lifting and came up
with our Covid response that has worked so well. Cardy should be
Minister of Health and Flemming should be relegated to the back benches.
Please Mr. Higgs, don't reward incompetence. Flemming has not earned a
Ministerial position in your cabinet.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Fred
Brewer: Methinks you forgot at least 3 things, Flemming's riding
loccation, his pedigree and the fact that he is a lawyer N'esy Pas?
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @Fred Brewer:
Flemming is the guy who brought forward the idea of repurposing hospitals and closing ER's. Oooops.
From that time onward he was missing in action, either self imposed, or he was sidelined.
We will soon see which it was.
Flemming is the guy who brought forward the idea of repurposing hospitals and closing ER's. Oooops.
From that time onward he was missing in action, either self imposed, or he was sidelined.
We will soon see which it was.
Randy
McNally
Reply to @David Amos: Pedigree and geography for sure. Being part of the boy's club doesn't hurt.
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Right, but other than that it almost like he never existed and
that applies to before and after his attempt to close ER's.
David Amos
Reply to @Randy
McNally: Methinks the BAR is the ultimate "old boys" club that Justice
Ginsberg embarrassed many times N'esy Pas?
Robert Langue
Just
by reading the headline, I knew it had to be written by Jacques
Poitras. He always has to put a negative spin when it comes to Higgs
and the Progressive Conservatives.
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Robert Langue: It's shocking, and Poitras has just gotten more and more biased over the years.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Robert Langue: SANB slant for years . And yet no story about the UNDISCLOSED 130 million dollar giveaway
Lou Bell
Reply to @Robert
Langue: Jacques questioned after the election how Higgs would reach
out to the Francophones in the 17 Francophone ridings he didn't win. He
should have been asking how the SANB Liberals would reach out to the
Anglophones in the 32 ridings they lost in ! It's always been about the
Francophones , assimilation , language . When is the last time we've
EVER heard anything about Anglophone assimilation or langauage ? Never .
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Cry me a river
Reply to @David Amos: If he cries you an actual river will you finally take a bath in it?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Robert Langue:
I see you didn't get the memo. They are no longer Progressive Conservatives, the progressive bit got lost about 10 years back, if anything these are regressive Conservatives, or anally retentive Conservatives.
I see you didn't get the memo. They are no longer Progressive Conservatives, the progressive bit got lost about 10 years back, if anything these are regressive Conservatives, or anally retentive Conservatives.
Jeff
LeBlanc
He picked a former morning radio disc jockey to run our finances so anything goes with Higgy.
Al Borland
Reply to @Jeff
LeBlanc: Um weren't you on here saying you were voting for Ernie
Steeves? Weren't you on here insisting that Blaine Higgs was the best?
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: What was Trudeau.....a drama coach?? And Graham was a physical education teacher??
Errol Willis
Reply to @Jeff
LeBlanc: Why do people like to criticize people's career before
politics? At least they are offering up their name to serve in this most
underappreciated role.
Your comment says more about you than it does Ernie.
Your comment says more about you than it does Ernie.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Jeff
LeBlanc: Methinks it was just more of the same old same old Flemming was
a Health Minister for Alward when Higgy was his Finance Minister and he
is an engineer not a beancounter N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: BINGO
Al Borland
Dump Cardy, an evil evil man
David Amos
Reply to @Al Borland: Thinks of all the money we would save on butter tarts
Toby Tolly
mayb he can follow in Gallants footsteps and create something like
a Francophone affairs minister
but I dont think hes that out of touch
a Francophone affairs minister
but I dont think hes that out of touch
Dan Franklin
Reply to @Toby Tolly: He's close.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Toby Tolly:
I propose a Ministry of Silly Walks, with Mr Higgs in charge, he can instruct others in his 2 steps ahead and 3 steps back policy.
And not to forget his sidekick, Mr Cardy, a Ministry of Silly Talks.
I propose a Ministry of Silly Walks, with Mr Higgs in charge, he can instruct others in his 2 steps ahead and 3 steps back policy.
And not to forget his sidekick, Mr Cardy, a Ministry of Silly Talks.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I second that emotion
Lou Bell
Perhaps
a Minister should be appointed to look into the assimilation of the
Anglophone community . The SANB Liberals have had someone doing it for
decades for the Francophones ! Ever since McKenna sold out to the Parti
Acadien for their votes
val harris
Reply to @Lou Bell: Poor poor Lou ... are you a bully in real life?
David Amos
Reply to @val harris: BINGO
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: You calling someone a bully? Wow.
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Harper knows who his bullies are
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: But I thought I was Higgys boy? Keep it straight
Lou Bell
Reply to @val harris:
Obviously you're totally unaware there are two linguistic groups in NB ,
as are most SANB Liberals ! Or just won't acknowledge there are ! The
" woe is me " party and their self indulged agenda .
janice
small
What
a mess were in,,,a former disco jockey,,, a Minster of
finance,,,,,Really,,,,,,in charge of the provinces
books,,,lol,,lol.....The books will never get better,,,they all suck at
the government trough for their pay checks and their two term government
pensions !!!!!
Thomas
Imber
Reply to @janice
small: If you think NB's Minister of Finance previous occupation is an
issue, imagine having a Prime Minister whose last job was a supply drama
teacher!
janice
small
Reply to @Thomas
Imber: Your right,, a drama teacher and a snow board instructor now our
prime minister...Why are our government's putting people in power who
have no idea what they are doing with little to know experience in the
cabinet job they are doing !! pensions,,pensions,,pension,,,,,,,need to
know nothing just fake it..
Dan Franklin
Reply to @janice
small: If you think our governments primary focus is on the general
population, you're mistaken. It is on corporations and themselves. This
has been the way it has been since the dawn of our nation. Research the
beginnings of CP rail, etc., If we want better, I think it's too late.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @janice small:
Here is the deal. Most of those we elect don't have much of a clue, and truthfully, you can't expect anyone to know everything. This is where the Deputy Ministers and paid government advisors come into play. These folks advise the elected minister on things related to his/her portfolio. Where the system really falls down in NB is: those Deputy Ministers and paid advisors don't have a clue themselves, because they are patronage hires, hired for who they know, rather than what they know.
Leaving us to watch an expensive game of pin the tail on the donkey, and when somebody really makes a mess, we get to watch a game of musical chairs (cabinet shuffle).
Here is the deal. Most of those we elect don't have much of a clue, and truthfully, you can't expect anyone to know everything. This is where the Deputy Ministers and paid government advisors come into play. These folks advise the elected minister on things related to his/her portfolio. Where the system really falls down in NB is: those Deputy Ministers and paid advisors don't have a clue themselves, because they are patronage hires, hired for who they know, rather than what they know.
Leaving us to watch an expensive game of pin the tail on the donkey, and when somebody really makes a mess, we get to watch a game of musical chairs (cabinet shuffle).
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks you are still enjoying Higgy's circus as much as I N'esy Pas?
janice small
Higgs
has the power now and its nice to see a government that can get
something done..Jean Gauvin is in the safe covered riding of Shediac
where a donkey or a palourde or a clam can run and win,,,thanks to
Minister Dominique Leblanc..Just a red tarp and Dominique's hand in your
hand and your elected. Really make the folks of Shediac riding look
very naive ....The Liberals sent Vickers to the slaughter house knowing
full well Conroy would dice and slice him into pieces as the ( I'm from
Miramichi ) candidate from 40 years ago really fell on his heals and has
packed his bags back to Ottawa where name recognition really matters.
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @janice small:
Has a specific date been announced when Mr Higgs is actually going to start doing something?
We're waiting..............................
Has a specific date been announced when Mr Higgs is actually going to start doing something?
We're waiting..............................
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks everybody knows that Higgy's promises are on the slate
to be addressed on or about the 12h of Never N'esy Pas?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
None of "the Higgs promises" had a stated goal. Without a stated level of performance, or accomplishment, the promise is meaningless.
I'm going to tackle homelessness head on.
That statement means nothing.
None of "the Higgs promises" had a stated goal. Without a stated level of performance, or accomplishment, the promise is meaningless.
I'm going to tackle homelessness head on.
That statement means nothing.
Lou Bell
Reply
to @Terry Tibbs: The Liberals avoided even stating their 130 million
dollar UNDISCLOSED giveaway to the SANB for their Phonie Games !
Appears you prefer a party that discloses nothing , including pilfering
130 million of taxpayers money for one minority group !
Donald Gallant
Has JP ever written an unbiased article.
David Amos
Reply to @Donald Gallant: Nope
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Sue him Davey
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks a Harper minion has suffered from the Maritime Malaise for way past too long N"esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos: I knew It was you
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: It was who? You have no clue? Keep swinging
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>>
>> High winds make fighting Baie-Sainte-Anne peat moss fire difficult,
>> says fire chief
>>
>> About 50 people on scene to bring fire under control
>> Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Sep 17, 2020 2:19 PM AT
>>
>>
>> 9 Comments
>>
>>
>> David Amos
>> Content disabled
>> WOW
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> James Risdon
>> Thanks for the report. Important to know when there are massive fires
>> near
>> home.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Justin Gunther
>> I called Natural Resources to inquire about the wildfire situation in
>> NB yesterday at approximately 4:15PM. Weird timing.
>>
>> Ray Oliver
>> Reply to @Justin Gunther: Did they return your call Dave?
>>
>> Justin Gunther
>> Reply to @Ray Oliver: Those are English words and that is a proper
>> English sentence but this is still not how you communicate in English.
>> You're writing like a schizophrenic.
>>
>> Justin Gunther
>> Reply to @Ray Oliver: Are you suggesting something? Please, tell the
>> world in no uncertain terms.
>>
>> Ray Oliver
>> Reply to @Justin Gunther: You'd know all about that
>>
>> Justin Gunther
>> Reply to @Ray Oliver: Get help dude.
>>
>> Al Clark
>> Reply to @Ray Oliver: O M G Too funny!!!!!
>>
>> David Amos
>> Reply to @Justin Gunther: Methinks our infamous turkey hunter and NB
>> Power overseer knows I am not you. Trust that Higgy et al know I spoke
>> personally to him and several others before and during an interesting
>> nomination in April A2018 when he ousted a seated MLA and they were
>> teasing me about sending me butter tarts in the mail. Trust that his
>> minions and I have spoken many times about "Not So Smart" Meters etc
>> since. However Mikey never calls back for obvious reasons known to the
>> dubious dude who accuses you of being me N'esy Pas?
>>
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/
>>
>>
>> Roger Richard
>> Pour votre information. Voici comment notre processus décisionnel est
>> brisé. Ces gens ne sont plus en contacte avec la réalité!
>> At the NBEUB, our tax money is paying for a public intervener to look
>> into our interests. CBC is interviewing her in this podcast about
>> smart meters:
>>
>>
>>
>> 20253.mc.tritondigital.com
>>
>> https://20253.mc.
>>
>> 5 Comments
>>
>>
>> Nicole Marshall
>> thank you for running in this election again ❤ I asked the poor lady @
>> the polls what I should do if I dont want to vote for any of them on
>> the ballot, she told me I had no choice and I had to pick one!!!! So I
>> asked if she pick one for me? She then showed me the names I had to
>> pick from, I saw your name on there ❤ Again thank you Roger
>> 🙂 Meant alot to me to see your name on that list 🙂
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> How could folks miss the news about the "Not So Smart meter nonsense
>> when CBC said nothing about it?
>>
>> Roger Richard
>> They, CBC and l’Acadie Nouvelle, are doing “fake news” when they are
>> withholding them. It is very difficult to know the truth.
>>
>> David Raymond Amos
>> Methinks it would be a good day to remind folks of the ERRE Committee
>> coming to Fat Fred City N'esy Pas?
>>
>> https://openparliament.ca/
>>
>> Mr. David Amos (As an Individual) at the Electoral Reform Committee |
>> openparliament.ca
>> OPENPARLIAMENT.CA
>> Mr. David Amos (As an Individual) at the Electoral Reform Committee |
>> openparliament.ca
>>
>>
>> Roger Hachey
>> Just for starters lots of bull shit going on behind ppls backs , but
>> they will be exposed sooner than later I hope !!!
>>
>>
>>
>> NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY and UTILITIES BOARD
>> COMMISSION DE L’ENERGIE et DES SERVICES PUBLICS N.-B.
>>
>> Matter 458
>> IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation for
>> approval of the schedules of rates for the fiscal year commencing
>> April 1st 2020.
>>
>> Held via web conference on September 10th 2020.
>>
>> Before:
>> Francois Beaulieu - Acting Chairman
>> John Herron - Member
>> Michael Costello - Member
>>
>> Board Staff:
>> Matthew Letson - Counsel
>> John Lawton
>> David Young
>> Michael Dickie
>> Susan Colwell
>>
>> Chief Clerk: Kathleen Mitchell
>> ..............................
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you. So the Board has received a second motion
>> that was filed by Dr. Richard. I am going to start addressing this in
>> French.
>> The commission received a second notice of motion. The notice of
>> motion was tabled yesterday by Dr. Richard. And then, if I understand
>> Dr. Richard correctly, your motion asks the commission to cancel
>> proceedings 458 which requests the increase in electricity prices for
>> the year 2020-2021 and I also believe that your request is is that we
>> start from scratch with the 477 instance which will be filed by New
>> Brunswick Power in the coming months. So does that sum up your request
>> well?
>>
>> DR. RICHARD: Yes, Mr. President.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Ok. So maybe, Dr. Richard, just for the record, can
>> you summarize your request in question and what are your reasons for
>> both of your requests.
>>
>> DR. RICHARD: We are in the middle of an election campaign and then it
>> is the new government that we will have that will give New Brunswick
>> Power the new mandate. In this mandate, that can change the year 2027,
>> because if I'm not mistaken, the year 2027 we will see 20 percent
>> equity. This is to renovate the Mactaquac dam. But, if you think about
>> the Mactaquac dam, I wish Government x hadn't started spending on this
>> project yet. Do not repeat errors at Site C Dam in British Columbia or
>> Muskrat Falls Dam in Newfoundland and Labrador. This Mactaquac
>> renovation project needs to be studied in depth for several reasons.
>> Let’s not repeat the mistake of advanced metering infrastructure by
>> signing contracts and spending 10 percent of the project before
>> considering the project. For the few times that I have participated in
>> these bodies, New Brunswick Power has told us that their production of
>> Mactaquac is insufficient because there is not enough water in the
>> Saint John River to turn the turbids. . This is only one reason.
>> That’s why it’s important to reread NB Power’s mandate, which tells us
>> to eliminate investment and then research until we get 20 percent
>> equity. But it is obvious that with our current financial situation,
>> we will not have it in 2027. Unless we unduly increase the electricity
>> bill rates. And also, we are in the midst of a pandemic. We see it
>> with all the restrictions. There is fear in the eyes of people. These
>> impacts of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 are important for the
>> health system, the economy of Canada and especially for our province.
>> As I told you earlier, I see in my company, people are afraid to go
>> out. And then they don't have any money to spend. Because a lot of
>> them lost their jobs. New Brunswick is now recognized to be the
>> poorest province in Canada. Electricity is important to us. It affects
>> the price of all things. And then, before the pandemic we were told
>> that the cost of fuel for our electricity production was less
>> expensive than the beginning. Just this reason justifies not
>> increasing electricity rates. And then, for instance 452 for the
>> advanced metering infrastructure. We learned that it was costing us a
>> million less. That's already a reason to eliminate 458. One of the
>> reasons. During the proceeding, we received an unprecedented number of
>> letters from the public. Everyone except the union letter was in favor
>> of expressing people's dismay at this new increase in the cost of
>> electricity. Remember, these letters only represent the people who
>> bothered to write. Many have not written but are of the same opinion.
>> Social peace or the well-being of people is essential in all
>> societies. If we change a little our mentality or our direction that
>> the NB Power company is taking, such as at the board level or at the
>> management level or in government. Assuming the government changes,
>> the government, which will change in a few days, may change the
>> mandate of NB Power. Or suddenly the Mactaquac power plant is more of
>> a project. That’s why I wonder if it’s safe to make a decision on our
>> rates right now without knowing what the government expects from us.
>> We can buy, for example, we can buy electricity from Quebec, from
>> renewable sources at a lower price than we can produce. We can rent
>> our transmission lines so that neighboring jurisdictions can transport
>> their electricity. It would be a source of income. Also learned that I
>> believe in four unions its due for new contracts. Where are we in this
>> discussion?
>>
>> There is too much confidential document in the evidence. It must
>> change. And then, it's often complicated for normal people who aren't
>> accountants or they aren't lawyers. The common people may have the
>> chance to participate in these discussions. It's kinda important these
>> things because we're all affected by it. You know salaries over $
>> 100,000 all of us, probably we have. But we represent very little of a
>> small percentage of the population. I can't remember, I know it's hard
>> to run these meetings but I can only remember twice that Mr. Amos has
>> been showing the door. That’s a shame. Yet he is a good citizen.
>>
>> The cost of electricity must represent the real cost of production and
>> not just a part. It is important that if the tariffs do not include
>> all the costs in the present moment, it is the future generations who
>> will pay for the mistakes of our generation. We see an example of this
>> with the recent approval of the IMA and its costs which are reported
>> in the future. And we have come to a point where environmental issues
>> in the province require thoughtful decisions. The IMA approval and dam
>> renovation is not good for the environment. As soon as I think of the
>> glyphosate sprinkles. Paragraph 131 of the law tells us that the
>> commission.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: What are you referring to, Dr. Richard? Are you
>> referring to the law on electricity?
>>
>> DR. RICHARD: Yes that must be it, 131 of the law. Any order or
>> decision made by the commission under this Act or the regulations has
>> such terms or conditions as it considers necessary in the public
>> interest. Public interest are the most important words. I know that
>> all of our corporate rights are just an illusion. Each commission or
>> government has too much power over us and the environment. To come
>> back to my point two, we are in the middle of an election campaign.
>> Remember that during the 2018 election campaign, Mr. Gallant promised
>> to freeze electricity rates for 3 years. And then it was his
>> government that had refused the smart meters at that time. This is to
>> say that the mandate of NB Power may change. That’s why we shouldn’t
>> make decisions now. We have to wait and see that it will be the next
>> government. And then like Mr. Furey said, we can't cancel the 458
>> instance, but maybe we can say that there is no rate increase, until
>> the 477 instance. And then we study it again at that time. I believe,
>> Mr. President, that these are the most important points of my
>> concerns. Thank you.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much Dr. Richard. Just to go back to
>> your last point you made regarding the quashing of the 458 proceeding.
>> And then maybe I'll ask Ms. Mitchell to put section 103.6 on the
>> screen so everyone can see. this provision on the law of electricity.
>> Until she does that, the point that Maitre Furey was making this
>> morning, Dr Richard. It was because he questioned the jurisdiction of
>> the commission. I'm not going to rephrase what he was saying, it was
>> that we didn't have the jurisdiction to set aside a proceeding and
>> then if you look at section 103.6 or section 103.6 of the Electricity
>> Act. Just wondering if Mrs. Mitchell can put it a big bigger. Then I
>> will read the section in French, Dr. Richard. Said, once the section
>> 127 hearing is concluded, the commission approves the tariffs. If you
>> read the English section, the English section says that the commission
>> must approve the rates. So I think I'm just trying to understand your
>> position with respect to whether the commission has that jurisdiction
>> to be able to quash a proceeding when it has heard all the evidence.
>> Based on the law, I believe Maitre Furey's point of view is that we do
>> not have that jurisdiction to overrule the proceeding based on that
>> section. Could I have your, and if you need a little time to read
>> section 103.6, take the time needed but I think it's very clear at
>> 103.6 when a hearing is over, we have to either approve reasonable
>> rates or fix other rates. That after that, set a date. After that, ask
>> the company to file with us the schedule or an update of the rate
>> schedules.
>>
>> DR. RICHARD: Yes, I understand and accept that, that's for sure. So, I
>> would ask that you accept at that time a zero percent tariff increase.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: So are you withdrawing your request for point A that
>> you have when you indicate that you are asking the commission to quash
>> the proceeding?
>>
>> DR. RICHARD: That's an interesting question. I think the points I am
>> making with my motion are very important.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: I don't want to insist you make a decision without
>> having, I'm just trying to understand your position on the
>> cancellation of the proceeding but if you take a good look at 103.6. I
>> question whether the commission has the right to do that or not.
>>
>> DR. RICHARD: Yeah, maybe I should have chosen other words in my
>> motion. Perhaps I should have said instead to cancel the proceeding to
>> give a zero percent increase in electricity tariffs.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Ok, I understand your position. Mr. Herron, do you
>> have any questions for Dr. Richard?
>>
>> I didn't hear you Mr. Herron. I apologize. Maybe you nodded no, but I
>> didn't see you, that's why.
>>
>> MR. HERRON: Is it fine now?
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Yes.
>>
>> MR. HERRON: No question.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Mr. Costello, any questions?
>>
>> MR. COSTELLO: No questions.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you. Thanks, Dr. Richard. Mr. Furey, do
>> you have any comments to make regarding Dr. Richard’s notice of
>> motion.
>>
>> MR. FUREY: Yes, thank you, Mr. Vice-Chair. Just a few very brief
>> comments. I think the Board understands our position that the motion
>> as filed should not be granted based on the appropriate interpretation
>> of section 103 sub (6) in particular the Board has an obligation to
>> render a decision with respect to all applications that are brought
>> before it. And so on that basis alone, the motion should be dismissed.
>> It strikes me though that as Dr. Richard has amended it orally this
>> afternoon, that that is a matter that was the substance of the
>> hearing, and the Board will make the decision it is going to make with
>> respect to the appropriate rate increase.
>> If I may, Mr. Vice-Chair, I am going to ask for permission to sort of
>> speak a little bit out of turn. Mr. Herron had asked with respect to
>> the first motion if I could provide a reference of a transcript to
>> where the financial impact was discussed in this year’s transcript,
>> and I have that if the Board would give me leave to refer to it.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Yes, sir.
>>
>> MR. FUREY: So at page 371 and 372 of the transcript, this is
>> cross-examination by Mr. Stoll and the response provided, at the top
>> of page 372 indicates that the delay in - monthly delay in the rate
>> increase would be between 2 and 3 million dollars per month.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Mr. Furey. Anything further regarding the
>> motion of Dr. Richard, Mr. Furey?
>>
>> MR. FUREY: No, thank you, Mr. Vice-Chair.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Mr. Stewart, anything?
>>
>> MR. STEWART: Nothing to add, Mr. Vice-Chair.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Mr. Stoll, anything to add?
>>
>> MR. STOLL: Nothing, sir.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you. And Ms. Black, anything to add?
>> MS. BLACK: No, nothing. Thank you.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Dr. Richard, I'll give you final words if
>> you have any other things you want the committee to consider in
>> relation to your motion.
>>
>> DR. RICHARD: No, neither does his. It’s just caution because we are
>> changing governments. It’s more.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Ok, I appreciate your comments, Dr. Richard. Thanks
>> for the motion.
>>
>> Mr. Letson, is there anything further that the Board should consider
>> regarding either the motion that was filed by NB Power and the motion
>> that was filed by Dr. Richard?
>>
>> MR. LETSON: No, Mr. Chair, I believe all procedures are complete.
>>
>> ACTING CHAIRMAN: Okay, thank you. So having heard all the submissions,
>> the Board will take that into deliberations and as soon as we have a
>> decision regarding both motions, we will be filing our ruling on
>> motion to the parties.
>> So the matter is now adjourned. Thank you.
>>
>> (Adjourned)
>>
>> Certified to be a true transcript of the
>> proceedings of this hearing, as recorded
>> by me, to the best of my ability.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:40:58 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy Methinks since your blogging buddy
>> Chucky Leblanc and his IT Guy Faust have revealed their election
>> predictons it should be my turn N'esy Pas???
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
>> Thank you for writing the Office of the Premier. Due to the ongoing
>> election, your e-mail, if warranted, will be forwarded to the
>> appropriate department for a response.
>>
>> If you are looking for current information on Coronavirus, please
>> visit www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://
>>
>>
>> Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps d’écrire au Cabinet du
>> premier ministre. En raison de l’élection en cours, votre courriel
>> sera, le cas échéant, transmis au ministère compétent pour qu’il y
>> réponde.
>>
>> Si vous souhaitez obtenir les renseignements les plus récents sur le
>> coronavirus, veuillez consulter le
>> www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://
>>
>>
>>
>> Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre
>> P.O Box/C. P. 6000
>> Fredericton, New-Brunswick/Nouveau-
>> E3B 5H1
>> Canada
>> Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144
>> Email/Courriel: premier@gnb.ca/premier.
>>
>>
>> On 9/14/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>> First enjoy dumb and dumber
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>
>>>
>>> Predictions of the 2020 New Brunswick Election are made by Blogger and
>>> Andre Faust!!
>>> 59 views
>>> •Sep 14, 2020
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now feel free to laugh at mine
>>>
>>> PED 01 - Restigouche West
>>> Gilles LePage Liberal (Charles Thériault Green maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 02 - Campbellton-Dalhousie
>>> Guy H. Arseneault Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 03 - Restigouche-Chaleur
>>> Daniel Guitard Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 04 - Bathurst West-Beresford
>>> René Legacy Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 05 - Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore
>>> Denis Landry Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 06 – Caraquet
>>> Isabelle Thériault Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 07 - Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou
>>> Eric Mallet Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 08 - Tracadie-Sheila
>>> Keith Chiasson Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 09 - Miramichi Bay-Neguac
>>> Lisa Harris Liberal
>>> PED 10 – Miramichi
>>> Michelle Conroy People's Alliance
>>>
>>> PED 11 - Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin
>>> Jake Stewart Progressive Conservative Art O'Donnell People's Alliance
>>> (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 12 - Kent North
>>> Arsehole Arsenault Green Meanie Bertrand LeBlanc Liberal (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 13 - Kent South
>>> Benoit Bourque Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 14 - Shediac Bay-Dieppe
>>> Robert Gauvin Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 15 - Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
>>> Jacques LeBlanc Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 16 - Memramcook-Tantramar
>>> Megan Mitton Green Maxime Bourgeois Liberal (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 17 – Dieppe
>>> Roger Melanson Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 18 - Moncton East
>>> Daniel Allain Progressive Conservative Monique LeBlanc Liberal
>>> (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 19 - Moncton Centre
>>> Rob McKee Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 20 - Moncton South
>>> Tyson Milner Liberal Greg Turner Progressive Conservative (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 21 - Moncton Northwest
>>> Ernie Steeves Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 22 - Moncton Southwest
>>> Sherry Wilson Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 23 – Riverview
>>> R. Bruce Fitch Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 24 – Albert
>>> Mike Holland Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 25 - Gagetown-Petitcodiac
>>> Ross Wetmore Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 26 - Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
>>> Tammy Scott-Wallace Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 27 – Hampton
>>> Gary E. Crossman Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 28 – Quispamsis
>>> Blaine M. Higgs Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 29 – Rothesay
>>> Hugh J. (Ted) Flemming Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 30 - Saint John East
>>> Glen Savoie Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 31 - Portland-Simonds
>>> Trevor A. Holder Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 32 - Saint John Harbour
>>> Arlene Dunn Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 33 - Saint John Lancaster
>>> K. Dorothy Shephard Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 34 - Kings Centre
>>> Bill Oliver Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 35 - Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West
>>> Andrea Anderson-Mason Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 36 - Saint Croix
>>> Kathy Bockus Progressive Conservative Rod Cumberland People's
>>> Alliance (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 37 - Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
>>> Steven Burns Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 38 - Fredericton-Grand Lake
>>> Kris Austin People's Alliance
>>>
>>> PED 39 - New Maryland-Sunbury
>>> Jeff Carr Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 40 - Fredericton South
>>> David Coon Green
>>>
>>> PED 41 - Fredericton North
>>> Jill Green Progressive Conservative Stephen horseman Liberal (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 42 - Fredericton-York
>>> Rick DeSaulniers People's Alliance
>>>
>>> PED 43 - Fredericton West-Hanwell
>>> Dominic Cardy Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 44 - Carleton-York
>>> Richard Ames Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 45 – Carleton
>>> Bill Hogan Progressive Conservative
>>>
>>> PED 46 - Carleton-Victoria
>>> Andrew Harvey Liberal Margaret Johnson Progressive
>>> Conservative (maybe)
>>>
>>> PED 47 - Victoria-La Vallée
>>> Chuck Chiasson Liberal Roland Michaud Independent (maybe
>>>
>>> PED 48 - Edmundston-Madawaska Centre
>>> Jean-Claude (JC) D'Amours Liberal
>>>
>>> PED 49 - Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
>>> Francine Landry Liberal
>>>
>>> 20 Liberals
>>> 23 Progressive Conservatives
>>> 3 PANB
>>> 3 Green
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/11/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>>
>>>> Roy Wiggins wins Liberal Fredericton-South Nomination by one Vote!!!
>>>> 672 views
>>>> •Jun 9, 2014
>>>>
>>>> Charles LeBlanc
>>>> 1.83K subscribers
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>>
>>>> New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is confronted by blogger during
>>>> media scrum and afterwards!!!
>>>> 161 views
>>>> •Sep 4, 2020
>>>> Charles Leblanc
>>>> 1.86K subscribers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/11/20, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>> Now Wiggins and Cullins know some of what everybody else knows
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/Roy-
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:31:27 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy whereas Roland Michaud said he
>>>>> still has respect for YOU it explains why he did not call me back to
>>>>> discuss the EUB hearing yesterday and why I no longer wish to speak to
>>>>> him N'esy Pas???
>>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for writing the Office of the Premier. Due to the ongoing
>>>>> election, your e-mail, if warranted, will be forwarded to the
>>>>> appropriate department for a response.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are looking for current information on Coronavirus, please
>>>>> visit www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps d’écrire au Cabinet du
>>>>> premier ministre. En raison de l’élection en cours, votre courriel
>>>>> sera, le cas échéant, transmis au ministère compétent pour qu’il y
>>>>> réponde.
>>>>>
>>>>> Si vous souhaitez obtenir les renseignements les plus récents sur le
>>>>> coronavirus, veuillez consulter le
>>>>> www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre
>>>>> P.O Box/C. P. 6000
>>>>> Fredericton, New-Brunswick/Nouveau-
>>>>> E3B 5H1
>>>>> Canada
>>>>> Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144
>>>>> Email/Courriel: premier@gnb.ca/premier.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Roland Michaud says he misunderstood the meme that got him scrubbed
>>>>> from PC slate
>>>>>
>>>>> YEA RIGHT
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Former PC candidate blames sexual abuse as child for transphobic post
>>>>>
>>>>> Roland Michaud says he misunderstood the meme that got him scrubbed
>>>>> from PC slate
>>>>> Elizabeth Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Sep 10, 2020 6:37 PM AT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Deja Vu Anyone?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://davidraymondamos3.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thursday, 10 September 2020
>>>>>
>>>>> PC candidate Roland Michaud asked to withdraw after transphobic post
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://twitter.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
>>>>> Replying to @alllibertynews and 49 others
>>>>> Methinks much to Higgy's chagrin I manged to speak to Roland Michaud
>>>>> personally and liked the guy so it should be obvious why I hope he
>>>>> wins the seat as an Independent N'esy Pas?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://davidraymondamos3.
>>>>>
>>>>> #nbpoli #cdnpoli
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> PC candidate Roland Michaud asked to withdraw after transphobic post
>>>>> WARNING: This story includes details some people might find offensive
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexandre Silberman, Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Sep 07, 2020
>>>>> 3:19
>>>>> PM
>>>>> AT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2 comments:
>>>>>
>>>>> Unknown 10 September 2020 at 20:08
>>>>>
>>>>> WTF is with these guys?
>>>>> Instead of, at least, pretending he is a "man" and owning what he
>>>>> posted, just tonight Roland Michaud claims he was abused, and that is
>>>>> his reason for posting what he did. Could a politician get any more
>>>>> slippery?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> MotorcycleManiacLtd 11 September 2020 at 07:41
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering the same thing
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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